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 * Journal Entry #32- freewrite **

A letter to Macbeth-

Dear Macbeth,

If I may ask, why did you kill King Duncan? Why would you give in to pressure from your wife like the way you

showed us in the story? How could you be soo weak!?!?!? You are suppose to be a stron and brave general who

should be able to stand up for yourself and realize how wrong it is to kill your best friend who happens to be the

king. I just do not understand how it is possible to kill your best friend the king who has given you so much praise

and admiration for winning many wars and being a great leader of his army. I would not kill the king if I was in

your position, just saying. I just could not do it if I was given the power you have been given as general. I would

try to tell Lady Macbeth that she is crazy and could be killed for wanting to assassinate the king! Even though she

does not have a lot of power as a woman back in that time, she should not have to manipulate her own husband to

kill the king. It is just not right in general and it is a sin. Why didn't you just say no Macbeth?! Say no to killing

people. But giving in to pressure from Lady Macbeth, your character, Macbeth, is just becoming weaker and begins

to fall little by little. You just become a flawed hero and can not stand up for what you believe in. I do not

understand how you can be considered a hero, you are a villan. I personally think you should not have listened to

Lady Macbeth in the first place. All she wants is to have power because she does not have any and she feels

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">insecure because she is a woman. Therefore, she uses her manipulating powers to rule of you Macbeth and she

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">feels fulfilled by controling you because he can not say no to his wife. Be a MAN Macbeth!!! Just saying...think

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">about it.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> --Love,

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Lauren


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #31- assigned **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** Select two or three colleges you are interested in and find essay questions and answer them. **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** Some colleges I am interested in are James Madison University, Sweet Briar, Christopher Newport University, **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** Parsons, Rhode Island School of Design and some others. I really want to have my major be focused on art and or **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** fashion design. I have seen alot of these schools because my siblings go to JMU, CNU, and Longwood so I have a **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** since of each of them and where I would rather go. I would probably want to go to JMU or CNU but I don't want to **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** play favorites. I think for my essay, I would write about art or horseback riding or something that I researched. I am **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** pretty sure that the questions for the essay are given to you when you apply because I don't think that the schools **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** would want everyone to know the essay question in advance. I know that the essay shouldn't be completely cliche **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** and not what the schools want to hear about like being a A plus student and junk like that. The schools would **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** rather want to know about activities or achievement that would increase the student body and show that you **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** would be a good fit for the school. I don't want to write this journal but I have to make it sound smart and good. I **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** would want to write about how I rdie horses and how I got into that. I want to apply to James Madison because of **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** my sister and my best friend ges there and she says the riding program is really good and that is something that I **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** want to do at college with my horse. But I am also inerested in art and probably want to get a Bachelors of Fine Art **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">** (BFA). I could write with combining art and horseback riding or something like that. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #30- Question ****<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">s to Macbeth **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Why did you marry your wife?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">She was very persuasive in making me believe that she would be a great wife and mother. Our parents

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">looked very fondly of us getting married. She told me that we would be happy together.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">In Act 1 scene 3, the witches tell you that you are going to be king and you want more information about that

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">but the witches turn away from you…what were you going to ask the witches?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">I want to know what will happen to the present king who is my good kinsmen and how I will become into

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">power. If the witches are able to see the future, what will happen to my family?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Did you consider the consequences of killing King Duncan and what would happen to you and your wife?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">No, I didn’t think of the consequences I just felt this load of guilt that not even King Neptune could wash

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">away. Lady Macbeth persuaded me into killing King Duncan because she said that I would become king and

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">have all this power. I was content with the power I had but I guess it wasn’t enough for Lady Macbeth. I

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">wanted to keep my wife happy so I did whatever to please her so she wouldn’t leave me.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Why did you feel that the only option to get rid of the king was to kill the king?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">I felt like that it was the only way to get rid of him because everyone loved King Duncan and wouldn’t want

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">to kill him. Also, by telling someone about killing the king he would die therefore I would talk to Lady

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Macbeth and I listened to the witches.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Did your acts such as killing the king actually reflect what you really wanted to do? Or were you doing what

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">you were told from your wife?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">The acts that I committed reflected me giving into pressures from my wife and how I was not able to stand

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">up for myself and say what I thought was right. I couldn’t say no to her. All I wanted was just to have power,

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">but I could have had more power even if I just had talked to King Duncan myself instead of killing him. It is

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">possible that King Duncan could have rewarded me for all my years of serving his army and winning many

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">battles.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #29- ** **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">freewrite **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">A leader is a prepared and responisble person who can orginaze people in a common goal. A leader needs to know how and

