I have lots of things should be fixed in my dairy. However, I also think I tried my best to do this project.
I created a new character which is not appeared in the story. She is also a scholarship students, and she is from China. Accurately, I am so lazy that I didn't want to think about the name, so I just use my name for her to be a new character in Sookan's world. Also, because she is a new character that Sookan didn't know who she is. Then, I created other new characters. I tried to make Sookan and my character to be separated but also similar because they live in the same collage. I wanted to let my character talk with Sookan but Sookan didn't write in her dairy because she could not remember everyone in the school. Also, you won't write everything happened today.
For the details, I spent long time to write. This is a very long dairy. I cannot say I include all of the details because I know I still should fix my dairy. However, every details in the dairy was thought by me. I tried to make people really in the story and see all the things with the character. Some of my dairy is very easy and without many details that because I have no time to write more. However, the senses for the character is very abundant. I wrote the thinking by the character for every events. How she feel, and the moods she has.
Also, the time goes so quickly that I could not go over it again and again. a the only thing I could do is make sure the grammar mistakes are not so much like when I wrote. I know lots of my sentences are very strange to read, but I didn't know how to change. Also, there are so many grammar mistakes, details and somethings I should fix. I think if I have more time I can do more about my project.
This project is spent 3 weeks time, But I just finished writing this Monday because it is really have many things that I could write. For the new characters, for some new stories. I think my dairy is very different from Sookan's. We are writing the same school; we have the same school events; the story is different. They are separated with each other. Maybe this time I did not very good, but I will be better next time because this is the first time for mr to use English to write a story.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Went To Writing Center
When I went to the writing center, there has another person who is Valerie. She was improving her English there. Ms. Swift was talking about listening with her. When she saw me, she said I could read my story to them. It’s a good way to look for the mistakes in the writing. Also, that’s good for Valeriae to improve her listening. She asked Valerie to look for the mistakes when I was reading. I think this is a good way for me and Valerie because I could find which place that I should improve, and Valerie could improve her listening part for her English.
Then, I began to read my writing. Ms. Swift let me stop each sentence and let Valerie to give me some advice about my grammar. After reading one diary entry, she said my diary is a good story, but I should work more on my grammar and details. She also very surprised about Valerie because she said she just thought Valerie didn’t know anything about English. Ms. Cook told her Valerie didn’t say anything in the class so that she thought because she didn’t understand what were they talking about in the class. I knew that because when I was 8th grade. I have the same class with Valerie. At that time, she also didn’t say anything in the class that made me think she is not a Chinese. I had never heard anything even Chinese from her. I also didn’t talk in the class when I come to America at the first year. Chinese education is so different from American’s. There are 50 students in the same classroom and have the same class. We can not talk without hands up. That will make teacher crazy.
Then, when I talk about my diary about the girl is from Chinese, Ms. Swift asked us about the different from Chinese dress and American dress. She looked for some pictures for us. I know what is Chinese dress looked like at 1950s because I have two of that kind of dress in my home. However, there only a less people will wear that to America, for that is so strange in the different country. Therefore I wrote my character is glad that people looked at Sookan and not her. She didn’t want people look at her because she didn’t want people looked at her different face and different clothes.
After I visiting Ms. Swift, I know what kind of information should I add in my diary. I have to add more details for my diary and fix my grammar for my diary too. Ms. Swift said my diary is a good story, I still should take care of my grammar and details. Also, because I am the Chinese, there are some sentences is very strange for the people to read. I thanks her so much, that she gave me lots of advice about my diary. Even if that is not for the whole project, and she had no time for me to through my project, I still very Thanks her for the advice she gave me about the first three diary entries. If I have extra time, I will go to visit her again about my final draft.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Grammar
comma splice
The use of a comma to join two independent clause.
She is a smart person for she got A+ this year.
run-on sentence
An ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction.
I like my roommate because she is very nice she helped me about my homework when I have some words that I don't know she will help me.
sentence fragment
A sentences lacks the subject or verb which is including in a sentences.
I think Tommy good at playing basketball.
independent clause
A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
Coco like playing guitar.
dependent clause
A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb.
Because she like playing guitar.
The use of a comma to join two independent clause.
She is a smart person for she got A+ this year.
run-on sentence
An ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction.
I like my roommate because she is very nice she helped me about my homework when I have some words that I don't know she will help me.
sentence fragment
A sentences lacks the subject or verb which is including in a sentences.
I think Tommy good at playing basketball.
independent clause
A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
Coco like playing guitar.
dependent clause
A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb.
Because she like playing guitar.
Grammar
comma splice
The use of a comma to join two independent clause.
She is a smart person for she got A+ this year.
run-on sentence
An ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction.
I like my roommate because she is very nice she helped me about my homework when I have some words that I don't know she will help me.
sentence fragment
A sentences lacks the subject or verb which is including in a sentences.
I think Tommy good at playing basketball.
independent clause
A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
Coco like playing guitar.
dependent clause
A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb.
Because she like playing guitar.
The use of a comma to join two independent clause.
She is a smart person for she got A+ this year.
run-on sentence
An ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction.
I like my roommate because she is very nice she helped me about my homework when I have some words that I don't know she will help me.
sentence fragment
A sentences lacks the subject or verb which is including in a sentences.
I think Tommy good at playing basketball.
independent clause
A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
Coco like playing guitar.
dependent clause
A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb.
Because she like playing guitar.
