The idea of this project is to get you to practice with different Adobe InDesign templates.
Of course, we'd like you to be creative and make a funny newsletter like The Onion.
Satire is the style of writing that criticizes or pokes fun at society and people.
Visit the website of The Onion:
www.theonion.com/
or look at The Frumious Bandersnatch (from Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll)
www.bandersnatch.com/
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Literary Journal projects/ Adobe InDesign
Working with groups, begin your publishing project in Adobe InDesign.
Here are some pointers:
Adobe Creative Suite: Getting Started with InDesign cs
InDesign CS is similar to other Adobe products when it comes to workspace layout and functionality. InDesign works with graphics and word processing programs so that you can use content that's created in a different piece of software and integrate it with InDesign to create a publication.
You can use InDesign to create a newsletter, brochure, advertisement, or even a book. These layouts might be for print, or you may want to keep them electronic and distribute your pages online. InDesign enables you to easily accomplish any of these tasks.
InDesign documents are saved as .indd files on your hard drive, which are native InDesign documents. After you double-click an .indd document, the InDesign application starts and opens the selected file.
Opening InDesign
You can open InDesign in several different ways. Choose one of the following ways to open InDesign:
* Double-click the InDesign icon on your desktop.
* Choose Start --> All Programs --> Adobe InDesign CS (Windows XP) or double-click the InDesign CS icon in your Applications folder (Mac).
* Find an InDesign document (.indd) on your hard drive and double-click the document's title or icon. InDesign starts up automatically and opens the document you chose.
Creating a new publication
When you open InDesign for the first time, you need to create a new InDesign document (also referred to as a publication). Just follow these steps to create a new publication:
1. Choose File --> New --> Document.
The New Document dialog box opens.
2. Enter a value for the number of pages for the document in the Number of Pages text field.
This value can be between 1 and 9999. If you want a text frame on the master page, select the Master Text Frame check box.
3. Select the Facing Pages check box if you want the pages arranged as spreads.
With this option checked, the pages in your document are arranged in pairs, so you have spreads, which are facing or adjacent pages in a layout. For example, you would select this option if you're creating a publication that will be arranged like a book. If you deselect this option, pages are arranged individually.
4. Choose a page size for the document from the Page Size drop-down list.
Set the page size to the size of the paper you intend to print on or to the desired display size. The Width and Height values below this drop-down list change, depending on the size you choose.
5. Choose Portrait (vertical) or Landscape (horizontal) orientation for the orientation of the pages throughout the document.
Click the button on the left for Portrait, or the button on the right for Landscape. A portrait layout is narrow and tall, while a landscape layout is short and wide.
6. Choose a number for the columns on the page.
This sets guides for columns that you might put text into. You can also enter a value in the Gutter field (the gutter is the space in between each of the columns).
7. Choose values for the page margins.
Notice the Make All Settings the Same button in the middle of the four text fields where you enter the margin values. Click this button to set all margins to the same value.
If you see Top, Bottom, Inside, and Outside, you are specifying margins for a page layout that has facing pages (the Facing Pages check box is selected in the dialog box). If you see Top, Bottom, Left, and Right, you are creating a page layout without facing pages. The inside margins refer to the margins at the middle of the spread, and the outside margins refer to the outer left and right margins. The Inside setting can be set to accommodate the binding of a book.
8. When you're finished, click OK.
If you're going to use the same settings over and over, saving those settings as a preset is a good idea. Click the Save Preset button in the New Document dialog box after making your settings. Enter a name for the preset, and then click OK. After you save your settings, you can select the settings from the Document Preset drop-down list whenever you create a new document.
After you click OK in the New Document dialog box, the new document is created with the settings you just specified.
Opening an existing publication
You might have InDesign files on your hard drive that you created or have saved from another source. To open existing InDesign documents (*.indd), follow these steps:
1. Choose File --> Open.
The Open dialog box appears.
2. Browse through your hard drive and select a file to open.
Select a file by clicking the document's title. To select more than one document, press Ctrl (the Command key on the Mac) while you click the filename.
3. Click the Open button to open the file.
The file opens in the workspace.
Looking at the document setup
If you need to change the size of your pages or the number of pages in a document that is already open in the workspace, you can make those changes in the Document Setup dialog box. To access and modify settings in the Document Setup dialog box, follow these steps:
1. Choose File --> Document Setup.
The Document Setup dialog box opens.
