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JUNE 8TH_

3)) HE HAS/ A MIND/ THAT MAKES/ ME WAN-/ -A CRY

4)) PATRICK PINSTEIN PLUCKED THE PURPLE PUPPY THE TREES ARE DANCING AND THE SUN IS SMILING  IT FEELS LIKE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY OF MY LIFE  THE BLUE CLUES OF THE FLOWERS BLOOMING MY TUMBLING-DOLL MIND DOES NOT FALL

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June 4th_ a. What are three things that you liked about the character in your novel. Be specific by giving examples. A: I loved the mother, which always encouraged and helped the kids out, and was very brave. b. What were the three most important events? A: 1) The mother had died super quickliy 2) Father returned after fighting with the Demons 3) The kids experience extreme UPs and DOWNs in their lives. c. In what ways are you different from the main character? Be specific. A: I am different from Foxfire in the way that I am not a crybaby and do not complain and don't lose hope easily. d. List five things about the setting of the story. 1) The Demons invaded 2) Many of the towns people went to fight the Demons, so it's very lonely. 3) China 4) Small village 5) It takes place when the English industrial revolution breaks out. e. What do you think are three major themes (messages that the author is trying to get across) in the story? Why? A: Even we meet a difficult and hard crisis don't loses hope, always thinking in the bright side, and being brave and showing your thoughts strongly. f. What are three good things you could say about this book? A: It gives hope to the readers. it gives a lesson to the readers. it gives fun and dreams to the young readers.

**JUNE 1st_ Identify the 6 traits of writing**
1) Content: This is the heart of the paper--what the writer has to say. It should be a topic that is important to the writer and should be small enough to handle in the paper. It should express the ideas clearly so every reader can understand and it should provide the reader with interesting insights. A solid, well-defined theme holds the paper together, giving a meaningful, focused, and detailed exploration of the topic.

2) Organization: This is the road map which directs the reader through the paper. It begins with a strong lead or hook and catches the reader¹s interest right from the beginning. The details along the way should add to that lead and should help build toward the conclusion, pulling the reader along right to the very end. It should use good transitions to move smoothly from one idea to the next, helping things fit together easily for the reader. Organization gives writing a sense of purpose and structure.

3) Voice: Voice is the personality of the writer coming through on the page. It is what gives the writing a sense of flavor, a uniqueness, and give the reader the feeling that the writer is talking directly to her. A strong sense of voice demands that the writer make a commitment to the writing and write honestly with conviction. In a paper with strong voice, the reader will get a sense that someone real is there on the page, whether the reader knows the writer or not.

4) Word Choice: Good word choice involves being able to look critically at verbs and select ones that are active, powerful and energetic. It means being able to choose just the right words to make the writing sound natural and precise. Word choice is what gives an exactness to details and helps the writer paint memorable pictures in the reader¹s mind.

5) Sentence Fluency: In any piece of writing, there are many possible ways to write any sentence correctly, but usually, of those correct versions, one or two will sound better than others. A writer who can pick out those versions and can use them frequently will have a strong sense of sentence fluency. This does not mean creating longer sentences, but means using long sentences when they would be best and short sentences when they would suit better. It means creating a sense of rhythm with the sentences and a flow that the reader finds enjoyable to follow along. Good sentence fluency stands out when a piece of writing is read aloud.

6) Conventions: Conventions are the rules of a language. They are the common patterns of grammar, spelling, punctuation, paragraphing and capitalization that readers come to expect in good writing. They make writing easy to read and understand. A reader may not even notice when conventions are well done, but might be distracted from the good ideas that were so carefully planned if the conventions are poorly handled. This is the most mechanical of the six traits and requires writers to learn editing and proofreading skills.

May 28th_ Small Poetry Project

__**Emily C** - //Tanka//__ -Tankas are 31 syllables -From Japan -Very old

__**Chloe S** - //Abecedarian//__ -Special form of acrostic poem -Alphabetic

//__**Christina HY K** - Ode__// -Ode is a form of lyric poem -It srarted in Greek Roman history

//__**Yaerin Song** - Rondoue__// - 10~ 15 lines - French Poetry

__//**Hyndo Huh** - Found Poem//__ - A found poem is one in which word and phrases made into a poem - 4 lines

//__**Justin Yoon** - Ekphrasis__// - Words come form the greek word 'out' and 'Greek' - Considered to be a rhetorical device.

