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 * "Panic Bird" **

The speaker in the poem "Panic Bird" absolutely hates panic. First, he says "If I saw it coming, I'd fend it off with a machete or baseball bat. Or grab its scrawny neck and wring it like a wet dishrag." The speaker would only say that if he hates it. Second, he says "carrion, garbage, excrement." Three of the most hated things on the planet. Next, he says "Next it flaps, it cries, it glares, it rages, it struts, it thrusts its clacking beak into my liver, my guts, my heart, rips off strips." Why in the world wouldn't someone hate someone for doing that inside their chest? Another thing it says is "I fill with black blood, black bile." Knowing people hate poison, and knowing bile means poison, then in theory people would hate the panic bird, and black blood, that is just gross. Finally, when it leaves it says "leaving a residue -- foul breath, droppings, molted midnight feathers." He must hate foul breath, and who doesn't hate droppings from a bird in your stomach. That is why I think the speaker hates, dislikes, loathes, and despises the panic bird.


 * "Winter Thunder" **

‍‍The author included the paragraph to show the reader Lecia's background knowledge and it gives you an explanation for why she tied the kid's sleeves together and keeps moving. ‍‍


 * "Winter Thunder Character Trait"**

‍Character: Doctor Says: "You're a tough girl, tough as barbed wire!" (To Maggie when he sees she survived with frostbitten legs.) Does: The doctor heals Maggie's frostbitten legs. Thinks: It is amazing that these people survived the blizzard! I will help heal them! Character Trait: Nurturing

=REWRITING TONE=


 * =Mr. Cook's Example= || =Student Example= ||
 * //Paragraph//

I __deeply resent__ our city council’s granting permission for the development of fifty condominiums along Canyon Drive. The plain truth is, __the plan stinks__! Most residents of Canyon Drive are people like me who moved here years ago. We were attracted by the peace of the location. Now, for __no good reason__, we __have been betrayed__ by our elected officials. We face the __nightmare__ of listening to the __racket of construction work around the clock__ and of seeing our lovely neighborhood turned into heaven knows what. The prospect __makes me sick__. It is __maddening__ that the city council, in one __careless decision__, can __destroy__ the lifestyles that we have worked so hard to achieve. I urge all members of this community to sign a petition forcing the city council to reverse their decision. Failing that, we should __vote the bums out of office__!

I don't quite agree with the city council granting permission for the development of fifty condominiums along Canyon Drive. The truth is,most residents of Canyon Drive dislike the idea. Most people were attracted by the peace of the location and moved here. Now, for some reason, the very people we elected into office are making our lives miserable. We we don't like listening to construction work around the clock and of seeing our lovely neighborhood being changed. It makes me upset that the city council, can ruin our neighborhood with one decision. I would appreciate it if all members of this community to sign a petition making the city council to reverse their decision. Tone: Frustrated
 * TONE**: The speaker’s/author’s attitude about the city council’s decision on development was //frustrated, angry, disgruntled, aggravated// ||


 * BCR: from The Coastwatcher**

The author makes the characters seem real by adding a typical mother son conversation.Hugh keeps refusing like a normal son would probably do. Hugh's mother also wouldn't let Hugh go inside while he was covered in sand. Hugh's mother wants Hugh to come inside while Hugh is looking at a German submarine from a pair of binoculars.

BCR Revision The author makes the characters seem real by adding a typical mother-son conversation. Hugh's mother wants Hugh to come inside, but Hugh refuses like a child would usually do. Hugh's mother is stern and won't give in, so Hugh is beaten and ends up going inside. Hugh's mother doesn't want Hugh to come inside while he is covered in sand, like a normal mother would do. Hugh's mom also teases him by calling him "Mr. Coastwatcher" and sarcastically asks him if he saw any German submarines.

If I were Maibon than I would've paid heed to the Fairfolk and not gotten the stone. Instead I would've wished for the old man to look and feel younger. I would've gotten rid of the old man's threadbare clothes and exchanged them for new ones. Madrona would've gaped at me for not thinking about her. The old man wouldn't have looked like he was vainly trying to walk. He would be out of his plight and no longer have to worry about his laden.
 * "The Stone" HOMEWORK**
 * March 16, 2012**

__**Writing Prompt from "The Stone"**__
 * Abe Lincoln said, “People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Explain how this quote pertains to Maibon. Include details and examples from the story to support your response.**

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 * Student Response:**