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__**Final Exam Review**__ **- Jun 3rd, 2009**

a. What are three things that you liked about the character in your novel. Be specific by giving examples. - Parvati, Meenakshi, Nalni..

b. What were the three most important events? - Parvati dance in fire, Parvati go on a journey to be a dancer, Parvati meet Rama.

c. In what ways are you different from the main character? Be specific. - Parvati is eager to do everything, I'm not.

d. List five things about the setting of the story. - Old, ancient, Long time ago, dirty, undeveloped.

e. What do you think are three major themes (messages that the author is trying to get across) in the story? Why? -Try everything you can, dreams come true, suffering is followed by happiness.

f. What are three good things you could say about this book? - It's well-written, language colorful, exciting, has good lessons.

__**Quiz Score**__ **- Jun 3rd, 2009**



__**Shiva's Fire summary**__ **- Jun 2nd, 2009**

Ch.1 The book starts with a story about Meenakshi, and her husband Sundar. They were expecting to have a baby soon! The priest acclaimed it’s a boy, but Meenakshi strongly believed that it was a girl. I think there weren’t any important information on the first chapter.

Ch.2 Meenakshi finally gave birth to her daughter. At about this point, Priya comes and predicts that something is going wrong and that the sky is green, it makes the story mysterious. It represented the future of Meenakshi’s daughter, which is not going to be normal. Signal of the green sky turns out that it foretold Meenakshi’s family that their husband will be dead. And he did.

Ch.3 Meenakshi was in a great shock after her husband’s death, she burried him gloomy mind.. Meenakshi tries to hide her sorrow to her daughter and always tries her best to laugh in front of her lovely daughter.

Ch.4 After time past, Meenakshi sang to her daughter, Parvati and put her into a camp. Auntie thinks Meenakshi shoud not be happy like she is, and she feels bad for her dead husband, Sundar. Then, her son felt sick and suddenly disappeared! After that had happened, Chitra died, and another child in the village got taken by a tiger.

Ch.5 The people in the village were in a panic, so they ask Raja to give them permission to hunt the tiger. After getting the permission, they kill the tiger!!! That made Meenakshi and her family go back to normal life.

Ch.6 Other children in village did not play with Parvati, that made her spend most of her time on dancing and singing! Only Meenakshi was on her side, and her brothers helped their sister improve her skills as well. One day, the village held a festival. Parvati went in and danced in a......fire! Meenakshi was shocked, but soon found out that her daughter was not burnt.

Ch.7 Parvati dancing in the fire catches all the village people’s attention. One day, Meenakshi gathers all her family to show a cobra emerging from fire. Everybody was frightened except for Parvati. She, instead, started dancing!!!!!!!!!!!

Ch.8 Parvati decides to go on a trip to become the most best dancer in the world. She promises her mother that she would succeed, and starts her journey in the train station towards Gurukulam.

Ch.9 When Parvati and Meenakshi arrived at their destination, people welcome them and introduce themselves in a very friendly way. Parvati unpacked a statue of Shiva! Then there was a sound of the bell ringing. It meant the start of class, and everybody had to stop everything they were doing if they heard the bell.

Ch.10 Parvati learned the new language, Tamil, very quickly but fluently, and gets used to the culture of the new environment. One day, Paravati finds her self with Kamala telling stories about her youth.

Ch.11 Nalni and Parvati soon became close friends. Nalni loved stories of Parvati and her family. Parvati told Nalni everything.. about how village people think bad luck was coming all from her. Later, there was a gunfire at the place where students to the chores. Luckily, Nalni was not there.

Ch.12 After the incident, people were very much worried abou Nalini, so they encourage Parvati to go with her. At Sunday, there was sound of weapons once again! Place where Nalini was at was attacked, but she was saved by group of boys including Mayappan. Then Nalini just disappeared!

Ch.13 In the meantime, Parvati was lost between studying and dancing. She was sometimes bullied, but never gave up her dream. She went to a guy named Guru, and he told her that she would be a true devadasi in three months. Soon later, she was asked to perform on Raja’s birthday.

