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

Three things that I liked about my character in my novel is that Cassia is very strong and never gives up. She is always willing to help others, And she puts family before anything

b. What were the three most important events?

The three most important events is when mother dies, Foxfire runs away, and when father finally accepts Foxfire as their son.

c. In what ways are you different from the main character? Be specific.

I am different from the main character in the sense that I don’t help my parents around the house, do not live on a farm, and am not as mature as her.

d. List five things about the setting of the story.

The setting takes place some time ago Is in China Poverty is apparent Lots of farming land A small village

e. What do you think are three major themes (messages that the author is trying to get across) in the story? Why?

The three major themes seem to be family, forgiveness, and growing up. Family because, the whole story seems to be revolved around being a family and how important it is. Forgiveness because that is what resolved the conflict in the end of the story between Foxfire and father. Growing up because as the story progresses, Cassia and father learn and mature both mentally and emotionally.

f. What are three good things you could say about this book?

This book was very touching and fun There were many things to be learned from the characters in the story The ending gives a mood for the reader to make their own ending

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may 28, 2009 9/10 = = = You finished **"Word Confusion!"**. (May. 20, 2009 at 20:28) || || **Your Score:** || || **19** of **20** || || = = Serpent's Children= =chapter 1= it seems that the father in this chapter is very outgoing and supportive of the family. The mother is also just as outgoing as the father and is portrayed as a small but strong woman. The little brother, Foxfire seems to be a big crybaby who is always loved and accepted by the parents. The main character, Cassia is the older sister of Foxfire and seems to be quite mature but sometimes has immature thoughts about her brother.

chapter 2

cassia's mother tells Cassia and Foxfire about a folktale that explains about where they originate. Apparently, there was a serpent that was disguised as a beautiful woman. She seduces a man and the two get married. But the man discovers that she is actually a snake and they fight. However, they both eventually realize that they are the same living being just in different forms. Mother then tells Cassia and Foxfire not to fight because they are all the serpent's children.

chapter 3

Cassia's mother's death was a drastic turn in the plot. I expected her to die but not this early in the storyline. Cassia seemed surprisingly composed which showed her mature character. She also seemed very independent and confident. Therefore, she refused the help of Aunt Piety and strongly believed that her father was going to return alive. Cassia's mother seems to have been a very dependent person because even though she was gravely ill, she continued to work for the family until her untimely death.

Chapter 4

It seems as though the whole village was against Cassia. Aunt Piety hired a matchmaker for Cassia against her own will. The matchmaker then started to "bind" Cassia's feet so that they would become small and "pretty". However, it is very painful and Cassia resists but is met by hostility from both the matchmaker and the rest of the village. The only one who takes Cassia's side is her brother Foxfire.

Chapter 5

The whole town is out to get Cassia and is insisting that its for her own good. But Cassia and Foxfire escape and threaten anyone who gets near with a spear. People then start to say that the serpent blood is starting to come out. This could mean that the serpent was not considered a good ancestry and was disliked by the people. Towards the end of the chapter, the townspeople start to give up.

Chapter 6

Things seem to be getting better for Cassia and Foxfire. The Strangers, who are also disliked by the village, decide to repay Cassia's mother's kindness by helping Cassia and her brother. Also, Cassia's father returns home with an injured leg, but is still alive. Together, they find new hope in trying to fight off the demons and finding a new way to live without the help of Cassia's mother.

Chapter 7

The once patient and good-natured father has been altered after mother dying and injuring his leg. Father used to especially care for Foxfire and went easy on him no matter what he did. However, while training Cassia and Foxfire for the Brotherhood, father has been very strict and demanding of Foxfire. For every little mistake that Foxfire makes, father makes him repeat the attack or move again. And because Cassia is older and more balanced, she seems to be getting scolded less.

Chapter 8

Father, Foxfire, and Cassia are all attacked by Phoenixes but father and Cassia manage to fight them off. As they walk through the forest out into the clearing, they meet a person named Dusty who is opposing the whole Militia. Dusty and father seem to know each other and they commence to battle. Dusty is just to fast for father and wins. But because of some apparent relationship, Dusty just says that the Demons destroyed father and didn't kill him. = =

Chapter 9

Cassia seems to be quite pig-headed at times. She acts instinctively which often gets her in trouble. But most of the time, the stubbornness is shown because she wants to help other people or herself; its not just pure madness. For example, when she tried to persuade everyone to go and fight the Phoenixes that were taking their crops, she did so so that she could try to help father's pride. However, it failed to occur to her that it could have meant the death of everyone.

