The timeless tale of Romeo and Juliet is used in many stories, poems, and even songs to show and express love between two people, accurately or not. I think that the song “Love Story” by Taylor Swift uses the allusion of Romeo and Juliet correctly.

First, the song “Love Story” depicts the girl and the boy in the story as young people in love. The first line in the song says “We were both young when I first saw you.” Also another line from the song says “That you were Romeo you were throwing pebbles”, which means he was her true love and he was trying to get her attention.

The song “Love Story” by Taylor Swift describes the people in the song being in love at their first sight at a party at the girl’s house. When Romeo and Juliet first met Juliet’s parents were throwing a party that Romeo attended and when Romeo first saw Juliet he instantly fell in love.  Also it says they meet each other in the girl’s garden after the party also like Romeo and Juliet did.

In conclusion that is why I think that the song “Love Story” by Taylor Swift uses the allusion of Romeo and Juliet correctly.

Reader Response: Constructed Response

A person who is a reader response theorist would celebrate the book series Harry Potter because the theorist could relate to the character to a certain degree and because the theorist could depict the major conflict early in the story.

First a reader response theorist would celebrate the book series Harry Potter because the theorist could relate to the character to a certain degree because the main character Harry Potter has trouble making friends at first. When Harry first met Hermione he thought she was a brainy kid until they started finding things they had in common.  Also a reader response theorist would celebrate Draco Malfoy, Harry’s social enemy throughout Harry’s time at Hogwarts.  Harry and Draco always were butting heads throughout school, but Draco helped shaped Harry’s strenuous journey.

Also a reader response theorist would celebrate the book series Harry Potter because the theorist could depict the major conflict early in the story like Harry’s conflict with Voldmort. Voldmort was the whole reason Harry became famous thus giving Harry a conflict and a journey.  

In conclusion that is why a reader response theroist would celebrate the book series Harry Potter because the theorist could relate to the character to a certain degree and because the theorist could depict the major conflict early in the story.

February

Nature is one of the many unbalanced forces on the Earth. mostly because it is depleating do to people that live on the Earth, there are oil spils in the ocean causeing animals sicknesses and other problems around the world. We have only one Earth I think we should appreciate it.

Nature

 Nature is pure and spreads when it grows

But is it still growing, is it the same we know

From the pure ocean spray on the face of the land

To the rain drops falling from the sky into the palm of my hand

Tumble weeds race across the desert plain

The crisp taste of spring air each year the same

Winter, the time of year snowflakes fall so crystal clear

To new wild flowers that bloom in the spring each year  

Birds that soar in the wind, so free, so high

Aren’t much different than trees on the ground reaching for the sky

There are wolves that howl toward the moon

And caterpillars sleeping in their snug cocoons

Wild flowers that grow in the spring

 Accompany the beautiful birds that sing

Nature can be beautiful in all these way

In others though they did not stay

The ocean is contaminated with oil puddles

As the tumble weeds caught in the trash befuddled

The trees reaching the sky are brought to their knees

As the song birds get sick and wheeze

We can help save the land

But the choice is in our hands.

How did Mr. Halloway kill the Dust Witch when doing the bullet trick?

December Freewrite

It's time for a snowball fight!!  Finally December is here which means winter is almost here and Christmas is in a few weeks! You know its winter when the leaves have all dropped from their trees. The days are getting shorter, and its getting colder. When winter officially comes there will be snow on the ground, ice on the lakes and a cool breeze in the air. Winter is a little kid’s favorite time of the year there is all sorts of fun things to do like sleigh riding down steep hills. When I was younger my brothers and sisters made huge snowballs the size of round bales. To make the giant snow balls we would roll smaller snowballs in our yard and then push them down the big hill in front of our house. If they didn’t break apart they would be the size of hay bale.

 In December everyone around is getting ready for their winter holiday like Christmas. Getting the tree around, hanging the lights, and knowing the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas is a time of giving to others and helping those who need help the most. Every year around Christmas time we make cookies and decorate our Christmas tree. We also would go Christmas caroling to different people’s houses. When we go Christmas caroling we go to elderly people homes with our church, sing and give them baskets of food. I think that is one of my favorite things about winter the Christmas spirit!

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In Chapter 35 Mr. Dark asked Mr. Halloway to identify the boys. When Mr. Halloway lied to Mr. Dark about there identity Mr. Dark said he already knew their names. How did he already know their names?

Why do the carnival people want to capture Will and Jim so badly?

3rd Times The Charm.

3rd Person Omniscient

Birdie was on the edge of the nest, apprensive because it was her first time flying. She finally gathered her courage and leaped into the air. She did it she was finally flying she was so excited! Sudenly that feeling was replaced with fear,she had seen a huge shadow overhead. It was Hawk preying on her, it was lunch time, he was hungry, and he thought she was the perfect meal.

3rd Person Limited Omniscient

 Birdie was on the edge of the nest, apprensive because it was her first time flying. She finally gathered her courage and leaped into the air. She did it she was finally flying she was so excited! Sudenly that feeling was replaced with fear,she had seen a huge shadow overhead. It was Hawk he was perying on her and it was lunch time.