2. Change the value in the Number of Pages text field if you need the number of pages in your document to be greater or less than the current value.
The number of pages in your document updates after you close this dialog box.
3. Change the size of the page by selecting a new option from the Page Size drop-down list, or manually enter values into the Width and Height text fields.
You can also click the up and down arrows in the Width and Height text fields to choose a new value.
4. Change the page orientation by clicking the Portrait or the Landscape button.
The page orientation updates in the workspace after you exit this dialog box.
5. Click OK when you're finished changing your document setup.
The modifications are applied to the currently open document.
Read more: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/adobe-creative-suite-getting-started-with-indesign.html#ixzz0h2DaPxER
Here are some pointers:
Adobe Creative Suite: Getting Started with InDesign cs
InDesign CS is similar to other Adobe products when it comes to workspace layout and functionality. InDesign works with graphics and word processing programs so that you can use content that's created in a different piece of software and integrate it with InDesign to create a publication.
You can use InDesign to create a newsletter, brochure, advertisement, or even a book. These layouts might be for print, or you may want to keep them electronic and distribute your pages online. InDesign enables you to easily accomplish any of these tasks.
InDesign documents are saved as .indd files on your hard drive, which are native InDesign documents. After you double-click an .indd document, the InDesign application starts and opens the selected file.
Opening InDesign
You can open InDesign in several different ways. Choose one of the following ways to open InDesign:
* Double-click the InDesign icon on your desktop.
* Choose Start --> All Programs --> Adobe InDesign CS (Windows XP) or double-click the InDesign CS icon in your Applications folder (Mac).
* Find an InDesign document (.indd) on your hard drive and double-click the document's title or icon. InDesign starts up automatically and opens the document you chose.
Creating a new publication
When you open InDesign for the first time, you need to create a new InDesign document (also referred to as a publication). Just follow these steps to create a new publication:
1. Choose File --> New --> Document.
The New Document dialog box opens.
2. Enter a value for the number of pages for the document in the Number of Pages text field.
This value can be between 1 and 9999. If you want a text frame on the master page, select the Master Text Frame check box.
3. Select the Facing Pages check box if you want the pages arranged as spreads.
With this option checked, the pages in your document are arranged in pairs, so you have spreads, which are facing or adjacent pages in a layout. For example, you would select this option if you're creating a publication that will be arranged like a book. If you deselect this option, pages are arranged individually.
4. Choose a page size for the document from the Page Size drop-down list.
Set the page size to the size of the paper you intend to print on or to the desired display size. The Width and Height values below this drop-down list change, depending on the size you choose.
5. Choose Portrait (vertical) or Landscape (horizontal) orientation for the orientation of the pages throughout the document.
Click the button on the left for Portrait, or the button on the right for Landscape. A portrait layout is narrow and tall, while a landscape layout is short and wide.
6. Choose a number for the columns on the page.
This sets guides for columns that you might put text into. You can also enter a value in the Gutter field (the gutter is the space in between each of the columns).
7. Choose values for the page margins.
Notice the Make All Settings the Same button in the middle of the four text fields where you enter the margin values. Click this button to set all margins to the same value.
If you see Top, Bottom, Inside, and Outside, you are specifying margins for a page layout that has facing pages (the Facing Pages check box is selected in the dialog box). If you see Top, Bottom, Left, and Right, you are creating a page layout without facing pages. The inside margins refer to the margins at the middle of the spread, and the outside margins refer to the outer left and right margins. The Inside setting can be set to accommodate the binding of a book.
8. When you're finished, click OK.
If you're going to use the same settings over and over, saving those settings as a preset is a good idea. Click the Save Preset button in the New Document dialog box after making your settings. Enter a name for the preset, and then click OK. After you save your settings, you can select the settings from the Document Preset drop-down list whenever you create a new document.
After you click OK in the New Document dialog box, the new document is created with the settings you just specified.
Opening an existing publication
You might have InDesign files on your hard drive that you created or have saved from another source. To open existing InDesign documents (*.indd), follow these steps:
1. Choose File --> Open.
The Open dialog box appears.
2. Browse through your hard drive and select a file to open.
Select a file by clicking the document's title. To select more than one document, press Ctrl (the Command key on the Mac) while you click the filename.
3. Click the Open button to open the file.
The file opens in the workspace.
Looking at the document setup
If you need to change the size of your pages or the number of pages in a document that is already open in the workspace, you can make those changes in the Document Setup dialog box. To access and modify settings in the Document Setup dialog box, follow these steps:
1. Choose File --> Document Setup.
The Document Setup dialog box opens.
