1. The reviewer of the watchman movie strongly disliked the film. He thought the movie was very lengthy and dragged on for far to long. He believed there was to many characters which made it hard to focus on one main story line. He was very harsh on the way the characters appeared on the stream. One of his comments was "Last and hugest is Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), who is buff, buck naked, and blue, like a porn star left overnight in a meat locker." This brutal statement really captures his thought on the movie and the dirctor itself.
2. Syriana was torn down by this reviewer, he constently brings up how confusing the movie was to follow and mentions how the characters dont even understand the movie why should the viewers. This movie is about the oil market that leaves people richer than belief or people dirt poor. The review mentions that there was no one to root for in this movie because it all consists of bad guys, if it was broken up into bad guys and good guys he says "we" woukd be the good guys, of course.
3. The 'scary harry' review takes about the director personally and mentions the slow pace of the first Harrp Pitter movie. Though he does admit the movie lacks a jump start and has a sluggish pace, the first 40 minutes are used to introduce the characters and the background. As we jump into the second movie we know that it is going to be a faster pace movie loaded with more action and better visual effects.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
On Turning Ten
Collins is trying to show you what its like all in one moment how it is to grow up. Going through each year of what the child thought or wanted to be shows the reader how children believe they can do anything that pops in their minds. It also talks about how things that we enjoy as a child dont seem as special when you start to grow up. The whole point of view of this story is from a child which shows you how he is leaving behind his childhood because he feels like he has to just because he is turing 10 years old. The end of the story when it talks about whats inside of a child shows you how a child thinks that nothing could go wrong in life. Until you become an adult and you understand all the things that can go wrong in life.
What is Collins trying to say with this poem?-- He is trying to say that there comes an age when you have to give up childish things.
How does he capture childhood and the process of growing up?-- Collins shows how the things that bring us joy as a child start to fade away and not seem so special anymore. He also shows how kids feel invinsible growing up and nothing could hurt them.
What makes this poem effective?-- The way he goes through each year of his life and all the different things this kid wanted to be or thought he could do makes you see how different children think from adults. What also makes it effective is how the child thinks that when you turn 10 you have to forget all the childish things you like behind.
how does this fit into your own life experience?--This fits into my own life and everyones life because there is a point in everyones life were you start to leave behind the childish things and gaining more responsibilities.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
3 definitons
According to the auther the defintion of beauty has to do with dove. They believe that beauty comes in all shapes and forms but that dove can inhance your natural beaty. No matter how old or how big you are, you are still beautiful.
Denial has changed through the ages. The most common way to use the word denial is to refuse what has actually happened in real time. Many people choose to ignore crucial things that happen in there life, in this defintion that applies. for example the enviroment, holocaust.
The word Evil is used by almost everyone, it is related here to how George W. Bush's use of the word and the people that disagree with him. Evil come from satan, gods rival. It can be attached to a person who is generally mean or not friendly. They are saying that the meaning for Evil is an ongoing defintion and any certain person can have their own meaning for it.
Denial has changed through the ages. The most common way to use the word denial is to refuse what has actually happened in real time. Many people choose to ignore crucial things that happen in there life, in this defintion that applies. for example the enviroment, holocaust.
The word Evil is used by almost everyone, it is related here to how George W. Bush's use of the word and the people that disagree with him. Evil come from satan, gods rival. It can be attached to a person who is generally mean or not friendly. They are saying that the meaning for Evil is an ongoing defintion and any certain person can have their own meaning for it.
Monday, April 9, 2012
1. A new idea that is told is to be "beholden" in this definition. I would define a Yankee as someone who lives in the north.
2. These allusions add extra definitions to the idea of Yankee. If you didnt get the allusion then it adds nothing to the story and it would make it more confusing.
3. The technique used in this story is Stipulative. It uses the authors own ideas in the defintion and it also gives a long explanation of Yankee. I believe that the writer spent too much time explaining what Yankee's dont want.
2. These allusions add extra definitions to the idea of Yankee. If you didnt get the allusion then it adds nothing to the story and it would make it more confusing.
