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Shiva's Fire Ch.11 - End
5/30/09

__Chapter Eleven__ ====As Nalini and Parvati meet more often, they become closer friends. Nalini loved hearing about Parvati's family and stories of her dancing. Nalini told Parvati how she wished she would meet a handsome stranger who would carry her off. Parvati confessed to Nalini how the village people thought it was her fault that the village had bad luck, which Nalini said was ridiculous. The next Saturday, the students were at their weekly chores, when there was gunfire. Indira and the others were there, except from Nalini, who had gone to the market as her chore. However, they rushed out and found Nalini. However, when Nalini was told about the gunfire, she looked as if she would cry and said the name 'Mayappan'. Parvarti likes Nalini because she doesn't tease her when Parvarti tells her that she can remember from the day she was born. One day, however, Nalini tells Parvarti she is in love.====

__Chapter Twelve__ After the robbery, people were worried about Nalini so they tell Parvati to go with her. After time, the bandit attacks started to subside, and Indira let them go to the bird sanctuary for a change. It was a Sunday. They were having a good time when suddenly they was the sound of weapons being fired. Dacoits came in, and Indira whispered at them to keep their heads down. Nalini's eyes were wide open, when a bandit appeared and told them he wouldn't hurt them as he took Nalini's wrist and pulling her to her feet. Nalini didn't resist, and Mayappan hoisted Nalini over his shoulder, and takes her away. A search was assembled, but Mayappan and his men, along with Nalini, had already disappeared. People asked Parvati about Nalini's disappearance, and how Nalini had been related to Mayappan.

__Chapter Thirteen__ ====Parvarti was lost in studying and dancing. The others called her names, such as Monkey Queen and Bird Girl. Parvarti was ever devoted to music that every single second felt like an eternity to her when she didn't dance. The day of her revision, she went to the Guru and for the first tiem he did not call her "child." One day, the Guru told her than in another three months, she would be a true devadasi. Kalpana and Parvati went to the bazaar one day and they bought a sari. Then, the evening of the arangetram, people came from all over the land to see Parvati dance. Kalpana told her that the Maharaja of Nandipuram had asked for her to perform on the Raja's birthday. ====

__Chapter Fourteen__ Parvati comfortably settled into the train to Nandipuram. Parvati goes back to her house after performing and gets to see her family. She hugged them and they got to her mother's house. She meets Hher brother's wife for the first time. She is called Sumitrat and she is an excellent cooker and makes her coffee. Parvati became friends with her. Parvati grew accustomed to the ways of her family. It was as if she had never gone away. Parvati and Sumitra did the laundry and they were very close. The only person that doesn't speak to her is her aunt because her aunt thinks that everything is her fault.

__Chapter Fifteen__ Parvati and Sumitra went to the bazaar everyday to sell her mother's vegetables to the grocer and using it to buy necessities. One day, Sumitra felt dizzy and ill. She asked Parvati to get her pineapples. Parvati said okay, and she went to the marketplace to get it. She looked around at the shoppers and saw someone who reminded her of Nalini, but with harder eyes. Parvati got the pineapple to Sumitra, and in just a few hours, she was all better. The Yuvaraja tried to talk to her, but she went away. He followed her and said that it was urgent. He asked her if anyone knew that he was dressed up as the fisherman, as he was not allowed to get out of the palace, for he had been sickly as a child. When it was time for her to leave, Parvati was sad, for she would miss her family.

__Chapter Sixteen__ Kalpana and Parvati got to the palace, and when she was meditating, the Yuvaraja came in and told her about how Parvati's father had saved his father. Parvati thanked him for the story. Kalpana came in, and the Yuvaraja hid. Kalpana showed Parvati the clothing that the Maharani gave to Parvati. When she looked back, the Yuvaraja was gone. Kalpana and Parvati practiced together. She becomes close friends with Rama. He visits throuh her closet and he tells her a story about Parvarti's father abbout the time when her father saved Rama's father from an elephant attack. Parvati decided that she could not let Rama in again because in two days, she would be performing in front of many people.

__Chapter Seventeen__ One evening, Kalpana, the Guru, and Parvati sat together in Kalpana's room, and the Guru told stories. Parvarti and Rama meet again and they exchange stories about how they were born on the same day and how they had both destructive powers. Parvati told Kalpana that she missed her family. Then, they talk about Raja and how the Raja is respected because he improved schools, helped the people in need and everything helpful for the others. The Rama came in, and told her that he was the cause of her father's death. She told Parvati that he caused the storm, and Parvati told him that she was also born on the same day, and that she remembered everything that had happened. They both laughed at the fact that they both thought it was their faults. They agree to be friends and Rama agreed to come back the next day.

__Chapter Eighteen__ Parvati prepares for her performance. Rama comes into her room and tells her that they will have a tour of the palace. Rama tells Parvati that his gift is that people do not notice him. Rama and Parvati seem to get closer and closer every time. Rama takes her to a midnight tour around the palace. She also learns to dance with heavier jewlry and silky light clothes. Parvati tries on her costume for the performance, and though she is at a feast, her mind is on Rama.

__Chapter Nineteen__ After the meal was over, Kalpana and Parvati walked back along to where their rooms were. Rama comes to Parvati's room, and he makes Parvati unnoticeable too. Later, Parvati forgets about everything that has happened. She goes and wears all the accessories and jewelries on her body. Rama shows her many rooms, and asks her to come with him to America. That was because he wished to go to America to study medicine, and says that Parvati could teach children to dance.

