Spring Break

This Spring Break was by far the best break I have had this year. For the first part of it I went with my family to our lake house in Mississippi and celebrated Easter there. While we were there we had a fishing tournament between my family. The teams were Clark and I against my sister Rachel and my dad. Rachel and my dad ended up winning but it was still fun. We also went tubing even though the water was way to cold. While we were there we got to hang out with our friends, the Smiths, and our family. We had a lot of fun!

For the other part of my spring break I went with Estelle to Seaside. The water was so pretty and the weather was perfect! One night we biked to the red bar in Grayton Beach and biked all around water color the next day. We hung out a lot at the beach and we saw lots of people we knew. It was so much fun!

Reading log:

4/21/14- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 1 hour 

4/25/14- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 1 hour 

4/26/14- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 30 mins

Statements

3) Everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are basic parts of human nature.
I agree with this statement because I believe that everyone is capable of lying and betraying someone. I also believe that people have a mean side to them it just depends on who they show it to.

4) Who we are-- our essential character and temperament-- is fixed and unchangeable. I strongly disagree with this because I believe that a person could change if they wanted to and tried hard enough.


Reading Log:
4/7/14: The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas:  45 mins
4/9/14: the Boy in the Stripped pajamas: 45 mins
4/10/14: The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas: 30 mins

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.