3. The technique used in this story is Stipulative. It uses the authors own ideas in the defintion and it also gives a long explanation of Yankee. I believe that the writer spent too much time explaining what Yankee's dont want.
Monday, March 5, 2012
“A Modest Proposal”
1. The real thesis about this story is that England is treating Irland poorly so he is making a point about how badly life is for Irland. He is making the solution drastic to show people how bad things are.
2. paragraph 4--”I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ...”
Paragraph 6-- There is likewise another great advantage in my scheme, that it will prevent those voluntary abortions, and that horrid practice of women murdering their bastard children, alas! too frequent among us! sacrificing the poor innocent babes I doubt more to avoid the expense than the shame, which would move tears and pity in the most savage and inhuman breast.
Paragraph 7--The number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children, although I apprehend there cannot be so many, under the present distresses of the kingdom; but this being granted, there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand breeders. I again subtract fifty thousand for those women who miscarry, or whose children die by accident or disease within the year. There only remains one hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents annually born. The question therefore is, how this number shall be reared and provided for, which, as I have already said, under the present situation of affairs, is utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed. For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture; we neither build houses (I mean in the country) nor cultivate land: they can very seldom pick up a livelihood by stealing, till they arrive at six years old, except where they are of towardly parts, although I confess they learn the rudiments much earlier, during which time, they can however be properly looked upon only as probationers, as I have been informed by a principal gentleman in the county of Cavan, who protested to me that he never knew above one or two instances under the age of six, even in a part of the kingdom so renowned for the quickest proficiency in that art.
3. I knew before hand because our teacher told us. And what person in their right mind would be serious about eating babys.
4. The rich people were targeted and the poor people were victims. Irland is the victims but they are also to blaim because they need to help the poor people in their country.
5. Yes its only function is a satirical attack, at the end he might propose an actual problem at the end.
6. The purpose of the last paragraph is to show that he does not want to eat babies in real life. He was just poking fun.
7. I dont really know
8. This is a wierd question. I dont know
2. paragraph 4--”I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ...”
Paragraph 6-- There is likewise another great advantage in my scheme, that it will prevent those voluntary abortions, and that horrid practice of women murdering their bastard children, alas! too frequent among us! sacrificing the poor innocent babes I doubt more to avoid the expense than the shame, which would move tears and pity in the most savage and inhuman breast.
Paragraph 7--The number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children, although I apprehend there cannot be so many, under the present distresses of the kingdom; but this being granted, there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand breeders. I again subtract fifty thousand for those women who miscarry, or whose children die by accident or disease within the year. There only remains one hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents annually born. The question therefore is, how this number shall be reared and provided for, which, as I have already said, under the present situation of affairs, is utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed. For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture; we neither build houses (I mean in the country) nor cultivate land: they can very seldom pick up a livelihood by stealing, till they arrive at six years old, except where they are of towardly parts, although I confess they learn the rudiments much earlier, during which time, they can however be properly looked upon only as probationers, as I have been informed by a principal gentleman in the county of Cavan, who protested to me that he never knew above one or two instances under the age of six, even in a part of the kingdom so renowned for the quickest proficiency in that art.
3. I knew before hand because our teacher told us. And what person in their right mind would be serious about eating babys.
4. The rich people were targeted and the poor people were victims. Irland is the victims but they are also to blaim because they need to help the poor people in their country.
5. Yes its only function is a satirical attack, at the end he might propose an actual problem at the end.
6. The purpose of the last paragraph is to show that he does not want to eat babies in real life. He was just poking fun.
7. I dont really know
8. This is a wierd question. I dont know
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Why I Want a Wife
1. I believe that the thesis is implied, I think this because she is using sarcasim to show how the stereotype of wives and women are obserd and not realistic. She doesnt come out and fully say she doesnt like the stereo type. Instead she is making fun of the idea.
2. She keeps on saying, "I want a wife" to show how important and wonderful it would be to have that kind of wife for a man. Who wouldn't want a wife? Is what she is getting at.
