Joonyon+5C

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** John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt- **
// His appellation is my appellation too. Whenever we depart out, The people always holler, There departs John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah //

** Baa Baa Black Sheep- **
//Baa Baa Black sheep, have you any cotton?// //Yes sir, yes sir, three bags chockablock!// //One for the headman, one for the dame,// //And one for the petite boy who abides down the lanes//

**Pop goes the Weasel-**
//Pop goes the Rodent// 1 / 2  //a pound of twopenny grain,// 1 / 2 //a pound of treacle.// //That’s the way the lucre goes,// //Pop! goes the rodent.//

//__The Mock Trial__//
No I don't think it was fair because the judge was saying that it was nobody's fault and said that I had to say sorry to Kris. (I'm supposed to be Lee, by the way). I mean, what did I do? List one thing that I did wrong. If you are thinking about the fence and you're like "Haha... very funny. I hope it gets logical later on talking about what he did.", I built a fence around my only precious garden (I'm a vegetarian and the market was 1,000 miles away) and I didn't have enough money since I was poor to build a good fence. Simply, it's totally unfair!
 * 1. Do you think the trial and the outcome (result) were fair?**

I was getting so mad and frusterated that I had to say something before Kris nearly killed me. The only thing Kris was saying was " It wasn't my dog, it's my cousin's! It's my cousin's buisness to take care!". Seriously. Even though I know that I have to be patient since you know that I will say 'I felt mature' when I describe how I felt, Kris was the bad guy.
 * 2. How did you feel when the opposing party explained his/her point of view?**

Like I said, I felt mature like an adult in a court and I'm debating about something. It felt good and pretty exciting that I expected to take someone's point of view and debate, kind of. I bet Kris felt happy and stuff but say that the judge was unfair since it was all my fault (like me, sorry). Anyways, the debate was cool for my opinion and I felt if I was my dad or someone.
 * 3. How did playing your role make you feel?**

I would say that the plaintiff and the defendiff should not talk until the judge says anything or asks a question. Then the debate will more quiet and calming than screaming and yelling. So that's quite it since if two people talk at the same time the judge won't get the point and decide the wrong person to go to jail which is going to be really bad.
 * 4. How would you change the trial if you could?**

It's important to listen to every points of view because say that one person is really good at debating and after you listen to it, you're sure that he's right so you try to finish the judge (that'll be funny...) but the other person has a great point of view! Ummm... what will you do? Make the person lose again? So that's one reason and you have to know theother's opinion before you make yours.
 * 5. Why is it important to examine and understand all points of view before making a decision?**


 * Song 1.** This song makes me want to sleep and makes me tired or sad. I think it feels like it because the melody is slow and the man's voice makes me think that I'm in Hawwaii and dancing slowly on a dark perfomance stage. It seems that this song is a country song and the singer is maybe in a farm with cows and pigs.


 * Song 2.** I say that this song really makes me want to play an electric guitar and the drum and play it so hard that your ears will hurt. It makes me feel like I'm in a rock concert and the song rocks. Because of the sound and the rhythm it kind of makes me hyper and exicted. Also, I can imagine the singer rocking on the concert.


 * Song 3.** This song reminds me of the time I went to the Seoul Arts Center and listened to a terrific symphony (Mozart's). It makes me relaxed and peaceful (it makes me if I'm the king and I'm resting on my sofa listening). The classic music makes me imagine the conductor conducting the orchestra and the singers singing at the back. Simply, it's just makes me want to have a nap.


 * Song 4.** I hate this song! It just makes me want to scream and tell the singer that this song is too whiny and I don't even know the instrument he's singing with. I think I'm going to explode and tell him to stop the music because it's annoying and I think I'm going to throw up while listening to it since it's just buttery. Uhhh!