2. Change the value in the Number of Pages text field if you need the number of pages in your document to be greater or less than the current value.
The number of pages in your document updates after you close this dialog box.
3. Change the size of the page by selecting a new option from the Page Size drop-down list, or manually enter values into the Width and Height text fields.
You can also click the up and down arrows in the Width and Height text fields to choose a new value.
4. Change the page orientation by clicking the Portrait or the Landscape button.
The page orientation updates in the workspace after you exit this dialog box.
5. Click OK when you're finished changing your document setup.
The modifications are applied to the currently open document.
Read more: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/adobe-creative-suite-getting-started-with-indesign.html#ixzz0h2DaPxER
Monday, February 22, 2010
Bean Trees Critical Discussion Questions
In your book group discuss some of the following questions and post your group's comments:
1. Analyze the "women's world" in which The Bean Trees takes place.
2. How do the characters in The Bean Trees demonstrate that the role of women in America in the twentieth century has changed?
3. List the social issues that Kingsolver presents in The Bean Trees and explain how these issues affect the lives of the novel's characters.
4. Explain how the struggles faced by the characters in the novel are inspiring.
5. How is Taylor Greer like Barbara Kingsolver?
6. How are the people in Taylor's life interdependent?
7. Why does Taylor participate in the Sanctuary movement?
8. Compare the adventurous character of Taylor to the character of Lou Ann, who is terrified of life.
9. Research the Cherokee Indian and Guatemalan peoples to learn more about the cultures Kingsolver refers to.
10. Discuss the ways in which Taylor is a heroic character.
11. One of the novel's themes is the importance of community. Why is community valued?
12. How is the link between rhizobia (the microscopic bugs that live in the roots of legumes, turning nitrogen gas into fertilizer and allowing the plants to thrive in poor soil) and wisteria vines ("bean trees") similar to the relationships that form between the women in the novel?
13. Kingsolver is a poet. Analyze selected passages of description as poetic prose, paying attention to such elements as metaphor, simile, and imagery.
14. Compare the settings of Pittman County, Kentucky, and Tucson, Arizona, as Kingsolver describes them. How do these descriptions portray the moods of these places?
15. How is language important in The Bean Trees?
1. Analyze the "women's world" in which The Bean Trees takes place.
2. How do the characters in The Bean Trees demonstrate that the role of women in America in the twentieth century has changed?
3. List the social issues that Kingsolver presents in The Bean Trees and explain how these issues affect the lives of the novel's characters.
4. Explain how the struggles faced by the characters in the novel are inspiring.
5. How is Taylor Greer like Barbara Kingsolver?
6. How are the people in Taylor's life interdependent?
7. Why does Taylor participate in the Sanctuary movement?
8. Compare the adventurous character of Taylor to the character of Lou Ann, who is terrified of life.
9. Research the Cherokee Indian and Guatemalan peoples to learn more about the cultures Kingsolver refers to.
10. Discuss the ways in which Taylor is a heroic character.
11. One of the novel's themes is the importance of community. Why is community valued?
12. How is the link between rhizobia (the microscopic bugs that live in the roots of legumes, turning nitrogen gas into fertilizer and allowing the plants to thrive in poor soil) and wisteria vines ("bean trees") similar to the relationships that form between the women in the novel?
13. Kingsolver is a poet. Analyze selected passages of description as poetic prose, paying attention to such elements as metaphor, simile, and imagery.
14. Compare the settings of Pittman County, Kentucky, and Tucson, Arizona, as Kingsolver describes them. How do these descriptions portray the moods of these places?
15. How is language important in The Bean Trees?
The Bean Trees
Finish questions for The Bean Trees in groups (or alone), discuss your answers and post.
Complete any remaining work on Book of Qualities.
Complete any remaining work on Book of Qualities.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Book of Qualities page
The most important thing to work on today is your Book of qualities page (s).
These pages will be saved on Ms. Gamzon's flash drive when you have completed them.
Continue with the next 5 vocabulary words and your readings in The Bean Trees as time permits.
HWK: read Ch. 5 and 6 for Thursday
These pages will be saved on Ms. Gamzon's flash drive when you have completed them.
Continue with the next 5 vocabulary words and your readings in The Bean Trees as time permits.