3. Brady doesnt actually want a wife at all. She is poking fun at the idea of men treating women like a business instead of a person. If this ideal spouse does exist then that marrage is not based off of love of feelings at all. I think Brady wrote this essay in frustration of how women were beinb treated.
4. Brady defines a wife for all the things she does for her husban and his kids. Its all the things she needs to do to make sure his life runs smoothly and he doesnt have to do anything besides work and schooling. I think it is complete bull the way a wife is described. A relationship should have two EQUAL parts, not just the husband feeding off the wife and the wife gets nothing in return. I think she wants her readers to realize how degrating this is for a women. She also wants them to see it the other way around what it a husband who has to do all that for a women.
5. I believe that in your piece "I want a Wife" you could have been much more sarcastic to get your point across. I understand what you are going for in making fun of the idea and making it seem like, who wouldnt want a wife like that? But at some points i could see men reading your piece and agreeing with everything you said and thinking it was okay to think those things because a woman is saying it too. Over all I think it is bold to speak out on such a big stereo-type at the time and I applaud you for standing up for what you think is not right and voicing your opinion.
2. She keeps on saying, "I want a wife" to show how important and wonderful it would be to have that kind of wife for a man. Who wouldn't want a wife? Is what she is getting at.
3. Brady doesnt actually want a wife at all. She is poking fun at the idea of men treating women like a business instead of a person. If this ideal spouse does exist then that marrage is not based off of love of feelings at all. I think Brady wrote this essay in frustration of how women were beinb treated.
4. Brady defines a wife for all the things she does for her husban and his kids. Its all the things she needs to do to make sure his life runs smoothly and he doesnt have to do anything besides work and schooling. I think it is complete bull the way a wife is described. A relationship should have two EQUAL parts, not just the husband feeding off the wife and the wife gets nothing in return. I think she wants her readers to realize how degrating this is for a women. She also wants them to see it the other way around what it a husband who has to do all that for a women.
5. I believe that in your piece "I want a Wife" you could have been much more sarcastic to get your point across. I understand what you are going for in making fun of the idea and making it seem like, who wouldnt want a wife like that? But at some points i could see men reading your piece and agreeing with everything you said and thinking it was okay to think those things because a woman is saying it too. Over all I think it is bold to speak out on such a big stereo-type at the time and I applaud you for standing up for what you think is not right and voicing your opinion.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
James Thurber Satire
The Little Girl and the Wolf
This satire was good because it took an old story and made it humerous and somewhat more up to date. The moral of it was really funny and clever because of the ending of the story. It was very similar to little red riding hood. In the original story the girl was very scared to see the wolf but in this one it is funny because she just ends up shooting the wolf. It is harder to fool a little girl now a days.
The Bear
This satire is very clever because it takes a common struggle today and puts it into story. It was also funny that the bear when sober and drunk end up doing the exact same things. I have never heard the original story to this but there are a lot or fairy tales with bears in them so it makes it even more funny that he picked this animal in the story.
Tales
The Wise Little Girl-- Two brothers a poor one and a rich one were arguing over who gets to keep a horse. They went to the king for justice. The king gave him a riddle to solve the poor brother came back with a very wise response. And the rich brother got laughed at. The king was impressed with the poor mans answer and wondered who gave him the answer. His young daughter was the one who came up with the answer so the king gave him another riddle. If he did not solve this one he would die. She solved the riddle and won the riches promised.
The Three Little Pigs-- three little pigs went out on there own. One pig built a straw house, the 2nd built a wood house and the 3rd and wise one built a brick house. When the big bad wolf came around he blew down the first two housees made of straw and wood. When the wolf came to the 3rd house were all the pigs were he could not blow it down. He tried going through the chimney but caught on fire and ran away.
The Three Little Pigs-- three little pigs went out on there own. One pig built a straw house, the 2nd built a wood house and the 3rd and wise one built a brick house. When the big bad wolf came around he blew down the first two housees made of straw and wood. When the wolf came to the 3rd house were all the pigs were he could not blow it down. He tried going through the chimney but caught on fire and ran away.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
FABLES
The Ox and the Frog An Aesop's Fable
An ox stept on a a frog and the mother got mad. but couldnt do anything about it
Moral of Aesops Fable: Impossible things we cannot hope to attain, and it is of no use to try.
