Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
9 December 2008
MEMORIES:
An essay about my memorize of a holiday.
Have you ever remembered something that you did with your family, or something that you did on a holiday? I know that I remember a lot of things from the holidays. Some might have been with my cousins, aunts and uncles, what I got for Christmas or what I did with my grandparents. But most of all I remember two certain things on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
TS One of the many memorize that I have would be making pies with my grandmother. SD Whether it was Thanksgiving or Christmas, pumpkin pie or lemon Morag pie I will always remember being in the kitchen with my grandmother all day baking up a storm. CM One of the things that comes along with the memories of making the pies is messing them up or forgetting something. CM It always seams like every year that we always do something wrong. CM Recently, this Thanksgiving we were making pumpkin pies and I forgot the milk, and the lemon part of the lemon pie didn’t come out right so we had to start all over again. SD On Christmas a lot of my family comes over my house, and since I was little I always remember sitting in our living room ether opening presents that we each got each other or watching a Christmas movie. CM This is one of the memorize that I have had for many years, because I love being with my whole family and having a good time. CM Christmas in one of my favorite holidays, because most of my family is together and we don’t have to do anything on this day other then be together. CS I will never forget these memorize that I have of the holidays and all my family and all of the times that we ruined pies and just laughed about it.
I will always remember the holiday memorize that I have. Weather it is making the turkey on Thanksgiving or making the pies that we always mess up, but magically they come out amazing. Even when I am older and have more memorize of the holidays, they will never escape my mind. When I think about all the memorize that I have it would take me days to write them all down.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
December 2, 2008
Dreamers
An essay about the poem called “Dreamers”
Have you ever wondered what soldiers think about when they are fighting? Well you find out in this poem called, “Dreamers”. When I read this poem I also get how much they miss their family. In this poem there is a lot of imagery of what the soldiers dream about and what they miss.
(TS) As I read the poem, “Dreamers” I think of what soldiers went through and what they still go through. (SD) This line of the poem really explains this, “And in the ruined trenches, lashed by rain.” (CM) This explains all of what those people go through because to have to stay in this muddy hole and stay there all day and try to fight for their life must be a very hard thing. (CM) When I read this sentence I get a picture in my head off all these people trying to stay alive in the poring rain and how horrible that must be. (SD) Another image that I get as I read this poem is how all the soldiers missed their lives back home. (CM) When the soldiers were in the trenches they probably thought about how much they missed their family and everything that they did with them. (CM) When I read this section I can really imagine how much they missed things back home, “Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, And mocked by hopeless longing to regain Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats. In this section of the poem I get a strong picture of them thinking about all that. (CS) Just thinking for a few minutes about what the soldiers have done for us, and are still doing we should be even more appreciative then we are know.
(TS) When I think about the soldiers and how many things they must miss, it makes me think about what I would miss the most. (SD) One of the things that I know I would miss terribly would be my family. (CM) the line of the poem “They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.” Explains that the soldiers miss home. (CM) One of the reasons that I would miss my family is because I do so many things with them. (CM) When I am at a camp in the summer and I don’t come home for a while I miss my family a lot then, but if I new that I wouldn’t be home for a few years I would miss them terribly. (SD) Something else that I would miss would be all the things that I do in my spare time. (CM) I would miss what I do in my spare time because twenty-four seven you would be fighting and never have a vacation or a day off. (CM) The other thing that I would miss would be what I do on the weekends like the poem says, “Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, […] Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats.” (CS) These would just be a few things that I would miss while I was gone.
From reading this poem over and over again, I think about a lot more things that I would miss, and especially the soldiers. I also realized how much they must miss all of the things we have everyday and how much they must miss there family. After thinking about soldiers more I realized how much they really do for us. I am sure that the soldiers must miss a lot more things than what is in the poem.
SELF ESSESMENT
1. What part of writing this paper took the most time?
My second body paragraph.
2. What is the difference between the two drafts
That there weren’t as many mistakes
3. What do you think the best part of your paper was?
My first body paragraph
4. What part of this paper could be improved?
My opining paragraph.
