Monday, May 30, 2016
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Revision 800 words
Kei Yasuda
Ms.Guarino
English II
27 May, 2016
Bird is the Hope
Poem is usually telling story and poem is easier to understand the story than normal book story because it has rhythm, meter, rhyme and shorter. So it is easy to remember. I chose, “Hope is the thing with feathers” and this is written by Emily Dickison in 1861. This is one of her best poem and this is very popular. Her poem is hard to understand if you don't know metaphor. Metaphor is the one of figurative language and it sounds false or ridiculous but after you read it, you'll understand the meaning of metaphor and the connection between two words. In "Hope is the thing with features", Emily Dickison used bird to describe hope. This poem shows that hope is flying like a bird in everywhere in the world and it can stay strong and keep flying in the air even there is a storm. That means people can maintain their hope when they are in hard time or hard situation because hope is everywhere and there is always a chance to catch the hope.
"Hope is the thing with feathers" is about hope as you can see in the title. In this poem, the author think hope as a bird. In first stanza, it describes what is hope. In second stanza, it describes that hope is there but there is other things that makes bird to not reach to the hope. You can hear the sweetest sound when you were in the gale. Sweetest sound is hope but the gale interrupt the bird. So the bird can't reach the hope. It says, "That could abash the little bird" this means that storm can abash or interrupt the hope. This stanza told us about how hard is to reach to the hope but hope can stay strong because at end of second stanza, it says,"That kept so many warm" I think this is showing that storm can abash the hope but hope can stay strong. Third stanza is very difficult to understand. However this is showing that hope can be everywhere because it says, "I've heard it in the chillest land—And on the strangest Sea—." Chilliest land and in the strangest sea described that it could be anywhere.
This poem has three stanzas and each stanza has four lines, so there are 12 lines in this poem. In first stanza, there is slant rhyme which is, "soul" and, "all." Slant rhyme is not actual rhyme but it sounds very similar. In second stanza, there are two end rhymes. Also each line of first stanza and second stanza started with that or and, but only first line of first stanza doesn't start with these two words because this author wanted to say, "Hope is the thing with feathers," at beginning of the poem because the main idea of the poem is this sentence. In third stanza there is no rhyme. In first stanza, syllables are 7, 5, 8, 6, and it doesn't relate but in second and third stanza, syllables are 8, 6, 8, 6. So they are related. I think Emily Dickison didn't care syllables of first stanza because she needed to say, “Hope is the thing with feathers” in first line. However, those two stanza have syllables tat relate each other.
In this poem, there is figurative language. It is, "Hope is the thing with feathers." This is metaphor because when you heard this first, it sounds like this is false but when you think about the meaning, you can understand. Also, "And sore must be the storm," is metaphor because it sounds ridiculous but readers can understand the meaning. The pacing of the poem is little bit slow but it could be fast too. When I read this, I tried to say first stanza very nicely. Then I say little strong from, "and sore must be the storm" because I think I should say this strong, but I also say this with sad feeling. This is important part of the poem because it told readers that hope can stay strong against the storm. At end I speak very carefully, from,"yet." I speak this very carefully because this is the last part of poem.
This poem is easy to understand if you know that Emily Dickison is using metaphor in “Hope is the thing with feathers.” In this poem, bird is hope. Bird can fly everywhere they want and they are in all over the world. There is storm that interrupts bird but bird can stay strong and keep flying because bird can hear the sweetest sound. This poets didn't focus on the form of the poem, she wanted to tell readers that hope is the thing with feathers and the importance of the hope. Also she wanted to make the connection between this poem and real world. In the world, there is so many birds in all over the world. That means there is hope that people can't count. Everyone has hope and they are important to their life.
Ms.Guarino
English II
27 May, 2016
Bird is the Hope
Poem is usually telling story and poem is easier to understand the story than normal book story because it has rhythm, meter, rhyme and shorter. So it is easy to remember. I chose, “Hope is the thing with feathers” and this is written by Emily Dickison in 1861. This is one of her best poem and this is very popular. Her poem is hard to understand if you don't know metaphor. Metaphor is the one of figurative language and it sounds false or ridiculous but after you read it, you'll understand the meaning of metaphor and the connection between two words. In "Hope is the thing with features", Emily Dickison used bird to describe hope. This poem shows that hope is flying like a bird in everywhere in the world and it can stay strong and keep flying in the air even there is a storm. That means people can maintain their hope when they are in hard time or hard situation because hope is everywhere and there is always a chance to catch the hope.