A Man and his Two Wives
A man had two wives, one was old one was young they picked the gray and black hairs out of his head and soon he was bald.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield
The Dog and the Shadow A dog with a piece of meat was crossing a river, seeing his reflection thinking it was another dog went for that piece of meat, loosing the real peice.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow
The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts
A bat could not pick between fighting with the birds or with the beasts, so when there was no fight he tried to rejoin both and both denied him.
Moral of Aesops Fable: "He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends."
The Fox and The Crow
The Crow perched on a branch was flattered by the fox who was complementing the crow, when the fox asked the crow to seeing it dropped the cheese and the fox got what it wanted.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Do not trust flatterers
The Vain Jackdaw
A bird wanted to be king but he was not beautiful so he used the feathers of others to make him pretty but they were picked off in the end and he was back to himself.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Hope not to succeed in borrowed plumes.
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
A man would find a gold egg every morning and sold it for money he became rich and wanted all the gold at once by killing the chicken to open it up but found nothing.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Greed oft o'er reaches itself
The Two Crabs
A mother and son crab went one the sand for a stroll one day, the mother corrected her sons walking but the son only follows how the mother walks.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Example is the best precept
The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk
A frog and a mouse were in love and tied eachother together. The frog entered the water and soon the mouse died and floated to the top where and carried the mouse with it. A hawk snatched the mouse up and the frog went with him.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Harm hatch, harm catch.
The Tortoise and the Birds
A tortoise wanted to move so he asked an eagle to fly him somewhere new. Once above sharp rocks the eagle dropped the turtle to his death and him and another bird feasted.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions
Friday, February 17, 2012
Fairy Tale
"Ohhh, how could this happen to me? I let a little gray mouse play tricks on me and get me wraped up in ropes."
Im not sure why they want me to get a portrait next to this huge lion. One wrong move and I'm going to be Tony the tigers lumch!
I was drownding, the water started to fill my lungs rapidly as I grasped for the last hopes of life.
Right before I slipped out of consiousness I saw gleaming red hair in the distance.
Im not sure if it is the lack of oxygen or there truely was a beautiful sea women saving me from my horrible fate.
I tried with all my might to regain my strenght but I could no longer function, everything went black.
When I woke I was dry, I was safe on the shore of the ocean perched on a rock.
No one was in sight so it most have all been some sort of a dream.
I looked out into the ocean and took a double take.
It was either the hot summer sun or I was seeing the girl of my dreams once again.
About 10 meters off the shore I could see her top half.
Her long red hair covered her bust with grace.
I have fallen in love with an ant. Now this is incredible unexceptable take it that i am a grasshopper. But i have been practicing night and day on my violin to wo her.
My feet were sore after a long day of scavenging food for my family. When i was on my trek home I saw a great glimmer of light. At first it was my imagination but then it flickered right in front of my face!! "Hello there" a sweet little vioce shouted to me. I jumped back once i saw the wings.
It was a dark eerie night. A full moon started to peek out of the clouds. I pulled up my red hood to protect my face from the cold wind. Little did I know I had to protect myself from what lerked within the trees.
How did I get here? I am sharing dinner with a rabbit that can talk and a miget that wears a clock around his neck. I did not know whether to be nerves or happy that I was in such a paralle universe to my own.
"TIE HIM DOWN!!" "MAKE SURE YOU GET HIS LEGS WELL"
My body lay flat as little human creatures raced around my limbs trying to pin me to the floor. I was in too much of shock to do anything about it! I slowly became more and more secure to the ground.
An awful nights sleep is a recipe for a dreadful day! My step mother insists that the more matteress I put on the bed the more comfortable I will sleep. But at night something is still keeping me up. Its as if I am laying on a pea that is pushing into my back.
