Where i am from

I am from the Earth,

from the world and countries.

I am from the soil

on the Earth

I am from my mom,

from her belly.

I am from my dad,

I am from countries

from Korea.

from Daejeon

I am from Daejeon

from Expo APT.

In my house,

there are four people

me, my brother, mom and dad.

I am from the love of

those people

The article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1162153.stm

As you can see the title of the article, ' money cannot buy happiness,' you can know that this article is related to the parable, 'The Pearl.' The theme of the parable is that money cannot make one happy. This article says 'experts say that excessive wealth, particularly for people unaccustomed to it, such as lottery winners, can actually cause unhappiness.' In 'The Pearl,' Kino is not accustomed to wealth, so it causes unhappiness. In other words, wealth just makes Kino and his family unhappy, for example, Koyotito dies in the parable.

reflection on 'the pearl'

The pearl

The definition of parable is a short story which is told in order to make a moral. ‘The pearl’ can be related relate to real life and contains a moral that can relate to real life, so, in my opinion, it is a parable. The moral that this parable contains is that money cannot make people happy or that money cannot satisfy people. Money would rather make people greedy than make them happy.

The moral that I could learn from this parable is that, as I said before, money would rather make people greedy than make them happy. This moral can relate to real life. For example, if there is something that is profitable, I will not care everything around me but I will care the thing. However, during the process, I always make some troubles, like harming others. After I realize that I am wrong, it is late to turn back. This

The conclusion is that this story is parable, so it contains a variety of lessons which are very essential to our life.

Guess the mood.

What do you do when your girl friend gets angry? What do you try to do? Are they nice to you? Or are you nice to them? Maybe you think you should. Yes, you should be nice to them. If you do not, you will be cursed by others.

Guess the Mood

There was a boy who liked sports. He especially liked soccer. He always played soccer everyday. He always practiced soccer skills everyday. As time passed on, he became a soccer player. Every one admitted that he was very good. However, an accident occurred to the boy. Because of the accident, he could not play soccer forever. He sobbed everyday, because he could not do what he loved. He was envy of those who could play soccer. Though he wanted to play soccer, he could not. This always made him very sad.

CONGRATULATION!! You just win $259,000,000!!

How do you feel?

I feel wonderful! I was just a normal student until yesterday, but from today I live a new life! I want to use this money right now. I do not know what to do with the money I won. Tell me what sould I do with this money!



What's going through your mind?



What is going through my mind is that I do not know what to do with this money.



What will you do with the money?



I will buy everything I like, such as XBOX, and PSP.



Do you think you will change?

Of course. I will be pompous.

Warm up 9/28/09

The one who left an impression on me is my grand dad. He always welcomed me. He was bald and short, but he was very kind and friendly. I liked him very much. I used to travel with him often. It was very joyful. But suddenly, he went to hospital due to a cancer. I cried and cried when I heard that. I visited him twice or three times. But he suddenly died. When I heard that I cried and cried. The last day I saw him was the most memorable day of my life.

clue 5

I think the theme of "About Effie" is not to give up hope. In the text, Effie is always waiting for someone. She always keeps the faith that the one who she is waiting for would come to her. I think the author tried to show readers that theme through Effie. The author might want readers to achieve their hopes.

I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
Lamentation 3:24
In the text, Effie is waiting for someone like this verse.

The one whom Effie is waiting for might be God or Jesus. In the text, it calls the one who Effie is waiting for 'him.' In the Bible, we call God him. Don't you think they are similar? I think they are.

1. Effie calls someone whom she is waiting for 'him.'
As I said in the question 1, it might represent fro God.

2. Effie says that 'He' would find her.
It means 'He' or God can find one who believes in them anywhere.
3. Effie says if there is thunder, he would come.
I think it means God is powerful, because ,as you know, when you hear a word thunder, you would think something strong.

