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a. What are three things that you liked about the character in your novel. Be specific by giving examples. - The three things I liked in the novel was: First is when they got attacked by the Phoenix because when the fight goes on it is always exciting to see. And secondly I liked the part where the villagers got together and almost repaired all the parts that was damaged by phoenix. And lastly i loved the part when the Foxfire came back to the family after he was gone for a long time. It showed the sweet love between the family to it was fun. b. What were the three most important events? - The three most important events in this book was when mother died the phoenix ruin the town and lastly the foxfire missing. c. In what ways are you different from the main character? Be specific. - I don't have the same courage just like Cassia. She had the courage to fight against the Phoenix and look for Foxfire in a situation where it was not safe. d. List five things about the setting of the story. - The five things about the setting was that it contained lands that people had their crops, had their houses, had churches, aunt patients house, and Aster's house. e. What do you think are three major themes (messages that the author is trying to get across) in the story? Why? - I think that the Author is telling that you must have love you family because in the story the family always stayed together no matter what situation. f. What are three good things you could say about this book? = = = = =Serpent Children (rest of the chapters) = Chapter 11 The phoenix has taken all the possible crops that they could find and they also destroyed crops that are they were not able to take with them. Because of them the Three Willows is poor and the whole village was in shocked by how they have turn out after the phoenix came. But while they were having a hard time Peony who was really bratty and asked Cassia for food and to pick up things from the ground. And also they listen to Harmony's stories abut the demon lands. Chapter 12 While the Three willow was having a hard time of getting the money and paying back of what they have owed the Aster’s family, Cousin Spider comes back and gives Cassia and Foxfire candy just like in the past before he left. They have provide a sweet tea for cousin spider’s visit even though they were having hard time because of money. They have done everything to save money such like selling the clothes. But for Spider they wanted him to feel comfortable. Chapter 13 Clerk from the Fortunate Enterprise came and took the furniture from the house of three willows because they have decided to cell the furniture to make money so that they could buy stuff and give to the other people so they can hear more about the Golden Mountain. Father got addicted to the going to the Golden Mountain so he sold the valuable that was the only thing left from mother. Cassia and Foxfire had no way to stop that though. Chapter 14 Anyways after that situation was over another big problem arose. Foxfire suddenly says to Cassia that their enemy is ‘poverty’. At first Cassia didn't understand what he was thinking about but later she knew that it was the problem involving their death. Father was going to sell them to be slave to save Peony from being the slave. They were frightened so they offered their father for another solution. Chapter 15 Cassia and Foxfire meets six brothers Cousin Spider introduced. Father gets worried when the Cousin Spider seem no worry. Anyways they decided to fight against the phoenix as a revenge to them. But since they lack of food supply they had to get half of the food source from all the villagers to fill the food supply during their battle with phoenix. Chapter 16 But before they could start the battle the bandits set a big fire in the village secretly so not much people knew about this to save the villagers from fire such as the father. Father wanted to save people but I was too risky for him to do that. But he saw some villagers running in to save their family and also the village rather than protecting themselves. I think that the father is being a Winnie! Chapter 17 No matter how much the villagers tried the village was all burnt down not knowing the feeling of the villagers. Many people have risked their life and lost many of people lives. Many people was also missing such as the Foxfire. Foxfire was missing and Tiny was missing also. Aster and Cassia both tried to look for their loved siblings. Tiny was later found but there was no sound of Foxfire for Cassia to find. Chapter 18 Days and months have past and there was no sound of Foxfire. As the time as past the Cassia’s started to get depressed and regretting, think a lot about Foxfire and missing for him too much. But not only Cassia who was in that situation it was the father too. But there was a bigger problem which was that since the village has been destroyed twice the people start to be exhausted and ,bad luck, the drought has came. The villager start to lose their hope when they thought that they weren’t going to survive. Chapter 19 Uncle Blacky came and read a letter brought by Cassia and her father. And that letter indicated the how they missed him and loved him through the whole time and wanting to see him soon and this messenge was dedicated to the missing Foxfire. Chapter 20 While talking about the Golden mountain and they encounter Dusty while going to the mother’s grave. So they went on talking when they were both heading to the grave so the father told Dusty and taught how to use gun. But for some reason he got mad and threw a dagger at the Cassia’s arm. Chapter 21 Now since her father has lost control over the arm she thought that that was too much for them to handle so she decided to get help from Uncle Blacky by sending him a letter to save them from all the demons that are trying to kill the Three willows. Chapter 22 But a great news came. The Foxfire was discovered and he was all grown up and all mature. They have talked about the things he went through and what he went through. While talking Father and Cassia took a deep breath or relief. They wanted to see Foxfire in any situation and now that he has came back they had a peaceful life. Chapter 23 From that day on, there was more good news in the town. The villagers almost repaired all the damages and began to make profits out of their crops. They began to have money and save for the future. All the villagers overcame their times of desperation but now the village is flourishing. The days in the town became better and better every day. Chapter 24 Now, Cassia and Foxfire was all grown up and had experienced great things which will come helpful in the future. The father was proud of both of the kids who have been with him all the time and helped him so much. Now that they know all of the stuff and ready to be more like a person not a kid they start to make changes in their life. In many years they reunited and had happiness in the house just like before.