Monday, December 7, 2015
project
9/1/1954
Now, I am on the airport to America. Most of the people are sleep, I just can hear the sound from the airplane. There also has some lights in front of some people. Maybe they are exciting just like me. The food on the airplane is really delicious. I never eat the great food like that. People on the airplane read the English books. Everything is American style.
I’m so exciting about my life in America because this is my first time to the other country. Especially, I will study their. I just granted a scholarship a few days before. However, I know my English is very poor and I afraid I can not understand what Americans say. Also, because I am a scholarship person, if I get a bad grade, I can not study in America any more. I know my mom and my dad can not support my life in America. I should look for some part-time job to earn some money. I want to buy something for my family. Oh. When I think about that, I begin to miss my parents. I hope she won’t be too said because I come to America to study. I think I also should buy some gifts for my teacher in China, because she helped me to find this great school.
9/1/1954
Today is still 9/1, because the time change to American time. I am in the dorm now. When I arrived America, I tried to understand what people talk about, but I faired. I could not understand what were they saying and they spoke too quick to understand. I afraid I can not understand my classes. I saw people hug in the airport, and kiss there. It’s so different from China. No one will do these in the public place. People think that was very rude.
My roommate is Chloe, she a very nice person. She talked with me a lot about this school and we went to market together today. When I saw those price I felt surprised. It is too high and higher than in China. I think I should quickly to find a part-time job and earn some money. I want my parents think I am good in America. Therefore, I want to buy some gifts quickly.
9/3/1954
Today is the Opening School Ceremony. I go to the lecture hall with Chloe. On the way to the lecture hall, she told me that they have more than one scholarship students in this school. However, I never believe that Korean girl, Sookan, will wear hanbok to the Opening School Ceremony. Of cause, everyone look at her because that was very different from American’s style. Maybe I should thanks for her because she takes all the sight from others. No one pay attention on me because of my different face and different clothes.
9/4/1954
Today is my first day of my classes. I have lots of difficult classes. But Sister June told me if I feel difficult, I can change my class. However, I don’t want to the school think I can not hold my classes. I afraid they won’t give me the scholarship next year. Therefore, even if I don’t like my classes, I can’t change them because I hope the school will think I have the enough energy to hold my classes.
10/04/1954
I heard Sookan have a part-time job about the baby setting. I also should look for a job like that. I think I should go to find my professor to talk about how to find a job. And also, I want to ask her about some questions about how to do those work. Will I find a good job like Sookan’s? Will I do good at my work. I should begin to prepare my job and my study. My classes are too hard, but I want to try a less time because I don’t want to give up too early. I think other scholarship students also will think that.
10/6/1954
I ask my professor about the part-time job. She said there is a good job and I can go to see it this weekend. It is an assistant in the kitchen because I cook the food in China everyday for my family. She said it will be very useful in Amercia. However, in China, every woman should know a little about how to cook. The man will go farming outside and woman should stay in the home and cook and take care of the babies. Even it change a lot but most of the woman will learn a little about cooking. I am very lucky because people think woman doesn’t need to study, but my family don’t think so. They took me to the school and give me the good education.
10/9/1954
Today is the day I go to see that restaurant. I wear the most fashion dress I think and went to that restaurant. When I stand in front of that restaurant, I know this must be a very popular place for people to have meal. Everything, include the door and some small flower here will make people feel very relax and want to have meal here. I go into the restaurant quickly. When the cooker see me, he just ask me to cook something for him to taste. I am so nervous at that time because I never cook for the others except my family. I do everything carefully and look at the cooker many times like a cat. When he taste my food, I just feel my heart isn’t in my body. But after he eat the food, he smiled at me that I never see that. He told me I can go to do my work next weekend. I am so happy even I think I will be very busy after next weekend.
10/16/1954
This is my first time to do the job in America. My job is cooking some Chinese food for the people and help cooker to prepare the vegetables, meats and etc. I am so exciting today because lots of people think Chinese food is very delicious and give me some fee. Except the money I got everyday, I get 26 dollars today from the gusts. The cooker also says that he likes Chinese food and I am so good at cooking. He is very serious person and just smile few times, but he smiles today at me that makes me very proud of that.
11/10/1954
I write a letter for my family today. I give the letter for the people who is in the school and manager the letter and help us to send and receive it. I tell my mom and dad I am good in the school and don't worry me. I tell them I get a good job in a restaurant. People like my food and the cooker is good for me. I should thanks for them that they teach me how to cook. I also tell them, I will quickly buy some gifts in America for them and let them know I am good in America. In the letter, I tell them don't worry about my study. I will do well and try everything by my best.
11/17/1954
Thanksgiving will coming, I don't will can I go because everyone go back to their home. I cannot go back to China because that's too far away and that will cost too much money. Also, I cannot stay in the school because everyone will go back home. There's no teacher here and all the dorm will be closed. Chloe tells me that I can go to her home, but I'm afraid that her family will think I am the problems. I ask another international student Sookan. She says she will go to Ellen's home. I think that will be a good ideal to go to my roommate's home. I will just her tomorrow.
11/18/1954
I am so happy! Chloe says I can go to her home and her family is really welcome me. I am so happy because that means I have things to do in my first thanksgiving break. I am prepare about my thanksgiving break now because we just have 3 days left. I take the clothes from China and want to give a surprise for Chloe and her family. I heard that she has a older brother and a younger sister. I am so envious about that because I don't have any brother and sister. I expect the life in her home.