I think they can. Non-Christian authors can reveal truth about God's world. Though they are not Christian, they can describe God's world by using morals and themes. Those are about the Bible.

clue 4

The character I admire is Bill Gates. He is chairman of the Micro Soft. Why I admire him is that he is one of the most successful business man in the world. To succeed he challenged in many fields. Along with the money he has made, he donates his money a lot. If I were him, I would not do that so. That point is what I admire him most.

The clues that setting can reveal about the theme of a short story are, I think, time and characters' action. Through such things, we can guess themes of stories. Characters' actions and dialogues are different in each setting. As you know, all stories do not take place in the same time. For example, some stories take place in modern time, but some do not. Also, the actions of the characters in the stories taking place in modern time are different from the actions of the characters in the stories not taking place in modern time. So each of the stories has different theme.

Authors drop clues about characters by showing readers characters' actions and conversation. Sometimes authors show readers the theme directly. By the authors' actions and conversation, we can guess the theme. How the actions and conversation lead readers to the theme of a story is that readers can guess what the actions and conversation imply.

The strongest setting I have ever encountered in my life is Japan. When I was young, I went to Japan with my family for sightseeing. While I was in Japan, I learned that there were many cultures in the world. I learned many things in Japan. That is why I choose Japan as the strongest setting.

Two kinds

6 Connections

1. Even though I do not want to study, my mother forces me to study.

2. My mother calls me genious.

3. I do not like tutor.

4. When I was young, my mother forced me to play piano. At that time, I did not like playing the piano.

5. When I was young, I got tired of playing the piano. I just quit it.

6. Now I am trying to play the piano.

Reader's response

--> This story is about a Chinese-American girl. She and her mother went to America together. Her mother wanted Jing Mei to achieve her dream in America. It is about American dream.

clue 3

1. A literary theme is the message about human life and philosophy. It is similar with moral, but it is the main view of the characters and plot. It is an universal belief in the all over the world. In Aesop’s fables, there are many kinds of stories including common theme. For example, “Don’t lie,” is from “The shepherd”. “Slow and steady wins the race,” is from “The Hare and The Tortoise”. “No matter how small it is, it is useful for something,” is from “The Lion and The Mouse”. Such themes are that we can learn from literatures. They reveal how we should live harmoniously and wisely from the characters. They make authors communicate with the real world.

2. The theme of my like is “Do one’s best.” I think doing one’s best is better than doing nothing. I am always trying to do my best. Even though I am not good at English, I always try to speak English. However I do not always try to do my best. If I do not want to do something, I do not even try it. I think I should not do such thing. From now though there is something I do not want to do, I will try to do my best. For “Do one’s best” is the theme of my life.

3. In my opinion, the theme of God’s plan for this world is “keep one’s promise.” In Bible, God always kept his promises. There is a Bible verse, "The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; his kingdom will never end" (Luke 1:33). He send Jesus to fulfill the promise he had made with Mary. He also made Rainbow to keep the promise he made with Noah. He always keeps his all promises. That is why I think the theme of God’s plan for this world is “keep one’s promise.” However, it is not only God’s theme, but also our themes. Also we should keep our promises. I mean we should keep the promise we make with God.


1. First, look at the title of a short story carefully. Maybe you can imply the theme of the story from the title. Secondly, as you read the story, read carefully what main characters do. Then read all story carefully. Especially, read the resolution part carefully. Usually authors write theme in the resolution. Find where authors write their thoughts. There will be a sentence like ‘when I saw something, I thought something.” This sentence can include the theme. If there is something repeated, that also could be the theme. This is the way I find a theme of a short story.

2. I think the theme of “The Utterly Perfect Murder” is “do not care about the past.” Ralph always concerned about what Underhill did to him. He tried to kill Underhill because of that reason. However, when he saw Underhill, he realized that he was wrong. These days, in Korea, a famous singer who is a Korean resident in America was forced to get out of Korea. For he blamed Korea 4 years ago. Actually he did not, but Koreans mentioned his deed which he did 4 years ago. He came to Korea to achieve his dream, but he went back to America due to what he did. However, I think that it does not matter what he did. He likes Korea now. Presence is more important than the past.

