ChristinaS13

My Favorite Quotes :

By. Maya Angelou
 * Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. **

By. George Burns
 * Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up. **

By. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 * Expect the best, Prepare for the worst. **

=__MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD __= This is a key note journal that I created to show a quick summary of each chapter of __My Brother Sam is Dead__. __My Brother Sam is Dead__ contains 14 chapters. For each chapter, I put 3 sections. Each section includes a brief part of the chapter, and also has a picture that represents the main event of the section. media type="custom" key="2411307" This is a podcast journal done with Sarah Park and Justin Kim. We thought of 3 personalities of Eliphalet Meeker from __My Brother Sam is Dead__; caring, stubborn, and strict. We were each responsible for one characteristic. We found some pictures that would suit some characteristics, and also recorded our own voices (which were describing each picture and how the picture suits the characteristic) into the podcast.
 * My Brother Sam is Dead Podcast ; Eliphalet**

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This newsletter that I have made is related to the book, __My Brother Sam is Dead__. The title of the newspaper is "The Redding Harbinger", and I have pretended that this is a newsletter from December, 1778 to January, 1779. "The Redding Harbinger" mainly contains 3 articles. They are about food shortages, the return of the Continental troop, and the news about Africans being in American troops. There is also an advertisement of a cow, and also an amusing section about fruits and vegetables.
 * Newsletter ; The Redding Harbinger**

This is an essay that I wrote an opinion about whether Sam was a positive role model for Tim or not. I concluded that Sam was not a good role model for Tim because of Sam's serious flaws such as being too rebellious and being ostentatious. This is my final draft of the essay which I have edited with the help of my peer. This essay includes reasons and examples from the book that support my opinion.
 * Essay ; Was Sam a Positive Role Model for Tim?**

=__POETRY __=

This is a song called "Turn me on" by Norah Jones. This song has exactly 4 similes. "Like a flower waiting to bloom,' "Like a light bulb in a dark room," "Like the desert waiting for the rain," "Like a school kid waiting for the spring" - these all are similes and indicates to one single thing; the singer is desperately waiting for her lover to come back.
 * Song with similes or metaphor**

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Like a flower waiting to bloom Like a light bulb in a dark room I'm just sitting here waiting for you To come home and turn me on

Like the desert waiting for the rain Like a school kid waiting for the spring I'm just sitting here waiting for you To come on home and turn me on

My poor heart, it's been so dark since you been gone After all, you're the one who turns me off You're the only one who can turn me back on

My hi-fi's waiting for a new tune The glass is waiting for some fresh ice cubes I'm just sitting here waiting for you To come on home and turn me on Turn me on

This is a poem that I wrote. There are some symbols in this poem like the sun, the cloud, red, white, and blue. This poem is about friends. The sun that was alone in the sky represents a lonely girl. The cloud that comes after represents a friend. The 2nd and 3rd stanza is about how I feel about my friend. To be specific, the 1st stanza and the last stanza are closely related, as the 2nd stanza and the 3rd stanza are closely related.
 * Symbolism Poem**

__//The Sun and the cloud//__

The scorching sun shines, No clouds in the sky; At the sun, the little girl whines, But there are reasons why.

Sometimes I get red For we are different; But then I get voices in my head Soothing me with the angel's scent.

Without you, I become white: No, I might nearly get blue. Love letters, I don't write: But I write to you, I really do.

The girl will not cry anymore, As long as there is a cloud; Together, the sky is beautiful more, when the sun and the cloud laughs out loud.

=__THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE __=

This is a project that Leah and I worked extremely hard on. As we rewrote the story, we changed the location of the story from the "Seahawk" to "Camp Adult," and completely changed the names of the characters. For instance, we changed the main character's name from Charlotte Doyle to Rosalina Montgomery. Leah and I tried to only write the important events from the original book. Some of them may be different, but "The True Confessions of Rosalina Montgomery" basically has the same storyline of the original story.
 * Project: Rewriting "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle."**

This is a project that Leah and I also worked on. We stated the personalities of each character in the story, (Charlotte Doyle, Captain Jaggery, Mr. Grummage, Mr. Keetch, Zachariah, The Seahawk) and also wrote down some quotes that showed the personalities. Furthermore, we included a short description of the character.
 * Project: Character Analysis- "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle."**

Great job you two! Your assignments showed that you put a lot of effort into these assignments. Your character analysis was extremely thorough. You might have had the most quotes out of the entire class. Your story was also great. While some of the stories I have been reading have been stretching reality to the extreme, your story seems plausible and very similar to the original story. I liked the changes you made in reconstructing the story. I think you managed to include all of the story elements I was looking for.

Chapter Work 20/22 Creativity 9.5/10 Consistency 10/10 Completeness 10/10 Conventions 9.5/10

=__THE OUTSIDERS __=

**What is a Greaser?-Essay; 2nd draft**
This is the word document of the 2nd draft of the essay, "What is a Greaser?". My rough draft was edited by Christine Kim. She did a great job in editing mine, and I have changed some of the parts of my rough draft about the things she advised. I think editing each others' essays was a good experience for us all.

**What is a Greaser?-Essay; Final draft**
This is the word document of the final draft of the essay, "What is a Greaser?". This final draft was completed after several steps: Mind mapping, rough draft, 2nd draft (edited by my peer), and finally the final draft. This essay is written in the perspective of an alien who tries to find out about greasers on Earth, and who believes that the movie, "Grease!", reflects the true lives of greasers.

What is a Greaser?-Podcast
This is a podcast that I recorded of the final draft of the essay, "What is a Greaser?". I have a background music, and my voice, which is reading out of my final draft, is recorded as well. I tried my best to not mumble or rush. (The first part of the podcast, for about 3 seconds, there is only background music. This is intended, so do not be surprised that there is no voice.) media type="file" key="greasers essay; record.mp3"