Evaluation Blog

Most favorite poem- “My Papa’s Waltz” because it was about a father and his child and my dad and I are very close, it was just a touching poem.

Least favorite poem- “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,” because it was so repetitive and for me it was hard to understand.

Most favorite short story- Popular Mechanics, because this short story seems to be so popular in the current society and it was an easy story to engage with and to follow.

Least favorite short story- “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” because it was such a fictional story and I tend to less enjoy the more fictional stories and books.

Death of a Salesman- I think that reading and watching Death of a Salesman was a good thing and a good way to present the drama unit.

Watching both Bartleby and Death of a Salesman was a good way to show the differences that can be present in a film version and also a way to create a deeper understanding of the story line.

My favorite in class activity was the small groups when we made the storyboards and my least favorite class activity is when we had all class discussions.  I was okay with our small groups not doing presentations and the small group discussions instead being led by a list of questions.

I really enjoyed the blog posts, they were creative and seemed like less of an assignment. My favorite post s were the ones where we had to create an imitation/parody for a poem already written.

Grandpa Willy

Grandpa Willy was a great man! You would have been very lucky to know him, granted he started to lose it in his old age he was still a great man. He always wanted the best for the family and always worked long hard hours in order to pay the bills. Your Grandpa Willy traveled long hours in order to go to work every day and drove there and back every day. He was always supportive of us boys going to school, getting good grades, and playing sports. Your grandpa was a great dad and wife. He cared for your grandma and always tried to make things right and keep everyone happy. As grandpa and grandma got older, your Uncle and I moved home to help take care of them and give them any help they needed around the house. Grandpa did get a little cranky sometimes, but everyone has bad days when they are always tired. Your grandma was always such a peacekeeper and tried to take care of everyone. I am sad that you were not able to meet your grandpa and grandma, they were both wonderful people and I loved them dearly.

Linda's Diary

Saturday 1952

Today has been a wonderful day! I just absolutely love having my whole family together! Biff and Happy and Willy, they are all wonderful! I love being so involved in the boy’s life and helping them get off to school. They just love life and seem to enjoy every minute of it. But those dang bills! They just keep getting to me. I need to get them take care of! I wish Willy would just relax and see how wonderful life in this house really is! Oh my! He just needs to calm down. But I love the way the things in my life are going!!

 

Tuesday 2013

I don’t know what to do. I am so worried about Willy and the boys too. Willy gets mad so easily these days. Last night he even hit me when I was trying to talk. I can hardly talk at all anymore without getting told to be quiet. He gets so mad so easily and I am worried about him. All the driving to and from work just isn’t good. It is dangerous. Willy is having so many troubles and he never seems happy anymore. I just don’t know what to do anymore!

The Lottery

In Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery,” all of the town’s people gather in the town square, take place in the drawing of the slips of paper, discover who the victim is going to be, and then say that they need to get it over with so that they can get on with their work. When they say get it over with, the “it” they are talking about is the stoning of the person who drew the slip of paper with the large black dot on it (summary from text). They make this stoning event seem as if it is no big deal and that killing someone by throwing stones at them is a common occurrence. They find a need to generalize and accept the unacceptable act of stoning someone. This is something that has become okay in this small town because the people fear standing up to the other members of the town and this has taken place for so long that it has become the normal.

In the small town where I live, money and who you know, says it all. If your family has money then you can basically do no wrong. People see you as the rich kid and regardless of how many times you get pulled over for speeding you will never get a ticket, or regardless of how many parties you are at that get busted you will never get in trouble. Along with the money factor is the name game, even if your family doesn’t have a lot of money if you are related to the right person, even if it is your dads, brothers, sister in laws, sister, then chances are you are golden. This and money are both very evident when it comes to the playing field, whether it be football, basketball, or soccer it doesn’t matter. In this small town, it has become okay to throw money at any situation and it will become better for those who are related to the money giver. Money and names have become so involved in athletics that even if you are the best player on the team, there is no guarantee you will ever see the playing field.

