What do you think the story will be about?
I think the story will be something about a silent murder of a shy person, who keep trying to find revenge.
When did you want to have revenge?
When people keeps annoying me and tries to provoke me about my skill to do something, I get really angry because they didn't deserve to say that to me, because they were sometimes either worse than me or somewhere equal. I really wanted explode and get revenge, but I just calmed down becuase I did not need to get angry for little provokes. After that, even though I felt angry, I decided to enjoy the day.
2009년 8월 31일 월요일
2009년 8월 30일 일요일
Class warm up
Have you ever read a book and felt you connected with a character in it? Or found a book where a character is a lot like you? Describe your experience and whether or not you think it is important to make a personal connection to literature.
I do have some personal connections but I do not have any recent literature that I remember to connect, so I decided to connect to Lizabeth. She is somewhere near our age, so I think I could understand her anger and rage she shown. As a teen, it would of been hard to control our anger, and since I experienced that. I can get the story. I think it is not necessary to make personal conncetions, but it is helpful for you to read the story by heart, because if you feel more connected to the character, you will get use to the characters situation better.
I do have some personal connections but I do not have any recent literature that I remember to connect, so I decided to connect to Lizabeth. She is somewhere near our age, so I think I could understand her anger and rage she shown. As a teen, it would of been hard to control our anger, and since I experienced that. I can get the story. I think it is not necessary to make personal conncetions, but it is helpful for you to read the story by heart, because if you feel more connected to the character, you will get use to the characters situation better.
2009년 8월 26일 수요일
Clue 2
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning
He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world
10
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[d] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Since it introduces who Jesus is, I think it would be the introduction of the life of Christ.
1. I.Exposition. It is the start of the story, where it introduces the characters and the background like the time and place.
II. Rising action: It is the part of the story where the story introduces the conflict and the conflict keeps adding up.
III. Climax: It is the point where the conflict is in its highest point, where the story gets most exciting. It could be like the finale of a piece of music. The main character makes a change in the part of the story.
IV.Falling action: It is the where it starts to close up and the conflicts start to solve.
V. Resolution: The denouement, the ending, it is the part where the story ends.
2. It is important for stories to be structured. Because it helps making the story more organized, and the structure is made to help grab the readers attention and to help them understand the plot easier. The structure helps grabbing the readers attention because the introduction usually has a hook that grabs the readers interest that would lead on to the resolution, but if you have the resolution first and the introduction next, it is like having the answer before the question. Second, it helps the readers understand because it is in order, and you could see how the conflict got more interesting. The introduction gives the tools you need to develop on your work and it keeps going on until the climax, it gives you an outline of the story. If you not use the plot structure, the story will become very confusing, you would suddenly read the ending and then read the introduction, you would have no clue of what the story would be about.
3. When I first read the story, I didn't really get how the story flowed on. I only understood pieces of the story. I never got a overview of the story, just fragments. Like her dad cried because he believed he was no help, or how she went to Mrs. Lottie's house to destroy the marigolds. But when I organized it into a plot graph, I noticed how the story went on and how she grew as an adult. Without the plot graph, it just gave me this understanding as it was just a special day. But when I organized it, it explained the background, the problems start to add up, the character changes, and the story ends. I never knew how deep the story was, how it show the change of innocence to reality. It taught me what the marigolds real meant to the Mrs. Lottie, it was her only reason of living.
4. All stories have themes, and this story also has one. I think that the stories theme is, innocence and reality cannot coexist. Reality is a scary thing that people can't actually take care of. So children are masked from reality by innocence. Innocence is saying you have no responsibilliy for an act you do, but when you go to the real or world, or reality. You have to take responsibillity for every act you do. For example, when Lizabeth still was a kid, she did not take responsibilty of messing up Mrs. Lottie's Marigolds Because she was innocent. However, she starts seeing the unmasked world of reality. She learns that she did something wrong, and she has to take care of it. That is what an adult should do. It is really frightening when you first see the realistic world, it is so hard to take responsibillity.
He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world
10
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[d] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Since it introduces who Jesus is, I think it would be the introduction of the life of Christ.
1. I.Exposition. It is the start of the story, where it introduces the characters and the background like the time and place.
II. Rising action: It is the part of the story where the story introduces the conflict and the conflict keeps adding up.
III. Climax: It is the point where the conflict is in its highest point, where the story gets most exciting. It could be like the finale of a piece of music. The main character makes a change in the part of the story.