HWK: read Ch. 5 and 6 for Thursday
Friday, February 5, 2010
The Bean Trees
Post vocabulary sentences for the next 5 words.
Check out the videos with Barbara Kingsolver on this page.
With a small group of 3-4 people (be sure to list your names for credit), discuss and post answers to the study guide questions covering Ch. 1-3 in The Bean Trees.
Continue to design your Book of Qualities page for our first publication.
Check out the videos with Barbara Kingsolver on this page.
With a small group of 3-4 people (be sure to list your names for credit), discuss and post answers to the study guide questions covering Ch. 1-3 in The Bean Trees.
Continue to design your Book of Qualities page for our first publication.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Study guide The Bean Trees
For homework and classwork, write 5 sentences using the first 5 vocabulary words. Answer the first 6 study guide questions relating to Ch. 1. Read Chapters 2 and 3.
Study Guide for The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver
1. Describe the “voice” or tone of the narrator.
2. How does Alice Greer compare to/contrast with Mr. Hardbine or Mr. Shanks in terms of parenting skills?
3. Why does Taylor leave Kentucky?
4. Describe Taylor’s reaction to the Cherokee Nation.
5. What is a “home”? How does Taylor’s definition of “home” change in Chapter One? (Think in terms of the comment she made in the letter to her mother about taking her “head rights” with her.)
6. How are women (or girls) treated in Chapter One?
7. Describe the shift in narration in Chapter Two. Who is telling the story now?
8. Why is it relevant that Lou Ann came from Kentucky?
9. How is Lou Ann different from Taylor?
10. Describe Angel.
11. How did Taylor react to Arizona? What made her decide to stay there?
12. Why does Taylor find “Jesus Is Lord Used Tires” and “1-800-THE-LORD” so humorous?
13. Compare/contrast Mattie’s garden to the Garden of Eden.
14. What is Lou Ann’s conflict in Chapter Four? How does she resolve it? What does this say about her character?
15. What does Chapter Four say about the bonds between women?
16. What does the Tug Fork water symbolize?
17. Describe Fei, La-Isha, and Timothy. How are they different from Lou Ann? Why does Taylor choose to live with Lou Ann instead of the others?
18. What does the description of Mattie’s garden in Chapter Six suggest?
19. Describe the attitude toward men on the part of the characters and author in Chapter Six.
20. How is Estevan different from the other male characters we’ve seen?
21. What does Mattie do for people like Estevan and Esperanza? What clues earlier in the story hinted at her activities?
22. What does the “Miracle of Dog Doo Park” refer to?
23. What does Taylor learn about Estevan and Esperanza’s past? How does this affect Taylor?
24. How does Taylor feel about Estevan?
25. How does Lou Ann demonstrate more confidence in herself in Chapters Ten and Eleven?
26. What does the snake symbolize in Chapter Twelve? Think about what is going on at home with Turtle…
27. What does the trapped bird symbolize?
28. What does Taylor learn about Turtle from the doctor?
29. What does the bird outside the window represent?
30. How does Taylor respond to the news that she has no legal claim over Turtle? How does Lou Ann respond? What perspective does Mattie bring to Taylor about parenting?
31. What does the Night-Blooming Cereus symbolize?
32. Describe what happens at the routine immigration check in Chapter Fourteen.
33. What changes have taken place at the Broken Arrow Motor Lodge?
34. What does Taylor discover about the Cherokee Nation in Chapter Fifteen that changes her impression of the area?
35. Why does Turtle bury her doll?
36. Describe what happens in Chapter Sixteen. What does this moment represent for Esperanza? What does Taylor mean when she says all of them buried someone they loved in Oklahoma?
37. Why does Taylor decide to call 1-800-THE-LORD? How does she feel about the conversation she has?
38. What does Taylor discover about wisteria? How is this discovery related to the theme of the novel?
39. What is a “family”? How does this novel ask you to question your definition of “family”?
40. How is “home” defined in terms of geography? How is it defined in terms of people?
In addition to these questions, we will also discuss several important quotations.
Themes we will discuss:
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
1. The Shared Burden of Womanhood
2. The Plight of Illegal Immigrants
3. Respect for the Environment
Motifs we will discuss:
Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.
1. Rebirth
2. Motherhood
Symbols we will be discussing:
Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts.