Chapter 10

The Phoenixes have left everything in the village as ruins. All of the crops were either destroyed or stolen. So the whole village is desperately trying to restore their former glory or at least survive. Cassia's family's crops were ruined too. Not only does the fact that they need to re-grow and re-nurture everything upset Cassia, her brother Foxfire continues to complain and say that he wants to leave the village.

chapter 11

it seems as though peony is very immature and cutesy. She acts like a baby to get things the way she wants them to be. Cassia can see right though her while foxfire cannot. And although Cassia is not popular with the other girls, all the other village people seem to like peony and do things for her because they think that she is cute and adorable. Also, she acts weak and helpless so that people help her.

chapter 12

Cassia's family seems to be going hungry with the rice crops destroyed. Foxfire is still talking about running away and seems to be getting more persistent about it. Father is also getting side-tracked. All this is making things more difficult for Cassia who seems to be the one who is still focused completely at the task at hand.

chapter 13

Because the family desperately needs more food to live and to replant their crops, they decided to sell their furniture to get more money. The buyer is "the clerk" who brought "coolies" to carry the goods he would buy. However, father is reluctant to give up some of the pieces of furniture because they were important to mother and he didn't want to just throw the memories away. In the end, they managed to get enough money to replant their crops and then some.

chapter 14

The fall crops did not work out as expected and the family needs to eat weed soup. To make things worse, the family finds out that Peony was sold and Foxfire insists that going to the Golden Mountain is the only way to survive. So, in order to save the family, Father decides to sell the window that he refused to sell to the clerk before because it contained the most memories of mother.

chapter 15

Spider comes to the family's house with a bunch of bandits. They have come to collect food from everyone in town for new recruits to fight the Manchus. But when they ask for half of the food, father resists and when father continues to resist, the bandits attack the family and when Cassia tries to help, she is attacked by a bandit, and when she tries to escape she is knocked unconscious.

Chapter 16

When the family awakens, they find themselves tied up. Outside, they hear the village being set on fire. So as father is about to go out to help the people, Foxfire gets worried and angry and says that father is risking everyone's lives on a lie. Father then disowns Foxfire and goes out to put out the fire. The whole family feels betrayed by Spider and feel as though they need to do something about it. But Foxfire believes that its just all a waste.

Chapter 17

The townsfolk finally put out the fire in the village and start to blame it on Cassia's family, but when Cassia suspects that something has happened to foxfire, father goes with her to find him even though he had disowned him. They then discover that Foxfire had run away to overseas leaving behind reward money. But he used Tiny as a bond. So Cassia and father decide to risk becoming slaves if Foxfire dies instead of Tiny. They split the money half-half with Tiny even though Tiny didn't want to accept it.

Chapter 18

When the clerk comes to ask for father and Cassia, everyone thinks that Foxfire is dead. But it turns out that Foxfire did make it to the golden mountain and sent the money that he earned by selling the demon gold. There were twenty strings of money (which is alot) in the box and also a book. Apparently, Foxfire had a book dictated to father and Cassia. Father feels ashamed for disowning Foxfire and tries to find someone to interpret the book.

Chapter 19

Uncle Blacky, who is educated, reads the letter for father and Cassia. In the letter, Foxfire talks about being in the demon land and what its like. From the sounds of it, it seems like he is in the San Francisco gold rush. Foxfire refuses to apologize for the harsh things he said to father and says that there is more hope in the gold mountains. Father also refuses to accept Foxfire as a son again. The family decides to buy more land with the money.

Chapter 20

More people in the village start flocking to the golden mountains. And things seem to be getting better. But when father and Cassia are walking, they meet Dusty again. Father threatens Dusty with the new demon gun that he bought but Dust remains unfazed and evades. Dusty then throws a blade at father which hits father in the arm. And father falls to the ground leaving him helpless before Dusty.

chapter 21

Dusty takes out another dagger and gets ready to finish off father. Father is to slow in reloading his gun to defend himself, but Cassia throws twigs at Dusty making his fall back. She then kicks dirt, temporarily blinding Dusty, making him drop his dagger. This buys father enough time to reload his gun. But father doesn't shoot Dusty because they were old comrades. And Dusty swears his revenge.

