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6-2-09 Notes Tanka is a form of Japanese poem that consists five units it has 5-5-7-5-5 and the Tanka is when you have to make a poem about an object

6-2-09 Shiva's Fire summary chap. 11-21

Eleven

The Nalini and Parvati talked all night. Nalini’s father was a businessman, a shopkeeper with seven children. Nalini was the third of four girls. As Nalini really enjoyed listening to Parvati’s stories, Nalini always begged her to tell the story about the cobra again and again. Parvati confessed to Nalini the terrible details of the catastrophe on the day of her birth, of her poor father’s death, and of how the people of Anandanagar had despised her. As Nalini woke Parvati up excited that she had met a stranger, he told her that she was beautiful. This chapter was mainly about Nalini and Parvati being closer together.

Twelve

As Paravati are still close friends with Nalini, they have a time when the bandit attacks around the countryside subsided, and Mayappan apparently went back to wherever he had come from. They had not left the compound since their trip to the bazaar, and thye were restless. After DIG had interviewed the students, Indira kept them in the courtyard. The Nalini girl was MISSING! Parvati knew Nalini’s family would be disappointed, if only because the gurukulam would sent them no more money. Which meant that they would be very poor without any supports. As in this chapter we realize the closeness with the Mayappan.

Thirteen.

Paravati continues to practice her abhinaya the combinations of movements of head, torso, arms, and legs, before a full length mirror in the dance classrooms and meditated before classes. The week came for the students’ annual performance review, and everyone said it didn’t seem possible a year had passed so swiftly at the gutukulam. She has proven that she was a true devadsi. He tried not to show favoritism. And gave Paravati an advantage of the dancing.

Fourteen

Kalpana and Parvati settled comfortably onto velvet covered banquettes at the windows of the saloon car. In the car, Parvati kept on eyeing Vilasini who held the valise with the dance costume and the case with the jewelry Parvati was to wear for her performance. The train sailed through the dark and they had more than two years that passed since she and her mother had waited on the Chittoor train platform. And she kept on imagining it. Kalpana and the Guru were to stay with the Raja and his family for a week while they scoured the countryside for new prospects for the gurukulam.

Fifteen

Parvati and Sumitra continuously went to the bazaar every day to deliver vegetables from Meenakshi’s garden for the grocer to sell, and to buy things they needed. Sumitra woke up and she was full of energy in the hot day. When Parvati fell asleep, she talked to Sumitra. Two day later Sumitra was too ill again to go with Parvati to the river, and so she went alone. and she ticked up her sari and waded out into he water to wet the clothes before bringing them back to the broad flat rock to soap them. They were teaching each other how to catch fish. Eventually they did.

Sixteen

This chapter is when Maharani and Parvati gets closer together. An armoire stood beside the door and an ancient teak fan turned slowly overhead and the room was enormous. Parvati changed into a dance sari to meditate and practice. She was sitting comfortably on the floor, her legs folded in the lotus position and her back to the window, deep in meditation, when a knock came which she thought that it was Kalpana. It was actually Yuvaraja.

Seventeen

After they had dinner, Kalpana, the Guru, and Parvati sat together in Kalpana’s room. The Guru told stories about performances he and Lakshmi had given before India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Lord Mountbatten, the Viceroy at the time of India’s independence. This is when she opened the armoire and reached inside for the paper in her cloth bag. She thought she saw a faint movement, and a neatly folded towel fell from its shelf to ther floor. Parvati came back, and a small sound escaped from her throat. This when she gains her voice.

Eighteen

When Yuvaraja gave Paravati gifts, she thought about them. Parvati climbed down and lit a small candle beside the feet of the Shiva Nataraja, laid the blossom beside the candle, and offered a prayer. And Vilasini and Parvati were talking to each other. After Parvati was done, she replaced the case in the armoire, Parvati lay down to rest. She fell asleep almost immediately. A lught tapping from inside the armoire awoke her. She went to the door and listened. The tappping kept on going on and on and she unlatched the door. Ram came in wearing his weird clothing. And gave the good news.

Nineteen.

After the banquet was over, Parvati and Kalpana strolled down the corridor the way they had and they had talked to most of the other guest and Parvati kept on worring about her friendship between Rama would have serious consequences. Parvati opened the armoire again and she got herself ready. Rama showed Parvati about the palace, from his grandmother’s room to everything. Rama and Parvati gets a closer friendship in this chapter.

Twenty.

Parvati’s obsessed love for jewelry is quite amusing. She grabbed it up from the chair and table, and just as the door flew open she shoved it and the jasmine glanced into the recess of the window well, and slammed the shutters closed. Kalpana looked around the room. The pillows that Rama had stuffed beneath the sheet still gave the appearance of someone sleeping in the bed. A swatch of the nasturium colored silk of her costume peeped out from the bottom of the armoire door. Parvati considered trying to explain things. In this chapter she realizes a lot of things

Twenty-one

The pavilion was so noisy it was impossible to hear anything. As Parvati moved quickly through the crowd, and the profusion of colored clothing hurt. She flung the door open and went straight to the window. She sat heavily on the chair as it was raining. The Guru comforted her and told her this, “That is a basic human frailty we always want to know what will happen if we do one thing rather than another. Not knowing is the mystery of destiny. If you are still for a moment, no doubt you will hear your hear tell you what you must do. It would say anything like this: Have a rest, Parvati. Get up and eat something light. Then dance as you’ve never danced in your life. Destiny is not so complicated” This showed Parvati what she really loved to do. Dance.

5-29-09

Notes on other people's project

Quatrain David and Mike A quatrain is a stanza of poetry that consists of four lines The quatrain exists in various forms It appears in poems from ancient civilizations such as Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome Iamb

The Bop is a recent invention The Bop is a form of poetic argument consisting of three stanza And between them there are refrains like chorus

Ballad Johnny and Michael a form of verse, often a narrative story and set to music A story Music It could be a narrative writing and to be sang.

