Biopoem

To celebrate the year end we each wrote a bio poem, which is a poem about yourself. Click here to read mine.

Year and review

At the end of the school year our teacher asked us to do a year in review for English. I you want to see it click here.

La sorcellerie du moyen age

En classe nous avons étudier la Grèce ancienne, L'empire Romain et le Moyen âge. Après nous avions eu besoin de faire un projet sur un de ces sujets. J'ai choisi le moyen age et la sorcellerie. C'est un sujet vraiment interessant. Si vous voulez voir mon document d'appui cliquer ici.

Uglies

I found the beginning a bit confusing because I kept thinking I was reading in the first person. I thought Tally was a friend of the main character, and the main character hadn't identified themselves yet.

The operation sound painful. I mean, how can people not be discouraged to get the operation when you describe it like: your bones are going to be grounded, your cheek bones are going to be replaced by perfect plastic ones and your skin is going to be sanded off! I think they should at least leave you the choice to pick if you want to stay ugly or become pretty. Sure enough I think the peer pressure will force everyone to become pretty. And still, if you're like Shay you would just stay your real self and they won't start sending people after you when you run away to stay, well pretty, the real kind of pretty

I like Shay. I think she has the right idea to stay normal. The operation does make you fake! They change everything in you and out and everyone is O.K. with that? If I were living there I would follow Shay to her mysterious David. After all they have the right idea. Shay is also very fun to be with, but I don't think I would have that much gut to break all the rules. I don't like being screamed at. Then again, I'm not in the same situation or environment as them.  

I think that while they do the operation they do something to your brain to make you want to stay pretty and do everything they ask. Or maybe it's just how they go from one extreme to the other. ex: From hard work to unlimited fun. 

    When Peris came I don't think he did it from his own free will. I think it was the special circumstances that planted the idea in his head so he could try and convince Tally to help them out.

I don't like to be forced to do something and the moment someone says: "Clean up your room, NOW!"  I don't want to do it. I rather do my own things on my own terms. So if I was living in the same world as Tally I wouldn't want to be forced to clean when I was an ugly, because I wouldn't like it. And I wouldn't want to be forced to have fun, because then it wouldn't be fun anymore. Fun is when you can do whatever you want and take as much time on it as you like. But when someone says you have to have fun, well I wouldn't want to because I have to. Breaking the rules also give some sort of thrill, and we are not recommended to break them.

I can't wait to see what Tally will find out when she goes to bring back Shay. I know she wouldn't turn Shay in but still, what is the big secret the Pretties are hiding from everybody? I know there is one.

Poems

In class we are learning knew types of poems. I tried a few of them out. If you wish to see them click here.

Doccument d'apui pour Cléopâtre

Cléopâtre

En classe nous avions étudier l'égypte ancienne. Moi et mon partenaire ont décider de faire un projet au sujet de Cléopâtre. Mais ce n'était pas toujours comme ça. Cliquez ici pour voir mes penser au cour du texte.

Divergent

I find that Divergent is a very interesting book. The author started her book at the right moment because the intro is not boring but it still isn't really interesting. The description comes here and there and doesn't hit you in the face with lots of big paragraphs. 

 The fractions she chose are very interesting but I would like to get  more knowledge about all of them. The author gives us lots of information about the Dauntless fraction and the Abnegation fraction (also known as the brave and the selfless).

I would hate to be in the Dauntless fraction. I would not fit there at all though I still value bravery. The things they make you do there are just horrible! Just because you don't want to fight someone or get hit in the head by an airborne knife doesn't mean you are a coward and have to get punished for it. Bravery is not being scared of nothing it is to face your fears and to ignore them when others need your help. Like Four did when he climbed the Ferris wheel. The bravest people are not the people who do dangerous sports and nearly get killed. In my opinion the bravest are the ones that stand up for others no matter the cost. Here are three sorts of bravery (and there are more): 1. Jumping of a cliff into the water just for thrill 2. fighting someone to show you're tough 3. Standing up for someone even though you might get bullied or even killed. They all require bravery, number 2 less. But real bravery is standing up for someone.

