Reading Log

2/17/14- That Fault in our Stars- 30mins
2/18/14-The Fault in our stars-40mins
2/19/14-The Fault in our Stars-20mins
2/20/14-The fault in our stars- 30mins

Analyzing a Song

For this post I decided to analyze the song Smile by Uncle Kracker. Uncle Kracker uses several great techniques in his song. His song is a very happy, light song because he uses sibilance. You can tell he uses sibiliance because he says " You make me smile like the sun." He also has the happy and light effect because he uses euphony. He uses this when he says "I'm lucky just to linger in your light." He also uses onomatopoeia when he says words like "buzz". His purpose in this song was to be a happy song and tell us about how his loved one makes him feel.

Link to lyrics:

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/unclekracker/smile.html

Reading times:
1/10/14- 10 mins- "Split"
1/11/14-10 mins- "Perks of being a wildflower"
1/12/14- 10 mins- "The fault in our stars"
11/12/14- 50 mins- "the fault in our stars"
11/13/14- 30 mins - "the fault in our stars"
11/14/14- 40 mins- "the fault in our stars

Winter Wonderland Poem

As I wanderously walked outside

I could feel the crisp cold wind

touch my chilled cheeks.

Crushing the icy snow with my feet,

I watching my frozen but joyful puppies

dash in the crunchy white ice.

As i looked up at the brilliant sky,

delivering this chilling day,

I saw small snowflakes falling,

sending excitement through my body

that there would be no school tomorrow.

In the back of my mind I wanted to go inside

and drink my warm hot chocolate 

with mini marshmallows,

but I didn't want to leave this winter wonderland.

techniques:

I used consonance

I used cacophony

I used enjambment

Reading Log

Monday, 2/3- ATDOAPTI- 40 mins at home (did not go to class) + 20 mins on draft

tuesday, 2/4- ATDOAPTI-20 mins at home (did not go to class)

Thurday, 2/6- ATDOAPTI- 10 mins in class+ 30 mins at home

Friday,2/47- ATDOAPTI- 10 mins in class (finished)

Research Paper Draft

           This week I have been working very hard on my draft for my research paper.  I am pretty confident in my topic which is "Child labor in the british industrial revolution". I am confident in this topic because I am actually interested in it! Finding information on this topic was kind of hard because I was it is hard to know which websites were reliable. What was easy though was putting all my thoughts together.
           Since I was interested in my topic it was easy for me to remember what I had read and where I wanted to put the information. When you read my draft I would like you to correct any grammatical errors I have and any information that you think could be wrong. I feel that my information is correct but someone told me they weren't sure if it was correct.

Snow Day and Reading Log

On my snow day I hung out with my cousin Amanda. On the first two days we went to her house. We played in the snow, drank hot chocolate, played just dance, and watched movies. On the last day we went to my house. We played in the snow, jumped on my icy trampoline with Clark, played some weird mini golf game that ended up being really fun, and watched Awkward. My snow day was very nice and relaxing. I got to catch up on my sleep and hang out with my family.

reading log:
1/28/14- 1 hour of working on draft
1/28/14- 20 min video
1/29/14-1 hour of working on draft
1/30/14-1 hour of working on draft
1/30/14- 15 mins of norton
1/30/14- 25 mins student samples
1/31/14-45 mins of the absolutly true diary of a part time indian.