5-27-09 Notes on projects

Sonnet

Means “ a little song a poet of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per lines consists of 14 lines Each of the 14 lines have ten syllables

Odes a Lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.

Shiva's Fire Project 5-20-09 Chapter reviews

Chapter 1

As you may know, this book is called Shiva’s Fire. The setting of this book is in Indonesia. Let me introduce you to the characters, the main we know is a baby who isn’t even born yet. The boy’s name is Paraviti. The baby’s mother’s name is Meenakshi. First I was confused about who Shiva was then I realized that it was only a statue that stands. The mother always told a story to her kids who were always so involved with the story. They enjoy listening to it and they sometimes even wondered if she was lying or leaving parts out.

Chapter 2

In this chapter, the mother, Meenakshi gives birth to her daughter. The “fortuneteller” named Priya predicts things that the child that was just born would have a “bad” life and not a very good thrilling life. The parents Meenakshi and the Sundar starts to worry about what was going to happen to the baby later. When Meenakshi has the baby, the brother of the Sundar tells Meenakshi that he passed away. The Sundar died when the elephants attacked him. The sadness of knowing the fact the the baby has to grow without a father.

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 is about the mother Meenakshi missing her husband who died because of the attack of the elephants. The people viewed Sathya with a mixture of envy and pride that he was one of them. Which was the house of Deccan. Poor Paravati had no way of knowing that her perceptive abilities were any different from other infants. They stayed with the auntie. As there was a terrible story occurring it was just horrible. “ How could a grieving wife thing and frail as she was, who had eaten nothing in more than a day, and who had suffered such a shock as the death of her husband. When Meenakshi stopped crying, the rain stopped for a while. But as the chapter ends with a smile

Chapter 4

As there was a rumor spreading throughout the camp that during the cyclone the wife of the Raja had given birth to a sickly male child. The news of the birth of the tiny Yuvaraja barely registered amid the mourning and the suffering. Meenakshi told her the stories of Shiva, how the river Ganges flowed from his hair, etc. Meenakshi also told Pravti about how kind Sundar had been to her, how she had love him. They started to avoid Meenakshi. Then one of Sathya’s sons was sick. He sat by his son’s bed and the son became weaker and weaker. Then he died. This chapter was really sad because it seemed like every bad thing is happening to the mother.

Chapter 5

The collector asked the Raja to invite a few marksmen to join Indian Army sharpshooters from a post neat Bangalore. Then the lead elephant which carried the Raja rolled up her trunk and sucked on the end of it and the Raja hit the elephant. The following day the heat had risen and steam poured from the cracked earth. It was hot and Meenakshi thought of other mornings that seemed long ago, not just weeks before. Her life as simple but good in the days meenakshi remembered. She and the other women of the villaged walked to the fields. This is when she remembers the old days.

Chapter 6.

By the time the next year’s monsoon arrived, the people of Nandipuram had produced enough rice and sugar to sell. But Parvati was content to entertain herself and she started to dance doing all kinds of moves. And more often than not she ended up in dusty heap in the middle of the courtyard. One day, the Parvati’s fifth monsoon, Meenakshi took her choldren to stand in line to watch the proccession from village to village on the last day of the festival of Dussehra.

Chapter 7.

One day, Meenakshi went down to the river to wash her clothes. All of the sudden, all around her sat birds of every description gulls from everywhere. Her mother ran to her and pulled her. It was like the child was talking to the birds. Parvati longed for the hiva Nataraja statue. As you may know fuel was really rare and from other districts. They came with elephants dragging huge loads in from the main road and shared. Which was hard.

Chapter 8.

Parvati knew that dance was as much a part of her as the blood in her vein, the breath in her lungs, etc. Because of dancing it will cost the life of other people. Parvati was to live and study with Guru Paxhayanur Muthu Kumara Pillai at his Gurukulam.

Chapter 9

They meet Rukmani. As they greet each other with a smile. She knew then that her mother had understood her fascination with Shiva. Perhaps Meenakshi had feared losing her daughter too soon, and that was why she had put the statue away. Her love for dancing was too strong.

Chapter 10

Parvati worked at her lessons until long after the dark. She had to work now. As Kamala and Parvati talk to each other for the night they get closer. Parvati discovers the many ways in which she was different from other peopl. She was PARVATI! and she had never been anyone else. She realizes that she is special.



Class work 5-14 I got 11 out of 11



Class work 5-13 Limerick There once was a bird named Anna. Who atea banana. But the nana, To be dana. They were lona.

I can't write poem

Forget it You must be kidding no way yes way I'm not kidding yes you are No, im not ok but just kidding i knew it Time's up? Uh oh! All I have is a dumb list of excuses. You like it? Really? No kidding. Thanks a lot. Would you like to see another one?

5W poem Fiona Broke her leg, in the playground, yesterday, She just fell.

Class work 5-11 Evaluating Haikus I give it a 3 because it is really interesting and very detailed. The Word choice is very clear and voice like Buzzing Ex. getting all the nectar juice

I give it a two because it feels really dull Ex. And it happened again. For the word choice is it a two because it is really no that interesting. Class work 5-11 Haiku Where is the sun now? Why is it always raining? Rain stop, sun come now

What is a nature? Nature, a big part in life Start of something new

Haiku Poem Spring Time in Korea**
 * Class work

The kids are happy The field full of flowers Are waving at us

Spring has come here now Happy to see it singing Bring it here today

1. Purple literature book read pages 723-730. Do Critical Thinking questions #1-5 on page 730. Post your answers in sentences.
 * HW due Wednesday, May 7th:**

1.In my opinion, Ellen probably went to Lochinvar because he was more high status, and because she loved him a lot more than the weirdo she was arranged to be married to. I think she didn't want to marry him because he was almost a "nobody".