As i pearch myself on a comfortable patch of mose i listen to the forest speak. Bird were chirping and leaves were russling. Soon all the animals swarmed around me.
Im not sure why they want me to get a portrait next to this huge lion. One wrong move and I'm going to be Tony the tigers lumch!
I was drownding, the water started to fill my lungs rapidly as I grasped for the last hopes of life.
Right before I slipped out of consiousness I saw gleaming red hair in the distance.
Im not sure if it is the lack of oxygen or there truely was a beautiful sea women saving me from my horrible fate.
I tried with all my might to regain my strenght but I could no longer function, everything went black.
When I woke I was dry, I was safe on the shore of the ocean perched on a rock.
No one was in sight so it most have all been some sort of a dream.
I looked out into the ocean and took a double take.
It was either the hot summer sun or I was seeing the girl of my dreams once again.
About 10 meters off the shore I could see her top half.
Her long red hair covered her bust with grace.
I have fallen in love with an ant. Now this is incredible unexceptable take it that i am a grasshopper. But i have been practicing night and day on my violin to wo her.
My feet were sore after a long day of scavenging food for my family. When i was on my trek home I saw a great glimmer of light. At first it was my imagination but then it flickered right in front of my face!! "Hello there" a sweet little vioce shouted to me. I jumped back once i saw the wings.
It was a dark eerie night. A full moon started to peek out of the clouds. I pulled up my red hood to protect my face from the cold wind. Little did I know I had to protect myself from what lerked within the trees.
How did I get here? I am sharing dinner with a rabbit that can talk and a miget that wears a clock around his neck. I did not know whether to be nerves or happy that I was in such a paralle universe to my own.
"TIE HIM DOWN!!" "MAKE SURE YOU GET HIS LEGS WELL"
My body lay flat as little human creatures raced around my limbs trying to pin me to the floor. I was in too much of shock to do anything about it! I slowly became more and more secure to the ground.
An awful nights sleep is a recipe for a dreadful day! My step mother insists that the more matteress I put on the bed the more comfortable I will sleep. But at night something is still keeping me up. Its as if I am laying on a pea that is pushing into my back.
As i pearch myself on a comfortable patch of mose i listen to the forest speak. Bird were chirping and leaves were russling. Soon all the animals swarmed around me.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Valentines Day
This day is a joke, don’t you see that
Nobody actually cares about you
They’ll feed you lines until your brain gets fat
But don’t you worry they fooled me too
Once you realize that you’ll be in the clear
Always watch your back because you never know
I am not telling you to live in fear
But people who are close have yet to grow
They could stab your back that happened to me
Maybe your friends don’t want to see you bleed
I am just protecting you with a plea
To avoid the game of love there’s no need
Be wary in your journey to delight
Because love ain’t nothing but a cruel fight
Monday, February 13, 2012
this i believe responses
The Ultimate Sacrifice
I thought it was very impressive that he was able to share a story that seemed so personal to him. He explained how loosing a soldier affects the mind emotionally. Giving your life to something so much bigger than yourself is very noble and no one will understand that until you see it first hand.
A Stack of Rocks
It is amazing to think about the coping this man hand to do. His father’s ashes being thrown into the ocean he could no longer go to visit his father at a certain location, until he started to believe in something. It was helpful to know that it doesn’t matter what you believe just as long as you believe in something.
My Home Is New Orleans
This is my favorite story so far. It was incredible that a single place has the power to draw so many people back like this man. Hurricane Katrina left New Orleans in shambles. After traveling around and getting job offers this man still was tied to the wrecked city. No matter how bad the damage he could not see himself living anywhere else in the world.
I Will Take My Voice Back
This mans realization that his addiction was taking over his life should give everyone hope. Most times a drug user does think they need help, that they have in all under control. This man is very strong by just being able to admit he has a problem. It is also very good to know that through doing something you love you can defeat something more powerful like an addiction.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Action words
While perched on the kitchen counter I bit my lip. “Quit doing that!” My mother snapped. Coming back to reality I unclenched my jaw from the corner of my lower lip. “Sorry, bad habit.” I tried to explain. But my mom was smarter than that, she knew the only time I ever used my lip as a chew toy is when I am stressed. “What is bothering you?” Not willing to share the reason for my stress I dodged her questions with grace. I became good at working around each question so she wouldn’t keep pressing me for an answer. I jumped off the marbled kitchen counter the first chance I got and casually strolled out of the room to avoid more integration.
