Author's Note: A parody that me and Julia wrote about the poem "This is Just to Say".
I have bullied you
Intentionally
The worst was
In the locker room
It probably
Made you feel
Horrible
About yourself
Forgive me
I can’t help but laugh
When I saw the look on your face
So clueless
My book that I read was Carrie, The person who is writing this poem is Sue. This girl is a bully at her school and the person that she is writing this too is Carrie the girl that she bullies. In the beginning the author’s tone is feeling sorry but when you read it all together the author is sarcastic and doesn’t really mean what she is saying. The mood that they reader is feeling is sorry for this girl like the person writing doesn’t take bullying seriously.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Mother to Son
In the poem “Mother to Son” there are two different types of figurative language. The first one is a metaphor. This metaphor is “life ain’t been no crystal stair, they use this to show that in the mother’s point of view her life hasn’t been easy. She wasn’t one of the rich children that had their life handed to them. She had to work to get where she is now, and she wants her son to know that. The next figurative language is an anaphora. This is because she says that metaphor twice. She says that line again to make her main point that life hasn’t been easy and handed to her like other people. The mood of this poem makes us feel sympathetic, this is because the mother explains to her son that she has had to work to get where she is now in life and she is explaining to him also that he will have to work his butt off too. The mother’s tone of voice is hopeful. She is hoping that her son will take this and move forward and take the advice that she had given to him.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Carrie an Outcast
Author’s Note: This piece of writing is describing the main character Carrie from the book “Carrie”.
Carrie White is a seventeen year old girl that went to high school. She was an outcast at her school. She was so used to everybody making fun of her and being mean to her she thinks the same things about herself, she tells herself that nobody want to look at me because it stings their eyes . She has dull brown hair that falls just past her shoulders with a little curl. She has pimples on her back, face and shoulders. She is a heavier girl, well heavier than everybody at her school. She lives in a house that looks like an old run down shack with no life in it anymore with her mother.
Carrie’s mother is insane as kids running around without getting fed or can’t go outside. She makes Carrie go into a small, dark closet that stunk like rotten eggs with stains all over the floor and pray, because she thinks that she is a devil spawn. She abuses her and she brings her confidence down and she doesn’t even like herself because of her mother. Her mother has more power over her than the kings of Great Britain did back in the day. Carrie is really scared to death of her mother; she can’t stand to be around her. Carrie misses her father very much; he died when she was young. Her teachers don’t help the situation when they call her out at school and give attention to her. Carrie’s strong on the outside like superman but deep down she is like a little kitten wanting a home. She is just a girl that doesn’t have a great house hold and no friends. She deals with all her problems alone, but she has gotten used to it. Carrie really needs someone to hold and take care of her better than what she has now.
Carrie White is a seventeen year old girl that went to high school. She was an outcast at her school. She was so used to everybody making fun of her and being mean to her she thinks the same things about herself, she tells herself that nobody want to look at me because it stings their eyes . She has dull brown hair that falls just past her shoulders with a little curl. She has pimples on her back, face and shoulders. She is a heavier girl, well heavier than everybody at her school. She lives in a house that looks like an old run down shack with no life in it anymore with her mother.
Carrie’s mother is insane as kids running around without getting fed or can’t go outside. She makes Carrie go into a small, dark closet that stunk like rotten eggs with stains all over the floor and pray, because she thinks that she is a devil spawn. She abuses her and she brings her confidence down and she doesn’t even like herself because of her mother. Her mother has more power over her than the kings of Great Britain did back in the day. Carrie is really scared to death of her mother; she can’t stand to be around her. Carrie misses her father very much; he died when she was young. Her teachers don’t help the situation when they call her out at school and give attention to her. Carrie’s strong on the outside like superman but deep down she is like a little kitten wanting a home. She is just a girl that doesn’t have a great house hold and no friends. She deals with all her problems alone, but she has gotten used to it. Carrie really needs someone to hold and take care of her better than what she has now.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Carrie
Carrie White is a seventeen year old girl that went to high school. She was an outcast at her school. She was so used to everybody making fun of her and being me to her she thinks the same things about herself, she tells herself that nobody want to look at me because I’m so ugly. She has dull brown hair that falls just past her shoulders. She has pimples on her back, face and shoulders. She is a heavier girl, well heavier than everybody at her school.
