Monday, August 31, 2009
Brother Revenge
“The Utterly Perfect Murder” will be about a mystery of murder. Officers finding the clue of the murderer and the reason of the death. I wanted to revenge my brother because he took all my stuff and made me very mad. I didn't get to revenge because I felt really bad; I ended up being really nice to him which ended up much better than fighting with him. TEE HEE
Sunday, August 30, 2009
My Personal Connections to Literature
In the book "The Red Scarf Girl" there is a character called Ji-Li Jiang. This character is fool of emotions and events in her life. Going through the Chinese Revolution being in an high society family made everything worse. Through these conflicts she feels hatred towards her parents because of their background. Looking at this I realized how I felt hatred towards my parents becaue of their job. I weren't insulted by anyone like Ji-Li did but we as a family went through hard times because of the job we had. Having to be connected to literature can be another hook to an reader because for me "The Red Scarf Girl" was very addicting having connections every chapter. Well I guess that is why authors tend to write varieties of books to hook readers.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Questions for Clue 2
1.(Exposition) Grown up in Shen Yang, China in 1995,06,29. Born as a kid of missionaries with two older brothers.
(Rising Action) Living in Shen Yang and always having the fright of the cops. Living through the events that were unexpected, such as cops coming to my dad's camp.
(Climax) June, 2008, my parent caught on the spot where they went to church doing missionary work. After 13 years of ups and downs in China, in the age of 13 I move to Korea for the first time.
(Revolution) Now attending TCIS with my brother and having an awesome school life. Also with my parents working in church for chinese students who came to Korea.
2. Structure is needed in every writing. Structuring is an tool of making the whole story connective and also helps the reader to follow along. The structure of the story can be another way of showing the moral. With a definite meaning structured to the story, after reading it, the reader can feel a certain pleasure. This relates to humanity because everybody is structured the way God wanted and every single person has a mission to complete in their life. Which is structured and planned by God. We human just have to make the right choice. All the time God is watching us and there for us. It is we who have to complete the mission in Earth and go back to God.
3.Reading Marigolds the second time I got to understand the story more better. It helped me classify the exposition, rising action, climax and the revolution better. I got to classify the moral of the story. Looking at the plot graph I also realized for my self that life is like an plot graph. Life can have alot of up and downs but eventually my climax happens after all the struggles and hard work. After I have my climax I would live my life with my kids until death. I also realized reading or watching a book or a movie twice can be really helpful. There can be a chance getting to realized the main moral and the key components. People tend to do things once but after reading a book one more time can help us gain more knowledge. Also can give us more wisdom of commmunicating or writing.
4. For me the theme of Marigolds is about maturity, self-hatred and loneliness. Growing up you always mature by learning knew things and gaining wisdom. Even when you are really old unless you are dead, you are always learning and gaining wisdom. After Lizabeth ruins all the marigolds, she feel ashamed and realizes how humanity can deliberately hurt someone. At this time she gains wisdom and feels self-hatred. Through out the story, Lizabeth is always somehow lonely because of her background and the way she thinks. The structure of the short story makes the theme more evident because of the order exposition, rising action, climax and revolution. Especially, the climax shows how Lizabeth is really lonely with all these emotions inside. I think the structure of every writing is an ladder for the reader to climb.
(Rising Action) Living in Shen Yang and always having the fright of the cops. Living through the events that were unexpected, such as cops coming to my dad's camp.
(Climax) June, 2008, my parent caught on the spot where they went to church doing missionary work. After 13 years of ups and downs in China, in the age of 13 I move to Korea for the first time.
(Revolution) Now attending TCIS with my brother and having an awesome school life. Also with my parents working in church for chinese students who came to Korea.
2. Structure is needed in every writing. Structuring is an tool of making the whole story connective and also helps the reader to follow along. The structure of the story can be another way of showing the moral. With a definite meaning structured to the story, after reading it, the reader can feel a certain pleasure. This relates to humanity because everybody is structured the way God wanted and every single person has a mission to complete in their life. Which is structured and planned by God. We human just have to make the right choice. All the time God is watching us and there for us. It is we who have to complete the mission in Earth and go back to God.
3.Reading Marigolds the second time I got to understand the story more better. It helped me classify the exposition, rising action, climax and the revolution better. I got to classify the moral of the story. Looking at the plot graph I also realized for my self that life is like an plot graph. Life can have alot of up and downs but eventually my climax happens after all the struggles and hard work. After I have my climax I would live my life with my kids until death. I also realized reading or watching a book or a movie twice can be really helpful. There can be a chance getting to realized the main moral and the key components. People tend to do things once but after reading a book one more time can help us gain more knowledge. Also can give us more wisdom of commmunicating or writing.
