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= = Homework #1 1/25/2010  What does the word creative mean?  - Creative means someone or something with a good imagination or having original ideas. Use a reliable dictionary, Webster's and Oxford English are two example, and look up the word  __CREATIVE __

__// adjective //__ 1. having the quality or power of creating. 2. resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative: creative writing. 3. originative; productive (usually fol. by of )

How many definitions are there? - There are three definitions. Do the definitions match what you believe creative means? - Yes, the definition matches what I think creative means. This is because I believe that creative is about having originality and being imaginative In your own words, write a definition for the word creative. - Creative means to have your own personality, being imaginative. - Being original.

Journal Entry #1 1/25/2010 List 20 things that annoy you. Pick one to write about. 1. Homework 2. Tests 3. Projects 4. Making an imovie 5. Going to school 6. Waking up 7. First block of the day 8. When my computer runs out of battery 9. Closing the door 10. My older sister 11. Eating food  12. When something doesn't go the way I wanted it to go  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">13. When it gets cold then changes weather to hot in the afternoon <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> 14. Taking my shoe off 15. Carrying my backpack 16. Scary teachers 17. When my mom yells 18. Going up the stairs 19. Whining 20. When I'm sick <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- The thing that annoy me the most is when the weather is really cold in the morning, but becomes really hot later in the afternoon. This is very annoying for me because in the morning, I wear lots of layers. However, in the afternoon, it gets really hot. I have to be constantly putting clothes on and off. This is makes me very lazy, therefore I tend to just stay in one place where its the same temperature. That is why the constantly changing weather is the most annoying thing for me.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #2 1/27/2010 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Write a paragraph about a girl named Dot, but use no letters with (i,j). - Dot was a very good at sports, and she was probably the best out of the whole school! Dot was good at soccer, basketball, volleyball, almost all sports! We all envy her because she's the best. Oh yeah! Dot was a smart student as well, even most of the teachers respect Dot because she's a hard worker. Dot came to my school when she was a 5th grader, she was a popular student even when she was a 5th grader. Almost everyone thought that she was a marvelous. She's really lovely too. However, when she gets mad, she's really mean to us. That's the bad part about her, but she's a good classmate.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">PDF file #1 1/27/2010 <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. school, poems, winter, crickets summer, grasshoppers, spring flowers, nutrients, sun, oxygen pictures, thirsty, dehydrated bright, pretty, blue, walking jog, dew, heart, <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f50d2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">hot glue gun <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">veins, hurt, bruise, stem, green leaf, tree, ground, nature, cold wet, rain, root, water, cells, grass

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Hot Glue Gun

Drops of hot glue on a leaf making it harder than water Trying to make it look like dew

Never evaporating dew a fraud Cold dew, Hot Glue Two different matters still look the same.

