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Questions a. What are three things that you liked about the character in your novel. Be specific by giving examples. She is head strong and very capable of doing things. She also wants to achieve her goal like when she had to decide whether to go to a dancing academy and stay away from her family for a long while or to just stay at home while dancing secretly. She decided to dance, because that was her dream. b. What were the three most important events? Dancing through fire/dancing with snake, going to academy, and then dancing infront of Raja. c. In what ways are you different from the main character? Be specific. She is good at dancing and she has some craziness/braveness to jump into fire and dance with a poisonous snake. d. List five things about the setting of the story. A village, India, dirty, commoners, supersticious f. What are three good things you could say about this book? Very descriptive, imaginative, and adventurous.

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Chapter 1 In this chapter, the main character Parvati is born. The chapter revolves around the mother Meenakshi. She has 2 sons already and today was a special religious day where many people gathered to worship on a hill. Meenakshi was very happy to find that her child would be born this day. She was also sure it would be a girl, unlike Sundar, her husband, who thinks that it would be a boy because they already have 2. Miraculously, as Meenakshi said, it was a girl. The delivery was difficult. As Menakshi leaned against a tree for rest, a crow came to her to ask of some food. It was no season to have food so Meenakshi tried to shoo him but the crow kept pecking at her. Meenakshi told of this story to Parvati countless times during her growth.

Chapter 2 For Meenakshi, Parvati was the best thing that happened to her. However, the townspeople rejected her because since her birth, there were strange happenings. Even the sky became black. Venkat and Venu, the brothers of Parvati, inspected her, for she was so beautiful. That night, as Meenakshi was cradling her baby, Uncle came with news that was terrifying. Her husband Sundar had died.

Chapter 3 Meenakshi, her three children, and Uncle Saytha escaped the terrible storm to Saytha’s house where his wife, “Auntie” was waiting in a village called Nadipuram. Auntie knew instantly that Parvati was not a normal girl. Sundar had his funeral and Parvati learned to read minds. Literally read minds. And Meenakshi found a reason to live from this small infant.

Chapter 4 This chapter tells about sickness and death. Venu and one of Saytha’s son, Satish, became ill and later Satish died. Then his sister, Chitra, followed. The pain of two children dieing in front of her was unbearable for Auntie. Remarkably, Venu got better. The storm ended and the villagers started to rebuild the houses again. Unfortunately, all the good soil and some livestock got washed away. Then there seemed to be news that a tiger appeared. And it already took one child, but then, another became missing.

Chapter 5 Everyone was terrified of the tigers and could not even sleep. A hunt was started to hunt down these monsters. But this was unsuccessful. The tigers attacked first. Luckily, the men warded them off. Later, Parvati and Meenakshi were accused of being a witch because only bad things kept on happening since Parvati was born. But the chapter ends unusually with crops growing and things looking green and luscious.

Chapter 6 Harvesting was better than ever and in the second year, they had enough money to buy palm trees and jasmine vines. Parvati grew to be a clever and healthy girl. But the villagers still had suspicion on her so no village children would play with her. Parvati started to dance too, and sometimes, the boys would taunt and tease her telling her to dance. Soon Parvati wanted to dance like Lord Shiva, a goddess who danced and leaped through fire. When no one was looking she tried and succeeded. However, Meenakshi or “Amma” saw. Amma realized that Parvati was really not a normal girl. She told her never to do such a thing again. And to never dance.

Chapter 7 Strangely, the news of dancing through fire, uninjured, spread fast. Parvati had to stay home. Later, when Meenakshi and Parvati went to wash their clothes in the river, as Amma was washing, Parvati sat by the riverside with animals, fish looking up at her, and birds surrounding her. Meenakshi was shocked and quickly pulled the child away. However, the other women already saw. Rumors spread, and soon became exaggerated. People said the fish swam in the sky and the birds flew underwater. Rumors reached the guru of dance. He asked for her complete devotion to dance and study. But it was Parvati who was to decide if she wanted to go to the school. She was happy not to get permission to dance, but to be demanded to dance. She hated dancing secretly. But this meant separating from her family.

Chapter 8 Parvati decides to go to the school. She departs for the journey to the school. On the way, she meets many people. She feels somewhat like an outsider and becomes a little bit afraid. She thinks that the people might exclude her. And the journey keeps going.

Chapter 9 When she arrives in Gurukulam where the school was located, she first meats Indria who introduces everyone in the school to her. She receives dance clothing or also known as uniforms. She suffered many hard trainings and was often hungry when there was too much raining to do. Life was hard.

