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a. What are three things that you liked about the character in your novel. Be specific by giving examples. -parvati: she is nice and pretty and dances well b. What were the three most important events? -parvati goes to gurukalam, animals follow parvati, Sundar died c. In what ways are you different from the main character? Be specific. -i cant dance as well as parvati d. List five things about the setting of the story. -india, gurukalam, parvati's house, parvati's hometown, before the independence. e. What do you think are three major themes (messages that the author is trying to get across) in the story? Why? -to try hard f. What are three good things you could say about this book? -it is interesting^^ and fun and good



Chapter 1.

The story takes place in India, 40 years after its independence. It was the birthday of Maharaja Narasimha Deva, who was a king of the town. Meenakshi and Sundar were married, and they were to have a baby on that day. Meenakshi named the baby Parvati because she thought it would be a girl. They already have two sons, Venu and Venkat. Sundar was in charge of taking care of Mahajara’s elephants. The day was also a birthday of Mahajara Narasimha Deva, and people were having a party. . Suddenly the rain began to pour and the party was ended. At the same time, Meenakshi was waiting for the baby to come out and it was painful. Sundar asked Priya, a midwife; to take care of his wife and Priya said that something was wrong about the baby since the sky was dark and weird. Then, the baby was born.

Chapter 2.

Parvati was born and she was very beautiful. Meenakshi cried because of the relief that the baby was safely born, but at the same time because she had bad feelings that something bad would happen. Priya said that Parvati’s life was going to be either extraordinary or terrible. She was taking a rest after Parvati was born. However, something terribly unfortunate happened which Meenakshi didn’t know yet--The elephants, very agitated by the storming weather, stepped on Sundar and he died. Sathya came back with the news that Sundar was dead and Meenakshi instinctively knew that something had happened to her husband.

Chapter 3.

Meenakshi didn’t even have time to weep and think about her husband’s death because the rain began falling harder and harder, so that the whole family had to move. Meenakshi was taken to Sathya’s house, where Sathya, Auntie, and their children lived. When Meenkshi and her children came to Sathya’s house, Auntie, Sathya’s wife, was surprised to see Parvati staring at her. Auntie felt like Parvati was reading her mind. Actually the baby’s mind was recording the events unfolded around her without comprehension. Terrible storm came by and everything was destructed except a buffalo and Sundar’s remains. Since the whole town was destructed, the survivors decided to go near the palace. Since Sundar’s death, Meenakshi did not speak a word. When they moved to the shelter, they had Sundar’s funeral and Meenakshi got her smile back.

Chapter 4.

Raja’s wife, Marahari, had a sickly male child, Yuvaraja who was to be the heir of Nandipuram. Meenakshi’s family could barely live dependant upon Raja’s supply of food. Then the plague went on and Auntie’s daughter grew weaker. Often, Meenakshi told Parvati the stories of Shiva, who kept the earth spin as he danced of central destruction and recreation. She also told her daughter about how nice Sundar was to her. Village people avoided MEenakshi and Parvati and Auntie kept silence to their reaction. Sathya was the only one that talked to Meenakshi. Soon the hunger and disease took up residence in the palace too, and Auntie was worried if she would die. They built the new house, but there was no soil to grow plants. In the statue of Shiva, he holds a dish of fire in one hand and a small drum with cobra around the other hand. Food and rice were lacking and tigers began taking people.

Chapter 5.

Tigers got more violent as they got hungrier and they began to eat people. As people were exposed to a great danger, the king decided to take some actions. Raja collected men for tiger hunting. Many men came by automobiles or elephants to hunt tigers. They hunted tigers with shotguns but during the hunting, only one tiger was killed by Raja. At the same time, Meenakshi remembered the good old days with her husbands. The adults in the town worked hard to feed themselves and children. When working, Meenakshi left Parvati in front of the statue of dancing Shiva, which Sundar had carved. People in the town blamed Meenakshi and Parvati for all the disasters happened since Parvati’s birth. Sathya got a job at the government, and the situation for Meenakshi’s family got better. And the village became able to farm.

Chapter 6.

