Journal Entry # 9 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

• A college professor wanted there to be a course so that students could learn how to make Hip Hop.
• Many people think Hip Hop is street music and it contains no intelligence.
• Berklee is the best college of music int he entire world.
• Rappist were really scholars, who experience a different method of learning.
• Hip Hop had to make a purpose in the world.

4 Questions:

• Why were the student shocked that their professor wanted a Hip Hop course?
• Does the Death Row Records stand for something bad?
• How did their intelligence relate to Hip Hop's ghetto tenches?
• How do people take Berklee college for granted?

3 Words:

• Turntablism (pg. 229): Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ Mixer.
• Tutmultuous: (pg. 238): full of tumult or riotousness
• Intelligentsia (pg. 247): intellectuals considered as a group or class

2 Literary Terms:

• Metaphor (pg. 234) "Many of Hip Hop's 'best and brightest' belie the tradional definition"
• Pun (pg. 239) " Single parent household drove him to the streets"

1 Sentence Summary

• Many people Hip Hop isn't formed from intelligence, but it really is all about experienced learning.

Journal Entry # 8 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

• Hip Hop is an insult to women and it abuses our value.
• He was criticized for having inappropiate behavior in a video.
• Hip Hop can sometimes have a bad influence on teenagers.
• Blacks have a higher risk of receiving HIV because they are morte sexually active.
• R. Kelly's career was on hold because of his intercourse with a minor.

4 Questions:

• Why would they mix Hip Hop and porn?
• Where did HIV come from?
• What has Gina Wingwood found about sexually active Black girls?
• Shouldnt have R. Kelly gotten suspended from the Hip Hop business?

3 Words:

• Moguls (pg. 207): A small hard mound
• Entrenchment (pg. 209): the act of entrenching
• Ensued: (pg. 226): to follow in order

2 Literary Terms:

• Simile (pg. 211) "He was so hyperactive as a kid"
• Metaphor (pg. 222) "The adolescent journey, so the therories assert is an especially treacherous period for young girls"

1 Sentence Summary:

• Hip Hop is loved by many people, but sometimes they do not notice when it is doing them wrong.

Journal Entry # 7 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

• Since the Mayor of detriot fancied Hip Hop, he was able to keep his title as mayor.
• He believed that he was involved in politics cause he was born to be political.
• Even though he was all for Hip Hop he removed the earing to respect the elderly.
• Detroit becoming a black city may have caused trouble.
• Kilpatrick may have been elected for the wrong reasons.

4 Questions:

• Was it a problem that Detroit was becoming a black city?
• Did the people elect Kilpatrick only because he was into Hip Hop?
• Why did they have to imply that he was near the top of his class?
• Why didn't the older people very much vote for Kilpatrick?

3 Words:

• Remediation (pg. 189): The act or process of correcting a fault
• Moniker (pg. 196): a person's name, esp. a nickname or alias
• Revitalize (pg. 202): to give new life to

2 Literary Terms:

• Simile (pg. 202) "Like virtually every other major urban metro area in the U.S."
• Personification (pg. 204) "The aftershocks of September 11 produced a political and econmical climate that left America's big cities all but abandoned"

1 Sentence Summary:

• There is a day in the future that Hip Hop will make a difference in our lives, as it did in Kilpatrick's.

Journal Entry # 6 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

• Many rappers from long ago represented the West Coast.
• There were more people in the U.S. who were being put in jail in 1994.
• They tried to project people from criminals.
• They didn't care about how the people felt they treated them like trash.
• They thought it was better for people to get taught than to be punished.

4 Questions:

• How can they protect the entire puclic from prisoners?
• Why did so many of those rappers die or get killed?
• Why was it that those who were not white were the ones who always seemed to be the bad ones?
• What did it take to form the CYA?

3 Words:

• Ethos (pg. 163): the fundamental character or spirit of a culture
• Incarceration (pg. 174): to imprison
• Pinnacle (pg. 177): a lofty peak

2 Literary Terms:

• Metaphor (pg. 163) "In the mountainous terrain, vast highways, and electic bed of urban and suburban communities that make up California's Bay"
• Personification (pg. 180) "Hip Hop informs the language we use"

1 Sentence Summary:

• The youth have a strong control on whether or not something will make a difference and succeed.