Mr. Salsich
English 8
December 2, 2008
Dreamers
An essay about the poem called “Dreamers”
Have you ever wondered what soldiers think about when they are fighting? Well you find out in this poem called, “Dreamers”. When I read this poem I also get how much they miss their family. In this poem there is a lot of imagery of what the soldiers dream about and what they miss.
(TS) As I read the poem, “Dreamers” I think of what soldiers went through and what they still go through. (SD) This line of the poem really explains this, “And in the ruined trenches, lashed by rain.” (CM) This explains all of what those people go through because to have to stay in this muddy hole and stay there all day and try to fight for their life must be a very hard thing. (CM) When I read this sentence I get a picture in my head off all these people trying to stay alive in the poring rain and how horrible that must be. (SD) Another image that I get as I read this poem is how all the soldiers missed their lives back home. (CM) When the soldiers were in the trenches they probably thought about how much they missed their family and everything that they did with them. (CM) When I read this section I can really imagine how much they missed things back home, “Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, And mocked by hopeless longing to regain Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats. In this section of the poem I get a strong picture of them thinking about all that. (CS) Just thinking for a few minutes about what the soldiers have done for us, and are still doing we should be even more appreciative then we are know.
(TS) When I think about the soldiers and how many things they must miss, it makes me think about what I would miss the most. (SD) One of the things that I know I would miss terribly would be my family. (CM) the line of the poem “They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.” Explains that the soldiers miss home. (CM) One of the reasons that I would miss my family is because I do so many things with them. (CM) When I am at a camp in the summer and I don’t come home for a while I miss my family a lot then, but if I new that I wouldn’t be home for a few years I would miss them terribly. (SD) Something else that I would miss would be all the things that I do in my spare time. (CM) I would miss what I do in my spare time because twenty-four seven you would be fighting and never have a vacation or a day off. (CM) The other thing that I would miss would be what I do on the weekends like the poem says, “Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, […] Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats.” (CS) These would just be a few things that I would miss while I was gone.
From reading this poem over and over again, I think about a lot more things that I would miss, and especially the soldiers. I also realized how much they must miss all of the things we have everyday and how much they must miss there family. After thinking about soldiers more I realized how much they really do for us. I am sure that the soldiers must miss a lot more things than what is in the poem.
SELF ESSESMENT
1. What part of writing this paper took the most time?
My second body paragraph.
2. What is the difference between the two drafts
That there weren’t as many mistakes
3. What do you think the best part of your paper was?
My first body paragraph
4. What part of this paper could be improved?
My opining paragraph.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
December 2, 2008
Dreamers
An essay about the poem called “Dreamers”
(TS) As I read the poem, “Dreamers” I think of what soldiers went through and what they still go through. (SD) This line of the poem really explains this, “And in the ruined trenches, lashed by rain.” (CM) This explains all of what those people go through because to have to stay in this muddy hole and stay there all day and try to fight for their life must be a very hard thing. (CM) When I read this sentence I get a picture in my head off all these people trying to stay alive in the poring rain and how horrible that must be. (SD) Another image that I get as I read this poem is how all the soldiers missed their lives back home. (CM) When the soldiers were in the trenches they probably thought about how much they missed their family and everything that they did with them. (CM) When I read this section I can really imagine how much they missed things back home, “Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, And mocked by hopeless longing to regain Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats. In this section of the poem I get a strong picture of them thinking about all that. (CS) Just thinking for a few minutes about what the soldiers have done for us, and are still doing we should be even more appreciative then we are know.
(TS) When I think about the soldiers and how many things they must miss, it makes me think about what I would miss the most. (SD) One of the things that I know I would miss terribly would be my family. (CM) the line of the poem “They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.” Explains that the soldiers miss home. (CM) One of the reasons that I would miss my family is because I do so many things with them. (CM) When I am at a camp in the summer and I don’t come home for a while I miss my family a lot then, but if I new that I wouldn’t be home for a few years I would miss them terribly. (SD) Something else that I would miss would be all the things that I do in my spare time. (CM) I would miss what I do in my spare time because twenty-four seven you would be fighting and never have a vacation or a day off. (CM) The other thing that I would miss would be what I do on the weekends like the poem says, “Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, […] Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats.” (CS) These would just be a few things that I would miss while I was gone.