          If we did a survey in the class probably half of the class or more have done extreme sports. But how many can say they stood up for a friend when they were being bullied? How many can say they stood up against a friend, contradicted them? How many can say they told the truth to there parents or friends even though they knew they were going to get in lots of trouble? Not lots of people can and the hardest thing for people is not standing up against a enemy, it is standing up against a friend. Or to say you are wrong. Nobody likes to admit they are wrong but I learnt a good quote: If you don't admit you were wrong right away, even though you know you are wrong, you will only be the fool to admit it later.

           The older ways of the Dauntless seem better to me. Four hints here and there that teamwork is a priority or that you can back down in a fight you know you won't win. Eric doesn't seem to see that being brave isn't the same as being tough. Strengh has little to do with bravery!

I don't know in which fraction I would be more suited in because I know that I am a little bit of everything. I know that it is important to think of others before yourself but I would find that extremely hard. Sometimes you need to think for yourself, like Caleb said. As for the Dauntless, I am not the most outgoing person. I am only brave when I need to be and like to think of myself as strong. I love to learn like the Erudites and want to know the most that I can in my lifetime but science and statistics aren't really my thing. I value the truth like the Candor so I force to make myself not lie to my friends and parents. I also love to know the truth at all times no matter how awful it is! But to have everybody know my every thought and feeling and having no secrets, that I would dislike. Having secrets is a good way to practice not giving important information away. You have to have secret information. As for the Amity, I just don't think you can be peaceful at all times. It is good but you sometimes need a bit of action an fighting to make your life interesting and to make you stronger. So you're not as soft as a marshmallow. The one I prefer in all the fractions is the Amity fraction because I love music, art and do believe strongly in peace. But it still has flaws.

          They all have flaws! You can't live being just one of these fractions. The best person to be is a bit of everything. I knew this since the beginning of the book. It's kind of why I took the book because I wanted to see what kind of arguments they had to challenge me. Not much I find right now but the story is sucking me right in!

For the parent visiting day, it was pretty interesting. I couldn't believe Tris' mother is a Dauntless. It is kind of surprising, because I always saw Tris' mom as a very sensitive person. When they met Four and Tris's Mother recognised him I think it was because he was a Abnegation before. The way a handshake was not familiar to him would make sense that he is a Stiff. I don't know where Al went but I feel sorry for his parents who came especially to see him even though he transferred. I wonder why he left. Did he think his parents didn't come so hid himself so he wouldn't have to face the people of those who their parents did come? If so that was cowardly and selfish of his part. Was he scared of the way Tris acted when fighting Molly? Scared that he to would become like that, like an animal? I don't know but I'll find out, I hope.  

I now know why the title of the book is Divergent. It is because Tris is divergent. She keeps having these dreams about being killed because she is divergent and people keep telling her it is dangerous to be that. I wish I knew why. If the book title is that it must be really important. I think that the other side of the fence has something to do with that too. Why is the lock on the outside of the fence? It looks like it is to keep the people of the town in and there is a notorious person keeping them trap. It reminds me a bit of Compound. The Father trying to make his family scared of the world outside by saying there was a nuclear bomb. Making his family live like the last survivors when really they could waltz right out the front door and go shopping.

I'm dying to know what happens next! I'm sure exited to Monday!