4. For me the theme of Marigolds is about maturity, self-hatred and loneliness. Growing up you always mature by learning knew things and gaining wisdom. Even when you are really old unless you are dead, you are always learning and gaining wisdom. After Lizabeth ruins all the marigolds, she feel ashamed and realizes how humanity can deliberately hurt someone. At this time she gains wisdom and feels self-hatred. Through out the story, Lizabeth is always somehow lonely because of her background and the way she thinks. The structure of the short story makes the theme more evident because of the order exposition, rising action, climax and revolution. Especially, the climax shows how Lizabeth is really lonely with all these emotions inside. I think the structure of every writing is an ladder for the reader to climb.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Clue 2
In the passage, John 1:1~18, John describes who Jesus is. It has been said Jesus was there before the creation, during the creation and is God that created the Earth. Which is talking about the trinity of God. In this passage the key components are...
1. The fact that Jesus is God and was always there with God.
2. The trinity of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
3. The fact that Jesus knew he had to die for us but still came to Earth because he loves us so much.
Jesus' Life plot would connect to these components by the climax of his life which is the Cruxifiction. The love that Jesus had for us was so massive that he was able to die for us and be the perfect sacrafice for the world. Which also shows not only Jesus loves us, God and the Holy Spirit loves us because of the trinity (Three in one).
1. The fact that Jesus is God and was always there with God.
2. The trinity of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
3. The fact that Jesus knew he had to die for us but still came to Earth because he loves us so much.
Jesus' Life plot would connect to these components by the climax of his life which is the Cruxifiction. The love that Jesus had for us was so massive that he was able to die for us and be the perfect sacrafice for the world. Which also shows not only Jesus loves us, God and the Holy Spirit loves us because of the trinity (Three in one).
Monday, August 24, 2009
Personal Connections....
Joey asks Lizabeth to go somewhere and Lizabeth asks Joey does he want to go. This reminded of me and my brothers always wanting to go somewhere and discussing where each person wants to go. Then we will end up arguing and not going anywhere. Thinking about it now it is another time of my life that I was with my brothers. After Joey says yes, Lizabeth and other kids decide to go over to Ms.Lotties. I could just imagine little kids sneaking to go in which let me remember me and my friends went to this tennis court and two of our guyfriends were there. We didn't want them to know so we were sneaking around the whole tennis court just like those kids in Marigolds.
When the children decide to destroy the marigolds, Elizabeth mentioned about how they were afraid to destroy the flowers. This reminded me being scared of every single thing when I was young. I was even scared of the esclator because I thought something will happen to me and I would always count 1,2,3 before I ride it. Ofcourse now,I never count to three before I do anything. Destroying all these marigolds, Ms.Lottie got furious and started chasing the kids. This reminded of me and my little friends doing something that would get a old stranger really mad and run away or use english to pretend not to understand.
Lizabeth being the most grown up girl felt guilty after doing all that just like me and everybody regreting after doing something wrong. Whenever I lie to my mom and friends or bully someone or even just hurt someone else I feel really bad and regret of doing those things just like Lizabeth and that mood goes for a long time. Lizabeth in bed realizes her parents talking through the thin wall. Well for me I always liked to go to my parent's room and sleep. They would always come home reallly late and in the middle of sleeping I would hear my parents talking about something. Sometimes they will fight and my mom will end up crying and I will also end up crying with her but pretending I'm having a bad dream.
My family has difficulties in financial ways so my parents talks about money alot and most of the conversation I hear from my parents are about money. Just like Lizabeth's father and mother talking about jobs and financial problems. Looking at this part of Marigolds I thought to myself maybe the author is trying tell us how parents always have this pressure of money and their kids. Lizabeth listening to her father cry, she felt very awkward because she thought everything was flipped around. She always thought her father was the strong one but then since her father started sobbing real hard she couldn't get use to it. Well for me it was my mom that I thought was very strong but she wasn't and her sobbing was all because of me. Watching her cry I felt really bad because it was because of me doing something she didn't want me to do.
When Lizabeth was alone in the room awake she didn't want to be awake alone so she woke up Joey. This reminded me of my young days when I was afraid to go to dark places and sleep in the dark. Whenever I was scared I would go wake up my brother and end up sleeping with him. Usually I liked to go to my dad but there were times when the doors where locked so I went to my brothers instead. After waking up Joey, Lizabeth was embarrassed to tell him that she was scared so she told him that she is going out. Lizabeth going through the windows she started running as if a monster was behind thinking of all the poverty, emotions and life. This reminded of me not long ago running outside thinking of all these bad things that happened and happening. Pretty much like Lizabeth I was very emotional.
