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This week of ELA was quite a week. On Monday, we were assigned a new poem to read and annotate by the name of "Mending Wall" which we were to turn in on Friday, March 27. We also read the short story "The Interlopers" on Monday, and, *SPOILER ALERT* two grown men whose families have been in a feud for three generations, meet on a stormy winter night under a beech tree, later to fall, trapping the two men. They realize that this feud has been ongoing for far too long, and they make friends. They later yelled for help, and in the distant forest, they see "people" running for them with amazing speed. As they approached the two men, they saw that these "people" were wolves. So, our job was to create a small newspaper article about the town's buzz of the deaths of these two men. There were many other things assigned to us, but most importantly, we were told to create our own bucket lists. At least three things were required on our bucket lists, but, of course, there was a twist. Not only did we need to explain what these actions were, but we had to explain to the audience about how THEY can do these things as well. Here's my finished bucket list.
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Throughout this week in English Language Arts, we read and annotated multiple Sonnets, most of them by Shakespeare. And after realizing the differences that Sonnets have from regular poems, such as each line in a Sonnet having ten syllables, the rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG, and especially, that all Sonnets are about love. So, on Wednesday, we were assigned to write our own Sonnets. However, there is a twist! Our teacher had a basket with tiny papers that had a theme on it, and whatever that theme was, you had to write your Sonnet based on it. Some people got zoo animals, others sea creatures, and mine was hoodies. Most people, particularly teenagers, like us, tend to wear more light weighted jackets or hoodies, and they don't tend to give a lot of warmth to the wearer, so I thought; why not write about an elderly person's perspective on these "new gang jackets" that have been created. And before anyone thinks that I mean anyone who wears these things is considered a gang member, YOU ARE NOT. Remember, this is simply what I think people say or have said about these hoodies. Here is a picture of the finished Sonnet.
During this week of ELA, we read and finished Harper Lee's prized novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. Today, March 11, we watched the beginning half of the movie that was made based upon it, noticing the major parts of the story, included or not. We found a few small loopholes in between some parts that either something new to the story was introduced to us, or a part that we read was excluded. However, major or minor parts, excluded or not, we knew that the writer of the novel, Harper Lee, was on the set of the movie the entire time. Whatever major part was missed she would've taken care of. In other words, watching this movie was such an exciting experience after reading such an amazing book. This is by far one of the best books I've read throughout my life, and I cannot wait until Harper Lee makes the sequel to it.
To read more about Harper Lee and this novel, click here. As the young man opened the creaky door, he began to look away as if accepting his death. Although he trusted the princess with his life, he began doubting her truthfulness the moment the door opened. The entire Coliseum went silent. It felt to the prince as if all time stopped; as if the world stopped spinning. Only pure luck could decide his fate. He though for a moment. What could've he done to the princess by which she hated him so much that she should trick him into his death? He waited for ten seconds. The coliseum was still completely silent; so silent that you could hear someone take a step. Then, out came the princess. Cheering was heard from everyone in the coliseum in happiness for the prince and his innocence. They were immediately married and rode off on horses into the beautiful pink and orange afternoon horizon.
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