Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
8 English
27 May 2009
The Beach
TS Like your favorite song, East Beach rocks in the summer time. SD The cold salty water and hot sizzling sun, refresh, relax, and rejuvenate me after a long school year because I am ready for summer. CM Without a care in the world I float and bob joyfully on the cool blue waves until someone drags me out, or until a wave washes me ashore. CM At that moment, I pull myself up off the sand and plop myself on a long fluffy beach towel, already warmed by the sun and bake until my mom yells at me to put on sunscreen. SD As I walk up and down the shoreline the surroundings both inspire and calm me. CM I hear the waves crash beside me, and feel the spray as it coats and soothes my burned skin. CM When the water blankets the beach in foam, I can see a painting filled with waves, stones, shells, and dune grass to remind me of this awesome scene. CS The beach is like an escape to summer break, from the prison of a long winter.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
26, May 2009
Summer:
A paragraph about my summer trip to Minnesota.
TS This summer I hope to do a lot of exiting things, like going to the beach, relaxing, seeing friends and much more. SD One of the exiting things I have planned already is a trip to Minnesota. CM Hannah Staley and her family go to Minnesota every summer, to see their extended family, and this year they have invited me to come along. CM I have heard many stories about Minnesota, and how good her grandmother’s cooking is, and also about all of the awesome stuff we do. SD I know that we will have a very packed week, with all of the things that we want to do. CM We leave for our exiting trip on June 7, and on June 8 Hannah, and I will be going to a concert that we are very exited for. CM Another thing that I am looking forward to is the Mall of America because it is not just shops, but and amusement park as well. SD Not only am I exited for all of the things we will be doing, I am also very exited to see how different Minnesota is. CM I have never been in a very rural place like Minnesota, but in the places that I have been at they have farms, and giant fields, and if it is similar to that I will love it in Minnesota. CM I know that it will be different from home, but I am very exited to see everything that is different. CS This trip will be the highlight of my summer, and I know that I will remember it for a very long time.
Mr. Salsich
English 8
26, May 2009
Summer:
A paragraph about my summer trip to Minnesota.
TS This summer I hope to do a lot of exiting things, like going to the beach, relaxing, seeing friends and much more. SD One of the exiting things I have planned already is a trip to Minnesota. CM Hannah Staley and her family go to Minnesota every summer, to see their extended family, and this year they have invited me to come along. CM I have heard many stories about Minnesota, and how good her grandmother’s cooking is, and also about all of the awesome stuff we do. SD I know that we will have a very packed week, with all of the things that we want to do. CM We leave for our exiting trip on June 7, and on June 8 Hannah, and I will be going to a concert that we are very exited for. CM Another thing that I am looking forward to is the Mall of America because it is not just shops, but and amusement park as well. SD Not only am I exited for all of the things we will be doing, I am also very exited to see how different Minnesota is. CM I have never been in a very rural place like Minnesota, but in the places that I have been at they have farms, and giant fields, and if it is similar to that I will love it in Minnesota. CM I know that it will be different from home, but I am very exited to see everything that is different. CS This trip will be the highlight of my summer, and I know that I will remember it for a very long time.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Catharine
5-21-09
The summer, camp fires, roasting marshmallows sleeping in, and swimming until you cant see anymore,
The smell of the flowers, as you just lay in the newly cut grass.
The smell of the beach as you just lay there.
But most of all doing nothing, and relaxing.
Doing nothing can bring the most joy to a person,
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Wind Storm in the forest
Catharine
5-19-09
We don’t notice them,
But we use them every day
Not thinking, they could be like us
They eat, they do have lives
And we cut them down, and don’t respect them
But we should, they give us all the things we need
and use each and every day
You cant take them out of the picture,
Friday, May 15, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
8 English
12 May 2009
What can you find?:
An essay about the theme of a story and how it relates to my life.
Words, what does a chunk of words mean to you? It might mean that it’s a story, or that it has a theme to it. To me, I see it as a story, that has things you have to uncover, and things to learn from. A theme is like a treasure hunt, trying to find that piece of gold.
(TS) The theme of a story can present itself to the reader like a performer or hide like a shy person. (SD) The theme of the story in The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is don’t look too far for something, because it could be right in front of your eyes. (compound) (CM) Hawthorne’s main character, Ernest, has been told stories about the Great Stone Face, and how a great man would come to the valley who looked like the Great Stone Face. (CM) Ernest expects this person to be famous and obvious. (SD) In addition there could be a second theme, hope. (CM) If you hope long enough, you will find what you have been looking for. (CM) Over the years Ernest hoped and continued to search until he found the person of the Great Stone Face. (CS) Hawthorne tricks the reader into thinking that Mr. Gathergold, the General, and the poet are the noble people mentioned in the folklore about the mountain, but this great individual is hiding with in Ernest, himself.
(TS) This story reminds me of Ms. Perkins and my Assessment project, because she records history. (SD) Ernest learns the history through stories, and so does Ms. Perkins, when she rewrites the original copies. (complex) (CM) Ernest learns about the Great Stone Face, from stories only his mother knows. (CM) Ms. Perkins learns about the history of Connecticut from the 1600’s through the 1800’s by rewriting from original documents. (SD) Just like Ernest in the story, I also learned stories when Ms. Perkins showed me her bag filled with the original writing from so long ago. (CM) I learned how differently people wrote in times long ago, and the different styles of writing there were. (CM) Ernest learned a lot about the Great Stone Face from his mother, and I also learned a lot about history from Ms. Perkins. (CS) This story brings me back to my volunteering and all of the stories, and history, the residents had to tell me.
The words that I found in this passage reminded me of the people that I met this winter, and also how many themes’ there can be in a story. If you think about each individual word, and how many things each word can represent, you could analyze a story, or a poem, forever, and find out how much it could teach you.
Mr. Salsich
8 English
12 May 2009
What can you find?:
An essay about the theme of a story and how it relates to my life.
Words, what does a chunk of words mean to you? It might mean that it’s a story, or that it has a theme to it. To me, I see it as a story, that has things you have to uncover, and things to learn from. A theme is like a treasure hunt, trying to find that piece of gold.
(TS) The theme of a story can present itself to the reader like a performer or hide like a shy person. (SD) The theme of the story in The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is don’t look too far for something, because it could be right in front of your eyes. (compound) (CM) Hawthorne’s main character, Ernest, has been told stories about the Great Stone Face, and how a great man would come to the valley who looked like the Great Stone Face. (CM) Ernest expects this person to be famous and obvious. (SD) In addition there could be a second theme, hope. (CM) If you hope long enough, you will find what you have been looking for. (CM) Over the years Ernest hoped and continued to search until he found the person of the Great Stone Face. (CS) Hawthorne tricks the reader into thinking that Mr. Gathergold, the General, and the poet are the noble people mentioned in the folklore about the mountain, but this great individual is hiding with in Ernest, himself.
(TS) This story reminds me of Ms. Perkins and my Assessment project, because she records history. (SD) Ernest learns the history through stories, and so does Ms. Perkins, when she rewrites the original copies. (complex) (CM) Ernest learns about the Great Stone Face, from stories only his mother knows. (CM) Ms. Perkins learns about the history of Connecticut from the 1600’s through the 1800’s by rewriting from original documents. (SD) Just like Ernest in the story, I also learned stories when Ms. Perkins showed me her bag filled with the original writing from so long ago. (CM) I learned how differently people wrote in times long ago, and the different styles of writing there were. (CM) Ernest learned a lot about the Great Stone Face from his mother, and I also learned a lot about history from Ms. Perkins. (CS) This story brings me back to my volunteering and all of the stories, and history, the residents had to tell me.
The words that I found in this passage reminded me of the people that I met this winter, and also how many themes’ there can be in a story. If you think about each individual word, and how many things each word can represent, you could analyze a story, or a poem, forever, and find out how much it could teach you.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
8 English
12 May 2009
What can you find?:
An essay about the theme of a story and how it relates to my life.
Words, what does a chunk of words mean to you? It might mean that it’s a story, or that it has a theme to it. To me, I see it as a story, that has things you have to uncover, and things to learn from. A theme is like a treasure hunt, trying to find that piece of gold.