3.They are a little bit similar, but there are some differences in the meanings. Moral shows what is right and what is not right in our perspectives. It teaches us. Theme is just a main idea within a literary work. It also teaches us, but does not demand learning what is wrong or not. For example, in “The Hare and The Tortoise”, the theme you can learn is “Slow and steady wins the race.” However, the moral you can model is the tortoise should have waken up the hare. It is not fair. The tortoise’s behavior is not right in my opinion. Theme is common view of our lives, but moral depends on our judgement. It is the difference theme with moral.

4. Yes, it is. In the Bible, it says Jesus sacrificed for us. It is a theme statement for God’s story. It is not only a theme statement of John, but also whole of the Bible. God sent his only son, Jesus, to us, because he loves us and wants to save us from sins. In the literature, we can find a literature having a same theme as the Bible.

Clue no.6

1. Define a metaphor and a simile.

--> A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing. It is comparing something else which is similar.It is comparing things not using like or as. For example, "I am a pig" is a metaphor. It means I am fat like a pig.
A simile is expression of describing a person or something with another similar thing. It is comparing things using like or as. It is a little bit different from metaphor.For example, "he eats as a pig" is a simile. It means he devours food.

1. Why do authors use figurative language?

--> At first, reasons why authors use figurative language are that they can make their sentences meaningful. Figurative language implies many meanings. Those are depend on your experience, and imagination. Secondly speaking directly in the text makes readers bored. You can feel more realistic than the real world. You can see, hear, smell, feel, and taste vividly.
If authors use figurative language, they leave room for readers to imagine the sentences. And by imagining, they can get various of results of authors' purpose.
Finally, but mostly, authors can emphasize and form the connection between readers and characters in the text. So readers give themselves up in the books.

2. List 3 metaphors that you think are really beautiful or interesting.

--> She is my East and my West, my compass.
Life is a mere dream, a fleeting shadow on a cloudy day
Love is a lemon - either bitter of sweet

3. Find a metaphor for Jesus In the Bible and list the Bible verse (hint: look in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.)

-->The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need. (Psalm 23:1)

4. What does this metaphor reveal about God's world and your understanding?

--> In this metaphor, it says God is a shepherd. This metaphor means that God is our master of people. We can imply that we are sheep of God from the metaphor. Sheep should follow their masters. In other words, people should follow God. And it also said we have all we need. It means God has given everything we need. God gave us water, sky, animals, land and lives. Those are all we need. So we better listen to him.

Personal ad

I am good at English like native English speakers. English is a kind of a piece of cake. So easy to me. Studying is a piece of cake as well. I am very tall. I am taller than any other student in my school. Maybe I am the most modest person in the world. I am too modest to be proud of myself. But even though I do not want to be proud of myself, I can not. I am a kind of a walking dictionary. It is true. Nobody can deny that I am very cleaver. I am very rich. I am the richest person in the world.

Bad experience with my sibling

I have an elder brother. I am now stronger than him, but when I was young, I was way weaker than him. It was like he was a cat and I was a mouse. I got beaten by him almost everytime. I wanted to punch him, but I couldn't, because, as I said, I way weaker than him. I felt mad as if I had been an angry monkey when he hit me. I couldn't do anything about it. I just cried or told my mom on him. It was my everyday life in my youth.

Clue 1

What is beauty?


--> The beauty I think is inner beauty. Most people see only appearance. Appearance is just how you look like. But inner beauty is like one's honesty, morality, or wisdom. They are the most important thing we need to live these days. Of course, appearance is important as well, but they affect you a little. Inner beauty affects most of yourself. Though you are handsome, or beautiful, if you are not moral, it is no good. morality which stands for the inner beauty is the most important factor of a person.



Find 2 Bible verses about God's view of beauty and add them to the written responses for the questions on the left.



--> 1 Samuel 16:7 - "The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."