Nevertheless, whether it’s hot glue or real dew, they all look the same. <span style="color: #668fe1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Close up Humans They have sparkling eyes dark as the night A button nose that feels very soft and bumpy Mouth as open as it can with red rings around it looks rough and chapped The face is very round and soft. Smells like peach candy around this human I've never really tasted humans before I hear the human breathing very loudly. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> 4. //"Man’s life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.//" Socrates I think that this means that the human’s life is very short and clear. The dew is a clear drop of water and so is the life. It is clear where our life will lead us to result of the actions that we make. I also think that it means that our life is supported by a bigger matter. In this case, I think the dew is supported by the leaf. In a man’s life our lives are supported by others. In a result that is why I think what this means
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<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal #3 Free Write 1/28/2010 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I moved to a strange place where I knew nothing about. That place was called, California. First, I didn’t move to the big city where there were large buildings similar to Korea. I moved to a small town, actually probably not even a town it was so small with almost no one that look like me (Asian). Our family was probably one of the few Asian families that lived there. This small little town was called, Eureka. Eureka is located near Oregon, and northern part of California, and I became the new stranger to Eureka. I went to a school where there were only about 100 students from Pre-K through 12th grade. In my class, we had only 7 students including me. Of course, I was the only asian who couldn’t even communicate well with my fellow classmates. I was teased a lot and I was pretty much isolated from the rest for the first few weeks. My classmates has never heard of the country called Korea. They thought I was from another planet. Disappointed and tired of being teased about my small eyes and different colored hair and eyes, I tried to forget about all of those mean words. I was being optimistic about being different from everyone else. After just laughing with my classmates about my small eyes, I got closer and closer to them. Then, I really realized that even people made fun of me and laughed at me, the best way is to laugh with them. I also realized that being the only asian in my class was such a privilege because I was different from everyone else not only from my own personality but also from my appearance.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal #4 2/1/2010 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Close your eyes briefly. Think of one object that’s in the room and focus on it without opening your eyes, recall as much detail as you can about it. After three minutes or so, open your eyes and write about that object without looking at it. (This exercise was done in class and timed.) <span style="color: #2db909; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> A black bear with only 2 colors printed on it. Gray and black were the main colors. The bear had a picture of a skull on its right eye. Stitch marks all over his body with one long one for his eye. This is “bear” was made out of plastic and a keychain for my friend’s camera. The object was a bear version of a Darth Vader. This had the square box thing just like Darth Vader and had red, blue, and white buttons on it. The object was pretty heavy for a keychain when I looked at it.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">PDF File #2 2/1/2010 • Imagine that you are an onion that is about to be sliced onto a hamburger. When I opened my eyes, I saw this shinny, SHARP object coming at me! If only I had legs to run away with! Why is life so UNFAIR! I’m about to be cut into slices for this edible burger, so that the humans can eat it! I mean, humans can eat a burger without me. I’m just an onion. I don’t taste good~ so why should they eat me? I’ve seen my friends be cut into slices. It was painful sight because they are just screaming and yelling and the chef couldn’t even hear them! Ooh! I just can’t think of it again. Back to reality! The big knife is coming and coming! I feel the cold metal long object about to touch me and slice me into a million pieces. I know that it’s going to hurt. But surprisingly, I’m not so worried about me into slices because when my friends were sliced, they weren’t dead at all... Actually, they were fine except they were doubled and doubled. However into slices. But I know that when they are eaten, they are going to die. So I’m very worried about being swallowed by a human! Oh gosh! I just realized that I’m two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! One by one I’m on a hamburger. This is so weird!

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">PDF #3 2/2/2010 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • What is your interpretation of this photograph? Turn it upside down and sideways for different views. What is it? What could it mean? How and where was it taken? <span style="color: #2db909; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> This photo is a picture of a man with cool looking sunglasses on. I think that it means that the man in the sunglasses is an invisible man who is under cover. It was taken by a ghost buster who has a camera which can see invisible and ghosts. <span style="color: #2db909; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Discuss this image with at least three other people. Then summarize their interpretations of the image. <span style="color: #2db909; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This photo was taken when the invisible man was running away from the ghost whisperer. While running away, the ghost whisperer took the picture of the invisible man and wanted to show this picture to the world. Some other students thought this was a man with cool sunglasses, curly hair, long beard, triangular nose, and rubber band like mouth. She also thought that it looked like a bunny. Christine thinks that its a photograph of a clown wearing funny glasses, new type of a clown. It was taken by a when it was doing a show. he had his face covered in glow sticks, and it was taken by a normal camera. Andrew thinks that this photo is about a portrait of a man with curly hair and a portrait. <span style="color: #2db909; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Imagine that the image is a symbol of some kind. What could it symbolize? <span style="color: #0f50d2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The image can symbolize the man's scared feelings because in the picture, you can see the man in the sunglasses a little scared to be caught. This symbolizes that everyone man in this world can get scared. • Imagine that this is a newly discovered animal. Describe it. This newly discovered animal's name is Shabalabadingdong. This animal is edible because its eyes taste like sausages that aren't cooked yet. This animal is almost too small to see from a naked eye. Therefore you need a microscope to see it. It has 2 legs and no arms. I smell like sausages. The animal has 2 eyes which look like sunglasses. This animal lives inside your blankets.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal #5 2/3/2010 <span style="color: #2db909; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">• Silly is a middle-aged man who combs his remaining limp strands of hair into an elaborate swirl over his bald spot, gluing them in place with hair spray and hoping no one will notice. <span style="color: #2db909; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">• Silly is a golden retriever who slinks sheepishly off the sofa whenever his owner comes home, hoping-despite the piles of hair all over the cushion that she won't notice he's been sleeping there. <span style="color: #2db909; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">• What else is silly? <span style="color: #2db909; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">• Give three more examples. <span style="color: #2db909; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">• <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Silly is a little girl who likes to run around her big house screaming, "I WANT FOOD! GIVE ME FOOD!" Even though she just had her lunch. Silly is an old woman who likes to pretend that she is a worm so that people will use her in the fields. Silly is a teenager who hates to do his homework so he asks his dog to do it for him, then he takes the homework to school and get a 0% on it.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Thesis for descriptive writing 2/3/2010 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">California is an extraordinary place to go to. It is completely different from the world in Korea. The significance of getting to know the difference of Korea and California. It has its similarities and differences, and it was amazing to see the two contrasting places.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #6 2/4/2010 • Describe a Storm. This could be thunderstorm, a snow storm, a hurricane, a tornado, a hail storm, a rain storm, or any type of storm. It was just the darkest morning I've ever seen. You couldn't even see the parking lot in front of your apartment! It was just pitch black with little lights trying to shine through the weather. It was snow like crazy and you can see the fountain being covered in white little flakes. I knew there were a gazillion little snow flakes falling in one second. As it piled up and up, the workers were trying to shovel out the snow, however that was no use because it was piling up right after they finished working. I knew the cars outside would probably freeze because there was at least two feet high of snow. The uncontrollable amount of snow was snowing. We left to go to school a lot earlier than other days. It takes 10 minutes to get to the school, however that day, it took us TWO HOURS! It was just insane. When I arrived to school, there were three people in my class that had arrived. Still pitch black, I tried to find my friends, however their buses did not arrive yet. Surprised, our teacher just told us to relax. In the end we ended up canceling the school and went back home. It was one crazy day.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #7 2/6/2010 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fatima is a very spoiled teenage girl. Show that she is spoiled, by describing what happens when she doesn't get a car for her birthday. UGHHH! I HATE MY PARENTS! I bet they HATE me! gosh its my 16th birthday and they didn't even get me anything! I need a car! I'm going to quit my school and everything if they don't get me anything. AHHHHH! I'm gonna scream on top of my lungs until I die! GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Why do they hate me? All my friends got their car and I have to have a stupid driver for the REST of my life! I mean even last year I wanted a new computer, but nooooooo i had to get me a stupid new iTouch! I ALREADY HAVE ONE! My sister got a car on her 16th birthday, why can't I? I'm more special than she is. Ugh! Now my mom is telling me to come eat dinner. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'm not gonna eat anything until I. GET. MY. CAR!