Carrie’s mother is very crazy, she makes Carrie go into a closet and pray, because she thinks that she is a devil spawn. She abuses her and she brings her confidence down and she doesn’t even like herself because of her mother. Carrie misses her father very much; he died when she was young. Her teachers don’t help the situation when they call her out at school and give attention to her. She is just a girl that doesn’t have a great house hold and no friends. She really shouldn’t feel the way she should about herself right now.
Carrie’s mother is very crazy, she makes Carrie go into a closet and pray, because she thinks that she is a devil spawn. She abuses her and she brings her confidence down and she doesn’t even like herself because of her mother. Carrie misses her father very much; he died when she was young. Her teachers don’t help the situation when they call her out at school and give attention to her. She is just a girl that doesn’t have a great house hold and no friends. She really shouldn’t feel the way she should about herself right now.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
"I Said No"
Author’s Note: This piece of writing is to analyze a quote from the book Speak.
Imagine being in your school and everyone around you didn’t like you. They could’ve not liked you for many reasons that were bad, but what if you were a victim. You were too shy to stand up for yourself and embarrassed about being that victim, you wouldn’t tell anybody. Melinda was that girl, she had been raped and when IT took her in a closet to do it again she said “I said no” that changed everything around her in a good way. Everyone around her knew that truth and changed their feelings about her.
Melinda was the girl that everyone didn’t notice. She wasn’t able to stand of for herself she was a victim. This just wasn’t a victim of bullying she was raped. Everyone around her had treated her horrible because she was the one that called the police at the end of the year party. In everyone else’s eye she ruined their fun she was just trying to get the guy that had hurt her. She wasn’t able to stand up for herself the first time. She didn’t know what was happening, but when she knew it was happening again her whole mind changed. She had to do something to prevent it this time. “I said no” she said in a firm voice, IT as in Andy Beast. He just gave up because Melinda didn’t stop him the first time he had never been stood up to. Melinda had stopped something that could have led onto more problems.
As soon as Andy had locked her in the closet he had been in control. Controlling her and his actions, he was trying to turn into something that she didn’t want. She couldn’t even be ten feet from him in the hallway without being scared and she is forced to find other ways to her classes. She just couldn’t deal with that anymore. She thought to herself every day, I should be able to walk down my school’s halls without being scared, that isn’t what school is about. As soon as she said “I said No” she took control of the situation. She had the lead in this battle and she was going to keep the control. She hit him and then he fought back but then the lacrosse girls found them. Taking control of this horrible situation was a big gain for her.
Another big gain for Melinda in this situation is that she gained everybody else’s trust and friendships back. That was very important to her because they hated her for being a victim. They never knew the whole or true story of what happen that night. It had been her nightmare. The lacrosse girls heard her say “I said no”, they opened that door at that moment they had seen everything that she had been through. They had taken Melinda to the principal and they all told him what had happened. Gaining her friends back was one of the most important things for her and she had finally accomplished that.
This quote had played a big part in Melinda’s life. She was able to walk down the hallways without having to change her routes to her classes because of some boy that tortured her. She could walk with all her friends and she could take control of situations. She could put Andy of otherwise known as IT behind her because she knew he was never going to touch her again.
Imagine being in your school and everyone around you didn’t like you. They could’ve not liked you for many reasons that were bad, but what if you were a victim. You were too shy to stand up for yourself and embarrassed about being that victim, you wouldn’t tell anybody. Melinda was that girl, she had been raped and when IT took her in a closet to do it again she said “I said no” that changed everything around her in a good way. Everyone around her knew that truth and changed their feelings about her.
