Thursday, September 16, 2010

“’Everyday Use’ from Dee's Point of View.”

In my story there are Maggie, mom, and I( Dee). Maggie envy me her older sister who is very pretty and doesn`t have a scar like Maggie does. I dont want my friends to come see my house becasue of how poor we are and it looks terrible. Maggie envy me because of my beauty, Maggie got the scar from the fire that occurred in their last home. I did not get burn, I was outside. Maggie tries to overcome how she feels about her me, and even our mother see it. Maggie sits there to think about when she got burn and how poor we are becoming. Maggie and I fought wanting the quilt from our grandmother.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

“Everyday Use” Before You Read: Traditions and Heirlooms


My family has a heirloom that is handed to the younger generation. It has been passed down since it was my older sister. It is a string that is blessed and it has written words written in symbols; that is wrap around a metal plate. It is hard to explain, I only know the name of it in Khmer. I would pass it down to my daughter next and make sure she wears it for a couple of years. The string symbolises protection, health, and good luck. Girls wear it around our lower waist and guys usually wear it around the middle of their stomach.

Monday, September 13, 2010

"Character Prior Knowledge Paragraph about Tom Benecke"


In the story, “Contents of the Dead Man`s Pocket”, Tom Benecke character was ambitious, self-centered, and impatient. These three traits changes throughout the whole story. Tom was very ambitious when it came working, he focuses on to much of the big picture and he fails to hangout with his wife. His trait changes when he decides not to go to the movies with his wife. When the paper flew out the window the second time, he realized that he can always do the paper over again but he can never take the night back with spending time with his wife if he had died. The beginning of the story, Tom was very self-centered and always worried about his work that his wife. He finds that working was more important than his wife, layer in the night he almost loses his life. He stayed alive because he stayed strong for his wife because he care and love her. Tom now became less ambitious, less self-centered, and less impatient with everything, and now that`s his character.

Storybird- I Will Always Love You

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I Will Always Love You by chanda22, augustine25 on Storybird

Sunday, September 12, 2010

9/11

My memories on 9/11 was when I was sick sitting at home watching Pokemon. I was 5 years old and the only person who was with me was my dad. Everyone was at school or at work. I didn`t know what to think, I didnt understand how it happen or what. No one in my house talked about it at all, everyone came home early and we just sat down, no one went outside for a while. When we went back to school, there was the sign 9/11 everywhere.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Vocabulay Short Story

Jaylie and Ken were always best friends, they always had problems in trusting each other. They live next to each other since the 6th grade , four blocks down. One day there was a big ballyhoo in the autortorium in shool and Ken wa looking for Jaylie. Jaylie was being zanny in the back autorturium with this boy name Tim who ken hates. Ken got mad and throw a neclace that was a relic tradtiton from Jaylie since they were little. Jaylie was being a big stickler when Ken ignored her phone calls. Jaylie hoard the phone at home, becasue she was worried that he would call and she would miss it.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

“Mouse in the CafĂ© Short Story.”


The lonely mouse name Jin lives in the cafe for about 2 years, he never had friends. All the other mouses are mean because Jin does not want to do drugs with them. Jin can`t fit in with any of the groups, but he only fits in his own group. He is in love with cheese, his friends are provolone, cheddar, Asiago Cheese, Blue Cheese, cream cheese, and swiss cheese. One day Jin was hanging out with his cheese friends and the other mouses, came over and stole his friends away. Later at night Jin tries to get revenge and stole the other mouses friends name, Hot wings chicken, sweet and sour chicken, and fry chicken. In the morning the other mouses came to Jin`s room and fought him while he was still sleeping. Jin tries to runaway and trips over Cheddar cheese, Cheddar cheese grabs Jin`s hand and runs out the door. When Cheddar cheese and Jin got out they took a deep breath and sat in the corner together, Jin cried. Jin thought about living back in the cafe with his other friends, and felt really bad that he left them. Cheddar cheese and Jin suddenly gets up and hugged.