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=Notes = Brian & Sarah

Quatrain- A stanza of four lines esp. one having alternate rhymes 1,3 lines rhyme and 2,4 lines rhyme Thomas Gray was author for a poem that is a Quatrain Kiwon & Tina Abecedarian- It is a poem that is in alphabetical order. Every sentence has to be in order. Eunice & Steven Ballad- is a form of verse often a narrative story, It is written in ballad stanzas or quatrains. It is song as well about the past. Christine JY & Jamie The Bop was made by African american guy named Alfaa Micheal. There is 4 stanza in the poem. After the stanza there is a reframe that follows. The first stanza states the problem, second stanza elaborates, and lastly third stanza states the resolution. Clara & Theo Tercet poem is composed of 3 lines and it is a example of an unrhymed poems. Villanelles is a arrangement of five tercets and one quatrain. Jessica & Sabin Sonnet is a fourteen line poem with rhymes. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnet. It was created by GIacomo da Lentini. English sonnets were introduced by Thomas Wyatt. Andrew A couplet is two line of poetry that pair together to from stronger meaning. Couplet mostly used when rhyming.

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=The Serpent's Children = Chapter 1

The plot in this story was that there was a family who has a father that is a worrier. But the father has to go fight for the land and save the people so the two children named Foxfire and Cassia and her mother. But while say good by to her father her mother gets sick so Cassia has to take care of her mom. Foxfire was her brother and Foxfire was too young so he doesn’t know anything and just whine about everything so Cassia just doesn’t like everything was going and she was worried about the future.

Chapter 2

Since Cassia doesn’t like Foxfire in the situation like this so eventually they got in a fight together. Cassia’s mom saw that and for them to learn why they can’t fight, She told Foxfire and Cassia about a story about a white serpent. This story taught them that you can’t fight in this situation because they are the same serpents blood and all they really have is each other. Even though Foxfire may not able to understand but Cassia didn’t want to be related to with Foxfire but she and okay because her mother said so.

Chapter 3

For few months Cassia’s mother was taking rest and doing okay. Cassia’s friend Aster make her a soup and Cassia had fun with her. And also she met Aunt Piety and had a conversation with her about their illness because Aunt Piety also had rheumatism But one day Cassia, Foxfire, Aster, Aunt Piety and mother when out to the field where the little portion of the land was owned by them and she took care of that field and she talked about how many ancestors have gave up their life for this land but suddenly she falls down and which became her last moment of her life. After she died Cassia and Foxfire was alone.

Chapter 4

Since their mother died their only guardian was their uncle and aunt to take care of them. So they were talking with Aster and the beautiful feet came up to the attention of their uncle and aunt. Now the mother is dead and father when out to the battle they lack of money to raise both of them so they wanted Cassia to be married with the rich guy so they tried to make Cassia’s foot pretty so she could get married. But become pretty doesn’t just come along, the process of making her foot pretty was by tieing her toes downward. Cassia didn’t want that so they tried to refuse but that was not easy to her brother, Foxfire, tried to help but it didn’t work. Later, Cassia get lock in the room with no idea what was going to happen in the future.

Chapter 5

Cassia still tried to not get married and stay with her brother with all her might. Her aunt and uncle when to match maker to get her married but during that time Foxfire escaped from the house with his sister to out of the village. Every villagers new everything about them from death of their mother and to his father so they told them to come back but both of them refused to go back to village and they together.

Chapter 6

Cassia was living out of the village and living with the help of Aster’s family and Aster’s family helps them in difficult situation. While they were living with Aster, Cassia’s father comes back and spider comes back too. But he comes back with the injury in his leg. He later finds that the battle was only fought not because of his village but it was just a fight between an alliance with the British and the Manchus. And he want to find the righteousness of his kingdom

Chapter 7

After their father knew about the mother’s death so he thought that Foxfire has to be stronger to have self defense and protect Cassia because he is man. And he became strict on Foxfire so he could take over the brotherhood for him. But one day they were practicing in the fog in the field and the father was worried that the Phoenix would attack Cassia and Foxfire to go inside but they saw a arrow that came to them and they were quickly surrounded by the Phoenix clan and looking for what’s going to happen next.

Chapter 8

The three of them were surrounded but they thought of the skills they have learned for slf-defense so they thought that they could defeat the Phoenix clan and save the small village they have. But I was too much for them to handle so they thought of the Dusty. He fought with them to win but didn’t work and just walked away. That made the father’s pride that he build all crashing down.

Chapter 9

So in this chapter the Phoenix clan steels all the food supply and the valuables. Now the family doesn’t have anything to eat nor do anything to the destroyed village. As they were loosing they got more feelings that they want to fight to get revenge on the Phoenix clan. But since Cassia was a girl her father told her to stay after and take care of the village and keep away from danger. He didn’t want to show his children about it so he told them to keep continuing the Three Willows.