"Hope is the thing with feathers" is about hope as you can see in the title. In this poem, the author think hope as a bird. In first stanza, it describes what is hope. In second stanza, it describes that hope is there but there is other things that makes bird to not reach to the hope. You can hear the sweetest sound when you were in the gale. Sweetest sound is hope but the gale interrupt the bird. So the bird can't reach the hope. It says, "That could abash the little bird" this means that storm can abash or interrupt the hope. This stanza told us about how hard is to reach to the hope but hope can stay strong because at end of second stanza, it says,"That kept so many warm" I think this is showing that storm can abash the hope but hope can stay strong. Third stanza is very difficult to understand. However this is showing that hope can be everywhere because it says, "I've heard it in the chillest land—And on the strangest Sea—." Chilliest land and in the strangest sea described that it could be anywhere.
This poem has three stanzas and each stanza has four lines, so there are 12 lines in this poem. In first stanza, there is slant rhyme which is, "soul" and, "all." Slant rhyme is not actual rhyme but it sounds very similar. In second stanza, there are two end rhymes. Also each line of first stanza and second stanza started with that or and, but only first line of first stanza doesn't start with these two words because this author wanted to say, "Hope is the thing with feathers," at beginning of the poem because the main idea of the poem is this sentence. In third stanza there is no rhyme. In first stanza, syllables are 7, 5, 8, 6, and it doesn't relate but in second and third stanza, syllables are 8, 6, 8, 6. So they are related. I think Emily Dickison didn't care syllables of first stanza because she needed to say, “Hope is the thing with feathers” in first line. However, those two stanza have syllables tat relate each other.
In this poem, there is figurative language. It is, "Hope is the thing with feathers." This is metaphor because when you heard this first, it sounds like this is false but when you think about the meaning, you can understand. Also, "And sore must be the storm," is metaphor because it sounds ridiculous but readers can understand the meaning. The pacing of the poem is little bit slow but it could be fast too. When I read this, I tried to say first stanza very nicely. Then I say little strong from, "and sore must be the storm" because I think I should say this strong, but I also say this with sad feeling. This is important part of the poem because it told readers that hope can stay strong against the storm. At end I speak very carefully, from,"yet." I speak this very carefully because this is the last part of poem.
This poem is easy to understand if you know that Emily Dickison is using metaphor in “Hope is the thing with feathers.” In this poem, bird is hope. Bird can fly everywhere they want and they are in all over the world. There is storm that interrupts bird but bird can stay strong and keep flying because bird can hear the sweetest sound. This poets didn't focus on the form of the poem, she wanted to tell readers that hope is the thing with feathers and the importance of the hope. Also she wanted to make the connection between this poem and real world. In the world, there is so many birds in all over the world. That means there is hope that people can't count. Everyone has hope and they are important to their life.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Thesis statement
In "Hope is the thing with features", Emily Dickison used bird to describe hope. This poem shows that hope is flying like a bird in everywhere in the world and it can stay strong and keep flying in the air even there is a storm. That means people can maintain their hope when they are in hard time or hard situation because hope is everywhere and there is always a chance to catch the hope.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Peer review (yichen)
Yichen is doing well organization and analysis the poem. Her paper is separated into six paragraphs and each paragraph talks about different thing. First paragraph is introduction, second paragraph is about the meaning of the poem, third paragraph is about background information of the poem and author. Fourth paragraph is about the form of the poem and what kind of figurative language does author use, fifth paragraph is about environmental description, then last paragraph has conclusion. This paper talked about specific topic or idea in each paragraph so it is easy to follow and understand. In second paragraph and fifth paragraph has good analysis of the poem. The sound paragraph talked about the deep meaning of words that in the poem. So this is not telling the meaning of the surface of the poem, this paragraph tells about what is the deep meaning of the poem. Also in fifth paragraph, she talked about the most important part of the poem and this is help readers to understand about the main point of the poem. This paragraph says that the most important part of the poem is the environmental description. This also helps readers because reader can focus on environmental description. In this paragraph, there is some quotes so readers can understand that which one is environmental description. I like that this paper described that meaning of the poem and the main point of the point. I can tell that the writer understand the meaning of the poem and point of the poem very well.
