Red Cross

the poem theta I am reading is called "red cross" the mood of this poem is sorrow because in the poem this girl meets a women called ms.fisher who sleeps on the steps of the red cross. and she meets the women and gives her a doller. The reason i picked that mood is because in the poem people make fun of ms.fisher and she began to cry. And the girl helps her and keeps on asking who is she, the other reason i picked this mood is because its about a homless person who needs help and a girl trys to help her, sorrow is a good mood for this poem.

poetry responce bronx masquerade

In the story Bronx masquerade i can infer that Chankara dose not want to be like her sister who has been abused by her own boyfriend. In the story Chankara gets smacked by her boyfriend then she writes a poem called "Bruised love". The poem speaks about how Chankara found her sister bruised by her boyfriend and she says that she will never be that way and in that situation. The way that she feels in this poem is angry, because she doesn't like the way her sister is being treated and also she is angry because she knows that her boyfriend might not really love her and treat her good like hes supposed to treat her. The meaning of this poem is of a girl who doesn't want her sister or her to be treated in that way also the meaning of the poem is about bravery because in the story when she go smacked by her boyfriend she told him that she will never be that way and told him to get out. I think that she named the poem "bruised love" because her sister loves her boyfriend that hits her and she loves him but she gets hurt so its bruised love.

readers response 3

Omnibeasts
pg 1- 60

The book I was reading was a poem book. It was called Omnibeasts the book had multiple poems inside. My favorite poem inside the book was the snake, the reason I liked the poem was because the shape of the poem the shape of the poem was a snake and what I also liked about the poem was the metaphor that they used what was interesting was that in other poems they used similes and metaphors using the snake but NOW the snake useses metaphors and similes also thet's why i find this poem interesting and fun and I enjoy reading it.

Q:What do you think the title "Praise Song for the Day" means? Why is this significant to the poem?

A: I think that "Praise Song for the Day" means that a praise song was sang when Obama won the election and also the praise son of the day is the song that was sang on the day of Obama inauguration . also the praise song was sang for the people who made Obama win by fighting for civil rights.

Q: How did the poem make you feel?

A : this poem made me feel happy that people who fought for so many years actually had a chance to have a African American president even if i disagreed on his policy I'm still very excited for the people who fought for civil rights.

Q: Were there any words or phrases you especially liked? Why do you think the poet chose these words or phrases for the inaugural poem?

A: my favorite quote is "praise song for walking forward in the light" the reason why is because it shows that the people that fought for civil rights won the fight. Its also my favorite quote because people who died for a African American president can now rest in peace.

Q: What poetic devices do you notice (for example: alliteration, 3 Rs, metaphor, simile, etc.)?

A: she uses symbol in the poem for example she says we use a road to freedom as americans.

Q: How does this poem relate to Obama's life and the inauguration? What is the theme or lesson?

A: everytime obama does somthing in his life as president is historic. Because just having the racial barrier broken. the theme of the peom relates to obama so much becuase now thers not a limit for an american to do what they want to do.

Themes in To Kill a Mockingbird

What are some major themes in TKM?
How does the author reveal the theme?
What lesson do you think the characters will learn?
What lesson does Harper Lee want YOU to learn by the end of the book?

some major themes that they have in the story tkm is that atticus has courage. the reason he has courage is because he is defending a black man and he is defending him in the time were lots of rascist people lived. i think hes very brave becuase he might be risking his life another major theme is determination because he is determined to risk his life to save another person. also he is determind to win his case, the aurhtor revels his theme in the story by using very powerful quotes. the lesson that the characters will learn is that atticus will learn that not all people will want to defend him during the trial. the lesson that harper lee will want me to learn is that treat people equally also not to judge a book by its cover for example if you see another person with diffrent skin color you should not treat them bad. that s what i think harper lee want us to learn during the end of the movie.

"Test Prep Action Plan"

my goals for test prep is to go to after school scan and study for the test. Also what I will also do is do lots of acuity test prep at home and at school. What I will do to make sure to reach my goal is to not be tardy to school also not go to school when I'm sick but not for other reasons like just wanting to stay. The things I will do to get a 3 on the ela exam also is test myself and ask family members to help me also by testing me in ela questions. What I also will do is come to ela class also because ms.johns always gives us test prep lessons like for example in the morning she will make us answer questions that were on the ela test last year. That's very helpful because its like your doing the state exam but we get to review our questions. The kind of questions that they have in the exam are character questions main idea questions. these questions are the questions that I have alittle trouble with. But I can improve these questions by reviewing theme all the time we do test for practice.

"To My Parents: What I've Learned so far in ELA."

dear, my parents

this year in Ela has been fun and interesting my goals this years is to read twice as many books this years then last year. last years i read harry potter books but my biggest accomplishment is reading the twilight books. my favorite unit this year has been the compare and contrast unit the reason why is because it is about the election this year and that was the topic i was most interested in these past few months. the way that we use technology this year is fun because its fun in a learning way not in a child fun way. we get our assiments on our email that the teacher make for us and we have to do it. the reason that i like the technology this year is because they trust us and i always feel independent when i don't have no one wacthing over me i get to do my work and the teacher trust me. my goals for the rest of the year is to read the whole twilight book series also to keep on making bigger and better essays. for example last year i had seven whole paragraphs in my essay. my goal for the rest of the year is to make at least fifteen paragraphs for any essay that i have to do the reason these are my goals are because next years i will be going to highschool and that how much paragraphs i have to do or even more then that so this is getting me ready for next year. reading and writing is important for the future because mostly famouse or important people have to read and write for the future for example presidents of the united states had to read and write to improve there reading and writing skills. because they need the writing skills to write speeches. and the reading skills to read laws that he has to sign. i also think that reading and writing is important for the future because what will you do without those skills, that's why i am preparing myself for the future.