When the children decide to destroy the marigolds, Elizabeth mentioned about how they were afraid to destroy the flowers. This reminded me being scared of every single thing when I was young. I was even scared of the esclator because I thought something will happen to me and I would always count 1,2,3 before I ride it. Ofcourse now,I never count to three before I do anything. Destroying all these marigolds, Ms.Lottie got furious and started chasing the kids. This reminded of me and my little friends doing something that would get a old stranger really mad and run away or use english to pretend not to understand.
Lizabeth being the most grown up girl felt guilty after doing all that just like me and everybody regreting after doing something wrong. Whenever I lie to my mom and friends or bully someone or even just hurt someone else I feel really bad and regret of doing those things just like Lizabeth and that mood goes for a long time. Lizabeth in bed realizes her parents talking through the thin wall. Well for me I always liked to go to my parent's room and sleep. They would always come home reallly late and in the middle of sleeping I would hear my parents talking about something. Sometimes they will fight and my mom will end up crying and I will also end up crying with her but pretending I'm having a bad dream.
My family has difficulties in financial ways so my parents talks about money alot and most of the conversation I hear from my parents are about money. Just like Lizabeth's father and mother talking about jobs and financial problems. Looking at this part of Marigolds I thought to myself maybe the author is trying tell us how parents always have this pressure of money and their kids. Lizabeth listening to her father cry, she felt very awkward because she thought everything was flipped around. She always thought her father was the strong one but then since her father started sobbing real hard she couldn't get use to it. Well for me it was my mom that I thought was very strong but she wasn't and her sobbing was all because of me. Watching her cry I felt really bad because it was because of me doing something she didn't want me to do.
When Lizabeth was alone in the room awake she didn't want to be awake alone so she woke up Joey. This reminded me of my young days when I was afraid to go to dark places and sleep in the dark. Whenever I was scared I would go wake up my brother and end up sleeping with him. Usually I liked to go to my dad but there were times when the doors where locked so I went to my brothers instead. After waking up Joey, Lizabeth was embarrassed to tell him that she was scared so she told him that she is going out. Lizabeth going through the windows she started running as if a monster was behind thinking of all the poverty, emotions and life. This reminded of me not long ago running outside thinking of all these bad things that happened and happening. Pretty much like Lizabeth I was very emotional.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
My Plot Story....
(Exposition) Missionaries are all around the world. China, America, Korea, Africa and etc are full of missionaries that work for God. My parents were one of them in Shen Yang, China and with 3 kids, me being the last was living in a small apartment. China was one of those countries that didn't welcome missionaries and knowing that my parents had to always be careful on whatever they do.
(Rising Action) It was 2008 June the month of my birthday and the month of vacation! Sunday came and I went to Church as usual. After church I had to meet up with my parents so I went to the place and they weren't there. I called both of them like a trillion times but they won't answer. I start to get really worried and I call again and again, but there was no result other then they didn't answer. I gave up and decided to get some sleep because there was a really comfty sofa there. After sleeping for awhile I get a call from my mom and answering this call wasn't that pleasant but anyway I did. My mom talked to me in serious voice to come home and I thought to myself did I do something wrong but that wasn't it. My parents were caught by the police right in the spot doing missionary work. They went to the police and was investigated and wasn't found guilty yet. My parents had to go to the police quite a long time and during the investigation I stayed with my friend and slept there.
(Climax)July, 16, Wednesday, my parents went to the cops and they said to leave in 7 days. It was that night when I heard this and I was pretty shocked but wasn't terrified. Thinking of all the memories that I've spent in China, I got really sad and depressed but that was it, dont know why.
(Falling Action) We had to move to Korea and go to a international school which became TCIS.
(Revolution) For one year until now attending TCIS was pretty exciting for me and now I'm a freshman in TCIS Highschool. :)
Description of Conflict: The conflict in this story would be my parents and the cops. I didn't really mention in the story but my dad and other church people was really mad at the cops. They had some serious fights which wasn't that wise. The conflict made situations worse and I realized having a conflict isn't really helpful. On the contrary, conflicts could build up love and help us gain knowledge in society.