Chapter 10 In this chapter, Parvati is at school. Whenever she thinks of her mother, aunt and her brothers, she always drops things. She misses them very much. Since she had natural talent unlike others, she was singled out many times in each lesson. People who used to talk to her stopped because of jealousy. Guru realized and stopped singling her out.

Chapter 11 Nalini and Parvati became very good friends and shared many secretes including Parvati's "Bad Luck". Nalini believes this is rediculous. Nalni told of her dream that a hansome, mysterious stranger would take her away. One day, she meets this man, who is actually a theif who steals from the rich and gives it to the poor, who is called Mayappan. She does not know this until one day, he does not come to meet her. She cries because not only did he not come the meet her, he was Mayappan, a theif.

Chapter 12 Nalini is heart broken so Parvati and Kalpana accompanies her. They were having fun until there were sounds of weapons firing. Bandits appeared and took Nalini away. This bandit was acutally Mayappan. Then, many asked Parvati questions how Nalini is related to Mayappan. Search begins to find Nalni.

Chapter 13 Parvati becomes lonely without Nalini, and spent most of her time studying and dancing. Others made fun of her, calling her mean names. Guru tells her that she is improving well, and has a great gift. She recieves a letter informing her that Venkat would marry and everything is well. Guru teachers her many thing and tells her that she would soon become a true devadasi. She and Kalpana goes out to buy a sari. That evening of the arangetram, people came to watch Parvati dance. Kalpana tells her that the Maharja of Nandipuran had asked for her to perform on Raja's birthday.

Chapter 14 Parvati sets off to Nandipuram buy train. She gets to see her family for a week as well. They rejoiced and hugged each other when they got to her home. She also becomes close with Venkat's wife, Sumitra.

Chapter 15 Parvati and Sumitra went out to the bazaar everyday to sell her mother's vegetables and buy necessities. One day, Sumitra fell ill. She gave Parvati the duty to buy pineapples. Parvati went to the marketplace and she spots one person who looked lke Nalini but with harder eyes. Parvati gives the pineapple to Sumitra and she soon becomes well. The two went out to do the laundry when Parvati sees Yuvaraja, Raja's son, dressed as a fisherman. Few days later, Sumitra fell sick again so Parvati had to go alone to do the laundry. Yuvaraja, tried to talk to her but she ignored him. However, he kept following asking if anyone knew he was dressed up as a fisherman out of the palace. He was not allowed out, for he was a sickly child. Parvati soon leaves home, departing with sadness.

Chapter 16 Kalpana and Parvati arrived at the palace. Yuvaraja meets Parvati again, telling her about the time when Parvati's father rescued his father once. Parvati thnks him for the story, but as Kalpana came in, he hid. Kalpana showed Parvati the clothes that Maharani gave to her. When Parvati looked back, Yuvaraja was gone. Kalpana and Parvati practiced together.

Chapter 17 One evening, Kalpana, Guru and Parvati sat together in Kalpana's room as the Guru told them stories. Parvati told how much she missed her family. The Rama came in, and told Parvati that it was his fault that her father died. But then she told him that Parvati was born on that day, and they both laughed at the fact that they both thought it was their faults. They became friends.

Chapter 18 Parvati prepares for the show. Rama tells her that they could tour the palace. Rama also tells her of his gift that people do not notice him. Parvati tries on her costume, and she attends a feast, while her minds was only on Rama.

Chapter 19 After the meal, Kalpana and Parvati walked back to their rooms. Rama come to Parvati's room and makes Parvati unnoticable too. Rma shoes her many rooms, and asks her to come to America with him. He thought that he could study medicine, and she could teach children how to dance there.

Chapter 20 Rama and Parvati were together in the same room when Kalpana came in with a knock. Rama left before he could be seen. The next day, Guru's jewelry went missing. Parvati thought that it was Mayakkan. She remembered the girl who looked like Nalini. She also had decide whether to accept Rama's proposal.

Chapter 21 She let Guru and Kalpana on her thoughts a little later and began to search. Rama looked with them. Later, they found that monkeys had hid it. Parvati saw in a dream that Rama was telling her that dance was her destiny. When it was time for the performance, she felt as if her feet did not belong to her. She heard the voice of Shiva telling her that she was the magic of possibilities.

May 21



May 14

Love that ice-cream like a mailbox loves to eat mail
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I said I love that ice-cream like a mailbox loves to eat mail Love to call him in the morning love to call him "Hey there, ice-cream!"