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #8 2/10/2010 <span style="color: #ff4c00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> - Write a paragraph about a cat attacking something, but don't use the words hiss, scratch, or pounce <span style="color: #ff4c00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">. <span style="color: #ff6e00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- My cat has anger management problems, when my cat gets annoyed or mad, he starts to jump on you and tries to make your way up. One day, my cat spotted a mouse outside in the yard. When he tried to get it, he chased for it for hours nonstop. Finally, when my cat got it, he grabbed the mouse's tail and dove for it. When my cat lunge for her food, she went crazy and wounded the mouse. Well, that's one scary cat!

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #9 2/12/2010 -Describe what you feel right now using your sense of smell. If you feel frustrated, write about what your frustration smells like. Use vivid words. Don't skimp on adjectives. -I smell strawberry perfume that is dominating around me. The sweet smell of candy, chocolate, and happiness is right next to me. I feel like I'm the goddess of perfume, and I just want to smell it more. It makes everyone feel so great and smile to the smell of happiness. The aroma of Girly Girl's delicious perfume and the feeling of cheerfulness makes me so proud of my world~!

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #10 2/15/2010 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Free Write I ran away from the unbelievably drunk homeless. It was February 2009, after school at the volunteering place for community. It was near the Su-Nae-Station. The sunlight was bright and the sky was a little bit cloudy but had fair temperature. We stood there for 30 minutes waiting for somebody to donate blood. The street rocks were making their sounds as the cars were passing. My mom, and my 2 friends were with us volunteering. All of the sudden a man that was walking around like a drunk monkey, had a beer in his hands and one jacket. He was making grumbling sounds and saying “walaluwahaheohlala”. He was walking very slowly and going one direction and turning back. He had nothing on except his pants. He was trying to put his jacket on, but he was so drunk that he couldn’t even put his jacket on properly. He had his left arm inside where the right arm should be. I guess after about 10 minutes, he gave up trying to put it on back. He was like an earthquake messing up the ground and trashing things and stomping. He looked like a comedian who was trying to make people laugh. However, he wasn’t even trying. When he was coming our way, we all got scared and I ran away.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #11 2/18/2010 Use the following words in a story: little boy, torn page, market, cart. What would happen if a little boy skipped school? Will he be in trouble? What would he do during the time when he is not at school? Well, I was thinking that he will go to his favorite place in the world, the market. Markets are so fun to be at because you can be with the things that you love, food. Oooh~ and the really fun carts that you can ride on and see if you can go faster than the people next to you. The little boy likes to look at advertisements at markets, and he likes to buy newspapers for 50 cents. When he was at the market, he bought a newspaper and read it. Unfortunately, his favorite part, the comic section was a torn page! Oh he felt so bad and was upset. Fortunately, he went back to the school to just study. YAY!