Journal Entry # 5 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

• The people who are attracted to Hip Hop changed over time.
• Simmons built his own hip group that raised many funds for Hip Hop.
• Hip Hop has enough power to control and make a difference on many things in the world.
• Trying to catch the young people's attention is a difficult task.
• In order to do well they have to improve the mistakes they made in the past.

4 Questions:

• Why is it so important to impress everyone?
• If Afrika didn't experiment with anything that had to do with Hip Hop, why does it matter?
• Did any of those people that came to Texas Southern University actually make it into the music business?
• Did the boycotts agaisnt the HSAN ever stop?

3 Words:

• Pragmatist (pg. 145): a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action
• Coalition (pg. 152): a combination or alliance
• Constituency (pg. 162): a body of constituents

2 Literary Terms:

• Onomatapoeia (pg. 155) "Though the summits have generated considerable buzz, some have questioned their relevance"
• Metaphor (pg. 155) "Hip Hop is a potent catalyst for transforming the world"

1 Sentence Summary:

• Russell Simmons writes about his experience in how he realized what it takes in order to grap the people's attention.

Journal Entry #4 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

• Music has an impact on the economy.
• Eventually there was enough rap music to make a difference.
• Public Enemy also made a difference in Hip Hop.
• Even though two different rappers came from different areas they collaborated and achieved together.
• From being rich there were many people who were jealous of Simmons.

4 Questions:

• How did the internet really improve Hip Hop's production?
• Does Aldephi University major in Music?
• Why were the commecial life getting farther away from Hip Hop?
• Were there other rappist besides Eminem who were very successful?

3 Words:

• Silhouetted (pg. 116): a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object
• Seditious (pg. 122): given to or guilty of sedition
• Venues (pg. 137): The locality where a crime is committed

2 Literary Terms:

• Personification (pg. 116): "Public Enemy seized pop culture"
• Metaphor (pg. 116): "If Public Enemy understood the fine line between pop art and revolution"

1 Sentence Summary:

• In this chapter it explains how Eminem changed the cultural background and the present day Hip Hop.

Journal Entry #3 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

• It took Eminem to change the racial and cultural of hiphop history.
• Eminem showed respect to black music, knowing he was white.
• Often times Eminem raps about his experience in life.
• Many whites enjoy Hip Hop because of its uniqueness.
• Eminen has become a better person through Hip Hop music.

4 Questions:

• If Eminem did something wrong, wouldn't they punish him in some way?
• Did the number of CD' sbeing sold dropped because everyone was buying Eminem's CD's?
• Were others jealous of Eminem because his hits were being sold so quickly?
• Why were teenagers in the nineties attracted to Hip Hop?

3 Words:

• Paradox (pg. 93): a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory
• Defeid (pg. 95): to challenge the power of
• Provacateur (pg. 106): a person who provokes trouble

2 Literary Terms:

• Metaphor (pg. 85) "His meteoric rise to celebrity was yet another idication of how the hip-hop movement was rewriting"
• Irony (pg. 103) "Dre was in the rap game for the music and the money, but not for the mayhem that had become commonplace at Death Row"

1 Sentence Summary:

• In this chapter, it describes how the white race was brought to Hip Hop and how it made a difference in Hip Hop's relation to the world.

Journal Entry #2 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

• So, hip hop is just a remix of American pop music.
• Albums are still determined "hot" depending on how many copies were sold.
• A historic change in music is a big deal because it attracts many people.
• Iovine didn't invent well enough things to attract people's attention.
• Los Angeles was the birth place or rap music.

4 Questions:

• Why are they mentioning rap when this is a hip hop book?
• Why was rap looked at as scorn?
• What did the SoundScan system do?
• Why do Indie labels always fail?

3 Words:

• Aura (pg. 34): a distinctive and pervasive quality or character
• Accolades (pg.36): An expression of approval
• Conglomerates (pg. 51): To form or gather into a mass or whole

2 Literary Terms:

• Personification (pg. 39): "SoundScan called attention to the comercial vitality"
• Similie (pg. 48): "Death Row's artistry, like the concoction iy first album celebrated"

1 Sentence Summary:

• This chapter was about the formation of hip hop and the other genres that make it up.
  