Response 2:


Part two of the book was almost as interesting as part one. I just found it a lot more emotional on the love side.

chasm

I can't believe that Al killed himself! Well I can because I thought he was going to do it but it still is surprising. I knew he wasn't built for a Dauntless life. Sure he has the physical appearance of a Dauntless but really, I think he would do better in the Amity or the Abnegation. He thinks more of others than himself. He can't hurt people and maybe that is his greatest fear. I feel

sorry for Al but I don't think he should of ended his life. You are only given one chance to live and it is not a good idea to cut it short because you are having trouble. Also because we have such a short life to begin with. Not at all enough time to do all there is to do in a life time. If I was in his situation I don't know what I would of done. Maybe the temptation to kill yourself would be strong because you know you'll have to live the rest of your life in a place where you don't belong. Because if you don't make it through the intuitions you'll still have a bad life and become fractionless. But it is a bad choice anyway. 

    I am angry at Tris for not having forgiven him. After all he really did look guilty and was seeking remorse. The way they described him in the book, tears streaming on his face, pleading for forgiveness, how could you not forgive him! Maybe he wouldn't of killed himself if she had forgiven them. But I don't want to blame Tris, after all she already feels guilty. Guilt is such a powerful emotion. Some of us don't even realise it until we have it. And Four (I mean Tobias) is right, we must use guilt as a tool.

To be fractionless... I would detest that. Not only are you hungry, thirsty and dirty all the time but you have to do the worst jobs. It wouldn't be fun. I guess someone has to do the dirty work but to design people to do it...force them. Every fraction should just do there own job and also a bit of the dirty work. Just to show you that there will always be poverty. Even if there is not war there will always be people who are not treated well and people who see themselves as the king of the world. Superior. Who invented that word, superior? I wonder if we would still see each other as first class...etc if that word did not exist. And I suppose that goes with other words as well. ex: impossible, unbeatable, beauty...etc. But nothing is perfect (another useless word. Nothing is perfect so why have a word that means perfect?) an that is the way we see the world. Well most of us because some of us are optimistic and don't see a single bad thing in the world.

     It is good to be optimistic, but it isn't good to turn a blind I on all the injustices in the world. That is a bit of what optimistic people do. They try to see the best of things so they will never see the bad rotten things in the world.

I can't believe that Four's real name is Tobias. I don't really like that name even though it means "God is good". If it were my name I think I would change it to Four. I prefer that name then Tobias, especially if it reminds me of a horrible childhood. I new he came from Abnegation. The way the author kept giving clues here and there about how he didn't always do things like a Dauntless.

   To only have four fears. Well that would be extraordinary! I would like to know what my fears would be. I know I would hate being blind, deaf, mute..etc. I'm also scared of being kidnapped and tortured, become really sick, being buried alive, freezing or burning to death, humiliation, being alone and helpless, having to kill someone, hurt someone, loosing family members dear to me and being lost. I would love to actually know my fears though. See if I could face them without trouble, but I have no idea if I actually could. 

zip line

When Tris went to go do the zip line thing I envied her. She was so lucky to do that long zip line. The only zip line I ever went on was the one at camp Arnes and it was short if you ask me. Too short. If I could go on top of a 100 floor building to go zip lining I would jump at the chance. The feeling that you're flying is so overwhelming that if you close your eyes and ignore the straps holding you in you really could be. After all, and I quote: " Life is not tried ,it is merely surviving if you're standing outside the fire" (Garth Brooks). And he's right. If you don't risk your neck some time or the other, boy your life is boring!

I wonder what Tris' fears are. Hope I'm going to find out. I can't wait to read part three, the last part of the book!

Response #3:

That was a really good book. It not only made you enjoy a story but you also got to learn about yourself. With all those fractions it makes you wonder which one you would be most likely to fit in.

I didn't really like the ending of this book though. Too many people died for my taste. You get to know so many people and next thing you know four of them are dead, your enemies with your last friend and you're forced to be friends with your enemy! I'm really sad Will's dead. I was starting to like him. Poor Christina, I'm not looking forward for her to find out he's dead. Even less when she discovers it was Tris that killed him. She would probably fight with Tris, maybe even kill her! Tris wouldn't even have a chance to reason with her. If I were Christina I would let Tris have a chance to defend herself, after all Tris would of died if she hadn't shot Will.