IV.Falling action: It is the where it starts to close up and the conflicts start to solve.
V. Resolution: The denouement, the ending, it is the part where the story ends.
2. It is important for stories to be structured. Because it helps making the story more organized, and the structure is made to help grab the readers attention and to help them understand the plot easier. The structure helps grabbing the readers attention because the introduction usually has a hook that grabs the readers interest that would lead on to the resolution, but if you have the resolution first and the introduction next, it is like having the answer before the question. Second, it helps the readers understand because it is in order, and you could see how the conflict got more interesting. The introduction gives the tools you need to develop on your work and it keeps going on until the climax, it gives you an outline of the story. If you not use the plot structure, the story will become very confusing, you would suddenly read the ending and then read the introduction, you would have no clue of what the story would be about.
3. When I first read the story, I didn't really get how the story flowed on. I only understood pieces of the story. I never got a overview of the story, just fragments. Like her dad cried because he believed he was no help, or how she went to Mrs. Lottie's house to destroy the marigolds. But when I organized it into a plot graph, I noticed how the story went on and how she grew as an adult. Without the plot graph, it just gave me this understanding as it was just a special day. But when I organized it, it explained the background, the problems start to add up, the character changes, and the story ends. I never knew how deep the story was, how it show the change of innocence to reality. It taught me what the marigolds real meant to the Mrs. Lottie, it was her only reason of living.
4. All stories have themes, and this story also has one. I think that the stories theme is, innocence and reality cannot coexist. Reality is a scary thing that people can't actually take care of. So children are masked from reality by innocence. Innocence is saying you have no responsibilliy for an act you do, but when you go to the real or world, or reality. You have to take responsibillity for every act you do. For example, when Lizabeth still was a kid, she did not take responsibilty of messing up Mrs. Lottie's Marigolds Because she was innocent. However, she starts seeing the unmasked world of reality. She learns that she did something wrong, and she has to take care of it. That is what an adult should do. It is really frightening when you first see the realistic world, it is so hard to take responsibillity.
2009년 8월 25일 화요일
Personal connections
1. In the paragraph thirty-five, Lizabeth felt ashamed of what she had done after she acted emotionally. It sometimes reminds me of myself when I do something wrong I feel ashamed of my acts for a long time
2. In the paragraph where Lizabeth had been tempted to do things that all the other kids do, it reminded me being persuaded by a bandwagon situation. I know it may not be the right thing to do, but everyone else did it so I followed as well.
3. In the paragraph where kids tried something fun to do in the long summer days, it reminded me of one day where I had nothing to do and had to say in my house.
4. In the time where Lizabeth and Joey argue during supper, it reminds my brother and me arguing a lot when my parents are busy or something.
5. When I am usually worried, I try to wake up someone sleeping or try to stay with someone like what Lizabeth did in the story. I think it is because I was scared to do something that is too hard to solve.
6. The great depression that was used in the setting remind time of the USA right now as well, the unemployment rate is still high, people still not live well enough.
7. When they talked about having a miracle in hard times, it reminded me of myself, when I did not do my homework and hoped for the teacher to forget about the project that day and that actually happened once.
8. When Lezibeth actually got extremely mad and started crushing the Marigolds, it reminded me once when I really got angry, but did not want to show it so I just start throwing stuff and hitting walls when nobody looks just to try to control my temper.
9. In the first paragraph, the writer writes how when you think of something in the past you only seem to remember only just one part of it. I think it is the same with me because sometimes when I try to think of a trip in the past, sometimes I only remember the food that I ate there, or the long car trip that we had to take.
10. In the part where the writer talks about how they did not care about getting dirty. It reminded me of how I changed, I didn’t really care about getting sweaty and dirty in the past, but now when I try to go out play like in the soccer field, I now worry that my shoe gets dirty in the process.
2. In the paragraph where Lizabeth had been tempted to do things that all the other kids do, it reminded me being persuaded by a bandwagon situation. I know it may not be the right thing to do, but everyone else did it so I followed as well.
3. In the paragraph where kids tried something fun to do in the long summer days, it reminded me of one day where I had nothing to do and had to say in my house.
4. In the time where Lizabeth and Joey argue during supper, it reminds my brother and me arguing a lot when my parents are busy or something.