Chapter 10

Now that the war with Phoenix clan was over they start to redo all the thing that they have destroyed in the Aster’s field. But while they were doing that the Stony and the Golden Cat told them to pay the rent in that situation. So they had nothing to give to them so they said that they will work for them until they can get everything repaired and have them back to normal. Cassia wanted to go back but she knows that she have to do this thing because she has nothing to give but she also wanted to do everything to help her family.

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=Poetry Project May 14th =



=<span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(234, 250, 178);">Haiku August May 12th = School is out Free from the tension Memories passing through your mind Floating on the thoughts of next school year Enjoy the warm and lively month of August =<span style="color: rgb(240, 61, 61); background-color: rgb(250, 214, 214);">Haiku May 8th 2009 = No sun means no light No happiness existing Nothing but darkness =<span style="color: rgb(31, 129, 214); background-color: rgb(177, 247, 247);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(31, 129, 214); background-color: rgb(177, 247, 247);">Evaluation May 8th 2009 = Brian’s Haiku

A tiny green dot Growing little by little Telling us Spring's back

5-Words convey the intended message in a precise, interesting, and natural way. The words are powerful and engaging. C. Language and phrasing are natural, effective, and appropriate for the audience.

Theo’s Haiku

Flowers are blooming Beautiful cherry blossoms Birds chirping on trees 4-The language is functional, even if it lacks much energy. It is easy to figure out the writer's meaning on a general level. B. Familiar words and phrases communicate but rarely capture the reader's imagination.

=<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(128, 128, 128);">Poem May 6th 2009 = Green field spread all around You can play with happiness We should protect them

Sky spread wide apart With the cool winds swaying by It's blue and wide sky

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=<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(176, 251, 147);">Lit. Book p730 May 6th 2009 = 1. Ellen want with Lochinvar because the other man, who she had agree to marry, was slow-moving in love and a cowardly soldier. 2. Female character looked mostly at his romantic side and soft side but the male character looks more at Lochinvar's sharp and rough side more. 3. He acts a bit foolish and not graceful which means that he can be self centered because he is very young and in a high position 4. No, because he was acting bit foolish and not serious which in the text shows that the parents and even the bride did not like his actions. 5. this poem shows that behavior by actions of marriage and word choice of love and kiss. This shows that lovely side of this poem.

=<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(176, 251, 147);">Lit. Book p754-755 =

1. Dives, swerve, and swims are the three words that describe Seal 2. “I shan’t be gone long. You come too” sounds like they are inviting the reader. 3. You means the reader in The Pasture and the you means the trainer maybe in the Seal 4. The description of the seal to a bit harsh and fierce following the shark’s outer image. 5. They are both talking about animals in their poem and describe the animal.

=<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); background-color: rgb(242, 199, 254);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 126, 0); background-color: rgb(251, 251, 192);">Langston Hughes Poem = What is the message? Which lines grabbed your attention? Why?

__**Dream**__ The message in this poem by Langston Hughes means that not to let go of your dreams and hold tight and don’t let go of your dream. My favorite part is when it said “For if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird.” Because this part shows the future if you let go of the dream that you have wanted to pursue. __**The Weary Blues**__ The message in the Weary Blues is that the only thing that entertain them s a black is the Blues. But the Blues show their emotion through the blues. I think that is why it is called the Weary Blues. I like the part when it says “In a deep song voice with a melancholy tone” because it expresses how they sang the blues. __**The Negro Speaks of Rivers**__ This poem shows lot of feelings and emotions and it is kind of sad and gloomy feeling when the YouTube played with the song. My favorite part in this poem is “My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” __**A Dream Deferred**__ This poem means about when people is trying to find the true dream and how to deal with it. The question on the poem wants the creativity of how you look at the situation. My favorite part is when it said “Or does it explode?” I like this part because it shows a unique way of thinking and grabs attention so that the reader can think about it.

=<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); background-color: rgb(242, 199, 254);">Facts About Langston Hughes = <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> - He gained some early recognition and support among important black intellectuals such as James Weldon Johnson and W.E.B DuBois (also an "Amazing American"). - His parents separated when he was very young. - The poem was published in //The Crisis//, a magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

=<span style="color: rgb(177, 247, 247); background-color: rgb(31, 129, 214);">Poem Due April 24th = RAIN Downpour, raindrop, Shower, Torrent Rain pour raindrops making our feeling moody, and our floors all muddy

=<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">Earth Day Poem April 22nd = We have to protect the earth Our only one earth We should not litter Making the earth not bitter Recylcing is the only way to make the earth happy Or else it will so poppy in to the space =media type="file" key="English_Poem.mov"=

=<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(31, 129, 214);">April 21st HW due 22nd <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(234, 250, 178);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(234, 250, 178);">List Poem = Cell-phones Rings and vibrate Various sounds Many games Lots of precious phone number Only way to communicate fast Hoping for a new one every time What would the world be without cell-phones? =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(234, 250, 178);">Movie Paragraph = She is saying that all human kinds are different in appearance but she says that we are all more alike then unlike. Which means that we have more same things compared to what we have in difference. I agree to what she have said because that only the appearance the difference, because if you think about it there is less things that we are different in. I think that we have a stereotype that people who are different are not unlike to us because they tend to stay away from the people because they feel weird around them. I feel that this poem show and clearly explains about the false truth about the peoples all around the world. I think that this will help people think one again about their actions toward those people and they will think once again about it. I don’t understand the title to her poem but I think she tied to give a strong hook in the beginning about the racism.