2. - My opinion is that the female gender were attracted to Lochinvar to his looks and the men probably hated him because he took all their attention away because Lochinvar was in the way.

3. In the wedding, he showed that he was a brave man. And showed his "manners" as well. And his behavior was courteous to other people.

4. I think his actions weren't justified because he betrayed Ellen and married someone else.

5. I think the poem really shows the bravery and the choice for Lochinvar. His decisions and his way of being in a hard place showed a lot and the female all falling for him was quite humorous.

April 30th I don't understand

I don't understand why we have to go to school I don't understand why We have to go to sleep I don't understand why I have to run a mile today

I don't understand why I don't understand!!!!!!

1. Record and POST your own Blues Song (with backing music) with Garageband. Remember: 1-4-5. You can make your own music (the best option!) or import this Blues
 * HW due April 30th**

media type="file" key="The blues song.m4a"

1. Poem for Middle Matters. Show HW. 2. Read: [] and do worksheet. 3. Create your own Blues Song (with backing music) in Podcast. Remember: 1-4-5. 1. Earth The Greenest of all The trees, so tall. The saddest thing is that... We no longer have enough trees. Plant the trees and the flowers. Don't cower and PLANT THEM ALL! Earth DAY!
 * Classwork April 28th:**

3. Sad Day I'm sittin here tryin to smile SAD DAY SAD DAY SAD DAY Coo Coo is sittin next to me wettin her pants SAD DAY SAD DAY SAD DAY In English class... nothin to do SAD DAY SAD DAY SAD DAY

Ouchie Ouch Ouch Coo Coo punched me SAD DAY SAD DAY SAD DAY Mr. Schwagler is singin SAD DAY SAD DAY SAD DAY While we are all sleepin SAD DAY SAD DAY SAD DAY

People are talkin SAD DAY SAD DAY SAD DAY While I am clappin SAD DAY SAD DAY SAD DAY Coo Coo and I are sharing a chair nothing to do SAD DAY SAD DAY SAD DAY I smell Poo SAD DAY SAD DAY SAD DAY

1. Read pages 754-755 in purple literature book. Answer Critical Thinking questions #1-5 on page 755. Post the answers on your wiki (complete sentences). 2. Memorize and post your Earth day poem.
 * HW Due Monday, April 27th:**

1. pg 754-755 - The mood is very watery, and how it is so graceful and excitement. Ex. "Through his watery room..." Ex. "With a swerve and a twist,..." Ex. "Out with a zoom,.."
 * 1) 1- How would you describe the mood of "Seal"? Find at least three words or images that help create this mood

The fact that the calfs are like the friend of ours ot makes me feel like chores are fun and interesting.
 * 1) 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?

In the "Pasture" it mean the reader who is reading it and in the "Seal" it means everyone can.
 * 1) 3. Who might "you" be that the speaker of "The Pasture" is addressing? Who do you think is being addressed as "you" in "Seal"? Support your answers.

The Shark wouldn't have the graceful swim but more of a violent/ scary swim.
 * 1) 4. Suppose "Seal" became "Shark" In what ways would this change the poem?

They all describe what they are doing. Ex. see how he swims. Ex. I'll only stop to rake the leaves away.
 * 1) 5 What do the speakers in "The Pasture" and "Seal" have in common? Support your answer with details from the poems.

Classwork April 23rd

**Classwork April 23rd:** 1. Review HW. 2. What is a poetry slam? Watch and post some comments on your wiki: [] More poetry slam: [] 3. Watch: [] about Earth Day Read these [|Earth Day poems] and then write your own, record in Garageband, export to I-tunes and POST.


 * 2. The Poetry slam is a competition using elimination rounds for the reading or performance of poetry. It is when you express your feelings in like 3 minutes and you can spit, have rhythm, and just say things that you feel. You can just rap and sing and move around. Some people say that it changed their lives!**

3. Earth The Greenest of all The trees, so tall. The saddest thing is that... We no longer have enough trees. Plant the trees and the flowers. Don't cower and PLANT THEM ALL! Earth DAY!

Garage Band media type="file" key="Earth Day 2.m4a"

1. Watch this poem and write a paragraph in response. What is the poet saying about humankind? What are your thoughts? What did you think of the poem? Why do you think she chose the title? [|Race_is_Poetry.mov.zip] 2. Write a list poem and post on your wiki. [|How to List Poetry.doc]
 * HW due April 23rd:**
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1. I liked it because she was so descriptive and very understanding about how poetry can be a race. It was very touching because the poet talked about has different skin colors and like serious and everything about the differences between each person. Whether we are serious, sympathetic, happy, sad etc.

2. Getting in Trouble because...

You kicked your teacher For ignoring the preacher

You punched the dog for killing a hog

You disobeyed your mother For not staying together

You didn't do your homework For you are to do your classwork!

1. Take QUIZ 2. Write a list poem and post on your wiki. [|How to List Poetry.doc] 3. Watch the tutorial and then [|write your own riddle poem.] 4. Watch this poem and write a paragraph in response. What is the poet saying about humankind? What are your thoughts? What did you think of thepoem? Why do you think she chose the title? [|Race_is_Poetry.mov.zip] 
 * April 21st classwork:**

2. Things that makes you feel smaller Get bullied Feel bad Cry Get your feelings hurt Head down Is actually small in height Tired Being mean Getting in trouble Hungry Sleepy Bad Grades

 1. Show reading assignment on your screen. 2. Post your own examples of figurative language terms (from sheet handed out last week). 3. Create a shape poem and POST. [] 4. Create an acrostic poem and POST: [] 5. Create a diamante poem and POST: [] 6. Watch this poem and comment: []
 * April 20th classwork:**

Star A bright sun Twinkling, Shinning, and gleaming See well at night another sight of happiness.

