KW of KWL (from Preview Party - Julia Child)
K- Know
What we already knew about Julia Child
- had a cooking show with Jaques Pepin
- had a cooking show on IPTV
- was the first woman in the French culinary school
- was a spy during WWII
- was barren
- married Paul
- had a sister
- liked to drink wine while cooking
- had a deep voice
- was heavier, tall, big-boned, manly
- destined to be a spinster
- Dan Akyrod played her in SNL – always cut his fingers off
KWL
W-Want
What we want to learn about Julia Child
- why she was so interested in cooking
- how she became the first woman in French culinary school
- who she was a spy for – US or France
- when she was a spy – in regards to her life (before she was married, etc.)
- why she became a spy
- why she was barren
- how she met her husband
Agree/Disagree Activity (from 1st Regular Meeting - Julia Child)
Agree | Disagree | ???? | Statement | Reference |
1) Opposites attract. | p. 4 ¶3 (last indent | |||
2) It was more common back then to have Juniors compared to today’s time. | p. 6 ¶5 (last ¶) | |||
3) It was also more common back then to name a daughter after her mother. | p. 7 ¶1 (end of ¶) | |||
4)They didn’t have too many names to choose from so they reused them a lot. | ||||
5) Although women could not vote yet, many were allowed to be involved in political organizations. | p. 8 (beginning of page) | |||
6) White flour was preached against because of the gluten content that causes celiac disease. | p. 8 ¶2 | |||
7) They didn’t have any form of birth control back then. | p. 9 ¶5 (last ¶) | |||
8) If you get married (or have children) later in life, it is hard to adjust because you are used to your independence. | p. 11 ¶3 | |||
9) I have constructed (or have looked at) a family tree of my family. | ||||
10) Julia Child is still alive. | ||||
11) The proper way to write with a pencil or a pen is to make sure your fingers do not touch the paper. | p. 15 ¶2 (end of ¶) | |||
12) I have someone in my life that is a non-example. | p. 18 (end of indented ¶) | |||
13) Women marry men like their fathers. | p. 18 (middle ¶) | |||
14) Fletcherizing was a slow-chewing method with 32 chews a bite. Fletcher said 32 because we have 32 teeth in our mouth (including wisdom teeth). | p. 20 ¶2 | |||
15) Codfish balls sound good. I would actually try one. | p. 21 – top of page | |||
16) Since eggs were not used much back then on the East Coast, the baked goods were crumbly and fell apart. | p. 21 ¶3 (in biscuit recipe) | |||
17) Kraft brand has been around for over 100 years. | p. 22 (beginning of page) | |||
18) Taking a cold bath in the morning is healthy. | p. 22 ¶3 (end of ¶) | |||
19) Taking naps helps you to gain weight and gain strength. | p. 22 ¶4 (last ¶) | |||
Agree | Disagree | ???? | Statement | Reference |
20) I wish I would have not grown up in Iowa. California seems to be more exciting for children. | p. 24 ¶2 | |||
21) I would have been Julia’s and Babe’s friend. I would have done all the things she and Babe did. | p. 25 ¶3 | |||
22) Ivory soap is the only bar soap that floats. | p. 31 ¶4 (end of ¶) | |||
23) First-borns have a presumed dominant position. They have conscientiousness, responsibility, organization and drive for achievement. | p. 31-2 | |||
24) Religion can become an irritation. | p. 32 ¶4 | |||
25) Fathers are harder on their oldest child. | p. 33 ¶2 (end of ¶) | |||
26) “Pretty” means petite and feminine. | p. 34 ¶3 | |||
27) Gender distinctions were different in the early 1900’s. | p. 35 ¶2 (middle of ¶) | |||