 * Song 5.** Wow, awesome. I love this kind of song! This rocks! I can imagine a rapper and a D.J. (disk jockey) singing and I just get hyper again. I am so excited and I want to rap and dance listening to the music. It seems like the rapper is mad or something so I get mad( just hyper like I said ), too. As a conclusion, this music is cool and loud.


 * Song 6.** The slow, nice melody calms me down and the saxaphone sounds really good even though I don't really like jazz. When you listen to this song, you can imagine yourself in New York City and is in a cafe drinking coffee while people play a jazz tune at the back. I know this is wierd but I somehow smell cigarette a little when I listen to the song. Maybe it's because dark cafes with music kind of does smell like cigar. Simply, I just want to get up and play an instrument when I'm very relaxed and calm because of the melody.


===//__Tuck Everlasting Book and the Movie Comparison__//  === _1. Mae didn't kidnap Winnie and only Jesse and Miles did the kidnaping. _2. The Fosters were talking while the man in the yellow suit discussed about Winnie. _3. Miles didn't take Winnie out to fish and didn't talk together. There are much more differences in the movie but these are the only three.
 * 1.** The three major differences that I figured out the movie were:


 * 2.** I think the director made these changes to the movie since if it is exactly same with the book, it would be boring for some people and maybe the director thought that some events from the book were kind of boring. Also, the movie is produced much more in the future that the book was published so the director thought that he had to change it to make people more interested in the movie. As a conclusion, even the director didn't want to change, it had to change since everyone has a different image in their mind about //Tuck Everlasting//.


 * 3.** I liked the movie personally even though for 'studying people' the book will be better. Well, I liked the movie better for some reasons. First of all, the movie includes music (sound) so it gives you different moods about the book and you could know the melody from Mae's music box since I was really curious about the tune. Second, the movie shows you the whole place about the book and you can see how the director imagined the places and the people. Even though sesory images are helpful, I was more exicted to see the events like the reader's theater. Finally, the book you have to read for a few days stpping (for me) and the movie you can just rest and watch the whole story peacefully (for me). Simply, I liked the movie better than the book because I could just sit back and only watch.


 * 1.** I think it means that the ferris wheel is nearly coming down when the prologue said it was at the top. I think it also means that the spring was gone and the wheel ( Angus' example of life) was starting to turn since it says it just had a feeling. To be more acurate, I think Babbitt means that the spring was just gone and the wheel starting to turn and later on, almost most peole would forget about the spring and the wheel (life) will turn normally like before.


 * 2.** First of all, Mae and Tuck doesn't really like to live forever. I think Tuck kind of feels happy since he didn't really like the 'living forever' thing and the spring. He even said that Winnie was a good girl by not drinking the spring like them. Mae, she'll be just a little sad because a lot of memories will come to her when she looks at it such as Winnie dead and a new beginning. She will also be kind of not worried because she doesn't have to worry about people drinking the spring.


 * 3.** A epilogue is like the concluding paragragh of the book only it's a few pages long (later). I think Babbit included a epilogue in this book since the whole story is about a living forever event that makes the book excitng and if there is a epilogue, the book can tell you what happened to the Tucks after the whole story or the event for the Tucks.

//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 24//
Then the weather changes. It changes by storm moving closer and more thunders and lightnings. Later, it becomes really scary and the storm came making a very loud noise such as "...the thunder came, it tore the sky apart with its roar..." . As a conclusion, the weather gets more dramatic and darker ( louder).
 * 1.** The weather was kind of dark and there was a storm coming ( heavy night). "... heavy August night...", "... lightning..." , and "...fresh breeze..."


 * 2.** The weather is connected with the events since the weather was getting worse and the freeing Mae plan was getting to the climax of the chapter. To be more specific, the weather starts out dark=Winnie just following Jesse and the weather is like a big storm roaring=Miles taking the nails off and Mae free. Also, Miles waits for a big thunder (lightning) and when the thunder roars, with that timing Miles takes the nails off since it would make a lot of noise to take out nails like that.