Happiness Alarming Perfect Precious Youth

School Boring, tiring hard, tests, dizzy annoying, early, quizzes, infuriating tiresome, exasperating, lunch teachers, students education. Notes -Only men were allowed to go to Harvard. -Emily Dickinson was an extraordinary poet. -For almost 26 years, she never left her house -recluse. -She lived until 56 years old. -She wrote very touching poems and was great at it. - Her brother and her were very close -They lived next door and all. -She couldn't marry because of her parents.

April 20th homework 5 essays

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This story was just a part of the story called, The Joy Luck Club. It was by Amy Tan. Have you ever read this book? If you have, you’d know what it is about and why they moved to America. They came because they thought that you can be successful in America. You can open a restaurant. You could work for the government and get a decent pay. You could even get instantly famous. Their hopes of becoming successful grew each day. =====

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This story is very similar like mine experience. Have you ever lived in an another country, where you weren’t born in? Why did you move there? And what did your parents expected from you? As you might know, I am from America. I wasn’t born there but I was born in Korea. I lived in Korea for about 7 years and moved to California. We moved to America because if we moved, we might be able to find better opportunity. If we lived in America, my sister and I would learn english and be smarter. This advantage would help us in the future. This is related to the story because a group of Asian family moved to America to learn and find more opportunities. Also the similarity is that the mother also doesn’t expect the child to be famous or anything, but just to try her best. That is like my parents. They quite expect me to be famous or anything like that, but to try my best and be successful. They wanted my life to be worthwhile. Thanks to them, I learned how to speak english and go to an International school. Also, the main character finds how to get more confidence and believing in herself. When I moved to America, I learned all those as well. =====

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In this story, a Chinese family moves to America to find more opportunities. They lived in China Town. The girl constantly disappoints her mother, and tries to make her happy. She tries to be a prodigy. Prodigy means a Child of unusually high talents. Her mother wants her to be a prodigy. Her inspiration becomes Shirley Temple. She practices the piano and tries to become the best she can be. She has a deaf piano teacher. With him, she learns to play the piano well. To satisfy her mother. =====

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The protagonist of this story is the main character, Tan. She is the one who tries to get the satisfaction of her mother. She also has the goal of being a prodigy. Tan tries to find who she is by doing what she loves. And playing the piano definitely wasn’t one of them. The antagonist of the story is Tan’s mother. One of the members of The Joy Luck Club. She is also Chinese immigrant. She would be called on antagonist because she stands in the way or Tan. Tan doesn’t like piano, but the mother really forces her. That prevented Tan to find what she really enjoyed and loved. Do you have an antagonist in your life? I sure do. =====

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The symbolism of this story is the piano. Personally, I think the piano is a symbolism of things that you don’t want to do. Tan doesn’t like playing the piano which prevents her from working hard on it. The piano symbolizes the way that you should work hard even though you don’t like that very much. Another symbolizing topic is the disadvantage of immigration. The Chinese family immigrated from China to lose their identity of being a Chinese. They have hardships in America, but they survive them. They all work hard to be successful. I have a question. Have you ever tried hard to be successful in something? =====

Seventh Grade Gary Soto Seventh Grade. A short story by Gary Soto. Gary Soto had written countless numbers of short stories. Of course they are really good. I’ve read a lot of his stories and they mostly all includes Spanish people with the guys and girls. It is really interesting reading because he makes it really suspenseful. Seventh Grade is about a boy named Victor who was in his first day of school. He is trying to find ways to impress a girl named Teresa. How is he going to do that? Well, read on! Like Victor, I am also in Seventh grade. I clearly remember what happened on my first day of school. I remember that it was such a mess and that I was lost in the school. Victor had a friend who wanted to impress girls. However, since I am a girl, I didn’t have a friend who wanted to impress “girls”. When I met my friend, I learned that we had Spanish together. I’m not so good a Spanish, and neither was Victor. I only knew the “basics”. Uno, dos, tres, hola, etc. Victor knew just about bonjour. My experience and his are very similar. It was Victor’s first day of school! All he could think about was how to impress, attract, and make Teresa notice him. Victor was starting his new day of seventh grade and hoping to have the same class as Teresa. In his mind only raced, Teresa, Teresa, Teresa, Teresa. He learned that he had homeroom and French with her this year. In the first day of school, when they had French, Victor pretended that he knew how to speak French really well. When the teacher asked who knew how to speak French, Victor raised his hand. All this just to impress one girl. When the teacher asked a complicated question in French, he made his own words in French and pretended to be a “know it all”. Of course the kind Teresa fell for it and was impressed. The story ends there where the author lets you to make up your own ending and what would happen later on. The protagonist of the story is Victor who has a dream of getting noticed by a girl named Teresa. He does his best to impress her even though he was completely embarrassed by his French teacher. The antagonist is the French teacher who embarrasses him in front of the class. Sure, he didn’t mean it. Thank god that the girl didn’t notice his embarrassing moment. The similarities between them is that they both had a time when they were embarrassed trying to impress a girl. The teacher tried to impress a girl by changing his car every time he met her and make the girl to think that he was rich. In the end he became broke and had to write to his parents. Victor just was trying to impress her by pretending that he was really good at French. The difference is that we are dealing with the age difference. A teacher and a student. They are in the school where it was located. I think the symbol of this story is French class. Personally, French class is important to this story because it tells you that with this class, you are trying to win a girl. You can impress her into thinking that you can speak French. Not only that, it symbolizes the fact that with a matter, you can try to make things happen. Another symbol is the facial expression. Victor and his friend are trying to “scowl” like the magazine and try to look cool. The good impression and trying to impress is a symbol of the story. The Hummingbird that Lived through the Winter By: William Saroyan