(TS) The theme of a story can present itself to the reader like a performer or hide like a shy person. (SD) The theme of the story in The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is don’t look too far for something, because it could be right in front of your eyes. (CM) Hawthorne’s main character, Ernest, has been told stories about the Great Stone Face, and how a great man would come to the valley who looked like the Great Stone Face. (CM) Ernest expects this person to be famous and obvious. (SD) A second theme in this story is about hope. (CM) If you hope long enough, you will find what you have been looking for. (CM) Over the years Ernest hoped and continued to search until he found the person of the Great Stone Face. (CS) Hawthorne tricks the reader into thinking that Mr. Gathergold, the General, and the poet are the noble people mentioned in the folklore about the mountain, but this great individual is hiding with in Ernest, himself.
(TS) This story reminds me of Ms. Perkins and my Assessment project, because she records history. (SD) Ernest learns the history through stories, and so does Ms. Perkins, when she rewrites the original copies. (CM) Ernest learns about the Great Stone Face, from stories only his mother knows. (CM) Ms. Perkins writes down history and has to pay very close attention to everything just like Ernest did. (SD) Just like Ernest in the story, I learned a lot about what Mss. Perkins was writing, about. (CM) I learned how differently they wrote, and what the different styles of writing there was and still is. (CM) Ernest learned a lot about the Great Stone Face, from his mother, and I also learned a lot about history from Ms. Perkins. (CS) This story brings me back to my volunteering and all of the stories, and history, the residents had to tell me.
The words that I found in this passage reminded me of the people that I met this winter, and also how many themes’ there can be in a story. If you think about each individual word, and how many things each word can represent, you could analyze a story, or a poem, forever, and find out how much it could teach you.
Mr. Salsich
8 English
12 May 2009
What can you find?:
An essay about the theme of a story and how it relates to my life.
Words, what does a chunk of words mean to you? It might mean that it’s a story, or that it has a theme to it. To me, I see it as a story, that has things you have to uncover, and things to learn from. A theme is like a treasure hunt, trying to find that piece of gold.
(TS) The theme of a story can present itself to the reader like a performer or hide like a shy person. (SD) The theme of the story in The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is don’t look too far for something, because it could be right in front of your eyes. (CM) Hawthorne’s main character, Ernest, has been told stories about the Great Stone Face, and how a great man would come to the valley who looked like the Great Stone Face. (CM) Ernest expects this person to be famous and obvious. (SD) A second theme in this story is about hope. (CM) If you hope long enough, you will find what you have been looking for. (CM) Over the years Ernest hoped and continued to search until he found the person of the Great Stone Face. (CS) Hawthorne tricks the reader into thinking that Mr. Gathergold, the General, and the poet are the noble people mentioned in the folklore about the mountain, but this great individual is hiding with in Ernest, himself.
(TS) This story reminds me of Ms. Perkins and my Assessment project, because she records history. (SD) Ernest learns the history through stories, and so does Ms. Perkins, when she rewrites the original copies. (CM) Ernest learns about the Great Stone Face, from stories only his mother knows. (CM) Ms. Perkins writes down history and has to pay very close attention to everything just like Ernest did. (SD) Just like Ernest in the story, I learned a lot about what Mss. Perkins was writing, about. (CM) I learned how differently they wrote, and what the different styles of writing there was and still is. (CM) Ernest learned a lot about the Great Stone Face, from his mother, and I also learned a lot about history from Ms. Perkins. (CS) This story brings me back to my volunteering and all of the stories, and history, the residents had to tell me.
The words that I found in this passage reminded me of the people that I met this winter, and also how many themes’ there can be in a story. If you think about each individual word, and how many things each word can represent, you could analyze a story, or a poem, forever, and find out how much it could teach you.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
8 English
12 May 2009
What can you find?:
An essay about the theme of a story and how it relates to y life.
(TS) The theme of a story can come to you or it can hide like a shy person. (SD) For the theme of the story The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, to me is don’t look to far for something, when it could be right in front of your eyes. (CM) Hawthorne could be trying to tell the reader that some of the time, you look to far, or you aren’t looking in the right place. (CM) Also, just as the author quotes, “And you are disappointed” When you don’t find something you are looking for. (CM) When the author says this he is telling us that if you don’t find something, don’t be disappointed. (SD) Another theme that I found is hope. (CM) If you hope for something, it will come to you, just like when Ernest hoped, he found the Great Stone Face. (CM) Another thing the author could be trying to get past could be that hope is all you need. (CS) The two theme’s that I found the author is trying to get across, would be hope for things that you want to find, and don’t look to far, when it could be right in front of your eyes.
(TS) This story reminds me of someone I have met this year. (SD) Mss. Perkins is someone I met at my Assessment sight, Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home. (CM) In this story, Ernest finds out about the history that the Great Stone Face Holds, and Mss. Perkins re-writes, pages of history. (CM) She knows a lot about the past history, just like Ernest did about the Great Stone Face. (SD) Just like Ernest in the story, I learned a lot about what Mss. Perkins was writing, about. (CM) I learned how differently they wrote, and what the difference is today. (CM) Just like Ernest did, Mss. Perkins knows a lot about history. (CS) This story brings me back to my volunteering and all of the stories, and history, the residents had to tell me.
Mr. Salsich
8 English
12 May 2009
What can you find?:
An essay about the theme of a story and how it relates to y life.
(TS) The theme of a story can come to you or it can hide like a shy person. (SD) For the theme of the story The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, to me is don’t look to far for something, when it could be right in front of your eyes. (CM) Hawthorne could be trying to tell the reader that some of the time, you look to far, or you aren’t looking in the right place. (CM) Also, just as the author quotes, “And you are disappointed” When you don’t find something you are looking for. (CM) When the author says this he is telling us that if you don’t find something, don’t be disappointed. (SD) Another theme that I found is hope. (CM) If you hope for something, it will come to you, just like when Ernest hoped, he found the Great Stone Face. (CM) Another thing the author could be trying to get past could be that hope is all you need. (CS) The two theme’s that I found the author is trying to get across, would be hope for things that you want to find, and don’t look to far, when it could be right in front of your eyes.
(TS) This story reminds me of someone I have met this year. (SD) Mss. Perkins is someone I met at my Assessment sight, Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home. (CM) In this story, Ernest finds out about the history that the Great Stone Face Holds, and Mss. Perkins re-writes, pages of history. (CM) She knows a lot about the past history, just like Ernest did about the Great Stone Face. (SD) Just like Ernest in the story, I learned a lot about what Mss. Perkins was writing, about. (CM) I learned how differently they wrote, and what the difference is today. (CM) Just like Ernest did, Mss. Perkins knows a lot about history. (CS) This story brings me back to my volunteering and all of the stories, and history, the residents had to tell me.
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
8 English
12 May 2009
What can you find?:
An essay about the theme of a story and how it relates to y life.
(TS) The theme of a story can come to you or it can hide like a shy person. (SD) For the theme of the story The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, to me is don’t look to far for something, when it could be right in front of your eyes. (CM) Hawthorne could be trying to tell the reader that some of the time, you look to far, or you aren’t looking in the right place. (CM) Also, just as the author quotes, “And you are disappointed” When you don’t find something you are looking for. (CM) When the author says this he is telling us that if you don’t find something, don’t be disappointed. (SD) Another theme that I found is hope. (CM) If you hope for something, it will come to you, just like when Ernest hoped, he found the Great Stone Face. (CM) Another thing the author could be trying to get past could be that hope is all you need. (CS) The two theme’s that I found the author is trying to get across, would be hope for things that you want to find, and don’t look to far, when it could be right in front of your eyes.
Mr. Salsich
8 English
12 May 2009
What can you find?:
An essay about the theme of a story and how it relates to y life.
(TS) The theme of a story can come to you or it can hide like a shy person. (SD) For the theme of the story The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, to me is don’t look to far for something, when it could be right in front of your eyes. (CM) Hawthorne could be trying to tell the reader that some of the time, you look to far, or you aren’t looking in the right place. (CM) Also, just as the author quotes, “And you are disappointed” When you don’t find something you are looking for. (CM) When the author says this he is telling us that if you don’t find something, don’t be disappointed. (SD) Another theme that I found is hope. (CM) If you hope for something, it will come to you, just like when Ernest hoped, he found the Great Stone Face. (CM) Another thing the author could be trying to get past could be that hope is all you need. (CS) The two theme’s that I found the author is trying to get across, would be hope for things that you want to find, and don’t look to far, when it could be right in front of your eyes.
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
8 English
12 May 2009
What can you find?:
An essay about the theme of a story and how it relates to y life.