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=<span style="color: rgb(31, 129, 214); background-color: rgb(177, 247, 247);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(31, 129, 214); background-color: rgb(177, 247, 247);">ESSAY APRIL 21ST =

__**The Luckiest Time of All- Lucille Clifton**__ This Short story is named The Luckiest Time of All and the author is Lucille Clifton. You know sometimes there is a moment where you are curious of how our parents each other met. Well, this is a story of an experience that Tee’s Great-grandmother had which she call her ‘Luckiest Time of All.’ This short story was about a Great-grandmother telling her Great-granddaughter, Tee, about how she met her husband, which is a Great-grandfather for Tee. Her story of what happened back in time when she was hanging out with her best friend named Ovella Wilson. They were going to join a Silias Greene so they dressed all fancy and when to the Slias and Greene. They were walking around but a dog caught their attention. The dog was very cute and it was a dancing dog. People thought that it was very cute so they started throwing pennies at that dog. So Great-grandmother and her friend did too. But she accidently picks out a rock and threw it to the dog. So they had to run like the wind but while they were running this boy, which was her husband now, came up and caught the dog and make sure that the two girls were safe and find the stone. But when they head for home he followed her to home, which led to marriage like this. And that was the end of story. The characters in this story are her Great-granddaughter, Tee, her best friend, Ovella Wilson, her husband and her. This was just telling the story of the past so there were no bad people in this story and there were no action happening in the story, it was all telling about the past events. Anyways it was a different form of writing of dialogue way of saying the past events. The point in this story is that because of that stone meeting her husband was the luckiest time in her life. Even though she almost got bit by a angry dog she still says that it was the luckiest time because she met a guy that she would spend her whole life with and love until they die. If it weren’t for that reason she wouldn’t have been able to marry with the same person and have a same life as her have right now. The experience that I had that was similar to this was when I asked my mom if she have any story about her and my dad and she told me about how she met my dad and what she did with him and dad’s parents disagreeing about the marriage. She told me that she met my dad on a blind date and she first didn’t like him but later they start to have interest in each other and they got to the point where they had to meet each other’s parents to get married. But my dad side disagreed so they had hard time to go through the process but they got through it and they are living fine with me and my sister to cheer them on. This story was very similar to my experience the author wrote the story in a different way to explain a story about the past. I really like this story and it will be a great story for kid curious what their parent when they first saw each other. It could be interesting story to hear and sometimes it could be very cheesy but it also could be very romantic too.

__**A Day’s Wait- Ernest Hemingway**__ This story is named A Day’s Wait and the author is Ernest Hemingway. It is a story of a boy who got sick and waits for his death. The author showed this mystery feeling story from the beginning and in the ending. But in the middle it has a part where it warms the readers feeling. To find out what it is the following paragraph explains the summary of the story. This Story named A Day’s Wait and by Ernest Hemingway is a story about a boy who got sick with a high fever who he felt that he was going to die and misunderstood the conversation between the doctor and his parents so he waits for his death to come by himself. The story first starts when the boy woke up with a high fever so he didn’t go to school and instead doctor came to examine him. He said that it was a light epidemic of flu and there is no longer danger if you avoid pneumonia. But after the doctor has given him the medicines he wouldn’t sleep after taken those medicines and he wouldn’t let anyone in his bedroom. His reason for that was because he thought that if they come in then they are going to get the sickness too, which he thought it was deadly. Later, he asked his dad when he was going to die but he had been mistaken when he heard the temperature and got the Fahrenheit and the Celsius mixed up. He knew that he was wrong after all and he relaxed slowly. But he was too surprised by the fact that he was going to die so he was very slack and cried for things that were no importance. The character has no names in this story, it only comes out as the ‘the boy’ or just like he or she, the only person that came out specifically was his dad. And also this was the 3rd persons view and it contained explanation of the boy’s feeling and the goes through the story with narration. As I was reading through the story I noticed there were some real pictures in them not an illustration. It helped me understand about the weather because of the pictures contained the outside environment even though it did not say in the text. However that was what I noticed while I was reading and after I have read the whole thing I think I know what the meaning is for the story’s title. It means that ‘A Day’s Wait’ is meant when the boy thought that he was going to die so he wouldn’t sleep and he thought only about his death through out the whole day. So it means that he was wait with a useless worried feeling about his death and he had to wait a day to know what he have understood wrong and feel the feeling what it is like to have said that he was going to die. It was silly that he though he was going to die but it made him also think about the importance of life and what its like to be in that situation and think in a different point of view. This event that the boy went through was so odd to me that it never happened to me in a same way or in a similar situation. I have watched too much medical television shows about the health things so I know the time when it is that much severe that I am going to die. And also not only the T.V. shows helped me but I haven’t got sick with that much high fever, I have only had a light cold and that was it so I don’t know what its like to be in the situation where you are sick that much that you think your going to die. So I don’t really understand the boy quite well and because I couldn’t understand it I have never experienced it either. This was a funny and sad in a way because of the silly thought a young boy had and it was also sad which the boy had to go through those feelings when he was young. But in a way, it could be said in a different point of view such as that the boy had a unique experience and he gets to understand the different point sooner then others. I felt curious how they could think of those things. Anyhow this book can be good for kids with great creativity.

