My Delicate Heart vocab quiz

Diction is the choice of words. Diction often affect the tone of the narrator or the story.

Johnny Tremain Quiz Time Corrections Ch. VI~ VII

2. Why are the colonists so opposed to the new tax on tea?
Because they want representation, "no taxation without representation."

4. Where does the Observers' Club meet?
The attic above the printing shop where Rab and Johnny lives in.

7. How did the colonists show their anger over the tea tax?
By protesting and begging once more the Governor's permission for the ship to sail back at the Old South Church, and started the Boston Tea Party.

9. How did England punish the colonists for their opposition to the tea tax?
By punishing the whole Town of Boston, make every man, woman, and child suffer until the tea was paid for. Also blockaded the harbor, blocked all imports.

Quick write- Poe's Death

How do you think Poe died? Support with what you remember from your readings.

I think Poe died from rabies. From the reading they said that Poe might've died from being drunk and accidents happening, but they later on had a hypothesis that Poe died from rabies. The scientists said that Poe had all the symptoms of rabies, and it really could be possible since Poe's death was really sudden. They say that when you get rabies, you don't know it right away. It takes a couple of years for the disease to get to your body, and when it does it spreads quickly and kills you within a couple of days. Knowing that, the same thing happened to Poe. I think it was a coincedence that on the day that Poe died, he was also drunk. And so, because of that, people believe that he died because he was drunk and unconsious. When you look closely at the other facts, it's very likely that Poe died of rabies.

Difference between TMDG movie and book

To start off, the beginning was already different. I don't remeber that many people being on the ship in the book of TMDG. How Rainsford fell off board, how he arrived at the chateau, the character Ivan, their conversation about the most dangerous game, the guests were all different. In some small parts they were alike, but a lot of the parts were different! Ivan is suppose to be tall and tough looking, but Ivan seems to be shorter than Rainsford. In the movie there were these two people who were supposidly brother and sister, but in the book, they never mentioned anything about that.

The Necklace Summary

Mathilde was a beautiful lady, but she was never happy with what she has. Her husband got her an invitation to the Ministerial Mansion, but Mathilde wasn't happy. She said she didn't have any good evening clothes or jewelries to wear. Somebody wanted to look pretty but they didn't have what they wanted, so the only choice would be to borrow clothes or jewelry. Mathilde went to her friend Mme. Loisel. She borrowed a diamond necklace to wear to the party. Everyone was so happy at the party, but when Mathilde came home, she lost the necklace! Mathilde was scared and embarrassed if Mm. Loisel ever knew that she lost her necklace, so she decided to work and pay for the necklace. After ten years, when Mathilde and her husband finally paid back all the interests for the payment of the necklace, she decided to tell Mme. Loisel all about it. Mme. Loisel was surprised, because it turns out the necklace was fake.

Thrills

I like but yet dislike scary movies at the same time. I like them because their exciting and it's fun to watch them, but I really dislike them because they scare me way too much. I think people like to try to scare themselves to give themselves a feeling of adreneline. Not the regular adreneline you feel when you're nervous, but a special kind. I don't know how to describe it but it keeps your heart rate going. Other activities where people behave this way are  haunted houses, scavenger hunt at night, or anything that has to do with scaring yourselves.

Necklace Quickwrite

To me, I think that envy is just a strong type of jealousy. It's not just jealousy, but also anger. People get angry at people who have things that they don't, and in a way, they're jealous of them. I think sometimes envy is wanting to be like someone, and at the same time you dislike them. It's like wanting something that they have and you don't, but disliking the person who has it because you don't have it. My feelings towards envy is that envying isn't always a bad thing. That's unless you start doing mean things just because you envy someone. I've never felt the negative effects of envying someone, but I have seen a lot. Sometimes other people dream about being in someone else's shoes, but when they did have the chance to have those things, it was too much for them. For example, one of friends wanted to be a celebrity. She knew that being a celebrity would be hard and pressurizing, but she never felt that kind of pressure before. One time, she wanted to audition for this entertainment, and when she went, they judges were very harsh. She didn't know that, and so, she got nervous and she starting doubting herself about her talents. That when she told me that, trying to become a celebrity is difficult, imagine how hard it'd be if you were actually a celebrity.