(TS) The theme of a story can come to you or it can hide like a shy person. (SD) For the theme of the story The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, to me is don’t look to far for something, when it could be right in front of your eyes. (CM) Hawthorne could be trying to tell the reader that some of the time, you look to far, or aren’t looking in the right place. (CM) Also, just as the author quotes, “And you are disappointed” When you don’t find something you are looking for. (CM) When the author says this he is telling us that if you don’t find something, don’t be disappointed. (SD) Another theme that I found is hope. (CM) If you hope for something, it will come to you, just like when Ernest hoped, he found the Great Stone Face. (CM) Another thing the author could be trying to get past could be that hope is all you need. (CS) The two theme’s that I found the author is trying to get across, would be hope for things that you want to find, and don’t look to far, when it could be right in front of your eyes.
Mr. Salsich
8 English
12 May 2009
What can you find?:
An essay about the theme of a story and how it relates to y life.
(TS) The theme of a story can come to you or it can hide like a shy person. (SD) For the theme of the story The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, to me is don’t look to far for something, when it could be right in front of your eyes. (CM) Hawthorne could be trying to tell the reader that some of the time, you look to far, or aren’t looking in the right place. (CM) Also, just as the author quotes, “And you are disappointed” When you don’t find something you are looking for. (CM) When the author says this he is telling us that if you don’t find something, don’t be disappointed. (SD) Another theme that I found is hope. (CM) If you hope for something, it will come to you, just like when Ernest hoped, he found the Great Stone Face. (CM) Another thing the author could be trying to get past could be that hope is all you need. (CS) The two theme’s that I found the author is trying to get across, would be hope for things that you want to find, and don’t look to far, when it could be right in front of your eyes.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
4 May 2009
Who is the Dark?:
An essay on the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
A theme. What is a theme? Dictionary.com’s definition for a theme is a subject of discussion. There could be several themes, just like in this poem, “ Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford.
Mr. Salsich
English 8
4 May 2009
Who is the Dark?:
An essay on the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
A theme. What is a theme? Dictionary.com’s definition for a theme is a subject of discussion. There could be several themes, just like in this poem, “ Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford.
(TS) A theme can be very vague but in this poem, it is not. (SD) Even though it isn’t vague, you still have to dig deep to find it. (CM) After reading this poem over and over, and talking about it in class, it finally came to me, after all of the digging. (CM) I found that this poem’s theme isn’t what it appears to be. (SD) However, the author might also be making a point that you have to dig for things. (CM) Another theme that I have found is “to do the right thing.” (CM) When the author says, “ to swerve might make more dead”, that is an example of “doing the right thing”. (SD) Also, when the author says, “her fawn there waiting” you understand that the person in this poem feels helpless. (CM) I too would feel helpless if I knew that there was a live animal, just waiting to be born, but never would. (CM) Even though the person felt helpless because he couldn’t save the deer, he still had to think what was the right thing to do. (CS) The themes were obvious as I thought about how the man behaved.
(TS) Do you ever think back, and say, should I have done that? (SD) Well when the author says, “I thought hard for us all—my only swerving—,” he is saying that to himself. (CM) This quote to me reflects on my life. (CM) I have been in situations where I have had to make the right decisions. (SD) As well as when Stafford says this in his poem, it reminds me of how this happens to me. (CM) Sometimes when I say something or do something I think of how maybe I should have said that differently or not at all. (CM) My actions, and how I shouldn’t have done that make me realize how important it is to do the right thing. (CS) When you read this poem, it makes you think, think about a lot of different things.
The things that came to me, after thinking were the deer and what the author is trying to get across to you. A theme, a subject of discussion, can be vague, but in this poem, they stood out to me; digging to find what you’re looking for, doing the right thing, and helplessness. What can you discover, if you dig down deep into a meaningful, and true, peace of literature?
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
4 May 2009
Who is the Dark?:
An essay on the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
A theme. What is a theme? Dictionary.com’s definition for a theme is a subject of discussion. There could be several themes, just like in this poem, “ Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford.
(TS) A theme can be very vague but in this poem, it is not. (SD) Even though it isn’t vague, you still have to dig deep to find it. (CM) After reading this poem over and over, and talking about it in class, it finally came to me, after all of the digging. (CM) I found that this poem’s theme isn’t what it appears to be. (SD) However, the author might also be making a point that you have to dig for things. (CM) Another theme that I have found is “to do the right thing.” (CM) When the author says, “ to swerve might make more dead”, that is an example of “doing the right thing. (SD) Also, when the author says, “her fawn there waiting” you understand that the person in this poem feels helpless. (CM) I too would feel helpless if I knew that there was a live animal, just waiting to be born, but never would. (CM) Even though the person felt helpless because he couldn’t save the deer, he still had to think what was the right thing to do. (CS) The themes were obvious as I thought about how the man behaved.
(TS) Do you ever think back, and say, should I have done that? (SD) Well when the author says, “I thought hard for us all—my only swerving—,” he is saying that to himself. (CM) This quote to me reflects on my life. (CM) I have been in situations where I have had to make the right decisions. (SD) When Stafford says this in his poem, it reminds me of how this happens to me. (CM) Sometimes when I say something or do something I think of how maybe I should have said that differently or not at all. (CM) My actions, and how I shouldn’t have done that make me realize how important it is to do the right thing.. (CS) When you read this poem, it makes you think, think about a lot of different things.
The things that came to me were the deer and what the author is trying to get across to you. A theme, a subject of discussion, can be vague, but in this poem, they stood out to me; digging to find what you’re looking for, doing the right thing, and helplessness. What can you discover, if you dig down deep into a meaningful, and true, peace of literature?
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
4 May 2009
Who is the Dark?:
An essay on the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
A theme. What is a theme? Dictionary.com’s definition for a theme is a subject of discussion. There could be several themes, just like in this poem, “ Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford.
(TS) A theme can be very vague but in this poem, it is not. (SD) Even though it isn’t vague, you still have to dig deep to find it. (CM) After reading this poem over and over, and talking about it in class, it finally came to me, after all of the digging. (CM) I found that this poem’s theme isn’t what it appears to be. (SD) However, the author might also be making a point that you have to dig for things. (CM) The theme that I have found is “to do the right thing.” (CM) When the author says, “ to swerve might make more dead”, that’s an example of the theme, and witch is “to be true”. (SD) Also, when the author says, “her fawn there waiting.” You understand that the person in this poem feels helpless. (CM) I to would feel helpless if I knew that there was a live animal, just waiting to be born, but never will. (CM) You can also see that is a theme in this poem. (CS) There are more than just these two themes in this poem.
(TS) Do you ever think back, and say, should I have done that? (SD) Well when the author says, “I thought hard for us all—my only swerving—,” He is saying that to himself. (CM) This quote to me reflects on my life. (CM) Just this part of this poem can relate to my life. (SD) When Stafford say’s this in his poem, it reminds me of how this happens to me. (CM) When I say, “how it happens to me”, I mean that sometimes when I say something or do something I think of how maybe I should have said that differently or not at all. (CM) Or even, my actions, and how I shouden’t have done that. (CS) When you read this poem, it makes you think, think about a lot of different things.
The things that came to me were the deer and what the author is trying to get across to you. A theme, a subject of discussion, can be vague, but in this poem, they stood out to me. Digging to find what your looking for, doing the right thing, and helplessness. What can you discover, if you dig down deep into a meaningful, and true, peace of literature?
Mr. Salsich
English 8
4 May 2009
Who is the Dark?:
An essay on the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
A theme. What is a theme? Dictionary.com’s definition for a theme is a subject of discussion. There could be several themes, just like in this poem, “ Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford.
(TS) A theme can be very vague but in this poem, it is not. (SD) Even though it isn’t vague, you still have to dig deep to find it. (CM) After reading this poem over and over, and talking about it in class, it finally came to me, after all of the digging. (CM) I found that this poem’s theme isn’t what it appears to be. (SD) However, the author might also be making a point that you have to dig for things. (CM) The theme that I have found is “to do the right thing.” (CM) When the author says, “ to swerve might make more dead”, that’s an example of the theme, and witch is “to be true”. (SD) Also, when the author says, “her fawn there waiting.” You understand that the person in this poem feels helpless. (CM) I to would feel helpless if I knew that there was a live animal, just waiting to be born, but never will. (CM) You can also see that is a theme in this poem. (CS) There are more than just these two themes in this poem.