__Chapter Twenty__ ====Rama and Parvati are again in the same room when an alarm goes off suddenly. They quickly move across the room to be ready. They are still in the same room when someone knocks on the door. Rama left, and Kalpana came in. The next day, the Guru's jewelry was gone from where she had left it last night. Parvati had her suspicions on Mayakkan. She remembered the girl who looked like Nalini, and thought of how Mayakkan stole things from the rich. She also had trouble thinking of whether or not to go with Rama. However, she knew that she had risked everything to dance.====

__Chapter Twenty-One__ She let the Guru and Kalpana know after a while, and they had a search. Rama looked as well, and after a while, it was found. They find out that her jewlery was guarded by the wild monkeys and other valuable possesions were found. It turned out that monkeys had hid it. Also, Parvati saw, in what she somehow thought was a dream, Rama telling her that her destiny was dance. When it was time for the performance, she felt as if her feet did not belong to her. She heard a voice-the voice of Shiva telling her that she was the magic of possibilities.

Poem Notes
5/27/09 TERCET 3-line poem

ABECEDARIAN ancient poetic form guided by alphabetical order

COUPLET a meter of iambic pentameter

ODES a type of poem made by music written in a long/varied form and usually sung

SONNET a fourteen line poem iambic pentameters are used

QUATRAIN a stanza of poetry that consists of 4 lines comes out in poems from Ancient Rome the heroic stanza or elegiac stanza --> iambic pentameter

BOP a form of poetic argument consisting of three stanzas repeated every time

BALLAD a form of verse, often a narrative story and set to music wrote poems with emotions of feelings

TANKA a form of Japanese poem that consists five units has been the most famous form in Japan for 1300 years form: 5-7-5-7-7

Verb Tense Quiz
5/25/09

Gene's Haiku
5/22/09 1. Spring 2. Sunset and sunrise 4. Bird

Shiva's Fire Ch.1-10
5/21/09

__Chapter One__ The mother, Meenakshi, is pregnant with her third child. She has a husband named Sundar and two sons, Venkat, and Venu. She is expecting her child on the Raja's birthday. Venkat, Venu, and Sundar are going to Rajar's elephants, but Venkat wants to see his little sister when she comes out from Meenakshi. The next day, Sundar wakes up early in the morning to work on the family farm and carves sandalwood statues of Shiva, Ganesha, Nandi, and other Hindu gods and goddesses to sell them to pilgrims who visit the ancient temples of Nandipuram. Meenakshi always tells Parvati the story of the day of her birth about her and the crow. However, Meenakshi tells Parvati that she was glad to have her without telling the end of the story and Parvati always wondered whether her mother hasn't left something unspoken when she ended the story.

__Chapter Two__ Meenakshi finally gives birth to her daughter and has recovered. She comes home and Priya, the old ayah, says that something is different and wrong. Priya says that the child will experience a life either extraordinary or terrible. Meenakshi's sons run out as Priya leaves, and they show amazement at the new addition to their family. Her sons tell her how wonderful the feast was, but how it suddenly rained and so they had to leave. Then, Meenakshi starts crying while Sundar is worried with the things that are happening around him. Meenakshi lays with Parvati, and Sathya, her husband's brother, tells her that her husband is dead. Meenakshi knows that her husband will never get to hold Parvati in her hands, and that her children would grow without a father.

__Chapter Three__ ** Meenakshi misses her husband after he was dead. Sathya tells Meenakshi to hurry, and that they must run for their lives with impatience, but Meenakshi moved slowly as she used her late husband's dhoti to wrap around Parvati and bound her around herchest. They went toward Sathya's house and Sathya's wife, Auntie, and Chitra, greeted them at the door. Auntie was shocked by Parvati's intense gaze. Auntie presented the remains of Sundar. Sathya was telling Auntie of the damage he had seen when the cyclone fully struck. They all felt they were dying, but in time, the wind stopped. After the rain had slowed down, they made the trip to the hillside slowly, and after Meenakshi grieved for her husband, she busied herself with gathering food, and cooking pots after pots of rice. When Meenakshi stopped crying, the rain stopped for a while. The next day, Meenakshi smiled at her daughter, and her child's gaze was so intent that Meenakshi laughed, and Parvati smiled back at her. **

__Chapter Four__ There was a rumor throughout the camp that the Raja's child was sickly and unlikely to live. She knew that nobody will be his heir. Chitra grew weaker and weaker, though Parvati was strong. Auntie would not let Meenakshi feed Chitra. Meenakshi sang for Parvati, who had become accustomed to the camp. Auntie decided that a new widow should not be so happy, and thought that Meenakshi did not show more respect for her late husband. Her son fell sick and one night he disappeared. Then Chitra died, whereas Meenakshi's family remained strong and healthy. Meenakshi carved a niche and in it she put the statue of Shiva. Parvati saw it and focused on it. Weeks later, one of the children from the village was taken by a tiger.