Now, I am on the airport to America. Most of the people are sleep, I just can hear the sound from the airplane. There also has some lights in front of some people. Maybe they are exciting just like me. The food on the airplane is really delicious. I never eat the great food like that. People on the airplane read the English books. Everything is American style.
I’m so exciting about my life in America because this is my first time to the other country. Especially, I will study their. I just granted a scholarship a few days before. However, I know my English is very poor and I afraid I can not understand what Americans say. Also, because I am a scholarship person, if I get a bad grade, I can not study in America any more. I know my mom and my dad can not support my life in America. I should look for some part-time job to earn some money. I want to buy something for my family. Oh. When I think about that, I begin to miss my parents. I hope she won’t be too said because I come to America to study. I think I also should buy some gifts for my teacher in China, because she helped me to find this great school.
9/1/1954
Today is still 9/1, because the time change to American time. I am in the dorm now. When I arrived America, I tried to understand what people talk about, but I faired. I could not understand what were they saying and they spoke too quick to understand. I afraid I can not understand my classes. I saw people hug in the airport, and kiss there. It’s so different from China. No one will do these in the public place. People think that was very rude.
My roommate is Chloe, she a very nice person. She talked with me a lot about this school and we went to market together today. When I saw those price I felt surprised. It is too high and higher than in China. I think I should quickly to find a part-time job and earn some money. I want my parents think I am good in America. Therefore, I want to buy some gifts quickly.
9/3/1954
Today is the Opening School Ceremony. I go to the lecture hall with Chloe. On the way to the lecture hall, she told me that they have more than one scholarship students in this school. However, I never believe that Korean girl, Sookan, will wear hanbok to the Opening School Ceremony. Of cause, everyone look at her because that was very different from American’s style. Maybe I should thanks for her because she takes all the sight from others. No one pay attention on me because of my different face and different clothes.
9/4/1954
Today is my first day of my classes. I have lots of difficult classes. But Sister June told me if I feel difficult, I can change my class. However, I don’t want to the school think I can not hold my classes. I afraid they won’t give me the scholarship next year. Therefore, even if I don’t like my classes, I can’t change them because I hope the school will think I have the enough energy to hold my classes.
10/04/1954
I heard Sookan have a part-time job about the baby setting. I also should look for a job like that. I think I should go to find my professor to talk about how to find a job. And also, I want to ask her about some questions about how to do those work. Will I find a good job like Sookan’s? Will I do good at my work. I should begin to prepare my job and my study. My classes are too hard, but I want to try a less time because I don’t want to give up too early. I think other scholarship students also will think that.
10/6/1954
I ask my professor about the part-time job. She said there is a good job and I can go to see it this weekend. It is an assistant in the kitchen because I cook the food in China everyday for my family. She said it will be very useful in Amercia. However, in China, every woman should know a little about how to cook. The man will go farming outside and woman should stay in the home and cook and take care of the babies. Even it change a lot but most of the woman will learn a little about cooking. I am very lucky because people think woman doesn’t need to study, but my family don’t think so. They took me to the school and give me the good education.
10/9/1954
Today is the day I go to see that restaurant. I wear the most fashion dress I think and went to that restaurant. When I stand in front of that restaurant, I know this must be a very popular place for people to have meal. Everything, include the door and some small flower here will make people feel very relax and want to have meal here. I go into the restaurant quickly. When the cooker see me, he just ask me to cook something for him to taste. I am so nervous at that time because I never cook for the others except my family. I do everything carefully and look at the cooker many times like a cat. When he taste my food, I just feel my heart isn’t in my body. But after he eat the food, he smiled at me that I never see that. He told me I can go to do my work next weekend. I am so happy even I think I will be very busy after next weekend.
10/16/1954
This is my first time to do the job in America. My job is cooking some Chinese food for the people and help cooker to prepare the vegetables, meats and etc. I am so exciting today because lots of people think Chinese food is very delicious and give me some fee. Except the money I got everyday, I get 26 dollars today from the gusts. The cooker also says that he likes Chinese food and I am so good at cooking. He is very serious person and just smile few times, but he smiles today at me that makes me very proud of that.
11/10/1954
I write a letter for my family today. I give the letter for the people who is in the school and manager the letter and help us to send and receive it. I tell my mom and dad I am good in the school and don't worry me. I tell them I get a good job in a restaurant. People like my food and the cooker is good for me. I should thanks for them that they teach me how to cook. I also tell them, I will quickly buy some gifts in America for them and let them know I am good in America. In the letter, I tell them don't worry about my study. I will do well and try everything by my best.
11/17/1954
Thanksgiving will coming, I don't will can I go because everyone go back to their home. I cannot go back to China because that's too far away and that will cost too much money. Also, I cannot stay in the school because everyone will go back home. There's no teacher here and all the dorm will be closed. Chloe tells me that I can go to her home, but I'm afraid that her family will think I am the problems. I ask another international student Sookan. She says she will go to Ellen's home. I think that will be a good ideal to go to my roommate's home. I will just her tomorrow.