Betrayal is a rusted jewel once beautiful but now tattered in a forgotten box for you have left it, now, unable to be recognized anymore.
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I am a mouse dark as a night sky I am scared of cats I love cheese I can move swiftly around my enemies I can go around and around until they get dizzy I am a mouse
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Month Poem!

July flies right in with a cool breeze kicking out June in the stuffy heat.

In the hot summer day I dances with the wind and soon leaves will start to fall and August will come.

My Better Haiku!

Never leaving you. Here, there, whatever you bear. The black you follows.

Haiku assessment!

Andrew 7E's Blooming in the breeze, Exploring, playing,blowing, Flowing through, slowly.

Growing in silence, Expanding with the windfall, Red and pink surrounds.

Language and phrasing are natural, effective, and appropriate for the audience.

Brian 7E's The sun shines brightly Among the gray, gloomy clouds Sending us the light

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

Lively verbs add energy while specific nouns and modifiers add depth.

Haiku 1 All this time alone, Far far far away from you, So very lonely,

Haiku 2 I have no diamonds, But I'm glad with what I've got. Because I have you!

Homework due May 6th

Purple Lit. book!

Why do you think Ellen went with Lochinvar, even though she'd agreed to marry another? = She was in love with Lochinvar.

How do the female characters and male characters differ in response to Lochinvar? = The women become worried but the men makes them angry.

What does Lochinvar's behavior at the wedding reveal about his values? = He has a way of getting what he desires.

Do you think Lochinvar's actions were justified? Why or why not? = No, because Ellen was married to someone else.

In literature, knightly behavior is characterized by bravery and a romantic attitude toward women. How does this poem illustrate such characteristics? = Lochinvar is brave enough to take back Ellen.

Blues song:

My bird has gone gone, She has gone away, My bird has gone gone, She has gone away, She left me for another, My heart will sway sway.

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Purple Lit book 755

1. How would you describe the mood of "Seal?" Find at least three words or images that help create this mood Fast, fervent, and contented2. Although the speaker in "The Pasture" is going out to perform chores, he makes them sound attractive and inviting, what image contributes to this feeling? "The Pasture" mentions and describes that chores are a bit of thrilling things to do. Images of a little calf that was standing beside the mother makes it more convincing for the reader. 3. Who might the "you" be that the speaker of "The Pasture" is addressing? Who do you think is being addressed as "you" in "Seal"? The reader. 4. Suppose "Seal" became "Shark". In what ways would this change the poem? If the Seal became Shark then the whole mood will change. The mood might get little frightening or vicious. 5. What do the speakers in "The Pasture" and "Seal" have in common? Support you answer. Both poems wants to tell and convince the reader about something. They both have a positive meaning too

I think this poem means to keep holding on to dreams and not to lose hope. -"Life is a barren field, Frozen with snow" I think this poem tells us how sad and lonely he is and the sadness that does not go away. -"Coming from a black man's soul" I think this poem compares him to the river. He tells us of his friendliness with the river. -"My soul has grown deep like the rivers" I think this poem tells us of what dreams are. It has many questions. -"Or does it explode?" I think this poem tells of a black person who thinks that he is beautiful and not as ugly as white people think of him. -"I, too, am America
 * 1) 1 Dream:
 * 1) 2 The Weary Blues:
 * 1) 3 The Negro Speaks of Rivers:
 * 1) 4 A Dream Deferred:
 * 5 I, Too:

Langston Hughes -born in Joplin, Missouri -born to two bookkeepers and divorced when he as young -began writing poems in high school

Synonym Poem: Sadness, solace, sorrow, Preparing for tomorrow.

April 21st

Earth Day Poem We may all live anywhere, Under a rock, tree, or roof, But we all live under the same sky. We all drink the water from the soil, We all breathe the air that surrounds us, We all walk on the same ground, Our land, our home. Help our earth.

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[] Paragraph! --- The lady is telling us that all humans, black or white are all equal. I agree because everyone has feelings, emotions, and all other people have. They are also human. There is a saying: It's the inside that counts. I think this relates to it too. I think that we tend to have a thought that we should stay away from others who are not wanted or ugly or different from us. This poem clearly tells us that everyone is equal. I do not really know how the title is given but it hooks the reader's attention.

Poetry Slam! Definition: poets are given 3 minuets to write poem to compete against each other. Judges are picked from the audience.

Can you think of... a mall without a stores, a school without classrooms, a government without a president, a race without a track, a play without actors, a sky without a sun, a circus without a clown, a night without stars.

