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Poetry Out Loud

Poetry is not one of my strong points, so it's easy to understand that I had a hard time picking out a performance that I could evaluate. Fortunately I found one, Siren Song. The performer Teal Van Dyck excels in many areas but the main ones are voice and articulation and evidence of understanding. Teal had a obvious understanding of what the poem was about and expresses this with some self-confidence and voice inflections. Combining the two criteria, physical presence and voice and articulation, in order to prove her understanding of the poem.

The Sirens are mythological creatures that tempt sailors with their beautiful song; they are thought of as dangerous and deceptive. However Margaret Atwood portrays them quite differently, almost conversely. She portrays them as victims of a cruel fate who are desperate to be saved. In one of the stanzas, one of the sirens is asking for help, claiming that their song is a cry for help. Teal mainly uses voice inflections to show this, changing her voice throughout the poem when she is talking about getting help from YOU. The poem even tells you, preformed in a saddened tone, " I don't enjoy it here squatting on this island... I don't enjoy singing this trio." Some gestures are used to add to some of her exaggerations when pleading for help from her prison, the hidden meaning of the poem.

Mockingbird Motif

Up until this year, I never really understood what motif meant. I learned what motif is in Honors English this year. Motif is a reoccurring subject with a symbolic meaning. However just knowing somethings definition doesn't necessarily mean you understand what it is. Reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" was a tremendous help for me.

Within the novel one motif occurs much more than others, it is the fact that it's a "sin to kill a mockingbird". This is another way of saying that the destruction of innocence is wrong. Many characters from the text are symbolized by mockingbirds; they are innocent characters who were harmed. Tom Robinson is a perfect example, and in fact a newspaper compares his death to "the slaughter of songbirds". Could this be a coincidence? During his trial Tom is wrongly convicted and sentenced to death, yet he was an innocent man. This is a form of the destruction of innocence.

This motif mainly assists the theme of good vs. evil.

Atticus Symbolism

This Symbol represents how Atticus believes in the equality of all humans. He is able to look past skin color, size, shape, attitude and race. Belief in equality is Atticus's best quality and he will never be convinced otherwise. An equal sign is the perfect way to represent Atticus Finch.

Life Lessons

My parents are both very wise and very aware of what life is all about; I on the other hand, am still learning. So they are always helping me along giving me helpful and insightful tips. The most important thing they have every told me, that has allowed me to get to where I am today is, "focus on your goals, and make an effort to do your best to reach those goals". They have always told me to give 100% in everything I do. Everything you do in life requires effort, so this lesson always applies.

Since I have been given this valuable knowledge, I try to use it to my advantage. This life lesson helps me with the two most important things in my life, school and soccer. It works like this, if I happen to have a difficult exam approaching my job is to study to make sure I know everything there is to know about that subject. Instead of going to an exam unprepared, I study until I am positive that I know the material. In soccer, while I'm on the field I need to put out the maximum amount of effort to show my coach and teammates that I deserve to be out on that field; I never give up. I have learned that commitment and effort are the difference between success and failure. Even if I fail, I am reassured that I tried my best and I am able to learn from the experience.

My Best Friend

As the years have gone by I have had multiple friends. But at the moment there is only one that I would consider my BEST FRIEND. He's a little bit taller than me ( but who isn't?), he has blonde hair and is "Pasty white" (his own quote). My best friend is one of the nicest people I know. He's always trying to make others laugh and does a good job at it. He uses the latest slang and always seems to know what's "cool". My best friend is perceived by most as either a "blonde" or a wise guy, but that's one of the things I like about him. Art and soccer are a few of his many talents. We have been friends for about 3 years now and it is awesome.

My best friend is often the comedian of the group, as he is very funny and not too shy. Entertaining a crowd is something that he loves to do, and he is not afraid to make fun of himself once in a while. So you could consider him an Extrovert. He is so cool about everything; he's always got a new motto or some new slang and loves to use them (they're always hilarious). When we are together, we never stop laughing. On a more serious note, generosity is one of his best characteristics; he would give me the shirt off his back if I needed it. I don't think that he has a selfish bone in his body. My friend is also extremely creative. One of his masterpieces was displayed in an art museum! We have played on the same soccer team for several years. He's one of our best players and I enjoy playing with him. Even though some think of him as a wise guy, he's got lots of friends; including me!

A long time ago, on a beach far, far away, I went on vacation! The year was 1999; I was almost 4 years old, when my family decided to take an amazing, exciting, fun-filled vacation to Montauk Point, L.I.. My brother and I could hardly wait! Daddy told us that when we got to Montauk, we could go to the beach everyday and build sand castles and dig holes and hunt for seashells and play. Daddy said, "no water", it was too cold and it would freeze my little toes.

When we finally arrived in Montauk, I couldn't wait to get out on the beach! As soon as Mommy and Daddy finished unpacking the car, I ran out onto the sand; it was warm, and I loved it! The fun was endless, as we did so many things. On the Beach, my Daddy dug me a hole as big as me and I used it as my play fort, hiding from my parents and jumping out to frighten them. I was dressed like Peter Pan, my hero, and was able to fly around, with my pixie dust, all over the beach. The wind blew my hair and made me feel like I was really flying. Once, I got a little too close to the water and a wave hit my legs. Daddy was right, the water was as cold as ice! There was a playground right on the beach that my brother and I played on every day. The play structure was shaped like a boat, and I was captain. After a few days of playing on the beach we decided to try something new and different, FISHING. This was the first time I had ever gone fishing with my Daddy so I didn't expect to be any good. On the contrary, I was able to reel-in, with some help, a bass as big as my head! My Mommy and Daddy were so proud; I was proud too. And from that moment on, I thought myself to be quite the fisherman. This was one of the best vacations ever, and I never wanted to leave the beach; but like all trips ours had to come to an end and we left Montauk Point.

Treasure Island Imagery

The dominant literary element in Treasure Island is imagery. It appears in the story countless times and adss a great effect. The author used this element because it adds so much more insight for the reader and allows the author to more easily explain deatil (characters, landscape, ect.). Another reason why the author used imagery so frequently is because this is a pirate story. Everyone has their own perspective on pirates, on what they look like, how they smell, work etc.
By using imagery this author is personifing his persective.

Treasure Island

Hey, it's me again. So for my outside reading I took Josh's advice and am reading Treausre Island. So far it's been a very good book being easy to get into from the start. The book starts out with some adventure such as with the Blind man and Black Dog. But I'm not to far yet. As far as I'm concerned Imagery is definatly the main element used in the story. I think that the author used lots of imagery to give you his persective on pirates. I think of pirates similarly to the author. He often describes them as dirty, smelly men that reack of rum and tabacoo. Which is how i think of them. but i need to keep reading. The tone in this story has been suspensful and zealous. I'm always trying to infer what wll happen next and at the same time it is very enthusiastic and innvolving. Well that's all for now get back to you soon.

Reading

Reading is one of the cooliest things in the world. It is so nice to just sit down in a quiet spot and enjoy a good book. I like to read in my room before I go to sleep to destress myself. I never decide how much to read before hand, I just go with the flow. Sometimes I'll read half of the book at once, and sometimes I'll just read 30 pages. It depends on the book and my mood. When I read I like to try and infer what will happen next but I don't annitate or anything like that.

Fantasy books are the bomb and a love reading them. Harry Potter, the Inheritance series and Percy Jackson and my favorites. I think I like fiction the best because anything can happen. I'm going to read Treasure Island for our assignment since I heard it was awesome and a must read. What is everyone else reading?

My First Blog

Yeah I finnally made my Blog!!!!!!!