11/18/1954
I am so happy! Chloe says I can go to her home and her family is really welcome me. I am so happy because that means I have things to do in my first thanksgiving break. I am prepare about my thanksgiving break now because we just have 3 days left. I take the clothes from China and want to give a surprise for Chloe and her family. I heard that she has a older brother and a younger sister. I am so envious about that because I don't have any brother and sister. I expect the life in her home.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Diary Entry
11/21
Second day, I went to Princeton. My mom took me to see her friends. They are very nice. We went to one of her friends' house. She cooked lots of food for us. When I went into the house, there has lots of smell of the spices. However, I didn't like those food too much, because there's no Chinese food on the desk. She has a daughter who is born in America but she could speak a little Chinese. My mom doesn't speak English so her friend called her daughter to speak Chinese with us. I thought her daughter doesn't like speaking Chinese so I tried to chat with her in English. She said there was a cat slept on her coat because her coat is really soft. I touched it. It likes make by silk and is accurately very soft. She also gave me lots of book to read and played game with me on book. When we should go, she looks a little bit grieved. It made me have the sense of achievement.
My Great Thanksgiving
during this break, my mom come to the US. First, we went to New York and went shopping there. The interesting things so that she ordered a hotel which is near the Time Square. As we know ISIS, my cousin heard we would live there and worried us. However, nothing happened then. Second day, I went to Princeton. My mom took me to see her friends. They are very nice. We went to one of her friends' house. She has a daughter who is born in America but she could speak Chinese. My mom doesn't speak English so her friend called her daughter to speak Chinese with us. I thought her daughter doesn't like speaking Chinese so I tried to chat with her in English. She gave me lots of book to see and played game with me on book. When we should go, she looks a little bit grieved. It made me have the sense of achievement. Then, we back to New York. My mom and her sister said they wanted to go shopping tomorrow but I felt tied so I said I would go to find my friends in New York. Accurately, I went to find my boyfriend. We had dinner together then I waited for my mom to 10 o'clock. At the next 2 days, we were in the LA. My cousin was there. She took us ate lots of good Japanese food and Korean BBQ. I thought I got fatter and fatter. Letter, we went to San Francisco with my cousin. She took two friends went there together. I never go shopping with them even if it was Black Friday, because I got sick and lie on the bed for two days. That's my great holiday. However, the regret is that I didn't eat Turkey at this Thanksgiving.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The Review of The Book
Vivian Xue
English II
Ms. Guarino
11/16/2015
The Review of Book
When I recalled back to the book, I felt lots of change on Sookan. She went to America and studied there. The new community made her thinking changed. She became thinking like an American. In the school, she made lots of friends and also became more outgoing in the end of the freshman year. Her family changed a lot but she never lost hope.
I like this novel and also, I want to recommend this story to other students, especially, the new students who came to America at the first time. Because this story is about an international student’s life. It shows the differences between America and other country. Also, when I came to America, I could feel the same thing that Sookan felt. The better thing I have is that my mom came here with me at the first time. I could go to the market with my mom and bought things I have to use. I didn’t feel lonely because my parents were beside me. And also, I didn’t have scholarship that should work so hard like her.
I also want to recommend people in their own country to read this book. Because all my friends think we are very easy to study in America, but it isn’t. We also have homework even it is not as much as Chinese have. However, the homework in China, we just need to know how to get answer for the questions, but in America, we should know why we can get this answers. Like what in the book. Sookan should read lots of pages of the book. But in our country, teacher will tell us which one will appeared in the test and lets us remember the main things for the whole chapter. We also have the test. Every test will be very important. For example is Sookan’s History test. When she knew she passed text, she felt sad because she afraid her grades will be lower. In my country, the final exam will be the most important one, because other grades won’t be recorded on our report card.
I think this story tell us we should not lose our hope even if the life lets us feel very bad and gives us lots of difficulties. When Sookan when to America, she even couldn’t understand what others said. But she had to work hard to keep her scholarship because her family could not support her in America to study. She never gave up and worked so hard that she fell down in the bathroom and did not take the history test. When she in America, her mom died in Korea but she don’t know until Father Lee come to America and give she her mother’s letter. Even if the life is so unfair for her, she still not lose her hope; she made friends; got her grade higher; become more outgoing. When she upset with the death of her mom, her friends tried to make her happy.
I think in this story, the author wants us never lose hope even the life give you lots of difficulties. Also, I think she wants to tell us the story of an international student’s life in America. It will be very useful because the article is not very hard to understand and everyone can read it.
English II
Ms. Guarino
11/16/2015
The Review of Book
When I recalled back to the book, I felt lots of change on Sookan. She went to America and studied there. The new community made her thinking changed. She became thinking like an American. In the school, she made lots of friends and also became more outgoing in the end of the freshman year. Her family changed a lot but she never lost hope.
I like this novel and also, I want to recommend this story to other students, especially, the new students who came to America at the first time. Because this story is about an international student’s life. It shows the differences between America and other country. Also, when I came to America, I could feel the same thing that Sookan felt. The better thing I have is that my mom came here with me at the first time. I could go to the market with my mom and bought things I have to use. I didn’t feel lonely because my parents were beside me. And also, I didn’t have scholarship that should work so hard like her.
I also want to recommend people in their own country to read this book. Because all my friends think we are very easy to study in America, but it isn’t. We also have homework even it is not as much as Chinese have. However, the homework in China, we just need to know how to get answer for the questions, but in America, we should know why we can get this answers. Like what in the book. Sookan should read lots of pages of the book. But in our country, teacher will tell us which one will appeared in the test and lets us remember the main things for the whole chapter. We also have the test. Every test will be very important. For example is Sookan’s History test. When she knew she passed text, she felt sad because she afraid her grades will be lower. In my country, the final exam will be the most important one, because other grades won’t be recorded on our report card.
