Winter Break

Over winter break I will be traveling from Seattle to Miami, Florida. Over the night I will be staying at a hotel waiting to embark from a port for a cruise. On the giant ship my family, grandparents and cousins will enjoy our 7 day stay in the Caribbean Sea. For 5 days we will be journeying from Mayan ruins, to scuba diving in the calm waters, then to zip lining over forests, and finally arriving in Grand Cayman to snorkel with marine life. After all these days I will come back to Olympia to sleep at home, along with snowboarding during the week.

Poetry out loud

I chose The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as my poem. The meaning of the poem is about the similarities of arrows and songs and how they effect people. Both things can hurt, sadden, or entertain people. When you hear a good song, it can hit you like an arrow.

To convey the meaning, I will pause at parts of the poem and emphasize others. It was written to show people music and change people. Songs and arrows can both be changed for different people.

Poetry out loud

Part 1:  1: I, Too by Langston Hughes
             2: Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson
             3: The Star by Ann Taylor
             4: The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow          Chord by Stuart Dybek

Part 2:     Richard Cory and Arrow and the Song because they tell the best story.
               The Star because it is a song.
               Richard Cory.
               It sounds like life stories I have heard about how money can't buy you happiness.

Part 3:   Level of difficulty and Understanding because the poem is easy to understand and is not short.
              Dramatic Appropriateness and Physical Presence because I don't like speaking in front of class.

Part 4:  Jackson Hille. It was successful because he had good posture and good voice.
           Kareem Sayegh. It was successful because he had good pace and shifts.

Part 5:   The competition will be easy. I think I'll do good. Richard Cory by Edwin Robinson. It tells a good story. The website has a lot of poems.