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"My Brother Sam is Dead"
These postings will be about the book, "My Brother Sam is Dead."

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This keynote journal is a keynote slide show about the book, "My Brother Sam is Dead," chapter by chapter. It shows the main events of each chapter, accompanied with pictures.

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This is a short Quick-time movie being a character analysis for the character Betsy Reed in the book, "My Brother Sam is Dead." Betsy Read has many qualities and this quick-time movie will explain her traits, and show the proof for that trait.

Poetry
This part of the wiki will show postings about our poetry section.

 Song with Metaphors: "A Beautiful Mess" by Jason Mraz URL: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=gCJ1Jhw6FC0 Lyrics to "A Beautiful Mess" by Jason Mraz:

You've got the best of both worlds You're the kind of girl who can take down a man, And lift him back up again You are strong but you're needy, Humble but you're greedy And based on your body language, And shouted cursive I've been reading Your style is quite selective, Though your mind is rather reckless Well I guess it just suggests That this is just what happiness is

And what a beautiful mess this is It's like picking up trash in dresses Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write Kind of turn themselves into knives And don't mind my nerve you could call it fiction But I like being submerged in your contradictions dear 'Cause here we are, here we are

Although you were biased I love your advice Your comebacks they're quick And probably have to do with your insecurities There's no shame in being crazy, Depending on how you take these Words I'm paraphrasing this relationship we're staging

And what a beautiful mess this is It's like picking up trash in dresses Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you say Kind of turn themselves into blades  And kind and courteous is a life I've heard But it's nice to say that we played in the dirt oh dear Cause here we are, Here we are Here we are [x7] We're still here What a beautiful mess this is It's like taking a guess when the only answer is yes Through timeless words, and priceless pictures We'll fly like birds, out of this earth And times they turn, and hearts disfigure But that's no concern when we're wounded together And we tore our dresses, and stained our shirts But it's nice today, oh the wait was so worth it.

This is the lyrics to the song, "A Beautiful Mess" by Jason Mraz. I've highlighted all the similes and metaphors.  Metaphor and simile explanations: Body language and shouted cursive: The body language and writing is expressive about the girl this man is talking about. It's like picking up trash in dresses: The "it" is a mix up of qualities but it is nice. Words you write kind of turn themselves into knives: The words written are hurtful like knives. Words you say kind turn themselves into blades: The words said are hurtful like blades. It's like taking a guess when the only answer is yes: The "it" is the qualities and there is no saying that the qualities are bad. We'll fly like birds: The speaker will move forward just as a bird flies into the sky.

This is the explanation of the metaphors and similes highlighted above in the lyrics.

Narrative Poem: Different, but a failure This poem is about how radical ideas may seem nice, but do not always work. In this universe, all men are equal, Yet people know this is not true. The unwritten law of social hierarchy Still exists, and so all men are not equal.

The candidates line up for speeches, But only two get significant attention. It is hard to say who is better. Neither is good nor bad, but just.

They go into a final showdown, Yet both get equal votes. One proposes utopia if chosen, The other chooses distopia.

The people have cornered themselves As they know utopia cannot exist. But therefore so cannot distopia. Both will fail for their beliefs no matter what.

On the day of announcement, nobody Had been elected. It was a Tie. And so forth came another Supporting communism. He was chosen.

On that day, the sun was a bright yellow But temperature was a cold blue. The Communist supporter bloomed a lively green Because he had been chosen.

As time went on, the unwritten Law of social hierarchy revealed Itself once more as communism Started to break down, men unequal once more.

The communist supporter hid away Like gazelles in tiger territory. He had been shunned, and A new election had been started.

This is my narrative poem. We were working on narrative poems at this point in class.

Symbolic Poem: Peace and Quiet. This is a symbolic poem about peace and quiet. There are many symbols and representations of peace and quiet. The white dove enlightens The sky bringing calmness in The midst of disaster. Something that is very thin.

The slow-moving white cloud Against the hard beating gust. Contradicting the rush of today's surprising guest.

The flower of nature, the silent tranquility Yet, heated arguments Grant vulnerability.

The human mind, both white And black, resulting in gray. The white triumphs over black yet constantly in fray.

This is my symbolic poem. This is a piece of work produced while working on symbolic poems during class.

The Visual Representation of the Poem:

The Temple of Heaven represents part of this poem when it talks about the "pitying sky" recieving the woman who committed suicude This grave represents that the woman had died. This "grave" represents that the woman was not cared for by people who loved her when she died.

This Visual Representation is the visual representation about the poem "Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady" by Alexander Pope.

"The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle"
This part of the Wiki will show postings about the book, "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle."

Vocabulary for __The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle__ by Avi: It is a word file:

This is a mimic of the book "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle." This story is a mimic of "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle." The plot and events of the book is copied here. The only things that are different are the settings and characters.

This is a character analysis. This is a character analysis for the book "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle." This powerpoint explains the main characters of the book. The characters are described with descriptions and quotes.

"Outsiders"


This is the vocabulary for "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton. There are 40 vocabulary words accompanied with pictures.

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This is the music file for my reading of the rough draft copy of the essay about the Greasers according to the movie "Grease." Since it is the recording of the rough draft, it may sound awkward in places.



This is the second draft of my essay describing who the Greasers are. You can see the editing marks in a different color. It is written by me, and marked by E. J.



This is the final draft of my essay describing the Greasers. It sounds more fluent than the rough draft. All the editing marks are deleted as well.