Melinda was the girl that everyone didn’t notice. She wasn’t able to stand of for herself she was a victim. This just wasn’t a victim of bullying she was raped. Everyone around her had treated her horrible because she was the one that called the police at the end of the year party. In everyone else’s eye she ruined their fun she was just trying to get the guy that had hurt her. She wasn’t able to stand up for herself the first time. She didn’t know what was happening, but when she knew it was happening again her whole mind changed. She had to do something to prevent it this time. “I said no” she said in a firm voice, IT as in Andy Beast. He just gave up because Melinda didn’t stop him the first time he had never been stood up to. Melinda had stopped something that could have led onto more problems.
As soon as Andy had locked her in the closet he had been in control. Controlling her and his actions, he was trying to turn into something that she didn’t want. She couldn’t even be ten feet from him in the hallway without being scared and she is forced to find other ways to her classes. She just couldn’t deal with that anymore. She thought to herself every day, I should be able to walk down my school’s halls without being scared, that isn’t what school is about. As soon as she said “I said No” she took control of the situation. She had the lead in this battle and she was going to keep the control. She hit him and then he fought back but then the lacrosse girls found them. Taking control of this horrible situation was a big gain for her.
Another big gain for Melinda in this situation is that she gained everybody else’s trust and friendships back. That was very important to her because they hated her for being a victim. They never knew the whole or true story of what happen that night. It had been her nightmare. The lacrosse girls heard her say “I said no”, they opened that door at that moment they had seen everything that she had been through. They had taken Melinda to the principal and they all told him what had happened. Gaining her friends back was one of the most important things for her and she had finally accomplished that.
This quote had played a big part in Melinda’s life. She was able to walk down the hallways without having to change her routes to her classes because of some boy that tortured her. She could walk with all her friends and she could take control of situations. She could put Andy of otherwise known as IT behind her because she knew he was never going to touch her again.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Melinda
Author’s Note: This piece is to inform you about the main character of the book Speak.
Melinda is the main character of this story. She is an outcast at her school because everybody thinks she called the police at the end of summer party last year. Now that school is starting up she has many challenges.
Black hair, hates her skirt, an outcast, this is what Melinda says to herself on the first day of school. Melinda is a girl with a very bad attitude. She thinks there is no point in her living. This is because everybody around her doesn’t notice her because of what happened at a party. She believes in only having art class. That is the only part of her day that she enjoys, she thinks everything else is useless. Her parents fight a lot she doesn’t really have a great family at all. She impacts her friend Heather. Well used to be friend. Heather was new to school and Melinda was the only person that acknowledges that she was there. Until Heather betrays Melinda to move to a better group. She left Melinda because of her bad attitude and she was depressed all the time. She didn’t have any fun around her and just couldn’t deal with her anymore. Melinda is really a depressed outcast at her school.
Melinda is the main character of this story. She is an outcast at her school because everybody thinks she called the police at the end of summer party last year. Now that school is starting up she has many challenges.
Black hair, hates her skirt, an outcast, this is what Melinda says to herself on the first day of school. Melinda is a girl with a very bad attitude. She thinks there is no point in her living. This is because everybody around her doesn’t notice her because of what happened at a party. She believes in only having art class. That is the only part of her day that she enjoys, she thinks everything else is useless. Her parents fight a lot she doesn’t really have a great family at all. She impacts her friend Heather. Well used to be friend. Heather was new to school and Melinda was the only person that acknowledges that she was there. Until Heather betrays Melinda to move to a better group. She left Melinda because of her bad attitude and she was depressed all the time. She didn’t have any fun around her and just couldn’t deal with her anymore. Melinda is really a depressed outcast at her school.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Another Cinderella Story
Once upon a time there was a young girl named Amanda that only wanted to play soccer. Her dad was her soccer coach until the day he had gotten into a car accident. He had died instantly; her step mom was the only one left with her evil step sister Victoria and Delany. Her step mom didn’t even treat her like she was family; it was more like a maid, and worst part of all she said that Amanda wasn’t allowed to play soccer any more. Amanda woke up to her calling on a Friday morning.
“Go make me and the girl’s breakfast” said Jenny her stepmother.
Amanda sighed and knew she had to get up or she would be punished some other way. After she was done making curella de vil's breakfast she headed to the soccer field. She took a few shots than went to the locker room to get freshened up. She met her best friend Jenna at their first class of the day and that would have been history. She got butterflies in her stomach as soon as Luke had walked in the door every day. He was the captain of the soccer team and she was just in love with him.