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #12 2/26/2010 Write an eight sentence paragraph on a topic of your choice. Make sure that you vary the length of each sentence. When I woke up this morning, I was a mess. My hair was messy, and my eyes were very swollen that I couldn't even see. I tried to find my glasses, but I really had no clue where they were because I had forgotten where I had put it. When I finally found them, I went to the bathroom. There, I brushed my teeth for about 3 minutes and I cleaned my retainers and I wore them. After I was done, I went to the dining room and my breakfast was sitting there waiting for me to eat it. I ate chicken porridge that was so delicious that I had eat another bowl of it and ate more until I was so full that I couldn't even talk or walk. I then got my backpack and went to the elevator to go to school.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #13 3/2/2010 //What kind of cartoon show might appeal to the over-age 65 audience? Imagine the show. Then, in 100 words or less, describe the show and its main character.// The cartoon character that might appeal to the elderly might be a cute and funny dog. This might bring more attention to the people over 65 because the older people tend to like cuter things. Some people actually collect them. This character would be a cute little dog that knows how to talk. It has its sense of humor and very charming as well. That is why I think this character might have a lot of popularity with the elderly.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #14 3/4/2010 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Electricity is recent discovery. Think of 12 things to do when there is no power. When there is no power, there are lots of things to do without it. 1. read a good book. 2. make a doll 3. run around outside 4. exercise 5. talk with friends 6. sleep 7. play with fingers 8. play tag 9. write a journal 10. study for a test 11. Talk to yourself 12. Observe objects or animals.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #15 3/5/2010 Freewrite <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> “GET UP!” The booming voice woke me up instantly! Who was that? Oh... it was the main maid. As I tried to stand up to go to the bathroom to clean myself, I remembered what situation I was in. Urgh! I can’t believe that I became one of the maids in Cinderella’s castle! After Cinderella got married to that “handsome-prince-who-fell-in-love-with-Cinderella”, I’ve been treated as if I was a criminal! Cinderella doesn’t need any of this princessy treatments! She should get punished now! She snuck away from the house to go to that ball without my permission! She disobeyed me! THIS IS SO NOT FAIR! While I was thinking about how unfair my life was, one of my annoying daughters came running to me as if something was chasing her.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #16 3//2010 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Write a rhyme paragraph. Each sentence must begin and end with the words that rhyme with each other 5-8 sentences. Ex. Spring is a wonderful thing. Flowers start to sprout with the help of rain showers. Students suffer from being inside a room for 75 minutes and they blame their parents. Classroom full of friends, however can't even talk about the latest trends. Teachers lecturing about how to control our angers. I just want to close my eye. Tired like everyone else it was more than I transpired. Waiting for the precious lunch time to come, wondering why is this so boring.