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">what they are suppose to do. During school, if we need to work in groups, I do help the group with the project we were given.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Also, I can help a person in the group who is struggling and I can help them understand the project. I am able to organize the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">plans for summer for horseback riding or for my family and what is suppose to happen. Being able to organize is the one of the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">most I think it is important to have leadership because you can set good examples then supoort other people then they will

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">follow you. In marching band, I am in Colorguard, I can help the new comers if they don’t know what to do. Leadership is a

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">demonstration of the actions of serving others.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Service is giving time and supporting something you believe in. I serve my family, community and God. I feel responsible to

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">help with chores around the house just because I want to help out, not for an allowance. I help with dishes, dinner, takin out the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">trash and many other things. I also serve my church, Mclean Bible Church, in helping raise money for an orphange in the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Dominican Republic called Jackie’s House. Along with helping with service projects such as work at homeless shelters or assist

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">families with disabled children. Part of who I am, I use my equestrian skills to help special needs kids in Theraputic riding. I help

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">at the barn I ride at with cleaning stalls and horses and feeding as well as many additional chores. I usually spend at least five to

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">seven hours during the weekend at the barn. I think being able to serve my community is very important and very rewarding.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Character is the qualities or beliefs that distinguishes one person from another. If you met me, you would think I’m just a the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">same as the other kids but I’m not. I have always had difficulties with schoolwork and I have to work very hard. By my choice,

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">this has limited my time in extracurricular activities but I try my best with horseback riding and colorguard. I think that

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">horseback riding is who I am and something I am considering for the future. I would have never imagined that I could be

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">considered for membership in the National Honor Soceity. This is generally not likely for kids with learning disabilities. If I

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">were selected as a member, I would strive to be an example for those with my learning troubles and to show that through

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">working hard and believing in yourself, you can dream of anything.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #28- ** **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">freewrite **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">If I was Macbeth, I would not want to have to kill the king. It would be so hard to live with the guilt of killing your

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">best friend. I just could not do it. Also, I do not understand how he liet his own wife persuade him in to actually

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">killing someone which is just not healthy. Lady Macbeth is absolutely crazy. She is so awkward and crazy. I do not

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">get why he married such a conntrol freak. I could not live with her and her maddness. I think that watching the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">movie shows even more crazy in Lady Macbeth. I do not know if I could even think about actually killing someone

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">like the way she did because she planned out everything and basically just told Macbeth the plan and what to do

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">to finish the king. I would snap under all the pressure and end up telling someone about it. I just do not get why

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Macbeth did it. He is weak and pathetic. He can not even stand up for himself. I just do not actually want to write

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">about Macbeth and he's crazy, weird, awkward, annoying, insane, controling and evil wife. I am just writing a

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">journal.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #27- Freewrite **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;"> If I could be anywhere in the world right now, I would want to be somewhere at the beach were it is warm. I want **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">it to be warm and sunny. I want to feel the sand squishing between my toes and the sun warming my skin just like **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">a lizard uses the sun to keep alive and keep their blood moving. I want to be able to hear the wind and the roaring **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">sound of the ocean slamming against the top of the sand like a big earthquake. I want to see the waves just roll **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">back and forth like monkey in the middle with the shore and the vast ocean. The feeling of summer needs to **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">happen now. I can't stand how my feet aren't able to breath, they feel constricted in my shoes. I want to feel my flip- **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">flops and hear the flippy floppy hit the ground and my feet. I want to be able to shed all these layers like a snake **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">sheds its skin in the Spring. We shed our skin litterally by being in the ocean because the salt water acts like an **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">exfoliant for our skin and makes us feel good. I just want to have the sun hit my skin and feel warm, not cold all the **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">time. I feel like I am not as healthy in the Winter. I hate all the coughing and sneezing and sniffling. Oh My Gosh! It **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">drives me insane! No one is actually sick in the Summer the compared to the Winter. The only thing I can think of **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">is sun posioning. I rather have alot of sun than no sun. School needs to end/die right now. We all out sick of each **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">other and need our well-deserved break. The weather must change to warm flip-flop weather and everyone needs **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">to stop coughing, sneezing and sniffling. It must be Summer or I am going to have a meltdown. **

**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #26- Freewrite **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I think that surviving is having the guts and courage to do whatever it takes to stay alive in a dangerous situation.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">An experience I have been in whenI I have survived was the huge snow storm in last year in Februrary. When I was

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">stuck at home with the thirty inches of snow, I thought that me and my family were going to be stuck in our house

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">for forever. Then eventually the power went out for a day and a half. That is when I really thought we were going

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">to die. We did everything to stay warm and luckily, we had a fireplace but it would not start. Just our luck. On top

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">of all of that, my parents went out on a walk with our two dogs Tucker and C.J. who at the time were not on their