Ch.14 Parvati goes back to her house after the performance. Parvati becomes friends with her brother’s wife. Parvati got used to the way of life her family was living in very quickly. The only person who didn’t speak to her was her Aunt, who still thought every bad thing comes from Parvati.

Ch.15 Parvati sold vegetables to earn money. One day, she went to a market, and saw someone similar with Nalini. After time had passed, Parvati had to go again. She was very depressed and sad at the fact that she had to leave.

Ch.16 Yuvaraja comes to Parvati and tells her that Parvati’s father had saved his. Parvati soon becomes close friends with Rama. They tell stories to each other, but she avoided then when she had big performances.

Ch.17 Parvati and Rama had many similarities. They were born in the same day, and they both had abilities. They sometimes talked about Rama as well. One day their talked about how they thought everything was their fault..

Ch.18 Rama and Parvati got closer and closer every second. Parvati learns how to dance with heavy jewelries and different clothes. Parvati soon finds out she’s in love with Rama.

Ch.19 After the meal, Rama comes to Parvati’s room and makes her unnoticeable. Parvati, in excitement, wears all the accessories and the jewelries. Then Rama suddenly asks her to go to America with him. He wished he could learn medicine, and have Parvati teach dancing to children.

Ch.20 The next day, Guru found out that jewelries were gone. Parvati doubted Mayakkan. She also faced trouble on whether she should follow Rama or not to the United States. She decides she could do anything to dance.

Ch.21 The jewelries were soon found between wild monkeys. Parvati’s performance was coming up, and Parvati was very nervous. She felt as if there were somethings wrong with her feet and she heard voices of Shiva telling her she was t.h.e. magic of possibilities.

__**Poetry Project Notes**__ **- May 25th, 2009**


 * Tercet: Poem with 3 lines..
 * Abecedarian: ancient form written according to alphabetical order.
 * Couplet: Meter poem.
 * Odes: Poem made with music, people don’t read them, they sing them.
 * Sonnet: Poem with 14 lines.
 * Bop: recent invitation, form of poetic argument

__**Tanka**__**- May 25th, 2009**

__**Word Confusion**__**- May 20th, 2009**




 * __Quiz__** **- May 14th, 2009**




 * __3 Kinds of Poems__** **- May 13th, 2009**


 * ||  |||| happy ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ||  |||| joy, |||| party ||   ||   ||
 * |||| laugh, |||| roll, |||| smile ||  ||
 * feeling, |||| reaction, |||| tears, |||| effect ||
 * |||| cry, |||| silence, |||| scream ||  ||
 * ||  |||| gloomy, |||| dark ||   ||   ||
 * ||  ||   |||| sad ||   ||

I’m getting an ipod And I’m getting a loptop, And I’m gettting buzz by cousein, And I’m getting to do house chores, And I’m getting to get more allowance And I’m getting to think that fifteen Could be hard.

I am a n elaine lound as as an elephant I am always happy I noisy I can jump I can dance I am a n elaine


 * __Haiku Poem Evaluation__** **- May 11th, 2009**

Mosquitoes everywhere Bugs having picnic outside Korean spring time

- 3/5 boring, common word choices... everywhere....time... - 2/5 common..... korean spring time....

Raining everywhere. People sleeping in their house. It is so quiet.

- 3/5 no special words... sleeping..house...quiet - 2/5 common...quiet...sleeping in their house....


 * __Haiku Poem__** **- May 7th, 2009**

Let's go to picnic! To heavenly paradise I am so happy

I hate spring so much Bad mosquitoes everywhere Mosquitoes are mean


 * __I don't understand poem__ - Apr 30th, 2009**

I don't understand...... why boys think being mean to a girl is so cool why certain 7th grade girls are so obsessed with boys why boys show their friendship by hitting and swearing at each other. why our school has so many stupid rules ㅡ0ㅡ

But I do understand... why there are cliques... why there are no-one-except-for-us why schools are not fun


 * __Blues__ - Apr 29th, 2009**

He left without a warning He had no talking before He didn't say good bye He didn't turn around all I was left with was a whole puddle of tears. all I was left with was a whole puddle of tears.... Think I miss him already All his smile and laughs.... All his smile......and ... laughs.......