chapter 22

The families crops are doing very well. But in an unexpected turn of events there is a rainstorm that might potentially ruin the crops. Also, the times are getting harder again and Cassia and father spent all the money on buying land and donating. They also borrowed a lot of money too. So with the crops gone, money dwindling and a lot of money to pay off, Cassia is getting stressed. Father reassures her however by saying she is her own person and does not need to be like mother.

chapter 23

Cassia and father think of asking Foxfire to borrow more money for them. But as they are discussing this, it turns out that Cassia's aunt and uncle are in need of great financial help. Thier son Sticks has died so they must pay off their debts but they have no money to pay off with. When they ask Cassia to help them, she refuses because Cassia needs money too. However, all the townsfolk look badly upon Cassia.

chapter 24

The family gets a letter from Foxfire saying how hard life is in the world of the demons, but at the end of the letter, Foxfire says that he will stay as long as needed to make them comfortable. After reading this letter, Father finally decides to claim his son again. Also, he rethinks his ideas about the work and says that it is now a time for people like Cassia and Foxfire to make those dreams come true.

emotional animal anger is a hunting tiger chasing violently fangs bared dashing across the rough terrain of the forest = furious at the prey never caught = = chat with a person who will remain secret hiiiiii!!!!!! hiya ummm.... go first kk who was the main character?????? lol! cassia... uggggg who's ur fav character foxfire rly y? just becuz... lol hes confident how bout u rofl me 2 ...what was ur fav part? ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm when mother died lol omg thats mean! lol me 2... ^^ hahahahahaha!!! lol what was ur least fav part when dusty showed up kk i think thats good k ttyl yea.. Nature personification= = = rain the skies begin to cry the tears are falling full of emotion each drop falls on the ground waiting beneath it but as the sun comes, the sorrow leaves. diamond poem = =
 * love ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ||  |||| wonderful, |||| amazing ||   ||   ||
 * |||| caring, |||| thinking, |||| treasuring ||  ||
 * feelings, |||| emotions, |||| people, |||| thoughts ||
 * |||| tears, |||| wrecks, |||| seperates ||  ||
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media type="file" key="william blake.m4v"

Winter in December slushes along cold and unforgiving it leaves behind white and stops everything in its path but when it leaves, the color and lives return

winter eerie, hushed and soft gentle crystals falling down draining all color

ANDREW'S HAIKUS Blooming in the breeze, Exploring, playing,blowing, Flowing through, slowly. 4 very descriptive but doesn't tell what the subject is but it is hinting a flower blooming in the breeze

Growing in silence, Expanding with the windfall, Red and pink surrounds. 4 seems deep and surreal..ish expanding with the windfall

Jaemin's Haiku

Dark and dusky sky No one wonders when to shine Earth needs our hands 4 sort of somber but the last line doesnt really fit in no one wonders when to shine

The ice becomes water The water would sink us down We need to cease heat 4 talks about global warming and how the approaching summer is affecting us the ice becomes water

Haiku the flowers blooming so colorful and cheery petite and lovely

all the rain falling washing away everything and starting anew

CRITICAL THINKING 1 I think that Ellen decided to marry Lochinvar even though she already had a man because Lochinvar was more progressive in love and was a brave soldier 2 Female characters like the charming manly Lochinvar but men wouldn't like him because he steals all the girls from them. 3 Lochinvar's behavior at the wedding shows that he is very good with women 4 I think that Lochinvar's actons were justified because in the end, Ellen decided to marry him 5 The character of knights are illustrated in this because Lochinvar is portrayed as very brave and was very good with women

Blues

babe don't a'leave and make me sad babe don't aleave and make me sad your being so bad

I'm feeling so blue and being so glum I;m feeling so blue and being so glum there's nothin' to do

being so blue nothin' to do being so blue nothin' to do nothin' to do but cry

GROAN media type="file" key="blues.m4a"

CRITICAL THINKING "Clad in silver tissue" could mean being a blanket of something silver like snow

The title "Washed in Silver" could mean covered in snow. This is because when it snows, it covers everything in white... or silver.

The units of exchange in "Barter" are items or feeling rather just goods and material.

The speaker gives good advice because it would persuade people to live life to the fullest.

