Monday, November 29, 2010

RESPONSE

i commented joshes blog

2 days of schoool. (thanksgiving break)

Last week we had 2 days of school, In english we had to prepare and jot down ideas for the 3 stories we read in class. Then we had to post a blog on here about it. It was hard i must admit. Thanksgiving was probably the best one yet. So much stuff happened over the weekend. Like my aunt had her baby on thanksgiving day and shes gorgeousss. her names addison, she was born at marion general. Also i had cheerleading on sat. from 12-7 which was fun because at the end we had a big dinner made for us:))) and on friday me and my mom went black friday shopping we bought stuff mostly for the baby and got christmas gifts for friends and family. the lines were suuuuper long. haha. then on sunday i had cheer all day, and im so sore now. we have a competition in 2 weeks in indiana & im leaving on friday so i wont be at school because we will be driving up there. we put up our christmas tree also on sunday when i got home from practice at 9:00... lol. and watched christmas movies. it was great. the only thing that was kinda annoying is hearing christmas music everytime we drive somewhere she turns it on. haha well yepp thats it... couldnt have asked for a better break than this one.

3 paragraph thingy .. lol

1. NIGHTJOHN
This story is about slaves who are looking for things bigger than what they have. Slaves were very popular in this time. Sarny was the little slave girl who couldn't identify a penny. Not very many people were wealthy in this time. Mammy was the one who would always pray. Sometimes she would pray about freedom to be head in the kettle. She doesn't like talking about her feelings out loud because she doesn't want anyone to hear her. NightJohn was the one who taught Sarny letters. He would teach people letters in exchange for tobacco. He taught her the first letter... letter A. Then later Alice comes into the story. Alice was also a slave who got beaten and whipped. And she also got attacked by dogs. So she has marks on her back and pretty beat up. After all that mammy tells NightJohn she doesn't want him teaching Sarny letters anymore. Mammy thinks its a bad idea. NightJohn thinks its a good idea to teach slaves to read and write so they can be educated a little and so they will be able to tell their stories. Sarny and NightJohn continues with the letters.

2."MASCOT"
This story is about Malcom x is a teenager who tried to become a boxer. He lost to this guy named bill Peterson, he was white and Malcolm lost to him twice. Later on he got sent to reform school. He wrote Ella to come visit Boston and stay. Ella his half sister comes to visit Boston. Ella also arranged full custody of Malcolm. The person who had a big impact in his life was his English teacher Mr. Ostrowski. This teacher discouraged him to become a lawyer because and that he should do carpentry. This made him look at things differently. Towards the end of the story Malcolm moves in with Ella in Boston.

3. Compare&Contrast great debaters& 2 other stories
Compare- All 3 stories have a goal they are trying to reach like in NightJohn hes learning how to read and write. In Mascot hes trying to reach Boston. And in the Great Debaters they are trying to compete with Harvard in debates. Also they all have racism going on. Like they all deal with like freedom,blacks or rights. Blacks are all treated poorly by whites.



Contrast- the Great Debaters and NightJohn, NightJohn the slaves got whipped and beaten. In Great Debaters they got lynched.  In the Great debaters and mascot. Mascot he was trying to reach Boston and in Great Debaters they tryed reaching Harvard.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

RESPONSE

i commented on joshes blog...thats it:)

cheer competition/english (haha)

This weekend i had a cheer competition we got 1STTT! ha were top 5th gym in the world. yaaa matrix:))) anyways. I loveeee how my grade went down when i thought ive been doing well in this class. GUESS NOT HUH?! .... but ya i liked the movie to kill a mocking bird waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the book. haa. books are too boring expecially that one. and kelsey i didnt like ur comment that you posted on my bloggg post young lady! now werre reading 12 angry men and i like it. i like how we have people act it out. its less boring that way. hah only if im, the one who doesnt have to read. (im a better listener). i just spilled juice on my couch and on my WHITE skinny jeans. ughhh.. bad luck. hahaha well also today in gym class me and hannah we call eachother namesss bahhaa like balloon face, constipated rabbit, big boneded, etc. it wasss hilarious the sub thought we were mental ha idk why?!:))) oh and mr. p i dont like sitting in the front so dont do it again k? thannnnks! welp imma wrap this up cause my laptops about to die I LOVEEEEEEEEEEE ENGLISHHHH! (a lil)
-Bayyyyyssss!