The town regained its peaceful feature. Parvati, who was two years old, had no friends to play with except for her brothers. Playing alone, Parvati tried to dance like the dancing Shiva’s statue, but she was too young to do that. Other kids tormented Parvati and made fun of dancing Parvati. Even her cousins made fun of Parvati so her brothers asked Sathya to tell his children to be nice to her. The first festival after the cyclone was held when Parvati was five years old. And Raja’s son, Yuvaraja, appeared in front of people for the first time. Parvati saw Yuvaraja and she thought he was very lonely. Then Parvati heard some music and escaped from her mother to follow the music. She found the source of the music, which was number of musicians and dancers. Meenakshi freaked out when she found that Parvati was missing and she found Parvati with the musicians and dancers. Parvati promises not to run away ever again. When Parvati was six years old, she got more interested in music and thought that she was born to do music. She ran into the fire where people were working and danced there. Instead of being hurt, the fire even made her feet move faster. Then her mother found her and scolded her. Since then, Meenakshi removed the dancing Shiva’s statue and Parvati couldn’t even go near the fire and couldn’t dance.

Chapter 7.

Parvati went to a river and could see animals surrounding her as she was sitting down, which meant that she had something holy. Then later, Auntie makes her eat some fish, and when Auntie just put the fish in her mouth, even though she firmly refused, she was moving as if she was a fish just got out of water. Then, besides the wood, she danced with a cobra. Guru, a famous man, heard about Parvati and came by to ask her if she wanted to go to Gurukulam.

Chapter 8.

Two weeks after Guru’s visit, Parvati decided to go. There were several reasons why Parvati chose to go there—to dance, to save her mother from Auntie, provide her family money to buy a house and food. Uncle takes Meenakshi and Parvati to the train station and after a long train ride, they slept on the cement floor of the train station. Finally they arrived and took another rickshaw to get to Guru.

Chapter 9.

Indira was a woman teacher and there were four students—Kamala, Nalini, Runkmani, and Uma. Parvati went to some places to learn music and dance to become a dance sari. Her mother gave her the dancing Shiva’s statue, which she had hidden, inside the bundle. Parvati was spending busy days with rigorous schedule, physical training, learning, and household work. Indira gave new clothing to her. There was a silence rule, and Parvati had to learn new language; Tamil, which was non-paying because Parvati got a talent. Guru seemed nice and he explained many things. Parvati was thinking of other things and she was very tired and sleepy. Kalapana was Guru’s daughter and she taught dancing. In the temple, they had to worship very early in the morning. There was a ceremony and Parvati was imitating the other girls in the ceremony. Parvati was transfixed to the dancing Shiva’s statue while dancing, but fortunately, Indira didn’t see it. It was strange for Parvati to take yoga and meditation lessons for the first few days, but she was getting used to rigorous training. However, she still wanted to learn dancing, not Yoga or meditation.

Chapter 10.

She did very well there except for keeping the silence rule because there was the statue of Shiva in the temple and she missed her mother so much. She dropped her dish and was scolded for that. Indira made an example of Parvati by scolding her and she answered that it was because she was thinking of her family. When working out late, she met Kamala and started to have some conversation. Then, she became friends with Nalini, who was very nice to her. Nalini told her that she had something special and different. Parvati accepted it. In classes, Parvati could do everything that the others couldn’t do, and didn’t like the special treatment of the teacher.