This short story is called The Hummingbird that Lived through the Winter by, William Saroyan. This story is about a blind man and a boy saving a hummingbird. It represents how anybody can save a life like that hummingbird. With the help of two people and some honey, the hummingbird can live. The thanks and the warmth of the hummingbird can brighten up your day. If you want to know what will happen later, keep reading on! One of my experience was that I had a dying tadpole that I caught over the last summer. I caught a tadpole in this country side in the river with my dad. It was a great adventure. There were loads of frogs and more! I happened to get a tadpole. I actually caught 6 of them, but only 4 survived. My parent told me to let the other 3 free, so I did. I brought one tadpole back home. It was in a very bad condition, but survived the four hour long drive back home. It was very hard to actually take him back. I helped the tadpole alive and fed him lettuce, and more things. We even got him a small little cup for him to stay at. Gradually, the tadpole grew into a very small fog. it was as big as my thumb. It was so cute. But we helped him to survive which this story reminded me of my experience. In this story, what happens is a small little bird was sick and didn't have anything to eat. So the blind man and the boy got him some honey and gave it to the bird. The strong little bird actually survived the hard time and was ready to fly! It was a remarkable blind man who really couldn't see anything! He knew that the bird would survive and he asked the boy what was in his hands, and the boy replied that there was a hummingbird. Boy, did they feel so happy just by helping a helpless little bird! I felt really jealous because I wanted to be there for the bird as well. The protagonist is the Blind man. The blind man is the protagonist because it was really him who saved the bird. The bird was helpless and almost died. But with the help of a remarkable and incredible blind man, the hummingbird survived. The antagonist is the boy, because he kept on explaining the bird. And in the end, the boy asked if the bird would be still alive as if he doubted that it was. The similarity was that they both had a passion for a small life. Difference is that the blind man couldn't see and the boy was a little ignorant. The symbol of the story is the fact that one man was blind. I think it symbolizes that even blind people can be a big impact on a small little thing. The blind man knew how to treat a hummingbird and right away. Another symbol is the hummingbird. When they cured the bird, they all felt happy. The fact that a small little thing can change the feelings of just already two people.

All Summer in a Day By: Ray Bradbury

This short story is called All Summer in a Day. It was by Ray Bradbury. This story is about a group of children wishing that the rain would stop. It was raining for the seventh year! When they got the news that today was the day when the sun was supposed to come out, everyone was so excited! But mostly, a lot of people doubt it. The scientists knew that the sun would come out that day. They were supposedly living in "Venus". When the sun comes out, everyone would be excited, jumping up and down, and being so happy. Not everyone because not everyone are so nice. Margot was one of the people who strongly believed that there was going to be a sun. I was in a situation where it was always constantly raining. Do you know where Eureka is? In the northern part of California. It is always so raining there. I always saw earthworms digging their way. When there was sun out, everyone was happy. When there was rain, nobody really changed because it happened so often. It is similar to my experience because my friends and I also longed for the sun to come out. Also, another experience was that when I was really excited about something that would happen, nobody believed me! For example, I had a soccer tournament on Sunday, but people didn't believe me because I was a girl and we didn't play soccer. When they didn't believe me, nobody actually came to the soccer tournament which was really annoying and I felt bad. Just like Margot here, she was excited about sun, but nobody believed and felt like the whole world was against you. T his story goes like this, In a was a civilization where there only rained in Venus. Margot was born in the Earth but other kids weren't. The kids are jealous of Margot because she remembers the sun from her time on Earth. They were only two years old when it was last visible from Venus and do not remember it. She becomes very nervous because she gets so sick of living with the relentless rain. For instance, once when she was supposed to take a shower at school in the locker room, she refused to get wet. "She clutched her hands over her head and screamed that the water must not touch her head." Margot was locked in the closet. The teacher finally comes back. The sun is actually about to come out after seven years of rain. When the teacher takes them out, they see the beautiful sun in the blue sky. In their astonishment and joy, they all forget about Margot. The Protagonist is Margot, who tries to see the sun, and the antagonist is the kids. Margot remembered the sun and was so enjoying the fact that she would be able to see it again when the time is right. However, the mean children actually locks her in. They run and play, skip jump and prance about, savoring every second of their newly found freedom. All at once, a girl starts to cry because she feels a raindrop in her hand. She sadly realizes the rain is returning. The thunder sounds, and the children run back inside. Suddenly, one of the children remembers Margot, still locked in the closet. They stand frozen realizing what they have done. The children walk slowly towards the closet and let Margot out. The sun was now gone. Imagine the feeling that Margot was going through. The symbol of the story would be the sun.The sun represent the light and telling the reader how precious each light is. Another symbol is Margot. Margot symbolizes the excitement and the hope to see something that she wanted to see in a long time. The symbolism of the story is that you should just imagine things. Be optimistic about things and don't be pessimistic.