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">leashes in the snow. The snow was falling down even harder. Then the dogs decided to take off right when it was

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">getting darker of course. When my parents came back they were frantic. When our dogs usually get lose, we wait a

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">little bit for someone to call so we did wait. Then our neighbor had found C.J. in his garage but Tucker was not

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">with her. So, we grabbed the flashlights, got all bundled up in our snow gear ready for adventure and we were in

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">for one heck of an adventure. We started walking around the neighborhood calling out there names and howling

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">because Tucker knows how to howl and usually responds to the howl. It is like a special dog code. The snow was

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">basically up to my legs and we could barely trudge through it plus the snow falling made it harder to see

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">anything. By now I could barely feel my fingers it was so cold. I felt like I was in one of those movies that the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">people lost were stuck in the snow and never found. We walked through the woods and saw a little path made.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We heard some pathetic squealing noise coming the woods. We rushed over as quickly as we could in the snow.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BAM! There was Tucker stuck in the snow tunnel he had snow balls stuck all over his body and could not even

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">move. So my dad had to carry him out to the road. Tucker was like a legit snow dog. It was hilarious but horrible

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">at the same time. It was like animal rescue 911. We called our other neighbor to come pick us up because Tucker

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">was way to heavy to carry. When we got home our power was on. Thank goodness and we had to de-snowball

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Tucker. After that he was perfectly normal. Everyone was safe and we all live happily ever after. The End.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #25- Freewrite **

One day Bob went to an art museum for the whole day. He saw art work that looked like a fiasco but

some had rational strictures for the critics. Bob walked in a room with an opus that had an abyss in

the picture. The painting was called “Blah” and had veneer on the top of it that looked shinny. The he

saw a statue that embodied the essence of a mercenary. When he saw this, he was oblivious to all his

other crucial thoughts. He followed on in the museum to see the other pallid artwork. While Bob

was walking in to other room, there was garnish hanging on the wall and he was exasperated by it.

He saw an inert painting that made him feel like the dregs in the hot coco he was drinking. The while

he was looking at the painting a critic cam and told Bob of her feelings and they both were reciprocal.

When Bob looked at almost every piece of art, he was very negligent about them and didn’t care for

the heritage of the museums artwork. After looking through the museum, Bob went to a curator who

told a parable of what would befall to the museum. -The End


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #24- Freewrite **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Once upon a time, there was an exotic chameleon named Bob who has been in my other stories. He was in a

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">stance as if he was a sun god getting a suntan. Then he saw his crony Phillip scavenging for some grub. Bob

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">decided that he should join his predatory friend to help get more grub. So, they began to encroach into the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">king chameleons land but they didn’t care. The mien on their faces was very serious until they heard

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">something. Then Bob was like something was awry. But they were jaunty and they forgot about the noise.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Then the sound was coming in divergent and Bob and Phillip ran back to their tree and never went back

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">there again.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> -The End

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> Part II

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Once upon a time in an outlandish part of Africa, there was a team of pert archeologists. They were delving

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">to find the bones of a Bobosaurus. When they got to the site, the milieu was humid, barren, and dry. The

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">leader, Phillip, had to mediate where Leo, Stacy, Mark, and Lily would be working. So he put Stacy and Leo

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">to be the diggers and Mark and Lily had to be the on to do research. Then they were not being shiftless, Leo

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">yelled, “I got something!” He had a bone with a taint of something on it, when leader Phillip heard and saw

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">this he tried to appease about the find. Leo was so excited about the bone he had to import the discovery to

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">everyone a million times. But they knew how important it was to him so they were judicious to him the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">whole day.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> -The End

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Describe a character in fiction, an historical figure, or a creative work (ie music or art) that has has an influence on you
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #23- **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Assigned Journal #4 **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">and explain the influence.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">An artist who influences me would be Taylor Swift. She is a country singer but its more pop but it is still country. I love all

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">her music and her in general. She is my favorite singer. All her songs I can relate to in some way and they can also be

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">helpful in difficult situations that I am going through. I think that her songs influence me in a good way to try new things

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">and forgive and forget and move on with life. One song that is my absolute favorite is Enchanted on her new album

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Speak Now. It is my favorite because it makes me dream about life and makes me want to have a fairy-tale ending. That

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">is very cliche but oh well. I think that she influences people through her songs about break ups, relationships, and things

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">that relate to teenage girls. And that is why so many girls love her. She makes me want to make more of my life and do

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">more things. I think she has made an influence on me becuase now I loveeeeeee country music!!! She is not like other

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">singers who just write music for money but she is gets joy in meeting her fans and all the support from the fans. Which I

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">think is important because she actually cares about people and doesn't just use them for the money. I am excited because

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">I get to see her in concert August third! I have heard that she is amazing in concert and all her dresses are stunning. She is