Chapter 11 Nalini always used to hope for a handsome man to take her. She came to Gurukalem just because she had a talent, but she actually didn’t like to dance. She told this fact to Parvati and Parvati was worried because Indira would expel Nalini from Gurukalem if she knows. One day, Nalini came to Parvati and said that she finally saw the handsome stranger, Mayappan in the bazzar. However, the man was very famous for being dangerous. When Parvati told her about it, she said that the man is very gentle and that she has never seen that gentle man. Chapter 12 At night, Mayappan came to take Nalini and Nalini followed him with no resistance. Indira called the DIG for help and DIG kept on asking Parvati questions. Parvati honestly told everything Nalini had told and everything Nalini thought. Then, Indira came to her and asked her what Nalini had said. Parvati told everything again. Indira began to scold her for not telling it when Nalini had told her. Parvati said that she couldn’t betray her friend. Indira left a cold remark and left the room. Chapter 13 The next day, Parvati went to see Guru and she asked him when she would be able to dance. When Guru asked her if she was not dancing, Parvati said that she was studying, not dancing with music. Guru understood her and told her that because she was born to dance, it wasn’t interesting to learn the poses. He told her that she would continue learning philosophy and other classes and she would learn dancing from Guru. From the next day, Parvati began to learn dancing from Guru in the afternoon. Indira, who noticed that the girls were having problems with Parvati when doing chores in the kitchen, made Parvati clean the rooms, which she could do all alone. Taking lessons from Guru, Parvati’s movements showed improvement, and there was nothing for Guru to teach Parvati. Parvati had to prepare for a performance held at an auditorium. There, she performed a great performance and everyone was surprised to see her dancing. One day, Kalpana visited her with great news that Maharaja invited her. She also told Parvati that Guru, Kalpana’s father, told the king that Parvati was the best student. For the next three months, she concentrated on practicing for the performance in Nandipuram. Chapter 14 Parvati became a professional dancer and was allowed to stay at her house for a week. While she was getting harsh trainings, Venkat, her brother, got married. Parvati became friends with Sumitra, Venkat’s wife. Chapter 15 Parvati went to the bazaar to get Sumitra some pineapples. She felt like she saw Nalini, but she didn’t believe. She could see Yuvaraja trying to talk to her, but everytime he did, she ignored. Chapter 15 Parvati found out Yuvaraja with fisherman clothes, fishing. She was surprised because he was not allowed to be out of castle. Soon, it became time for Parvati to leave. Chapter 16 Parvati got to hear everything about her father and the king by Yuvaraja and she thanked him a lot. Parvati went back to Gurukalam. Chapter 17 Parvati and Kalpana were listening to Guru’s stories. Soon, Rama came in and said that he made her father die. They told each other that they both caused the cyclone and finally laughed together. Chapter 18 Parvati was preparing for her performance. Soon, Rama gave her news that they will be traveling the palace. Parvati wears her costume and her mind was totally at Rama and what he said. Chapter 19 After the meal, Kalpana and Parvati went to their room again. Rama came to see Parvati and Parvati did not know. Rama wanted to study medicines and wants Parvati to teach dancing. Chapter 20 Someone knocked and Rama went away. Kalpana came in and the next day, they could see that Guru lad his jewelry stolen. Parvati was suspicious of the Mayakkans. She wanted to go with Rama but she had to dance. Chapter 21 It was time for her to perform, and she heard the voice of Shiva.



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I am a dog brown as a chocolate I bark fearfully I bark cutely I can run I can bark I am a dog

the leaves are falling the snow is falling everything in the world is falling

the leaves fell slowly you know you love me XOXO gossip girl

1. because she loved Lochinvar more than the man that she was going to get married 2. the female characters thought that Lochinver and the girl looked better than the girl with the other guy but the male characters thought Lochinver in a bad way 3. He seemed to be very wild 4 yes 5. he is wild and romantic

i don't understand why yoonha lives. i don't understand why i live i don't understand why we have a field day i don't understand why yoonha is so cute>_<zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

yoonha

she is skinny she is skinny she is always skinny

4/27 HW

1. lively-quick, fluff, twist 2. "you come too", little calf with its mother 3. (a) the reader, (b) the reader 4. the smooth and lively mood of the poem would change. 5. they describe the objects. in "seal," the speaker describes a seal and in "the pasture," the speaker describes a little calf.

earth day poem: earth day earth day every day of our life is earth day snowing and storming, sunny and rainy every day of our life is earth day

4/20 video comment

i was amazed at all the rhymes that she used. she was a rapper.

figurative language terms

alliteration- stacy stays steng assonance- kelly carry curry onomatopoeia- dog barked and baby cried imagery- it was pink and shiny. it was clean and pretty metaphor- book is bread simile- it is shiny as a new car hyperbole- she hates doing her homework more than dying personification- flowers dance allusion- that ring to her was a Cinderella's lost shoe. synecdoche- she gave me a hand in finishing my homework conceit- my pencil is a treasure





short story reading

her hair is like a waterfall. her eyes are like the brown pearls. her legs are like chopsticks she talks so cutely and when she laughs, you knowㅎㅎ she is pain in ichat and msn. she is sometimes very cute