28) Caesar salad is made out of raw eggs | p. 36 ¶3 | |||
29) Beauty is truth, truth is beauty. | p. 38 ¶2 | |||
30) You can be a good Christian without attending church. | p. 40 ¶2 (end of ¶) | |||
31) Physical exercise, music, art and current events should all be required classes in high school. | p. 40 ¶4 | |||
32) If you were raised a certain extreme way, you will be the complete opposite when you become a parent. (too strict – lax parent; not loving – very loving as parent) | p. 42 ¶2 | |||
33) You won’t be a good student if you were not raised in a structured home with set rules. | p. 44 ¶2 (middle of ¶) | |||
34) To be a good jumping center in basketball, all you need to be is tall. | p. 44 ¶3 (end of ¶) | |||
35) At 14 or 15, a girls academic achievement drops drastically. | p. 46 ¶3 (end of ¶) | |||
36) It is a huge change to go from a small high school to a bigger college. | p. 48 ¶4 | |||
37) I would have liked to attend a college similar to Smith College. (all girls; professor lives above you, etc.) | p. 49-50 | |||
Agree | Disagree | ???? | Statement | Reference |
38) It used to be against the law to have a woman college president even in an all-girls college. | p. 51 ¶4 | |||
39) Smoking is not lady-like. | p. 52 ¶2 | |||
40) There is no science in cooking. | p. 56 ¶3 | |||
41) Julia might have been a lesbian if she was born in the 1990’s. | p. 63 ¶4 | |||
42) History textbooks are much thicker now than they were in the 1900’s. | p. 59 ¶4 | |||
43) Commencement means “to end”. | p. 60 ¶5 | |||
44) Stevens was a coward, not a hero. | p. 62 ¶2 | |||
45) It is better to be excellent in only one subject than mediocre in several subjects. | p. 63 ¶1 (end of ¶) | |||
46) Cars back then only could drive 60mph. | p. 64 ¶1 - top | |||
47) Most rich weddings have about eighteen bridesmaids. | p. 66 ¶4 | |||
48) First-borns have more self-esteem than their siblings. | p. 70 ¶2 | |||
49) You should be suspicious of short men. | p. 70 ¶3 (indent ¶) | |||
50) Look at the cover of the book. Julia has a “wonderfully worldly expression.” | p. 72 (beginning of page) | |||
51) Personality is everything. | p. 75 ¶1 (beg of ¶) | |||
52) Julia might have been an agnostic. | p. 79 ¶3 (end of ¶) | |||
53) In WWII, women could be in the military but not in combat. | p. 82 ¶3 | |||
54) Julia was comfortable with her height. | ||||
55) I feel sorry for young Julia. |
Metaphor Activity-Part 1 (from 2nd Regular Meeting - Julia Child)
Metaphors from Appetite for Life - reference the paragraph to find out the two nouns that they are comparing, then explain the relationship between them (in other words, explain the metaphor).
“like a sardonic horse” p. 90 ¶3
“eager beaver” p. 91 ¶4
“Zorina – a sexy dame” p. 96 ¶4
“leading a mythical piece of poisoned fruitcake dropped in a manila envelope project through an imaginary system” p. 99 ¶2
“brain bank” p. 100 ¶1
“who has been hammered already on life’s anvil and attained a definite shape” p. 102 ¶2
“dead babies mixed with strawberries and Camembert” p. 103 ¶2
“flying circus” p. 103 ¶4
“proved to be rich soil for a developing friend” p. 104 ¶2
“whom he called a peanut” p. 107 ¶3
“These military humans are no soil for my roots” p. 109 ¶1
“never was my work of art, and though I help shape the clay I detest the statue” p. 109 ¶1
“Whatever happens in my life I’m going to be Stage Manager, take in the money at the Box Office, write the play, act in it and have a box seat for the performance.” P. 109 ¶1
“medieval cesspool” p. 108 ¶1
“operational opium” p. 108 ¶4
“like a withered rose” p. 109 ¶4