//__**Chris Choi** - Ghazal__// - Each line share the same meter - Poetic expression shows out

//__**Hannah Park** - Couplet__// - a pair of lines of poetry - rhymes

//__**Justin Park** - Pantoum__// - 4 lines stanza - ABAB - First line of the poem is repeated in the last line of the poem

//__**Chanel Kim** - Ballad__// - 2, 4 line rhymes - Talks about folk tale

//__**Christina Y** - Found poem__// - Reframe the word/phrases -"Finds" the poem

//__**Brian Lee** - Sonnet__// - Lyric poetry - Europe

__//**Clara Kim** - Bop//__ - Created by Afaa Michael Weaver - 3 stanza

Inae L - sonnet -Found in lyric poetry -Europe

English Quiz May 28th

 English Poem definition & examples_ May 24th
Couplet: A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit. Ex) I like to play with my cat Summer vacation is very fun  He likes to be in my hat I love to skip and run

Tercet: Tercets are any three lines of poetry, whether as a stanza or as a poem, rhymed or un-rhymed, metered or un-metered. The haiku is a tercet poem. Ex)  I am a yellow dog I am a yellow dog  who wishes he was who would rather be a purple-spotted frog. <span style="color: rgb(27, 121, 46);">a toad. Too many frog Quatrain: Quatrain is a verse stanza of four lines, rhymed or (less often) un-rhymed. Ex) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Sonnet: A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes. Ex) By Paul McCann
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Evening red and morning **gray**, || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Set the traveler on his **way**, || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">But evening gray and morning **red**, || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bring the rain upon his **head**. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> |||||| <span style="display: block; text-align: center; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif;">Red Blushed And All Cut Up **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> |||||| <span style="display: block; text-align: center; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif;">Red Blushed And All Cut Up **

Talking to myself there Someone had overheard. I was lost for a word. There was nothing to share. Embarrassed I was there. Left awkward and absurd. A broken wingless bird. With nowhere to fly there. Caught red faced there was I. Didn't want to be seen. I just wanted to die. I just wanted to scream. I'm so terribly shy. Lost for words it would seem. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ballad: a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines Ex) <span style="display: block; text-align: center; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**The Mermaid by Unknown author** Oh the ocean waves may roll, And the stormy winds may blow, While we poor sailors go skipping aloft And the land lubbers lay down below, below, below And the land lubbers lay down below.