“There’s a boy vs. girl game tonight for fun, you should go you’re very good, and maybe you will have a chance at showing off for Luke.” Said Jenna
“Delany and Victoria will be there, they will snitch on me, I can’t risk that” Said Amanda.
“Of course you can I will distract them for you” said Jenna.
“Okay fine I will go and I hope Luke will notice me like you said” Amanda Said.
Amanda was on her way home from school excited because she maybe was going to get the guy of her dreams. She got home and she was changing into shorts and a tank top and she told Jenny that she was going for a run to Jenna’s house and she believed her. She really was heading to the soccer field so then she could put on her shin guards and cleats. She was heading onto the field to see who her teammates were. She noticed that she was the only one that really knew how to play so she would really get Luke’s attention. This could be the game of her life that she would remember forever. The guys arrived at the field and they started the game. Amanda dribbled around every single one of those guys doing her moves and they didn’t even have a chance against her. She took a shot on goal and the goalie dove the other way. She did this many times. Then she noticed her sister coming to the field and she remembered she had to be home before they were.
“Sorry I have to go” Amanda said.
“Wait, who are you?” Luke asked.
Amanda was taking her cleats and shin guards off so fast that she didn’t noticed she dropped one.
“I’m sorry, I really have to go” Amanda said.
“Wait you forgot your cleat” said Luke.
Amanda just kept running because she had to beat Delany and Victoria home because otherwise she was going to be in big trouble with Jenny and she never wants that to happen. She would be grounded for weeks and would have to do a ton of chores and that is the last thing she wanted. The next day at school she heard Luke on the announcements. She thought that was so weird.
“I met the girl of my dreams and I have her cleat from yesterday’s game. Please come find me in the soccer field so I can give you your cleat”
Knowing every girl in the school was going to want to be his mystery girl. The reason Luke had no clue who she was, was because she was new to the school this year they moved from California to Florida.
“Hey Mandy you should go and find Luke” said Jenna
“I can’t then Jenny’s minions will tell on me like they did sense they were two” said Amanda.
Luke had some of the guys from the soccer team stand on the field so they could see if it was really the girl who beat all those boys. Luke had been through sixty girls and none of them even knew how to dribble let alone score on all those boys.
“This is useless” he said to Kyle his best friend
“Come on man we will find her don’t worry” Kyle said
That day after school she had to get her mind off of all the things with Luke. She went to the soccer field and she started shooting on the goal. Then Luke came up behind her because he had the same idea to get his mind off his mystery girl.
“Wait a minute, you’re my girl” Luke said.
“No I’m not” Amanda said.
“I would remember those eyes’ anywhere” Luke said.
“Okay I am the girl of your dreams I give up” Amanda said.
Then Amanda noticed he was starring into her eyes’ and she was stuck inside his. This felt right she knew this was a good thing that she had found him. Before she knew it his lips touched hers. She was stuck in this moment forever. She could smell his cologne and she would forever. As soon as he pulled away he reached into his bag and said
“Here is your cleat, you’re only going to get it back if you come and show the guys on my team how to really play soccer.”
“I agree to this challenge” she said.
She just smiled and she knew they were right for each other. Luke had given her a ride home and as soon as she walked in her room she dialed Jenna’s number she told her everything.
“You’re going to play in that game I don’t care what Curella de vil says your going” Said Jenna
The next morning she got a text from Luke that said
“I am going to pick you up, be ready in five”
She typed in a reply that had said
“Okay see you out front.”
She ran up stairs got dressed and packed all her homework in her back pack and packed another bag with all of her things for the game right after school. She really didn’t think what her no good of a family thought she was doing what she wanted now she was a senior and this was her dream, soccer forever. She walked out front and saw Luke pulling into the drive way.
“Somebody looks nice today” he said.
“Thanks, ready for History this morning together?” asked Amanda
“Ready as I will ever be because I’m with you.”