5. When I am usually worried, I try to wake up someone sleeping or try to stay with someone like what Lizabeth did in the story. I think it is because I was scared to do something that is too hard to solve.
6. The great depression that was used in the setting remind time of the USA right now as well, the unemployment rate is still high, people still not live well enough.
7. When they talked about having a miracle in hard times, it reminded me of myself, when I did not do my homework and hoped for the teacher to forget about the project that day and that actually happened once.
8. When Lezibeth actually got extremely mad and started crushing the Marigolds, it reminded me once when I really got angry, but did not want to show it so I just start throwing stuff and hitting walls when nobody looks just to try to control my temper.
9. In the first paragraph, the writer writes how when you think of something in the past you only seem to remember only just one part of it. I think it is the same with me because sometimes when I try to think of a trip in the past, sometimes I only remember the food that I ate there, or the long car trip that we had to take.
10. In the part where the writer talks about how they did not care about getting dirty. It reminded me of how I changed, I didn’t really care about getting sweaty and dirty in the past, but now when I try to go out play like in the soccer field, I now worry that my shoe gets dirty in the process.
2009년 8월 24일 월요일
Plot summary
Exposition
This was not as memorable as much as other activities but this seemed liked one of the activities that seemed special. I'm a big fan of sports, and in middle school there are many inter murals you can participate in. During September, I was interested on doing cross country, because last year I was too lazy to do any sports, I really could not run long distances and I wasn't even good at running a kilometer ,and I really wanted to become more fit and increase my stamina. So I decided to go in cross country.
Rising action
We did a few practices by running around school, Hannam, and around the village. Glad that I started doing sports last year, because if not I would be running way behind even though I was not one of the fastest runners.
As we go on, I started to get ready for a fun run that we had in SAHS, we only ran about 3-4 km per practice, so I was worried if I can run through the whole thing because I never tried running one. The day came and I started the run, I was running in the same pace somewhere in the middle, and I tried hard going in a better record, but I was worried if I'm too much energy and I would be too exhausted to run the last few kilometers.
Climax
But as I started running somewhere in the 3-4 km, I didn't feel that tired as I expected it to be, so I knew that I was going to make the run and I was going to make it while rasing my pace, catching up with people who were in front during the whole race going past them. So in the last fifty meters, I started running fast like in a short track finishing in somewhere in 29 minutes. it wasn't a very good score, but for the first time running I was happy with the record, I knew that I could run 5 kilometers easily.
Falling action
I cheered for people who were also in the intermurals and who were trying really hard for their first time too, and all of our TCIS students had successfully finished the race. It was a fun race so I didn't feel exhausted as I expected to be.
Climax
We enjoyed our success in the run by going to the places where they sell Taco Bell and stuff, and Taco Bell is only in the USA bases, so I enjoyed the food as an award with my friends.
Conflict
I was scared that I wasn't going to make a 5 kilometer run.
This was not as memorable as much as other activities but this seemed liked one of the activities that seemed special. I'm a big fan of sports, and in middle school there are many inter murals you can participate in. During September, I was interested on doing cross country, because last year I was too lazy to do any sports, I really could not run long distances and I wasn't even good at running a kilometer ,and I really wanted to become more fit and increase my stamina. So I decided to go in cross country.
Rising action
We did a few practices by running around school, Hannam, and around the village. Glad that I started doing sports last year, because if not I would be running way behind even though I was not one of the fastest runners.
As we go on, I started to get ready for a fun run that we had in SAHS, we only ran about 3-4 km per practice, so I was worried if I can run through the whole thing because I never tried running one. The day came and I started the run, I was running in the same pace somewhere in the middle, and I tried hard going in a better record, but I was worried if I'm too much energy and I would be too exhausted to run the last few kilometers.
Climax
But as I started running somewhere in the 3-4 km, I didn't feel that tired as I expected it to be, so I knew that I was going to make the run and I was going to make it while rasing my pace, catching up with people who were in front during the whole race going past them. So in the last fifty meters, I started running fast like in a short track finishing in somewhere in 29 minutes. it wasn't a very good score, but for the first time running I was happy with the record, I knew that I could run 5 kilometers easily.
Falling action
I cheered for people who were also in the intermurals and who were trying really hard for their first time too, and all of our TCIS students had successfully finished the race. It was a fun race so I didn't feel exhausted as I expected to be.
