Katherine+5C

__"A word is dead when it is said some say. I say it just begins to live that day." -Emily Dickenson__

__Language Arts

Katherine5C-Poetry__ Katherine5C-6 1traits

Spicy Vocabulary


 * __Christmas is Approaching__**

Christmas is approaching, the geese are beginning to be plump Please to place a penny in the elderly gentleman's hat; If you haven't own a penny, a ha' penny will be acceptable, If you haven't own a ha' penny then God bless you!


 * __Hark Hark the Canines do Yelp__**

Hark hark the canines do yelp The derralyks are arriving to town Some in tatters and some in jags And a single in a velvet gown.

This minute hog skipped to market, This petit hog remained at home, This miniature hog devoured roast beef, This mini hog owned none And this dimiutive hog trompled "Wee wee wee" the entire direction home.
 * __This Miniature Hog__**


 * __Point of View__**

Twisted Fairy Tale


 * __Song 1__**: By listening to this song, I feel relaxed and sleepy. The singer's voice drags the words, so that makes the song go slower. Slow songs always have a drowsy effect on me.


 * __Song 2__**: The noisy electric guitar sounds make me dizzy. I also feel like a migrane is attacking my brain. I am not really certain the reason why I feel this way- -I just do. I may feel this way because of the "electrical" sounds. After all, I am not a fan of rock music.


 * __Song 3__**: While I heard this song, I wanted to play my violin. I felt happy since I happen to **LOVE** classical music. Stress poures out of my body like buckets when I play or listen to classical music.

__**Song 4**__: This country music has a similar effect on me like Song 1. Country music doesn't have a lot of action, and they usually use a guitar. The guitar's music makes me feel sluggish and lazy.


 * __Song 5__**: The music for Song 5 is the particular type of music that I like to ignore. I felt rage boiling in my body. I wished to execute the rapper that very moment. Also, I was sick on the spot;I was about to regurgitate. This song brings a lot of memories of a ride that spun around for what seemed like an eternity. The singer and the music were **DISGUSTING!!!**


 * __Song 6__**: I really do not have any personal emotions about this song. I'm not a big fan of jazz music, but this song is not too unbearable to listen to.


 * 1) Do you think the trial and the outcome (result) were fair?
 * 2) How did you feel when the opposing party explained his/her point of view?
 * 3) How did playing your role make you feel?
 * 4) How would you change the trial if you could?
 * 5) Why is it important to examine and understand all points of view before making a decision?


 * 1**. Yes, I think the trial and the outcome were fair. I understand that Kris doesn't want to pay Lee **$500**. After all, it was partially Lee's fault that he didn't build another fence around the garden for an emergency.
 * 2**. I felt a little upset when the opposing party explained his/her point of view since the defender kept mentioning that it was the dog's own fault. He kept saying that there was nothing he could do about the dog--it can't be trained and doesn't need a leash since he never harmed anyone.
 * 3**. I felt I was being reasonable and holding a good argument. I offered some information and asked questions that the defender did not think of. I felt like a wily fox.
 * 4**. If I could change the trial, I would choose a judge that would listen to both point of views. The person who was the judge in my group seemed to listen more actively to what I was saying. She seemed to pay more attention to me since I was a female than to the other two people who were males.
 * 5**. It is important to examine and understand all point of views before making a decision because it is common for people to exaggerate the fault of the other person. Even if people promise to tell the truth, they tend to still stretch the truth a little bit. Usually, it is hard to determine the truth when several people account any incidences.

Winnie's Journal


 * __Tuck Everlasting__**

__**Prologue**__ Even if I could live forever, I would choose not to because you will see your friends and family members pass away. Seeing people you love die is a extremely melancholy experience, isn’t it? Also, you will //never// see Jesus Christ and other people who cared for you who are already in Heaven, either. Heaven is a much better place to live in than Earth, too. Another reason why I would not want to live forever is because if there was a famine, you could starve and //still// not die. I think to live eternally means to weather a lot of storms, which I prefer not to go through.