Facebook Imitation

"The Story of an Hour"

1)      I’m crushed and broken..

2)      What am I going to do now.. lost and alone in the great big world..

3)      Finally free!!! SO excited!!

4)      Figuring things out, it’s time to live for me!

5)      Prayers would be appreciated!

6)      Love- confusing; can’t live with it, can’t live without it

7)      Why do things like this have to happen?

8)      Goodbye world!

9)      So lucky to have people who love and care about me in my life!

10)   Never take what you have for granted, in the blink of eye your whole life can change

I love my sister! :)

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DIRTY DASH!

"Girl" Imitation

Listen here, do your best all the time, even when no one is watching. Go to church, go to school, do your best in everything you do. Never give up and always work towards your goals, set goals, always set goals. Help out around the house, help your father, he is very busy it won’t hurt you in the least to put down the game control and help out. Treat your lady like a princess; all women deserve to be treated like a princess, nothing less. Never give up, do things the right way, if you start something finish it, we don’t quit. Sports, be active and be involved, stay out of trouble or you sure as heck will wish you had, remember moms know everything. Be nice to your sisters and help out even without being asked. Treat your women right, treat all women right, and remember everyone is fighting their own battles. Love your family and appreciate them, don’t hide things from us and always tell the truth. Remember do what is right even when no one is watching and remember we always will love you, no matter what!

Dialogue

* Two sisters tallking, Person 1 comes into the room to start the conversation while Person 2 is sitting on the couch.

Person 1

“Oh my gosh Aimee, Aimee guess what?”

Person 2

“What, what?”

Person 1

“So today I was walking through the park and there was this giant bird”

Person 2

“What kind of a bird?”

Person 1

“Like a uh.. how am I supposed to know, and I was like walking past the bird and there was this girl walking by talking on her cell phone saying all these mean things, I think to her boyfriend”

Person 2

“What was she saying?”

Person 1

“Stuff like I can’t believe you did that you stupid a**hole”

Person 2

“Ok? What does that have to do with the bird or anything related to even being at the park or anything at all?”

Person 1

“I have no idea it was just a cool looking bird, but the girl was like arguing with someone and I think she said something like “so he isn’t my real dad?””

Person 2

“Ok hang on I am so confused! What are you talking about?”

Person 1

“I have no idea, I’m confused too, this did have a point but I kinda forgot where I was going with it”

Person 2

“Oh my gosh!! But I really do have a story for you, today my computer broke down again so I called dell and I was on hold for 48 minutes before I even got to talk to someone, and then they were foreign and I couldn’t understand anything they were saying, and the dumb guy kept trying to get me to buy this hundred dollar plan in case anything else happened again”

Person 1

“Did you?”

Person 2

“No way, I was like I don’t want to buy any dumb plan of yours, I’m not spending my money, I just want my computer fixed, I have been on hold for 48 minutes and nothing is getting done, then the dell guy was like I’m sorry mam let me try and help you now”

                “And I was thinking try? Your only gonna try? Dumb company”

“Then the dumb foreign guy who I don’t think knew much about computers was like well there is nothing I can do for you, it looks here that the warranty on your computer expired yesterday”

                “Then I was like are you kidding me? You sold me this stupid piece of crap, you better fix it or I am never going to buy anything from dell again”

“Then he was like mam, mam, mam, please calm down..”

                “And I interrupted and was like calm down? You want me to calm down? No way! Just fix my computer already”

“Then the stupid dell guy was like mam, I’m sorry but there isn’t anything I can do for you, if you go to our website you can shop for other computers and you can just buy a new one”

                “Then I was like are you freaking kidding me!! I am NEVER going to buy another product from you again, they suck! Goodbye! And then I hung up the phone!”

Person 1

“Oh my gosh dell sucks so much, I’m sorry Aimee, you can use my computer until you get yours fixed”

Person 2

“Aww thanks!!”

Person 1

“And your story was soo much better than mine!”

*laugh *hug