JennyJ13

//Welcome!//

**__Quotes__**

Below are quotes that I personally like. Some of them are from novels that I enjoyed, like the quote from The Little Prince. Others are quotes from an every-day-quote-book that I thought were beautiful and brightened our lives in one way or another.

"Here is my secret. It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes." -The Little Prince

It's the little things that make up the richest part of the tapestry of our lives.  -Anonymous

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. -Victor Hugo

You will find as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. -Henry Drummond

When God is involved, anything can happen... Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords. -Chuck Swindoll

//Projects on Novels and Movies//

**__My Brother Sam is Dead__**

This is an essay on the novel, __My Brother Sam is Dead__. The topic is: "Is Sam a positive role model for his younger brother Tim?" The essay states that Sam was not a positive role model for his brother because of his hot-temperedness and irresponsibility.



The following is a newspaper including events from the colonial times and from the novel, __My Brother Sam is Dead.__ This a bi-monthly newspaper that covers events from October and November of the year 1777 in the New World. Some of the major events discussed in the articles are the Battles of Brandywine and the Battle of Saratoga (real colonial events).



This is a podcast about the character Eliphalet Meeker (father of Sam and Timothy Meeker) from the novel, __My Brother Sam is Dead__. The podcast explains three of Mr. Meeker's most distinctive characteristics. The three characteristics explained in this podcast are his stubborn, conservative, and caring qualities.

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The following is a Keynote journal on events from the novel, __My Brother Sam is Dead.__ The journal provides summaries of each chapter, with three entries per chapter. Along with the summaries are pictures that help explain the major events of the novel.

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**__The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle__**

Using the Keynote application, my partner and I organized the characteristics of the characters from the novel "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle." Characters of the novel include Charlotte Doyle, Captain Jaggery, Mr. Keetch, Mr. Barlow, Mr. Zachariah, Mr. Grummage, and Mr. Hollybrass. On each page, there are least 2 quotes that make references to the book.

This document is a story that my partner and I have written; it is a rewrite of the novel "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi. Giselle, the main character, goes to Corus High School, where she is the only student, like Charlotte boards the Seahawk as the only passenger. She goes through many struggles as the headmistress, Mrs. Ophelia Grelia, turns out to reveal her wickedness behind her supposedly "kind" face.

Grade: As usual, your vocab and character analysis were done at a high level. As far as your story goes, it was outstanding. The reconstructing of the story was nearly seamless. You managed to find nearly all of the story elements that I wanted included in the story. Your story was creative and interesting. I remember talking with the two of you about certain problems you were having coming up with ways to keep the story intact and consistent. I think you managed to figure it out. Great job. Your characters were good, your dialogue was good, and there were not too many convention errors.

Chapter Work 22/22 Consistency 9/10 Creativity 10/10 Conventions 10/10 Completeness 10/10

Below is a keynote about the new terms we learned for the past few weeks. They are extracted from the novel we are currently reading, called __The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle__. This set of vocabulary covers the words we learned in the first three weeks of school, and therefore contains about 25 words. On each slide, I wrote the word, the definition of the word, a sentence using the word, and a picture that relates to the word or my sentence. : ) media type="custom" key="3173780"

**"Grease!"**

This audio file is a recording of my second draft of the essay on the movie "Grease!". Some parts of this version are revised so that it sounds smoother, but it is near to my final draft. I used the garageband application to do this. media type="file" key="Essay on Grease! YJ. J.mp3" Below are my second, third, fourth... so forth drafts that my friends edited for me. They edited my basic grammatical mistakes, along with revising certain paragraph structures and suggesting new ideas for awkward sentences. As for Diana and Carol's revisions (Diana 1), this draft is the VERY first draft, before I added the other point about the greasers' impurity and immaturity.



This is my final draft of the essay on the movie "Grease!" Titled "Who Are Greasers?," this essay describes and explains the two main traits of the greasers portrayed in the famous movie "Grease!." The two main characteristics include impurity/immaturity and loyalty.