This short story is named ‘The Hummingbird That Lived Through Winter’ and the author is William Saroyan. You have seen this tine bird, which the wings are so fast that you can’t really see them. And they are really tine and they come out in the summer time. If you have seen them then this story might interest you. This story is about a saving a Hummingbird in wintertime. The story first start when there was a house the Dickran’s lived and they contained beautiful gardens that the birds loved and they loved birds coming too. They were the neighbors of the main characters, which is a student. One day the student encounters a old blind Dickran in the middle of the street with his palms open and stood there for few minutes and asks the student wonder what the thing he had in his hand were. It was a hummingbird that was going dead almost so the student and the old blind man when in to the his house and tried to save the hummingbird which is not suppose to be out in the cold winter days. First, they got a honey and heat it with a warm temperature and gave it to the hummingbird. As the time has past few minute the hummingbird starts to eat the honey and finally it starts to fly around the house. As the blind man heard the sound of it flying around he orders the student to let the bird go outside in the cold weather. The student was worried but lets it go. After when the summer came and the hummingbirds flew around everywhere and thought about the hummingbird in winter. And asked the old man if that bird lived. But he said that every hummingbirds are our birds. What would that mean? This story contains two characters which are, the old blind Dickran and this was written in a 1st persons view so the student expresses herself as ‘I’. Also a cute creature comes out that is pretty interesting compare to his size, which is the hummingbird. This story was written as a personal experience or like an event that the person did in a student’s view. Because of that there were no clues or descriptions about that student except that she goes to the Sunday school, which she is a student. Anyway, the story matches well with the title. But I think that the message here was not given in the title but in the last sentence where the Dickran said that all of the hummingbirds are ours. I think that he means that by saving the hummingbird in the winter maybe it was able to have babies during the time and hatch them in the summer so they can give food to them. So by saving that hummingbird not only one hummingbird can be the one that they saved but also more than one could be the result of what they saved. It has a unique meaning that I quite don’t understand either. I have experienced a similar situation when I saw a stray cat and brought it home because it was snowing and the temperature was really low. So felt really bad to just go past so we brought him cold and told him to the hospital to get him cleaned up and have the shots to prevent him form getting severe sickness. Then we had him in blankets for 2days and let him go to the original place after the temperature has gone up. I wonder if that cat has a new owner now. However I really loved this story because of the warm feeling of the characters for saving the hummingbird when they could have just gone pass them thinking that its okay to do those things. This is a really good example to show to kids say that animals are precious and treat them nicely. I show them the right thing to do and also giving warm feeling as well by saving and when it flies again. __** Seventh Grade- Gary Soto **__ This short story is named ‘Seventh Grade’ and they author is by Gray Soto. You know seventh grade is all about how likes who and those rumors. Which I am one if them right now and I totally agree to this story. This story is about a boy in seventh grade have crush in this girl and he tries to look nice in front of that girl. The story begins when it was the first day of school and a boy named Victor and right he enters the school the only thing that is in his mind is Teresa, who is a girl that Victor has crush on. He promised himself that he was going to make Teresa his girl by being in the same class. Not only Victor was in love, his friend named Michael also thinks only about how to be cooler in front of girls. Anyhow, the bell has rung and they went to the homeroom, which he had with Teresa. He aimed for a chance to talk to her during all her time at homeroom. He also had English, math, and French with her for class. After his plan worked by talking to her they went to French together after homeroom. He lied to the teacher that he can speak French to look cool in front of her but instead that worked to Teresa and she asked him for a tutor. Class after class he only thought to not to embarrass himself when Teresa is looking. Anyways he continued to only think about Teresa and thought that he was going to love seventh grade. There were several characters in this story that are Victor, Michael that is Victor’s friend, teachers, and his crush, Teresa. This text was in a form just narrating a story with dialogue so it was from the 3rd persons view. Since it was a narrative paragraph there were no bad or good people. I think that this story is to show the similar age kids that this is normal for kid this age to do and no need to be embarrassed or be worried about when liking a girl or having lots of interest in the appearance. Gosh, I totally agree with this story but I heard that guys think very different with girls especially in those times and that is why they fight a lot. I know that not only this happens but many conflicts happen as well. I would be a lie if I say that I have never when through these things. I went through a lot either with boys or just conflicts between friends. I have had many crushes in boys and I still do. And also in this grade sometimes fights between friends happen because of the boys too. To me seventh grade still seems really complicated and hard for me. I think that middle school is the most complicated and hard for all kids. But I think that we have to go through these hard time to be better in high school and be concentrated in studying and not think too much about friends. And also going through these things will help me know what friends are too. This story is the most agreeable and admirable to author. I really appreciate the author for writing these stories to help kids that are struggling. I agree to this story more than ever not just I am in seventh grade but also because I have went through those things. This is a story that most of the kids should read in my opinion.
 * __The Hummingbirds That Lived Through Winter- William Saroyan__ **

