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"Panic Bird" BCR

The speaker dislikes panic because it causes them pain. They talk about how they would fend it off if they could, but they never catch it in time. When panic enters it causes ruckus. Panic brings the feeling they get when they see something they don't like, referring to line 3 of stanza 3. The speaker also dislikes panic for the feeling it brings with it. It brings terrible feelings to the speaker like in lines 1-3 in stanza 5. It must not feel good to feel like that. They also worry about how long it will last, not wanting to feel it all the time. When panic is gone it leaves behind residue such as "foul breath, droppings, molted midnight feathers.". For a while the speaker gets along with their life, and is frightened when panic strikes again.

Winter Thunder Response January 11, 2012

It shows that she's been taught some survivor skills about blizzards.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Her grandfather might have told her more information about blizzards and how to survive them. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ The author just had shown that she knew about surviving blizzards from her grandfather. Her grandfather had been in a blizzard himself, so he could actually tell her stories about it. Lucia had thought of this when she was thinking about how they were gonna survive the blizzard and make out with everybody alive.

Charater Traits. January 25, 2012.

Maggie's character trait that I wrote was ‍‍‍quiet ‍‍‍.First, she never complained about any injuries or any sickness.Also, she never let Olive get to her and she wasn't affected by her taunting.The, she only spoke when she was fed up by Olive saying, "He won't find you-", after Olive's repeated saying that her dad will come for her. ‍‍‍‍‍Even though she was physically the worst, she didn't complain and she only talked back to Olive when she was fed up. ‍‍‍‍‍

Dynamic Character Response January 31st, 2012

Manuel is the dynamic character of 'La Bamba', because he is nervous and terrified of going on stage because of past experiences. He didn't know what was going to happen on the stage and he was terrified of making a fool of himself again. Then, he's confident after the show because everyone loved him. They gave him a loud applause and they were laughing. He misunderstood the laughter and was on the verge of tears. He then found out they were encouraging him instead of making fun of him.

=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__!

=Student Example= I do not like our city council's decision for the fifty condominiums along Canyon Drive. The truth is, the plan isn't that great. Most residents, like me, have come to Canyon Drive for it's peace. Now, for a reason most of us don't understand, our elected officials have not taken any consideration for what we want. It just, bothers me about the decisions they make while it so greatly involves us. I think the community should sign a petition to stop this act! If it comes to the worst, we will have to rethink our decision in voting.
 * TONE**: The speaker’s/author’s attitude about the city council’s decision on development was //frustrated, angry, disgruntled, aggravated// ||

BCR Response February 28th

The author makes these characters seem plausible by making them do realistic actions. For example, when Hugh's mother yells for him to come in and he responds, "Not yet.", that's completely normal for a Parent-Child relationship. A lot of kids don't shoot up right away when asked to do something. When common sense takes over the 'Kid Sense' they have that tells them to defy anything their parents say, they realize their parents aren't playing around. For mom, it's normal not to take a child's hobbies seriously. For example, she calls him "Mr. Coastwatcher." as a way of mocking him for watching the sea for so long.

Exercise C March 16th, 2012

If I was Maibon, the farmer, I would have wished for good fortune for my crops because I was a farmer. If a farmer can't harvest their crops, they have no way to make any money or they have no food to eat. They'd be in a plight and only have threadbare clothes because of the lack in money. The last thing I would want is what Maibon really wishes for, to stay as young as I was at the moment I had gotten that stone. It'd be terrible and you couldn't do anything new because you'd have done it already. I'd rather be laden with work at an old age than take no heed at a young age. I'd be a burden to have that stone, as it was for Maibon. He couldn't get rid of it because his heart really still wanted it, because he didn't want to grow any older. He vainly tried to get rid of it before he came across Doli again. So, it seems much better to wish for good fortune in crops than to have a //**stone**// that keeps you the same age.

Short Response March 23rd, 2012

People want certain things and when they have them, they are happy. Some could want to be filled with riches, or just have food and a home. In Maibon's case, he just wants to be young again and once he gets it, he does not appreciate it after he realizes that nothing else is growing. He also shouted at Doli for his own mistakes. He thought that the only way he could be happy was to be young and not grow at all. In the end, Maibon realizes that he had happiness all along, he just wanted something that he didn't need.