The Luckiest Time of All By Lucille Clifton

This short story is called The Luckiest Time of All. It is by Lucille Clifton. I thought this was such an adventurous story! Wow! All the excitement and the tone of the story was awesome! There was the grandma and the grand-daughter talking about how the grandpa and the grandmother had met. Their adventures of running away from the best dog dancer ever! The the big “chase” and how the lucky stone was great help for the grandma. In my experience, I had a lucky ring that helped me get through the rough times. The lucky ring actually got me in trouble! The ring went in a harp and I had to spend 3 hours trying to get it out! Another experience was that my aunt had a dog who was as big as me and I was so scared and it chased me until I couldn’t run anymore. The story is about a grandmother and a granddaughter together and telling the granddaughter a story of how the grandfather had met each other. It was when they saw a dog and everyone threw coin and pennies at the dog because it was such a great dancer. Accidentally, the grandmother threw her lucky rock instead and made the dog mad. The dog chased the grandmother all over the place, when the handsome young man came to the rescue! That was when they met. Mr and Mrs. The protagonist is the grandmother, and the antagonist is the dog. The grandmother is the protagonist because it is her who actually met her future husband. The antagonist is the dog because the dog was hurting the grandmother. The similarity was that they are both very adventurous and the difference is that it is a dog and a human. The symbol of the story is that all the unexpected things can happen. Like when the grandmother was being chased by a dog, a man became her new husband. The life is full of surprises.

**April 16th classwork:** 1. Create a friend's portrait poem. POST. 2. Literary Terms--Create your own examples using the terms from the figurative language word list. Include images/pics that reinforce the meaning of at least 5 of the terms. Write your own poem. See worksheet. POST everything. 3. Watch this poet and comment on your WIKI: []

Friend's Portrait 1. Her face is like a frog It is small and look like she is sick. Her hands are like big hard rocks. They are very hard and large. Her legs are pretty short. This makes her my friend.You Her head is very big. It is very large and small in a way. Her heart hold grudges that is green as envy. She live in a world full of bullies and eats mean things.

2. Alliteration- How could a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood. Assonance- The fun bun went to the moon. Onomatopoeia- The wind wooshed and the thundered boomed. Imagery- I see the rainbow across the sky. Metaphors- Raining cats and dogs Simile- Her face is as big as a balloon. Hyperbole- This is the worst school ever. Personification- The dog danced around be he was happy. Allusion- Her hair is like wire. Synecdoche- Get your head in the game. Conceit- Roof over your head Paradox- Stepping in that road will change your life. Symbolism- The eagle represents Christina Antithesis- You are such an early bird..... NOT

Poem- Tongue Twister- Rachel Kim How could a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood. The bird was the prettiest bird in the world. The mean man told the nice man that he was the meanest man he has ever met. As the man was nice like the nicest man alive. The bird sang through the night...

Alliteration- How could a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood. Hyperbole- The bird was the prettiest bird in the world. Antithesis- The mean man told the nice man that he was the meanest man he has ever met. Simile- As the man was nice like the nicest man alive. Personification- The bird sang through the night... 

1. Write self-portrait poem and post. 2. video/quiz 3. Read about how to write your own Blue's song/poem: [] Take notes and post your notes on your WIKI. 4. Read aloud self-portrait poems.
 * April 14th classwork:**

Rachel's self portrait

My shoe is like an experience person. Worn out, and used a lot, but good as new.

My feet are like a running machine. There are only two but very useful.

My eyes are dark brown. They can see only the front.

My hair is black. They can be tied up, or down.

My heart holds angers.

that is red as an apple.

I live in Korea.

How to write a blues.

Find your feelings Express yourself. Now that you have an emotion, you need a line that will convey that feeling and since we are talking about the blues, you don't necessarily have to worry about being grammatically correct 3 Repeat it. The essence of a blues song involves repeating the opening line. Rhyme it! It's a song, so it should rhyme and that applies especially to blues music songwriting structure Name that tune. Now you are ready to give your blues tune a title with the title serving as a good hook for the song Keep the beat

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 1. WARM-UP: Write a poem using: [] Post your poem. Read some others'. 2. FINISH presentations. Review Crossroad's worksheet. 3. Simile of self.
 * April 10th classwork:**

1.
 * Anna had a Energetic Kangaroo **

Anna had a Energetic Kangaroo Its Arm was Sky Blue as Bag. And everywhere that Anna went The Kangaroo was sure to go.

It followed her to Gym one day Which was against the rules. It made the children Running and Sleeping To see a Kangaroo at Gym.

The Poem that I read was really good. He wrote an interesting way of "rhyming" And some didn't really make sense because green and other nouns didn't really go well together.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> By the time the music would be over the girl can leave. She thinks it is repulsive. And some enormous storm headed to the school.

1. Warm-up by using the words to make a poem: [] POST your poem. 2. Review HW. Finish presentations. 3. Review Crossroads sheet. 4. Study the poetry terms and play some games. [] 5. Read about how to write your own Blue's song/poem: []
 * April 9th classw****ork****:**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> HW due April 9th: **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Define and post on your page: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1st pers on point of view; 3rd person point of view; alliteration; allusion; biography; character trait; climax of a novel; fable; fiction; flashback; foreshadowing; free-verse <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 1st pers on point of view - when we see the story from one's point of view a way to know is when the uses "I"

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3rd person point of view - Person is "He", "She", and "They". When they aren't part of the story.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Alliteration - the repeated occurrence of a consonant sound at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Allusion - a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Biography - a written work about another person's life

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Character trait - A character orientation is the direction of the libidinous or passionate strivings of a man which makes it possible to describe his character

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Climax of a novel - The very important part of a story; main point

Fable - A story that teaches a lesson; morals

Fiction - A narrative writing that is made up. Fictional, imaginative.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Flashback - A part of a story that goes back to the past.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Foreshadowing -Be a warning or an indication of.