There is two things that she needs to improve. They are introduction and conclusion. In introduction, she talked about what is poem and what is the poem look like or sounds like. But I can't see the main idea of the paper. At last sentence of the introduction is thesis statement and this is good but it can be more clearly and strongly. In half of this paper's conclusion, I feel like that you are talking about the form of the poem and I think those sentences about the from of the poem should be in fourth paragraph because fourth paragraph talked about form of the poem too. And other half is just analyze the poem again. Then at the end she concluded the paper but this conclusion is in same paragraph with other things so that makes me confuse. But in conclusion, she said similar thing as thesis statement so that's good because she stayed on her main idea of the paper. Also in second paragraph, she analyzed, "There is Another Sky" and it very specific and I understood the meaning of the poem. But if she put some quotes and prove her thought, it would be better than now.
Otherwise, this paper looks great. She wrote some examples of metaphors and imagine from the poem. She uses quotes very well and they help readers. Also she has some information of the author's brother but she needs to cite resources if she gets information from Internet.
There is two things that she needs to improve. They are introduction and conclusion. In introduction, she talked about what is poem and what is the poem look like or sounds like. But I can't see the main idea of the paper. At last sentence of the introduction is thesis statement and this is good but it can be more clearly and strongly. In half of this paper's conclusion, I feel like that you are talking about the form of the poem and I think those sentences about the from of the poem should be in fourth paragraph because fourth paragraph talked about form of the poem too. And other half is just analyze the poem again. Then at the end she concluded the paper but this conclusion is in same paragraph with other things so that makes me confuse. But in conclusion, she said similar thing as thesis statement so that's good because she stayed on her main idea of the paper. Also in second paragraph, she analyzed, "There is Another Sky" and it very specific and I understood the meaning of the poem. But if she put some quotes and prove her thought, it would be better than now.
Otherwise, this paper looks great. She wrote some examples of metaphors and imagine from the poem. She uses quotes very well and they help readers. Also she has some information of the author's brother but she needs to cite resources if she gets information from Internet.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Comedy Tonight
On Friday night, "Comedy Tonight" was playing in back box. I liked the play because it was very funny. There is two skits and they are my most favorite. First one is Life among teenagers. In this skits, all actors act like students at Cheshire academy and they were very similar to real life. The most favorite part of this skit is when a basketball player, a football player and a hockey player came to locker room and talk about college, their play and other stuff. I loved the football player because when she started to talk, she said, "suh dude," and said, "gang gang," it was funniest part because football players actually say that and it actually sounds like foodball players. I also like the hockey player because I'm playing hockey and I know that some hockey players said that. It was very funny.
My other favorite skit is, "Morning Meeting Gone Wrong" this was pretty funny to because it was like actually morning meeting. All actors focused on what are teachers habits and characteristics and they acted like that. Ms.Anderson and Mr.Dykmen were exactly like them. John Jiang was very similar to Mr.Dykmen because he has Dunkin donut coffee, wear football jacket, and his voice was very close to Mr.Dykeme. Also the actor who act Mr.Potter was very similar too because his laughing was sounds like Mr.Potter.
I very enjoyed this play and I was very suprised that most of the skits are written by students and directed by students. Some of skis are written by teachers but still, it was high quality and all actors were high level. I thought it would be boring because most of skits are written by students but directors made them more funny and made all people laugh. I would like to go next comedy skit too.
My other favorite skit is, "Morning Meeting Gone Wrong" this was pretty funny to because it was like actually morning meeting. All actors focused on what are teachers habits and characteristics and they acted like that. Ms.Anderson and Mr.Dykmen were exactly like them. John Jiang was very similar to Mr.Dykmen because he has Dunkin donut coffee, wear football jacket, and his voice was very close to Mr.Dykeme. Also the actor who act Mr.Potter was very similar too because his laughing was sounds like Mr.Potter.
I very enjoyed this play and I was very suprised that most of the skits are written by students and directed by students. Some of skis are written by teachers but still, it was high quality and all actors were high level. I thought it would be boring because most of skits are written by students but directors made them more funny and made all people laugh. I would like to go next comedy skit too.