“like back-broken dragons” p. 110 ¶5 (indented ¶)
“like the tourelles at Chateau Neiric, so they looked like soft loaves of bread.” P. 111 ¶1 (indented ¶)
“a modern Mata Hari” p. 113 ¶1
“she’s a wolf by nature” p. 114 ¶4
“as jars of jams are hovered by wasps” p. 116 ¶3
“the humming turns to an angry roar” p. 116 ¶3
“but when you have sown the seed of love, weeded and watered its field, reaped its harvest and stored the golden grains and then the barn burns down and the fields are flooded . . . I am rootless or soil-less” p. 117 ¶1 (indented ¶)
“rise with the sea-tides, put the pungent flavor of wild sage on her tongue, and comb her hair with the wind” p. 117 ¶4
“cave-of-emeralds fortune” p. 117 ¶3
“melting his frozen earth” p. 120 ¶4
“lanced a boil” p. 121 ¶4
“scattered seed of their sweet friendship growing to final ripened grain” p. 121 ¶6 (last ¶)
“we find ourselves hanging in mid-air” p. 123 ¶2
“a sudden vacuum which peace had brought” p. 123 ¶2
“genuine love and understanding of individuals as part of the human fabric of life” p. 123 ¶5
“orgy of eating” p. 124 ¶2 (end of ¶)
“is like a ship without a sail” p. 124 ¶5
“all those years of hunting through others’ recipes for an adult life has led her to Paul.” P. 126 ¶1
“is like unsalted food” p. 127 - quote at beginning
“opening wedge for you” p. 131 ¶2 (end of ¶)
“never tasted such delicious pearls! . . . be more tantalizing and magnificently fed than them (the gourmets who eat their oysters)” p. 132 ¶2
“like chickens on a spit” p. 133 ¶4
“hug blinding Mystery and Chaos to his bosom” p. 135 ¶2
“to hold down the cover of my personal Pandora’s box” p. 135 ¶2
“naked horror” p. 138 ¶1
“dry tortured canyons” p. 138 ¶1
“this family and this land were his stone” p. 139 ¶1
“he would not drop it” p. 141 ¶1
“pool of confusion” p. 147 ¶3
“a consolation prize by my father-in-law” p. 147 ¶3
“artistry of the toiler in the these vineyards” p. 148 ¶4
“was a vacuum cleaner” p. 149 ¶5
“sucking at the govt. tit” p. 151 ¶4
Metaphor Activity-Part 2 (from 2nd Regular Meeting - Julia Child)
A metaphor is: ____________________________
Julia is a
Paul is a
China is a
India is a
The war is a
The OSS is a
Chinese food is a
The relationship (b/t Paul and Julia before war ended) is a
The ending of the war is a
Traveling is a
Weather is a
Julia’s OSS job is a
Marriage (Paul and Julia’s) is a
Julia’s sexual frustration is a
The living conditions at war is a
Julia’s friends/colleagues is a
The house parties overseas is a
The wedding (Paul and Julia’s) is a
Charlie is a
Dysentery is a
Map Visual (Cities in Chronological Order)
1) Pasadena, California
2) Ross, California (Northern California – Marin County)
3) Northampton, Massachusetts
4) NYC, New York
5) Pasadena, California
6) Washington, D.C.
7) Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
8) Kunming, China
9) Pasadena, California
10) Washington, D.C.
11) Georgetown, Washington D.C.
12) Paris, France
13) Marseilles, France
14) Plittersdorf near Bad Godesberg near Bonn, Germany
15) Georgetown, Washington D.C.
16) Olso, Norway
17) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Map Visual (Cities in Random Order)
Ross, California (Northern California – Marin County)
Paris, France
Washington, D.C.
Pasadena, California
Olso, Norway
Georgetown, Washington D.C.
NYC, New York
Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Pasadena, California
Plittersdorf near Bad Godesberg near Bonn, Germany
Northampton, Massachusetts
Washington, D.C.
Kunming, China
Marseilles, France
Georgetown, Washington D.C.
Pasadena, California