MY COMIC LIFE PROJECT AUDIENCE: ELDERLY MUSCLE GRANDPA

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #17 Describe in detail a person who leaves no stone unturned Crazy, sad, feeling worried 24/7. THAT'S how a person would be when he/she leaves no stone unturned. A person named, Patrick had lost his favorite pencil. It was given to him by his grandfather who is now up in heaven. At school, he used it for 5 minutes to get the grip. When the bell rang, he accidentally left it on his desk.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #18 Write a 150-word profile of someone named "Margaret Mallory" or one of the characters for your short story. Isabella Daevilone is the meanest girl that you will ever meet. She is always boasting about how rich she is and bullies kids her age. She even bullies kids that are twice as big as her size. She’s a devil’s child. She enjoys watching people suffer and loves to make fun of them so that they get very frustrated and sad. Isabella hates it when people try to give her nick names, such as: Izzy, Bella, etc. She hears only the things that she wants to hear and blocks out any useless things that she doesn’t want to hear. She always attempts to steal good from the grocery stores or even some pretty makeups from the makeup stores. The funny thing is that she never got caught. I guess she the professional of stealing. Actually, Don’t ell this to anyone, but she has a huge crush on a guy that she liked ever since she was in 1st grade. His name is Cole Countryman. To express her crush to Cole Countryman, she actually “crushes” him. She always hits him and make him bleed saying that she likes him. Of course, the poor little man is in pain and wants her to him alone. Isabella Daevilone can never be nice to anyone.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #19 List 10 things you usually do on a rainy day. Pick one from your list and free write for 5 minutes. Sleep Eat Study Read Homework Watch TV Play with Macbook Sharpen my pencils Go to school Talk to friends Go to Hakwon Practice Harp Whenever it is a rainy day, I really enjoy sleeping. Rainy days makes my eyes to be very heavy and I eventually fall asleep. I'm the kind of person that doesn't go to naps. However, especially on rain days, I go to sleep right after I come back from school. I sleep for about 4-7 hours and sometimes forgot to do my homework. Rainy days are still my favorite days because it give me an excuse for taking a nap. I always wished that everyday was a rainy day.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #20 Free Write for 3 minutes on this cliche "ice running through her veins." The girl was cold as ice and she knew it. She was a cold hearted girl who didn't like to smile. Everyday, she would always think ways to get out of people's sights. Whenever anyone had the courage to say hello or good morning to her, she would never answer. Instead, she would say, get out of my sight! And she'd leave. If she had a warm heart, people won't tell her that she has ice running through her veins. Since she is cold and not very friendly, everyone tells her that she needs to brighten up. Do you think that she will ever be able to brighten up her life? I'm pretty curious too. I've known her for years and she was

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #21 Free Write This year’s Middle School Girls Soccer Team was one of the best seasons that K.I.S has ever had. We learned how to work with one another and cooperate with our teammates. Through Girls Soccer, I made new friends, even from another grade. I thought that this year, we learned new skills and new strategies in soccer. This season brought more confidence to all of us while playing soccer. When we played as a team, I personally felt really close to my teammates. In the beginning of the season, we all lacked self-confidence, however, as the season went on, there were a lot of improvements in all of us, and it was clear that we were getting better. This year’s MS Girls Soccer was a a great experience and I hope more people would join next year!

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #22 Blurp! Slosh! Snort! Write a paragraph incorporating at least ten onomatopoetic words. Onomatopoetic words are words that sound like what they mean Examples Boing Beep Swoosh Hiccup Plop Fizz Once upon a time, there was a little girl who never stopped hiccuping. "Hiccup!" She would hiccup every one second. And everyone who get annoyed. One day, when she was at a party, the man in a black suit opened the champagne. "POP" it went.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #23 People often say, “If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to...” Complete the sentence in five different ways - "...read monkeys' minds!" - "...go to Mars and send people there as well!" - "...fix the global warming problems!" - "...make clones!" - "...invent a new animal!"

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #24 Free Write Happiness is, no doubt, is the highest degree of pleasure over a greater timeframe. Humans live in a world where we search for happiness, and if we do not succeed in finding that happiness, we tend to falling into the black hole. Which you can call, depression, suicide, or sadness, in the society. However, if they do find that happiness, the life has reached its highest point. The only thing that is left is the lowest point to be occurred. Therefore, the biggest competition within ourselves is to find that pleasure to lead to happiness. Pleasure is commonly mistaken that it’ll last for a long time. Happiness is not pleasure although they can appear similar. And pleasure is not happiness. You might find pleasure in getting a good grade, losing weight, gambling, drinking, smoking, as the list goes on and on, these pleasures that you undergo for a short period time does not last long enough for you to feel the happiness. Happiness is about believing in yourself and with human relationship. Happiness can be felt from the devotion for work. Happiness is mostly born from the internal workings of our own minds, thus, pleasure is born from the external world. :) BE HAPPY