__Chapter Five__ ** A tigress was making Meenakshi unable to sleep. All the villagers were so scared, and so Maharaja Narasimha Deva went to the district collector and asked for permission to hunt the tigers. The collector asked the Raja to invite a few other people to help hunt the tigers. The visitors set out and killed one tiger, which attracted flies. Soon enough, the hunt was cancelled. One day, another women told Meenakshi that it was all because of her that this destruction had happened. Then Sathya's family took a turn for the better. The villagers harvested land and seeds supplied by the Raja, and in the first year, they had two good crops, enough for all. **

__Chapter Six__ Parvati was in excellent health, and her mother loved her. However, other children were not allowed to play with her, and her cousins wouldn't either. Parvati was content with entertaining herself by playing at dancing. Her mother was the only one who comforted her, but she was working most of the day, and so Parvati spent her time practicing dancing. One day, Parvati and her family were at the Dussehra festival, and there was music and a dancer, who caught Parvati's gaze. Parvati went to look at them close up, and Meenakshi was in panic trying to find her. One day, Parvati leapt into the fire when no one was looking and heard a music and started to dance to it. Her mother saw and pulled Parvati out of the fire and was shocked when she saw that Parvati's body was not burnt.

__Chapter Seven__ The news of Parvati dancing in the fire became well known, and people stared at Parvati for months. Eventually, life returned to "normal". One day, when Parvati was getting pieces of wood, the boys told her not to go near, as there was a cobra that demanded the life of a child before she let the village have wood again. However, Parvati was set on the wood, and so she took a piece of wood from the pile, and the boys all yelled at her to stop. Then, the largest snake she had ever seen slid up and looked at Parvati straight in the eyes. Her brothers told her to get away, but they were too frightened to do anything. All the others, but her brothers and Mohan, ran away, but Parvati started to dance, and the cobra swayed with her. One day, a famous master wanted to take Parvati with her and asked her if she wanted to.

__Chapter Eight__ When Sathya comes home, she tells him about the visit, and he is very happy. His wife however is very greedy for the money. Parvati finally decides to go, and tells everyone that she will miss her family, especially her mother and the hot spicy pickes. She promises her mother that she will be the best dancer in India. With the written instructions that Guru gave them, they hop on a train and go to the place.

__Chapter Nine__ Meenakshi and Parvati finally arrive, and a perky woman named Indira greeted them and introduced the students there.- Kamala, Rukmani, Nalini, and Uma. The two girls, Kamala and Rukmani takes Parvati to her room. Everything is very strict there. Rukemani appraised Parvati without smiling or showing a bit of happiness. Parvati gets used to her new life, and when it was time to say goodbye, even though she doesnt want to, she does. Indira said that no matter what they were doing, they must drop everything when they heard the bell. Classes began. Days passed and Parvati starts to be completely normal again.

__Chapter Ten__ Now, she is able to speak Tamil fluently. One day, Kamala comes into her room because she couldn't sleep. Parvati explains that she couldn't sleep as a baby too. Kamala denies it because she thinks babies can't remember things. Parvati is a bit angry. One day, she hears Kamala and Rukmani talking and they talk about Parvati. Nalini and Parvati becomes good friends. One day, when they were rehearsing their dance, Parvati is singled out because she was perfect at dancing. She didn't like it. Everyone stopped talking to Parvati, because they were jealous. But Guru eventually stopped singling her out. She got a letter of thanks from her family and she wrote back once a week.

Word Confusion
5/20/09

Poetry Project
5/14/09

Quiz Result
5/14/09 the picture changed;; cant' find the picture again but i think i got it all right

3 Types of Poems
5/13/09 I Once Knew Poem I once knew a boy who was odd as could be He liked to eat sausage and mushroom And pineapple and pear and grape pies And he didn't like dimsum or hamburger.

Ice Cream Poem I am Julia Kim I run Kim ‘s ICE CREAM STORE, there are flavors in my freezer you have never seen before, five divine creations too delicious to resist, why not do yourself a favor, try the flavors on my list: gummy bear and choco fudge strawberry pudding with brocolli hershey's chocolate in shooting star banana and cherry lollipop on mommy's love I am Julia Kim , I run Kim 's ICE CREAM STORE, taste a flavor from my freezer, you will surely ask for more.

Limerick Poem There once was a elf named Nowormy. Who ateworms until he fainted. But the worms didn't mind, To be eaten up by an elf. They were just glad to keep him fainted.

More Haikus
5/11/09 It is drizzling raindrops falling to the ground making the air cool

the fresh wake of spring wakes up the bees and the birds giving warmth to trees

Grading Another Person's Haiku
5/11/09 Elliot's Haiku: Word choice: 3 out of 5 The language is functional, but doesn't have much energy in it. ex) It is so fun. Voice: 2 out of 5 There is no character in the haiku. ex) Raining everywhere

Mike's Haiku: Word choice: 3 out of 5 The language is functional, even if it lacks much energy. ex) Nectar in flower Voice: 1 out of 5 The writer seems indifferent to the topic and the content. ex) Korean spring time

Haikus
5/7/09

Out for a picnic but see bugs and mosquitoes they go back inside

I got the bad flu I am sick for many weeks So I die later

5/6/09 1. Even though Ellen agreed to marry another person, she went to Lochinvar because she loved him. 2. Female characters like Lochinvar, but the male characters don't like him. 3. Lochinvar's behavior at wedding reveals that he thinks that love is very important. 4. I don't think Lochinvar's actions were justified because he took a woman who was going to marry another man even thought the woman loved Lochinvar. 5. This poem illustrates these characteristics by when Lochinvar is showing trusty love towards a woman, despite the fact that the woman was going to marry another man.