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">kind of like a role model but she is just my favorite singer to listen to. Eventhough her songs are about how boys are

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">stupid, dreaming, and life they all have a good meaning and can relate to my life in many different ways.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #22- **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Assigned Journal #3 **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken or ethical dilema you have faced and it's impact on

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">you.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">A signficant experience that has impacted me would probably be going to a public school and high school all at the same

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">time. I know that it sounds like a cliche to say going to high school as a significant experience but it has changed me. It's

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">changed me because I went to a super small private Montessori school with the same people and the same teachers for

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">eight years of my life. Before that I aslo, went to Montessori school too. I was the only one in my fourth through eighth

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">grade. So I did not have many people around me that would actually influence me except my friends at my church. So

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">the change in having five- hundred plus in my grade from being the only one my grade is really cool. I thought I would

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">actually hate going to high school but I actually love it. All the people and all the activities we are able to do is a great

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">experience. I think that joining the marching band being in the colorguard was also something that impacted me because

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">I had no experience in flag twirling or musical skills. But it has been a learning experience that I have made so many close

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">friends and learned so much about marching band in general. I think it's been a great thing that I have done and I want

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">to continue it through high school. The huge change was classes and all the different teachers for each subject which was

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">new to me as well. But I think over all, going to high school is a good change and I am glad that I am in a great school

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">and I have so many friends. The impact it has had on me is that I have grown to make new friends and try new things

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">that I wouldn't normally want to do. Also, I try so much harder in my classes so I can have those good grades.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #21-

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">In his play The Glass of Menagerie, Tenesse Williams uses a multitue of symbols. From these symbols comes a

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">deeper understanding of the relationships between the plays four characters. The most important symbol in the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">play is Laura's glass menagerie which represents the world she lives in which is delicate and fragile like her glass

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">animals. "Most of them are little animals made of glass, The tinest little animals in the world...Oh, be careful- if you

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">breathe, it breaks!" (121) This is an example of Laura's fragile own little world she lives in, in which at any given

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">moment, it could all shatter like glass. Laura has a difficult time trying to grasp reality. Along with the glass

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">animals is Laura's favorite unicorn that reresents the uniqueness like a unicorn has a horn. "Laura: Haven't you

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">noticed the single horn on his forehead?...Jim: Unicorns- aren't they exinct in the modern world? Laura: I know!

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Jim:...he must feel sort of lonesome." (121-122) A unicorn has a horn making it unique but for Laura, she is not

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">noticed as unique except by the one's who love and know her. A signficant symbol found in the play is the fire

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">escape which symbolizes the impossiblity of a true escape from reality. This symbol is mainly focused on Tom

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Wingfield because he feels unable to just get away from the dysfunction in his family. "Tom smashes his glass on

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">the floor. He plunges out on the firescape, slamming the door." (136) This is an example that shows how angry and

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">frusturated Tom is because he is in a fight with his mother. He just needs to cool down which is the firescape

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">where he can get away.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #20-

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">What did you discover during while Deconstructing Frankenstein? What did you notice about subtle differences or

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">your groups word? What does this tell you about language?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">When I deconstructed Frankenstein, I discovered that death is a major topic found throughout the book. Death is

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">the end of a life or the end. In the story, death is mentioned many times because most of the time it is the passing

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">away of a loved one or the emotional aspect of something fading away. In Frankenstein, I think death is how

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">someone dies or how someones feelings are dead or gone away. I think that we all have different connotations of

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">what death means to us, so all of our quotes/ connotations/ context are all possibly different. There fore, we all

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">think death means something else. I think that there were some differences in our group but not many because

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">there are only so many death or dead or dying or die or dies in the book to find. I found many dies or dying but

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">they all mean the same thing basically. An example I found for death is when the monster is wanting to feel what

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">death is and can't imagine what it is like. Then he is trying to describe to us what death is from watching someone

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">else dies. I think that watching something die can be emotionally scarring and you can't stop thinking about that

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">time you watched something die. It is stuck with you for forever. The monster wants to die when he finds out

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Victor can't accept that the monster is so ugly and hideous. Also Elizabeth dies and Victor is watching her die and

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">he is emotional and unstable. Our group has many quotes of death found the book and how Victor describes death

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">or how the monster describes death. I think that a main reason death in mentioned so many times in the story is

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">because it is a deep and emotional action with a huge impact on the characters and that impact can alter the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">actions of the characters throughout the story. Also, death can tell us that it can describe many responses in the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">characters to how the act when someone is gone for forever.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Journal Entry #19-

Fear- (143)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">"I feared to wonder from the sight of my fellow creatures lest when alone he should come to claim his companion."

