GRRRR!

I like the posionwood bible. i like the way its writtin and it really pulls you in like you feel like part of the novel. i can't put it down but i had to inorder to post this lol! cant wait to talk about it 2morrow!

rain=book

Today seemed like perfect weather to read a book. So as I was searching my bookshelf for one of the multiple novels I've been meaning to read for years on end (and won't until after this class), I remembered I had to read The Poisonwood Bible. So making that my pick, I curled up with some tea and a comfy blanket and started to read. I was pleasently surprised how much I really like this book! Sure, it helped that my sister told me she loved it when she read it, but the different points of view make it really interesting! It's kinda like 5 books in one. I'm curious about what kind of themes we're going to be discussing and what type of storyline this book will follow. We shall see! :]

Wowza

I'm absolutly loving this class! The discussions in class have been great and I feel like Im learning alot!! I really like the rhetorical analysis. It's been fun for me to dig deeper into different types of sentence structures and how simple things like repeating a word or sound can compel the reader to think or feel different things. That being said, I'm very exicted to start the paper on the AP prompts. I saw the title of the one about Nerds and I knew that it was going to be a fun paper to write! Im also excited about "Poison Wood Bible"! From just the intro I could tell that it was going to be a very interesting book with lots of description so I could clearly picture each scene and character in my head! For me this makes the book even more fun to read and create a sort of movie in my head to go along with moods and people...including soundtracks if I'm feeling particulaly dorky!!

3rd tri

so far this tri hasn't been so bad. Im really anxious for spring break to come, and for this tri to just be over. But im glad we have ms. stariha back but im also kind of nervous for this paper due friday, it seems like it might be kind of confusing and im hoping that once i start writing ill know exactly where i want to take my paper. The poison wood bible im also excited to start reading. It looks kind of intimidating because of how lengthy it is, and since i didn't really enjoy johnny got his gun, im hoping i really like this book. Its a lot easier for me to read the novels when i like them and i understand them. I hope this final tri of high school is the best yet!

loving it!

college english feels like a whole new class with ms. starhia back annnnnd im LOVING IT!
i am so eager for the books we will be reading and am ready to learn more.
i really enjoyed fridays poem 'africa' annd am excited that we have began the poisionwood bible.
being sick put me a behind so i hope i can catch up quickly :/
so much to finish up today....

hope everyone had a good weekend! :))

Africa

Reading the Africa peom on class has inspired me to share a poem I wrote a few years ago.
I don't remember what I called it... I was somthing along the lines of "Forgivness" or "Ultimatium"


We close our eyes, the sky is black, we open our eyes, and the sky is blue.
The Sunflower danced, the Sun shines, the Birds sing
We remember what we did...
It cries pedals, the Sun hides, and the trees sway.
That's when we fall, fall into the demise of sin
As we fall, we open our eyes, the sky is Red.


Basicly your dreaming, i.e. the sky is black, then you dream about being in a fantasy world of peace and prosperity and the sky is bright blue.
Everything is happy, but then you think of all the bad things you did that day.
Your negative actions have effected everyone and everything, even the Earth.
You realize it is your fault, and fall to the ground in grief.
And as you fall, you dream ends, it is morning, a new beggining and the sky is red with the blood or you sins or red as a warning.  I was never too sure which would be best reason to make the sky red.

I was pretty proud of this poem, so I saved it!  : )

In other news, my sister didn't have money for lunch today, so she came to me for help.  I didn't give her any money arguing that I won't be around to save her all the time and that she should find a way to solve the problem on her own (as I did when I was a freshman).  However she did it, she got a lunch, but she is still sore about me "abbandoning" her.  Was this bad judgment on my part, or a wise move?

New Trimester

I am very excited that we have started a new trimester. I am extremely glad that Ms. Stariha is back and seems so eager to teach us everything that we may have missed the first trimester. I really have been enjoying the conversations we have been having as a class discussing the different prompts and their meanings. I also like how we are now using more of the literary terms like diction. I heard from a classmate that the novel The Poisonwood Bible is a great story in which we become fully engaged as a reader. I am hoping that I don't find this story confusing and that I do well on the upcoming tests.