1. Beans and Bean Trees
2. Ismene
3. Birds
Vocabulary:
1. presume
2. ornery
3. indelible
4. repulse
5. transient
6. conniption
7. ascendant
8. reticent
9. apoplectic
10. meager
11. dilapidated
12. reverence
13. aptitude
14. pandemonium
15. picayune
16. invocation
17. perturbed
18. prudish
19. compulsion
20. gumption
21. deprivation
22. incarnate
23. dormant
24. pungent
25. noncommittal
26. befuddled
27. cantankerous
28. meandering
29. catharsis
30. rigamarole
Study Guide for The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver
1. Describe the “voice” or tone of the narrator.
2. How does Alice Greer compare to/contrast with Mr. Hardbine or Mr. Shanks in terms of parenting skills?
3. Why does Taylor leave Kentucky?
4. Describe Taylor’s reaction to the Cherokee Nation.
5. What is a “home”? How does Taylor’s definition of “home” change in Chapter One? (Think in terms of the comment she made in the letter to her mother about taking her “head rights” with her.)
6. How are women (or girls) treated in Chapter One?
7. Describe the shift in narration in Chapter Two. Who is telling the story now?
8. Why is it relevant that Lou Ann came from Kentucky?
9. How is Lou Ann different from Taylor?
10. Describe Angel.
11. How did Taylor react to Arizona? What made her decide to stay there?
12. Why does Taylor find “Jesus Is Lord Used Tires” and “1-800-THE-LORD” so humorous?
13. Compare/contrast Mattie’s garden to the Garden of Eden.
14. What is Lou Ann’s conflict in Chapter Four? How does she resolve it? What does this say about her character?
15. What does Chapter Four say about the bonds between women?
16. What does the Tug Fork water symbolize?
17. Describe Fei, La-Isha, and Timothy. How are they different from Lou Ann? Why does Taylor choose to live with Lou Ann instead of the others?
18. What does the description of Mattie’s garden in Chapter Six suggest?
19. Describe the attitude toward men on the part of the characters and author in Chapter Six.
20. How is Estevan different from the other male characters we’ve seen?
21. What does Mattie do for people like Estevan and Esperanza? What clues earlier in the story hinted at her activities?
22. What does the “Miracle of Dog Doo Park” refer to?
23. What does Taylor learn about Estevan and Esperanza’s past? How does this affect Taylor?
24. How does Taylor feel about Estevan?
25. How does Lou Ann demonstrate more confidence in herself in Chapters Ten and Eleven?
26. What does the snake symbolize in Chapter Twelve? Think about what is going on at home with Turtle…
27. What does the trapped bird symbolize?
28. What does Taylor learn about Turtle from the doctor?
29. What does the bird outside the window represent?
30. How does Taylor respond to the news that she has no legal claim over Turtle? How does Lou Ann respond? What perspective does Mattie bring to Taylor about parenting?
31. What does the Night-Blooming Cereus symbolize?
32. Describe what happens at the routine immigration check in Chapter Fourteen.
33. What changes have taken place at the Broken Arrow Motor Lodge?
34. What does Taylor discover about the Cherokee Nation in Chapter Fifteen that changes her impression of the area?
35. Why does Turtle bury her doll?
36. Describe what happens in Chapter Sixteen. What does this moment represent for Esperanza? What does Taylor mean when she says all of them buried someone they loved in Oklahoma?
37. Why does Taylor decide to call 1-800-THE-LORD? How does she feel about the conversation she has?
38. What does Taylor discover about wisteria? How is this discovery related to the theme of the novel?
39. What is a “family”? How does this novel ask you to question your definition of “family”?
40. How is “home” defined in terms of geography? How is it defined in terms of people?
In addition to these questions, we will also discuss several important quotations.
Themes we will discuss:
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
1. The Shared Burden of Womanhood
2. The Plight of Illegal Immigrants
3. Respect for the Environment
Motifs we will discuss:
Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.
1. Rebirth
2. Motherhood
Symbols we will be discussing:
Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts.
1. Beans and Bean Trees
2. Ismene
3. Birds
Vocabulary:
1. presume
2. ornery
3. indelible
4. repulse
5. transient
6. conniption
7. ascendant
8. reticent
9. apoplectic
10. meager
11. dilapidated
12. reverence
13. aptitude
14. pandemonium
15. picayune
16. invocation
17. perturbed
18. prudish
19. compulsion
20. gumption
21. deprivation
22. incarnate
23. dormant
24. pungent
25. noncommittal
26. befuddled
27. cantankerous
28. meandering
29. catharsis
30. rigamarole
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