Journal Entry #1 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

• Hip ho must always be for ghetto blacks.
• Ghettoscapes is a racist thing to call something.
• Hip hop was often times thought of leading to destruction.
• Many people are moved by hip hop.
• Hip hop is many times treated as thought it doesnt matter when it should'nt.

4 Questions:

• Why does hip hop matter?
• Why was hip hop considered ghetto?
• Where doe these hip hop artists get their names?
• Why did hip hop develope such a spectacular reputation?

3 Words:

• Nemesis (pg. 1): one thing that brings about retribution or vengeance
• Authenticity (pg. 2): The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.
• Reprimand: (pg. 4): to rebuke

2 Literary Terms:

• Personification (pg. 1): "hip hop has produced its share... walking the fine line"
• Onomatopoeia (pg. 2): "that all important buzz and hip"

1 Sentence Summary:

• The prologue bascially introduces hip hop and the people who made a difference in the genre.

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #10

5 Comments:

• Viv and Josh get into and accident, and that is when Lopi begins to feel bad about what she did to her mom.
• Lopi thinks of the worst things that could possibly have happened to her mother.
• Josh tries to unite Viv and Lopi.
• Lopi and Viv are trying to find unity in each other once again and start new.
• Lopi wants to show her mother her appreciation of her.

4 Questions:

• Why didn't Viv talk to Lopi about Adam from before?
• Was Viv trying to avoid the subject when Lopi had mentioned it in the hospital?
• Is a therapist really need that much even after they talk about Adam?
• Why didn't Lopi invite more people?

3 Words:

• metallic(pg. 182): of, pertaining to, or consisting of metal
• linoleum (pg. 183): a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil
• haggard (pg. 184): having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn

2 Literary Terms:

• Climax (pg. 181) "There was an accident. Vivian. We're in the hospital."
• Symbolism (pg. 181) " A restricted number"

1 Sentence Summary:

• It takes the car accident that Viv gets injured in for Lopi to finally talk and settle things with her mother.

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #9

5 Comments:

• Lopi instantly realizes Charley isn't the right person for her to be with.
• Toad didn't know the "accident" was so serious.
• Viv doesn't seem to be upset with the fact that Lopi snapped at her.
• Josh is being nice to Lopi as though she never came onto him.
• Tina tries to stay out of things and not cause trouble.

4 Questions:

• Why did Lopi get so emotional when the fish died?
• Why is Lopi being so hard on herself about the Adam accident?
• Why did Toad wait till now to tell Lopi how he feels about her?
• How did Lopi not see that Toad had liked her all this time?

3 Words:

• Idolized (pg. 172): to regard with blind adoration, devotion
• Scrawny (pg. 175): excessively thin; lean; scraggy
• Tendrils (pg. 165): A twisting, threadlike structure by which a twining plant

2 Literary Terms:

• Simile (pg. 164) "the golden belly heave in and out as he gasps for a way to breathe"
• Metaphor (pg. 178) "She's such a pill these days"

1 Sentence Summary:

• Lopi realizes that Charley isn't right for her then happens to let out her emotions and secrets to Toad. She realizes Toad was the one for her and they have sexual intercourse.

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #8

5 Comments:

• Even though Lopi has been in an argument with Toad she still talks to him like nothing has happened between them.
• Lopi realized that in middle school "going out" wasn't anything real.
• Viv has ruined the dinner that Lopi and Charley were having when she returned home early.
• Lopi's emotions explode and she finally expresses her feelings towards her mother.
• Lopi goes to Charley's house to sleep because she thinks she will feel comfortable there.

4 Questions:

• Did Lopi really think she was in love with Charley?
• Why did Lopi feel so embarrassed of her mother?
• Why did Lopi just go off and leave the house?
• Why didn't Lopi stay and listen to Charley's explanation?

3 Words:

• Cynicism (pg. 145): cynical disposition, character, or belief
• Precarious (pg.146): dependent on circumstances beyond one's control
• Dickens (pg. 158): devil; deuce

2 Literary Terms:

• Simile (pg. 152) "be good enough for someone pure like Charley"
• Metaphor (pg. 149) "Not enough kissing in the world"

1 Setence Summary:

• Lopi spends a day with Charley over the weekend and becomes even closer to him, then goes to his house to sleep when Viv and her get into a fight.

