Im tired or rumors starting.
Im tired of people lieing saying what they want about me.
Why can they back up off me.
Why cant they let me live.
Im gonna do it my way.
Take this for just what it is.
By: Lindsay Lohan - she sums that up very well.
Walk with me a while.
Forget about the world for just a little while.
Take me hand. Trust me now. Dont ask why, just walk with me.
I can feel your hand in mine pulling me along.
You dont even know how i feel now.
Listen to me, give me a chance to speak my mind.
We walked around in a loop, and then you pulled my arm.
Made me come back, made me come back for more.
Its time we had a little talk, about you and me.
what should I say its going a long just a little to fast now
didn’t wanna say, didn’t wanna see you cry.
Its time.
For you.
To walk with me a while.
Listen.
To my words.
They are deeper then yours.
Walk with me, down an empty road, full of heatbreak and sorrow.
Heal me heart give me more.
Walk with me a while.
By: Taylor - for a friend. Dont give up you never know.
You could be in a country with four walls, four sides, four different points of view.
You fled this place, to get away, from what you thought was a disgrace.
You could live there and never know what the outside brings.
If I called you and asked you… what it was like? What would you say? What would you tell me now…?
Is the tea as sweet?
Is the grass as green?
Do people smile as much as they do here?
You couldn’t say… you wouldn’t know… you would just have to say…
I’m in a war, with hundreds of souls dieing every day.
He sends them off, to a place unknown, and I wish I will never go.
The small black box said a year or two but it has been three what can we do.
Sit. Wait. Anticipate.
Cry. Weep. Hold ours heads high.
They called for us, our names all four, they took us away.
I feared this moment from the start
I’m going to a place unknown.
No one could tell me. No one could comfort me.
Daddy don’t go.
Mother don’t die.
Sister you can not leave me.
In this place unknown.
Written by: Taylor - written for Anne Frank in WWII
I see you working hard for me
And wonder what it means:
Whether I will do the same
And give up my own dreams
To offer someone else my world,
A stranger from my womb,
And say: Here, take my life,
So you, not I, can bloom. I often wonder at the depth
Of that cool sacrifice;
I know it can’t be “just because,”
Or simply to be nice. It is so awesome, I can’t think
How I could make that choice,
Except I see something in you
That gives my own heart voice. I see sometimes a happiness
Amid the stressed-out day
That no one else can hope to know
In any other way. I feel it when you look at me
And understand sometimes
That things I do, I do for two,
And then your hard life shines. And when I give you grief, I know
That all the bitter pain
Between a mom and growing child
Is simply like the rain That alternates with sunny days,
Passion without end,
While underneath is more of life
Than we can comprehend. And then I know, perhaps, why I
Like you might be so moved
To give my life to someone else,
And know that I have loved.
By: I do not know.
In the November 7th, 1942 entry Anne talks a lot about how she does not love her mother and that to me is shocking. I find that most mothers are similar to their daughters and can relate to them and go to them for help when ever needed. That is what my mother and I have. I can tell her most of the things in my life, and she is always there for me. She is also similar to me, but sometimes calls me Darren (that’s my dads name, and I am very similar to him). My mother and I have our troubles as well just like Anne and her mother. Sometimes I feel that she loves and stands up for my brother and sister more than she does for me. There are some times when I feel that I do not love my mother, but in truth I do. Sometimes we just stray away from the ones we love.
When Anne said “I only look at her as a mother, and she just doesn’t succeed in being that to me; I have to be my own mother,” I got chills all over. Someone who says that must have a lot of confidence, and must have a hole right in the middle of their heart in a place that should be filled with love. (I think she goes to Peter to fill that hole)
Also in Anne’s entry she talks about her sister, Margot. She finds Margot to be the prettiest, sweetest, and most beautiful girl in the world. Yet she almost despises her. Anne doesn’t envy, and is not jealous of her sister all she wants is to be taken seriously, and I can relate. When I was younger I wanted people to listen to me and give me a chance to speak, but most of the time I did not get that chance. I find that sometimes adults don’t want to listen to us little people.
Anne and me have one little thing in common. That is how people treat us from day to day. She writes that people find her sensible and knows everything one day and the next day people think she is a silly little goat who doesn’t know anything. I get that with my father a lot. He treats me like a real human some days and we get a long well, and then the other days he thinks that every thing I says is rubbish. He can treat me like an adult one day and a baby the next, and I don’t know any one I can turn to.