--> Matthew 23:28 - "In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness"

--> When we read, we feel the sympathy. So we can understand te situation and circumstance around the characters from the text. If I were in the character's situation, what would I do? Then we try to figure out our own resolution. We make background of the literature a real thing. So we connect ourselves with characters, and accept them naturally.

1. Reader response analysis is a kind of connecting oneself with a character form text. Like comparing yourself and the character. For example, when you read a book, you would feel the same with the character from a text. Then you respond to it. And you also analyze the character. These processes are Reader response. First step is just reading book carefully. As you read the book, you will find the character in the same situation with you. Then analyze the character. Finally, respond to the character. That is all you have to do for reader response analysis.



2.Reader Response can open our eyes to more truth as we read.



3. If you interact or connect with literature, you can enjoy the literature more. Just reading is boring. But connecting yourself to the literature makes it interesting to read literature. Predicting the ending is also one of the reader response i think. To compare your ending and the ending of the literature can also be enjoyavle. Finishing your reading, just write about what you read thinking about the character from the text. It will be very fine.



4. The book I read recently is "The Call of The Wild". It is about a dog which is a main character of the book. I read it when I came to TCIS. As I read the book, I made some connections with the main character. He had to get used to everything around him. I could not get used to new surroundins. I learned that I should get used to the everything. I tried to speak in English and get along with others. And the other thing I learned from the book is that we should be strong to survive. If you have a weak will, you would not be able to live in 21st century.

The Utterly Perfect Murder

I think it will be about assassinating someone. Look at that title. It is kind of killing people perfectly. So cruel. I may not read this. I feel scared. I am not brave enough to read that story. But I will read it, because it sounds like a little bit cute. Maybe it is a story about a kid who wants revenge on someone.
When I was young, I got attacked by my elder brother. I wanted revenge on him. But I was weaker than him. I tried to hit him, but as soon as I hit him, he hit me stronger. I was so angry, but I could not take revenge on him.

connection with a character

The character that I am connected to is Buck who is a main character of the book called 'The Call of The Wild'. He always does his best to achieve his goals. I always do my best do achieve my goals, too. I think that is the same thing Buck and I have. When I read Buck did his best to do something, I felt the same feelings.

Clue 2

Describe all the key components of this introduction to who Jesus is. What part of the “plot” of Christ’s life do these details relate to?

Jesus is the begging of everything in the world. He is the first word of the word as well. Jesus is our predecessor for the first time. He made all the things, all the lives, and the light of the world. We can not exist without him, for he gave birth to us.
Through his messenger, he announced that he created every thing in the world and that we would be blessed. He shines the darkness, and we never know the darkness at all.

my story

Exposition:
I am not sure if I would call myself a nerd, however I am excited about studying. When I was young, I was very excited for elementary school. I wanted to grow up, become a famous scientist and succeed in life!

Rising Action:
When I finally turned 8 years old, my parents sent me to the public elementary school! On the first day, I was eager to learn, I asked the teacher lots of questions and wanted everything to be perfect.

Climax:
After a couple weeks, the teacher finally got to the science unit! I went very crazy about this, I listened everyday, however, there were a lot of parts i did not understand. I got very worried about this, I wanted to become a scientist so bad! However, how could I be a famous scientist if I didnt understand anything! Therefore, I stayed afterschool and got extra help, the teacher admired my desire to learn but she told me that I must be patient. I wasnt very please about this but I did as the teacher told me.

Falling Action:
I listened to the teacher, I slowed myself down and listen attentively in class. I learned a lot more this way! When I didn;t understand anything, I didnt stress myself but calmly approached the problem. In a couple weeks, I was awarded the Science Award for my grade, I was VERY HAPPY!!

Resolution:
I am still quite far from being a scientist, but I will still try hard. Even though I faced hardships learning when I was young, confidence and patience has helped me a lot.

Conflict:
I was too hungry for knowledge but I had to learn to be patient and study with determination.

ESLRs

Thinker

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Risk-taker

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Balanced

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Principled

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Communicators

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Knowledgeable