English Reading Project_May 27th
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">English Reading Project _ “The Serpent’s Children” <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> By James Chae 7D <span style="color: rgb(76, 194, 194); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Characters: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I(in the novel), Mother, Father, and his little brother fire fox. <span style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 1. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The story takes background in China, the time when the demons(as they call them) have invaded China. Even the great barbarian tribe which has conqured China, called the Manchus, was vulnerable in front of the demons. So father decides to go to Canton, the invaded city, to fight the demons. Spider, who is the cousin of I, comes and takes my father with the rest of the towns people, leaving me and Foxfire alone with my mom. <span style="color: rgb(255, 133, 31); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The chapter starts at my home. After the very moment father has leaved, Foxfire begins to boisterously cry with sorrow. To pacify our feelings, mother takes us to a window lattice that her father has carved, and tells us the story within there. The main lesson of the story was to not fight and solve problems peacefully, because Foxfire and I are family that share the same serpent blood. Mother tells us that we should do as the story said, to not fight with each other, and realize the importance of the family. <span style="color: rgb(226, 202, 34); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 3 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The chapter takes place with a appearance of a new character, Aster. Aster is a my neighbor, which is twelve years old, and were good friends with me. Aster brought some soup for my mother. Some other new characters are Uncle Windy and Aunt Piety. They try to depend on each other, and protect each other, because that is all they have. <span style="color: rgb(69, 219, 61); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 4 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The most interesting part of the book may be called this chapter. Aunt Piety leaves and comes back in the afternoon with an elderly woman. The woman was a matchmaker in town, and arranged relationships and marriages between others. Aunt Piety explained to me that the woman was Aunt Patience, and the child with her was Lily, which is her niece. Aunt Patience says that she will get me more beautiful feet, and started to bind my feet with bandages. Lily helps Aunt Patience do this, and I wanted to move, but Aunt Piety was slapping me. It hurt so much, that I yelled, and Aunt Luckless comes and saves me. However, it was a huge clan that came, and included in the clan was a cousin named Peony. Foxfire then comes and starts to ask what is going on. I told Aunt Patience and Lily to not hurt Foxfire, but then the clan came and carried me into the house! When I looked back, and called for my mom, I realized something terrible, that my mother was dead. <span style="color: rgb(63, 122, 62); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 5 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The place of the I's home is is called Three Willows. The matchmaker, Aunt Patience, drank so much wine during her supper that she fell asleep. I thought about running away to Canton to find my father, but I knew that Canton was so far away. I took Foxfire and started to head home. The next morning, Uncle Windy was going to come to my house. A new character appeared at my house, called cousin Harmony. Cousin Harmony was Peony's father. Aunt Luckless stated that my blood was a snake's blood, but Uncle Windy and Aunt Piety said that it was just a rumor. I however, know that although mother might be dead, her spirit is still with us. <span style="color: rgb(138, 208, 203); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 6 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Unfortunately, Uncle Windy seems to not know how to harvest the family's rice, so Aster comes with her two brothers-in-law, and helps my family to harvest the family's rice. Two weeks later, cousin Spider came with my father. I asked father what happened, and cousin Spider said that they made a treaty with the demons. In addition, they had lost many battles. I told father that mother died, and father regretted that he left. <span style="color: rgb(8, 50, 181); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 7 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Seven years healed neither the wounds in Father's leg or those in our country, and it began to crumble bit by bit. The Demons kept asking for more, and the whole town has fall in deep despondency <span style="color: rgb(31, 54, 137); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 8 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Father tells us to go fight the Phoenixes with him. They start to go to their village, but the Phoenixes were really slow. The clan follows, but one member refused to obey father. That person was Dusty. Another man stepped out of the crowd, called Uncle Blanky. His son, Cricket, starts to go somewhere, so Uncle Blanky goes and gets him. Dusty says that he actually wasn't following father, he was just going to the Phoenix's village to teach some friends there martial arts. Dusty becomes very negative and tells father to just face it, since the demons already destroyed him, tells father to not leave, and goes to the village of the Phoenixes. <span style="color: rgb(222, 27, 192); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 9 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Nobody joins father when he tries to go and kill the Phoenixes. This is because my mother had a serpent ancestry. Stony, the Golden Cat's spoiled son, tells everyone this fact. Father goes back home to the Three Willows, and Foxfire was too afraid to fight the Phoenixes. However, I decided to understand him, because as mother said, we are from the same blood. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 224); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 10 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The Phoenixes leave our valley, and I go back to the fields to notice that only the rice straws are left. There, I saw Uncle Windy and Stony carrying on with a discussion. I heard Uncle Windy saying that the Phoenixes have taken everything. Foxfire gets afraid that their own crops are stolen, and they go check. We see a pond, and there, we saw Sticks, Spider's younger brother. They see the vegetables all stomped over by the Phoenixes. Aster appears again, at their field, which is at the right of our field. With Aster was Tiny, her husband. Tiny says that he will grow the rice again himself. The bad crops made me want to go away, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">like cousin Harmony. Foxfire however tells me that farmers should always like their own crops, and should stay near their own crops. <span style="color: rgb(143, 40, 175); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The other fields weren't as bad. However, the rice was