AP Language Summer Reading Padlet by Lily DiCicco https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco Lily DiCicco en-us 2018-06-19 21:52:19 UTC 2021-02-27 02:40:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dootheets.png Statement of Intent s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/269661596 Hi, I'm Lily DiCicco. My purpose for taking this class is too advance my knowledge and persist in AP classes. I signed up for this course to prepare myself for college, construct what an ideal college class may look and feel like, and display myself to colleges as a hard working student. In this class, I hope to gain: an advanced vocabulary, a better development for exceptional essays, and to increase my test scores. A strength of mine is always getting my assignments done on time and doing my best on them. A weakness I have is not doing well on tests. Some interesting facts about me are: I'm happy to be taking another AP class, I lived in Minnesota for 12 years, and I have two dogs named Sunny and Shaggy. ]]> 2018-07-08 15:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/269661596 1) Every Fifteen Minutes: Brief Biography of the Author s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/269909463   Lisa Scottoline, the author of, Every Fifteen Minutes, was born in Philadelphia in 1955. She got her education at the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and The University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1981. Scottoline is The New York Times best selling author and is also an Edgar award winning author of over 30 novels. Aside from writing her novels, she writes a column with her daughter called "Chick Wit", for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Other majors works by Scottoline are: Everywhere that Mary Went (1993), Exposed (2017), One Perfect Lie (2017), After Anna (2018).

]]> 2018-07-11 04:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/269909463 2) Every Fifteen Minutes: Brief Summary-NO SPOILERS s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270549189       At Havemeyer General Hospital, in Philadelphia, Dr. Eric Parrish, Chief of the Psychiatry Unit, recently took on the job of counseling a young man, Max, who is losing his grandmother. Aside from Erics work, he has to deal with the stress of his family. He's recently divorced and is having an on-going custody battle with his ex-wife Caitlin over their daughter Hannah. 
      After a session with the boy, Eric is concerned that Max is obsessed with a girl, Renée Bevilacqua, that he tutors and begins to worry about the girls safety. Max also explains how every fifteen minutes he has a routine to help keep him content. To add even more to Eric's plate, a student of his, Kristine Malin, accuses him of sexual assault. With all the tension and stress already existing in their lives, the girl Max is obsessed with turns up dead. At the same time of the murder, Max is missing making it seem like he committed the crime. Max is soon found trying to take his own life attempting to commit a mall bombing. Eric runs in and stops the boy, to realize that a bombing was never one of Max's true intentions. During the novel Max and Eric are both constantly framed for the murder, but in the end its a plot twist no one expected.]]> 2018-07-18 20:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270549189 3) Every Fifteen Minutes: 3 Themes from the Story s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270568593 Theme #1
     Humanity vs. Human Nature
Max Jakubowski has a substantial of internal conflict due to his anxiety and depression. Eric Parrish identified Max as a high risk patient. Therefore, Max is a potential harm and threat to humanity.

Theme #2
     Suffering
Max Jakubowski suffers a lot internally but also with his grandmothers, his best friends, illness. Max already has anxiety as it is; however, with his grandmothers passing he really goes crazy.

Theme #3
     Alienation
After Max Jakubowski's grandmother died he felt extremely isolated and alienated from everything. He feels broken to the point where he's practically numb. He felt so alone he made everyone believe that he was a "bombing a mall" but his true motivation was to get shot by the police, ending his life. ]]> 2018-07-19 01:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270568593 4) Every Fifteen Minutes: Essential Question Asked and my Answer s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270568763 Question:
     Is losing one thing worth risking everything?