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #7

5 Comments:

• Lopi gets annoyed with being at home with family and being treated like a child.
• Toad tries to tell Lopi that she is missing fatherly love and that is the reason why she is looking for love so much.
• Lopi is beginning to give up, lose hope, and think about death.
• A boy in English class and Lopi are attracted to one another.
• Lopi begins to find hope again because she finds friendship in him.

4 Questions:

• Why didn't Lopi understand that she couldn't sleep over Toad's house because they were older and opposite sex?
• Is the Elwood Shrink apart of Lopi's imagination?
• How does Lopi get attracted to boys so quickly?
• Is Lopi really planning on having a party without her mom being home?

3 Words:

• Jovial (pg. 119): endowed with or characterized by a hearty
• Scrutinizes (pg. 120): To examine or observe with great care
• Campy (pg. 141): of, pertaining to, or characterized by camp

2 Literary Terms:

• Man vs. Man conflict (pg. 125) "You can't stay with me... Why not? You just can't."
• Simile & Personification (pg. 134) "the warmth of his goldness spreading through my body and enveloping me like a hug.

1 Sentence Summary:

• Just when Lopi was beginning to get discouraged and lose hope, she finds another boy that attracted her attention and begins to form a friendship with them.

***** Didn't we talk about spaghettti Westerns in class?*****

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #6

5 Comments:

• Lopi has a thing for this boy and runs off with him to see his rabbits.
• Lopi lies about everthing that has to do with being in college to impress the boy.
• This boy named Andrew had many siblings and parents who were gypsies.
• Lopi kept hearing voices in her head that were making her think about if she was doing the right thing.
• Andrew was just lying and wanted to act like a college student and attract girls.

4 Questions:

• Why is Andrew trying to encourage her to smoke?
• How could Lopi possibly think she was ready to have sex?
• Why did Andrew have a key to his sister's dorm room?
• Why did Lopi only apply to two colleges?

3 Words:

• Memoir (pg. 101): a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation
• Perplexed (pg. 109): bewildered; puzzled
• Disheveled: (pg.112): hanging loosely or in disorder

2 Literary Terms:

• Personification (pg. 114) "Tessa wags her tail, already excited at this thought."
• Metaphor (pg. 102) "The night is black"

1 Sentence Summary:

• Lopi meets a boy at a college party, come to find out he is only in high school. Then she finished her college applications and sends them off in the mail.

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #5

5 Comments:

• A special kiss is on Lopi's mind.
• Lopi decides to tell Apple lies to make herself sound cool and to impress Apple.
• Even though Lopi is looking to find love and someone to share emotions with.
• Lopi writes how all her negative thoughts in an English paper.
• At a college party Lopi tries once again to fit in.

4 Questions:

• Does Mrs. V.O. know what Lopi is going through?
• Why does Lopi constantly think about kissing?
• Does Apple and Lopi really look like college students?
• Why would Lopi try another puff of pot even after coughing badly?

3 Words:

• Obliterated (pg. 87): to remove or destroy all traces of
• Existentialism (pg. 94): a philosophical attitude
• Jocks (pg. 96): An athletic supporter.

2 Literary Terms:

• Foreshadowing (pg. 88) 'I lie and say, "I've slept with two guys." Two seems reasonable'
• Man vs. himself Conflict (pg. 89) "I'd dug myself in this deep. Would Toad even go for Apple?"

1 Sentence Summary:

• Lopi begins to get close to Apple by having her over her house then was invited to go to a college party with her.

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #4

5 Comments:

• Viv's 40th birthday party means a lot to her and she wants it to be a special day for her.
• Lopi wanted to feel like an adult and drink alcohol.
• Lopi was determined to get Josh to notice and fall for her even though it wasn't going to happen.
• Tina should have prevented Lopi from doing what she did to Josh the night of the party.
• Josh should have known that something wasn't right.