I think this story tell us we should not lose our hope even if the life lets us feel very bad and gives us lots of difficulties. When Sookan when to America, she even couldn’t understand what others said. But she had to work hard to keep her scholarship because her family could not support her in America to study. She never gave up and worked so hard that she fell down in the bathroom and did not take the history test. When she in America, her mom died in Korea but she don’t know until Father Lee come to America and give she her mother’s letter. Even if the life is so unfair for her, she still not lose her hope; she made friends; got her grade higher; become more outgoing. When she upset with the death of her mom, her friends tried to make her happy.
I think in this story, the author wants us never lose hope even the life give you lots of difficulties. Also, I think she wants to tell us the story of an international student’s life in America. It will be very useful because the article is not very hard to understand and everyone can read it.
Monday, November 16, 2015
In Class Writing
I think this ending is a sad ending. Because Peter Pan still didn't want to be a man and he forgot who is Tinker Bell. Wendy and Peter just can meet only one time a year. One time, when Wendy tell the memory of the story and said about Tinker Bell, Peter Pan forgot Who was that and very confused. I think maybe one day, Peter also will forget Wendy and began a new travel. By the other way, the Captain Hook passed away by the crocodile. And in the end, we don't know where were those Lost Boys who was living in the Neverland before. There are lots of unknown things. Wendy will become older and older, but Peter Pan never be older. If Peter won't forget Wendy, what will Peter feel when Wendy will die? That's why I think this end is not happy ending.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Peter Pan
Vivian Xue
English II
Ms. Guarino
11/14/2015
Peter Pan
Everyone will know Peter Pan by the Disney story. This Friday, I went to see the drama in our campus about this story. It’s very interesting and the actors were dramatic.
This story is about a little boy whose name is Peter Pan. He lost his shadow in Wendy’s home and tried to take it back. Wendy is a little girl in this home. Her family don’t care about girl at that time. At night, Wendy woke up by barking from the dog. When she went to the living room, she saw Peter was sad and sitting on the chair. Peter was grieved about his shadow; his shadow could not follow him. Wendy saw him and helped Peter to stitch his shadow with him. Peter Pan invited Wendy go to the Neverland which is a island Peter lived. Wendy was glad that Peter said the girls are important the boys and Peter said he could teach Wendy to fly. So Wendy agree Peter’s advice and woke her two brothers up to go to Neverland with her. When they came to the island, they found all the people there were the little boys. They saw Wendy and wanted her to be their mother. They built a small house for Wendy and listened to her. They even wanted to leave with Wendy when she wanted to go back. However, Peter didn’t want. Because if he went to human’s place, they would send him to school to teach him. He didn’t want to grow up; he didn’t want to be a man; he just wanted to be a little boy forever. But, nothing will as good as your thinking. The pirates caught Wendy and the Lost Boys. And the captain put the poison in the medicine that was given by Wendy. Tinker Bell was dying for saving Peter. Everyone clapped to save Tinker Bell. Peter went to the ship and saved Wendy and the Lost Boys. He also made captain to fall sown into the sea. There was a crocodile in the sea. It ate the captain. Wendy went home and saw her mom, her mom was wrong about them. They surprised mom and promised they will stay in the home and go to the school. Wendy told Peter about their story every year. But Peter forgot who is Tinker Bell. Finally, Peter didn’t come, but Peter’s story was still told by Wendy. People know that there is a little didn’t want to grow up and want to be a little boy forever.
This drama is very interesting. Actors’ emotions were lively and lets the show like a event what happened in our life. It makes this show more like the real thing. When we save Tinker Bell, It makes me also an actor in this show. I thought that I was a member of this show. It isn’t like we were watching a tv show. Because we have the distance between the tv show. But drama is different. It like a story happened in front of my eyes. It seems closer to me.
I think this drama is more interesting than last year’s. Because it’s about the fairy tale. I felt back to my childhood. I sat with my mom and watched some fairy tale with her. Of cause, Disney stories are my favorite. I almost forget what happened because that’s long time ago. It’s like a point for me to memory. This time, I also could find some different from the first time. Every time will has a little difference.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Vocabulary #3
1.mannequin N.
The model for fashion
A small, black velvet purse hung on the shoulder of the mannequin.
2. Second-hand Adj.
Buy it from others. The thing is used by others and spelled it when they don't need it anymore
I had purchased second-hand textbooks from upperclassmen at a fraction of the original price.
3. Animatedly， Adj.
Devoted, jovial mood.
Many of our classmates were there, with drinks in hand, talking animatedly.
4. faltered V.
Very weak and seems will fell down everytime.
Marci! Mrs. Gannon faltered, I jus want you to look pretty for your formal dinners at the dining hall.
5. Impulsive Adj.
Without thinking before doing something; just follow the mind.
She would acknowledge that I had done something impulsive, but would say that it was okay.
6. constrained Adj.
uncomfortably; feel not free; feel limited.
I had always felt constrained there.
7. Gregorian chant N.
The song in the church; about religion
A Gregorian chant program is scheduled for June, and students will be coming from around the world.
8. Pearl N.
The round, smooth little sphere found in shell
The pearl necklace and wishbone pin would really stand out against the black velvet.
9. Elope v.
Run away and don't tell anyone with lover
We are going to elope, she blew her nose and hurled the box of tissues onto the floor.