Third Person Dramatic

Birdie was on the dege of the nest it was her very first time flying. She finally leaped out of the nest and into the sky. Suddenly she saw a huge shadow overhead. It was Hawk he was preying on her and it was lucnh time.

Kenzie Miss Transue

CP English 9

31, October 2011

Fishing or the Girl?

Imagine you finally build up the courage to ask your crush on a date. You make sure everything is perfect just for that special evening. You’re finally on the date and everything starts to go wrong, your date hates to do your favorite thing, she is constantly complaining, and she left you for another boy! That is exactly what happened to the Narrator in the story “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant by W.D. Wetherell.” I think that the Narrator should have left his date for the bass he snagged on their way to the concert.

I think that the Narrator should have left Sheila for the bass because Sheila Mant wasn’t very nice to him. One way Sheila wasn’t very nice to the Narrator would be that she only talks about herself. She would even talk about another boy Eric Caswell who would tell her she has the figure of a model and he has a car, things she wants in a boy. Another example of how Sheila wasn’t nice to him was when she left him for another boy after the dance “All I really remember is her coming over to me once the music was done to explain that she would be going home in Eric Caswell’s Corvette.” Finally she only danced with him once or twice; after all of the stress he went through that night, letting the fish go.





Next Sheila Mant and the Narrator have nothing in common. To start Sheila hates fishing. In the short story Sheila Mant refers to fishing as “boring” and “Definitely dumb.” The Narrator on the other hand has a deep passion for fishing; he said he never went anywhere that summer without his fishing rod and when he wasn’t swimming to impress Sheila he would be practicing his casting, testing the reel’s drag, or he would be just fishing. Also Sheila Mant is social and the narrator is shy. In the story it said that the Mants would have parties and soft ball games constantly. The Narrator was shy because during the short story he would always watch Sheila to see what she was like, but he would never approach her. Finally Sheila wants to go by car, but the Narrator insist on going by canoe because he doesn’t have a car and he is always in it for fishing he even refers to it as his master stroke.

From a different point of view I can see why the Narrator chooses Sheila Mant over the bass. The Narrator spent all day preparing for that night and he had spent the whole summer dreaming about her. He watched her from a distance to learn anything about her such as any of her moods for an example “before July was over I had learned all her moods, if she lay flat on the diving board with her hand trailing idly in the water, she was pensive not to be disturbed...” Even thou these things might be true, the Narrator said “before the month was over, the spell she cast over me was gone, but the memory of that lost bass haunted me...”

When reading the “Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant by W.D. Wetherell” I came to realize that the Narrator should stick to fishing because it is what he loves to do. Finally by the end of the short story I think he realizes that to. That is why I think that the Narrator should have left his date for the bass he snagged on the way to the concert.



Wetherell, W. D. "The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant" Pathways: Literature for Readers and Writers. Logan, IO: Perfection Learning, 2008. 4-10. Print.

Rasing a family how exciting, but where to do it? In the city or country? There are plenty of special things to love about each place. If I were to raise a family I would raise them in the country. I think the country is a good place to raise a family because the country is a place to explore, it is a quite place, and you get to know your neighbors.

You're sitting outside on your porch enjoying a cool fall day. Your family dog comes sits by you. He keeps you company. I clearly think dogs are the better domestic animal because they are loyal, they are clean, and they can stay outside.

I think the theme in the story "The Djinn Who Lives Between Night and Day" is don't believe everything you hear. This applies to the story when Tayab tells the woman who lost all of her children that he was the angel of the gate and he would bring her children back to life only if she keep faith in him. This applyies in my life when I hear something that I don't know much about.

Over the summer I did a lot of things like running and swimming but one of my favorite things to do was showing my cows at 4-H Round up. In early August my two brothers, my sister and I went to Harford to show our cows for the Round up show. I took my red and white Holstein fall calf and my Black and white Holstein summer yearling. My first show that day was with my fall calf, I was really excited and a little nervous to get into the show ring.

In the ring she led like a dream and I was feeling good about her.  When the judge lined up our calves I was in first place I was so happy because that meant she could come back later into the show for the Jr. Champion or reserve Jr. Champion title. My next show was with my summer yearling calf. Her show was right after my read and whites so I had to hurry to get ready on time. In that class I got fourth witch was still pretty good. For the next show I would leave her at home. The last show for me that day was going back in for Jr. Champion. In the ring lining up the judge already chose the Jr. Champion I was still hoping for Reserve Jr. Champion!  The judge signaled my calf into the Reserve Jr. Champion spot. That was the first Reserve Jr. Champion I ever got at a cow show! It was a lot of fun and i couldn’t wait for the next show!

Hi my name is Kenzie Jones and I have five sibblings and this is a discription of my English binder.  First my meaningful quote is the greater the effort the greater the glory by Pierre Corneille from Brainy quote .com. I like this quote because it means in any thing you do you can succeed  if u work hard. My first picture on my binder is a clip art picture of some on running. I put this on my binder because my favorite sport is cross country! The second picture on my binder is a picture of my personality witch is a simley face. I think a smiley face represents my personality because I feel like im always smileing and trying to be positive. Next my third picture is a picture of the first Harry Potter Book (Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone). Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone was one of the first books that I enjoyed reading. My final picture is of my friends! They are always there for me and I know I can always count on them! Thanks for reading about my visual representation of me prodject!