 * __Middle Matters poem by Sujin Cho__ - Apr 28th, 2009**




 * __Seal__ - Apr 27th, 2009**

1. The poem "Seal" makes us feel **exciting.** 2. The image of "The Pasture" is very calm and quiet, very opposite from the "Seal." 3. a) In "The Pasture," "you" represents me, the reader b) In "Seal" "you" also represents myself, but in the **scene**, not the person who's reading the poem. 4. I would change it more mysteriously, making it **scary** and put **force** in the poem. 5. Both writers make "rhymes" in the poems. ex) Seal: From rocks with a **zoom**! Through his watery **room.** ex) The Pasture: It's so **young**. It totters when she licks it with her **tongue.**


 * __Earth Poetry__ - Apr 23rd, 2009**

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Yes, Earth can’t talk. Yes, Earth doesn’t think. But no, you may not hurt it even though. Earth gives us shelter, Earth gives us food, Earth gives us everything we need to live! So why hurt the little..... No the big, poor thing?

- Like hearted poetry presentation. - Judged by audience. - Can show emotion. - Much more stimulating environment. - Sometimes does not makes sense - We should put your mouth open. - Experiment with sounds, it's not hard. - Use the free hand.. feel naturally. - Once rehearsed, we should make the slam. - Never apologize in the stage.
 * __Slam Poetry__ - Apr 23rd, 2009**


 * __List Poem__ - Apr 23rd, 2009**

Kinds of Friends - Trustworthy - Mean - Naughty - Loud - Quiet - Secretive - Noisy - Annoying - Tells secrets to other people - Expert at studying - Act like an opposite gender (Tomboy.. etc.)


 * __Video Poem__ - Apr 23rd, 2009**

Poet says that humankinds are in different colors and kinds. I think it has a very serious meaning hidden in the movie, or in the poem. I thought it was very meaningful.. it taught me a good lesson! She chose the title because it's related to the rest of the writing.


 * __Diamante Poem__ - Apr 20th, 2009**




 * __Acrostic Poem__ - Apr 20th, 2009**




 * __Shape Poem__ - Apr 20th, 2009**




 * __Figurative Language__ - Apr 16th, 2009**

Alliterations: How many wood chunk would a wood chunk chunk? Assonance: The broom went boom boom. Onomatopoeia: The clock went click and Elaine went brewk. Imagery: His face was green,he was big, with blue pants, and wore a red big hood. Metaphors: The castle was a dinosaur. Simile: His eyes were as big as an owl's. Hyperbole: I practiced for hundreds of years!!!!!!!!!!!! Personifications: The sun smiled at them. Allusion: Seung turns like a Hulk when he's mad. Synecdoche: Hit the road! Conceit: Michael is a monkey. Paradox: You are not living without a dream. Symbolism: Antithesis: That.......was totally wonderful .. ^_^


 * __XXX's portrait__ - Apr 16th, 2009**

His head is like a baseball. It's very small. His eyes are like ocean. It's deep. His body is like a dinosaur. It's big. His nose is a knife. It's very sharp. His heart holds coldness that is blue as the sky. He live in the desk and eats pumpkin pie.


 * __How to write a blue song__ - Apr 14th, 2009**

Step 1: Think about your feelings. Step 2: Express our feelings in words. Step 3: Repeat important parts. Step 4: Make it rhyme Step 5: Name the writing. Step 6: Keep interesting beat for the whole song.


 * __Sujin's self portrait__ - Apr 14th, 2009**

My hand is like a robot. It does everything for me. My eyes are like monitors. It sees and watches for me. My legs are wheels. It rolls and walks for me. My stomach is my storage. It stores everything for me. My heart holds my joy that is warm as love. I live in happiness.


 * __Making Rhyme__- Apr 10th, 2009**


 * Elaine had a gross gorilla **

Elaine had a gross gorilla Its face was green as poop. And everywhere that Elaine went The gorilla was sure to go.