I Don't Understand Poem
4/30/09

I don't understand why people scream at one person when they fight with another why people always say that they're fat why people try to be funny when they are not

But most of all why people sacrifice their lives to bomb a building why they must have wars to have peace why people lie to get the truth

But I know why people study for the future why people forgive each other why they like to be happy all the time

My Own Blues Poem
4/28/09 media type="file" key="my blues song.m4a" My momma left me cryin' in the corners My momma left me crying' in the corners my heart all broken She thought i was a scorner

My daddy left me sittin' on the bed My daddy left me sittin' on the bed He tells me I ain't his child it makes me sad

My sissy left me throwin' me to the ground My sissy left me throwin' me to the ground she told me I'm useless so i cried with without a sound

Middle Matters Poem
4/28/09 Insects, Ugly, sticky, Crawling, biting, annoying trying to suck our blood with all their strength Poisonous, hideous, maddening, hairy, dirty, bugs

Critical Thinking p. 754 - 755
4/24/09 1. I would describe the mood of "Seal" as happy and solemn. The three words or images that help create this mood are "from the rocks with a zoom!", " Quicksilver-quick", and "A flip of the flipper". 2. He uses images like "I'll only stop to rake the leaves away" to make the chores seem interesting. 3. (a) The "you" might be the poet's friend. (b) I think the "you" in Seal is the people watching the seal performing. 4. When it is Seal, the poem sounds soft and smooth, but if it is changed to Sharks, the poem would sound more threatening and scary. 5. The poets both use "you" to make the poem be attracting and they both use descriptive words like "A whoop, a bark" to attract the readers.

Earth Poem
4/23/09 media type="file" key="Earth Poem.m4a" The place where we live We all were the keepers of Earth but we have turned into the enemy of this planet the trees and plants are dying the animals are dying we should protect the planet with care and attention until it grows back, green and fresh.

Poetry Slam
4/23/09 They have 3 minutes or less to read their poem to the audience. The judges are not poets, they are just the audience. The person reading the poem must be expressing the feelings well enough in a short amount of time to get the highest score out of all the competitors.

Response to Poem
4/23/09 The poet is saying that the human kind is a very interesting yet mysterious thing. I agree with her because they cause problems, but also solve problems by themselves. I was able to understand the poem really well had thought that it made sense. It had lots of different figurative languages used during the poem and had the calmness in the poem. I think she chose the title because she was writing about humankind. At first, it ddint' make sense but later, I understood the title and what the poem was talking about.

Notes on Poet Video
4/20/09 Emily Dickinson 1830 - 1886 never left home since she was 13 rarely met anyone became congressman of United States Edward's wife, Emily's mother Emily Dickinson house built by Edward's father in 1830 William Austin, Emily's brother Austin did not have his sister's talent but had lots of similarities Austin became a treasurer of college like his father Vinnie born a couple years after Emily Emily's close friend, Susan Guilbert married Austin Austin and Susan had 2 children Emily read everything that she grabbed She liked Shakespeare the best involved in work of George Eliot in the early 20s, Emily was in love but her father disagreed

Diamante Poem
4/20/09 Insects, Ugly, sticky, Crawling, biting, annoying trying to suck our blood with all their strength Poisonous, hideous, maddening, hairy, dirty, bugs

Acrostic Poem
Shining like a diamond The star is in the dark blue sky As the moon reaches its top Rows of stars appear and glow

Shape Poem
__A fish poem__ It is small but it is colorful It swims swiftly without breathing continuously it lets out little bubbles without goggles it has its true colors

Five Essays of Different Stories
4/20/09

1. A Day's Wait by Ernest Hemingway
Have you ever told your parents that you were okay even when you were sick? Or thought that you might die because you were sick when you were young? Children could all think that having a high fever will make them die. In the story //A Day’s Wait// by Ernest Hemingway, something similar happens.

When I was young, something like this story happened to me. When I was about 5 years old, I woke up one morning to find myself hard to move. My mom came and put her hand on my forehead and told me that I had a fever. My body felt weak and hot as if my body was in a boiling pot. For a moment, I just lied there and knew that I was going to die if I just stayed there on my pink, little bed for two more hours. I always thought that a fever was a disease when I was a kid.

In this story, there is a father and a son. The father comes in to his son’s room to close the window during a cold winter and his son tells him that he has a headache. The father calls a doctor and gives his son pills of different colors. The father seems to be worried about his son because he can’t fall asleep. Then, the son suddenly asks how long it will be before he dies. He tells his dad about how he heard that a person can’t live with forty-four degrees and that he got a hundred and two for this temperature. His son had been waiting to die all day long.

The father doesn’t seem to be close enough with his son. Yet, he does care about him when his son is sick and always sits beside him. In this story, the protagonist is the father. He is the central character who is taking care of his sick son and doesn’t understand why his son is not able to fall asleep. On the other hand, the antagonist, the person who struggles with a situation, is the son. The problem that he struggles is that he thinks that he is going to die until this father tells him not to worry. The story symbolizes love and care. Even thought the father and son don’t seem to be close enough, the father still read book to the son, take his temperature to see how he is feeling, and help him calm down and rest. This shows that no matter what happens between members of a family, they will always love each other and care for one another.

2. Seventh Grade by Gary Soto
It’s the starting of 7th grade! Think back to the time when you used to be in 7th grade. Did you have lots of friends who liked to play tricks on you? Was there a person that you liked whom you wished that you could get their attention? The story //Seventh Grade// by Gary Soto is all about a boy going into 7th grade.