The Interlopers Quickwrite

Few example of feuds that have torn families or even countries apart is North and South Korea, China and Taiwan, the Montague and Capulet family, etc. Such Bitter hatred is kept alive by determination and being unable to forgive. It's much easier for someone narrow-minded to keep hatred for a longer time than someone that's open-minded. When you think more and more about the things that made you hate the person, you'll get mad all over again. So by thinking about it, you'll hold onto the hatred rather than letting go. It's also kept alive by not being able to forgive. When you forgive,you let go, but some people can't do that. Some people seek revenge, and that determination of revenge makes the hatred stronger.

Reflection

This time around I would like to change my grades, and my working attitude. I'm certain I have grade that I'm not confident about, so I would like to improve toward academics. Also I would change my working attitude to working even harder so I'm able to get better grades. I didn't like math. My favorite activity was either drama, or psychology class. The activity I liked least was all the tests. I'm not use to having so many tests within a quarter. One thing that I'd like to see in my English classes is to have a writing teacher that's more fun and optimistic. Having the teacher to be less boring, and allow us to do something that we would like instead of just reading from the textbook.

Quickwrite- friends

Friends give each other support, and love between friends. Some friendships last because they trust each other. They may be half across the world, but if they communicate and believe, all friendships can last. Most important is to find a similarity they both share, and of course talking to each other. Without communication or even believing in the friendship, the friendship won't last. If the friends can't find something, not even one, they're going to have nothing to talk about. Which will shorten a friendship.

Some ideas for friendship are love, trust, communication, common interest, support, forgiveness, open-minded, and open-hearted.

Full Circle Response

6) In my opinion the parts of the story that were successful was the anger described by the narrator about Julie. It was also good when they were describing the chance between Terry and the narrator. Almost all details were believable. There were two unanswered questions. Why does Terry Layton stop at the crime scene, and why did he kill Caroline? It's unanswered because it's to let the readers hang and imagine themselves.

Interlopers Vocabulary Story

Precipitous, acquiesced, marauders, exasperation, pious, retorted, condolences, languor, reconciliation, succor

My house is located on a precipitous hill. But even so, there's a lot of marauders that rob your house when you're not home. I don't know how they can climb such a steep and tall hill, it causes great exasperation just by thinking about climbing it. One Christmas when our family came back from town from eating dinner, all our silverware was gone! My sister, who never has her own opinion, was in acquiesced with the situation. She retorted that it was logical that our house would be robbed, since our doors weren't even locked. Our family's pious, so instead of worrying about the house,  they're showing condolences for the marauders. Couple days later, we found out from the local newspaper that the marauders were caught. Without thinking, my parents went down to visit him at the police station. Being tired and languor, they confessed to the police. They told their stories about why they did the things they did, turns out they have an uncontrolable obsession with silverware. They didn't like the obsession. Being overly forgiving parents, the marauders and them reached a reconciliation. Both parties talked it over and reached a solution, and it brought succor to both the marauders and my family.

Vocabulary quiz (maneuver, illuminate,...)

Maneuver, illuminate, lilt, descreet, credibility, revelation, audible

In basketball, it's hard to maneuver when 2 to 3 people are blocking me.

Everyday when I see him at school, his smile illuminates my day.

I always thought leprechauns talked with a lilt because they're so jolly all the time.

I'm afraid to tell my opinion, so everyday, I sit in discreet silence.

I lied to my parents once and because of that I lost all my credibility.

The revelation of who broke mom's favorite vase revealed my brother as the culprit.

My phone's service is never good, so I talk really loud over the phone to make sure I'm audible.

Full Circle quickwrite

In the movie 'Inception' a group of highly skilled theives are trying to take down a business, but it can't be done by just negotiating. They have to go into people's dreams and make them think it's real life. They first planned out everything that they're going to do, all the possible outcomes so nothing goes wrong. When they started the plan, everything was going right, but they left out an error.  The error was that while they were driving, they fell of a bridge, and the freefall changes everything. So while they were in freefall down the bridge, they also had to complete their plan. At the end, they had a mystery of whether that was all real, or not.
The truth revealed is the whole story behind the main character Dominic Cobb, and the idea of 'inception'. The consequences of inception is falling into a limbo, where you're in a world with no one but you, and it's almost impossible to get out of a limbo. I would definately recommend this movie to a friend. The movie 'Inception' is a great movie because it requires thinking while watching the movie, which is what makes it interesting. This movie also has a great plot, actors and actresses. It's an unforgettable movie. What makes a mystery story good is the details, the cliffhangers, and all the unsolved event in the story. It keeps the reader hanging, and it makes them want to read more and more.