10. Taciturn Adj.
don't like talk with others; speak too less.
I would write to each of my taciturn brothers, even though they had never written to me.
11. Sobbed V.
Cry without any sounds
I pulled the covers over my head, and sobbed unit I fell asleep.
12. Pouch N.
A small bag in the hand can take a little things
In a silk pouch that Mother had made was her thin, white gold wedding hand.
13. Listlessly Adv.
Without any energy; do everything looks tired
As I stared forward listlessly, little Sarah snuggled up against me, and whispered into my ear, I love you.
14. Hymn N.
The song to praise in religion
I was comforted by their huh-pinched hymns reverberating in the domed chapel.
15. Fainted V.
Fall down and fall in sleep because of too afflictive
You fainted two days ago and you have been here ever since.
The model for fashion
A small, black velvet purse hung on the shoulder of the mannequin.
2. Second-hand Adj.
Buy it from others. The thing is used by others and spelled it when they don't need it anymore
I had purchased second-hand textbooks from upperclassmen at a fraction of the original price.
3. Animatedly， Adj.
Devoted, jovial mood.
Many of our classmates were there, with drinks in hand, talking animatedly.
4. faltered V.
Very weak and seems will fell down everytime.
Marci! Mrs. Gannon faltered, I jus want you to look pretty for your formal dinners at the dining hall.
5. Impulsive Adj.
Without thinking before doing something; just follow the mind.
She would acknowledge that I had done something impulsive, but would say that it was okay.
6. constrained Adj.
uncomfortably; feel not free; feel limited.
I had always felt constrained there.
7. Gregorian chant N.
The song in the church; about religion
A Gregorian chant program is scheduled for June, and students will be coming from around the world.
8. Pearl N.
The round, smooth little sphere found in shell
The pearl necklace and wishbone pin would really stand out against the black velvet.
9. Elope v.
Run away and don't tell anyone with lover
We are going to elope, she blew her nose and hurled the box of tissues onto the floor.
10. Taciturn Adj.
don't like talk with others; speak too less.
I would write to each of my taciturn brothers, even though they had never written to me.
11. Sobbed V.
Cry without any sounds
I pulled the covers over my head, and sobbed unit I fell asleep.
12. Pouch N.
A small bag in the hand can take a little things
In a silk pouch that Mother had made was her thin, white gold wedding hand.
13. Listlessly Adv.
Without any energy; do everything looks tired
As I stared forward listlessly, little Sarah snuggled up against me, and whispered into my ear, I love you.
14. Hymn N.
The song to praise in religion
I was comforted by their huh-pinched hymns reverberating in the domed chapel.
15. Fainted V.
Fall down and fall in sleep because of too afflictive
You fainted two days ago and you have been here ever since.
Monday, November 9, 2015
ball and socket
Last Thursday, I went to see the ball and socket. My favorite picture is about the windows with the curtain. That was taken by Melanie Stengl. That looks pretty because we can see the old building though the Windows. Also, because of the curtain, the buildings are not very clear, but it makes the buildings to be graceful. Also, the artists said Windows are very important in the pictures. We can see most of the pictures have the Windows. Also, the artists said they took these pictures because they saw a moment and loved it. Then they just wanted to record this moment and took a picture for it. These picture are very simple and old. But I think they are very classical things. That's the reason artists record them.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
The Later Life for Sookan
The Later Life for Sookan
As we read so long, we know Sookan is a hard working person and she has no time to do anything else except studying to keep the scholarship. Even she refuses to be the member of the council and never go to the mixer. Although she fell down on the ground in the bathroom, she never forget her classes and worry about her family will be angry about her grade. She afraid that she will make her mother and sister to be upset about her. I think Sookan will succeed in the US. Maybe she will be back to Korea and her family will be angry. And in my opinion she will feel Bennett’s family is better than her family.
First, she will succeed in the US, because she is very hard working person. She has to keep her scholarship and she cannot study there without that. As we know, her family is not as rich as the people in that campus even her father is not in this world because of the war. Her mother should be more busy to take care of all of them. They don’t have enough money to support Sookan study in the US. Therefore, Sookan cannot lose her scholarship. By the other side, because she fell down in the bathroom, the school will change her classes. She can have more time to do her work for each class; and not like what she did before that she should wake up so early to read the book. Also, she didn’t join in the council because of the time. Now she has enough time to do it now. I think she will improve herself by working hardly in the campus and she will be successful in the latter.
Second, I think she will get back in Korea But her family won’t be very happy. Because of reading the book, we can know her sister is very controlling. She wanted to control Sookan to be the nun like what she does. And Sookan also think she has to listen to her sister. By the other hand, Sookan loves her mother, so I think she will go back and take good care of her mother when she finishes studying. However, I don’t consider her sister will welcome her because her sister think Sookan shouldn’t go to the US and she has to be the nuns. And when she returns from the US, she will think like an American. I don’t consider her sister will accept that. By this way, she will begin to think Mr. Bennett’s family is better. Because of Bennett’s family, woman is equal to man. They both can have their job and they will take the baby together. Also, the man in the home can cook. In the reading, we can see Sookan is really like the life in America. Because when she does the babysitting, she did lots of things else such as making the greenhouse to be a small garden and cutting the grass. Also, when she went to Ellen’s home, she felt happy and thanks to the handbook that Ellen’s mother gave her.