Mr. Salsich
English 8
December 2, 2008
Dreamers
An essay about the poem called “Dreamers”
(TS) As I read the poem, “Dreamers” I think of what soldiers went through and what they still go through. (SD) This line of the poem really explains this, “And in the ruined trenches, lashed by rain.” (CM) This explains all of what those people go through because to have to stay in this muddy hole and stay there all day and try to fight for their life must be a very hard thing. (CM) When I read this sentence I get a picture in my head off all these people trying to stay alive in the poring rain and how horrible that must be. (SD) Another image that I get as I read this poem is how all the soldiers missed their lives back home. (CM) When the soldiers were in the trenches they probably thought about how much they missed their family and everything that they did with them. (CM) When I read this section I can really imagine how much they missed things back home, “Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, And mocked by hopeless longing to regain Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats. In this section of the poem I get a strong picture of them thinking about all that. (CS) Just thinking for a few minutes about what the soldiers have done for us, and are still doing we should be even more appreciative then we are know.
(TS) When I think about the soldiers and how many things they must miss, it makes me think about what I would miss the most. (SD) One of the things that I know I would miss terribly would be my family. (CM) the line of the poem “They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.” Explains that the soldiers miss home. (CM) One of the reasons that I would miss my family is because I do so many things with them. (CM) When I am at a camp in the summer and I don’t come home for a while I miss my family a lot then, but if I new that I wouldn’t be home for a few years I would miss them terribly. (SD) Something else that I would miss would be all the things that I do in my spare time. (CM) I would miss what I do in my spare time because twenty-four seven you would be fighting and never have a vacation or a day off. (CM) The other thing that I would miss would be what I do on the weekends like the poem says, “Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, […] Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats.” (CS) These would just be a few things that I would miss while I was gone.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
December 2, 2008
Dreamers
An essay about the poem called “Dreamers”
(TS) As I read the poem, “Dreamers” I think of what soldiers went through and what they still go through. (TS) This line of the poem really explains this, “And in the ruined trenches, lashed by rain.” (CM) This explains all of what those people go through because to have to stay in this muddy hole and stay there all day and try to fight for their life must be a very hard thing. (CM) When I read this sentence I get a picture in my head off all these people trying to stay alive in the poring rain and how horrible that must be. (TS) Another image that I get as I read this poem is how all the soldiers missed their lives back home. (CM) When the soldiers were in the trenches they probably thought about how much they missed their family and everything that they did with them. (CM) When I read this section I can really imagine how much they missed things back home, “Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, And mocked by hopeless longing to regain Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats. In this section of the poem I get a strong picture of them thinking about all that. (CS) Just thinking for a few minutes about what the soldiers have done for us, and are still doing we should be even more appreciative then we are know.
Mr. Salsich
English 8
December 2, 2008
Dreamers
An essay about the poem called “Dreamers”
(TS) As I read the poem, “Dreamers” I think of what soldiers went through and what they still go through. (TS) This line of the poem really explains this, “And in the ruined trenches, lashed by rain.” (CM) This explains all of what those people go through because to have to stay in this muddy hole and stay there all day and try to fight for their life must be a very hard thing. (CM) When I read this sentence I get a picture in my head off all these people trying to stay alive in the poring rain and how horrible that must be. (TS) Another image that I get as I read this poem is how all the soldiers missed their lives back home. (CM) When the soldiers were in the trenches they probably thought about how much they missed their family and everything that they did with them. (CM) When I read this section I can really imagine how much they missed things back home, “Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, And mocked by hopeless longing to regain Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats. In this section of the poem I get a strong picture of them thinking about all that. (CS) Just thinking for a few minutes about what the soldiers have done for us, and are still doing we should be even more appreciative then we are know.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
23 November 2008
The Open Boat
An essay on the main point or the theme of the story “The Open Boat”
Do you ever think of something and get a small idea, but if you think about it the ideas just start fitting together like puzzle peaces. When I think of a theme of a book I usually just think about it for a few minutes, not very long. But if I think about the theme for a while, a few things might come to me. That happened with this story The Open Boat.