short for second servings. That's when Peony comes. Peony doesn't have any weeds, and asks me to pick them since she had a rash between her toes. I gave what Peony wanted, and right at that moment, I heard something at the mouth of the valley. I thought it wasn't the Phoenixes, because the people didn't seem scared. It was actually cousin Harmony. <span style="color: rgb(164, 45, 45); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 12 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Father sees the damage that the Phoenixes did, and I also told him that I gave some weeds to Peony. Father is sad and thinks about selling some furniture. Cousin Spider recommends some kind of fisherman to marry me. He then gives me and Foxfire some candies, and I brought some tea to cousin Spider. Cousin Spider and father talks about the demons. <span style="color: rgb(96, 46, 46); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 13 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> A clerk comes from Fortunate Enterprises to buy furniture from father. The clerk looks around at what he can buy, however he does not seem to like anything. He states that he will go look at some other houses and leaves. Then, some coolies come and buy our furniture. <span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 14 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I cooked some weed soup in the morning. Foxfire comes and says that their real enemy is poverty, not the demons or the Manchu dynasty. I don't understand why Foxfire is saying this, and Foxfire tells me that cousin Harmony is planning on selling Peony. Father really gets afraid that he will lose his food crops, and worries. He says that none of us will be slaves, because he will sacrifice me and Foxfire. I get really scared and tried to get father to change his mind by suggesting other solutions, but father still says that he will do it. <span style="color: rgb(184, 15, 15); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 15 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Me and Foxfire are sacrificed. Cousin Spider comes again. Cousin Spider brings in six brothers of mine into father's house. They believe that they have to fight the Phoenixes, but it is difficult because they have Dusty as their defender. Cousin Spider says that they decided to make a compromise by taking away half the food of each household. This would include father's home and Uncle Windy's home as well. <span style="color: rgb(254, 154, 1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 16 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Cousin Spider ties Foxfire up. Cousin Spider wants to save me, Foxfire, and most importantly father. However, the bandits come and makes a plan to set the village on fire. Father wants to save the Three Willows a lot, and states that we would be willing to die if it is for the Three Willows. Then, the bandits do set fire to the village and people look for water, trying to save the country from burning down. <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 17 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Fortunately, we do put out the fire. However, one house was lost and two were damaged. Cousin Spider, Uncle Windy, Uncle Blacky, and father all started to blame each other. I asked father about what might have happened to Foxfire, and father does not seem to remember Foxfire. The Golden Cat asks about Foxfire, and father states that he disowned Foxfire. I immediately started to look for Foxfire, but I was not able to find him. I did find Aster, but she was also looking for Tiny. I felt very sad, but Tiny did come to my house later. I asked where Foxfire is, and Tiny said that Foxfire is planning to go overseas. Tiny said that there is a huge ship, and apologizes since he helped Foxfire to do that. Father and I then go to town, to look for Foxfire. <span style="color: rgb(164, 238, 99); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 18 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I missed Foxfire a lot. Father also feels sad, because this all seemed to him as if it was his fault. The clerk came again, and gave me a package. Foxfire had made it overseas and sent us the package. Foxfire also sent us twenty strings of cash. I was very happy to know that Foxfire had made it overseas, and was still alive. <span style="color: rgb(69, 219, 61); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 19 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Uncle Blacky comes in and reads the letter that Foxfire sent us. It is very impressive, and has a lot of meaning in it. Now, father and I really miss Foxfire, and understands how he feels about this whole issue. <span style="color: rgb(27, 121, 46); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 20 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The tale of the golden mountain spreads throughout the Three Willows. Sticks and Uncle Windy was very happy. Father and I decide to go to mother's grave. We go there, and see Dusty. Dusty was sitting on a stone. Dusty says that he is not part of the Phoenixes anymore. Father shows Dusty how he can shoot a gun, but Dusty provokes father by saying that he is not using the gun properly. Father questions him back, and Dusty gets mad. Therefore, Dusty throws a dagger at father's arm, and father started to feel very painful. <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 21 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Father gets mad and tells Dusty to not hang around here again. Father only had one good hand now. I believe that all of the peace is because of me, father, and Foxfire. Father and I plan to dictate a letter to Uncle Blacky. I will keep on trying to defeat the demons, and to bring peace to the Three Willows. <span style="color: rgb(76, 194, 194); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 22 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Foxfire was making things much better. Now we are able to grow crops, because we have sufficient water and plenty of fertilizer. Uncle Windy was adding more rooms to his house, and Aster told me that I have accomplished a lot. Aster assures me that everything will be fine, and father also praised me and said that I did my best. <span style="color: rgb(30, 140, 179); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 23 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> All the people in the Three Willows got better. Father and I wanted Foxfire to come back, because things have gotten much better. Aunt Piety and Uncle Windy asked me to help them, because they had to pay for the field, and had already had their house mortgaged. The clerk said that only three men survived. I felt very happy that things were getting better, and felt thankful to Foxfire for helping. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 224); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 24 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I felt sad for Uncle Windy, and asked father. Father got Uncle Blacky, and we wrote a letter to Foxfire saying that things got better at the Three Willows. To add to the happiness, father said that I am his daughter, and Foxfire is his son. He said that we can all be a happy family again.