Free-verse - A term describing various styles of poetry that are written without using strict meter or rhyme, but still recognizable as poetry by virtue of complex patterns of one sort or another that readers will perceive to be part of a coherent whole.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0px;">**April 7th classwork:** 1. Choose any 2 syllable word. How many words can you think of that rhyme with this word? 9:25 = Time's Up! POST 2. Match the terms [] 3. Try this quiz: [] 4. Play 'figure of speech' hangman with your friend: [] 5. Present lessons

1. Looking, Cooking, Drowning, Lurking, Glancing, Dancing, Singing, Clapping, Reading, Matching, Hugging, Bouncing

April 1st. 2009 1. Look at someone's writing gym for word choice. Evidence+Example. POST

Michael Suh Word Choice 3 I gave him a 3 because it was pretty good in the beginning. Example: I am the world's most famous scientist who had invented the world's first time machine. It is very interesting like that he was the world's first inventor. But he did lack more later.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> March 31st classwork: ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Warm-up: Choose a topic from the Writing Gym Station #2 and write for 10-15 minutes. Grade yourself using Word Choice. 2. Mundane/Striking. Choose 1 word from each student's paragraph. Change it from a boring word to an exciting word. 3. Read about how to write metaphors: [] 4. With your group, teach a lesson on one of the following topics: **Metaphor, Simile, Allegory, Personification, Analogy, Parable or Brainstorming**. Give an explanation, example and lead the class in an activity. Tips on Word Choice: []

13. Tell a story about children who live in a world where there is no such thing as television, computers, or electronic games.

1. Have you ever imagined yourself in a world without electronic entertainment? Well I've probably never have, but will now. Once upon a time, in the country in Africa, there was 5 children who didn't know what iPod was. Not only they didn't that, but they also didn't know what other things like computer. It is really dramatic and sad. In our modern world, everybody is so "upgraded" and we are all used to the technology. You may say that this is pretty sad, but to them, they feel sad about us having the technology. The technology is probably the main reason why people today are so obese. We watch TV while eating and even computer. The children there are not so poor, but pretty wealthy. They really don't need much of the technology. They are just happy without them. However, they do sometimes search for entertainment. Therefore, they play games that they invented instead. Not only is this such a great idea, but it is healthy for the 5 children. As you may have noticed, the modern children are geniuses in technology. We know almost everything about computers. But the 5 children are clueless. But their benefit is that they can be smarter. With the addiction in computers, it distracts us while the 5 children are actually smarter without their distractions

2. <span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0); letter-spacing: 0px;">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">March 31 Classwork: 2. Grade using word choice

Happy-gleeful Sad-Devastated Annoyed-vex Hard-impenetrable Tired-worn out Colorful-vibrant Sleep-slumber Mad-lunatic Jealous-Green with envy Soft-squishy

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March 20. Grocery list items. VOICE

Celery: CELERY! Have you ever tried celery? Because it is really good. However, just eating it raw is pretty disgraceful. URG! BUT! If you dip it in rich, really thick peanut butter, it taste really good and it makes you eat more and more. I especially like celery with bananas as well. In my personal experience, whenever I ask my friends if they like celery, they all say NO! They tell me that I'm out of my mind just because I like celery. If you go to the grocery store next time, don't forget to buy celery! And don't eat it raw! EAT IT WITH PEANUT BUTTER!

Peanut Butter: Have you tried peanut butter? It taste so good with anything! I like peanut butter and banana sandwich. If you get a chance to try some, be sure to eat it! Peanut butter is made up from peanut butter and some of its oil. It is really sticky and addicting. It melts in your mouth with the really rich taste. Peanut butter with crackers are so crispy and really warm. There are different kinds of peanut butters. I especially like the peanut butter crunch so buy them!

Potatoes: I love potatoes. They are so tasty especially when they are into a potato chip. They are so crispy and good. However, not all of them are so good. I guess the purple ones are the best. Be sure to buy some when you get the chance to go to the grocery store!

Evaluate each one for VOICE. Supply evidence and examples. POST. 5 points.
 * CLASSWORK March 20th:** Read 3 student essays []

Happy Easter story. 1. There were no purpose of the story. He/ She lacked interesting voice. I thought his/her story was pretty dull. There were no interesting adjective and very dull. Example, "once there was a hen. The hen was very lonely." This isn't very interesting.

Parrots. I give it a 4. Because she/he is very descriptive of describing the parrot. Such as "They have different colors like blue, red, black, orange, green, yellow, and white. Parrots live in cactuses, nests, and underground holes. I thought this was very good and informative.

y cat is fluffy. His name is Buzz. He is my favorite cat. Buzz is my favorite pet of all. I hug him all the time. He is soft, and his cheeks are fat like my brother’s. I feel happy with my My favorite Pet. I gave this a 3 because we are aware of the purpose but not so interesting to read about like, "My cat is fluffy. His name is Buzz. He is my favorite cat. Buzz is my favorite pet of all. I hug him all the time. He is soft, and his cheeks are fat like my brother's. I feel happy with my cat."


 * DUE Friday, March 20th:** Three-page paper for //I, Juan de Pareja.// Choose one of the three options. Post on your WIKI site. No late papers accepted.

1148 word essay on I, Juan de Pareja. Topic #2.



His descriptions are very good. He shows and not tell. Such like Sunday sunny morning. Not just Sunday. He has a really good imagination and pretty interesting. It is really funny and I thought it was really good of the two paragraph.** Example: There was a Sunny Sunday Morning
 * March 18, 2009

March 16, 2009 3. Look at the painting and answer page 25 of the packet. []

The painting shows a picture of Juan de Pareja. He looks very serious with a little bit of a depressed side. I can tell that he was a slave from his skin color. He is on the darker side. With frizzy hair. He looks like a nice man who is a hard worker.

**march 16, 2009 Adjective writing workout word choice.

What could an intelligent lunchlady do in the mall.

