movies!

I love the movie She's The Man because it is based of the Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. In the movie it is more modern, and Viola (the main character) plays soccer but her boyfriend thinks she can't play better than any guy, so she decides to impersonate her twin brother and attend his school to be on the soccer team to prove to her family and friends she is capable of the challenge. When she arrives Olivia starts to fall in love with him (her) but the guy Viola is rooming with, has the biggest crush on Olivia. Meanwhile Viola is in love with Duke who has a crush on Olivia. It's a really long confusing movie with a twist of modern comedy.

I think it relates to Shakespeare because of the love octagon, and all the little things that happen on the side just make it more funny. I like when people make movies based off of older movies that used to be really popular because teens always want to watch the newer ones. That way we can learn about what used to be a really big deal a long time ago but in a more fun way version.

Shakespear!

When we first started A midsummer nights dream, I really didn't understand how they were talking and the language Shakespear created. But once ms Gilman told us that the whole movie and they way they talked was because it was all one big poem. Once I had that in my head it was easier to understand what they were saying. And it really isn't that complicated they just use a lot of "thy", "thou", and "the."

I really likes the movie though, the story was really interesting and a little bit hard to follow which made everyone pay attention. After about 30 minutes of the movie I really started to understand the love triangle, it's so confusing though if you don't pay any attention. I liked the plot because the movie wasn't very predictable, which made it more interesting to watch. I am really excited for Romeo and Juliet, because I have heard so much about over the years from my mom, teachers, friends, and family. 

The worst part

To me, the saddest part of Animal Farm is that all the animals listen to Napoleon. Because, I know he is supposed to be the leader but in a situation like the one they are in (running the whole farm) I think it is important to have sort of a decision maker but not someone or some animal that has that much power and influence over everyone else on the farm. I think that all the animals pay to much attention to what Napoleon wants then what they want, which might have caused them to do some of the stupid things they did. 

Another sad thing about the book is when the windmill got destroyed. The animals spent almost two years building it and to have in be completely destroyed would be so frustrating. I cannot believe they had it in them to rebuild it, two times. All in all I think Animal Farm is a pretty sad story but very well written.

Freewrite

When I started Animal farm, it took a long time to get to an interesting part. But then once it did, I really started to enjoy it. I especially like how all the animals talk and have their own personality.  I think the animals talking and taking over the farm and creating their own life and running mr. Jones off the farm makes the story so interesting.

If I were writing this book I would have had mr. Jones stay on the farm but the animals just control him and everything that happens. Also I would have some of the animals be plotting something interesting within the main story of Animal Farm. 

My expectations for high school...

As soon as I started elementary school I couldn't wait to get to middle school. And in 8th grade I couldn't wait to be a freshman. And I had heard stories, some good some bad, but I didn't know how it was all going to be in real life. It all just kept getting more exciting. And now, I am finally here. I feel like I've worked my whole life, and done everything, every test, every math assignment, every writing prompt to get here. to high school. And I love high school just as much as I thought I would...no, even more. 

On my first day, I fell in love with it. I fell in love with the 10 minute break, in between second and third period, I fell in love with all the hustle and bustle throughout the whole school in the morning. I fell in love with the fresh-plopped-on-a-pan-straight-out-of-the-package-and-stuck-in-the-oven-cookies, I fell in love with the orange peels strewn across the cafeteria. I fell in love with all of it, and I feel really satisfied inside, because I know that if I didn't feel this way about high school, I would need to push myself to do my homework and find some way to just keep going. But I am already doing that, I am motivated. I am motivated to become more intelligent, become more creative, and be eligible to get in to a top notch college by the time it's my senior year.

When, I came to high school I expected all my teachers to be boring, and loud and so uninteresting that I would fall asleep in every class (by the way, may I just point out that I have only ever fallen asleep once in my Spanish class,) and I expected my teachers to stand at the front of the class and take roll with an almost hypnotizing expression and their eyelids slowly falling. I expected high school to be like Farris Bueller's Day Off. I expected there to be so much homework, I stayed up all night every night trying to finish it. I kept picturing my teachers yelling "pop quiz" every other day.

What I expect to get out of high school, is a really great education, to become a better singer, and be apt to sing in front of my peers, and to find myself, and figure out who I want to be for the rest of my life. That's a lot to accomplish in just 4 short years. But I'm not worried because I know I can do it. And I know that these 4 years of high school, will end up feeling like 40.

Poetry out Loud

For poetry out loud, I chose to memorize a poem called The Orange. I chose this poem because I thought it was really cute and creative. And I will be honest I also chose it because it was not as lengthly as some others, but also it made me feel relaxed and comfortable reading The Orange because it is pretty short but also it has a very creative mood. I feel pretty good about memorizing this and reading it in front of the class. I usually don't have a problem with reading in front of people and I have memorized quite a bit of my poem.

 I can relate this poem to some poems I have written. I like to write shorter fun poems that give me a good feeling. It's hard for me to explain just what that feeling is, its kind of a feeling of hope and happiness in being where you are in your life, and thats what this poem brings to me.

Three poems!

We read The Road Not Taken today in class. And I think it really speaks to me. It is about someone who is choosing which path to take with his or her life. Deciding if they want to take the road that they don't know much about, the road that is uncertain, and mysterious, undecided and unfamiliar. He or she is trying to chose which will be best. Robert Frost is writing about a big decision someone is going to take, if he choses the road that is calling to him, his body feels he wants to take it, or the road that most people take because they know this is the safest and most sure road they can take without any problems or unpleasant encounters.

"Then took the other, as just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim, because it was grassy and wanted wear." The relates to me because, I am always wanting to do other things that sometimes other people think are really dumb, or stupid and pointless. like art, I do a lot of art and poem writing because it helps express myself!! and  I love to be creative, I think I am a very creative person, but people look down upon the things you love.