(TS) Do you ever think back, and say, should I have done that? (SD) Well when the author says, “I thought hard for us all—my only swerving—,” He is saying that to himself. (CM) This quote to me reflects on my life. (CM) Just this part of this poem can relate to my life. (SD) When Stafford say’s this in his poem, it reminds me of how this happens to me. (CM) When I say, “how it happens to me”, I mean that sometimes when I say something or do something I think of how maybe I should have said that differently or not at all. (CM) Or even, my actions, and how I shouden’t have done that. (CS) When you read this poem, it makes you think, think about a lot of different things.
The things that came to me were the deer and what the author is trying to get across to you. A theme, a subject of discussion, can be vague, but in this poem, they stood out to me. Digging to find what your looking for, doing the right thing, and helplessness. What can you discover, if you dig down deep into a meaningful, and true, peace of literature?
Monday, May 4, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
4 May 2009
Who is the Dark?:
An essay on the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
A theme. What is a theme? Dictionary.com’s definition for a theme is a subject of discussion. There could be several themes, just like in this poem, “ Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford.
(TS) A theme can be very vague but in this poem, it is not. (SD) Even though it isn’t vague, you still have to dig deep to find it. (CM) After reading this poem over and over, and talking about it in class, it finally came to me, after all of the digging. (CM) I found that this poem’s theme isn’t what it appears to be. (SD) However, the author might also be making a point that you have to dig for things. (CM) The theme that I have found is “to do the right thing.” (CM) When the author says, “ to swerve might make more dead”, that’s an example of the theme, witch is “to be true”. (SD) Also, when the author says, “her fawn there waiting.” You understand that the person in this poem feels helpless. (CM) I to, would feel helpless if I knew that there was a live animal, just waiting to be born, but never will. (CM) You can also see that is a theme in this poem. (CS) There are more than just these two themes in this poem.
Mr. Salsich
English 8
4 May 2009
Who is the Dark?:
An essay on the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
A theme. What is a theme? Dictionary.com’s definition for a theme is a subject of discussion. There could be several themes, just like in this poem, “ Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford.
(TS) A theme can be very vague but in this poem, it is not. (SD) Even though it isn’t vague, you still have to dig deep to find it. (CM) After reading this poem over and over, and talking about it in class, it finally came to me, after all of the digging. (CM) I found that this poem’s theme isn’t what it appears to be. (SD) However, the author might also be making a point that you have to dig for things. (CM) The theme that I have found is “to do the right thing.” (CM) When the author says, “ to swerve might make more dead”, that’s an example of the theme, witch is “to be true”. (SD) Also, when the author says, “her fawn there waiting.” You understand that the person in this poem feels helpless. (CM) I to, would feel helpless if I knew that there was a live animal, just waiting to be born, but never will. (CM) You can also see that is a theme in this poem. (CS) There are more than just these two themes in this poem.
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
4 May 2009
Who is the Dark?:
An essay on the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
A theme. What is a theme? Dictionary.com’s definition for a theme is a subject of discussion. There could be several theme’s, just like in this poem, “ Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford.
(TS) A theme can be very vague but in this poem, it is not. (SD) Even though it isn’t vague, you still have to dig deep and fiind it. (CM) After reading this poem over and over, and talking about it in class, it finally came, to me, after all of the digging. (CM) I found that this poems theme isn’t what it appears to be. (SD) However, the author might be making a point that you have to dig for things. (CM) The theme that I have found is to do the right thing. (CM) When the author says, “ to swerve might make more dead”, that’s an example of the theme, to do the right thing. (CS) These are of lots examples of this poems theme.
Mr. Salsich
English 8
4 May 2009
Who is the Dark?:
An essay on the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
A theme. What is a theme? Dictionary.com’s definition for a theme is a subject of discussion. There could be several theme’s, just like in this poem, “ Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford.
(TS) A theme can be very vague but in this poem, it is not. (SD) Even though it isn’t vague, you still have to dig deep and fiind it. (CM) After reading this poem over and over, and talking about it in class, it finally came, to me, after all of the digging. (CM) I found that this poems theme isn’t what it appears to be. (SD) However, the author might be making a point that you have to dig for things. (CM) The theme that I have found is to do the right thing. (CM) When the author says, “ to swerve might make more dead”, that’s an example of the theme, to do the right thing. (CS) These are of lots examples of this poems theme.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
8 English
28 April 2009
Happiness behind its cover:An essay about the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
What is happiness to you? Happiness to me is something that comes and goes, but happiness means a whole different thing to Jane Kenyon, in her poem “Happiness”. She talks about what happiness is behind its cover, and what it really is. We have all experienced happiness sometime, sometimes when we lest expect it.
(TS)“There’s just no accounting for happiness,” is what Jane Kenyon (n) says in her poem “Happiness”. (Loose sentence) (SD) The theme (n) is simply stated in her first line of (prep) this poem. (CM) You can’t predict happiness, you don’t know when it will suddenly come to you or why. (CM) Anybody (n) can find it, “it comes to (prep) the woman sweeping the street” or it can sneak up on you like a crazy friend (n), or just be there when you least expect it. (SD) When Kenyon was writing this she noticed that happiness can come to anybody. (CM) For instance in the fourth stanza of her poem, (dep. Clause) she states all the people happiness has helped during their hard times. (CM) She could also be trying to get across to all of the readers that happiness comes at different times. (Dep. Clause) (SD) Happiness can go to anyone, including “the dog chewing a sock”. (CM) This quote relates to my life when I watch my dog (n), Pearl, sneak up and steal a dirty sock that has been thrown on the ground after a long day. (CM) When I see Pearl (n) chewing joyfully (adv) on (prep) this sock you can see the happiness in her eyes, as she shreds the pieces of cotton rapidly (adv) apart, and scatters them along the floor. (Periodic sentence) (CS) This poem simply relates happiness to my life.Happiness is in my life, and it wouldn’t be the same if happiness never existed.
After reading this poem, you look at happiness a different way. Even though it comes and goes, it’s still the thing that can get me up on a nasty morning, or just lift me up after a hard day. Like Jane Kenyon said, “There’s just no accounting for happiness.”
Self-Assessment
1.What part of writing this paper took the most time?
My body Paragraph.
2. What is the difference between the two drafts?
I made sure to look back very carefully for mistakes in the second daft.
3. What do you think the best part of your paper is?
My body paragraph.
4. What part of this paper could be improved?
My concluding paragraph.
Mr. Salsich
8 English
28 April 2009
Happiness behind its cover:An essay about the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
What is happiness to you? Happiness to me is something that comes and goes, but happiness means a whole different thing to Jane Kenyon, in her poem “Happiness”. She talks about what happiness is behind its cover, and what it really is. We have all experienced happiness sometime, sometimes when we lest expect it.
(TS)“There’s just no accounting for happiness,” is what Jane Kenyon (n) says in her poem “Happiness”. (Loose sentence) (SD) The theme (n) is simply stated in her first line of (prep) this poem. (CM) You can’t predict happiness, you don’t know when it will suddenly come to you or why. (CM) Anybody (n) can find it, “it comes to (prep) the woman sweeping the street” or it can sneak up on you like a crazy friend (n), or just be there when you least expect it. (SD) When Kenyon was writing this she noticed that happiness can come to anybody. (CM) For instance in the fourth stanza of her poem, (dep. Clause) she states all the people happiness has helped during their hard times. (CM) She could also be trying to get across to all of the readers that happiness comes at different times. (Dep. Clause) (SD) Happiness can go to anyone, including “the dog chewing a sock”. (CM) This quote relates to my life when I watch my dog (n), Pearl, sneak up and steal a dirty sock that has been thrown on the ground after a long day. (CM) When I see Pearl (n) chewing joyfully (adv) on (prep) this sock you can see the happiness in her eyes, as she shreds the pieces of cotton rapidly (adv) apart, and scatters them along the floor. (Periodic sentence) (CS) This poem simply relates happiness to my life.Happiness is in my life, and it wouldn’t be the same if happiness never existed.
After reading this poem, you look at happiness a different way. Even though it comes and goes, it’s still the thing that can get me up on a nasty morning, or just lift me up after a hard day. Like Jane Kenyon said, “There’s just no accounting for happiness.”
Self-Assessment
1.What part of writing this paper took the most time?
My body Paragraph.
2. What is the difference between the two drafts?
I made sure to look back very carefully for mistakes in the second daft.
3. What do you think the best part of your paper is?
My body paragraph.