The intelligent lunchlady can sell food in the mall. Because she is a lunch lady. She sells food such as hot dogs, chicken nuggets, hamburgers, french fries and pizza. At the mall, the lunch lady And can but clothes too. Such as dresses that smell like pizza. Because she is very intelligent she can earn money from selling movie tickets for 50% off. When people are waiting for the tickets. The lunchlady can sleep at the mall restroom. Because the restroom is called “rest” room. Actually, in fact, the restrooms have cozy sofas that you can sleep. They smell so good because the lunch lady sleeps there everyday. Since she is a lunchlady, she can work at the food court. But the intelligent lunch lady can not earn money because she eats too much. And I mean, “A LOT”. The lunch lady i so intelligent, she will never go out of the mall, until she dies. Because she ate too much.**

The thing that annoys the most to me is when people are being stupor and just making fun of people continuously. It makes my feelings hurt. It annoys me because they keep on poking me until they have my full attention. And I get really annoyed when somebody pokes, shoves, punch, yell, etc to tell me something. And continuous probing and poking is the MOST annoying! And when they are being cynical just takes out all the trust out of them. When they are being amiably is so not fun to be in. I also hate it when they somber. It just gets me on my last nerves.
 * HW DUE Friday, March 13th:** Using 5 vocab words from packet page 20, write a paragraph about something that really annoys you. Post on your WIKI site.

2. If you were principal, how would you change the rules of the school? List your new rules on your WIKI page using the vocab words on page 20 of the packet.

When I become the principal, I will be very amiably nice. I can make the convalescence from the previous principal. If you can't believe me and be cynical, I can prove you. Make me be your principal and you won't regret it. The fervor for this school is large and I really care for the school. I won't be insolent. I can be be a good proxy in every class teacher. Unlike other people I'm not rotund. I'm never somber. The stuporness is basically illegal in my rules.

HW DUE Monday, March 9th: Using the topic you used in your writing gym, write a 5 paragraph essay. Post on your page. Remember: Introdcutory, 3 supporting, and concluding paragraph. Use space to separate your paragraphs.

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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">If the glacier melts, the world would be under water. At least part of the world. Africa would be under water because of the glacier. Africa had a lot of animals, but lacking them had a huge impact in the world almost 50% of the animals would be extinct. The year 2109 would be a mess. The only places that is on top of the water was China and the North America. Although China was already crowded in 2009, still in 2109, it tripled the amount. Despite that fact, North America was worse! They now doesn’t use english anymore. They use another language such as Spanish. The invasions from the other countries was a big impact. Just from the melting of the glacier, the world has became upside down in 100 years. ======

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<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">=March 3, 09 Finish ch 7 Answer worksheet. 2. Finish paragraph worksheet. 3. Read ch 8 and POST on your wiki 3 questions, 3 vocab (define and sentence) and a 3 sentence summary. 4. Study for ch 6-7 QUIZ //<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I, Juan de Pareja. March 3 Chapter 8 3 vocabs //<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> commission- noun. The authority to perform a task or certain duties. The commission for me was to get up in the morning. ringlets- noun. lack of hair hanging in a corkscrew shaped curl. The ringlets in his hair was kind of disturbing. frippery- noun. showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language. The frippery on the bag was awkward. March 3 Chapter 8 3 questions Master painted many portraits of what kind? What kind of man was the king? Who did Master paint? March 3 Chapter 8 Summary When the years pass more and more, there are more of the king's portraits painted by the Master. The normally shy and reserved king often talks intimately to the painter during his visits. The king still continues to visit the studio for Diego. Various apprentices comes to Juan and he learns more.

[|rachelkim] 2/20 The writers selections= =Rachel Kim Explain the main reasons why you think students drop out of school. The reasons why students should drop out of school are based on mainly the stress, and the system of the school. I strongly believe that school is a big “chunk” of stress laid upon the students. Leading to serious problems to them. School has tests that makes sure if you are really learning or not. The actual word “test” gives students an incredible amount of pressure. For example, students nowadays are too young to start having stress. In adulthood, (the future “adults”) who knows what would happen to us? Another reason is that our lack of creativity. The research has been done already. No questions asked. Have you noticed that when you reach your “double digit”, you lack more creativity? I think we can blame the school of this work. When you were five or four years old, you had lots of creativity and imagined a lot more. You have imaginary friends, creativity things, and drawing. Before a grade school, you were so lively and out-going. Then you go to school and you have a lot of homework and tests, and you don’t have much time to be creative. The school doesn’t give us much “space” to be creative. Who cares what the other parents say, students should be able to drop out of school due to our health, and lacking of creativity. Students rather have all these opportunities then just “waste” time going to school. These reasons are why I strongly believe that students should be able to drop out of school. Don’t get me wrong, but there are students who enjoy school. This is optional only for students who wants to drop out. Again, these are my reasons.<span class="smgrey" style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> Posted Sunday, 3:25 pm <span style="font-size: 440%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> = = <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;">Recipe for anxiety: = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> = =<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;">[|rachelkim] Number one. 2/24 Writing gym 1. Write about what you think the world will be like in 100 years. I think the world would be like a new place where are are no more cars left. The fuels would be all gone or at least almost all gone. With the prices incredibly high. The prices of the gas and the fuel would be almost 1000 dollars just for a gallon. That is what i think what would happen in a 100 years.<span class="smgrey" style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> Posted Monday, 8:49 pm <span style="color: rgb(195, 9, 9); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> = = = = = = <span style="color: rgb(195, 9, 9); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;">Spanish Biography = =<span style="color: rgb(195, 9, 9); font-family: 'Arial Black';"> = =

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 10 questions March 2, 09 Chapter 7.

1. Where did Juan go? 2. Where was Miri later? 3. How come Juan was devastated? 4. Where did Juan want to go next? 5. Where does the king visit the most? 6. Who is Castilian? 7. When Juan went to the church, where did he go? 8. How did he feel in the church? 9. What was the cat? 10. Where was the cat in the beginning?