When they walked into school they were holding hands. Everybody was starring at her and whispering. She wasn’t embarrassed anymore about what people thought because she was with the person that she thought she would spend the rest of her life with. Word got around the whole town about the game. After school was over, they met by Luke’s locker.
“I’m so nervous” said Amanda
“Why are you worrying you’re the best soccer player that I know”
She smiled
“Just don’t look at the crowd just pretend like the first time we played.
“Thanks” Amanda said
They were heading out to the field and everyone started to pile into their seats and she just thought of beating the boys in front of everyone. She had to show off who she was so people would know who the wonderful Amanda really was. She wouldn’t just be a nobody anymore. They started the game and she did her thing, she dribbled around all those boys again and scored. She did this many times. The girls won ten to four. Amanda had scored seven of those ten goals.
“Nice game again” said Luke
“I told you, you would find her” said Kyle
“Amanda Fields”
She turned around, “yes that’s me”.
“I am John from the Lacrosse College. We are wondering if you would like to come and play for our college next year. You have a full athletic scholarship.”
“How did you know to come here?” asked Amanda
“Your boyfriend Luke told us to come because he said that you were amazing”
“You did this all for me?” asked Amanda
“I’d do anything for you it just so happens I have been given a scholarship to that same college and now were both going there”.
“That’s great” she leaned in and gave him a kiss.
They both left and she went home and told Jenny that she would have to find a new maid to work for her.
Her reply to that was “where do you think you’re going brat”
“I got a scholarship for soccer and my boyfriend and I are going early.”
She called Jenna and told her everything and Jenna had come over and helped her pack before Luke came back to get her.
“I’m so proud of you” Jenna said
“This wouldn’t have happened without you” Amanda said
“Text me every day and tell me how it is going”.
“You will come and visit me okay?” Amanda said
“I will” Jenna said
Luke came back and they loaded all her things in the car and before they knew it she was off to live her fairytale life. They both lived happily ever after in their college dorms.
“Go make me and the girl’s breakfast” said Jenny her stepmother.
Amanda sighed and knew she had to get up or she would be punished some other way. After she was done making curella de vil's breakfast she headed to the soccer field. She took a few shots than went to the locker room to get freshened up. She met her best friend Jenna at their first class of the day and that would have been history. She got butterflies in her stomach as soon as Luke had walked in the door every day. He was the captain of the soccer team and she was just in love with him.
“There’s a boy vs. girl game tonight for fun, you should go you’re very good, and maybe you will have a chance at showing off for Luke.” Said Jenna
“Delany and Victoria will be there, they will snitch on me, I can’t risk that” Said Amanda.
“Of course you can I will distract them for you” said Jenna.
“Okay fine I will go and I hope Luke will notice me like you said” Amanda Said.
Amanda was on her way home from school excited because she maybe was going to get the guy of her dreams. She got home and she was changing into shorts and a tank top and she told Jenny that she was going for a run to Jenna’s house and she believed her. She really was heading to the soccer field so then she could put on her shin guards and cleats. She was heading onto the field to see who her teammates were. She noticed that she was the only one that really knew how to play so she would really get Luke’s attention. This could be the game of her life that she would remember forever. The guys arrived at the field and they started the game. Amanda dribbled around every single one of those guys doing her moves and they didn’t even have a chance against her. She took a shot on goal and the goalie dove the other way. She did this many times. Then she noticed her sister coming to the field and she remembered she had to be home before they were.
“Sorry I have to go” Amanda said.
“Wait, who are you?” Luke asked.
Amanda was taking her cleats and shin guards off so fast that she didn’t noticed she dropped one.
“I’m sorry, I really have to go” Amanda said.
“Wait you forgot your cleat” said Luke.
Amanda just kept running because she had to beat Delany and Victoria home because otherwise she was going to be in big trouble with Jenny and she never wants that to happen. She would be grounded for weeks and would have to do a ton of chores and that is the last thing she wanted. The next day at school she heard Luke on the announcements. She thought that was so weird.
