Monday, May 19, 2008

Extra Credit

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Read the poem below before the response !!
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http://www.bartleby.com/117/29.html

This poem is one of the most famous poems that Robert Frost has ever written about weather. This poem uses weather in a way that it is hard to understand; he uses weather as the source and center of his poem. He uses weather as it being scornful, tragic, and terrible. But, in the second paragraph, his use of weather becomes more happy-like and it is not scornful after all. Also, in the second paragraph, he mentions the after effect of the storm and the winds that blow on and on and on. In the end and in the fourth paragraph, the feeling of the weather is nice, sunny, and grateful, but it mentions that the rain is his love which means he loves the rain. The poets’ knowledge of weather enhances the poem because if he didn’t know anything about weather, he would have not been able to make this poem about the flowing of weather and he would not be able to put in the weather patterns that he saw. The poet talks about rainy weather, stormy weather, and windy weather. Also, it shows the aftermath of a big storm and he also describes the scenery after the storm.

This poem without the mention of weather would be like a car without an engine, it would fall apart. This poem without weather would be like a human without a heart and a brain, dead. This poem has to have weather in it to make it the same. Literary techniques that are used to further improve this poem in regard to weather is that he uses personification many times talking about clouds, rain, and sleet. Also, it sometimes used alliteration with wind, rain, and clouds. My knowledge about weather was vast, but because of this poem it has become endless (hyperbole). This poem describes what a storm is like it gave me the knowledge of knowing what was going through the poets mind when he wrote this, how he described it, and lastly what did he know prior to the beginning of his poem.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Class Response 2 from may

In class, we were talking about weather. Also, we were talking about local winds and global winds. To show that as a lesson, we made kites and went outside. When we got outside, we attached a string to our kites and started to run around trying to gain velocity and gain the wind so my kite would fly into the air. After we flew the kites, we had to answer questions about the experience we had while we flew the kites.

http://www.gombergkites.com/howgen.html

Class Response

Today what we did in class was blow into a straw that was inside of a bowl filled with paint. When we blew into the straw, the paint started to create bubbles. When the bubbles reached a long enough height, we put a blank piece of white paper onto the bubbles and it created a big circle filled with color. Also, if you would want to change the color of your paper you would have to wash your straw off and repeat the same. Once, I blew the bubbles over the plate and it overflowed, and the table was filled with paint. Lastly, I finished the paper with no white spots left and I left it to dry.

http://www.mycraftbook.com/craftidea.asp?craftID=485

Class Response

Today what we did in class was blow into a straw that was inside of a bowl filled with paint. When we blew into the straw, the paint started to create bubbles. When the bubbles reached a long enough height, we put a blank piece of white paper onto the bubbles and it created a big circle filled with color. Also, if you would want to change the color of your paper you would have to wash your straw off and repeat the same. Once, I blew the bubbles over the plate and it overflowed, and the table was filled with paint. Lastly, I finished the paper with no white spots left and I left it to dry.

http://www.mycraftbook.com/craftidea.asp?craftID=485

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Class Response

Today what we did in class was blow into a straw that was inside of a bowl filled with paint. When we blew into the straw, the paint started to create bubbles. When the bubbles reached a long enough height, we put a blank piece of white paper onto the bubbles and it created a big circle filled with color. Also, if you would want to change the color of your paper you would have to wash your straw off and repeat the same. Once, I blew the bubbles over the plate and it overflowed, and the table was filled with paint. Lastly, I finished the paper with no white spots left and I left it to dry.