In all of these reasons, I think Sookan will be successful in the US. Then, she will be back to Korea for taking care of her mother. However, her sister won’t welcome her like she wanted. She will like Bennett’s family more.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
change
In Korea, only women were in charge of cooking and serving in the kitchen.
In Korea, women had to do all the house work, and men were working outside.
In Korea, people had to be polite and could not say no to elders.
In Korea, parents were the one who decided their kids' marriage no matter they liked it or not.
In Korea, individual paid for everyone (friends/elders) to show polite.
In the U.S., both women and men can cook and serve in the kitchen.
In the U.S., both men and women can work outside, and both of them can do the housework (together).
In the U.S., people have freedom of speech.
In the U.S., people can marry whoever they want to, and not base on their parents' opinion.
In the U.S., people split the bill and pay for their own.
In Korea, women had to do all the house work, and men were working outside.
In Korea, people had to be polite and could not say no to elders.
In Korea, parents were the one who decided their kids' marriage no matter they liked it or not.
In Korea, individual paid for everyone (friends/elders) to show polite.
In the U.S., both women and men can cook and serve in the kitchen.
In the U.S., both men and women can work outside, and both of them can do the housework (together).
In the U.S., people have freedom of speech.
In the U.S., people can marry whoever they want to, and not base on their parents' opinion.
In the U.S., people split the bill and pay for their own.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Vocabulary
Melancholy Adj.
Sad, melancholic
I felt melancholy after reading mother’s letter.
Imposing V. -ing
let people remember him/her very clearly and easily.
He became homeless and he has lost his imposing appearance.
I knew how mother hated imposing on her children.
stroll N.
walk slowly outside.
After dinner, I took a stroll around the city, I drew in a deep breath of the deliciously fragrant air,picturing my stroll along the stream with Sarah and Jimmy.
transformed V. past
exchange their thinking with others.
They transformed their basement into a reading room.
The note said, "What a grand surprise to see our neglected greenhouse transformed into a lovely little garden."
greenhouse N.
a room like a garden, but the tempreture there is always warm.
I was in the greenhouse earlier,checking on my chrysanthemums.
neglected V. past
don't care about it for a long time
Inside, the plants seemed terribly neglected .
mixer n.
the things mixed together.
All the girls in the dorm were still fast asleep,recovering from the excitement of the mixer the night before.
invigorated V. past
refresh, have enough energy.
I was shocked to hear Mari say these things, but strangely invigorated.
oddball N.
the people looks strange
I am out of place even in my own home. I feel like an oddball wherever i am.
pretentious Adj.
think herself is good but maybe it's not.
She had once told me she thought the dress code and the formality were ridiculously pretentious and a waste of time.
fulfilling Adj.
make people to be happy about it
She was told me that she wants me to work alongside her, and lead a worthy and fulfilling life as she does.
rambled V. past walk to any place
It is so pretty, ellen rambled, and I want to show you off.
frankly Adv.
Honest, say everything true
I think it is because your culture encourages people to speak openly and frankly.
horrified Adj.
afraid of it; scared about it.
I was horrified. I had never gotten a single demerit before.
demerit N.
disadvantage, fault
Anyone who violated these rules will receive the appropriate number of demerits.
humility N.
not pround and don't say anything even if it is really good.
Here, they do not place so much emphasis on patience, humility, family harmony and silence as we do in Korea.
harmony N.
peace
Here, they do not place so much emphasis on patience, humility, family harmony and silence as we do in Korea.
ambassador N.
the representative
You have become quite an excellent ambassador for your country, and have made lots of friends, i hear.
farmhouse N.
the place or farm.
The next day, ellen and I took the train t her parents’ farmhouse in New Jersey.
acres N.
the unit of a big area.
As ellen’s mother watched me survey the land, she said. we have sixteen acres here.
Sad, melancholic
I felt melancholy after reading mother’s letter.
Imposing V. -ing
let people remember him/her very clearly and easily.
He became homeless and he has lost his imposing appearance.
I knew how mother hated imposing on her children.
stroll N.
walk slowly outside.
After dinner, I took a stroll around the city, I drew in a deep breath of the deliciously fragrant air,picturing my stroll along the stream with Sarah and Jimmy.
transformed V. past
exchange their thinking with others.
They transformed their basement into a reading room.
The note said, "What a grand surprise to see our neglected greenhouse transformed into a lovely little garden."
greenhouse N.
a room like a garden, but the tempreture there is always warm.
I was in the greenhouse earlier,checking on my chrysanthemums.
neglected V. past
don't care about it for a long time
Inside, the plants seemed terribly neglected .
mixer n.
the things mixed together.
All the girls in the dorm were still fast asleep,recovering from the excitement of the mixer the night before.
invigorated V. past
refresh, have enough energy.
I was shocked to hear Mari say these things, but strangely invigorated.
oddball N.
the people looks strange
I am out of place even in my own home. I feel like an oddball wherever i am.
pretentious Adj.
think herself is good but maybe it's not.
She had once told me she thought the dress code and the formality were ridiculously pretentious and a waste of time.
fulfilling Adj.
make people to be happy about it
She was told me that she wants me to work alongside her, and lead a worthy and fulfilling life as she does.
rambled V. past walk to any place
It is so pretty, ellen rambled, and I want to show you off.
frankly Adv.
Honest, say everything true
I think it is because your culture encourages people to speak openly and frankly.
horrified Adj.
afraid of it; scared about it.