(Rising Action) It was 2008 June the month of my birthday and the month of vacation! Sunday came and I went to Church as usual. After church I had to meet up with my parents so I went to the place and they weren't there. I called both of them like a trillion times but they won't answer. I start to get really worried and I call again and again, but there was no result other then they didn't answer. I gave up and decided to get some sleep because there was a really comfty sofa there. After sleeping for awhile I get a call from my mom and answering this call wasn't that pleasant but anyway I did. My mom talked to me in serious voice to come home and I thought to myself did I do something wrong but that wasn't it. My parents were caught by the police right in the spot doing missionary work. They went to the police and was investigated and wasn't found guilty yet. My parents had to go to the police quite a long time and during the investigation I stayed with my friend and slept there.
(Climax)July, 16, Wednesday, my parents went to the cops and they said to leave in 7 days. It was that night when I heard this and I was pretty shocked but wasn't terrified. Thinking of all the memories that I've spent in China, I got really sad and depressed but that was it, dont know why.
(Falling Action) We had to move to Korea and go to a international school which became TCIS.
(Revolution) For one year until now attending TCIS was pretty exciting for me and now I'm a freshman in TCIS Highschool. :)
Description of Conflict: The conflict in this story would be my parents and the cops. I didn't really mention in the story but my dad and other church people was really mad at the cops. They had some serious fights which wasn't that wise. The conflict made situations worse and I realized having a conflict isn't really helpful. On the contrary, conflicts could build up love and help us gain knowledge in society.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Reading is like an bookmark to me because I read some and stop reading for a while just like a bookmark.My five last things I read was, The Giver, Anne Frank's Diary, The Sisterhood of Travel Pants,The Red Scarf Girl and Twilight.
For me I really like books about people in pain or under pressure because of government problems so I really like books like Anne Frank's diary and The Red Scarf Girl. Both of these books are about their family and friends being in hard times because of the government. I also really like books like The Giver because it is about something we aren't familiar with. In the book The Giver talks about another world that we dont know if it was the past or the future. I like to read books that have fun, thrill or romance.
When I read, I usually be on the couch, the bed or on the desk. I like to listen to music when I read but I only listen to piano solo songs so that I can concentrate on the book. I really like to eat when I read because whenever I read I tend to go to sleep so anything that can wake me I do it. Even I know all these distracts me, I would rather be distracted then go to sleep. Well books like The Red Scarf Girl never tend me to sleep because I dont know why but I intend to like people have hard times. Its not that I'm evil or anything but I like books that take my compassion away.
I personally really like movies rather than books. When books are made to movies, even people say the book is so much better, I dont really care because I learn more from movies than books. Books dont have that much imagery and we have to imaginate the story the author is trying to tell us. Personally, for me it is very complicated because you dont really know what the author is thinking and you aren't able to picture the "real picture". Through watching the movie I learn better and get the moral better but reading and watching both is the best:)
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
First Stab at Essential Questions
I think my current reading skills are being able to have voice when I read. I guess that is really important because if you read in a monotone then that would be really boring for other people and for myself too. Having a voice while reading can help me concentrate and imagine the story the author is trying to tell me.
As a reader I want to read books faster but also in the same time understand the story. To be able to do that I would have to read alot of books and get use to reading. For a long time I haven't been reading alot and now since reading is so important, I will have to borrow books from the library. Its not that I dont like reading, I haven't been in the habbit of reading alot of books. I guess from now on I will have to read alot of books.
Reading literature help us in everyway. Reading books lets us gain knowledge, wisdom, and the ability to write awesome essays. I always heard from my mom that I should read but I never listened so thats maybe why I'm not really good at writing. Well also in social life if you have alot of wisdom you would know what to say and give an awesome first impression.
In the library there are tons of books there so there can be books about what we are learning and get other perspectives of the unit that we are learning. Especially, novels can be really helpful because by reading it we can get different perspectives and knowledge of the unit. According to the unit we can find books about it and get information.
As a reader I want to read books faster but also in the same time understand the story. To be able to do that I would have to read alot of books and get use to reading. For a long time I haven't been reading alot and now since reading is so important, I will have to borrow books from the library. Its not that I dont like reading, I haven't been in the habbit of reading alot of books. I guess from now on I will have to read alot of books.
Reading literature help us in everyway. Reading books lets us gain knowledge, wisdom, and the ability to write awesome essays. I always heard from my mom that I should read but I never listened so thats maybe why I'm not really good at writing. Well also in social life if you have alot of wisdom you would know what to say and give an awesome first impression.
In the library there are tons of books there so there can be books about what we are learning and get other perspectives of the unit that we are learning. Especially, novels can be really helpful because by reading it we can get different perspectives and knowledge of the unit. According to the unit we can find books about it and get information.
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