“I met the girl of my dreams and I have her cleat from yesterday’s game. Please come find me in the soccer field so I can give you your cleat”
Knowing every girl in the school was going to want to be his mystery girl. The reason Luke had no clue who she was, was because she was new to the school this year they moved from California to Florida.
“Hey Mandy you should go and find Luke” said Jenna
“I can’t then Jenny’s minions will tell on me like they did sense they were two” said Amanda.
Luke had some of the guys from the soccer team stand on the field so they could see if it was really the girl who beat all those boys. Luke had been through sixty girls and none of them even knew how to dribble let alone score on all those boys.
“This is useless” he said to Kyle his best friend
“Come on man we will find her don’t worry” Kyle said
That day after school she had to get her mind off of all the things with Luke. She went to the soccer field and she started shooting on the goal. Then Luke came up behind her because he had the same idea to get his mind off his mystery girl.
“Wait a minute, you’re my girl” Luke said.
“No I’m not” Amanda said.
“I would remember those eyes’ anywhere” Luke said.
“Okay I am the girl of your dreams I give up” Amanda said.
Then Amanda noticed he was starring into her eyes’ and she was stuck inside his. This felt right she knew this was a good thing that she had found him. Before she knew it his lips touched hers. She was stuck in this moment forever. She could smell his cologne and she would forever. As soon as he pulled away he reached into his bag and said
“Here is your cleat, you’re only going to get it back if you come and show the guys on my team how to really play soccer.”
“I agree to this challenge” she said.
She just smiled and she knew they were right for each other. Luke had given her a ride home and as soon as she walked in her room she dialed Jenna’s number she told her everything.
“You’re going to play in that game I don’t care what Curella de vil says your going” Said Jenna
The next morning she got a text from Luke that said
“I am going to pick you up, be ready in five”
She typed in a reply that had said
“Okay see you out front.”
She ran up stairs got dressed and packed all her homework in her back pack and packed another bag with all of her things for the game right after school. She really didn’t think what her no good of a family thought she was doing what she wanted now she was a senior and this was her dream, soccer forever. She walked out front and saw Luke pulling into the drive way.
“Somebody looks nice today” he said.
“Thanks, ready for History this morning together?” asked Amanda
“Ready as I will ever be because I’m with you.”
When they walked into school they were holding hands. Everybody was starring at her and whispering. She wasn’t embarrassed anymore about what people thought because she was with the person that she thought she would spend the rest of her life with. Word got around the whole town about the game. After school was over, they met by Luke’s locker.
“I’m so nervous” said Amanda
“Why are you worrying you’re the best soccer player that I know”
She smiled
“Just don’t look at the crowd just pretend like the first time we played.
“Thanks” Amanda said
They were heading out to the field and everyone started to pile into their seats and she just thought of beating the boys in front of everyone. She had to show off who she was so people would know who the wonderful Amanda really was. She wouldn’t just be a nobody anymore. They started the game and she did her thing, she dribbled around all those boys again and scored. She did this many times. The girls won ten to four. Amanda had scored seven of those ten goals.
“Nice game again” said Luke
“I told you, you would find her” said Kyle
“Amanda Fields”
She turned around, “yes that’s me”.
“I am John from the Lacrosse College. We are wondering if you would like to come and play for our college next year. You have a full athletic scholarship.”
“How did you know to come here?” asked Amanda
“Your boyfriend Luke told us to come because he said that you were amazing”
“You did this all for me?” asked Amanda
“I’d do anything for you it just so happens I have been given a scholarship to that same college and now were both going there”.
“That’s great” she leaned in and gave him a kiss.
They both left and she went home and told Jenny that she would have to find a new maid to work for her.
Her reply to that was “where do you think you’re going brat”
“I got a scholarship for soccer and my boyfriend and I are going early.”
She called Jenna and told her everything and Jenna had come over and helped her pack before Luke came back to get her.
“I’m so proud of you” Jenna said
“This wouldn’t have happened without you” Amanda said
“Text me every day and tell me how it is going”.
“You will come and visit me okay?” Amanda said
“I will” Jenna said
Luke came back and they loaded all her things in the car and before they knew it she was off to live her fairytale life. They both lived happily ever after in their college dorms.
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