__**The Outsiders**__

Below are keynotes on the new words from the novel "The Outsiders." The basic format of the keynote slides are same as all other slides below. There is one word per slide, with a definition and a sentence that uses the word in it (and a picture relating to the word or sentence). The first one with the white background is on the first column of words, and the second one with a gray background is on the second column of words.

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//Poems, Literary Devices, Grammar//

__**Still I Rise**__

This is a link to a special wikispace I made for the poem I worked on, called __Still I Rise__ by Maya Angelou. [|stillirise.wikispaces.com] If you explore through this wikispace, you will be able to find several different links, which explain to you what certain passages are trying to say. Below I also attached a powerpoint presentation I created on the poem, discussing the different poetic devices used within the poem, and a little background information on who the poet is.

__**Self-crafted Poems**__

The following items are two poems that I have written. The first one, "A Winter day," is a narrative poem (a poem that tells a story; therefore, it has a plot line that includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution). As the title suggests, the poem narrates something that happens on a winter day (you can read to figure out for yourself what the story is!). The second poem, "We Are One," is a symbolic poem, which is a poem with a symbol. The main theme and symbol that runs throughout the entire poem is harmony and universal peace.

Attached is another poem I have written; this one is called a villanelle. A villanelle is a poem format that has been adopted from France, and has extremely strict guidelines about the rhyme scheme and how the stanzas should be organized. Certain lines have to be repeated in specific places, and there has to be 10 syllables in each line. In my poem, which is titled "A Coward's Love," the main speaker is a shy man, who cannot approach and console a young woman that he is in love with. He knows that she is not in a very good state and therefore wants to help her, but does not know how to.



__**Similes and Metaphors**__

Below are songs including similes and metaphors (literary devices). A simile is a literary device that compares two different things using the word like, as, or than. A metaphor is a literary device that compares two different things using direct words like "is." The metaphors and similes of each song are indicated with bold font.

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**She's Always a Woman**

She can kill with a smile She can wound with her eyes She can ruin your faith with her casual lies And she only reveals what she wants you to see But she's always a woman to me
 * She hides like a child**

She can lead you to love She can take you or leave you She can ask for the truth But she'll never believe you And she'll take what you give her as long as it's free But she's always a woman to me
 * She steals like a thief**

Oh, she takes care of herself She can wait if she wants She's ahead of her time Oh, and she never gives out And she never gives in She just changes her mind

Than the Garden of Eden** Then she'll carelessly cut you And laugh while you're bleedin' But she'll bring out the best And the worst you can be Blame it all on yourself Cause she's always a woman to me
 * She will promise you more

She is frequently kind And she's suddenly cruel She can do as she pleases She's nobody's fool But she can't be convicted She's earned her degree And the most she will do Is throw shadows at you But she's always a woman to me

**You Are My Sunshine**

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My only sunshine. You make me happy When skies are grey. You'll never know, dear, How much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away
 * You are my sunshine**

The other nite, dear, As I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms. When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken And I hung my head and cried.

You are my sunshine, My only sunshine. You make me happy When skys are grey. You'll never know, dear, How much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away. Please don't take my sunshine away.

**Ironic**

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An old man turned ninety-eight He won the lottery and died the next day It's a death row pardon two minutes too late** Isn't it ironic ... don't you think Chorus
 * It's a black fly in your Chardonnay

It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take** Who would've thought ... it figures
 * It's like rain on your wedding day

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye He waited his whole damn life to take that flight And as the plane crashed down he thought 'Well isn't this nice...' And isn't it ironic ... don't you think Repeat Chorus

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you When you think everything's okay and everything's going right And life has a funny way of helping you out when You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up In your face

It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife It's meeting the man of my dreams** And then meeting his beautiful wife And isn't it ironic... don't you think A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think... Repeat Chorus
 * It's a traffic jam when you're already late

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out Helping you out