__** All Summer in a Day- Ray Bradbury **__ This is a story named ‘All Summer in a Day’ and the author is Ray Bradbury. Have you ever pictured your self in a planet Venus? Well, this story takes place in a school in the planet Venus. And this girl gets all the hatred from the classmates just because she came from Earth and her name was Margaret. Later in the story she get to miss the most precious moment that she will no see for long time because of her classmates. The story starts when a class in a school located in Venus was all excited to see the sun that they haven’t seen for seven years and the scientist predicted that the this day is when you can see the sun. In that class there was a little different girl named Margaret, she is very quite almost silent and she is also pale white. Her classmates does not like her because of her difference that she came from the earth and act differently. Before the sun came up she was telling her classmates about the sun and of course they didn’t believe her so they lock her in a closet. But while she was in the closet the sun has came up and the kids forgot Margaret. After the sun has gone down kids have remembered about her and opened the closet door for here in silence. Margaret missed the chance in seven year to see the Sun. The characters in this story are; Margaret, William that bullied Margaret, the teacher, and rest of her classmates. Margaret was an innocent girl who just wanted to see the sun because she missed the sun in Earth. But William and rest of her classmates were mean kids who lock her in the closet. Just because of that little mistake she have been able to miss the seven-year chance unfairly. This passage means that just a little teasing and bulling can cause much more damage to the person’s feelings. I haven’t had a similar situation or experience because I haven’t missed a great chance because of somebody. I have missed a chance because of my mistake but nobody have block me from doing something yet. And even today I don’t want that to happen to me either. So I hope kids remember and know the meaning of this story and take them seriously. This passage is very important to kids including big students too. This explains the cause of the bulling. They should be able to see what happens to the person if they do those things. It helps kids to look in a different point of view. I hope there is no more kid that has to go through the same with Margaret.

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 * <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(255, 126, 0); background-color: rgb(251, 251, 192);">My Poem April16th **

-School Learning is a big step in your life We listen to teacher and speak to each other To us the studying was the hardest thing to do and we cant do it But our knowledge just sucks all the hard stuff to be learned Those knowledge act like the dictionary in our head 1. Paradox 2. Onomatopoeia 3. Hyperbole 4. Personification 5. Simile

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(176, 251, 147);"> **Figurative Language April 16th** Alliteration- She sells seashells by the seashore. Assonance- Dead in the middle of little Italy, little did we know that we riddled two middlemen who didn't do diddily. Onomatopoeia- the car crashed and the bone cracked Imagery- the boat bobbing on the sparkling sea Metaphors- Eyes is a moon shining one the seashore Simile- my lips are red like the cherry that is under sunlight Hyperbole- Last night’s dinner was the most delicious dinner ever in my life Personification- The cat screams for help Allusion -He eats like a pig Synecdoche- do you have your bling on today? Conceit- my target eyes are a copy of a cow’s eye Paradox- accomplishing something is a big step to take Symbolism- Love is like a flower Antithesis- Thanks a lot man!

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(31, 129, 214);">Formula Poem April 15th
__**Morning**__ Always I try to not miss the bus in the morning But I end up missing the bus Feeling regret until I get to school

But most of the times I get on the bus in the morning on time And I sleep until I get to school Feeling less tired

Often I have test that day So I always study instead of sleeping at bus But it feels like doesn’t help because of the noise that the kids make

Anyway Morning always feels like I have slept only few minutes

<span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(176, 251, 147);">Video Notes, April 13th Poet for Hire • There were no job for poets, it was not going to pay her lots of money • She did not think of that but she thought of if she would be willing to be a poet even though she did not have any money. • She wrote 7 volumes of poetry, short stories, novels, and plays • Received a winning prize for one of her book in 1987 Why Poetry matters • She thinks that the poetry is the most distilled intense language possible • Poetry allows us to express our feelings and connect with all the inner most thoughts and feelings that we have. Rosa Parks • She wrote a poem about Rosa Parks when she sat in the bus where she was not suppose to • She is fascinated by what it takes for one human being to do such an action that was very big. Moment in history • She combines the moments in history with the lyric poem • The little moments of history adds up to the larger historical contacts

<span style="color: rgb(31, 129, 214); background-color: rgb(177, 247, 247); font-size: 160%;">Blues Note April 13th Step 1- Find your feeling. It must have feeling or emotion that the listener can related to. Step2- Express yourself. After having a feeling or emotion, you have to have a lyric that will convey the listeners. Step 3- Repeat it. Step 4- Rhyme it! Since it is a song it has to be melodic so that you can catch listeners attention. Step 5- Name that tune. Name of the song become a great hook for the song. Step 6- Keep the beat. Blues follows a basic 12 bar musical format and uses key chords I, IV and V.

