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.
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