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #25 Reflect on the process of writing a short story. What did you enjoy about it? What was difficult? How would you approach it differently if you did it again? Writing the short story was fantastic. I had a great time writing it because even though it took me hours and hours just to finish the story, it felt like it took me just ten minutes. Whatever idea came up to my mind, I just wrote it down. When I was done with my story, I reread it and I was so amazed at myself too! I couldn't believe that I wrote this story. It was funny, it was amusing. However, it was difficult because we were limited to 7 pages. I wanted to write more, however I couldn't. I had to have it "rushed" at the end because I didn't have enough space. Next time if I wrote a short story I would watch out on my pages and not be rushed at the end.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #26 A person's choice of a dog is said to express something about his or her personality. Choose five individuals whose names are well known internationally. What kind of dog would you choose for each. Why? Explain. Sean Kingston (singer)- Bulldog. He kind of looks like a bulldog because he is a big guy, however he still has his soft side and tries to get attention from people by doing funny things. David Beckham (soccer player)- Golden Retriever. David Beckham has blonde hair just like any golden retrievers. They are friendly and likes to play like Daivd Beckham. Hitler (Nazi leader)- German Shepherd. Because they are both very mean and aggressive. Michael Jackson (singer)- Dalmatian. Dalmatian and Michael Jackson both brings attentions from everyone. Michael Jackson's skin color was once African American. From his skin disease, his skin color changed. Dalmatians have white and black spots but can be both. Lady Gaga (shock pop star)- Beagle. They both have some kind of elegance and shocking things about themselves. The clothes, their aggressiveness, and the "hunter" image.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #27 Write a four-line song or poem about mayonnaise

Mayonnaise Oh you know you want them Shabadoobob di lee dop dop dop~ Gooey yummy chubby Squeeze it i your sandwich whooop~

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #28 Free Write Every person in this world has something that they really love. In my case, I really love my family. Each individual wants to take the most important thing for them to the trip. Either it’s their books, clothes, ipod, etc. I would love to bring my computer. My computer is probably the most valuable thing that I have so far. 99% of my school work, my songs, pictures are all in there. Without it, I would just be a sitting duck. Yes, family is another important thing for me in my life, and I would of course bring them. I won’t be who I am if it weren’t for my family that supported me. Lastly, I would also be glad to bring some of my books as well. Books are things that entertain me the most too. Without them, I probably wouldn’t have fun in that trip. These three things are the most important things for me, so in result, they’ll have to come with me.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #29 Write about a moment when you and another person (sibling, friend, parent, etc.) bonded. One of my best friend's name is Christina Koo. You might have heard of her, because everyone calls her Coo Coo. Never Christina, except some teachers call her Christina. About 50% of her teachers even call her Coo Coo. Coo Coo and I have been friends since when we were in 7th grade. I like people who are very energetic and who makes me happy. Coo Coo definitely is one of those people that I enjoy being around with. If I'm having a bad day, Coo Coo always comes to me, and she's always the first one to notice that I'm having a bad day. We always bond together when one of us is having a bad day. We talk to each other, and let it all out~ That's when Coo Coo and I bond the most.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #30 Free Write The materialization of love is can be a positive or a negative thing in life. If you have a bad image, this can only be a minus in yourself, but if your image is good and you have a status, this can only be a plus. The judgmental minds of humans are hypocritical. This is because humans want to get a good spouse and have the best image for themselves. However, they want to get rid of all their negative reputation. THIS IS SO HYPOCRITICAL! The fact that humans want a good spouse but wanting to erase their own reputation, is what most people who are living today are.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #31 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Write in the voice of a rope about to snap. At least one paragraph 5-8 sentences. “Oh No!” I’m going to be cut in half! What will I do? People kept on stepping on me for over 6 years now. I was made in 2004 in June. I’ve lived for a long time, and I wish that I would be able to live longer, but I have one string that is putting me together. When one more person comes and steps on that string, I will be gone forever. Oh! Oh! No! No! Back away human!!! DON’t COME NEA.........................

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #32 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Reflect on the group work portion of your commercial project. How did you measure up? DO you believe that you contributed to the group as much as other? What was your role? Did you learn anything new about yourself and how you work in groups during this project? This project was a blast to do. For sure, I want to do it again because it was such a fun project. It was hard as well, but I'm glad that the hard work paid off. I believe that I contributed to the group as much as the others because I was the one who edited and tried to make it a good commercial. I learned that working in group can be very fun and I think that it can be hard sometimes as well.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #33 Pick a character from a day time soap opera. Put him or her in a stranded commuter train. Write about what he or she is feeling or thinking at that moment. Where am I? Why do I feel bumpy? Is this supposed to be a normal feeling? Why is the outside moving so quickly? I'm going to ask one of those men sitting down. "Excuse me, but where am I? "Uh... you're on a subway." "What's a subway" "It's a transportation" "Huh???" WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? I FEEL SO LOST and awkward. Why is this man looking at me as if I'm weird? GAHHHHHH I need to get off of this place now. Before I go crazy. Ugh, I'm a lady. Why should I be here with these other men? Get me OFF THIS DIRTY GARBAGE CAN! LET ME OUT!!! LET ME OUTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was in a middle of my honeymoon! And the world just went upside down and how did I even end up here? (The passengers were looking at her as if she's a crazy woman.) (The woman is pounding on the windows begging to get her out of the place)