Moon I appear in the night, I disappear in the morning, A silver coin turning, flipping, dancing, Changing shape all day, I put everyone to sleep, My opposite come along, Breaks my spell, Everyone smiles, No one smiles for me... What am I?

Poem #1 (shape) Dancing in our hearts, It can make us pretty, It can make us ugly, For some, it comes, For some, it goes, But in the end, It will strike, U & Me

Poem #2 (acrostic) Soraing in the sky kindly birds a fly yet so lonely by myself

Poem #3

Comment on............... Lauryn Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TZO_sOsVo&feature=related -She has a great fluency and has no clogging. She has also great voice and imagery.

Alliteration: She sells sea shells by the sea shore Assonance: A proud round cloud in a white high night Onomatopoeia: "Meow" "Bang" Imagery: Yellow sparkling jewels shining in the night sky Metaphors: She is a tree Simile: She is as tall as a tree Hyperbole: My lunch was better than paradise Personification: The fire kept dancing on the short candle stick until it's very last moment Allusion: My friend is like Jacky Chang Synecdoche: Have you got your engine going? Conceit: My locked chest can only be opened by you Paradox: She is horrifyingly beautiful Symbolism: Love is like a blooming flower Antithesis: You did a great job!

Formula Poem -Me, Hero, Myself-

Sometimes We are like dead fish Staring into space Looking like robots Moving by orders

And often We look to see If we are alone But not to our surprised There is nothingness

And usually We are the only ones Walking alone this path No one to hold on to No where to go

But sometimes A hero comes along Brings us to our senses Showing us the real world Saving us from ties

Poetry Matters Notes - No jobs for poets - Writing can be done anytime with any amount of time - Can star into space but is still writing - Most distilled language, exalted states of humans: poetry - Poetry can show the innermost feeling of the poet - Combine historical moments in poems - Everything/everyone will add up to a historical context… perhaps there could be sth done about this world

Blues Notes to "How To Write a Blues SOng"

1. Find feeling that many people can feel the emotion and can relate. 2. Express yourself so you have an emotion that will convey that feeling. Grammar does not matter. 3. The essence of a blues song involves repeating the opening line so you should repeat it. 4. It is a song so it should rhyme. Add some rhymes. 5. Name the tune with a good hook. 6. Blues follows a basic 12 bar musical format and uses key chords I, IV, and V. Keep the beat to this.

Clara’s Self Portrait My eyes are like my brother’s My hair is like a lioness My shoes are like coal with patterns My t-shirt is like a floppy, green paper bag My heart hold nothing That is black as the night I live on a 3-D earth of humans.

Eunice:) hehe (: i like the words you use :D (for example, "I live on a 3-D earth of humans") Sarah(: very gooooood i like my heart holds nothing that is black as the night :D

MY POEM!! :)

Jolly had a fluffy lamb.

Jolly had a fluffy lamb Its tail was white as tissue. And everywhere that Jolly went The lamb was sure to go.

It followed her to amuesment one day Which was against the rules. It made the children run and walk To see a lamb at amuesment.

allusion is when mentioning sth very subtly without being straight forward
biography is an account written of someone's life by somebody other than the person the account is about Character trait is the traits or characteristics on might have in a movie or story climax of a novel is the point of the novel/story when the plot is at it's highest, and the most intense, exciting part fable is a short story usually converying a moral or message fiction is the stories and novels with imaginary events and people Flashback is the part where the novel tells something that happened before Foreshadowing is predicting what will happen Free-verse is the poetry that doesn't rhyme or have a regular meter 

Brian K.

Word Choice: 4: Words are adequate and phrases communicate but rarely capture the reader's imagination

Voice: 5: The writer takes risk by the inclusion of personal details that reveal the person behind the words




 * || Mundane ㄱㅡ || STRIKING! ||
 * 1 || clean || flawless, well-kept ||
 * 2 || newer || latest, modernistic ||
 * 3 || threw || flung through the air ||
 * 4 || big || humongous, ginormous ||
 * 5 || slow || leisurely, delaying ||
 * 6 || hate || despise, antipathy ||
 * 7 || hurt || injured, battered ||
 * 8 || normal || standard, regular, ordinary ||
 * 9 || weird || out of ordinary, eerie ||
 * 10 || sometimes || now and then, occasionally ||