Friday, May 20, 2016
Essay poem
Poem is usually telling some story and poem is easier to understand the story than normal book story because it has rhythm, meter, rhyme and shorter. So it is very easy to remember. In "Hope is the thing with features", Emily Dickison used bird to describe hope. This poem shows that hope is flying like a bird in everywhere in the world and it can stay strong and keep flying in the air even there is a storm. That means people can maintain their hope when they are in hard time or hard situation because hope is everywhere and there is always a chance to catch the hope.
"Hope is the thing with feathers" is about hope as you can see in the title. In this poem, the author think hope as a bird. In first stanza, it describes what is hope. In second stanza, it describes that hope is there but there is other things that make bird to not reach to the hope. You can hear the sweetest sound when you were in the gale. Sweetest sound is hope but the gale interrupt the bird. So the bird can't reach the hope. It says, "That could abash the little bird" this means that storm can abash or interrupt the hope. This stanza told us about how hard is to reach to the hope but hope can stay strong because at end of second stanza, it says,"That kept so many warm" I think this is showing that storm can abash the hope but hope can stay strong. Third stanza is very difficult to understand. However this is showing that hope can be everywhere because it says, "I've heard it in the chillest land—And on the strangest Sea—." Chilliest land and in the strangest sea described that it could be anywhere.
This poem has three stanzas and each stanza has four lines, so there are 12 lines in this poem. In first stanza, there is slant rhyme which is, "soul" and, "all." Slant rhyme is not actual rhyme but it sounds very similar. In second stanza, there are two end rhymes. Also each line of first stanza and second stanza started with that or and, but only first line of first stanza doesn't start with these two words because this author wanted to say, "Hope is the thing with feathers," at beginning of the poem because the main idea of the poem is this sentence. In third stanza there is no rhyme.
In this poem, there is figurative language. It is, "Hope is the thing with feathers." This is metaphor because when you heard this first, it sounds like this is false but when you think about the meaning, you can understand. Also, "And sore must be the storm," is metaphor because it sounds ridiculous but readers can understand the meaning. The pacing of the poem is little bit slow but it could be fast too. When I read this, I tried to say first stanza very nicely. Then I say little strong from, "and sore must be the storm" because I think I should say this strong, but I also say this with sad feeling. This is important part of the poem because it told readers that hope can stay strong against the storm. At end I speak very carefully, from,"yet." I speak this very carefully because this is the last part of poem.
This poem has slant rhyme, three stanzas, and deep meaning. But this author doesn't care that much about form of the poem because this author just wanted to tell the importance of hope. But this poem was very easy to remember I don't know why but some sentences start with same words. I like this poem because I agree about what did poem talk about. The thing I understood from the poem is that this poem shows hope can stay very strong.
"Hope is the thing with feathers" is about hope as you can see in the title. In this poem, the author think hope as a bird. In first stanza, it describes what is hope. In second stanza, it describes that hope is there but there is other things that make bird to not reach to the hope. You can hear the sweetest sound when you were in the gale. Sweetest sound is hope but the gale interrupt the bird. So the bird can't reach the hope. It says, "That could abash the little bird" this means that storm can abash or interrupt the hope. This stanza told us about how hard is to reach to the hope but hope can stay strong because at end of second stanza, it says,"That kept so many warm" I think this is showing that storm can abash the hope but hope can stay strong. Third stanza is very difficult to understand. However this is showing that hope can be everywhere because it says, "I've heard it in the chillest land—And on the strangest Sea—." Chilliest land and in the strangest sea described that it could be anywhere.
This poem has three stanzas and each stanza has four lines, so there are 12 lines in this poem. In first stanza, there is slant rhyme which is, "soul" and, "all." Slant rhyme is not actual rhyme but it sounds very similar. In second stanza, there are two end rhymes. Also each line of first stanza and second stanza started with that or and, but only first line of first stanza doesn't start with these two words because this author wanted to say, "Hope is the thing with feathers," at beginning of the poem because the main idea of the poem is this sentence. In third stanza there is no rhyme.
In this poem, there is figurative language. It is, "Hope is the thing with feathers." This is metaphor because when you heard this first, it sounds like this is false but when you think about the meaning, you can understand. Also, "And sore must be the storm," is metaphor because it sounds ridiculous but readers can understand the meaning. The pacing of the poem is little bit slow but it could be fast too. When I read this, I tried to say first stanza very nicely. Then I say little strong from, "and sore must be the storm" because I think I should say this strong, but I also say this with sad feeling. This is important part of the poem because it told readers that hope can stay strong against the storm. At end I speak very carefully, from,"yet." I speak this very carefully because this is the last part of poem.