Dreams to always pursue your dreams 'life is a broken winged bird' it relates a bird that cant fly to how your life won't 'work' if you give up on dreams

The weary blues that even blacks can make music 'made that poor piano moan with melody' shows that blacks can do what whites can or even better

The Negro Speaks of Rivers shows how hard negro slaves worked at the rivers I've know rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. this shows that there were many generations of workers at the rivers

Dreams Deferred is wanting for people to think before abandoning and throwing away their dreams 'or does it explode?' added

separated from parents at young age

Synonym poem Happiness joy,merry,jovial,gleeful giving great smiles everywhere

Earth poem april 22 media type="file" key="earth day.m4a"

Earth

the ground beneath our feet the air that makes us breathe the trees that make us shelter the water that make us drink the foundation that makes us live

we that make the ground shake we that make the air polluted we that cut the trees we that waste the water we that kill our foundation

sizzling through the night sky the goddess of the heavens sleeps. (onomatopoeia- sizzling) (symbolism- goddess of the heavens- moon)

she says that race and skin color varies and that is a good thing

i think that this poem was very considerate She probably chose this title because it was inferring or suggesting that race has variety like poetry.

LIST POEM What would it be like? in a world with no wars in streets with no cars in the ocean with no fish in a class with no teacher in a house with no roof in a restaurant with no food in a life with no death what would it be like?

a burning inferno... the symbol of the underworld can give life or death water's worst enemy what am I?



comment she was very deep and seemed very concerned about society

stars bright ominous shining looming shimmering always there to light up the dark night lighting waiting yearning gentle soft stars

Major Ominously glowing Opens the eyes of owls Never stops glowing



Alliteration betty bitter bought a bit of butter

Assonance

the middle of a little bittle cup

onomatopoeia boom

imagery the ocean was deep and blue with the sun shining down upon it

metaphors her eyes were coals

simile the singer was like a parrot

hyperbole the meal was a big as a whale

personification the frog was singing

allusion the ship scenery was like the Titanic

synecdoche “have you lost your marbles?”

conceit the web was metal so strong and stable

paradox a little love can go a long way

symbolism the cross stood for the hospital

antithesis that was just great...

Sometimes studying reading doing homework is good

And usually working hard doing chores helping others is good

And often staying up and paying attention is good

But sometimes its good to just stop and smell the flowers

**Tina’s self portrait**
my hair is like a wig so artificial and fake

my feet are like a pig’s so small and round

my eyes are gems deep and glistening

my teeth is shiny white so bright and untainted

my heart holds much emotion inside, waiting to burst out

that is as colorful as life so divine and different

I live in the star park... Nice poem, but does it really reveal who you are deep inside? It doesn't show much emotion, but just lets us see your outer person. (by Jamie, who is still angry about my messed up name)

** jaimie had a dumb skunk **

jaimie had a dumb skunk Its arm was pink as book. And everywhere that jaimie went The skunk was sure to go.

It followed her to home one day Which was against the rules. It made the children run and spit To see a skunk at home.

1st pers on point of view; TELLING THE STORY FROM THE CHARACTER'S POINT OF VIEW THEREFORE EXPRESSING THE THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS 3rd person point of view TELLING THE STORY FROM THE NARRATOR'S POINT OF VIEW CHARACTERS THOUGHTS ARE HIDDEN allusion character trait fiction foreshadowing; free-verse
 * alliteration; WORDS HAVING THE SAME LETTER FOR THEIR BEGINNING
 * biography;
 * climax of a novel
 * fable;
 * flashback;

WRITING WORKOUT EVALUATION

The writer had a very good voice and clearly expressed the shoe's feelings. 5 The word choice was good but could have been a bit better. 2



mundane striking old ancient busy occupied unhappy dejected strange uncanny cautious hesitant curious inquisitive bored monotony a lot a truckload boom KABOOM! sucked absorbed

6 science plant project goes wrong

One day, our class decided to raise a plant as a science project to study the growth cycle of it. Eventually, I was chosen to water it for a week. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until the last day of watering. As I was checking it for any signs of growth, I got quite a surprise. There was a strange lump forming on the stem! But at the time, I brushed aside any possibility that I had discovered something phenomenal.

The next day, as I walked into my science class, I knew something was wrong... terribly wrong. There was green mush EVERYWHERE! On the desks, whiteboard, and floor. Also, there was something else too... my science teacher was about to be eaten by a giant green blob. I tried to remain calm but there was no possible explanation for this. However, I managed to get a hold of myself and look for the cause of this occurrence. I found the cause almost right away. The small lump that I had discovered on the plant had exploded overnight and what was worse is that there was an even bigger lump growing in its place. As I was about to think of a way to get rid of it, I saw that there were more serious matters at hand. My science teacher was being attacked by a seemingly carnivorous plant. I quickly grabbed a pair of scissors and cut off one of its giant leaves.



cake: Come on! when is the last time we had that stuff? But don't get the icky chocolate cream on them. Not only is it fattening, it sure doesn't taste like chocolate either. So get the vanilla flavored one.

cereal: breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But without anything to eat besides spaghetti and ramen, it kind of hard isn't be sure to not just get the one on sale because there's probably a reason why its on sale.

candy: sure brain food is good but everyone needs comfort foods too! Sometimes I just need a quick burst of energy to get through the last of my homework or run that last bit of the mile. Oh, and get the big package because you don't go grocery shopping that often...