4. What part of this paper could be improved?
My concluding paragraph.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
8 English
28 April 2009
Happiness behind its cover:
An essay about the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
What is happiness to you? Happiness to me is something that comes and goes, but happiness means a whole different thing to Jane Kenyon, in her poem “Happiness”. She talks about what happiness is behind its cover, and what it really is. We have all experienced happiness sometime, sometimes when we lest expect it.
(TS)“There’s just no accounting for happiness,” is what Jane Kenyon (n) says in her poem “Happiness”. (Loose sentence) (SD) The theme (n) is simply stated in her first line of (prep) this poem. (CM) You can’t predict happiness, you don’t know when it will suddenly come to you or why. (CM) Anybody (n) can find it, “it comes to (prep) the woman sweeping the street” or it can sneak up on you like a crazy friend (n), or just be there when you least expect it. (SD) When Kenyon was writing this she noticed that happiness can come to anybody. (CM) For instance in the fourth stanza of her poem, (dep. Clause) she states all the people happiness has helped during their hard times. (CM) She could also be trying to get across to all of the readers that happiness comes at different times. (Dep. Clause) (SD) Happiness can go to anyone, including “the dog chewing a sock”. (CM) This quote relates to my life when I watch my dog (n), Pearl, sneak up and steal a dirty sock that has been thrown on the ground after a long day. (CM) When I see Pearl (n) chewing joyfully (adv) on (prep) this sock you can see the happiness in her eyes, as she shreds the pieces of cotton rapidly (adv) apart, and scatters them along the floor. (Periodic sentence) (CS) This poem simply relates happiness to my life.
Happiness is in my life, and it wouldn’t be the same if happiness never existed. After reading this poem, you look at happiness a different way. Even though it comes and goes, it’s still the thing that can get me up on a nasty morning, or just lift me up after a hard day. Like Jane Kenyon said, “There’s just no accounting for happiness.”
Mr. Salsich
8 English
28 April 2009
Happiness behind its cover:
An essay about the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
What is happiness to you? Happiness to me is something that comes and goes, but happiness means a whole different thing to Jane Kenyon, in her poem “Happiness”. She talks about what happiness is behind its cover, and what it really is. We have all experienced happiness sometime, sometimes when we lest expect it.
(TS)“There’s just no accounting for happiness,” is what Jane Kenyon (n) says in her poem “Happiness”. (Loose sentence) (SD) The theme (n) is simply stated in her first line of (prep) this poem. (CM) You can’t predict happiness, you don’t know when it will suddenly come to you or why. (CM) Anybody (n) can find it, “it comes to (prep) the woman sweeping the street” or it can sneak up on you like a crazy friend (n), or just be there when you least expect it. (SD) When Kenyon was writing this she noticed that happiness can come to anybody. (CM) For instance in the fourth stanza of her poem, (dep. Clause) she states all the people happiness has helped during their hard times. (CM) She could also be trying to get across to all of the readers that happiness comes at different times. (Dep. Clause) (SD) Happiness can go to anyone, including “the dog chewing a sock”. (CM) This quote relates to my life when I watch my dog (n), Pearl, sneak up and steal a dirty sock that has been thrown on the ground after a long day. (CM) When I see Pearl (n) chewing joyfully (adv) on (prep) this sock you can see the happiness in her eyes, as she shreds the pieces of cotton rapidly (adv) apart, and scatters them along the floor. (Periodic sentence) (CS) This poem simply relates happiness to my life.
Happiness is in my life, and it wouldn’t be the same if happiness never existed. After reading this poem, you look at happiness a different way. Even though it comes and goes, it’s still the thing that can get me up on a nasty morning, or just lift me up after a hard day. Like Jane Kenyon said, “There’s just no accounting for happiness.”
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Catharine Garbo
8 English
28 April 2009
“Happiness”:
An essay about the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
(TS)“There’s just no accounting for happiness,” is what Jane Kenyon says in her poem “Happiness”. (SD) The theme is simply stated in her first line of this poem. (CM) You can’t predict happiness, you don’t know when it will come to you or why. (CM) Anybody con find it, “it comes to the woman sweeping the street” or it can sneak up on you like a crazy friend, or just be there when you need it, but you never know. (SD) When Kenyon was writing this she noticed that happiness can come to anybody. (CM) Four instance in the fourth stanza of her poem, she states all the people happiness can go to. (CM) She could also be trying to get across to all of the readers that happiness comes to you. (SD) Happiness can go to anyone, including “the dog chewing a sock”. (CM) This quote relates to my life when I watch my dog, Pearl sneak up and steel a dirty sock that has been thrown on the ground from a long day. (CM) When I see Pearl chewing on this sock you can see the happiness in her eyes, as she shreds the pieces on cotton apart, and scatters them along the floor. (CS) This poem simply relates happiness to my life.
8 English
28 April 2009
“Happiness”:
An essay about the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.
(TS)“There’s just no accounting for happiness,” is what Jane Kenyon says in her poem “Happiness”. (SD) The theme is simply stated in her first line of this poem. (CM) You can’t predict happiness, you don’t know when it will come to you or why. (CM) Anybody con find it, “it comes to the woman sweeping the street” or it can sneak up on you like a crazy friend, or just be there when you need it, but you never know. (SD) When Kenyon was writing this she noticed that happiness can come to anybody. (CM) Four instance in the fourth stanza of her poem, she states all the people happiness can go to. (CM) She could also be trying to get across to all of the readers that happiness comes to you. (SD) Happiness can go to anyone, including “the dog chewing a sock”. (CM) This quote relates to my life when I watch my dog, Pearl sneak up and steel a dirty sock that has been thrown on the ground from a long day. (CM) When I see Pearl chewing on this sock you can see the happiness in her eyes, as she shreds the pieces on cotton apart, and scatters them along the floor. (CS) This poem simply relates happiness to my life.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Washington Day 2
The big tall statue, staring down at everyone who surrounds. The tall bricks stack up until its point. With its flashing red lights you wonder why they are there. The large buildings that surround it, are small compared to this large white monument. What does it mean? What does it symbolize? Or is it just a statue that represents Washington. Maybe its a mystery, maybe its not. But it is the Washington Monument, that looks over everybody and everything.
Washington Day 2
Look around, what do you see?
People walking in the streets, looking thinking
people running, playing baseball, and Frisbee
People flying kites, having fun, looking at all of the beautiful Flowers
Seeing everything there is around you
Wondering, thinking
Hoping for summer, and its just around the corner
The big tall statue, staring down at everyone who surrounds. The tall bricks stack up until its point. With its flashing red lights you wonder why they are there. The large buildings that surround it, are small compared to this large white monument. What does it mean? What does it symbolize? Or is it just a statue that represents Washington. Maybe its a mystery, maybe its not. But it is the Washington Monument, that looks over everybody and everything.
Washington Day 2
Look around, what do you see?
People walking in the streets, looking thinking
people running, playing baseball, and Frisbee
People flying kites, having fun, looking at all of the beautiful Flowers
Seeing everything there is around you
Wondering, thinking
Hoping for summer, and its just around the corner
Washington DAY 1
Trip to Washington we are all very exited.
Hoping to get there soon.
Eventualy getting there.
Boring, but can be fun.
Uusually very long.
Start of lots of memories.
Ryming lots of poems.
Is entertaining
Doing lots of different things.
Ending up with friendship brackets, poems,
and drawings and even more exited to
get to Washington.
Trip to Washington we are all very exited.
Hoping to get there soon.
Eventualy getting there.
Boring, but can be fun.
Uusually very long.
Start of lots of memories.
Ryming lots of poems.
Is entertaining
Doing lots of different things.
Ending up with friendship brackets, poems,
and drawings and even more exited to
get to Washington.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
Grade 8
8 April 2009
“Expostulation and Reply”:
A Paragraph about a poems theme.