When I first got into 7th grade, I thought that it wouldn’t be much different from 6th grade. In 6th grade, there won’t a lot of huge projects or assignments. We always relaxed and played often. However, I realized after a few months of being a 7th grader that going from 6th to 7th grade was a huge jump. There was not a single day where we didn’t have any homework and teachers gave us less than a week to do a project that we had to do in groups. In spite of the works we had to finish everyday, 7th grade was still really fun for me. My friends and I had lots of fun talking and laughing during lunchtime, the only time we met. I think that I am going to think of 7th grade with good memories.

In this story, there is a boy named Victor who starts 7th grade on the first day of school. He meets his best friend, Michael, who keeps on frowning. Victor finds out that he was making a scowl to make himself look cool. Victor is not sure if the frowning actually does make him look cool and goes to his class when the bell rings. Then, he thinks about the girl named Teresa whom he has liked since the time they were in catechism classes at Saint Theresa’s. He is delighted to find that he has four classes with her. In all the classes, he couldn’t stop thinking about her and what he should say when she saw him. Later, in French class, he makes up French words to make her be impressed of him. He is embarrassed, but he still likes the fact that Teresa has talked to him on the first day of school. The main character of this story is Victor Rodriguez. He is eager to be starting 7th grade with his friends and seeing a girl that he has liked for a long time. The interesting thing about this story is that Victor is both the protagonist and the antagonist. He is the central character and who begins as a 7th grader, going back to school after a summer vacation. He has a problem and going through difficulties of how he should behave in front of Teresa.

The symbolism in this story is eagerness and anxiety. Everyone feels nervous on his or her first day of school. On the other hand, they are also eager to start learning and meet new friends again. This story showed lots of excitement going into 7th grade and made the reader also be excited.

3. The Hummingbird That Lived Through Winter by William Saroyan
What do you do with an animal that you find on the ground hurt or weak? I bet you took it to the animal hospital or home and tried to cure it. In this story, //The Hummingbird That Lived Through Winter// by William Saroyan, there is a boy who experiences this.

When I was about 7 years old, I was walking from school to my house alone. Then, I found a white dog shivering and it looked really hungry. The dog looked so weak so I just took it home and gave it some water and my chips that I was eating. I named him Jessie without knowing if it was a girl or a boy. When my mom came home, she seemed to be surprised and told me to put the dog outside, but after hours of begging, she agreed to raise Jessie in our house. I raised Jessie for a year, but I had to give her to another person because she got too big for our house.

In this story, a boy is walking by an old man who is blind. Then, the old man came to him and asked him what he has in his hand. The boy recognizes it as a hummingbird. He tells the old man that the bird is dying, but the man takes it into his house and puts it near the fire, feeding the bird a spoon of honey. The man told the boy that it will live and soon enough, the bird started flying around the man’s house. The man tells the boy to let the hummingbird go, saying that it will be okay. After a few months, the boy came again to ask the old man if it lived and the man replied gently that each of the hummingbirds flying around their town is their bird.

I think the protagonist in this story is surprisingly, the old man instead of the boy who starts the story. On the other hand, the boy seems to be the antagonist, being worried about the hummingbird. The man cures the bird while the boy hopes that it survives. The man is quite calm and always says something that makes people think about its meaning while the boy doesn’t know about a lot of things and is always surprised and amazed by the things that the old man says.

The symbolism in this story is care and attention. If the boy didn’t tell the old man about the sick hummingbird in his hand, the man wouldn’t have taken care of the bird and it would have died. That’s why this story shows care and affection. It touches the reader’s heart.

4. All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury
Have you ever thought of living in another planet other than the Earth? These days, scientists are coming up with ways to build places that we can live in on other planets near Earth. In the story, //All Summer in a Day// by Ray Bradbury, the fantasy of living on Mars happens.

Not a long time ago, I wanted to become an astronaut. The only reason why is because I wanted to ride a rocket that a real astronaut would ride and go to another planet like Venus or Mars. I always thought that it would be exciting to see different planets and stars right from where I was standing. I would be able to see the surface of other planets and get to know how it feels like to be in a place where you cannot feel any gravity. However, I know that it is impossible to do that now, at least not until a couple of years later.

In the story, there are people living in Mars who have left Earth long time ago. The students in class on Mars are waiting beside the window to see the sun, something that they have not seen for seven years. It was raining the whole time and the students have forgotten how the sun shined. There is a girl named Margot who does remember the sun, but her classmates don’t believe her and instead, puts her in a closet. Still not believing what is about to happen, the students are next to the window when they suddenly start to see the color of flaming bronze. They are amazed by the sun and are very delighted. They start running and laughing around, feeling overjoyed when they remember that Margot is still locked up in the closet and quickly takes her out, who has been keeping her silence all along.

The main character of this character is the silent, little girl, Margot. Even thought she doesn’t come out very much in the story, she has much more meaning than just the story itself. She is not trusted in the beginning of the story, but when the other students find out that what she said was true, they put their faces down of shame and embarrassment. The antagonist is her classmates who seem to be making fun of her quite often, but later finds out that Margot was saying the truth.

The symbolism of this story is trust and hope. When they heard that this day was the day when the rain would stop and the sun would come up, the students all stood near the window with a hope of seeing the sun that they have not seen for seven years. Also, as mentioned above, Margot’s classmates didn’t trust her at first, but later they realize that Margot did remember the sun and that she was telling the truth.

5. The Luckiest Time of All by Lucille Clifton
Do you believe in love at first sight? Have you ever seen a guy and just knew that he will be your future husband for the rest of your life? People call those time the most happy and luckiest time of all. The main character from the story //The Luckiest Time of All// by Lucille Clifton goes through something similar.