//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 23//
"... beneath her excitement, she was thick with guilt ..." She is feeling like that because she is going to help Mae escape with the Tucks, ( exept for Mae) and hide under the blanket so she is excited. She is also feeling guilty because she is betraying the Parents, going out at midnight, and helping a murderer escape from the jail.
 * 1.** Wnnie has two emotions in the same time in chapter 23. She has a emotion= feeling guilty and was excited. It says on page 118


 * 2.** The time I was also having 2 emotions when I was going to have a math test. I was excited because I studied hard for it and I thought or knew that the score would be high and good. I was also nervous since when I get a bad score, my dad would kind of punish me. Even thugh I was all excited and guilty, I got a good and a high score on the test. The next time I had a math test, I had the same feelings like the previous one.


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 * 1.** Dear Winnie,

Hi! ( pretend you know me) As you know, I'm Joonyon. I know your situation, Winnie. If I were you, I would just follow the Tucks. I mean, you said it in your own words that you started it and you had to help. I think that's a great idea. The problem is, don't go really deep on the ' freeing Mae' plan. Because if you do, you would all get caught and the future will be over since there is nothing for you to say. Nor the Tucks. Then you'll get in a bigger problem. Also for the plan thing, I really think that you shouldn't say anything or the constable will here and like I said, deep trouble. I hope you survive somehow. Do not die.

Sincerely, Joonyon (if you know me)


 * 2.** I don't really think that it's a good plan. Actually, it might be good if there's another person guarding the constable and telling if he is coming. Anyways, the possibility they will get caught is high. I know this is weird but Mae can tell the truth only to the constable, which somehow constable is going to let her go (maybe not), and kill him like the man in the yellow suit dying. Simply, I don't think it's a good plan because it's risky.


 * 1.** No. Actually, never. Why in the world would a mad man do things that nobody wants him to do? I think he doesn't think very much. He just wonders around ( a little exaggerated). He doesn't know the fact that the population will get high, no space to live, and no food for everyone. Also, the man in the yellow suit doesn't know how it feels like to live forever.


 * 2.** I think Angus Tuck looked at the man in the yellow that way because he was so shocked and couldn't believe his eyes. The kind Mae to the 'almost murderer' Mae in just to chapters. Even I couldn't believe it. Imagine your wife nearly killing someone. Also, I think Tuck looked at him that way because he wanted to die too and brang him alot of thoughts just staring.

//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 18//
First of all, Winnie now is kind of like friends with the Tucks and the Tucks are friends with her, too. I think she knows that the Tucks are kind and nice and just kidnapped her for a reason. ( the spring and living forever). So Winnie was simply used to them and was actually having fun until the man in the yellow suit came to the house. I think Babbitt wrote it this way because if it's a important event, it should happen in a important place or the setting. Now I know that the events are connecting even though I never thought it would connect. So now Winnie is enjoying and having fun but the stranger comes and say to take her to the Fosters. Winnie has to decide. ( something happens in chapter 19).

//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 17//

 * 1a.** Winnie and Miles were in a rowboat like the conversation with Angus. Also, they were looking at animals or nature while talking. However, that's not the point. The point is that they talked about living forever and used nature for a example.


 * 1b.** It is different by Miles fishing and Angus just talking. When Winnie is with Miles, she talks and with Angus, not a word. Also, there are alot of little things that was different but theses are the main ones ( I think).


 * 2.** Miles didn't really not let them but he just didn't know that the spring made him live forever. Because he was still on the farm, he didn't know the spring's fact.

//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 16//
I think Babbitt used gallows when the constable talked about criminals since Babbitt wanted to give a hint of something after. That is, ( I think...) the man in the yellow suit is somehow going to make the constable hang the Tucks on the gallows. Even though the Tucks will feel pain, they won't die and the constable will be amazed. Then something else would happen between the constable and the man in the yellow suit like a conflict. Also, the Tucks, including Winnie, will know that the man in the yellow suit is a bad guy and lied alot. I think that the gallows are kind of important.