A theme of a poem, is like a path. As you read the poem you are on the path, sometimes zigzagging back and fourth, or getting lost, or just a straight ride. The theme of the poem, “Expostulation and Reply” by William Wordsworth, was a zigzag ride for me. But after reading this poem {over and over and over}(parallelism) I realized what the theme was. One of the themes could be that Mathew is asking a question. Mathew is asking William why he’s just sitting there on a rock and not studying his books or doing something more significant. As William answers back, the words that he said made a point to me as I read it. William sitting on a rock said, “Nor less I deem that there are powers which of themselves our minds impress;” Additionally, he could be saying that the earth has a lot to offer than just the things we observe. A simple way of saying this could be when you don’t notice something it could be right in front of you. For example Mathew says to William, “ You look round on your Mother Earth, As if she for no purpose bore you;” In this quote you realize that Mother Earth put us all on this planet for a reason. Also, the theme could have to do with uncovering something. William said, in the poem that we could have powers that we have not discovered. When William is replying to Mathew he understands that there is more to life than work, or learning, lots of things, he could understand as he sat on that rock that there are {things lots of things} (parallelism) to uncover. The path to this theme could be a maze, but it could also be a straight smooth path, it just matters what you uncover.
Mr. Salsich
Grade 8
8 April 2009
“Expostulation and Reply”:
A Paragraph about a poems theme.
A theme of a poem, is like a path. As you read the poem you are on the path, sometimes zigzagging back and fourth, or getting lost, or just a straight ride. The theme of the poem, “Expostulation and Reply” by William Wordsworth, was a zigzag ride for me. But after reading this poem {over and over and over}(parallelism) I realized what the theme was. One of the themes could be that Mathew is asking a question. Mathew is asking William why he’s just sitting there on a rock and not studying his books or doing something more significant. As William answers back, the words that he said made a point to me as I read it. William sitting on a rock said, “Nor less I deem that there are powers which of themselves our minds impress;” Additionally, he could be saying that the earth has a lot to offer than just the things we observe. A simple way of saying this could be when you don’t notice something it could be right in front of you. For example Mathew says to William, “ You look round on your Mother Earth, As if she for no purpose bore you;” In this quote you realize that Mother Earth put us all on this planet for a reason. Also, the theme could have to do with uncovering something. William said, in the poem that we could have powers that we have not discovered. When William is replying to Mathew he understands that there is more to life than work, or learning, lots of things, he could understand as he sat on that rock that there are {things lots of things} (parallelism) to uncover. The path to this theme could be a maze, but it could also be a straight smooth path, it just matters what you uncover.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Catharine
Mr. Salsich
11, March 2009
Unlighted Lamps:What this title means to me
When you read a book, some titles send you on a search of what it means to you. The story Unlighted Lamps by Sherwood Anderson made me search to find what the title meant to me. When I thought about the title, and how it had to do with Mary and her father, a lot of things came to me. One of those things was that Mary and her dad could of felt that they didn’t have a very good life. Just like a lamp when it doesn’t have a very good life it isn’t lit. I have experienced, something very similar to Mary and her father. Mary and her father weren’t very close, when he was alive, and that happened to me with one of my relatives. My great uncle, Uncle Frank, died this past summer. Just like Mary’s father, my great uncle died from a health problem. Also similar to Mary, I wished that I had gotten to know him more. If he were like my grandfather, who is his brother, he would have been very funny and fun to be around. I know that thinking about this that I missed out on something that I could have easily fixed myself, just like Mary. Thinking back to the title of this book, I thought of another reason why this story has this title. Mary and her father maybe couldn’t express themselves, and the author could have used unlighted lamps as an expression, referring to Mary and her father. Or the author could have written the two characters as not loving their lives, and not living there lives to fullest. After reading this story, I learned a lot about book titles, and how they really are important in a story. I noticed how they could unlock lots of hidden things in the story, but also in you’re life
Mr. Salsich
11, March 2009
Unlighted Lamps:What this title means to me
When you read a book, some titles send you on a search of what it means to you. The story Unlighted Lamps by Sherwood Anderson made me search to find what the title meant to me. When I thought about the title, and how it had to do with Mary and her father, a lot of things came to me. One of those things was that Mary and her dad could of felt that they didn’t have a very good life. Just like a lamp when it doesn’t have a very good life it isn’t lit. I have experienced, something very similar to Mary and her father. Mary and her father weren’t very close, when he was alive, and that happened to me with one of my relatives. My great uncle, Uncle Frank, died this past summer. Just like Mary’s father, my great uncle died from a health problem. Also similar to Mary, I wished that I had gotten to know him more. If he were like my grandfather, who is his brother, he would have been very funny and fun to be around. I know that thinking about this that I missed out on something that I could have easily fixed myself, just like Mary. Thinking back to the title of this book, I thought of another reason why this story has this title. Mary and her father maybe couldn’t express themselves, and the author could have used unlighted lamps as an expression, referring to Mary and her father. Or the author could have written the two characters as not loving their lives, and not living there lives to fullest. After reading this story, I learned a lot about book titles, and how they really are important in a story. I noticed how they could unlock lots of hidden things in the story, but also in you’re life
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Catharine
Mr. Salsich
24, February 2009
Theme
A paragraph about the themes in A white Heron
(OS) In the short story, A white Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, some of the words can explain the theme. (TS) In this story, I found the words pointing the theme out. (SD) In this sentence,” Until her childish patience was quiet spent.” (CM) I noticed how one word explained the theme. (CM) The word quiet, really stood out to me, because when Sylvia is in the woods it always seemed quite, so on the other hand the author could be pointing something out. (SD) A lot of the words in this story could tie into the theme, especially peaceful; this word could tie into the tone, as well as the theme itself. (CM) When she is in the woods it is quiet, but also peaceful. (CM) One of the big points that Sarah could be pointing out could be how peaceful the birds are or, how peaceful you can be when you are in the woods. (SD) One word that I noticed, that you probably wouldn’t think about with this story and the theme, is friendliness. (CM) Friendliness could be a theme to this story, because the woods are a type of friend to her. (CM) A friend is someone that comforts you, and is always there for you, and in the story that is what the woods are is to Sylvia. (CS) Thinking about the theme in this story is a very hard thing, because you could take any word from the story and it could relate to the theme.
Mr. Salsich
24, February 2009
Theme
A paragraph about the themes in A white Heron
(OS) In the short story, A white Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, some of the words can explain the theme. (TS) In this story, I found the words pointing the theme out. (SD) In this sentence,” Until her childish patience was quiet spent.” (CM) I noticed how one word explained the theme. (CM) The word quiet, really stood out to me, because when Sylvia is in the woods it always seemed quite, so on the other hand the author could be pointing something out. (SD) A lot of the words in this story could tie into the theme, especially peaceful; this word could tie into the tone, as well as the theme itself. (CM) When she is in the woods it is quiet, but also peaceful. (CM) One of the big points that Sarah could be pointing out could be how peaceful the birds are or, how peaceful you can be when you are in the woods. (SD) One word that I noticed, that you probably wouldn’t think about with this story and the theme, is friendliness. (CM) Friendliness could be a theme to this story, because the woods are a type of friend to her. (CM) A friend is someone that comforts you, and is always there for you, and in the story that is what the woods are is to Sylvia. (CS) Thinking about the theme in this story is a very hard thing, because you could take any word from the story and it could relate to the theme.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
29 January 09
Sad:
An essay about the end of Mice and Men.
There are so many different ways books can make you feel. They can make you happy, sad, and make you think about the book. I felt all of those things in this book Of Mice and Men. Some parts of this book made me happy or sad, and most of all it made me think about the book, and especially the ending.
(TS) As I think about the end to this very sad book, I feel a lot of different emotions. (SD) When I think about the question, did George do the right thing; a lot pops into my head. (CM) I think that Gorge did do the right thing, and he also didn’t do the right thing. (CM) One of the reasons why I think he did do the right thing is because if all the men from the ranch caught Lennie then they would have tormented him and ended up killing him. (SD) When I have a lot of different emotions when I think about the end of this book.. (CM) One of the things that I felt right away was sadness. (CM) If I was sad just reading the words in the book, I don’t know how George would have felt having to kill, someone that was like his brother. (SD) Another thing that I was thinking of when George shot Lennie was that Lennie didn’t mean to do those things. (CM) Even though he killed somebody and that is a horrible thing to do Lennie didn’t understand what he was doing and also didn’t know what he was doing. (CM) “I done a real bad thing,” This quote explains that Lennie really doesn’t mean to hurt anybody. (CM) One of the reasons why he didn’t know that he was hurting anybody was that he didn’t realize how strong he was and didn’t realize he was capable of doing that. (CS) In the end I don’t think Lennie disserved to die.
If I could ask George one question, it would be, Why did you kill Lennie? After finishing the book Of Mice and Men I would understand, but also wonder why he killed Lennie. After feeling happy in this book, but at the end feeling very sad I could imagine the situation George was in. This was definitely a book that made me feel sad, happy, and also think about the story at the same time.