I have never actually seen a boy and thought that I would like him forever, but I have seen lots of these in movies. In movies, I always saw people who fall in love at first sight and live happily forever and ever. If I was the person in the movie, I would also be really excited and delighted.

The story begins with a grandmother, Mrs. Elzie F. Pickens telling a story to her Great-granddaughter about how she met her husband. In the story, the grandmother goes to a circus event with her friend and has her lucky stone in her pocket. She takes it out of her pocket and as soon as it gets off her hand, it lands on a dog’s nose and the dog starts running away with it. Then, as the grandmother, who used to be young then, tries to find her precious stone, she meets a boy that she likes. They try to find the stone together and finally find it at the end. She calls that day the luckiest time of all and this boy becomes the grandmother’s husband.

The main character of this story is the grandmother, who once used to be a girl with a lucky stone. Even though she is quite old and has a great-granddaughter, the reader can feel that she sounded like a shy, little girl when she was telling a story about how she met her husband. There is no real antagonist, but the boy who the protagonist, the grandmother, gets to see. They seemed to have a lot in common.

The symbolism of this story is love and youth. The grandmother thinks back to time when she used to be young. She thinks of the time when she used to go to a circus with her friend while seeing the boy that she falls in love with. This seems to be a real important, wonderful memory for the grandmother.

Figurative Language Examples & Poem
4/16/09 1) Alliteration: She sells sea shells on the sea shore 2) Assonance: "The apple zoomed on the soggy ground" 3) Onomatopoeia: With a bang, the balloon popped and the audience boo hooed. 4) Simile: The girl as fat as a pig. 5) Hyperbole: I had the most amazing dinner in Paris. 6) Personification: The wave gulped down the people living in California. 7) Allusion: My brother punches people like Hancock. 8) Synecdoche: What will you do without a roof over your head? 9) Conceit: My cupid arrow has hit your heart. 10) Paradox: Buying clothes can be a risky thing. 11) Symbolism: The sea plays the music for calmness. 12) Antithesis: You came so early today. 13) Imagery: The garden had the scent of heaven with colors of the rainbow painted on the flowers.

__//Poem//__ A wood chuck could chuck wood. He works as hard as ant getting food He images of being the richest person on Earth while he has debts to pay back but he always tells people that he's the happiest man on Earth

Friend's Portrait Poem
4/16/09 1. Her hair is like the tornado. It looks as if the wind has blown over it. 2. Her eyebrows are like a caterpillar. It is almost covering her eyes. 3. Her lip is like a pig. It almost drops down to her chin. 4. Her teeth are like cheese. It looks as if she hasn't brushed her teeth for days. 5. She is short like a dwarf. She is the smallest in our grade. 6. Her nails are like mud. I can see the black stuff stuck between her nails. 7. Her shoes are like a beggar. I don't think she ever washes them. 8. Her voice is like a cracked egg. She talks like an old man. 9. Her toes are like ugly duckling.

How to write a Blues Song
4/14/09 1. Write down your feelings. Blues can be happy or sad. 2. Express yourself. Write down metaphors and use other techniques to write down the lyrics. 3. Repeat a couple of lyrics. 4. Make the words in lines rhyme. Come up with more than two lines that rhyme. 5. Give your song a title and add some melody into it. 6. Keep the beat. Blues usually follows a basic 12 bar musical forma. 7. Now you're done!!

Julia's Self-Portrait Poem
4/14/09 1. My head is like a bush. It's always really messy, but still not too bad. 2. My arms are as weak as a stick. All parts of my arms hurt, but it does not break. 3. My stomach is as big as a hill. It sticks out when I'm standing still. 4. My legs are as long as a giraffe. I can stretch it like ET. 5. My feet are as big as an elephant. They are huge for no reason, but not too big. 6. My heart beats as fast as the wind. When I'm nervous, it beats so fast that I can't even hear it. 7. My lungs are as huge as the Earth. When I breathe in, I can feel it expanding. 8. My mouth is like a magic hat. It sometimes never opens while other times, it never closes. 9. My eyes open widely like a shark's mouth. When I'm surprised, my eyes look as if I'm about to gulp down a person with my eyes.

Poem
4/9/09 Pounding The love is chanting I soar through the sky and the storm sings Her beauty is like a diamond moment of eternity

Defining Words
4/07/09 1st pers on point of view - When the story is based on how the main character looks at the events 3rd person point of view - When the story is told from a person not in the story; omniscient alliteration - the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter allusion - an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication biography - a written account of another person's life character trait - a distinctive but not necessarily invariable feature exhibited by all individuals of a group and capable of being described or measured climax of a novel - the most important part of a novel, or a story fable - a short tale to teach a moral lesson fiction - the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration flashback - a device in the narrative of a story where it goes back to the past foreshadowing - the act of providing vague advance indications free-verse - couldn't find the definition;;;

Rhyming 2 Words
4/8/09 1. Mango Tango 2. Ample Sample 3. Pickle Freckle 4. Fiction Diction 5. Picture Mixture 6. Summer Plumber 7. Reedy Greedy 8. Gory Story 9. Greeting reading 10. Baby Mabie

Grading Elliot's Essay on Word Choice
4/1/09 April Fool's XD Word Choice: 3 of 5 Example: Many people liked the time machine I made. Evidence: There were a lot of places where interesting words could be used, but he didn't use it a lot.