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__**May 21st**__


 * <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204); font-family: Helvetica;"> **Your Score:** ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"> **16** of **20** ||

__**May 13th_poem work I Am**__ I am tall and thin I wonder why cats love fish I hear kids laughing I see animals crying I want people to know to get along I am humorous and fun

I pretend I am pikachu I feel happy I touch animals I worry of dying I cry sadly I am dying

I understand you I say nonsense I dream about food I try to be a better person I hope to fly I am me
 * My "Big Day" Poem**

christmas is comming I see joy in the boy's eyes Happy, gleeful days

Diamonte Poem_May 12th

Peace love, joy, harmony Understanding, loving, charming Hope, quietness, misunderstanding, confict abhor, contend, fight Boisterous, frustrating Friction

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Haiku_May 8th**

The kids are crying My ears are going to tear In the sad, lonely night

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**May 8th**
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 * Summer**

The leaves start to change, in to fresh natural sweet green. Summer was coming.


 * Sunny Day**

It was a sunny day, when the birds start flying, while the sun shinning.

Evaluate-5 Evidence-The words are used appropriately and they swiftly help the emphasis of the meaning of the poem. Example-The leaves start to change, birds start flying, sun shinning.

Christina Y


 * Raindrops**

Rain is falling down Down Down Down the street ahead Cooling the world around


 * Wind**

The wind is blowing Cooling us all, all day long As the grass dance along

Evaluate-4 Evidence-The usage of the words are fabulous which imitate a picture of the poem's background. Though it is hard to see the meaning of the poem. Example-<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> wind is blowing, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rain is falling down

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Haiku poems _ May 6th

Oh oh oh spring~ Korea's spring is so Oh to beautiful
 * Korea's Spring**

The light of the world Spring has come too beautiful I only could see
 * Beautiful season**

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I DON'T UNDERSTAND..!! _April 30th 2009
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">why people call me pikachu why the world became one that only a small minority of people survive why all the people had changed to know only themselves why I only eat cereal for breakfast why people can stop the reasonless war

But I do understand...

why I'm living so happily why people can't express their feelings well why the smile is the best face in the world

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**BLUES SONG** _

O dear darling Why have you leaved I say, O dear darling Why, Why have you leaved Since there's nomo' you There's nomo' love in da leaves

But please don forget that there's no one to replace ya And please don forget that there's nothin to replace ya If you could just come back right down to my heart

There was no time to block this disaster O, there was no time to stop you, my sister If itz ya choice, your very choice Then farewell my love, you lovely angel

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 1. How would you describe the mood of "Seal"? Find at least three words or images that help create this mood. A: The Seal may be expressed as 'dart', 'watery', and 'swerve'. 2. Although the speaker in 'The Pasture' is going out to perform chores, he makes them sound attractive and inviting. What images contribute to this feeling? A: The images that contribute to the feelings make you think of a some what beatiful and happy scene of doing spring chores. 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'? A : The 'you' in 'The Pasture' might be you or your family, friends, etc. who needs to do chores. The 'you' in 'Seal' may be a person or thing which is in a place where you could find the seals and watch and observe there characteristics. 4. Suppose 'Seal' became 'Shark.' In what ways would this change the poem? A: The poem's main theme will change from beautiful and mystic to panic and tense. 5. What do the speakers in 'The Pasture' and 'Seal' have in common? support your answer with details from the poems. A: The speakers of 'The pasture' and 'SEAL' both use easy to know images so that they could show their thoughts more effectively.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Comments of poems of 'Dreams' Message: Never give up on your dreams. The line 'Life is a broken-winged bird' shows the danger of letting dreams die, but if you hold on to your dreams, the possibilities of life will be endless.