-it has all the things i need for school my hand is like a worn out hammer -nicked up, scarred, but still works great my hair is a brush -it's hairy my legs are trains -they go anywhere
 * my mac is as precious as my life

** Yoonha was nice

Yoonha was very nice but as time passed, she began to show her REAL personality she sometimes says these un-funny things and laugh crazily and sometimes says strange things but she's still the best friend of mi ** ** ne

stacy had a nice cat ** stacy had a nice cat Its eye was pink as apple. And everywhere that stacy went The cat was sure to go.

It followed her to kis one day Which was against the rules. It made the children run and play To see a cat at kis.

Yoonha's comment:It is very touching Emily's comment:It is very touching

1st pers on point of view; 3rd person point of view; alliteration; allusion; biography; character trait; climax of a novel; fable; fiction; flashback; foreshadowing; free-verse 1st person point of view: a point of view in which an "I" or "we" serves as the narrator of a written work 3rd person point of view: a method of storytelling in which a narrator relates all action in third person, using third person pronouns such as "he" or "she." alliteration: repeated occurrence of a consonant sound at the beginning of several words in the same phrase. allusion: a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication. biography: description of someone's life, usually published in the form of a book or essay, or in some other form character trait: word that describes a person. climax of a novel: the turning point in a book or the most important part fable: a short story that has animals as characters, conveying morals. fiction: short stories or novels that describe imaginary events and people. flashback: a scene in a movie, novel, etc, set in a time earlier than the main story. foreshadowing: a technique used by authors to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur //later// in the story. free-verse: kind of poetry that has no real rhythm or pattern kelly carry copy lovely never ever

Almost all of the international schools have an English Only Policy. This policy is considered extremely significant and students get punished every time they get caught of speaking any other languages. Korean schools do not have this policy, but they must have policies that international schools don’t have. Although some of the policies that every school has are different, there are also some rules that every school have in common. One policy that I think every school should have is to not cheat. This might sound obvious, but cheating is deliberated as one of the most serious problems. Although most schools have this policy, I think it should be stricter in order to make sure there’s no one who cheats. The second policy is to be respectful to the teachers and other students. It makes you feel good when others treat you with respect. The teachers and other students are people that you see everyday. And it is important to have a good relationship with them. The last policy that I want every school to enforce is to not do improper things at schools such as smoking or drinking alcoholic beverages. I want the schools to remind students strongly that if they do these things, they are doing serious harm to themselves. Many students do not know harmful effects of cigarettes and alcohol, and they think they look cool when they do those things. Banning those things without giving specific reasons will have no effect.

word choice 3/5 example: As soon as I walked over to see what it was, an armed motorcycle rammed me on the side and I laid there, crippled and unable to do anything. -nice word choice but used "unable" so many times

Hurry Be in haste Same identical Soon After a while Big Gigantic Forever endless small insignificant huge enormous pretty attractive hard difficult little worthless

18. Rules are important in our daily lives. We have rules for driving, rules for studying, and even rules for playing. Think about the rules you have in your school. What three rules should every school have? Write an essay explaining to the reader the three rules you selected. Give clear reasons why each one is needed.

-In the international schools, we have a rule not to speak any language but English.

3/20 voice: 5/5- it was a blast!, the writer connects strongly with the audience

A Happy Day
One day baby Josh came home. He was in a yellow blanket. My mom let me hold him. He was blowing bubbles. He didn’t cry. -voice: 2/5



Robby

Voice= 3/5 Evidence: Sounds dumb. He seems to not realize the difference between he/ she. Example: The man said that the princess should go to a grocery store and do some shopping and see how normal people live. So **he** did. **He** was surprised. There were so many people with different clothes with **him**. Also **he** thought people was so ugly compared to **himself.** Sentence Fluency= 4/5 Evidence: Choppy Sentences and too much periods. Example: In the castle of United kingdom, there was one relaxed princess. He was bored. So he asked his man what to do. 3/17

What would an angry cat do in a grocery store?

