Blogs

I didn't really like the blogs this year. They did help reading and writing to some extent. I think what you could do to improve is doing less articles. I really didn't like those. So you could do those maybe every once in a while or something.

Abortion

I do not agree with the senate's decision. I think that women under 18 should not need to have parent permission to get an abortion. Half the time, they don't even want their parents to know that they're pregnant. And the whole thing about transgendered people not being able to sue for not being able to go into their preferred bathrooms is stupid. Whichever sex you were born as and then you change it, you should be able to go to the bathroom that you changed to.

Poem

I think this poem is about someone being lonely. This person is imagining being in a grocery store walking around with someone. They are fantasizing about it, wishing for it. They must be extremely lonely to be wishing to walk around the grocery store with a guy named Walt Whitman.

Story

The story was about a giraffe and zebra. I'm not really sure what was going on in it, it was really confusing. It was something like how the leopard was getting his spots. I think he was learning something. I just didn't really understand it.

Maine Health

I think Maine Health should have to pay the taxes. If they don't, than other people have to pay even more. A lot of people can barely afford taxes as it is. And raising them could make them lose their house or something. So I think Maine Health should have to pay taxes.

Article

I think that what we're doing will make them even more mad. I think we should stay out of Libya because it could make things worse. They could get really mad and do some bad things. So I really think that just staying in Libya could really make things worse. We should just leave Libya but still keep an eye on them some how.

Macho Man

The professional wrestler got in a car crash today in Florida. He was 58 and they don't know what killed him. He lost control of his car and veered off into a tree. Police say he suffered a "medical event" but aren't elaborating. Other wrestlers and fans are really upset about his death.

Fate in Romeo && Juliet

Fate plays a big role in Romeo && Juliet. It was fate that brought them together in the first place. Also when they fell in love when they first saw each other. That doesn't happen to most people. They were destined to be with each other because of that. There also must be some fate in that they are from rivalry families so this was destined to bring those families together.

Shakespeare Difficulty (5/9)

My first impressions of reading Shakespeare is that he has a wide ranged vocabulary. It's like he makes up his own words because it's really hard to understand. You have to think about it a lot to understand what he's trying to get at. So for me it's really hard to understand what everyone's saying in the play.

SAT worries (5/5)

I think colleges should focus more on overall academic performance. I think this because people try so hard in school so it shouldn't be overlooked because of one test. Some people could do so well in school and then do badly on the test but then not get into the college they want. And I think the overall academic performance looks on how much they try in school.

End of Play

I think the play will end by the families ending their feud. When Romeo and Juliet kill themselves, I think in some way it'll bring the Montagues and Capulets together. They will end their feud due to their kids killing themselves because they couldn't be together because of that family feud..

Marriage

If I had to choose a place to get married, it would be somewhere outside. I don’t know exactly where, but I’d like for it be outside somewhere. This is because I wouldn’t want to get married in a church or something. I like the whole idea of it being outside.

Favorite Character

Juliet is my favorite character in Romeo and Juliet. This is because she's not a stereotypical girl. She doesn't care much about getting married and such. She's more like a tom-boy type than a girly girl. So I admire that.

Article

What I feel about the overly joyous reaction in the US to the news of Osama Bin Laden's death, is that they deserve to be happy about it. He was dangerous and a threat to Americans so we all deserve to be happy that he's dead. He won't be able to attack us anymore and he got what he deserves.

Warm Weather Activity

My favorite warm weather activity is going to the beach. I started doing this when I was really little. This is my favorite because I love laying in the sand. I also like meeting new people there and going in the water/jumping over the waves. In the ocean, I like to go way out and ride over the waves with my friends.

Renaissance

The Renaissance influenced Shakespeare's work. One of the ways was that he updated the simplistic writing style of the pre-renaissance. Another way was that Shakespeare was able to explore the humanity of every character regardless of their social position. Lastly, he was able to bring into play his knowledge of Greek and Roman classics when writing his plays. Those are some ways the renaissance affected Shakespeare's writing.

Important Tips

In this article, there are some important tips. When reading Shakespeare's plays, locate the subject, verb, and the object of the sentence in order to understand it. The object of the sentence is usually placed at the beginning in front of the verb and subject. Also, Shakespeare often leaves out letter, words, and syllables. Shakespeare also had about 30,000 words in his vocabulary. Those are some of the important tips in this article.

Vacation

Over vacation I am going to Salem, Massachusetts for a few days with my family. We are going to go to the witch museums and the House of Gables and the cemetery and stuff that. We are also going to go shopping and walk around and such. I think it's going to be really cool to learn about all the witches and stuff. It should be fun. (:

Article

Shakespeare's writing style is called iambic pentameter. That is when you write in verse and each line has 10 syllables. Also, the syllables are are five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables. They have a certain rhythm which is ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM. Each beat of the verse, is a set of syllables called an iambus. I learned that William Shakespeare also wrote sonnets and love poems to express his love into words. Also, that when you try to read his work, it would be difficult since they were written over 400 years ago and the words he used have evolved since then.

Article

I think the real William Shakespeare did and did not write the plays. What I mean is that Christopher Marlowe's death was a supposed fake and he changed his name and such. William Shakespeare was the same age as Marlowe when he "died". They were also both play writers. I think they are the same person.