//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 15//

 * 1.** We learned about the man in the yellow suit that he is a evil and wants the Treegap Wood. Well, first of all, he is creepy and is onto something for sure. He has a long white hair. He has a long white hand( which includes fingers). Also, with that long white fingers, he brushes the long white beard and the hair. Is he a grandpa or a ghost. The next reason, he wants money. He said to the Fosters that he will give Winnie and they give some trees. Then he is going to have money by selling it or making people pay to drink some. So he's weird and that takes us to the next question.


 * 2.** I think he will just give Winnie (not really a help for him) and he gets the spring. So he can get money and be famous by selling it to someone for a enormous amount of money like 100million dollars or something.


 * 3.** I think Babbit didn't write anything because she wants the reader to focus at the man in the yellow suit. Actually, I got alot of reasons. First, maybe the Fosters were so shocked. Next, the just talked and talked before anyone could speak. Finally, maybe they didn't even have anything to say.

//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 14//
I think Winnie is confused about this whole situation and she can't go to the place where she just woke up in the morning and deciding to run away. Well, that's not the point. First, she knows that the Tucks are a criminal ( since she's just 10 years old and thinks that it's obviously a criminal) and for a person's view, the Tucks are so kind caring about her. This was a inner conflict we talked about. She is deciding what she should follow and in that confusing time, Jesse comes in and asks if he can marry her. Winnie's only 11 years old and has to decide a real, actual, serious problem and think if she can marry Jesse in 7 years from now on. Wow, even I never had a big inner conflict in me. She must be confused.

//**Tuck Everlasting Chapter 13**//
I think the man in the yellow suit took the horse to go to Winnie's 'touch me not' cottage since he had to go there fast before anyone knew and wanted to show proof to the Fosters. The man in the yellow suit is becoming weirder, stranger, and creepier since everything he does is something strange. So I think [like in chapter 4, he is looking for a family(I think the Tucks) ]he found the Tuck's secret and finished the mission or something.

**//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 12//**
I think Angus explains in a clever way of using the pond as a example. Well, I agree with him saying about a wheel (like a water cycle). Tuck is also saying that if Winnie told everyone the secret, people will drink the spring without deep thoughts because they don't want to die andthey think it's cool. Tuck is saying people will regret sitting beside the cycle and doesn't help anyone since Tuck had experiences. So for my conclusion, I say that Tuck doesn't like to live forever and is telling Winnie that she sould not drink the spring.

//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 11//
I think this means that the Tucks never thought of scaring Winnie when it was just ment to be a kind of explanation of the whole spring and living forever. So when Winnie said that she wants to go home, Angus knew that she was a little scared. I think becuse Mae kidnapped in a good way but weird and Winnie got scared a bit.
 * " I never thought we'd come to the place where we'd be scaring children," Tuck said.**

**//Tuck Everlastin Chapter 10//**
I think that the 'everlasting' thing is a half curse and a half blessing. For the reasons, Miles and Angus doesn't like to live forever and Mae has accepted when Jesse likes to live forever. One problem is that they have to care about the 'plan' and the secret when they have to move soon. I think for me, it'll be better for me when I just live a normal life. Well, if you come to think about it, it's not //really// dreadful and horrible since Mae cut her finger and all the bad things happening.

//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 9//
I think the Tucks say bad grammer because they lived forever and it had been a while they learned grammers. Also in those times, the english was different than the present (right now). So I think that they have the bad grammer in a habit. This shows that the Tucks were living quite a lot and for me, it's not a real suprise since if you see old movies, their grammers are weird. As a conclusion, I don't think they really needed a proper english education.