The cold hard soil was the only thing between me and where her body will lay. Looking down at my black flats all morning I became accustom with the scenery. I have memorized every line and curve my shoe takes. I forced my self to look forward; I strained the muscles in my neck to lift up my heavy head. As I looked around all I could see were worn down faces stained with tears. I peered to my left to check on my little brother. Tears fell down his small checks but he remained silent. I reached out and grabbed his small hand. In that moment it was the only thing I could feel. His fingertips were ice cold but his hand was smooth. He leaned into my side and borrowed his head into my black cardigan. I could sense the cotton was observing his wet face.
Monday, February 6, 2012
squishy mouse
One day during math class I heard a little squeak. I looked around but no one else seemed to notice. So ignored it and went back to my trig problem. "Squeak squeak" I heard it again, what could it be i thought to myself! Once again i looked around to see if anyone had notcied the strange noise. Everyone sat quietly and continued with there work. Maybe I was imagining it, all this math must be getting to my head. I tried to focus on my worksheet until i saw a little brown figure race across the floor! Surely someone had to of seen that but i was still the only one alert. I lay down my squishy covered pencil and stood up. I weaved in and out of desks trying to track down the mouse but with no luck. Next thing you know My teacher turned into an eagle and flew to the other side of the room. The mouse ran across the room once again, but this time our teacher flew over and swept up the mouse. The class was insanely exuberant now that the mouse was cought and the eagle turned back into our teacher. She then acted like nothing happened and went back to the lesson we were working on. The class was lost and astonished at the incredible display they'd just witnessed. I stood there dumbfounded looking at the teacher, who turned around and went back to the whiteboard. Like me, everyone was totally silent. This silence remained for a few minutes, as we slowly, one by one, returned to our math, not believing what we'd just seen. The dead silence was broken, however, at exactly 11:03, when an enormous explosion shook us, and threw the teacher off her feet. Immediately fire alarms began shrieking, and out in the hall we could see both staff and students running frantically this way and that. As I ran out to see what was happening, I was greeted by a rather well dressed cowboy. He said "well howdy there, I reckon y'all heard that there explosion." Thinking it rather obvious, I walked away from this man, but he followed me. As we walked out the door, I saw sand all around, somehow the school was in a desert now. I thought "we are not in Kansas anymore" and the cowboy whistled rather loudly. Then, his couwboy gang came and greeted us students and told us that our school had been moved there by aliens. They said "them there aliens are taking people and using them as workers in their alien sweatshops." This statement seemed completely ridiculous until we realized that these aliens were actually serious. They were using the school kids to create Pinapple Express in Spain! Suddenly that whole class room was quite, Sarah yelled " That balls so hard! I hope those motha fuc***'s they to find me!". "That sh** cray!" Yelled the mouse!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Rachel Chizever's review
Name of Reviewed Individual: Rachel Chizever
1. What are the strengths of your partner’s essay? Why?
--Rachel’s essay was very easy to understand and the events she described were organized and went in order well.
2. What areas could use improvements? In other words, what suggestions can you give
your partner that will help his/her paper improve?
--I would suggest just describing some of the bigger event in detail, like her cutting her foot. And use more descriptive words.
3. What is your favorite literary device used in your partner’s essay?
--My favorite literary device that was used in this essay was amplification.
4. What is the part of the paper that stands out as the most "catchy" or important?
--The most catchy part was that Rachel really just through me into the story and made me want to know what happen in Hilton Head.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Narrative Questions
includes detailed observations of people, places, and events.
--My Narrative does include details of certain events.
--My Narrative does include details of certain events.
Do you recall sights, sounds, smells, tactile feelings, and tastes? Use actual or re-created dialogue? Give actual names of people and places.
