After reading the
first chapter of “Me and You”, I think that I might like the book. One of the
first things that I thought was that Lorenzo may have something wrong with his
head, because he got so angry in the car with his mother. Then, I found out
that he was angry because he wanted to trick his parents into thinking that he
was going skiing. This made me wonder why he would do such a thing. I also
wonder what will happen when his parents find out that he did not go skiing.
The one thing that I did not like is that sometimes Lorenzo describes things
too much. Other than that, the book seems good so far.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Books to read for English Class
1.
Year of Impossible Goodbyes, by Sook Nyul Choi
2.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K.
Rowling
3.
A Step From Heaven, by An Na
Blog 13 Spelling Bee - Review
“The
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”, performed by the Cheshire Academy
Varsity Players, was a very good play and was my favorite play that I have ever
seen that was done in English. It is a story about a spelling bee at the Putnam
Middle School. In the play, there were six young people competing to win the
contest to spell words. Also, there were four people from the audience who were
in the contest. The four people from the audience were three teachers and one
student.
The
whole play was very funny and I paid attention the whole time. One thing that
was really funny was that the people in the contest used different ways to help
them spell the words. One person would write the words on the floor with his
foot. Another would write on her arm, and another would read the word out loud.
It was also funny that one teacher was out of the contest on the first word,
and one teacher was out on the second word. I think that the teachers being out
of the contest made all of the students laugh. Whenever someone would be
thinking about a word, there would be singing, and the four cheerleaders would
come out and dance. The singing and dancing were funny too.
All
of the different characters in the play made it interesting. One character that
I really liked was Vice-Principal Douglas Panch. Early in the play, he seemed
very mean and forceful. But, as the play went on, he became more kind. He
seemed like he was really a nice person, but he wanted people to think that he
was mean. The character, Chip Tolentino, was the first person out of the
contest. I felt sorry for him because he first spelled his word wrong, then
right, but he was put out of the contest anyway. The last three people in the
contest were Olive Ostrovsky, Logainne SchwartzandGrubenniere and William
Barfee. William Barfee was the one who would spell words with his foot, and he
is the one who won the contest.
The
costumes were very colorful and I could hear the people very well and
understand what they were saying. I liked the music that the band played, and
they played very well. The blue and white banner sign for the contest was very
good too. I would recommend that people should see this play. I enjoyed it a
lot and it kept my attention the whole time.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a 2005 Tony Award-winning play. It is
a one-act musical comedy conceived by Rebecca Feldman, with music and lyrics by
William Finn and book by Rachel Sheinkin.
The
show centers around a fictional spelling bee set in a middle school where six
young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by three quirky grown-ups who
barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't
everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. ("UMass
Theater." UMass Amherst: Department of Theater. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.umass.edu/theater/beestudyguide.php>.)
In the
play, there is a spelling bee set at Putnam County Middle school. The spelling
bee is run by the three adults, and the six students are competing in the
spelling bee. One thing that is different about this play is that four people
from the audience are invited to compete in the spelling bee.
The play has won many awards and
been performed in many countries around the world, including Australia,
England, Israel, South Korea, Mexico and Hong Kong.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Friday, February 20, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Three Haiku Poems
Haiku by Jack Kerouac
The low yellow
moon above the
Quiet lamplit house
moon above the
Quiet lamplit house
The Haiku’s Sorry by Sukasah Syahdan
the haiku's sorry
life's not rosy
as the master's fairy story
life's not rosy
as the master's fairy story
Four Haiku by Matsuo Basho
Spring:
A hill without a name
Veiled in morning mist.
The beginning of autumn:
Sea and emerald paddy
Both the same green.
The winds of autumn
Blow: yet still green
The chestnut husks.
A flash of lightning:
Into the gloom
Goes the heron's cry.
A hill without a name
Veiled in morning mist.
The beginning of autumn:
Sea and emerald paddy
Both the same green.
The winds of autumn
Blow: yet still green
The chestnut husks.
A flash of lightning:
Into the gloom
Goes the heron's cry.
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