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Victor is afraid that the creature won't accept the companion Victor has made and Victor is scared to create the

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">companion if it is going to put people in danger. Fear in this context is the emotion Victor is feeling about making

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">the companion and how he think that the companion will be dangerous just like the monster.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Philosophy (31)-

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">"Led me first to M. Krempe, Professor of natural philosophy." The word philosophy is talking about the study of

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">life and how the professor M. Krempe got Victor interested in the study of life. Also the word philosophy is about

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">the the creation of ideas and thinking. Philosophy in this context is showing how Victor got into the class and how

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Victor is interested in the study of thinking and ideas.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Illness (67)-

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">"With the greatest affection and care and afterwards attended her own mother during a tedious illness." This is

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">talking about Victor's mother and how she had a horrible illness. She was cared for with the best care and she was

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">still dying and there was nothing that they could do to help her escape this struggle of death. Elizabeth is talking

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">about how nice and caring she was. The word illness is used in this context to descibe death and how it is a slow

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">and painful experience to go through. Illness is a long period of time in which the body in infected by a disease.

<span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #18-

<span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Winter is dark and cold, just like a castle. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The castle is big and empty. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The winter is like a magical power. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The power being able to change people's emotions and how they act towards people. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Winter is dark and empty like a broken heart. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The broken heart is cold and empty. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Winter is like a dark time because of the coldness in the air and the days getting dark early. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Winter can also be a happy time because of Christmas and all the holidays. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Many people around the holidays are happy to give gifts and all the good memories. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Winter is a fun time for kids when it snows and theres no school. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Winter can be a dark and cold time. <span style="background-color: #94fafa; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Maybe it can be a warm time if you let it.

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">= = Journal Entry #17

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">What do you think of gothic? When I think of gothic era, I think of horror, depression, darkness and death. The

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">word gothic, just seems very scary and mortifying. The gothic is a sub to the romantic period which is in the

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Enlightenment period. When I think of darkness, I think of depression, sadness and death. Death is a dark time for

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">people and they don't know how to deal with a loss of a family member or friend and they just can't handle the

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">emotional stress of death. I think the gothic period is a sad time and that is when Frankenstein was written during

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">that time period. Frankenstein, I have realized is not the creature's name but alot of people get that mixed upwith

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Frankenstein as in teh last name of the monster's creator. So far the book of Frankenstein is interesting and it is a

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">little bit confusing. This book is about isolation and how some people feel out of place in the would like the

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">monster does throughout the whoel entire story. Isolation is the feeling of not fitting in with society and just not

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">being able to have anything in common with people. The gothic period is probably about isolation in the world

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">and the emotional and physical effects on people.

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry#16

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Frankenstein

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dark,

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Creepy,

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Scary,

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lonely,

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Isolated,

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Empty,

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Depressing,

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Death.

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #15

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">You were asked by the creature to create another life, a companion for him. He promises to go to the far reaches of the world where no man will fire then to live out their lives in peace...will you do it? explain.

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">I think that creating another creature just like the monster could be bad because the monster is dangerous and

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">crazy. If there was another monster created, it would be dangerous because they both could do twice the damage

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">and kill twice as many people. But also, the monster could kill vicor if he doesn't create another monster. I think

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">that the monster should be able to have a companion but it could be a bad thing. Themonster just wants to be able

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">to have someone who he can relate to and share his feelings with. I think i would create another monster for the

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">creature but they would have to live far far away from humans because the monsters could potentially kill many

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">people. It would be nice for the creatuer to have a companion because he feels so left out and so different from all

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">the humans that he has met. That can relate to how people feel at school or in society. I am not sure if it would be

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">good to create another monster or not. It is a pro's and con situation to be in. I think it would be a good thing to

<span style="background-color: #77d60a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">create the creature and I would do it only if they are able to live far away from humans and anything.

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #14

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">I think is is important to do Poetry Out-Loud because it shoes how certain people in class who you would never

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">thought would be able to be dramatic, prove you wrong. Or there are some people who dont't really care about

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">acting out the poem what so ever. Those certain people who really get into their poem are good and it is very

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">interesting to hear their interpretation of the poem they chose. It is funny when people choose the same poem and

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">they each give their different thoughts about the poem and how they speak the poem. You are able to tell when

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">people get into the poem because they have memorized the poem, don't have any papers, they act it out with

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">gestures, the tone of their voice and they show the emotion that is being communicated in the poem. Also, it is

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">interesting how people tend to latch onto the depressing and sad feeling poems as opposed to the happy and fairy-

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">tale type poems. I think people tend to choose the depressing poems because they have a struggle and through

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">reading the poem, they can figure a way to get out of the struggle. In addition, the sad poems have a deeper

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">meaning then reading the poem just once. When you read the poem, you need to see if there are certain patterns,

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">rhyme schemes, alliteration, diciton, imagery, metaphors, similies and many other litteray devices that can be

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">found in a poem. Eventhough some people don't like doing Poetry Out-Loud, it can still be fun and interesting to

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">listen to poems being read and acted out.