Writing Gym 3 It's my birthday! My dad and mom organized a party... just for me! all my friends came. All the guest brought presents... but that included my strangest guest. She was an old lady I have never seen before. My mom told me that it was my deceased grandmother's best-est friend. We invited her in. She gave me a poorly wrapped present, and the box was black. Pure black. No other colour. The ribbon was squiggly and seemed to move.The ribbon was the same colour too. I shook it. It made a weird sound. a bit rattlly but with a thump at the end. Was it an unknown creature that will eat me if I open the box? Was it a real life baby holding a rattle? I dicided that it would be best if I opened it last. My friends all saved up enough money to get me a huge teddy bear that had no fur so they can write on it. My mom got me another gem, like she does every year. She gives it to me saying that I should mark my birthdays. I have 11 now. Not that I am 11. I lost some... but I don't dare say that I lost them. She will get so mad at me. My dad just contributed on making the party. As everyone left. I had my last present to open. I took a deep breath. I got up and warmed up. 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4. Sigh... If this keeps going, I will never get to open it! I went over to the dark box and sat down. I close my eyes and ripped as hard as a I could. RRIIIPPP!! I cautiously opened one eye at a time. Cookies? With Sprinkes? With the gems mother gives me? There were 2 gems. Those were the ones I lost! I took a bite of the cookies. They were scrumptious. So the thumping was the gems and the cookies and the rattle was the sprinkles! I looked at the card. It said, you left It in your grandma's house. I'm retuning It to you. Happy Birthday! I don't know where to buy wrapping so I'm sorry." Wow! It was the best present ever! Thank you Grandma!

I, Juan de Pareja - last hw!! :D Option #3!!

Voice Paragraphs Tea: Tea, a graceful, beautiful fragrance, blowing, blowing, blowing. It grabs you. You start to drool. The liquid waving round and round. You stretch out your hand and grab it, but it's too hot. Gently, slowly, you raise the brim to your lips and sip. How wonderful, sweet taste it is! It's too hot though! You roll it around. This is the re-freshness of tea. Chips: Crack! Crack! Crack! These chips are 100% organic and crispy! They don't have those scientific, artificial chemicals. We freshly gather the Potatoes by hand and salt from the sea. Buy! Buy! Buy! Pizza: Pizza is a great tasting food that can be made in minuets! It comes with many different flavours and toppings you can chose. The cheese stretches like a rubber band and melt when it enters you mouth. Do you feel like eating now?

March 16th Writing Gym--Word Choice

What can a nervous cat do in a gym?

Once there was a cat. A very, very, fat cat. That fat cat's name was Florat. But everyone just cut out the "lor" so his name became Fat. Anyhow, Fat, was a greedy cat. So everyday, he grew 1 cm fatter from all the stolen food he got from other cats and people. All the cats had the meeting without Fat. They decided something had to be done. They came to the conclusion to move him to the gym. They will only give him 2 bowls of cereal, and 1 fish. This was only 1/8 of what he ate.

Anyhow, Fat was forced to go to the gym. But speaking of gyms, have you ever seen a cat in a gym, working out? If you did, that might have been Fat. Fat entered nervously. Thousands of pairs of eyes stared at him. When the local cats had the meeting, they forgot one thing. Only humans go to the gym. No cat allowed.

SELF GRADER!

Voice: 5 The writer takes a risk by the inclusion of personal details that reveal the person behind the words. Word choice: 5 Choices in language enhance the meaning and clarify understanding.

5 New Rules! Talk amiably with everyone. Visit someone when they are on convalescence. When you say something cynically, say it in a really joking way. Don't act somberly in front of teachers when they teach. Do not be insolent to anyone.



Letter: To mother in heaven, What should i do? I fell in love with a girl called Miri. I first saw her inside the Rubens train. The Rubens are a famous artist. I also visited Italy. I came back, but after that, I went back to the north of Spain with my master, Diego Velazquez. Now, I have met Bartolome Esteban Murillo. I am still scared, about god. I want god to help me, because as you know, it is a law in Spain, that slaves are not allowed to practice the arts. But that is what I am trying to do right now. I really wanted to paint, so I stole the paint. I know that's wrong, so I went to the church and confessed my mistake. I am starting to actually paint. I feel so joyful and happy! With Bartolome helping me, master might also like the paintings that I drew. I really hope that I can keep on painting, without getting this fact known by the Spanish government. With Love, Juanico

 glossing: shine or luster on a smooth surface
==== Juan joins Diego and the royal family to the north of Spain. Diego does not know Juan paints but notices his discomfort and gives him a box where he can lock his stuff. The King's dog Corso, becomes ill and Juan cares for him as he gets better. The King offers him money and Juan gratefully accepts... but he feels guilty for painting in secret. ====