It followed her to bathroom one day Which was against the rules. It made the children rolled and laughed To see a gorilla at bathroom.


 * __Defining Words__- Apr 8th, 2009

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 * __Defining Words__- Apr 8th, 2009**


 * 1st person point of view **: **A point of view in which "I" or "we" serves a narrator.
 * 3rd person point of view: A point of view in which "he" or" she" serves a narrator.
 * Alliteration: Repeating of words.
 * Allusion: brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art.
 * Biography: writing about a person.
 * Character Trait: direction of man which makes possible to describe character structure.
 * Climax of novel: a point of greatest intensity
 * Fable: succinct story
 * Fiction: Made-up story
 * Flashback: Part where the past of the story is stated.
 * Foreshadowing: A tiny bit about the future of the stoty.
 * Free-verse: type of poetry written without the use of strict meter or rhyme


 * __Rhyming__ - Apr 7th, 2009**

- Father - Brother - other - another
 * Mother**

- Bleacher - Creature - Feature
 * Teacher**

 No interesting words.. all common..
 * __Word Choice evaluation__ - Mar 31th, 2009**

ex) invented - looking - I am the world's most famous scientist who had __invented__ the world's first time machine. The __invention__ made ....


 * __Mundane & Striking words__- Mar 31th, 2009**


 * ~ Mundane ||~ Striking ||
 * = Think ||= Of the opinion ||
 * = Awesome ||= Stunning, Wonderful ||
 * = Fly ||= Soar ||
 * = Famous ||= Prominent ||
 * = Allowed ||= Authorize ||
 * = Change ||= Adjust ||
 * = Made ||= Assemble ||
 * = Mysterious ||= Peculiar ||
 * = Terrified ||= Terrorize, Paralyze ||
 * = Whole ||= Unabridged ||

6. Your class grew plants as a science project. One day you looked at your plant and saw something really strange had grown there.
 * __Writing Gym__- Mar 31th, 2009**

"Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Elaine shouted out when she found out about the science project. Stacy, Elaine, and I were in a group and gathered in my house to finish the science project due tomorrow. "When are we ever going to finish this?" Stacy added. We slowly got organized and started one by one. We first designed on a A4 paper, and started looking for the seeds in the shop. Fortunately, we found the seeds easily, and was able to plant them quickly.


 * __Voice Evaluation__ - Mar 20th, 2009**


 * First Grade:** It's narrative writing but the sentences are very common. No interesting facts and writing and does not connect with audience.
 * Second Grade:** First sentence catch attention. Clearly shows his/her experience.
 * Third Grade:** Interesting stories and examples make interesting writing. Specific details show great voice.


 * __I, Juan de Pareja Report #3__ - Mar 20th, 2009**




 * __Writing Evaluation__ - Mar 18th, 2009**

Michael's Writing

Voice - 5  ex) First, I think the world will be emotionless.

SF - 5  ex) The emotionless world will be so bad. They have the same jobs except that they don’t have the emotions like ours that make us laugh, cry, shout of madness, or other emotions as well.

**__ Writing Gym ____ Mar 16th, 2009 __ **

What could an ill grandfather do in a forest?

This is a story about an ill grandfather named Billy who was wandering around the forest not knowing what to do. He faced tons of wild animals like snake, lion, and tigers. At first, he met a snake. To be specific, he didn’t see the snake but the snake did. He bit Billy’s ankle, which made his disease worse. Billy was exhausted sat under a tree, waiting for his death.

Then it came. A huge lion. Billy gave up and just laid where he was waiting for the lion to get him. The lion picked him up and ate him… slowly…

__**Classwork**__ **- Mar 13, 2009

Voice** 4 / tried to use a lot of my words and write a lot of question

2/ No interesting words used
 * Word choice**

4/ There are various lengths of sentences
 * Sentence Fluency**


 * __Writing __** **- Mar 11, 2009**

The most annoying thing to me is people who bully others. They do not know how **amiable** friends are, and just bully them with out reason. And even if they have one, it's stupid things like they want to seem stronger. People who get bullied will not get recovered by **convalescences**, they get hurt deeply. We should encourage **somberly** people, not be **insolent** to them. People should see their inside and treat them! Who says one is better than other? They are equal. Every people are equal. Nobody should bully one another.