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #13- (Assigned) <span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">This poem is talking about that there are two roads in life that you can choice to live your life. The poem

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">describes the different descriptions of each road and how they are different in good and bad ways. The tone of the

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">poem is very strong and freeing by the way he uses figurative language to describe the road not taken. Robert

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Frost uses diction in this poem to get the reader to focus on how they can live their life. The author, Frost, usues

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">nature and imagery in this poem to give the reader more ideas of how to imagine the paths to take. This poem

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">relates to life in the wat of growing up, maturing and making good decisions in the life ahead of you. The poem to

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">me, reminds me of how we all have to grow-up and get mature. I think it is important to loose your innocence in

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">order to grow-up and mature. The poem talks about how you can debate which road you want to travel but sooner

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">or later, you have to make a choice to follow a road. This can be an example like when there is a fork in the road

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">and you have to bear either left or right. If you travel the road less traveled by, you can achieve greater things than

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">you ever thought you would. The author is tring to descibe life and how you can choose to live it. Also this poem

<span style="background-color: #f09124; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">can be thought of as a poem that is a story of getting older.

<span style="background-color: #f6fd96; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #12- "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost--Journal 4

<span style="background-color: #f6fd96; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">"I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence." This line is from my poetry out-loud project from the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.This line is found in the last stanza of the poem and this line is my favorite line in the poem. I think this poem riveting because it tells about how the author, Robert Frost, is able to share his experiences in his life and how his choices have had consequences. This poem is telling us how when we make decisions they can have consequences that could be good or baddepending upon who you are as a person. The choice is your own but you can think of it being a good or a bad thing. If you want to travel on the same road and fit in with everyone else, you can do that if that's what you want to do. Then if you rather try your own way and discover something new rather than following the crowd. This line also shows how the stories Robert Frost will pass on through generations can maybe affect the generations choices and decisions they will make.

<span style="background-color: #ee2b5a; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #11- "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost--Journal 3

<span style="background-color: #ee2b5a; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">A personal connection I have to this poem is that I will have to make a choice of whether to go to college or not. Once I have made that decision, I will have to make the choice of where to go and what I want to study. If I choose not to go to college, I won’t have as many “roads” to choose from. This decision will change my life forever because I can have the choice of a small or large school, far or close school or a school that my family has gone to before. I have to make these tough choices in the next two years so I don’t become stressed and don’t end up doing nothing with my life. I think it is important to go college because I can choose a major that interests me in what possible careers I want to have and help plan for the future. As said in the poem I can numerous possibilities for my future if I go to college and if I don’t go to college I would narrow my possibilities in life.

<span style="background-color: #f0d47a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #10- "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost--Journal 2

<span style="background-color: #f0d47a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">This poem is about two roads in life that can be chosen to live life. The poem describes the differences between the two roads and how they have different consequences depending upon which road you choice to follow. The tone of the poem is very strong and very contemplative because Frost is contemplative in how he wants decide which road to take. Robert Frost uses the poem to tell us that when you come to a fork in the road you have to make a choice that could be a good or bad choice depending on how you want to live your life. Frost had to make the tough choice of becoming a poet which during his time would have been something most people wouldn’t have taken because most people become a doctor or lawyer. So this poem shows us that we have to take a road where we can make our own life and our own choices or do we decide to follow everyone else and be like everyone else. This poem is symbolic to the choices we make in life and how we can choose to live our lives. Also how we try to look into the future to see what we can accomplish but we can only see so far as we can.

<span style="background-color: #06aec1; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #9- "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost--Journal 1

<span style="background-color: #06aec1; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">The poem I chose for Poetry Out Loud was “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. This poem is a poem I’ve heard many times throughout my childhood and has stuck with me. I like this poem because it talks about nature and the future I can choose for myself. I think that this poem is a good example of making good choices in life and making good decisions. You can do what you want with your life but if you waste it, you cannot take it back. In the poem, there are two roads to choose in life, the road traveled by many people or the road less traveled. By taking the less traveled road, there are more risks to take and to become more daring than being monotonous in life. When I read this poem, I feel calm as if the world has stopped for a moment and I think of good memories from the past when life was easier. However, since I have gotten older, I have had to make many tough decisions in life. If you don’t apply yourself in school, you won’t achieve your goals. In my life I want to do something meaningful with my life and achieve my goals. I can connect with this poem because, I want to take the road not taken and achieve great things. This poem can mentor you in difficult situations to help you make the right choice compared to making the wrong choice. The way Frost describes nature is unruffled and the words used to describe how far the road goes on is symbolic of how far we try to see into our future which all depends on the choices we make. This poem as a whole is symbolic to the choices we make in life and how far we will go in our lives.