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Classwork March 12

I think that my VOICE was a 4 because the purpose of the writing is clearly stated. "In a 100 years from now, we might have robot slaves, robot workers, and robot salespeople." I think that my word choice was a 3 because more powerful words could have been used.

School Rules 1 Always act amiably 2 don't be cynical, insolent, or somber 3 avoid being stupor and study with fervor 4 respect the proxy teacher 5 be kind =5 paragraph essay A world dominated by robots... impossible? Maybe it isn’t. With technology advancing so fast, who knows? In a 100 years from now we might have robot slaves, robot workers, and robot salespeople. Instead of walking we may have robots carry us everywhere. With the knowledge that is ever growing, the possibilities are endless.= Some people are worried that we may soon have too many cars and not enough roads. However can you imagine if we have skylines and then there would be no need to travel on land. There would be much less traffic. Not only could everyday people have a more convenient life, but ambulances and police officers can get to their destination faster. Traffic reports could also be more accurate by using state of the art technology.

Years and years of tracking criminals could also be a thing of the past. If we could use technology to find and hunt down ex-murderers and other people on the run, investigator's lives would be so much easier. Also, 100 years from now, we may be able to discover new drugs to stop almost all disease and cure all ailments. These new discoveries could be used to help people in places like Africa to cure the children in need.

Not only will there be positive changes for people, there may be negative affects too. These could include robot employees causing many people to lose their jobs. People would also get more lazy and start to completely rely on robots to do things for them. This could result in obesity and health problems. Although there would be so many benefits to new and improved technology, if it is used for the wrong things like making weapons and new war tactics, more people would be killed by these advances.

In conclusion, even though there are many great aspirations for the future, not everything in the future will be what we want. However, there are many good thing that we can anticipate for in 100 years. The possibilities are as endless as our imagination.

March 6, 2008 What will the world be like in 100 years? A world of robots and hover-cars... Cars will be like spaceships zooming through without traffic lights Is a world a 100 years from now what we really want? Though there will be advantages there will also be losses Where is a place full of aliens? It could be Earth. The Earth was the kind of place that was peaceful The future Earth that we think we know may disappoint some A futuristic, technologically advanced, and convenient society Chapter 10 (March 4, 2009) Dear mother,

It is I Juan... It has been so long since I have last written, but I must say things have been good. In fact, a kindly man by the name of Bartolome is even teaching me how to paint. Painting is something I have always wanted to do but had always had to do in secret. Also, I have met my first love, Miri. She is also a black slave. But what will become of her I do not know. I will bid farewell for now but will soon write again.

Chapter 9 ( March 3, 2009) What did Juan want to hide? What is Juan not able to do? What does the King like to do? Juan goes to Northern Spain with his master. Juan gets emotional when the King hunts and his master comforts him. Also, Juan tries to cure the King's dog. encysted- enclosed in a cyst trepidation- hesitate ducat- gold coin in Europe

Chapter 8 questions Who did Diego most often paint for? What kind of personality did the king have? was the King friendly with Diego? At what age did Felipe Prospero die? What did Juan deliver to Bautista?

=Feb. 26, 08 Questions= = why did Nina die? = = why did Juan go to Italy? = = what did Juan secretly do? = = what did Juan buy for a present? = = what did they name the cat? =

= = = = =Feb. 22, 08 Vocab= = apprehension- anxiety/ the spokesperson showed apprehension = = conscientiously- honorably carefully/ the soldier conscientiously loaded the gun = = exquisite- beautiful/ the embroidery was exquisite = = haughty- arrogant/ the queen was haughty = = intermittent- periodic/ the news was intermittent = = meticulous- detail oriented/ the painter was meticulous = = tremulous- quivering/ the tree was tremulous = = trepidation- nervousness/ the slave showed trepidation = = = = = = Emotion Recipe = = = = = =[|Writing Workout]= = =

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