Climax
We enjoyed our success in the run by going to the places where they sell Taco Bell and stuff, and Taco Bell is only in the USA bases, so I enjoyed the food as an award with my friends.
Conflict
I was scared that I wasn't going to make a 5 kilometer run.
2009년 8월 15일 토요일
Myself as a Reader
Write a brief paragraph of opinion on the following: Do you think that books should be made into movies? Why or why not?
I think it is okay to make books to movies, but as long as they follow the book. Many books that were made into movies, and some movies were disappointing, and I think its because the director didnt show enough detail that a book can describe, and they had changed the story line. For example, the Harry Potter series, the books was very detailed and the details had made it a exciting book. The movie had changed some parts to make the action seem dull. So as long as you find an director who could produce the movie like the book, it won't be as successful as the book.
I think it is okay to make books to movies, but as long as they follow the book. Many books that were made into movies, and some movies were disappointing, and I think its because the director didnt show enough detail that a book can describe, and they had changed the story line. For example, the Harry Potter series, the books was very detailed and the details had made it a exciting book. The movie had changed some parts to make the action seem dull. So as long as you find an director who could produce the movie like the book, it won't be as successful as the book.
Myself as a Reader
Write a brief paragraph about your reading habits (ex: where do you read? Do you listen to music? Do you need to be in a particular place? Do you need to have something to eat/drink as you read? Etc.)
I have a few different reading habits, like a usually like to move around a lot when I read, for a while lay down and read, and then I sit up again, and then I move somewhere else again. Another habit would be listening to music, I don't listen to music every time I read, but it helps me read when I do. I listen to any kind of music, rap, pop, Korean, and even classical if its on.
I have a few different reading habits, like a usually like to move around a lot when I read, for a while lay down and read, and then I sit up again, and then I move somewhere else again. Another habit would be listening to music, I don't listen to music every time I read, but it helps me read when I do. I listen to any kind of music, rap, pop, Korean, and even classical if its on.
Myself as a Reader
Write a brief paragraph on what you like to read (include genres you enjoy, favorite authors, etc.)
I like to read many different types of genres, but if the title and the introduction is interesting enough for me to read through, I usually read the whole book. If I have to think of some genre, I would pick any different kinds of fictions, but I'm think of starting to write many different biographies, to expand my knowledge of reading. I don't really have a favorite author, but one author that I like to read is Lois Lowry. I read the following books of hers: The Giver, Gathering Blue, and The Messenger.
2009년 8월 12일 수요일
Communicator
2009년 8월 10일 월요일
First Stab at Essential Questions
1. What are my current reading skills?
I think my current reading skill is just average, but I do read many different varieties of books. I think I could read up to books in the reading level 9
2. How can I improve and grow as a reader?
I think that I should take time and read about 30 minutes everyday, and do that constantly. I should keep trying to read books that are in the higher reading levels, so I could improve reading. Another thing is I should be reading a variety of books, not just the books that I like to read.
3. What purpose can literature serve in my life?
Literature is a way to communicate in life, to express your ideas through many different literary devices. Like some writer use satires to mock the goverment for what they are doing wrong, or they could use their life stories by writng a auto-biography.
4. What resources can I find in the library that will help me in this course and other courses?
The library has many books that we could read, supports many online databases, videos. So I think that we could use it nicely. Like we could find a book from a paragraph that we read in class, and it intrests you you could go read it, or if its about someone famous, you could go find a biography of the person.
I think my current reading skill is just average, but I do read many different varieties of books. I think I could read up to books in the reading level 9
2. How can I improve and grow as a reader?
I think that I should take time and read about 30 minutes everyday, and do that constantly. I should keep trying to read books that are in the higher reading levels, so I could improve reading. Another thing is I should be reading a variety of books, not just the books that I like to read.
3. What purpose can literature serve in my life?
Literature is a way to communicate in life, to express your ideas through many different literary devices. Like some writer use satires to mock the goverment for what they are doing wrong, or they could use their life stories by writng a auto-biography.
4. What resources can I find in the library that will help me in this course and other courses?
The library has many books that we could read, supports many online databases, videos. So I think that we could use it nicely. Like we could find a book from a paragraph that we read in class, and it intrests you you could go read it, or if its about someone famous, you could go find a biography of the person.
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