This poem has slant rhyme, three stanzas, and deep meaning. But this author doesn't care that much about form of the poem because this author just wanted to tell the importance of hope. But this poem was very easy to remember I don't know why but some sentences start with same words. I like this poem because I agree about what did poem talk about. The thing I understood from the poem is that this poem shows hope can stay very strong.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Choose a poem
'Hope' is the thing with feathers—
That perches in the soul—
And sings the tune without the words—
And never stops—at all—
And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—
And sore must be the storm—
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm—
I've heard it in the chillest land—
And on the strangest Sea—
Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb—of Me.
Author - Emily Dickinson
Date - 1861
That perches in the soul—
And sings the tune without the words—
And never stops—at all—
And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—
And sore must be the storm—
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm—
I've heard it in the chillest land—
And on the strangest Sea—
Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb—of Me.
Author - Emily Dickinson
Date - 1861
Friday, May 6, 2016
At Cheshire Academy, boarding students make up approximately 65% of the school community and come from 17 states and 30 countries. Living on campus helps students to learn and grow in a supportive and empowering community.
There are five single-gender dormitories on campus, all of which are home to several faculty members and their families. Additional faculty members live in campus housing scattered throughout the 104-acre campus. Although each dorm differs in design, all living quarters for students have a main lounge area with a television. The majority of rooms are designed for two students, though there are some single and triple rooms also available.
Dorms at Cheshire Academy are more than just a place to sleep and study. These residential homes are also a place to unwind, study, talk to friends, listen to music, play games and find time to be alone. Living together on campus helps students and faculty to bond and forge lifelong connections. Friendships built here continue long after graduation.
At Cheshire Academy
Boarding students
Living on campus and
students Learn and grow
Students from
17 states and 30 countries
Help each other
Hanging out together
Living on campus is
The best way to prepare
For college. Learn to take
Responsibility for their own lives.
More than just a place to sleep and study
Talk to friends, listen music play games
Living together as family
Friendships build here.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Found blog
But her life was short. A week later the whole population of Lightning Ridge came out to the cemetery again. My sister Kellyanne Williamson was buried with her imaginary friends, in the same grave, in the same place where millions of years ago there had been sea and creatures swimming cheerfully around. And she took with her some Violet Crumbles, in case Pobby and Dingan had run out. And although in the end everyone believed that Pobby and Dingan had really lived and were really dead, nobody at the Ridge could quite believe the funeral of Kellyanne Williamson was actually happening. And I, Ashmol, still can’t believe that it did. I just can’t. I can’t believe it at all. Even now, one year later, it feels like she’s still totally alive.
Her life was short
Whole population of the town came out
To the cemetery, Kellyanne was buried
With her best friends
In the end, everyone believed
That Pobby and Dingan had lived
Nobody believe the funeral of kellyanne
Is happening now.
Still can't believe it
I just can't
I can't believe it at all
Feels like she's still totally alive.
Her life was short
Whole population of the town came out
To the cemetery, Kellyanne was buried
With her best friends
In the end, everyone believed
That Pobby and Dingan had lived
Nobody believe the funeral of kellyanne
Is happening now.
Still can't believe it
I just can't
I can't believe it at all
Feels like she's still totally alive.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Image of fig
The fig tree is the father's big dream. He loves fig tree mother than any types of tree such as lima beans, zucchini, parsley, beets. But when the mother told the father, "plat one!" But he never did it because he always forgets to water to plants. So he is very dreamer. At end of the poem, he finally has fig tree at his new yard and he got his dream.
The fig symbolize the father's dream or his life in the poem. I think it symbolizes the father's dream because in the poem, it talks about how much he wants the fig tree at his yard and that's his huge dream. Also his family lived in many houses but none of has fig tree, I think this is relating to his life too. So like he is happy to live in many houses because he might has fig tree at his new yard.
The fig symbolize the father's dream or his life in the poem. I think it symbolizes the father's dream because in the poem, it talks about how much he wants the fig tree at his yard and that's his huge dream. Also his family lived in many houses but none of has fig tree, I think this is relating to his life too. So like he is happy to live in many houses because he might has fig tree at his new yard.
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