When you come back I won’t be here
He said and gently pulled me near
If you want to talk you can call
And no it’s not your fault
I just smiled and said let go of me
But there’s something that I’ve just gotta know
Did someone else steal my part?
He said it’s not my fault
Then my heart did time in Siberia
Was waiting for the lie to come true
‘Cause it’s all so dark and mysterious
When the one you want doesn’t want you too
I was drifted in between
Like I was on the outside looking in
In my dreams you are still here
Like you’ve always been
My heart did time in Siberia
Was waiting for the lie to come true
‘Cause it’s all so dark and mysterious
When the one you want doesn’t want you too
I gave myself away completely
But you just couldn’t see me
Though I was there righ beside you
Cause someone else was on your mind
In your head
When I came back he wasn’t there
Just a note left on the stairs
If you want to talk give me a call
My heart did time in Siberia
Was waiting for the lie to come true
‘Cause it’s all so dark and mysterious
When the one you want doesn’t want you too
When the one that you want doesn’t want you
~This is my favotite piece of writing in the whole world right now. I changed the she’s to he’s so that it would make more sence for me, and modified just a little bit. If you can guess where I got it from, the name of the writers, you will get the tilte of Smartest Person EVER. - hint- its not a poem.~
If my parents told me to pack a bag because we were going somewhere, what would I bring? What is more important to me, memories or dresses? Go here to find out the details on what the assignment so you have a clear picture of what I have to do.
If I had to pack bag, I would most probably bring memories. Memories to me last longer and are more for filling than any dress. Dresses fade, rip, and tatter but memories to me last forever.
I would bring my blanky which is a blanket that I have had for as long as I can remember, and that I can’t sleep without. It reminds me of my family and that I would not be able to live a full life with out my family. I would also bring Fluffy. Fluffy is a white tattered bear (its cream colored now) that I got the day I was born from my parents. It reminds me of the love my parents have for me, and their love is very important to me. My blanky and Fluffy would be the first two things i grab.
The other things that I would bring would be my TJ necklace, picture of my family, my dance shoes, an old drama script, my purple pen, my pink poka dotted bag with tons of paper and some extra pens. All of these things mean something to me. The TJ necklace I got from my two best friends, and that means the world to me. As for the dance shoes and old drama script, I would bring them to dance in and to remind me self how to act and how to keep the actors spirit alive.
The bear is Fluffy, and the blanket that Fluffy is sitting on is Blanky.
Here are some websites that I came across while researching that may help you understand the war a little more.
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm
http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/wwii.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001288.html
http://www.besthistorysites.net/WWII.shtml
They have time lines and some have in depth information on the war. Enjoy.
When we first began the book The Lord of the Flies, I had no clue what was in store for me. Mr. R talked about hidden meanings everything in the story, and how we had to all look out for similes and metaphors. I was incredibly confused, at first. Then we did things like reading the book, discussing it in class, and completed the final project on the book. By the time this book was done I was an expert on The Lord of the Flies. I shall now tell you what I learned, how I learned it, and how I used it.
While reading the book I felt that I demonstrated the ESLR Critical Thinker because I feel that I built meaning and understanding using prior knowledge and new information. In my own words that means that I can take what I have learned in the past and use it in the present. I did this by thinking about past books, and information that I had gotten to figure out what might happen next and how it will affect certain characters in the book. We also use this skill in modern dance. We take dance moves from the past and remodel them to make new creative moves. There is always room for improvements so I think that I could do this better by taking more information from other classes and putting them into my every day learning. I might use P.E. stretches and put them into my drama stretches that I do every day. Overall I found that I did exceptionally well in the critical thinking area, and I can use past knowledge. Out of 10 I give myself a 7.5.
I found that I was not the best Self Directed Learner while reading the book. I didn’t completely demonstrate competency in goal setting, time management, and organization skills. What that means to me is that I set goals that I can accomplish, managing my time so I can complete your goal, also organization can help you to keep on top of things and keep going and going. Out of all this the only fault that I had was not managing my time wisely. I didn’t read every night, I read every second and some times I found that I was a chapter behind some classes. This reminds me of last year in grade 7 English, I was not into the book King Arthur, and I tried to read it but after about 6 chapters I gave up and discontinued reading it. My goal failed and I was most definitely not organized, all my notes were every where! I didn’t get very high marks reading that book. I could have taken notes in class so that I would still understand what was going on in the book. In conclusion reading a book and being a self directed learner is not going to work well, but I have to try and work on that more. Out of 10 I give myself a 2.