--I give actual names of people and places in my story. The dialogue in my story needs to be changed, I just tell what the say not throwing it in the story.
Do you grow from change? Is there a conflict between characters? Is there a contrast between the past and the present?
--There is definitely a contrast in past in present, I based my whole narrative off of that.
--It is told from my point of view.
focuses on connection between past events, people, or places and the present. How relevant is the event today? How relevant will it be in your future?
--This event happened this year so it is pretty relevant today. And I think it will help me in the future to never give up.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Helen Keller
1. What did you think of this narrative?
-I thought it was really interesting how she was able to learn new things just by the spelling of the letters on her hand, and feeling the object. It was very humbling.
2. What was most interesting or engaging about it?
-The most interesting part was to think about what I would do if i was in that situation and how I would react.
3. What surprised you?
-It suprised me that she was able to connect things together and eventually learned how to string words together without hearing.
4. Did this change your outlook on Helen Keller at all? Why or why not?
-No. we learned about Helen Keller in the years before so I already knew this story.
5. Copy and paste three examples of vivid detail and imagery that helped enhance the story
a) Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen?
b)I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was.
c)That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away.
6. How can a narrative be more engaging than something like a biography? Why is it important to get someone's personal perspective?
-A narrative is more engaging than a biography because a biography is mainly all facts harder to read. A narrative has taken facts and put them into an interesting story.
7. Make a bulltted lists of some things you could write a narrative about
-Lossing states
-Winning states
-family trips
-first day of school
-the drivers test
-pre-season
-I thought it was really interesting how she was able to learn new things just by the spelling of the letters on her hand, and feeling the object. It was very humbling.
2. What was most interesting or engaging about it?
-The most interesting part was to think about what I would do if i was in that situation and how I would react.
3. What surprised you?
-It suprised me that she was able to connect things together and eventually learned how to string words together without hearing.
4. Did this change your outlook on Helen Keller at all? Why or why not?
-No. we learned about Helen Keller in the years before so I already knew this story.
5. Copy and paste three examples of vivid detail and imagery that helped enhance the story
a) Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen?
b)I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was.
c)That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away.
6. How can a narrative be more engaging than something like a biography? Why is it important to get someone's personal perspective?
-A narrative is more engaging than a biography because a biography is mainly all facts harder to read. A narrative has taken facts and put them into an interesting story.
7. Make a bulltted lists of some things you could write a narrative about
-Lossing states
-Winning states
-family trips
-first day of school
-the drivers test
-pre-season
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Where I'm From
I am from Sunday mornings
rolling out of bed to the sent of cinnamon rolls
from cheering on the Browns on
until the clock strikes zero
I am from Sunday dinner spaghetti, salad and breadsticks
I am from a car packed full for a 12 hour drive
from scorching hot sand
And foamy sea water
I am from thunderstorms rolling off the east coast
From a Carolina shore
That feels like home
I am from the Rolling Stones
Blaring through the speakers,
From shouting Tom Petty at the top of my lungs
I am from a moon dance
With Van Morrison
To Jimmy Buffett wishing for a pencil thin mustache
I am from backyard whiffle ball games
A home run over the Freakers fence
I am from the morning dew on the ice cold field
From sideline to sideline
From shot to goal
I am from stinging scraps and bluish black bruises
I am from creaky wooden cabins
musty lake water and canoe rides on the lake
I am from long hilly hikes
With a refreshing lake at the end
from a bear cave hidden in the trees of Tippecanoe
and the love of a camp friend
I am from sibling rivalry
From screechy shouting matches through the hallways
I am from bunk beds and grandma’s teddy bears
From a tent in the back yard to sledding down the family hill
I am from loving parents
From my sisters and brothers
I am from the family at the end of the court
survey
1. Do you enjoy English classes? Why or why not?
--I like english class because there is no right or wrong anwser
2. What type of writing do you enjoy? Write all that apply:
Poetry
Recipes
Lists
Notes to friends
Letters
Directions
Autobiography
Other
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