Natalie Babbitt is not clearly certain about land ownership because as she states on page 7, "Land ownership is odd when you come to think of it." The author does not know whether owning land is to the core of the Earth or only just the crust. In my opinion, one owns the plot of land to the core because that person purchased the land and has every right to dig as deep as he or she desires to. For example, if the owner of a piece of land discovers arrowheads buried deeply into the earth, the arrowheads would belong to the land owner as long as they were inside of the border line of the owned land.
 * __Chapter 1__**

There is a direct relationship among the Prologue and the three chapters (2,3,and 4). The Prologue tells the readers a bit of the story or gives important and interesting highlights. On the other hand, the three chapters offer more detailed information about the story. I think Natalie Babbitt used this writing technique to grab readers' attention and have the readers complete reading the novel. Babbitt used this type of technique because if most of the story was in the Prologue, there would not be any reason why anyone should read the book.
 * __Chapter 2,3,4__**

Touch:** (Page 24) -- Babbit writes with a lot of descriptions so that the readers can appreciate the softness and silkiness of the moss.
 * __Chapter 5__
 * Sound:** (Page 24) --The creatures are busy working hard and making some noises along the way.
 * Sight:** (Page 26) -- The way Winnie sees it, the warmth and sunlight only reached Jesse!

1. Natalie Babbitt used figurative language called simile in the bolded part of the first quote. No, there was no cold water running down her backbone. Babbit was trying to express an emotion of great shockness and surprise. (Page 35) -- "It was like a ribbon tying her to familiar things." I think the author was showing why she trusted the Tucks because of hearing a familiar tune that was heard only the night before. 2. I think Winnie did not do anything to alert the stranger because she wasn't sure if Mae and her family would harm her. She must have been surprised when they met last night. No, I would not have signaled the man in the yellow suit to protect me from the family. He looks too suspicious and it seems as if he was a spy trying to capture people when he wouldn't tell Winnie which family he was searching for.
 * __Chapter 6__**

__**Chapter 7**__ Jesse means that he thinks the spring was for a plan to do something a long time ago. However, for some reason the plan didn't work as expected. The plan was for travelers who needed a cup of water. The spring might have transformed to magical water when a vistior dropped some medicine into the spring.

__**Chapter 8**__ The man in the yellow suit was the person who overheard the Tuck's secret. The man in the yellow suit gives me some tension when he is eavesdropping "the secret." I think he is concoting a plan to get the "spring." In chapter 4, he was searching for a family who eternally stayed young for an unknown reason. He also appeared near the Tuck's house when the Tucks told Winnie the unbelivable story about living immortally.

I think the Tucks talked with incorrect grammar because in that particular location, there probably weren't too many schools altogether. The Tucks were people of very little education. At this point, I suspect the Tucks and Winnie Foster resided sometime in the 1800s and education wasn't as valued as now. It does not surprise me that in that part of the world, which was probably a countryside where the Tucks and Winnie lived, majority of the people spoke with improper grammar. During these years, childern and adults were not properly educated so this might somehow explain the "grammar" situation.
 * __Chapter 9__**

__**Chapter 10**__ I think the Tucks are cursed because they need to be mobile due to others finding out about their "secret." If the Tucks stay in one location, there is a great possibility that the secret would be revealed by their youthful appearance.

A**. I think what Angus means by the quote "I got a feeling..." is that the entire plan about their lives and the spring will be disclosed to others without any control. Also, the Tucks might get prosecuted for kidnapping a little girl.
 * __Chapter 11__

__**Chapter 12**__ Angus is trying to make Winnie understand that drinking from the spring will be dreadful. He is also telling Winnie that there is a wheel of life. The day of birth is the day a person becomes one of the many passengers on the wheel. The Tucks were swept away from it, though. The Tucks are like the pens one writes with and the ink is the stream of life ebbing away. If the world were to have known about the spring, mankind will have never-ending misery.