'The Weary Blues' Message:The poem shows a sad expression that moves the readers mind. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Message: Conveys the importance of African Americans within our history throughout the use of personification, symbolism, and repetition. The line 'The singing of the Mississippi' is clearly used to create a mood that fits the symbolic meaning that African Americans hold.

'A Dream Deferred' Message: Having to postpone one’s deepest desires can lead to destruction.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Interesting facts about Langston Hughes

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 1) Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri to two bookkeepers. 2) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hughes began writing poetry in high school. 3) While on a train on his second trip, he wrote his first great poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Synonym Poem**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> JOY happiness, glee, bliss, delight, thrill... The best medicine for a sorrow soul

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 * EARTH DAY POEM

The end of earth**

Can you hear the sound of earth...

The sorrow screech it makes as it's crying... The sorrow beach filled of trash shows it's dying....

Can you see the face of the earth....

making a frown in the water... dropping a tear on the fire of endless desire...

If you have ears, and if you have eyes, Please, oh so please.. Help and stop the earths retire.....

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Comments about poetry slam**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> First, I was surprised at the fact that poetry slam was something way different from the image of poetry to me. It was fresh in the part that you have to write it as fast as you can, and read it out loud to the audience. I liked the rhythm and the beat, it felt like listening to a song. I could also feel the strong confidence and self-esteem spitting out from the people, not being even a bit shy.

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 * RIDDLE POEM**

FAST, I can be used for murder I can make air warm or cold I may be very expensive or cheap Slow, I can feel the sudden breeze..

//ANSWER:CAR//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">LIST POEM
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> THINGS I DO

Drawing pictures Playing games Watching television Eating Sleeping Studying

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ** =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">SOUNDS: **
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Repeated consonant sounds "juggling jumping jacks are judging jack-o-lanterns"
 * ALLITERATION:**

Repeated Vowel sounds "the cruel seals made a big deal"
 * ASSONANCE**:

Words sound like what they are the balloon popped
 * ONOMATOPOEIA**:

(Creating pictures for the senses) the old small town was covered with red roses 
 * IMAGERY**:

(Various kinds of comparison) "time is money"
 * METAPHORS**:

A comparison using "Like" or "As" "he acts like a monkey"
 * SIMILE**:

An exaggeration "you're the most stupid man I have ever seen"
 * HYPERBOLE**:

Making an inanimate object act like a person or animal "the book cried"
 * PERSONIFICATION**:

A cross reference to another work of art "my brother eats like a hog"
 * ALLUSION**:

Using part of an object to stand for the whole thing "All hands on the deck"
 * SYNECDOCHE:**

An extended metaphor that doesn't make sense at first. "Will's rock brain" Something that at first seems to contradict itself he is a cold and warm person
 * CONCEIT**
 * PARADOX**

Something represents a completely different thing or idea. "The eagles symbolize America"
 * SYMBOLISM**

Saying the opposite of what you really mean, for effect "congratulations, man"
 * ANTITHESIS**

Poem using figurative language

The tiny tiger touched the tall Tyrannosaurus' tail The Tyrannosaurus roared, feeling tickled It suddenly started to dance like Michael Jackson Feeling the rhythm, the trees followed the Tyrannosaurus and started to break dance That night, I saw the most unbelievable dance show in the world..

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[How to Write a Blues Song] _ April 13th 09 = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> -Must have some heartfelt emotion -Does not have to be grammatically correct - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Repeat first sentence -Rhyme it -Keep the beat -Name it