Answer:
     My answer is, no. Losing something can often cause you to feel like you've lost yourself; however, its not worth risking your life for. In Every Fifteen Minutes, Max Jakubowski loses his grandmother and it makes him feel completely lost. He goes MIA until Dr. Eric Parrish sees him on the news threatening to bomb the local mall and keeping hostages in one of the stores. Now, Max would never hurt a person but he would hurt himself. He never had the nerve to physically bring pain to himself on his own; therefore, the potential "bombing" comes into play. He wanted the cops to shoot him when he said he was threatening the mall and shoppers. Thats how he wanted his life to end. In conclusion, losing one thing is not something to take your own life over.]]> 2018-07-19 01:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270568763 6) Every Fifteen Minutes: 3 Songs and Explanations s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270570785      1. “Take it Easy” -The Eagles
"Take it Easy” corresponds with the novel because Max Jakubowski is a really high risk man and Dr. Parrish is trying to help him “take it easy” and comfort him through the hard times that he’s facing. This song would be played during therapy and during the mall “bombing”.

     2. “idontwanttobeyouanymore” -Billie Eilish
This songs about getting to a really low point in your life and you don’t know what to do, you just don't want to be yourself anymore. In the novel, Max loses his grandmother who was his very best friend and only family who cared about him. She’s the only one who showed him that someone cared about him and that he has a purpose in life. This song would be played after his grandma dies and Max goes missing.

3. "Something's Missing" -Sheppard
Max Jakubowski feels like somethings out of place when his grandmother dies and it sets him on a long road of stress and uncertainty.

]]> 2018-07-19 01:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270570785 7) Every Fifteen Minutes: Best Quote from the Novel s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270571775 Quote:   
“They never see me coming.
Know why?
Because I’m already there.” 
-Narrator

 This quote strongly expresses one of the many themes, Psychosis. Throughout the story the narrator talks about how he's a sociopath and when he said this I feel that it strongly applied to being one. This quote is relevant in everyday life because there are people like this that you walk past all the time, but you never realize it. ]]> 2018-07-19 01:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270571775 8) Every Fifteen Minutes: Recommendation s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270571960      I reccommend this novel to anyone who has an interest in psychology because it deals with it the entire novel. This novel would also intrigue readers who enjoy suspense and surprises. ]]> 2018-07-19 01:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270571960 Logos- Global News: Water on Mars s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270575482       I identified this article as logos because it uses facts and statistics.

1. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/07/27/water-on-mars-does-sciences-theory-about-origin-life-hold-up.html
2. Recently Italian scientists have discovered a lake on Mars. This immediately leads to the question if there is or was life on mars. The scientists used radars and found the radar profile is similar to ones found for under ground glaciers. 
3.
  • a. Water on Mars
  • b. Liquid water found on Mars.
  • c. Scientists and citizens who are interested in Mars.
  • d. To educated Americans on this new discovery and what it could lead to.
  • e. Michael Guillen is the author of the article. He is a worthy author of this article because he has a PhD in physics, mathematics, and astronomy. He is linked to the article because he is a genius in science.
  • f. The tone was interested. Scientists are interested in beginning a discovery to see what else lies on or under Mars atmosphere.

]]> 2018-07-19 02:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270575482 Pathos- National News: Alzheimers s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270575509  I identified this article as pathos because I've had two family members diagnosed Alzheimers and I know how sorrowful it is for families to go through this.

1. https://globalnews.ca/news/4357425/alzheimers-dementia-drug-breakthrough/
2. BAN2401 is a drug that can decrease the speed of Alzheimers. This drug has helped with 856 patients. This is really exciting because it could be the beginning of a cure. 
3.
  • a. Alzheimers 
  • b. A new medicine that treats mild dementia
  • c. Families with Alzheimers patients
  • d. The authors purpose is to inform the world of this new medicine for Alzheimers.
  • e. The author of this article is Marilisa Racco. She has quotes from Lynn Kramer, chief clinical and medical officer of a Neurology Business, and from James Hendrix who works at the Alzheimers Association. Therefore her article is based on facts.
  • f. I would say the tone of the article is joy and hopefulness. This article is about the chance of a drug that treats mild Alzheimers. Families with Alzheimers history will understand the joy that is received from this news.
]]> 2018-07-19 02:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270575509 Ethos- Local/state News: Confederate Flags s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270575523       I identified this one as ethos because he is credible to acknowledge diversity rights because he's lead diversity groups.

1. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/opinion/2018/07/27/tennessee-confederate-flag-license-plates-need-go/835280002/
2. This articles issue is about racism. People are debating about whether or not the confederate flag promotes racism. Whether you believe its racist or not, if you know it makes people feel bad, should the state still let people buy them.
3. 
  • a. Confederate Flags
  • b. Are confederate flags promoting racism?
  • c. The audience who is in the middle about the situation, the people who don't really care.
  • d. To convince the state that confederate flags promote racism and that the state is promoting racism as long as they allow confederate flags to be hung.
  • e. Marcellus Braxton is the author of this article and is a leader of diversity groups. He believes that confederate flags are racist. He is linked to the issue because he is against confederate flags.
  • f. His tone was frustrated. He thinks the state promotes racism. 

]]> 2018-07-19 02:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270575523 9) Every Fifteen Minutes: Photo Representing Story s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270805810 One major component to the story is Max's OCD. His eyes are constantly glued to the clock waiting to do his routine.]]> 2018-07-22 22:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270805810 9) Every Fifteen Minutes: Photo Representing Story s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270805880 Throughout the entire novel, psychosis comes into play. Dr. Eric Parrish is constantly found trying help patients, friends, and himself get over anxiety and live their life.]]> 2018-07-22 22:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270805880 9) Every Fifteen Minute: Photo Representing Story s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270806988      "So, this your flashlight. You're just at the beginning of exploring the cave. Keep it with you at all times." - Eric Parrish  
     When Max is in the juvenile detention center, Eric visits him and brings him the gift of an Eveready Flashlight. He tells Max that he can do life on his own.]]> 2018-07-22 22:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270806988 5) Every Fifteen Minutes: Major Characters, Major Characteristics s977366 https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270884667 1. Dr. Eric Parrish, is Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital. He is a very determined man and will go to the extremes to protect Max.
2. Max Jakubowski, is a seventeen year old boy who is suffering the loss of his grandmother. He is portrayed as the threat to the community but he's actually being framed.
3. Renée Bevilacqua, is the murder victim of the story. Her murder was set up to look as if Max or Eric did it...but thats not the truth.
4. Caitlyn, is Erics ex-wife. She's often greedy, rude and unfair when it comes to the divorce and who gets to see their daughter, Hannah. However, towards the end of the novel ,after everything Erics been through, she's finally generous and lets Eric see Hannah.
5. Hannah, is Eric and Caitlyns little girl. Even though she's little, she still understands the troubles and stress her father is going through.
6. Dr. Laurie Fortunato, portrays herself as the friendly coworker to Eric and the rest of the staff. During the novel, she still seems to be loyal and helpful, regarding Max and his situation, but little do you know how conniving and manipulative she really is.
7. Kristine Malin, is a medical student at the hospital and has strong feelings towards Eric; however, when he doesn't show the same feelings back she accuses him of sexual assault. Of course it was a lie, but only Eric seemed to know that. At the end of the novel, Kristine barely gets the chance to apologize to Eric as she heads into the surgery that determines  her life.
8. Marie Jakubowski, is Max's mother. For most of the novel, she is shown as the alcoholic mother who doesn't care about her son. Once she finally realizes the seriousness of her sons condition, she gradually turns into the mother Max always wanted.
9. Dr. Sam Ward, was Erics right-hand-man. Well, Eric thought he was. Sam isn't as major of a character until the end when his true side shows.
10. Mr. Perino, is a mental patient on Erics unit and alike Sam, he isn't a major character until the end. During the fire, Sam tries to kill Eric, making the murder that he framed Eric for come full circle. He almost formulated the plan perfectly, until Perino runs out, saving Erics life, but ending Sams.]]> 2018-07-23 17:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/s977366/lilydicicco/wish/270884667