There was a cat that didn’t have an owner. She was angry because one of the cats in the town stole her apple. The apple was the only thing she had, and she got even angrier because she didn’t eat anything for 5 days. Because she didn’t have any strength to fight back, she went into a grocery store to steal another fruit. As everyone tried to make her get out of the store, taking the fruits away from her, she got even angrier like a wild tiger. She lost control and ran around inside the store. Everything that was displayed fell and every fruits fell, too. She took some fruits and ran away.

What could an angry cat do in a grocery store?

-An angry cat might mess up the goods displayed and steal fruits and fish.

voice: 7/10 word choice: 8/10 fluency: 8/10 ==== I don’t like people who talk cynically. It’s really unpleasant talking to them because they don't answer amiably. They don’t seem tohave fervor about anything because they don’t believe in anything. Some of the cynically-talking people even seem insolent. I get somber after talking to them. ====

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First of all, I will make my students be amiable to each other. These days, bullying is being one of the biggest problems in school. To get rid of it, I’ll teach my students to be amiable to each other and not to be insolent or cynical. Also, I want them to participate in class with fervor. Somberly atmosphere should not be allowed in classroom. I will also make them concentrate well in the class, instead of being in the state of stupor. In addition, students should be doing their homework by themselves; homework done by proxy will not be accepted.======

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1. Korea is in a serious economic trouble.======

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2. Korean economy is standing on the edge of a cliff and it’s about to fall.======

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3. What do you think we can do to make this economy better?======

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4. Although the situation seems very bad, there are ways to save Korean economy from falling.======

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5. Who make money, sell products, and are responsible for the economy? Yes, you guessed it! They are Korean companies.======

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6. Korean companies were the kinds of companies that used to be heavily dependant on foreign companies.======

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7. You might be surprised to see how many people in this country are suffering from the economy.======

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8. Independent, strong, and standing upright, Korean companies can save this economy.======



3/4 I, Juan de Pareja ch.8 (3 qs, 3 vocabs) 1. How were master's feelings toward the Duke like? 2. What was the canvases to Don Diego? 3. Who is Angustias?

1. apprentices-young person who works for someone 2. frippery-you mean that it is silly or unnecessary 3. vivacious-lively, exciting, and attractive

(3 sentences) 1. Paquita, the master's daughter, fell in love with Juan Bautista. 2. Juan became a confidant of their secret relationship. 3. The master accepted Juan Bautista marrying Paquita.

3/2 I, Juan de Pareja ch.7 10 questions

1. How did Juan get the kitten? 2. What did he give to the girl for present? 3. Why did the mistress scold Juan at first? 4. Why did mistress cry? 5. How did Juan feel during the journey? 6. why did Juan go to the inn kitchen? 7. how did the Italian cities look like? 8. what did Juan to in the city while the master was in the castle, studying? 9. what happened when he arrived? 10. would the master make plans?



30. Suggest one change that you think can make this country better.

I think the most important thing to do now is to maintain good relationship with the other countries and make wise investment decisions. For the companies in Korea to succeed, it will help a lot if they have good relationships with the companies abroad. Although some companies are already successful, they can easily collapse if the relationship falls. Therefore, it is important to maintain a good relationship while growing its own strength in order not to be too dependent on the companies abroad. On the other hand, it is also important to grow Korean companies' money by making good investment in foreign countries. However, it isn’t good to invest at every successful company because there is always a risk and if you overlook the risk and make hasty investment decision, it will be harmful for the Korean companies.

5. Talk about your favorite music and why you like it.

I enjoy listening to many different kinds of songs, but I especially like listening to the songs sung by Mariah Carey. The reason why I like her music is that her voice is attractive and the lyrics are very inspiring. She is able to sing very difficult songs with high pitches, and I like her way of singing by pronouncing the words indistinctively. My favorite song of hers is called “Hero.” I like this song because her unique style of singing is shown very well in this song. This song is also very famous for its hopeful and encouraging lyrics. It says that everyone can be strong because there is a hero inside. Whenever I’m sad, I listen to this song, and it reminds me that I can be also very strong and do not have to be discouraged.