 * __New School Rules__** **- Mar 9, 2009**

1. Students are allowed miss school while convalescences. 2. Insolent students to teachers should severely get punished. 3. Proxy teachers should tell exactly how the students acted to the original teacher. 4. Only rotund-necked shirts allowed (no V-neck).


 * By Sujin Cho**

**__Writing Gym Essay (Final)__ - Mar 9, 2009**

__**Friends are important, but everyone has a different opinion of what makes a good friend. Explain what, in your opinion, makes a good friend.**__

Would there be such thing that does not change forever? Friends. Friends would. But keeping a friend who would last forever is one of the hardest things to do in your life. What would help you make a good friend? What would make //**your self**// a good friend?

There are hundreds of answers for this question. My first one is keeping secrets. I mean, how good would a friend be if they tell their secrets to other people? I promise you, you would never success making a friend if you don’t start keeping secrets. And even if it’s not one of the top-private-facts, you should not start spreading them if it’s harmful to your friend.

Another thing we should keep is the ability to point out one’s problems and what they should fix. For example, if a friend always says good things about you and all they say is, “You are so pretty,” “You are so handsome,” would you really feel like they are true friends? //**Real**// friends should encourage you to have a better life, helping them to fix what they need to fix, and complement them when they need it, and mostly, comfort them when they are depressed. That’s about what friends are there for. Aren’t they?

Friends definitely have fights. In my opinion, without conflicts and fights, I believe there are no true friends made. I am not stating that conflicts are just good. During a fight, no matter how big the fight is, they start to understand. They start to understand the feelings of each other, and their friendship gets bigger and bigger. If I would have to state a definition for the word, “friendship,” I would say it’s a feeling you get between a person you believe is a true, genuine, friend and a //**relation that no others can break through**//. Understanding, and forgiving, that’s about everything of buddies’ life!

Now are you ready to be a good friend? A true friend? It’s simple! Keep secrets, point out the wrong things about your friend, and understand them. How can that possibly be hard? But first of all, before you start all this action, be thankful; be thankful to the person who’s always at your side no matter what happens. And trust them. Then you will already be following the steps above, and tada! You are a //**true friend.**//

By SUJIN CHO 7A
__**I, Juan de Pareja Chapter 8 Qs, Vocab**__ **- Mar 4, 2009**

__Questions__ 1. Whose portrait did master paint? 2. What did Juan think about his master? 3. What was Master's feeling towards Duke?

__Vocab__ 1. Sibilance: adj. sound like hissing - The sibilance in the dark made the mood creepier. 2. Defect: n. lack - The defect of money prevented us from traveling. 3. Frippery: n. ornament in architecture - My homework was to buy some fripperies for my art project


 * __I, Juan de Pareja Chapter 7 Qs__ - Mar 2, 2009**

1. Why is time a great teacher? 2. What was Juan's job to do? 3. Why did the King visit Juan? 4. What errands did the Mistress give? 5. What did church give Juan? 6. Who did Juan pray for? 7. What did Juan do with the kitten? 8. Why was mistress mad? 9. What did the king order to the whole palace? 10. Why was Juan confused on his journey to Spain?

__**Writing Gym**__ **- Feb 26, 2009**

If someone were new to your town, explain to him/her the highlights.

Hi! I heard that you are new to our town! I promise, you will love it. Our town may seem normal at daylight, but wait until it gets dark. All the cafes start lighting up, classic music is turned on in every street, and the most fantastic thing? Food. Aromas of fascinating foods get spread everywhere, and you wouldn’t be able to stay at your house. The restaurants light up in the night like fireflies all night, and that is not it.

Entertainment. Clubs, karaokes, shopping malls, musics all over, and many, many other things to do! If you want to play for just one

__**Make your own recipie**__ - **Feb 26, 2009**



__**Painter Biography**__ - **Feb 10, 2009**