I was horrified. I had never gotten a single demerit before.
demerit N.
disadvantage, fault
Anyone who violated these rules will receive the appropriate number of demerits.
humility N.
not pround and don't say anything even if it is really good.
Here, they do not place so much emphasis on patience, humility, family harmony and silence as we do in Korea.
harmony N.
peace
Here, they do not place so much emphasis on patience, humility, family harmony and silence as we do in Korea.
ambassador N.
the representative
You have become quite an excellent ambassador for your country, and have made lots of friends, i hear.
farmhouse N.
the place or farm.
The next day, ellen and I took the train t her parents’ farmhouse in New Jersey.
acres N.
the unit of a big area.
As ellen’s mother watched me survey the land, she said. we have sixteen acres here.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Sookan and me
When I came to America, I also very nervous but not like Sookan. She has scholarship so she is more pressure in the school on her study. When I came to America, the first thing I think is to chat with American. Also, I was thinking about can I understand what the teacher said and will they speak to fast? By the other way, I was very exciting. That is my first time live outside for so long and I should take care of myself. In China, my mom will do everything for me and I don't have anything need to do. I wanted to try to make my life to be myself. Therefore, when I came to the U.S. The most emotion for me is exciting. I cared more about my life not my study. Sookan is different from me, she needs to keep her scholarship. She should spend more time on study than me. Also, when I came to America, it is eighth grade, but Sookan is in university. The life in university is more tired than eighth grade.
There still have some points, when I came to the school, I found the Chinese is not very few. But there's no Korean in Sookan's university as so long. However, as the same, we both very nervous to chat with American. Even, I don't say anything in the class because I afraid to say wrong things. But Sookan also different from me. She has a good roommate that can help her about her English and life. Next point, Sookan should find a job to make money, but my mom support my life and I was too young to have a job in U.S. And, the first time when I get to America, my mom and dad were coming with me and I was not so lonely. Because my family can support me to go back. I can see them fourth in a year.
There still have some points, when I came to the school, I found the Chinese is not very few. But there's no Korean in Sookan's university as so long. However, as the same, we both very nervous to chat with American. Even, I don't say anything in the class because I afraid to say wrong things. But Sookan also different from me. She has a good roommate that can help her about her English and life. Next point, Sookan should find a job to make money, but my mom support my life and I was too young to have a job in U.S. And, the first time when I get to America, my mom and dad were coming with me and I was not so lonely. Because my family can support me to go back. I can see them fourth in a year.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Dicussion questions
- Teachers’ advices are music and studio courses, but why did she finally choose world literature, religions and some hard courses? Just because of tuition?
- Why did she didn’t say anything when she met Marci, silent to walk together to go to dining hall.
- Do she think baby sitting for Bennetts on Saturday easy or hard?
- When they ate sandwich in a narrow path, they are silence, do you think this silence are as same as last silence, what did Sookan feel that Marci waited for her and did not go to dining hall?
- Why they talked about their best time? And they talked about their best friends, do you think Sookan thought Marci is her good friend?
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Sook Nyul Choi
She was borned in North Korean and immigrated to America later. She spoke the language is North Korean. However, when she came to America, she began to have the good education and use english very well. Then, she began to write the stories. Because of this, she wrote this story.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Reading and Writing
Reading and Writing
I like reading books. My favorite book is The Giver. This book is about a boy who was lived in a small community. However, this community is a perfect world. They don’t any pain and there’s no bad things in this community. One day, the boy saw a things that called color. He became a most important people in this community that who can have all the memory about this world. He knew what’s the snow; what’s the war; and he saw a very different world. However, he also very confused why others could not see this pretty world even this world have pain have wars. So, he ran away from this unreal community. He saw lots of things that he never saw it before. In the end, this boy died. I like this kind of books which have a very interesting story. It seems not real but I can’t forget it. Also, sometimes I will read some short stories and there are some themes in it. When I read these stories, I can know something in our life. This kind of books can give a direction for my life. For the story, I like reading the happy end or no ending that I can think by myself.
The favorite kind of the words that book has is the lively. Because if I read a book which have a lot of formal language I will feel very unreal, and I won’t meet these things in my real life. And also, the very lively words will make me like a person in the story and saw what’s happened. It's make the reader very comfortable and make them want to read more about this. By the other way, if this book have lots of vocabularies, you should stop there and find what's this word means. When you find the meaning of this word, most of the time you will forget what happened at the last moment I the book. For this kind of books,I have no interest in them, because I should stop and read the last sentence again and again. It will lose so many time, and I will feel this story is very unreal in life. I don't know what happened in the story. Just like when I feel I am in the story and see what's happened, there is a hand before my eyes, I cannot see anything. I always give up this kind of stories.
I like writing, but in my writing, there are lots of grammar mistakes. I try to change a lot and now it’s more better than when I came to America. I like writing some stories. It can about me and also about some books or movies. I thought writing is very interesting but sometimes I can’t find a good title and a good theme. By the way, I like writing some very lively things, such as my life, or whatever I saw and whatever I heard. Before I went to this school, I’ve written a story in Chinese which is about the ancient china’s love; the love story in ancient china.
When I choose a good book, first I will saw the title about this book. If I have interest in it, I will begin to read the menu in the book. When I read the menu, I will almost know the things in the book. If I feel this story is interesting, I will begin to read it. That's why I know a good title is important for a book because the reader will see the title first when they choose a book to read.
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