=<span style="color: rgb(105, 7, 67); background-color: rgb(236, 157, 157);">Self-Portrait April 10th = Zoey’s Self Portrait My T- shirt is like a gloomy sky <span style="background-color: rgb(222, 255, 0);">with the dark color My fingers are like a skinny chopstick <span style="background-color: rgb(222, 255, 0);">that is each 5 of the on each hand My bags are like a wavy chess board <span style="background-color: rgb(222, 255, 0);">that is big and oval shaped My hair is like a furry cat,<span style="background-color: rgb(222, 255, 0);"> hairs all fluffy and not combed My heart holds sorrow That is gray as a gloomy day I live in Worderland.

-Clara★: good comparisons!- -Theo: Such a sad poem, descriptive comparisons -Christine: I agree. so Zoey-ish zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -Kiwon: I like how she compared herself to a cat.

=<span style="color: rgb(255, 126, 0); background-color: rgb(251, 251, 192);">Warm-Up April 10th =



=<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">Poem April 8th Classwork =

Jessica : I think you did a great job finding an appropriate words and I can see that you spent lots of time on this. =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(234, 250, 178);">**HW for April 8th** = First person narrative means writing from the "I" point of view. Second person is the "you" point of view, the imperative (command) form, the way this web site is written. Alliteration is the repeated occurrence of a consonant sound at the beginning of several words in the same phrase. An allusion is 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. A 'biography is a description of someone's life, usually published in the form of a book or essay, or in some other form, such as a film. Character trait is word that describes a person Climax is the main point of the story A fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim. Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. A flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Foreshadowing is 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 is a term describing various styles of poetry that are written without using strict meter or rhyme, but still recognizable as poetry by virtue of complex patterns of one sort or another that readers will perceive to be part of a coherent whole.

=<span style="color: rgb(31, 129, 214); background-color: rgb(177, 247, 247);">Evaluation for Theo P, April 2nd =

Word choice 4 B- Familiar words and phrases communicate but rarely capture the reader’s imagination Example- The school day after winter break, I had a very bad day.

Voice 5 B- The purpose of the writing is accurately reflected in the writer’s choice of individual and compelling content, and the arrangement of ideas. Example- Also, since my mom didn't tell the office, it became an unexcused absence and I got zero on my participation mark for PE. So, I had to work two times harder the next class.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(234, 250, 178);">**March 30th, Writing Gym Warm-Up**
Your shoe must have a story to tell. Tell it.

I am a converse shoe for Clara Lee. Well, it’s a hard day when she goes out with me on. First, she put me on at the front of here house door or on the elevator. Then, she rides her moms car and lands on her school. By the way her schools floor is very clean and well polished so it doesn’t hurt me. The part where it hurts me is when she plays p.e or like when she doesn’t wear me properly. I like being her shoe and she travels a lot so I get to see how the world is and experience great things. Sometimes the roads that she walk is rough so it hurts sometimes but she takes good care of me such like washing me and repairing me when parts of me falls apart. I like being her shoe and I want to be one until I go falling apart and eventually die and be trashed.

English Project

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">Voice Grocery, March 19th
Chocolate: Seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored. Yummy smell of the chocolate filled the room. They say that the chocolate with the higher percent if cacao is better but who like the bitter chocolate! I like the smooth and sweet smelling chocolate that has a milky color, which is mixed with vanilla.

Potato Chip: Salty and crispy potato that is fried in oil. I like when I eat the grease and the salt getting on my hands. Also sometimes I eat too much salty and greasy stuff my tongue hurts and can eat anymore. Anyways, every time I eat the last piece is always so precious and wanting more when you finish eating the whole bag.

Ice cream: I usually get a whole bunch of the one ice cream and put them in the fridge and eat it for a long time. It so time wasting if I had to go to the supermarket every time I want to eat one. I can’t stand it when the ice cream is not there and I really want a cold thing to cool me off. Sometimes ice creams that have milk things gets on my nerves so only few times the flavor annoys me. But still Ice cream is always a good thing to eat on a hot summer days.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); background-color: rgb(177, 247, 247);">Classwork, March 12th
VOICE= 4 B- the writer seems aware of a purpose, and attempts to select content and structures that reflect it. + Maybe by that time human can develop enough information so maybe human can go to another planet with air and water or we can just disappear… so sad… WORD CHOICE=3 A- Word are adquate and correct in a general sense, and they support the meaning by not getting in the way + maybe the world still survives but humans may have developed the world earth so that it is all technological.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(177, 247, 247);">5 School Rules, March 12th
1. All students will be **amiably** when the teacher is present. 2. All students will show **fervor** for education 3. All students will not be **insolent** to any of the teachers. 4. All students must tell the office if some reason you are in **convalescence**. 5. Students will follow the **proxy**, if the main teacher is not present.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); background-color: rgb(176, 251, 147);">5 Paragraph Essay, March 10th
➩Write about what you think the world will be like in 100 years.

Whoosh! Fast going and comfortable rockets and spaceships all around the planet and they can take you wherever you want. Imagine the live when you don’t have to clean your room and you don’t have to walk long distance to go somewhere. The world after 100 years will be able to do all of those things for you! Maybe… There is many possibilities about how the world would be after a 100 years. It could be bad and it could be good. Some of the possibilities are good and bad. Such as, maybe the planet wouldn’t be able to live that longer since it’s a star and it dies after a certain period of time. And secondly, maybe the world still survives but humans may have developed the world earth so that it is all technological. And if that continues then the nature that the earth needs is going to be gone and the cycle of nature wouldn’t function well so the earth will not be able to provide the needs that humans need.

