Bookclub Episode #1

Group Members: Kyla B, Sage D, Oliver A, and Gina Z In our podcast we discussed The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, a memoir about a dysfunctional family that runs from the law. Each one of us shared our first impressions/ reactions, provided a quote, and discussed the toxicity of the parents relationship, let alone their parenting.

References:

“I was overcome with panic that she’d see me and call out my name and that someone on the way to the same party would spot us together” (pg 3)

“ Fussing over children who only cry encourages them, she told us. That’s positive reinforcement for negative behavior.” - Page 28

“Dad kept telling me that he loved me, that he never would have let me drown, but you can’t cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is ‘If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.’” page 66

“You’d be destroying what makes it special,” she said. “Its the joshua trees struggle that gives it its beauty.” page 38

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c_tb19rOLgatf8Jrrjl-9VULMpM28XxU/view?usp=sharing

Book Club Podcast Episode #1

Our group members are Michelle, Valeria, and Mykai. Our episode was talking about the 50 pages, of the book “the curious incident of the dog in the night-time”, a book written by Mark Haddon. We gave a brief summary of what we know from the book, by what we read so far in the book. We talked about our thoughts on the book and certain quotes we thought were nice and interesting. At the end of our podcast we talked about our predictions what will happen in the future in this book.

Quotes: “I cannot tell jokes because I do not understand them.” (Pg. 8) “ I like dogs, you always know what a dog is thinking.” (Pg. 3) “Mother used to say that Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful, but i do not want my name to mean a story about being kind and helpful. I want my name to mean me”. (Pg. 16)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Fl8cCxkAc&t=6s

2/2 Half-Day Snow Day

Due to the snow, SDP has declared a half-day for students. The modified virtual class schedule is indicated below.

Tuesday, 2/2

09:00am - 09:55am E1 Band

10:00am - 10:55am Y2 Band

11:00am - 11:55am C2 Band

2/1 Half-Day Snow Day

Due to the snow, SDP has declared a half-day for students. The modified virtual class schedule is indicated below.

Monday, 2/1

09:00am - 09:50am A1 Band

09:55am - 10:45am X1 Band

10:50am - 11:40am D1 Band

11:45am - 12:00pm Pre-Conferences Advisory

The Talk Of Cuckoo's Nest Podcast #3

Members: Hannah, Kavina, Nile, & Gabe

https://www.wevideo.com/view/2019106398

In our final podcast, we discussed our thoughts on the overall book, the author’s intent, and what important messages we took away individually. in our final podcast, we talked about the character development of characters in the book, and the breakdown of power being broken and it’s systems. what happens when power is broken? what character’s stay in role, or change? join us for our final talk, as we explore these final questions.

Wuthering Delights // Nuala and Julia

In the last episode of our podcast, we discuss Bronte’s hidden themes in “Wuthering Heights”, along with her personal intent and influence on the story. Is there such a thing as too close in the affairs of love? The characters’ relationships are incredibly claustrophobic, and obsession turns to cruel acts of revenge and insatiable attempts to revive the past (to literally digging up graves!). Thanks for listening!

References:

Linton’s death: Ch. 30

Quote #1: page 121

Quote #2: page 363

Heathcliff’s death: Ch. 34

Claustrophobia/Obsession: Ch. 15, 19, 34

Tale of Two Tribes: The Podcast (Ep 3)

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Tale of Two Tribes: The Podcast “Episode Three”

CoHosts: Jakob Cantor, Ami Doumbia, Londyn Edwards, Justine Koffi, Maysa Wright

In Episode Three of “Tale of Two Tribes”, Jakob, Ami, Londyn, Justine, and Maysa discuss their third and final reading of the novel Homegoing by Ghanian-American author Yaa Gyasi. The five cohosts talk about their thoughts and feelings towards the book, how the author wrote in the themes they wanted readers to grasp, and who they would recommend this book to and why.

Run Time: 28:47

Text to Text Connection:

-18:05: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, published in 2018, follows the ups and downs of two people in a marriage. Through jail time, mixed up feelings, and unspoken words, the pair struggle to remain connected while being so far apart ad when they do finally reconnect, the spark is gone. (To read more, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Marriage)

Book References:

-10:34: Chapter Marcus, pg 293, “Not the being lost, but the being found. It was the same feeling he got whenever he saw Marjorie.”

-12:10: Chapter Marcus, pg 289-290

-13:10: Chapter Marcus, pg 290

-14:06: Chapter Marcus, pg 284, “Marcus didn’t care for water,”

-14:33: Chapter Marjorie, pg 268, “I put you in here so that if your spirit ever wandered, you would know where home was.”

TheVision

TheVision

Book: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

James Kry, Sukainah Hasan, Nasir Duppins, & Tristan Mayberry

Podcast Summary:

In this podcast, from finishing the book we discussed why we think the author wrote the book this way. We think Toni Morrison wrote the book to show the power of each character’s story. Most characters were judged because of the way they looked. This caused them to become the character they are in the book. We even see with the characters’ actions everything comes with a price. Sometimes people have to sacrifice in order to satisfy others or themselves. Toni Morrison mainly wrote this book to show the damage that racism has put upon these characters.

Link to Podcast:

https://youtu.be/lVQ2pv-WX80