<span style="background-color: #e99efa; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #8-

<span style="background-color: #e99efa; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="background-color: #e99efa; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The next book we are reading in class is the glass Menagerie by Tenesse Williams. From what I have seen and slightly read/ heard about this book seems to be a play as well as a book. But I think the book could be about how this mother with her children has all these dreams that get shattered by reality. The title of the story seems fairy- tale like in the sense of the glass reminding me of the glass slipper in Cinderella. The title just seems very airy and flowy. Then menagerie, I am not sure how to pronounce it, but it seems as if it is french, but I could be completely wrong. I think this book will be interesting to read and hopefully it is exciting opposed to boring and confusing. It sounds dramatic and heartwarming. I am trying to be positive about reading this book. I feel like this is going to be a mythical book maybe but it will be more intense. Also this book from my knowledge and what I have read on the back of the book, relates to a poem we read in class called, We Real cool by Gwendolyn Brooks. The poem illustrates how everything in life can be wonderful and great until one little event can set off a dominio effect of horrifying events. This poem shows how these kids in school thought they we're too cool for school and left and they drank and got into trouble and then died. They show the example of what happens when poor choices are made. So this all ties into school and how teachers tell us to not make bad choices and stay in school. The poem reminds me of what I have glanced at about the book The Glass Menagerie.

<span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #7- (Assigned) <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Love-spirit- energy- truth

<span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The truth about love, <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">There needs to be energy. <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">If the spirit of love, <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Isn't there, <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">then why care? <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">If you're not in it then get out. <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The truth about love, <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Is a crazy thing, <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">That can't be expressed. <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Just do it. <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Have energy. <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">And a smiling spirit. <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The truth about love, <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Is to be truthful to yourself. <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">To love each other. <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">To have that unified spirit. <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">To have that butterfly energy. <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The truth about love... <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">It goes on and on, <span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Forever.

<span style="background-color: #ea57ad; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">~The End.

<span style="background-color: #a9cdf9; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #6-

<span style="background-color: #a9cdf9; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Photography is something I have a huge interest in very much. I love taking pictures of still lifes, flowers, feet and random things. I entered a <span style="background-color: #a9cdf9; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">photo contest and I hope I win but I probably won't win. I like taking pictures of nature like being outside with different lighting. Being able to focus of a plant with raindrops is really clear and life-like. Also working in different lighting is interesting because when you take a picture with the sun bright on the object your trying to capture, has those sun-pixel spots on the photo, which is neat. When you take pictures from odd angles, putting the camera flat on the ground or in a tree branch, you can get a wow factor compared to just a normal standing up shot. I don't think I want to major in photography but I do want to major in art but I don't know what kind of art. It's a definite possiblity in future. I like to use my own photographs in the artwork I do at school as my inspiration. I think that photography is capturing something in the moment and you can keep that memory for forever. The photos itself is so defined and clear depending on how you take the picture. I feel like taking pictures of flowers up-close can express an emotion from a different point of view. If I am taking a still life picture Iwant to use all my capabilities to make sure the object is as clear is possible and that it can make a big and bold statement to people who see it.

<span style="background-color: #c25df4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #5-

<span style="background-color: #c25df4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">My favorite class I think is art class with Mr. Ravenstahl. Art to me is using ideas to create what your emotions andthe world around you that make you wonder- therefore you do what interests you. I had art class last year too and i explored the ideas of trees in different mediums such as; charcoal, paint, glue, pastels and metals with glass. My final was seven tree sculptures made from wire mesh covered in glue to make a stain-glass effect. It is awesome. It makes me feel like its showing how trees are turning into trash and just dying from the population. Also, it shows the isolations of the trees. I think it shows how we need to be more aware of whats going on around us because we can be so oblivious. This year and throughout high school I want to work with the concept of trees. I have thought of the growth of trees from start to finish. The roots were something I hadn't used in my other trees so I thought I should try it. I want to use real materials like tree, moss, and leaves and add random textures materials. I had the idea to make something come off the canvas but I changed that idea alot. So now, currently, I am using canvas as my base where I hot glued alot of tree branches to create a tree coming off of the canvas. The textures give the effect of its floating in the air. When it as a whole is put on the wall, it looks like a mask or a face trying to tell you something. One of my favorite elements of the artwork is a bird’s nest I found at the barn made out of horsehair. In the artwork, the nest is empty creating this idea of an empty or abandonded home, which I can relate to in my family. As a whole, I want the tree-canvas to be hanging on the wall along with my seven wire-mesh trees sorounding this artwork I have currently made. The whole idea of all the trees can represent isolation, cold, and depressing emotions of past life and how that life it dead and gone for good.