Mundane to Striking
3/31/09 little - microscopic ugly - hideous pretty - exquisite fat - plump smelly - pungent sad - grievous happy - elated dumb - ignorant tired - half dead

Writing Gym
3/31/09 3. Write a story about trading places with your favorite TV, movie, or rock star. I always wanted to be in a TV show, especially the Korean one called "1Night 2Days". This program was about six famous people going on a trip in Korea to a place where not a lot of people knew about. It seemed to be fun because they always had to do this game to sleep inside; if they lost the game, they had to sleep outside, even when it's during winter. One day, I met one of the six TV stars in a restaurant. He asked me, "Do you like 1Night 2Days?" I jumped up and down and told him that I loved his program. Then, surprisingly, he asked me if I wanted to switch places with him. I was kind of worried that I might mess up in the program, maybe make a joke that is not funny or something. However, I was so excited that I instantly said, "Yes!" The next day, he stayed at my house while I went to meet all the other six stars. I was so delighted to see them and I had a good feeling that I was going to do well in the program. I was wrong. When the program started, My palms were sweaty and I could feel my stomach tied up in knots. That day, I was the black hole of the program. Nobody laughed at anything I said so it wasn't as fun as how I thought it was. After that day, I decided not to switch with any stars. I knew that I was going to make the shows seem really bad.

A Simple Grocery List
3/20/09 Milk : A bottle of milk - not just any kind, but the one that has the label saying that it has been approved - all the other ones have bad stuff in it. You remember the one that we always drink? Get that one. You need to drink some milk to be stronger and concentrate more on studying. Milk helps you grow by giving extra calcium, remember?

Strawberry Jam : We have tons of bread, but we don't have any jams to spread on the bread. Get the ones make you want to stop and taste them right at the grocery store. The ones that are not too watery and not too sticky - I hate getting sticky jams on my fingers - but also be wary of the date when it is going to be expired. You wouldn't want to eat an out-of-date jam, would you?

Ice Cream : I really wanted to eat something cool - summer is coming soon - and I wanted to be prepared to eat all those cold food! Plus, I just love eating ice cream and I think that you know that already. Buy ice creams in cones and are ones that are shaped like bread. It would just great if you bought an ice cream cake! XD I look forward to what you will buy!

**Grading Essays on Voice**
3/20/09 1. Grade 1 - A Happy Day Voice: 3/5 Evidence: The general story was good, but even though the title was "Happy Day", the writer didn't write about how he felt and why it was happy for him/her to see baby Josh. "One day, baby Josh came home. My mom let me hold him. He didn't cry." It shows what happened, but there weren't a lot of specific details.

2. Grade 3 - The Sled Run Voice: 4/5 Evidence: The writing is quite personal and engaging and makes you think about the author's point of view. However, there aren't a lot of details about what they did. It would have been better if he explained more about the sled run. "We decided to go sledding. So we started to slide down the hill. We sledded for a long time."

3. Grade 6-8 - Summer: 15 Days or 2 1/2 Months? Voice: 4/5 Evidence: Even though there a lot of details, the writing is not very convincing to the reader. The writer is very focused on the topic, yet not persuasive even though it's a persuasive writing. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with the traditional school year. Why change something that works so well?"

**Juan Final Essay**
3/20/09

**Evaluating Essay**
3/18/09 Elliot Chung Voice = 3/5 Evidence: His paragraph was quite creative. Example: He also felt cool because he saw foods that he never saw before. Sentence Fluency = 4/5 Evidence: There are different lengths of sentences, but there are some that does not make sense. Example: There was one relaxed princess. He was bored. So he asked his man what to do.

**Writing Gym - Word Choice**
3/16/09 Question: What could a jealous princess do in an airport? Answer: "Move aside! The loyal princess is going her way!", said one of her servants. The princess was running as fast as she could, despite the fact that her palms were all sweaty after running for 30 minutes. This all happened just because of "her" prince. A few weeks ago, she has seen the perfect man for her husband, but she found out that he already has a wife. Not even a pretty one, the one with freckles and pimples on her face. The princess just couldn't understand why this handsome man would marry an ugly woman. So that's why she decided that she will go overseas, find the most good-looking man in the world, and show him off to the couple.

After deciding to find an awesome prince, she was running to the airport. Even though her parents, the king and the queen, didn't let her go over to America, she sneaked out of her room during the night and ran away. The next morning, after finding out that the princess has escaped, all of her servants and her bodyguards looked for her. At the airport, she screamed, "I will find the perfect man, the one who will stay next to me forever!"

**Grading My Own Essay**
3/12/09 Voice: 3/5 Evidence: The essay sounded a bit boring. Sentence Fluency: 5/5 Evidence: I used sentences with different lengths a lot of times. Word Choice: 4/5 Evidence: I didn't use much exiting vocabularies. I used only simple vocabularies.

Stuff that annoys me
3/12/09 It is really annoying when my sister swears to me even when I talk __amiably__ to her. Also, she's always talking __cynically__ to me, especially when I'm saying the truth. She tells me that I'm a pig and that I am __rotund__. My sadness is my sister's happiness so she is always talking loudly to me while I'm in __convalescence__. However, when she's mad at me, she replies back to me __somberly__.