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #34 You can tell a lot about a person by what he or she says. Here are some things Grandma Dorothy always says: You can never be too dressed up A woman should never ask a man to dance He is quite a snappy dresser Based on these sentences, imagine what kind of person Grandma Dorothy is. Write a paragraph describing her. Feel free to use any or all of her quotations. You can tell that Grandma Dorothy is a very strict person. I think she is very stereotypical because she thinks that all men should ask women to dance and women should never ask. She is strict because we can never be too dressed up. For sure, she has her own opinions about everything. Such as "he is quite a snappy dresser". Who knows, Grandma Dorothy might think that a girl is not so bright because of her actions. Grandma Dorothy is one of those people who really doesn't care what others think and knows what she is talking about.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #35 Write from the point of view of a freshly scrubbed floor. "Whoops!" I screeched. I didn't know that the floor was scrubbed and was so slippery! I fell on my buttocks really hard as soon as I slipped. The floor was shinning and slippery like a slug's back. As I stood up from the floor, I slipped AGAIN! Ugh this is driving me crazy. The floor was probably thinking, "YES!" I got another person! I am the king of all kings. Floor of all floors! MUHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA now, who's next in line??

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #36 Is there a cause you care about a lot? How far would you go to stand up for what you believe? The cause that I care about a lot is when there are people who hurt the helpless dogs. I wouldn't go up to the world and go crazy about it because there are about million people in the world who has the same belief as me. I hate to see helpless dogs who are eaten, beaten by human beings. They don't know how the dogs feel! I would still go on protest and make petitions for our school.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #37 Write about a time you hid from someone, or a time you disguised who you really were. The time I disguised myself was when I first arrived to America. I was very shy and didn't like the way I was. In my school, I was one oft he two people that were Asian. I hated that. All my friends had big blue eyes, while I had small, black eyes. My last name is Kim. Everybody would ask me "what kind of a name is Kim?" and I would always go home and cry. One day, I wanted to disguise my own race and who I really was. When another person asked me "what kind of a name is Kim?" I'd say, it's short for Kimberly. DUHHH as if it was true. I still regret saying that when I was little, but now I learned my lesson to not to disguise who I really was.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Journal Entry #38 Recall an uplifting experience and write about it. My uplifting experience was recently in school. Our big Spanish test was the next class, but none of us actually got the concept. So the day before the test, all the Spanish class kids got together and started to complain. We made a letter (about a page long) all in spanish. We tried to make it as nice as possible. I thought it was great and well made. Then the next day, we all met in the 3rd floor at 7:50 am. We all signed the letter and gave it to Mrs. Bray. Unfortunately, she just laughed so hard and thanked us for the letter and just told us to take the test.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #39 Free Write I read the Tempest (the easy version) and I thought I'd just give a brief summary about it. In act 1 scene 1, there has been a violent storm occurring. The master and the boatswain tries to have a conversation or a discussion to figure out how to prevent it from wrecking everything. They start becoming really chaotic and out of control. Some mariners enter, followed by a group of nobles comprised of Alonso, King of Naples, Sebastian, his brother, Antonio, Gonzalo. The boatswain always tries to keep the deck okay, no matter who was on board. For this, people start ducking for cover and becomes more and more chaotic.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #40 Take two people who dislike each other and stick them in the backseat of a cab. What happens? Once, there were two stepsisters who hated each other very badly. They would get in a fight every one minute, and sometimes would never talk to each other for a long time. They always told each other about how they don't belong in the family and that they are more important than the other. They would sometimes even hit each other because they wanted to get what they wanted. One stepsister was always in the way of the other. But one day, they both had to got to a party, but their mom accidentally took the car without them. Their only hope is to just take the cab and go to the party. Both of them sat in the back seat because they both liked the back seat. They didn't talk at all for five minutes straight. The only sound you can hear so the taxi man breathing heavily. So in that cab, the two people would probably stay quiet for the whole time.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #41 List 10-15 things worth saving and then choose one to write about. Money Dog Mom Dad Sister Books Friends Computer Family My collection of stamps My collection of magnets.