I am assuming the stranger stole the Tucks' horse to go to Winnie's house much quicker. One should realize that walking is a good form of exercise, but it is not appropriate for long distances. The stranger probably wanted to seize the best chance of looking like a hero who saved the Fosters' girl. Besides, the Tucks might have moved to a different location by the time he told Winnie's relative and her parents whereabouts of Winnie and the kidnappers.
 * __Chapter 13__**

Winnie felt confused because the Tucks were caring and kind to her. At times, Winnie almost believed they were criminals. Winnie was having an interconflict since one part of her brain told her to be harsh and ignore the Tucks. However, the other side of her brain, whispered to her to treat the Tucks with warmth and respect.
 * __Chapter 14__**

1a.** We learned that the stranger wants the wood, and he is very sly. He is sly because when he was eavesdropping, he heard about the spring in the Fosters' wood. So that's the reason why he is revealing where the child is in order to own the wood (and spring). I think Babbitt makes the constable talk about the gallows becuase in the olden-days, hanging was used for punishment for heinous crimes. The Tucks committed a crime by kidnapping Winnie, so the constable was telling the man in th yellow suit the Tucks' possible consequences. The possible hints the author is attempting to give the readers about the Tucks' future is that the Tucks' lives might be jeopardized because the constable insinuated that this kidnapping case was the only one in the last fifteen years. So, this may be a very serious crime. Also, the constable mentioned repeatedly that this crime occurred very infrequently so this means the crime is very significant and will receive a harsh punishment.
 * __Chapter 15__
 * b.** The man is a leader and controlling person. The man in the yellow suit wouldn't even let Mr. Foster protest one word about the clever trade!
 * 2.** First of all, the main in the yellow suit wants to trade with the Fosters because he said, "Now here is a group of intelligent, reasonable people!" So of course, he would want to trade with the Fosters since he complimented the family. Also, the man knows the Foster family will sacrifice anything for their beloved daughter, Winnie.
 * 3.** In my opinion, Babbit decided to remove dialogue for the Fosters for the purpose of showing how wily and rude the man in the yellow suit was. Without the Fosters' interference, the man will be able to reveal his plan about bringing Winnie and the criminals to Winnie's family and to constable more accurately.
 * __Chapter 16__**

1a.** Winnie's conversation with Miles was similar to that of Angus and Winnie since the main topic was centered around the spring. his family.
 * __Chapter 17__
 * b.** The conversation was different since Angus' talk was about the effect of the spring on him and his family. Miles' chat was primarily about his personal life, including topics about
 * 2**. Miles didn't have his family drink from the spring because he didn't know that one can live eternally like a god or goddess. Even if Miles had known the power of the spring, he probably wouldn't have allowed his immediate family to drink from it because he was content with his life's longevity.

__**Chapter 18**__ Although I am not certain, I think Babbitt wanted the two events in the same chapter because Winnie no longer had ambivalence about the Tucks. Winnie enjoys the Tucks' company and wishes to live with them. Babbitt will introduce the man in the yellow suit who has different kinds of emotion toward the Tucks. The stranger is basically an enemy of the Tucks because he knew about the secret. So he might try to provoke the Tucks by letting out the secret. When he arrives at the Tucks' home, he was probably going to do something that involves using the spring which will disturb the Tucks very much.

1.** I don't agree with the man in the yellow suit's argument because one might not know what could happen if the world were to know about the spring. Selling and advertising about the spring will be taking a huge risk.
 * __Chapter 19 & 20__
 * 2.** Angus looked enviously at the man in the yellow suit who received a fatal injury since Angus wishes he could die as well. If I were in Angus' shoes, I would concentrate more on saving Mae and comforting Winnie. Mae will reveal the fate of man if she gets hung.

__**Chapter 21 & 22**__
 * (1)**

Dear Winnie Foster,

Hello! It's me, Katherine. Many life-changing events are occurring this summer. As your friend, I understand what is happening to you. I wrote this letter to give you some advice. Never tell your own parents about the spring, because they may not believe the story about the spring and think you were bewitched. Even if your mother, father, and grandmother believed your story was credible, they possibly may not understand or agree with your reasoning to keep the spring a secret. They could put posters about the spring, and that will be a terrible mistake. In addition, you must not worry whether or not Mae is mourning over the loss of the stranger. You should create a way to rescue Mae, even though Miles may have a plan. Miles' plan may not work, so your plan will be the back-up scheme. Winnie, just remeber the advice in my letter. It will become handy or useful someday.