**The Changed Rules**
3/10/09 1. The students should make fun of __rotund__ teachers. 2. Try cheering up __somberly__ students who have had a bad day. XD 3. All the students should use the elevator, once the elevator gets bigger. 4. The students should still do their work even when the __proxy__ teacher is in the classroom. 5. When a student is sick or hurt, the school should give the student all the time they want for __convalescence__. 6. The teachers should also speak __amiably__ to the students. 7. Everyone should study with __fervor__ and anticipation. 8. Don't put yourself into a __stupor__ when the teacher is talking. 9. Never be __insolent__ to not only the teachers, but also the staffs working in KIS. 10. Don't talk __cynically__ behind other's back.

**8 Techniques**
3/9/09 1. Schools need improvements. 2. The schools need to change like changing clothes everyday to stay clean. 3. Who would want to go to their same, old school everyday? 4. Even though schools are good in many ways, they still need a lot of changes. 5. Where do you go and see every weekday? Yes you got it, the school. 6. School was the kind of place that always had something bad. 7. You might be surprised to know that school is very unpleasant. 8. With a feeling of hope, anticipation, and eagerness, they go into the huge school.

Writing Gym Essay
3/9/09

Did you ever want to change your same, old school? Well, there are always good things while there are bad things about a school of which you want to change. If I could change few things about my school, I would choose to change some of the teachers, the food in the cafeteria, and make another elevator for students.

First of all, I wish that I could change the teachers working here. Some of them are underestimating students when they make mistakes or don’t turn in their assignments. The teachers speak to them rudely without even trying to listen to the students’ reasons. Furthermore, some of the teachers pretend as if they know everything, but when a student asks a question, they do not know the answer, so they try to change the topic. The teachers don’t teach students the right information and thus, we don’t get to learn a lot.

Next, we really need the school to make better and clear foods. They make their food carelessly, without paying attention to their customers, or the students in school. For example, when I was eating Korean food a few months ago, I saw a string of hair in the rice and a small fly in the soup. I was shocked and it was really disgusting. I wish that I could make them be more cautious when they are making foods for us and also try to put more effort into them since making food is the only thing that they do. This way, the students will eat with a smile on their face.

Finally, the school should make an elevator, or an escalator, for the students. Because the students have to get from a class to another in 5 minutes, we always have to hurry. Also, the stairs are always very crowded because a lot of students are going up and down at the same time. Because of this, many students are tardy. If the school makes an elevator, it won’t take a long time to get up from B3 to the 4th floor and going from the elementary school to the high school. This will be very convenient.

We should change a few things in our school. Those are changing the teachers, making better and cleaner food, and lastly, making another elevator in our school. If this all happens, everybody will be glad.

**I, Juan de Pareja - Ch. 8 3 Questions and 3 Vocabs**
3/03/09

1. What did Don Diego say that his canvases were? 2. Who is Augustiaus? 3. Why did Master want Paquita to be at the studio in the next morning?
 * sibilance - sounded with a hissing effect
 * drapery - cloth coverings hanging in loose folds
 * ringlets - a lock of hair hanging in a corkscrew-shaped cup

Don Diego goes to Italy with Juan and gets a new apprentice called Bautista. Bautista and Paquita fall in love and exchanges secret letters. Juan is the messenger, but he's afraid that Don Diego might find out. Don Diego finds out and eventually agrees to the marriage.

**I, Juan de Pareja - Ch.7 10 Questions**
3/02/09

1. Where did Juan want to go? 2. What did he see and smell at the church? 3. Why didn't white people want Juan to step on their shadows? 4. Why did Juan want a cat? 5. Where did King go commonly? 6. How did the cat look like? 7. Did Mistress like the cat? Did her children like it? 8. Where did Juan sleep? 9. What was the cat's name? 10. How did the man he saw look like?

**Writing Gym**
2/24/09

1. Write about what you think the world will be like in 100 years.

The world is dominated by robots who act like humans. The robots have everything that a human has, or even more than what humans have. They eat foods, they move and walk around, they talk to each other, and they even had feelings. Humans had first made the robots just to make them do chores and all those other useless works that they thought was just pointless. But when they started adding more characteristics to the robots, it began to be a problem. However, they couldn't stop because when they made one, they made another, then another, until there were about 1,000 robots.

8. Some teachers are special. Without giving any names, explain why one particular teacher in your life was special.

When I was in 3rd grade, right before I came to KIS, I had a teacher who taught all subjects for our class. When I first saw her, she looked old, ugly, fat, and crazy. I thought that she was going to be the worst teacher that I ever had. She never seemed to be nice to us or teach us anything good. However, I was wrong. When I got to know her, I realized that she was a great teacher. She taught us about a lot of stuff. She encouraged students to do well and taught us what was right and wrong. When I left this school, the one thing I remembered was my 3rd grade teacher. I still remember her and I hope that I can meet her again someday.

**Recipe for Fury**
2/23/09

__Ingredients__ • 2 cups of getting a C on the science test • 1 liter of shouting parents • 4 quarts of a sister annoying you • 3 tablespoons of somebody swearing at you • 1 cup of getting hit in the head with a ball • 2 quarts of getting after school detention

__Instructions__ First, you make sure that you are alone at your house. Then, you bring a big pot and put 2 cups of getting a C on the science test and 1 liter of shouting parents. Simmer on low heat and if it starts to boil, put 3 tablespoons of somebody swearing at you. Then, mix 4 quarts of a sister annoying you and a cup of getting hit in the head with a ball. Then, bake it in an oven for 30 minutes and take it out. It will look like a muffin. Finally, Sprinkle 2 quarts of getting after school detention. You will surely get fury.

**Biography of Francisco Pacheco**
2/03/09

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