My collection of stamps is what I would save. It's very worth saving because I've collected them ever since I was in 2nd grade. It's very valuable and some of the stamps that I own is rare. Some stamps are from the sixties, eighties, etc. They are old and important to me because it took me a long time to collect them all. It's worth saving because not everyone in this world has the collection that I do.

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<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #42 There are only three words in the English dictionary that start with dw: Dwell Dwindle Dwarf Write a paragraph that incorporates all three of these dw words. The seven Dwarves dwell in the small cottage

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #43 "Yipes," said the zebra. "I've lost my stripes." Continue the paragraph, using as many words as you possibly can that rhyme with yipes. Nipes was the zebra's name who didn't have stripes. Nipes wanted types of stripes that made him look cool. One day, he was walking and tripped over 3 pipes. These pipes made Nipes angry. Nipes started to kick the pipes and picked up the pipes. There was water on the pipes, she Nipes wiped the pipe. When Nipes was satisfied, he took it back home to his friends with stripes.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #44 List 12 things you can buy with your last W 20,000 1. pencil 2. erasers 3. lotion 4. gum 5. shoes 6. pants 7. shirts 8. socks 9. gift 10. bags 11. hair band 12. paper.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #45 Free Write I went to a concert not so long ago, and I was so amazed and impressed. I thought this was a great performance that I’ve seen. Last semester, I went to see Sumi Jo too. When I saw it again this time, I thought it was better because all the songs were in German. I think I know why Sumi Jo is such a famous singer. She knows how to capture the audience attention with music and humor in the songs. The ensemble with the orchestra and the singers were perfect. They blended well and expressed what they were singing really well. My favorite part of the performance was when the 4 singers were trying to get Sumi’s attention (part of the song). It was very funny. I wish I can see her again.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #46 Journal Reflection I was VERY satisfied with my final product. I was glad that I made a good imovie telling the story of the kids in middle school. I was having so much fun trying to make it. I watched it over and over again to get it close to perfect. It was hard because it was limited to two minutes. I wanted to say a lot more, but I couldn't. If I wanted to say more, I had to talk really fast. Then, nobody could be able to understand what I was saying. I really enjoyed Andrew's video. I think I really like his voice. I sounds like a real documentary that he is proposing about Rubix Cube. He's background music was perfect too. I wish I can do this again for my project.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #47 Use the all of the following words in a story: Plastic bottle, baseball, dirty handkerchief, crumpled notes, unhinged door. Once upon a time,

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #48 Do you agree that if you give respect, you get it? Explain I believe that if you give respect, you will always get it back. Fore example, if you are nice you someone and give them their respect, that other person will do the same for you too because that is how you have treated the others. If you don't treat others nicely, then it will come back to you. What goes around comes around. Also, you have to treat others like how you would wanted to be treated. If you give respect, I will bet you 100 dollars that you will get it as well! So respect everyone to get YOURS.

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #49 Write about a task, job or chore you dislike. The chore, I absolutely dislike is to lay out the spoons and forks on the table for dinner. I hate to do it because it is very annoying. I know it seems like it's not big deal, but it's very frustrating. I'd rather do the dishes than setting the table. I think another reason why I hate setting the table is because it gets all messed up when people start to eat. Everything that you spent time to set the table, it is all gone. I HATE SETTING THE TABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #50 Write about someone you would love to see put in jail. I would LOVE to put Kim Jung Il in JAIL! He is a dictator! If he gets put in jail, all the North Koreans that suffered will be HAPPY~ They would be able to come to South Korea and be free. The refugees don't have to run away anymore. My mom helps out people that escaped from North Korea. One of them was sold on the boarder from China to South Korea! She was sold and is married to the guy who bought her! This wouldn't happen anymore if Kim Jung Il is in jail and a new president can help them out!

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Journal Entry #51 Final Reflection WOW. That was really fun. I loved doing the final project because fortunately, it wasn't a test! YAY! I really enjoyed making comic life and making my own story. However, it was hard for me to stop writing. I kept on writing and writing and next thing I knew, it was 12 pages long! It was hard to cut it down to 7 pages. Fortunately, Ms. McCord let me do it as 8 pages. It took me about 6 hours to do the whole thing. Getting pictures and writing took a lot of time. However, I wish I can do this project again! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!!!! :D I'll really miss this class :(. I can't believe this is my last JOURNAL ENTRY :( THANK YOU Ms. McCord!