Mr. Salsich
English 8
29 January 09
Sad:
An essay about the end of Mice and Men.
There are so many different ways books can make you feel. They can make you happy, sad, and make you think about the book. I felt all of those things in this book Of Mice and Men. Some parts of this book made me happy or sad, and most of all it made me think about the book, and especially the ending.
(TS) As I think about the end to this very sad book, I feel a lot of different emotions. (SD) When I think about the question, did George do the right thing; a lot pops into my head. (CM) I think that Gorge did do the right thing, and he also didn’t do the right thing. (CM) One of the reasons why I think he did do the right thing is because if all the men from the ranch caught Lennie then they would have tormented him and ended up killing him. (SD) When I have a lot of different emotions when I think about the end of this book.. (CM) One of the things that I felt right away was sadness. (CM) If I was sad just reading the words in the book, I don’t know how George would have felt having to kill, someone that was like his brother. (SD) Another thing that I was thinking of when George shot Lennie was that Lennie didn’t mean to do those things. (CM) Even though he killed somebody and that is a horrible thing to do Lennie didn’t understand what he was doing and also didn’t know what he was doing. (CM) “I done a real bad thing,” This quote explains that Lennie really doesn’t mean to hurt anybody. (CM) One of the reasons why he didn’t know that he was hurting anybody was that he didn’t realize how strong he was and didn’t realize he was capable of doing that. (CS) In the end I don’t think Lennie disserved to die.
If I could ask George one question, it would be, Why did you kill Lennie? After finishing the book Of Mice and Men I would understand, but also wonder why he killed Lennie. After feeling happy in this book, but at the end feeling very sad I could imagine the situation George was in. This was definitely a book that made me feel sad, happy, and also think about the story at the same time.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Catharine
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
1-28-09
Visit 7
When I walked into the Nursing Home today I new I wasn’t doing a coffee social, but taking to residents. Something that surprised me as I was walking through the halls looking for people to talk to, was that some people were happy to see me and some weren’t. Some of the ladies that I talked to were very pleased to so me, but also some others didn’t want to talk. When I was walking down the halls of the nursing home I was nervous, because this was my first time jut talking to the residents. The reason why I was nervous was because I wasn’t sure if anybody would talk to me. But when I had luck and the resident loved to see me, I wasn’t nervous anymore. When I left I felt people were happy to see me, and that this was a very successful visit.
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
1-28-09
Visit 7
When I walked into the Nursing Home today I new I wasn’t doing a coffee social, but taking to residents. Something that surprised me as I was walking through the halls looking for people to talk to, was that some people were happy to see me and some weren’t. Some of the ladies that I talked to were very pleased to so me, but also some others didn’t want to talk. When I was walking down the halls of the nursing home I was nervous, because this was my first time jut talking to the residents. The reason why I was nervous was because I wasn’t sure if anybody would talk to me. But when I had luck and the resident loved to see me, I wasn’t nervous anymore. When I left I felt people were happy to see me, and that this was a very successful visit.
Catharine
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
1-28-09
Visit 7
When I walked into the Nursing Home today I new I wasn’t doing a coffee social, but taking to residents. Something that surprised me as I was walking through the halls looking for people to talk to, was that some people were happy to see me and some weren’t. Some of the ladies that I talked to were very pleased to so me, but also some others didn’t want to talk. When I was walking down the halls of the nursing home I was nervous, because this was my first time jut talking to the residents. The reason why I was nervous was because I wasn’t sure if anybody would talk to me. But when I had luck and the resident loved to see me, I wasn’t nervous anymore. When I left I felt people were happy to see me, and that this was a very successful visit.
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
1-28-09
Visit 7
When I walked into the Nursing Home today I new I wasn’t doing a coffee social, but taking to residents. Something that surprised me as I was walking through the halls looking for people to talk to, was that some people were happy to see me and some weren’t. Some of the ladies that I talked to were very pleased to so me, but also some others didn’t want to talk. When I was walking down the halls of the nursing home I was nervous, because this was my first time jut talking to the residents. The reason why I was nervous was because I wasn’t sure if anybody would talk to me. But when I had luck and the resident loved to see me, I wasn’t nervous anymore. When I left I felt people were happy to see me, and that this was a very successful visit.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Catharine Garbo
English 8
Mr. Salsich
1-12-09
Friends?:
An essay about George and Lennie’s Relationship
In the book Of Mice and Men
Have you ever not got along with a friend before, but you still looked at each other as friends? If you have you are very similar to Lennie and George, in the book "Of Mice of Men". George and Lennie are friends, but fight non-stop and sometimes don't want to live with each other anymore. But they realize the good things, and now and again the bad about there relationship.
(TS) When you read this book Of Mice and Men you realize that George and Lennie fight a lot, and sometimes can’t stand each other. (SD) One of the reasons that they probably fight a lot is because they are always together. (CM) If the two of them probably weren't together all of the time, day and night, they would probably have a totally different relationship. (CM) When my sister and I are together all of the time, we fight, but when she comes home from boarding school we don't fight as much. (SD) Another reason why Lennie and George stay together is because Lennie has probably never lived alone, and he probably wouldn’t be able to. (CM) To change all of the fighting that they do, George could let Lennie do his own thing, so that George wouldn’t have to worry about him all of the time. (CM) Lennie could probably never live alone; George knows that he can't leave him even though he says that he might. (SD) In the end Lennie and George probably really like being friends. (CM) George says that he wants to leave Lennie, but he says this when he is frustrated with him, so in the end he probably wouldn’t leave him. (CM) Another reason why George wouldn’t leave Lennie is because he knows that Lennie wouldn’t have anywhere to go. (CS) Lennie and George probably stay together, because they feel like family.
In the book "Of Mice of Men", I think that Lennie and gorge will become better friends. One of the ways that they might do that is by not fighting as much as they do know. I also think that George might realize that it could be better for Lennie if he stands up for himself. No matter what way they do I think that George and Lennie will become better friends.
English 8
Mr. Salsich
1-12-09
Friends?:
An essay about George and Lennie’s Relationship
In the book Of Mice and Men
Have you ever not got along with a friend before, but you still looked at each other as friends? If you have you are very similar to Lennie and George, in the book "Of Mice of Men". George and Lennie are friends, but fight non-stop and sometimes don't want to live with each other anymore. But they realize the good things, and now and again the bad about there relationship.
(TS) When you read this book Of Mice and Men you realize that George and Lennie fight a lot, and sometimes can’t stand each other. (SD) One of the reasons that they probably fight a lot is because they are always together. (CM) If the two of them probably weren't together all of the time, day and night, they would probably have a totally different relationship. (CM) When my sister and I are together all of the time, we fight, but when she comes home from boarding school we don't fight as much. (SD) Another reason why Lennie and George stay together is because Lennie has probably never lived alone, and he probably wouldn’t be able to. (CM) To change all of the fighting that they do, George could let Lennie do his own thing, so that George wouldn’t have to worry about him all of the time. (CM) Lennie could probably never live alone; George knows that he can't leave him even though he says that he might. (SD) In the end Lennie and George probably really like being friends. (CM) George says that he wants to leave Lennie, but he says this when he is frustrated with him, so in the end he probably wouldn’t leave him. (CM) Another reason why George wouldn’t leave Lennie is because he knows that Lennie wouldn’t have anywhere to go. (CS) Lennie and George probably stay together, because they feel like family.
In the book "Of Mice of Men", I think that Lennie and gorge will become better friends. One of the ways that they might do that is by not fighting as much as they do know. I also think that George might realize that it could be better for Lennie if he stands up for himself. No matter what way they do I think that George and Lennie will become better friends.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Catharine
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
1-19-09
Visit 6
On Saturday, I helped with a very fun game of bingo. Half of the time I was helping some of the residents as we played bingo, and the other half I read out the bingo cards. Some of the residents have a hard time seeing the bingo cards, so I went around and helped some of the ladies when they didn’t notice they had the right number. When I read the cards out to everybody, I think that it helped me become more confident there and helped me have more interaction with the residents. One of the things that I feel better about each time I take a visit is being comfortable. Now that I am comfortable, I think that I can connect better with all of the residents. One of the things that you have to do at this nursing home is talk loudly, and now that I feel comfortable I can have better conversations with all of the residents. When I was there this Saturday, I didn’t feel that if I tried to help someone, something would go wrong; this is another example of being comfortable. At the end of my visit, I left feeling that I helped the residents, and that they were happy to see me.