      The Erudite are cruel! How could you brainwash a bunch of innocent people and then make them kill a bunch of innocent people! The worse would be to be the person they brained washed. Imagine, going to bed feeling extremely happy that you finally finished your initiation training. Then you wake up from what you think is a horrible dream and notice it wasn't a dream! You just killed people, you became a murderer in one night. And that isn't the worst! You also killed your friend and your family. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if that happened to me! Even if I didn't do it intentionally it would still kill me. I mean, how would you feel? The Erudite must be senseless, but then again I can't judge all the Erudite. Only some like Jeanine (shudder). How can you become so robot like. I wouldn't be surprised if her heart was actualy made of stone.

I just figuered out that the sign on he cover of the book is the Dauntless' fraction symbol. A small fire in the middle of a ring. And if you look behide the cover page, you'll see the cover of book two. It has the symbol of the Amity fraction. This book was mostly about the Dauntless so I'm guessing the second will be more about the Amity fraction. Maybe she'll have a book for each fraction.

I think the next book will be about their stay with the Amity and the other side of the fence. In the beggining of this book they talk about the lock being on the outside of the fence. I talked about it in my first reponse. There must be something important that goes with that or else they wouldn't of put so much attention on it when they got there in the book.

Well I can't wait to read the second book. Is it out yet? I sure hope!

Memoir's process paper

While writing my Memoir I had lots of other thoughts and ideas. It did not just come to be like that so if you are wanting the history around my memoir please cklick here.

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Les petits villages changent trop vite

Êtes-vous comme moi? Penser vous que nos villages changent trop vite? Peut-importe lisez mon texte d'oppinion car si vous ne le penser pas je suis certaine que vous allez vouloir changer d'avis et joindre à mon projet.
Vous voyez cette belle maison ici. Elle a été détruite. Si vous voulez en savoir plus cliquer ici.

Where the Red Fern Grows final assignement

Where the Red Fern Grows is the story of a young determined boy, Billy. He is determined to have hunting hounds, and realised you can't just sit with your head in the clouds and wait for your dreams to come true. Instead meet God half way. In these movies and the book he has to learn not to give up and to that nothing gold can live forever.

I preferred the book more than the movie, because the movie changed and deleted lots of things that I found important. For example, the hunting competition. They changed lots of things in that like the fact that Billy won by default in the movie and in the book he actually wins! I don't like that he won by default because if he actually won it shows the other hunters that Billy really has the best hunting hounds in the Ozarks. The storm was also a big failure I found. It almost didn't even look like a real storm! In the old movie it was better there was actually rain. But in the newer movie, you would think it to be better but the is only lots of lightning and strong wind. In the book it is an actually real storm. With sleet! It seems it shows more of a challenge for Billy and his dogs and it proves once again that Billy has the best hunting hounds in the Ozarks.
    I also would have liked that they put in the dogs beauty contest. Just to show that Little Ann (one of the dogs) is also lady like and is not just a fabulous hunting hound. It would also show that she has the brains, because Billy never showed her that trick it just seemed she new what to do. How to beat the other dog and take home the beautiful silver cup.

If I had to choose one movie I would choose the old one. I think the pacing is better than the newer one. It cuts out more scenes but still has a way of showing what really happened. The Billy in the older one is also more accurate with the Billy I imagined. But usually I picture someone with no face. Unless I see a movie or something it is hard to see someone with a face. But if they have really good description I will see someone I know that has about the same description.

The newer movie goes a bit too fast for my taste. They might of managed to put more scenes inside but it seemed to me that Billy got his dogs almost effortlessly. Also the scene in town when he is drinking soda for the very first time seems pointless than other scenes they could of put instead.