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<span style="background-color: #7dea57; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Homecoming was soo much fun!!! The game was intense and the parade was good but cold. I think it was a great homecoming game. We won against Dominion! The halftime shows I messed up alot but it wasn't my fauly, it was so cold and windy. So, it’s not my fault completely. My fingers were so numb and our colorguard uniforms are so skimpy and barely anything. We froze. But we made it home alive. The parade was so long to walk; I kept hitting myself with my flag in the heel. I saw so many people I knew watching the parade, which I thought, was cool. The homecoming dance & dinner I went to with my boyfriend Zach, was good. The group, half of them were girls didn't even contect with us which was weird. We went to San Vito's for dinner and that was yummy. Oh my goodness! When the bill came, it was sooo complicated! Those smart T.J. kids make everything so complex. It was ridiculous! So.Much. Math. Crazyness. Then we went to the dance at T.J. and it was kind of fun. The pictures before dinner was so awkward, so many parents with cameras at least 10 of them for 13 people in our group. My face was red in almost all of the pictures. I don't like dancing, but I tried to dance...that didn't work. After the dance, we went to an after-party at my friend’s house with like 7 people from the good half of the group and that was alot better then the dance I thought. WE jumped on the trampoline at 12:30 A.M. and stayed up eating tons and tons of chocolate covered things. It was awesome! We had so much sugar! It was like we we're drunk off of sugar! Then we played the game Apples to Apples. We we're so tired by then it was 1:40ish in the morning so we would laugh at every single thing! It was hilarious!! You had to be there. A card we had was 'comfortable' and my friend put the describing card of 'Lemon' and we all BURSTED OUT LAUGHING! We laughed for the rest of the night! Comfortable=lemons...I didn't get home until 3:45 A.M. It was such an awesome night and I liked getting to meet new friends! GrEaT HoMeCoMiNg 20!0 :)

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<span style="background-color: #f87cae; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">I really want summer to come back now. I wish is was summer. It would be warm and sunny all the time, not cold and rainy. It's been so cold and depressing outside and it makes me all gloomy. Summer is awesome because thers no school or homework to deal with. You can go to the pool and wear shorts and flip-flops and go to the beach. The feeling of school is stressfull with the tests, quizes and homework. I just want o be able to sleep in and stay up late all the time. Eventhough I like being able to see my friends, not be stressed out all the time. It's just thebeginning of fall and its almost Thanksgiving and Christmas. When it is summer, I'll be able to drive and not have parents drive me everywhere. The hot summer days are what I miss the most and the sunsets way later not at six- thirty. School days all mis together and its all a blur. Summer days I remember. Summer will come back soon...

<span style="background-color: #49acee; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Journal Entry #2- <span style="background-color: #49acee; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">"Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here." -The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

<span style="background-color: #49acee; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">This quote to me fells like its about how our lives are stories and every person has their story to tell and when we die no one knows the story that we told. Everyone has a story to tell and has to be told or the stories get lost or 'die'. Also I think the quote could be saying that we all have a purpose and a reason to why we are on Earth. We are suppose to find that certain reason or purpose before we die and forget. We have to find who we are and share the stories with people about what has happened on this journey in life. The way we live out lives should be to the fulliest and take risks and those are the stories to share as well. There are many opportunities in life that we take for granted so we should live it out as much as possible. Lifes short. These stories should be shared with family and friends and everyone. We should know what the reason for being here today and know out purpose in life. It could also mean that if we're Christians we should share the gospel with everyone as our mission or life goal on this earth. Or share a different religion with the people around you. The storie of our lives is an interesting and long journey that should be told whenever we can tell someone before we die. Life should be something great eventhough there are many challenging obstacles in our way we have to deal with.

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<span style="background-color: #15efa9; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">So marching band...Good times...not really. I am the colorguard, also known as a flag twirler, in marching band. I have done this since freshmen year. I guess I would say its fun but when it starts three weeks before school starts, your life officially ends. You want to hang out with your friends but no, the excuse you use is "oh I have band" or "I have a game" thats when you say "I'm in the halft time show oh yeah!". But its still fun, I've met alot of new friends and it looks good for colleges. Colorguard is aot of long, hot and stressful days and you're always sore from hitting yourself with a flag. Once you have learned the guard work and the drill spot, its so accomplishing! Then when you know the whole show, its like an adrenaline rush when you perform. You're unstoppable, per se. Even thoughtheres always guard drama, we get over it. But the drama isn't as bad as the Flute Section drama.