//Tuck Everlasting Chapter 8//
The person who eavesdropped to the Tuck's story was the man in the yellow suit. Everytime I say that phrase (the man in the yellow suit), it's somehow creepy. I think he gives interest to the book to keep you to read the book. He just appears and you know that something's wrong. First of all, he's called a 'stranger' instead of a person in the prologe. Second, he was looking for a family but didn't tell who and went away wiht a weird smile on his face. Later, you can see him kind of following the Tucks in the woods. Finally, he listens to the 'top secret' story by hiding behind a bush and having a smile again. I think something's wrong about him that we're going to find it out pretty soon.

**//Tuck Everlasting Chapter7//**
I think that the 'plan' just means a way that the world should go, the way it's planned to work. Maybe like the start of world to the finish line was planned to work someway but the Tucks made it go wrong or ruined the plan. Also, I think that a plan we are talking here, maybe nobody knows it but it is natually going to go the way that God planned. So I just think it means 'now, we ruined the plan...'

**//Tuck Everlasting Chapter6//**
screamed right away. Also, I don't think I really know what to do because my mind might change when it's really happening.
 * 1.**I think Babbitt used a simile there.Also, no, cold water didn't actually like went on her back since it just means that she was kind of shocked and frightened or maybe it's strange. (And yes, I can find other examples of a simile.)
 * First Example:**(Page3)"...August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the long-live year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in it's turning."I think Babbitt is trying to say that August hanged at the very top of summer (also a personification here-August, hangs) like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel. So it compares.August hanging high (like pausing and Babbitt is trying to describe that August was hot) and the highest seat on a Ferris wheel by using a 'like'.
 * Second Example:**(Page 31)"...who would tumble her into a blanket and bear her off like a sack of potatoes..."Babbitt compares that Winnie in a blanket to a sack of potatoes. I think Babbitt means that Winnie gets kidnapped easy (like a sack of potatoes) and it is compared by the word 'like'.
 * 2.** I think Winnie didn't do anything since the Tucks already said that they will take care and she will be safe. Also, it was her wish to run away, wasn't it? I would've just stayed since I knew that the brothers were kind and all but if hairy, wierd, strange, and scary men kidnapped me, I would've just

Tuck Everlasting Chapter 3

 * Sight:**Page22 Babbit explains that the morning was peaceful and the sun just came up on the horizon.
 * Touch:** Page23 Babbit explains the weather was hot and damp in the morning.
 * Sound:**Page24 Babbit says that the air hummed and it was kind of quiet.

The prologue was kind of like a hint for the whole book like a puzzle to solve. The prologue ended in a strange way. The one that happens at dawn,(Mae Tuck), at noontime,( Winnie Foster) about Treegap wood, and at sunset,(a stranger), looking for someone but doesn't tell who. How confusing! The wierd thing is that Babbitt says that it will slowly be connected. Also, chapter 2 is about Mae Tuck, chapter 3 Fosters,and chapter 4 stranger. It is the same with the prologue. So to summarize it, the prologue was a good hook to make people read until the end of the book.

Natalie Babbitt explained where the ownership of land stops in a strange way that I never thought of.. (The core, or the crust.) What I think is only the crust. I think that you only own the land that you use. Not like the core. You don't use the core. Also, if you own a piece of land, does it mean you own a part of the sky until the universe ends? No. So that's quite it.

//Tuck Everlasting Prologue//
No, I would not live forever. There is a simple reason. People are ment to have fun and do great things to make the world better. Also, if you live forever, you won't know how lucky you are right now and just use things by not thinking very well. The population will be higher, less natural resources, then you're going to be hungry and painful but you can't die. How miserable. So what I think is that Mozart, Lincoln, and other people that did famous things worked hard for the two words. `He died.`

P.S. I want to know how it feels like to die.

=Social Studies-=

//Joonyon's Favorite Confucius Quote__//
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"Have no friends not equal to yourself."_Confucius.
I think this quote is very useful for choosing friends since if you have a friend, you should learn something from them. I think Confucius ment that if your friend did something wrong, than you will know that you should'nt do that later in your life. Also, it will be nice to work with different personalities than always the same.