I wonder if the earth is going to able to hold that much time. Scientist says that Earth is one of the stars in the universe and that means that a star always explodes and disappears. So maybe Earth wont exist after 100 years. And maybe we found a new planet for humans to survive. Humans are advanced in the technology so they could probably know when the planet is going to explode and when to escape out of Earth. Well, this is a possibility if the earth is not surviving but there can be another story if the Earth still stayed after 100 years. But if the earth disappear then where will the humans go? Maybe by that time human can develop enough information so maybe human can go to another planet with air and water or we can just disappear… so sad…

Also if Earth stayed after than we might have the whole world full of technology in like the movies. Like spaceships and computers. If that happens this problem still happens today too but people is going to get fatter as they start to not do exercise and would have the death ratings up and maybe we might lose much of popularity of the world because of illness and lack of pregnancy. Today is still lack of pregnancy in some countries but if that continues through and technology develops as well the population will decease much more. But if human works hard to prevent that then this could not happen and it could be a place that will be more fun and exciting place to live.

Lastly, as the technology grows the natural environment will be destroyed and the animals and the plants that help the earth function properly would all disappear and maybe the earth will crash down with lack of oxygen and water. And those are the main source which human need to survive. If the plant does not provide enough oxygen then the air would be polluted and animals would start to die and it will have bad effect on humans too. I think that human can help to prevent that. Like these days human are working hard save the environment. So hope it won’t be the problem after 100 years.

In conclusion, after 100 years if humans work much so save the environment then it could be a nice and useful place to live. I believe that humans know a lot from the previous years so I think that people is going to try to prevent those bad possibilities. I would like to live in the society like that. Such as protecting the environment, decreasing the pollution and decreasing the pregnancy.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 126, 0); background-color: rgb(251, 251, 192);">What would the world be after 100 years Mar.5 2008
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 126, 0);">Technique 1 - Cars flying in the air. Technique 2 - The world would be an buried treasures, an unknown place. Technique 3 - have you rode on a spaceship? After 100 years it would be our personal car. Technique 4 - Though the world is technological, human will still be happy. Technique 5 - Air plane in the space. Guess what! Its a spaceship. Technique 6 - Technology is the kind of thing they will use after 100 years. Technique 7 - Would the relationship between human would still happen after 100 year? What if it doesn't? Technique 8 - Beeping, whirling, and screeching sound of mechanics.

<span style="color: rgb(107, 163, 15); background-color: rgb(234, 250, 178);">Letter, March 4th
Dear mom, I miss you very mcuh.... im doing fine but i just can't understand the world without you... I had several masters but I think I found the right master. He's name is Don Diego. He is an artist which I think that because of him I think i want to be an artist too. I visited spain with him and I ! I got money for curing the king's dog. I had fun.... but it would be much better if you were there... I love you mom... plaese wait until I go to find you... Love, Juan

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(128, 31, 183); background-color: rgb(242, 199, 254);">Question for Chapter 8
1. What did Master usually paint? 2. What was the king's appearance and personality? 3. How many years did Madrid come from Italy?

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(128, 31, 183); background-color: rgb(242, 199, 254);">3 Vocabulary
delicacy- fineness of texture, quality, etc. tenderness- soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough plump- well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(128, 31, 183); background-color: rgb(242, 199, 254);">3 Sentence Summary
Juan meet his master, who is Don Diego and goes to Spain to understand the way of master's painting. But when they arrived there, there was a king and a dog that was the king's dog. The king asked what was wrong with his dog. So Juan cure his dog and he got prized with lots of money.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(69, 15, 159); background-color: rgb(236, 157, 157); text-align: left; display: block;">Questions for Chapter 8 / Feb 27 1. After how many years did Cristobal and Alvaro leave? 2. What did the master paint? 3. What was the little white kitten named? 4. What was the pellet that master took made of? 5. Is the marriage approved?

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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">1.What does Dona Trini think Juan is? 2.Why didn't anyone buy the kitten Juan asked for? 3.What did Juan remember of his first sea journey? 4.Why did pickpockets curse Juan? 5.Did Diego Velazquez always go to Nina's grave?

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(222, 255, 0); text-align: center; display: block;">Vocab Feb 25, 2008 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Apprehension- Anxiety; fear - The apprehension for the test is enormous. Conscientiously- Honorably; carefully - I conscientiously held the original copy of Shakespeare book. Exquisite- Beautiful; if highest quality - The dishes in the castle were exquisite. Haughty- Arrogant; proud - He was very haughty about his high-test scores. Intermittent- Periodic; on and off - The conversation with the unknown person was very intermittent. Intrigue- Secret plot It had the intrigue in the back of the book so that nobody notices except for some people. Meticulous- Detail-oriented; precise - The explanation had to be very meticulous to understand. Tremulous- Quivering; trembling - My hand is tremulous from all the nervousness I have right now. Trepidation- Nervousness; uncertainty - Is it okay to be tremulous before a interview?

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