In class there were many discussions about the book and many many activities. We talked just about every class about a chapter or a topic that had come up in the book. I found that while we had this class meeting I was an effective communicator. I demonstrated the skills of effective collaboration. That means that I can work well with my classmates and members of a team. You should listen well and pitch in ideas. I have shown this in class by staying calm and listening to every one around me and also saying things to help out my class. What triggers into my mind is being an involved citizen when I am respectfully interacting with diverse cultures. I know I have shown this by not excluding people because of their diverse culture and not speaking to people badly. I know that I could work on these skills and I might try doing that by listening more to what is going on around me, and even to encourage others to speak up more (I talk too much). There are many ideas out there not just my own. Thus I think this was my strongest area in the ESLRs. Out of 10 I would give myself a 9.
On the other hand while I was participating in class discussions and work, I believe that I didn’t demonstrate the ways of a critical thinker. I didn’t apply problem solving skills to facilitate learning. Possibly it means that I try to solve problems using trial and error, by asking questions and discussing the problems with other people. I didn’t do well in this certain criteria because I didn’t ask for help, ask people around me or even try to work out problems for myself. When I am in algebra, I sometimes use this skill in my work. If you don’t know or understand a certain question then you try it once then you try it again, and that is the trial and error. I know that I could use this skill more in all the work that I do, and I could do this by asking more questions if I don’t understand a certain assignment. On the whole I didn’t do terrible at this skill but there is always room for improvement. Out of 10 I would give myself a 4.
The project was the most stressful part of the whole book. We had less then a week to do a certain project that we had picked ourselves. As I was doing this project I felt that I hit the ESLR Academic Achiever, in the area of accessing information from a variety of sources. That to me means that I can look in a book or on the internet, interview people and ask them questions about information they might know, so that I can find different information from different sources. This reminds me of book interviews that you sometimes see on television. When people talk about the book that they wrote and they explain it coming from them, so you have two sources that come from one line of information. I could always do this better by getting my mother to edit some of my work, and then getting my peers to edit it. That would be two different minds making it two different sources. Finally I conclude that being an academic achiever is harder than it looks. Out of 10 I give myself an 8.
There was also an ESLR that I didn’t do that well when doing the project, and that ESLR was self directed learner, I just didn’t seem to get that specific ESLR into my project. In this particular project I didn’t take a creative risk in developing untried ideas. I know this means that I am original in my work. I hand in something that is unlike all the others that are handed in. I have not done this because I did what just about every one else did, and I played it safe. Mostly every one made a book and I made a book as well. This makes me think of my father. He is always safe in the work that he does day after day, unoriginal and sometimes boring. He tries to make what he does a little more creative like color coding things, but he just does what he is practically told. I could take more risks by doing something completely different on my next project. Still do what it is asking me to complete but also go an extra mile, and think outside the box. At last this ESLR was terribly ignored and must be worked on much harder in the future. Out of 10 I give myself a 4.
Over all everything that had to do with the book went pretty smoothly. I read it and learnt how to improve my reading. I also learnt loads more from just writing this journal entry. In the future, I possibly might be able to enhance my learning capabilities.
IDEAS: I narrowed the topic of my journal entry down to “what I have learned from the ESLR using blooms taxonomy”
ORGANIZATION: my organization went in a specific order. I put reading the book first with an eslr that I did and did not do. Then I put in class with an eslr that I did and didn’t do. Then last but not least I put project last with an eslr that I did and didn’t do.
VOICE: I tried to use as much voice as I could in the over all essay. In this sentence I used the word particular, and I find that that word is a big part of me. “In this particular project I didn’t take a creative risk in developing untried ideas.” I use the word particular a lot and when I talk I use it as well. There are many words through out the paper that are very “me” words, that give it is voice.
WORD CHOICE:… Started to Began…idea to Clue ….very to ncredibly… higher to Enhance
SENTENCE FLUENCY: There was on sentence that started out as “in the future I might have a higher learning standard.” Wasn’t that detailed and was very sloppy. I then changed it to “In the future I possibly might be able to enhance my learning capabilities.” This was much better and much clearer for the reader.