(TS) After thinking about the theme of The Open Boat for a while, I came up with a few different themes. (SD) The first theme that I thought of was that even if times get rough you could still pull through them. (CM) This is an example of a theme in the book, because even though the boat is very small, and there are four people on that small boat, they still made it through. (CM) An example of personification of this theme is when the author says, “not unlike a seat upon a bucking bronco.” Personification explains this quote, because they are comparing the seat with the bucking bronco. (SD) The second theme that I found is, teamwork is always a good thing. (CM) If the sailors didn’t have teamwork when they were on the boat a lot of things would have been different. (CM) If the sailors hadn’t have used teamwork they probably wouldn’t have gotten much sleep, also they would have never gotten through the trip. (CM) These are two examples of teamwork, because if they didn’t take shifts and work together something bad could of happened and they would have never made it back. (SD) The third theme, witch is similar to the second theme is you should always help each other and you will get through tuff times. (CM) One way that the sailors helped each other would be when they had sleeping shifts; sometimes they couldn’t stay awake so the other sailors helped them by waking them up. (CM) If they didn’t help each other by doing little things like this something could of happened and they wouldn’t have made it. (CS) There could probably be lots more themes in this story.
If you think about the theme of a book you could probably get a few themes out of just that story. Even if, like the three themes that I found they could be similar and fit together like a puzzle, just like this story does. I think if I thought about the theme more I could still get some more ideas.
SELF ESSESMENT
1. What part of this paper took you the most time?
The body paragraph took me the longest time.
2. What is the difference between your first and second draft?
The difference is that there are a lot less mistakes.
3. What do you think is the best part of your paper?
I think that by body paragraph is better than the introducing paragraph and the conclusion
4. What part of this paper could still be improved?I think that my conclusion could be improved.
Mr. Salsich
English 8
23 November 2008
The Open Boat
An essay on the main point or the theme of the story “The Open Boat”
Do you ever think of something and get a small idea, but if you think about it the ideas just start fitting together like puzzle peaces. When I think of a theme of a book I usually just think about it for a few minutes, not very long. But if I think about the theme for a while, a few things might come to me. That happened with this story The Open Boat.
(TS) After thinking about the theme of The Open Boat for a while, I came up with a few different themes. (SD) The first theme that I thought of was that even if times get rough you could still pull through them. (CM) This is an example of a theme in the book, because even though the boat is very small, and there are four people on that small boat, they still made it through. (CM) An example of personification of this theme is when the author says, “not unlike a seat upon a bucking bronco.” Personification explains this quote, because they are comparing the seat with the bucking bronco. (SD) The second theme that I found is, teamwork is always a good thing. (CM) If the sailors didn’t have teamwork when they were on the boat a lot of things would have been different. (CM) If the sailors hadn’t have used teamwork they probably wouldn’t have gotten much sleep, also they would have never gotten through the trip. (CM) These are two examples of teamwork, because if they didn’t take shifts and work together something bad could of happened and they would have never made it back. (SD) The third theme, witch is similar to the second theme is you should always help each other and you will get through tuff times. (CM) One way that the sailors helped each other would be when they had sleeping shifts; sometimes they couldn’t stay awake so the other sailors helped them by waking them up. (CM) If they didn’t help each other by doing little things like this something could of happened and they wouldn’t have made it. (CS) There could probably be lots more themes in this story.
If you think about the theme of a book you could probably get a few themes out of just that story. Even if, like the three themes that I found they could be similar and fit together like a puzzle, just like this story does. I think if I thought about the theme more I could still get some more ideas.
SELF ESSESMENT
1. What part of this paper took you the most time?
The body paragraph took me the longest time.
2. What is the difference between your first and second draft?
The difference is that there are a lot less mistakes.
3. What do you think is the best part of your paper?
I think that by body paragraph is better than the introducing paragraph and the conclusion
4. What part of this paper could still be improved?I think that my conclusion could be improved.
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