A Modest Proposal Questions

1.  The thesis statement is talking about how other children and people are  treated in other countries and how they think about what goes on.
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3.After the proposal is made because they learn the actual facts and see what really is happen.
4. The irish are the one to be kind of blamed,.

Why I want a Wife

1.  Yes it is talking about how the man's friend wants a wife, so now he wants a wife that can do everything possible. He is basically saying he wants a wife that is superwoman.
2.  He is letting the readers know that he wants a wife, and he gives out details repeatedly so that we can know what type of wife he wants.
3. I think she wants a wife that is perfect. Maybe the guy in the story has a wife but she does not fufil his needs. Maybe he wants his wife to do everything that he is describing.
4. Brady wants a wife that will do everything in the house. I think brady just wants to be free and have his to be all of those.

Thurber Satire

What  i liked about the satires as it gave a lot of details. It also used alot of
imagery so you could picture what is going on through out the satires.
It also made your mind wonder. The kind of were similar to the fables that
I read yesterday because even though we dont think about it each story
teaches a lesson and it was set up in a way sort as the fables.  Thurber does
not suprise me as much but he does interest me.

One Sentence Summaries

The Ant and The Grasshopper
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Summary: The grasshopper is living for today life rather than preparing for the future
                 as for the ant he is preparing for now and then so when times come he is
                 already set.

Moral of Aesops Fable: It is best to prepare for the days of necessity

The Ass, the fox, and the Lion

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Summary: The fox turns on the ass just to be with the lion.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Traitors must expect treachery

The Boys and The Frogs

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Summary; They boys did not realize that playing and throwing things could hurt another.

Moral of Aesops Fable: What we do in sport often makes great trouble for others.

The Dog in the Manager

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Summary: The dog was being selfish toward the ox rather than sharing the straw.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Ah, people often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves

The Dove and the Crow

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Summary: The Dove is trying to provide for a larger family and the crow said the larger

                 the family the more sorrow they will feel.

Moral of Aesops Fable: To enjoy our blessings we must have freedom.

The Fox and the Cat

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Summary: The cat had a plan for when trouble came his way but the fox didnt

                have a set plan and at the last minute had to hurry up and think of one

                which caused him his life.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon

The Fox and the Lion

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Summary: The fox thought he would be brave to go and seek the lion but everytime he would just turn

                  back around.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Familiarity breeds contempt

The Hare and the Hound
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Summary: The hound gave up on a race
Moral of Aesops Fable: Incentive spurs effort

Fairy Tale Poem

Little Red Riding Hood and the Grinch

I am just a little pretty girl,
Living in a pretty brown cabin,
It is around christmas time,
My mom puts up our christmas tree,
our lights, and a big reindeer in the yard
I immediately get excited,
I dangle around watching the pretty lights outside,

Its christmas eve,
time to make cookies and milk for santa clause,
I sat them out on the kitchen table and then head to bed,
I can't sleep and something awakens me,
I quickly jump out of my little wooden bed
and go downstairs quietly to peek at my gifts,
and i see the grinch sitting there trying to take my presents,
i cry and scream mommy,
she wakes and he hurries fast out the door and never comes back!

Poems- 2 sentences

I am a smart intelligent animal
but this mouse is trying to catch my eye

Beauty in a beast

I sit in the beautiful jungle
looking out think about the beautiful life im living

i see my husband laying here dead
i cry for help to call him back to my life

I hate this life i live with my evil stepmother
trying to wait for my prince charming to save me

Little red riding hood

I jump around hoping through the forest
glady trying to runaway from the bears


Princess and the pea

I am climbing the ladder up to my stacked bed
only to find out that this is a place i dont want to be

Snow White

Valentine's Day

Though at times you make me sick with anger
Your the one that i will always desire
My heart goes crazy like im a singer
The sensation you give puts me on fire
We share something that most people want: love
we have a special thing that i adore
Cause our love is with two hands in one glove
Everyday with you make me love you more
You have made my hard brick walls start falling.
I was afraid to let you in my heart
But now the afraidness is gone, defeat is calling
when i think about us i think it was smart
Some day i think we will be married
On a beach where we could wake up to the pretty sand
Or take tours around the beach on our ferry.
I think you can be that man.

I believe- Sam's Valentine

I loved this essay, because it showed that a child can do anything when they have the right help. Sometimes a teacher do not realize that they have a very strong reflect on a child. They can do anything when they take the time to help a child out and figure out what his strengths are and use that to help a child become more successful.

Review Questions

What are the strengths of your partner’s essay? Why?
    She is very detailed and descriptive in her personal narrative.

2. What areas could use improvements? In other words, what suggestions can you give

your partner that will help his/her paper improve?

     What could help her narrative become better, is using my sister and I instead of me and my sister, that is basically it

3. What is your favorite literary device used in your partner’s essay?
      Imagery

4. What is the part of the paper that stands out as the most "catchy" or important?\
     When her and her sister begin to get chased

Helen Keller- Andrea Reynolds

1. I thought this narrative was very interesting and describing; because i never knew some of these things about Helen Keller which i find amazing.

2.What i thought was interesting about this narrative is that Helen Keller was very passionate about the things she describe. In the narrative you did not see Helen Keller complain about being her being blind or death which i found appealing. She used a lot of describing words which i liked.

3. When Helen was learning words like mother, father,sister, and teacher was very suprising to me.

4. Yes this change my outlook on Helen Keller but for the better, because i did not know that Helen Keller was able to do all these things that she has done. She was able to learn words and find ways of communicating which would be a very hard thing to do.

5.We walked down the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand under the spout. As the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water, first slowly, then rapidly. I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten--a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "w-a-t-e-r" meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand.One day, while I was playing with my new doll, Miss Sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both.

6. To make a biography more engaging you should add more describing words; so that the viewers and readers know what you are talking about and thatt they can visual.

7. *Dad death

    * Having Surgery

    *Family Reunion to North Carolina

    *Newport Aquarium

    *2011 Christmas with boyfriend

    *Football camp with little brother

   * Getting my first motorcycle.

Where I am from- Andrea Reynolds

Where I'm From

By: Andrea Reynolds

I am from the mountain side,

country roads, and pretty lakeshores

I am from tom boy ways

riding motorcycles, dirtbikes, and

four-wheelers through mountains

I am from a  man of many powerful words

who always push me not to be just good but to be great.

I am from a woman who gave me the world

and always had faith in me

I am from a family of ten

five brothers and five sisters

who are all very competitve

from playing basketball to football with the boys

I am from taking roadtrips

with my dad and brothers for footballl camps.

I am from tough love and whatever you do

do it your best.

I am from summer vacations

to family reunions with all the people i love.

the trips to Georgia and North Carolina to visit

The beautiful weather and the summer atompshere

The fresh fruits and southern fried food.

I am from love, courage,and happiness

Senior Compostion Survey- Andrea Reynolds

     1. I enjoy certain English classes that are entertatining rather than boring.

2. Poetry , Songs,  Notes to friends, Jokes, Autobiography

3. Poetry, Songs, Letters, Notes to friends, Jokes, Autobiography

4. I do not like doing book summaries and book reviews.

5. B; well it depends on if i get to chooose what i read.

6. Yes i enjoy them because you get hear other peoples opinions or what they think.

7. I like to listen and contribute.

8. I work at mcdonalds and also participating in skills usa at delaware

9. Over the weekend i went to the thomas v. kilbourne game and also hung out with my best friend who  came home from college. We both worked and had a sleepover and also kind of had a little party with  friends.

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11. Are willing to help with scholarship essays ?