The Conclusion!!!

       From the start I was not ecstatic about the blogs, but I learned to enjoy them along with reading my classmates, and comparing our thoughts. While writing my first few blogs all I was worried about was if I spelt everything correctly or if what I was writing was even correct, and because of it I learn my biggest lesson which was no opinion on a book or poem is correct just that its your interpretation which makes it right.

        Thought the year I dreaded blogs and didn't really put alot of work into them but as the year when on I started to enjoy the blogs and found them as a time to practice my writting skills. Thats why this quote is perfect for the growth of my relationship with the blog " Storms make oaks take roots", meaning that even though a storm is annoying, scary and just a hassel they make lessons, they just turn out to be a good thing in the end. Thats exactly how I feel about my blog experiences.

        Yes, I was one of those people who thought blogs where just a exsuse for more homework but now I understand how they are to help me go over what we learned in class and to help me really et another chance to become a better student and writer.

(dont know who said quote, was in movie)

Reflecting on a Memorable Assignment!

Though there has been a lot of English projects my most memorable was the extra credit Animal Farm project where me and Annie Lu made a movie. To make the movie with all the animals we had to go to several farms where we would video tape the animals, in the rain! The first farm was a Christmas tree farm with these cute baby mini goats and one fat black pig that hated to have its picture taken. The second was a private farm (moms friend's house) with a horse that freaked Annie out (i have videos!!) and the cutest kittens. The last farm had these big goats that we had the choice of feeding..so we feed them but when turning to look at other animals the goats stole our bag our food and at all the food in it! The whole time Annie and I were screaming because the scared us, it was super funny!!
This project was my favorite because I didn't have to do it by myself at home but got to get out and have some fun, plus we got extra credit. Annie and I were freezing cold but we were always laughing. Also we got chances to feed the goats, pet the horses and snuggle the adorable furry kittens!! I will always remember the fun of filming this project and am excited do watch the movie years from now!

A Good Experience with Poetry

Although my parents never read me nursery rhymes that I can remember I actually loved to rhyme as a kid. It was either 3rd or 4th grade when we did a unit on rhyming and rocked it. Bold, hold, sold, gold. I loved making poems with rhyming and always tried to rhyme things at home. For example if my Mom was like umm.. "go get the honey for your pancake" I would be like "well is there money with that honey?". It was ridicules but I found it very entertaining!
This unit in class made me really enjoy making poems cause it showed me it can be fun and entertaining, especially when I got to rhyme. Even to this day I enjoy the rhyming because it gives a little adventure to the regular boring poem making units. Though when thinking about poetry I'm not jumping up and down but now just thinking about bold, sold, gold, hold it puts a smile on my face. Overall ! am kind of excited for poetry and would like to see how much I know about Robert Frost by the end of the year!!

Conflict in Romeo and Juliet!!!

       The specific conflict I first thought in the play Romeo and Juliet of was the bad relationship between the Montague's and Capulet's. This affects the central theme being the love between Romeo and Juliet. This conflict affects them extremely being that their families don't know about their marriage and of course if they did they would never approve of it. The conflict between the two families is not like any old hatred its so bad that if anything happens they blame the Montague's or Capulet's "For blood of ours, shed blood of the Montaque" (3.1.157). Lady Capulet says this after finding out about Tybalt's death and even after the loss of a family member she blames the Montague's after barely taking a second to feel the loss of her nephew. Of course the death of Tybalt was blamed on Romeo, again making the hate relationship between the two families stronger and pulling Romeo and Juliet apart (physically). So the hatred is not just affecting the families but the young, true love that Romeo and Juliet share.
       The conflict does not have anything to do with my life in particular cause obviously I'm not married so I don't have in-laws but obviously there is some couple out there whose parents hate each other. The significance of this conflict can be big on a relationship cause they have to pick sides, family or your husband/wife which can take a tole on the relationship. The conflict can link to how you love your family and don't want them made or angry but it also fogs the love that you have for your husband/wife, which a majority of the ruins the relationship. In general people have to confronted their family that even if they don't get along with their in-laws they need to try because you love your wife/husband and their bickering will ruin your marriage. 

Romeo and Juliet: It's Everywhere!

Yesterday Annie, Kristina and I went to the opening night of Coppelia by Ballet Northwest. While reading over what the story was about I realized it was extremely similar to Romeo and Juliet. The story is about a girl named Swanhilda who is in love with Franz. One day Swanhilda  notices Franz blowing kisses to Coppelia, angry she sneeks into Coppelias house after Dr. Coppelius dropped his key. Once in the house she realizes that Dr. Coppelius is a doll maker and that Coppelia is a doll. Once Dr. Coppelius realizes they are in his house he cashes them out but not Swanhilda who faked being Coppelia. Trying a experiment Dr. Coppelius drugs Franz (who sneaked in trying to find Coppelia) with sleeping pills. After realizing that Swanhilda was acting like Coppelia, he chases her and Franz who she got to wake up out of his house. After saving his life Franz and Swanhildia get married and wanting them to be happy Dr. Coppelius forgave them both. Throughout the play I kept comparing Coppelia to Paris, Franz and Swanhilda as Romeo and Juliet. The only difference between the two plays is that in Coppelia, Franz and Swanhilda got to live together happily in this life where Juliet and Romeo could not.

Connecting with Romeo and Juliet

       At some points about the characters in Romeo and Juliet I understand but others I am having trouble agreeing with. I don't feel like Romeo, Juliet or any of the other teens really act like our teens today, for example Romeo at the beginning of the play he is depressed and sad because he likes a girl who don't like him back. Today if you have a crush and the person doesn't like you back you learn to move on you don't get depressed that would just be taken as a dramatic today. Romeo's family comes off to be more concerned about how he feels and keeping him safe compared to Juliet's family who seem to be worried about how they look to the public and who important Juliet marries but not how she feels.

       I really enjoy reading the book at home and then going over the section in class the next day. It helps but reading it and annotating then going over what I should have annotated and comparing it to what I go the day before. I feel that I decipher some of the story, then at school I realize what more to decipher and to annotate for which it really helpful. Over all I am totally for this reading at home then reading and talking about it after school, I feel it's really useful.

Wrapping up Great Expectations

The lesson I felt Charles Dickens portray in the novel Great Expectations was that money is not everything, and that you can be happy without it. He portrayed this through Herbert, Joe and Wemmick who all feel that they don't need money and don't really care if they have a lot or not. Without lots of money you don't  have that urge to always want the next big thing because you can't afford it. Also you learn to be ok with how how you dress or how big your hands are because you cant do anything about it. This is why most people without as much money are happier, they have learned to accept it and themselves which is what Pip learned throughout this novel. So Dickens taught Pip and the reader that money does not pay for happiness!