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
1-19-09
Visit 6
On Saturday, I helped with a very fun game of bingo. Half of the time I was helping some of the residents as we played bingo, and the other half I read out the bingo cards. Some of the residents have a hard time seeing the bingo cards, so I went around and helped some of the ladies when they didn’t notice they had the right number. When I read the cards out to everybody, I think that it helped me become more confident there and helped me have more interaction with the residents. One of the things that I feel better about each time I take a visit is being comfortable. Now that I am comfortable, I think that I can connect better with all of the residents. One of the things that you have to do at this nursing home is talk loudly, and now that I feel comfortable I can have better conversations with all of the residents. When I was there this Saturday, I didn’t feel that if I tried to help someone, something would go wrong; this is another example of being comfortable. At the end of my visit, I left feeling that I helped the residents, and that they were happy to see me.
Catharine
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
1-13-09
Visit 5
When I was helping out in the recreational room at Mary Elizabeth, the residents played and understood trivia better this week. Last week Beverly had trouble recognizing when she had a category. But this week she turned the correct card over with my help. When she did get the right card, her face lit up with surprise and joy. As I helped Beverly and the other residents I felt more comfortable and happy. I read the cards loudly, because I felt relaxed with everybody. Seeing Beverly happy made me feel that I made a difference there. When I left Mary Elizabeth this week, I felt that I had a better relationship with Beverly, and I hope that the relationship will continue to grow.
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
1-13-09
Visit 5
When I was helping out in the recreational room at Mary Elizabeth, the residents played and understood trivia better this week. Last week Beverly had trouble recognizing when she had a category. But this week she turned the correct card over with my help. When she did get the right card, her face lit up with surprise and joy. As I helped Beverly and the other residents I felt more comfortable and happy. I read the cards loudly, because I felt relaxed with everybody. Seeing Beverly happy made me feel that I made a difference there. When I left Mary Elizabeth this week, I felt that I had a better relationship with Beverly, and I hope that the relationship will continue to grow.
Monday, January 12, 2009
First visit
Catharine
H.W
1-12-09
- 90 percent of current residents are 65 years and older and almost half are 85 years or older.
- Women are almost three times as likely to live in a nursing home then men.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Catharine
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
1-2-09
Visit 4
We did something different on my fourth visit to this nursing home. On Saturday at the coffee social, we played trivia. When everybody was ready to play, they had six cards, and when I read out the category they had to flip the card over if it was in the category. I would also write the category on the bored, so that they could also look at the bored. When I was there helping with the trivia something really surprised me. That was that as I read the category some of the ladies didn’t notice that they had a card that had that word. Also I was surprised that some of them could do it fine and didn’t need any help at all. When I was there I wasn’t nervous at all, this is my fourth visit, and I am getting more us to every thing, I am also getting to know the people better. I hope that all of my next visits that I have will be as good as this one was.
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
1-2-09
Visit 4
We did something different on my fourth visit to this nursing home. On Saturday at the coffee social, we played trivia. When everybody was ready to play, they had six cards, and when I read out the category they had to flip the card over if it was in the category. I would also write the category on the bored, so that they could also look at the bored. When I was there helping with the trivia something really surprised me. That was that as I read the category some of the ladies didn’t notice that they had a card that had that word. Also I was surprised that some of them could do it fine and didn’t need any help at all. When I was there I wasn’t nervous at all, this is my fourth visit, and I am getting more us to every thing, I am also getting to know the people better. I hope that all of my next visits that I have will be as good as this one was.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Catharine
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
12-27-08
Visit 3
When I walked into the recreational room at the nursing home, everyone was sitting and ready to have a discussion. During the coffee social, on Saturday, we talked about lots of different things, like their favorite teachers, their first best friends and lots of things that they remembered. When we started talking about things when they were our age or even younger, something surprised me. I was surprised that they remembered their first best friend, and their favorite teacher when they were a kid. Also, when I was talking to one of the men, Will he was telling me how he use to be afraid of the dark, and he had to walk home from school in the dark, and he was always scared. When I was talking to everyone on Saturday, I felt more comfortable than I had the other two times that I have visited. I was still nervous when I got there, but as the conversations started it seamed to just float away. I think that this happened, because I am getting more and more comfortable with all of the people there. Each week, there are usually some of the same people there, so I think I can really get to know some people. Each visit that I take is becoming more and more comfortable.
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
12-27-08
Visit 3
When I walked into the recreational room at the nursing home, everyone was sitting and ready to have a discussion. During the coffee social, on Saturday, we talked about lots of different things, like their favorite teachers, their first best friends and lots of things that they remembered. When we started talking about things when they were our age or even younger, something surprised me. I was surprised that they remembered their first best friend, and their favorite teacher when they were a kid. Also, when I was talking to one of the men, Will he was telling me how he use to be afraid of the dark, and he had to walk home from school in the dark, and he was always scared. When I was talking to everyone on Saturday, I felt more comfortable than I had the other two times that I have visited. I was still nervous when I got there, but as the conversations started it seamed to just float away. I think that this happened, because I am getting more and more comfortable with all of the people there. Each week, there are usually some of the same people there, so I think I can really get to know some people. Each visit that I take is becoming more and more comfortable.
Catharine
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
12-19-08
Visit 2
As I walked into the nursing home I felt much more comfortable thaen the first time I had be there. When I asked some people if they would like to go to and listen and watch a piano player a lot of them wanted to. So I would walk with them up to the dinning room or push their wheel chair. When I pushed one of there wheel chairs for the first time, I got nervous. I got nervous, because I didn’t want to do something wrong and have something append to them. But when I got her into the dinning room safely, I didn’t think that it was as hard as I thought it would be. On that day, instead of a coffee social, there was a piano player playing Christmas carols. Before everything started, we helped some people up to the dinning room so that they could watch. When it started, some of us rang some bells for some songs. After the songs were over, we helped people get back to there rooms. This was a fun day to be there, and listen to Christmas carols.
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
12-19-08
Visit 2
As I walked into the nursing home I felt much more comfortable thaen the first time I had be there. When I asked some people if they would like to go to and listen and watch a piano player a lot of them wanted to. So I would walk with them up to the dinning room or push their wheel chair. When I pushed one of there wheel chairs for the first time, I got nervous. I got nervous, because I didn’t want to do something wrong and have something append to them. But when I got her into the dinning room safely, I didn’t think that it was as hard as I thought it would be. On that day, instead of a coffee social, there was a piano player playing Christmas carols. Before everything started, we helped some people up to the dinning room so that they could watch. When it started, some of us rang some bells for some songs. After the songs were over, we helped people get back to there rooms. This was a fun day to be there, and listen to Christmas carols.
Catharine
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
12-19-08
Visit 1
Where ever I go somewhere for the first time I am usually nervous. When I first walked into this nursing home I was very nervous. I was nervous for a few reasons. The first reason is that I didn’t want something to go wrong, and also I didn’t know anybody that I would be working with. As I started working I got more and more comfortable and I know when I go back that I wont be as nervous. When I was at the nursing home a few days ago I helped out with the coffee social. Before the social started I went to get some people in there rooms and help them down to the recreational room, where the social was held. Once everybody was there we started by serving him or her drinks. On this particular day, we had a little book that had questions in it and we had a very nice conversation with everybody, about various topics. Whether in was taking about the chores that they had when they were a kid, or if it was talking about how cars don’t look anything like they did back then. From visiting on this particular day, I learned a lot about the olden days and how different it is know.
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home
Assessment
12-19-08
Visit 1
Where ever I go somewhere for the first time I am usually nervous. When I first walked into this nursing home I was very nervous. I was nervous for a few reasons. The first reason is that I didn’t want something to go wrong, and also I didn’t know anybody that I would be working with. As I started working I got more and more comfortable and I know when I go back that I wont be as nervous. When I was at the nursing home a few days ago I helped out with the coffee social. Before the social started I went to get some people in there rooms and help them down to the recreational room, where the social was held. Once everybody was there we started by serving him or her drinks. On this particular day, we had a little book that had questions in it and we had a very nice conversation with everybody, about various topics. Whether in was taking about the chores that they had when they were a kid, or if it was talking about how cars don’t look anything like they did back then. From visiting on this particular day, I learned a lot about the olden days and how different it is know.
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