Rubin's death in both movies were not really well made. The older movie got it better but Billy tripped him so it kind of made it his fault when it wasn't in the book. In the newer movie half the time you don't know what is going on and all that goes on seems wrong. Also in the newer movie Billy tells them that the coon is not there. Who would say that. That means he just lost the bet he made when he actually won it. He didn't have to kill the coon, just had to tell them it was there.

In the movies I noticed that the beginning was almost exactly the same. Same area, same way you meet Billy, even same script. I would of changed it a bit if I was the one making the new movie.

Well that is all I got to say. So I encourage you to read the book, but for the movies it's your choice. If you really want to see one of the movies go for the older one. Or watch both to compare. We never know, everybody has a different perspective. 

L'évolution des livres

En Sc.hum. on a étudier l'évolution. Moi j'ai choisie de faire l'évolution du livre. Si vou voulez lire mon doccument d'appui à ce sujet cliquer ici.

My Memory Map Tour

The car kept driving when finally it slowed down in front of a long driveway surrounded by pine trees. A small sign at the end of the drive way read "ANTIQUES" was painted in red and white. Our car crunched along the gravel driveway and in front of us a house loomed into view. It was a beige brick house with a brown roof. The window-frames were painted blue while the doors and the garage door white. There was a cement porch by the garage and the front door and a small paved driveway in front of the garage. On the side of the house there was a big weeping willow.

But we didn't stop in front of the house like I thought we would, instead we turned to the right where the driveway continued around a small forest. We parked in front of a large white and blue, tin shop, the antique shop I guessed. Father told me to get out of the car and run around a bit, for his business with the shop owner would take a while.

I got out of the car and stretched my legs. I shot a look around and realised there was a smaller building just beside the shop. This one was made out of wood but it was still white and it had a black roof. There was a brown wooden porch in front of this smaller building too.

A young boy of about my age came out of the shop with the shop owner and came my way. He asked if I wanted to have a look around because he wouldn't mine showing me. I wispered a silent yes. The boy showed me to the back of the house. There was a treehouse a sandbox and two swing sets there. One of the swing sets looked like it was made for little kids for the swings were low to the ground and a small blue slide ran beside it. The tree house had a long yellow slide attached to it, had a yellow wheel at the top a small fake kitchen at the bottom and monkey bars behind it. The boy told me it was fun to play pirates inside. The sandbox was full of toys. Some for sand and others regular house toys like figurines and cars. The other swing set was made of steel and painted blue. The swings looked strong and everybody could use it.

Behind the structure there was a very big garden with nothing in it. But I wasn't surprised because it was the beginnig of fall and they must have finished harvesting it. The boy brought me to a grove of pine trees where a fire pit was it the middle. Dried wood was piled in the woods behind. You could hardly see it, though.

He then brought me to a shed where he said his cats and his rabbit lived. On the right side of the shed there was a big choke-cherry tree and on the left a pen where his dog lived.

I than heard Father screaming my name. I thanked the boy and ran to Father. I decided I wouldn't mine living in the country. It was fun.

Where the Red Fern Grows

In class we are ow and reading the book "Where the Red Fern Grows. I am liking the book right now and I see lots of good lessons with it. If you want to read my responce click here.

The Miracle

In class we are writing memoirs. I chose to write about my poor cat and her kittens. If you wish to read it click here. I hope you like it.

La préhistoire

En classe nous avons tous écrit une histoire au sujet de la préhistoire. Il avait de nouvelles expérience pendant ce projet. Si vous voulez en savoir plus, cliquer ici.

Gone, by Jack Johnson

In class we have done a project called lyric assignment. I chose the song Gone by Jack Johnson. If you click  here you can read my thoughts about the project and why I chose the song and other things.

Le fils du pendu

En classe nous lisons "Le fils du pendu". Ce livre te fat beaucoup penser au sujet de la mort. Il te fait aussi poser des questions comme: Quoi si mon père était mort? ou Comment expliquer la mort à un enfant qui ne le comprends pas? Si vous voulez en lire davantage au sujet de mes penser cliquer ici.