4 Questions:

• Why did Lopi blow off her friend Toad just for Josh?
• Does Lopi really think that everything is going to happen that easily with Josh?
• Did Josh tell Viv what happened the night of the party?
• Why didn't Toad try to change Lopi's mind about Josh?

3 Words:

• Intoxicate (pg. 61): to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance
• Frayed (pg. 67): A scuffle; a brawl
• Twinge (pg. 71): a sudden, sharp pain

2 Literary Terms:

• Onomatopoeia (pg. 69) "I hear it. Rrrrrip. My Pants."
• Hyperbole (pg. 81) "His body heaves in small waves."

1 Sentence Summary:

• Lopi makes a move on Josh and finally tells him how she feels however, he doesn't feel the same way and is planning on asking Viv's hand in marriage.

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #3

5 Comments:

• The mistake that occurred 6 years ago has to do with cars.
• Lopi still has guilt over her brother Adam's death.
• Holly wanted Lopi to remember her so she gave Lopi the monkey.
• It is true how P.E. is required and there are still a lot of obese people in the world.
• Lopi has a strange feeling when she is around Josh.

4 Questions:

• Is the mistake the reason why Lopi's dad left?
• Why would she feel that eay towards her mother's boyfriend?
• Does Tina know about the mistake with Adam?
• Why would Holly's mother be crying when leaving the school?

3 Words:

• Stew (pg. 47): to fret, worry, or fuss
• Askew (pg. 52): to one side; out of line; in a crooked position; awry: to wear
• Juvenile (pg. 53): immature; childish; infantile

2 Litereary Terms:

• Man vs. Himself (pg. 42) "My hands are shaking, my heart is beating extra fast"
• Personification (pg. 43) "The engine hums on"

1 Sentence Summary:

• Lopi reveals the mistake that happened 6 years ago then has a deep talk with Josh.

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #2

5 Comments:

• Lopi really wants to graduate early so she is eager to complete her physical education requirement.


• Viv takes Lopi out of school to go to the beach for a day with her and Josh.


• Tessa (the dog) and Lopi are very close and keep each other's company.


• Lopi feels most comfortable in her bed under the covers (also known as the hole).
  
• Lopi feels unwanted and as though life is complicated.

4 Questions:

• Why would Lopi want to flirt with Josh if he is much older than she is?


• Why doesnt the house have any photpgraphs of anything?


• Does Lopi hate the fact that Viv is dating Josh?


• Was it really necessary for Lopi to see a therapists and go to a shrink?

3 Words:

• Cumulus (pg. 24): a cloud of a class characterized by dense individual elements in the form of puffs, mounds, or towers, with flat bases and tops that often resemble cauliflower


• Expanse (pg 27): an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything


• Brownnoser (pg. 33): one who flatters others in an obsequious manner

2Literary Terms:

• Personification (pg. 27) "Then the vast expanse of ocean opens up before your eyes."


• Simile (pg. 36) "I can make it all work out perfectly, like a happy romantic comedy..."

1 Sentence Summary:

• Lopi is taken out of school to have a relaxing day on the beach, when she begins to think about love and how to tell if it is really love.

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #1

5 Comments:

• Lopi is a teenager who has a very low self-esteem.


• Lopi is at the stage where she is going through puberty and curious about sex.


• To Lopi, school was prison and was a horrible place to be.


• Toad (Harry Zebowski) is Lopi's best friend who argues with her a lot.


• The college student who lives with Lopi and Viv (Lopi's mom) is very peacful to Lopi.

4 Questions:

• How could she go shopping on the day her brother died?


• Was Lopi afraid of her Viv's boyfriend named Josh?


• Does Viv really think that Josh would be around that long, knowing how often she has boyfriends?


• Why was the shoe shopping to Lopi the best memory of being with her mother?

3 Words:

• Hypocrisy (pg. 4): a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles


• Aptitude (pg.11): capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent


• Fiend (pg. 17): and evil spirit; a demon

2 Literary Terms:

• Introduction (pg. 1) "My name is Penelope Yeager, Lopi for short. I appear normal-normal for a sixteen-year-old American girl, this is."


• Simile (pg. 17) "You do study like a fiend."

1 Sentence Summary:

• Lopi is a teenage girl who wants to live a happy life by getting out of highschool and going through adult experiences.