Sincerely,

Katherine


 * (2)** In my own words, the plan Miles had was to help Mae escape by yanking the nails of the jail cell's window frame. Once the frame gets pulled off, Mae will crawl out and be gone with her family. I think this is a logical plan, since it won't involve barging through the iron bars of the jail cell. The plan seems to be very clever and well-thought out! As long as Miles brings oil, in case the nails creak, all will be fine!

1.** (Page 118, 2nd paragraph). //"Beneath her excitement, she was thick with guilt."// Babbitt wrote that Winnie was very excited in helping rescue Mae from staying in jail and getting hanged. However, beneath the excitement was the sense of guilt which was as thick as a winter blanket. Winnie was feeling remorseful since she knew she would be disobeying her parents for the second time in the same week. Winnie was going to sneak out of the house for the second time.
 * __Chapter 23__
 * 2.** I experienced two emotions simultaneously when I first came to Korea. I was excited to be living in a new country, but very sad to leave my friends and teachers.

1.** In the beginning of chapter 24, the weather was unbearably hot and humid, but later, it got cooler. In addition, it started to rain.
 * __Chapter 24__
 * 2.** (Page 124, 2nd paragraph). //"He grasped the bars of the window firmly, ready to pull, and stood poised. ' What is he waiting for?' thought Winnie."// The thunderstorm in chapter 24 was related to Miles' rescue of May. Miles had to wait for the thunderstorm's sound -- BOOM -- to yank the jail cell's window frame. Miles had to halt for the thunderstorm sound in order to reduce the frame's "creaky" noise.

1.** I think Babbitt was trying to tell the readers tht the days will begin to pass by swiftly. As winter approaches, the nights will be longer than the daylights. People will go to sleep earlier, making the days seem shorter. With less hours to turn in a day, the wheel will go faster.
 * __Chapter 25 & Epilogue__
 * 2a.** In my opinion, Mae and Tuck feel happier and thankful that the spring was destroyed. Mae and Tuck felt this way because with the spring gone, no one could drink from it. No one will live happily, like Mae, Tuck, and Miles, if the spring still exists.
 * b.** I am grateful that the spring was destroyed because no one will suffer from regrettable actions.
 * 3.** An epilogue means literally, "afterwards." In other words, it is a small part of what has happened after the story ended. Babbitt included the epilogue in this novel since she didn't want to write, "Winnie did not drink the spring water when she turned seventeen//."// Rather, she wanted to show Winnie's grave, which insinuates that Winnie did not drink the special water. After all, a **Grave** is __only__ for **THE DEAD!!!**

1.** The __major__ __differences__ between the book and the movie are:
 * __Movie and Book Comparison__
 * 1a.** The plan to rescue Mae (and Angus) was **completely** different. Instead of pulling out the jail cell's window frame out with Angus (book), Miles and Jesse pretended to be murderers trying to kill Winnie once and for all (movie);
 * 1b.** Miles at first didn't treat Winnie with respect in the movie. He did not trust Winnie that she would keep their secret. Eventually, though, Miles began to feel confident with Winnie that she would keep the "spring secret;"
 * 1c.** In the movie, the man in the yellow suit also brought friends of Winnie's father to help look for Winnie. In the book, the constable and the stranger were not the only people who searched for Winnie in the wood.
 * 2.** I think the movie had these differences so that the audience would be more absorbed with the movie. For example, heaving out a window frame while a thunderstorm is approaching can be heart-racing, but not enough for watchers to be satisfied. The movie director probably wanted to spice this event up so the scene he /she created can have Miles and Jesse be murderous-criminals to save Mae and Tuck. Also, the director wanted to add more drama so adults will be tempted to watch the movie.
 * 3.** I think the book is better than the movie because the book has Natalie Babbitt's idea. I'm not really interested how the movie director changed some major events because he/she did not write the story, __Tuck Everlasting__. If the movie director was the author, I would have enjoyed a lot more watching the movie. Natalie describes the settings enough to create an image in the reader's mind. The movie only displays pictures. One cannot imagine or visualize in their heads what the settings would be like since the movie already showed them. I seem to delight reading books more than watching movies because of lots of imagination and creativity are involved.

Social Studies