What is an American

Out of all the short stories that we have read so far the one that I liked the best was Children of the Sea. I liked how the story was told through letters and a man and woman was writing. Even though they never actually sent the letters to each other it still seemed like they did. Also you could understand what was happening even though it was not like a traditional story. Both of them had to deal with struggles in their own right. Both of them had many troubles and had to survive when it was hard. All the other stories, Young Gifted and Black, I Hear America Singing & There was a Child Went Forth, and This Sacred Soil were all not as good as Children of the Sea. I felt like it wasn't as interesting and I didn't really understand them. All I got out of them was that there are much diversity in America and that they all broaden the definition on what is considered an American. Also even though they themselves think they are Americans a lot of people don't think that because they were not originally from America. Also a lot of people don't think that the minority should be considered Americans.

Music Review

Cannon in D major by Johann Pachelbel is a very popular piece. It is also known as Pachelbel's Cannon. It is Johann Pachelbel a German Baroque composer's most famous piece of music. It is my favorite song that has no singing in it and is only orchestra music. I played it before and after that I liked it a lot. The Cannon was forgotten after it was composed then when it was rediscovered in the 20th century and it became really famous. A lot of people use it for weddings and included in classical music compilations. it was originally made for three violins but now whole string orchestras play the song.

Jay and Nick

Is Jay's and Nick's relation ship real or is Jay just using Nick. They first met when Jay invited Nick to a party of his and then Nick and Jay started talking about the war that they were both in together. But Nick did not know that he was talking to Jay but Jay knew he was talking to Nick. Jay later says that he just found out that Nick was Daisy's cousin and that he want Nick to help him and Daisy get back together. Jay also says he learned this from Jordan but did he really learned that or did he already know that Nick was Daisy's cousin. Then Jay tries to convince Nick to help him by being really nice to him and it seems like Jay really treats Nick as a close friend. Jay takes Nick out to all these place and even asks him if he is interested in some business thing but Nick refuses. But does Jay really feel that Nick is his friend or is he just using Nick to get close to Daisy and once he  and Daisy are back together would he just not think of Nick as a friend anymore and forget about Nick.

Winter Poem

Going down the hill.
Use sleds to race each other.
Wind blows on my face.

Thankful For a Classmate

The classmate I am thankful for is nobody because I am thankful for anyone in our class. I am thankful for every single person in my class because they all make our class fun and exciting. Every single one of them contributes to the class and make it into what it is. It is also because of everybody that I like this class and can pay attention, learn, and have fun at the same time. I am also especially thankful for Jaleel, Miles, and Sam because they help me a lot in class. When I can't see something clearly Miles tells me what it is and Jaleel lets me use his glasses to see. Also when we have the group work they all help to make the answers the best they can be and help me when I do not understand how to answer it or when I do not understand the question they explain it to me. I would also like to thank Mr. McCarthy because he is a great teacher to have and he makes the class interesting. He also makes jokes and keep the class lively and fun while also teaching us. He is a the best teacher to have for this class.

I am a Plow

I am a plow and so is everybody else. A plow is something that was used by farmers to help them loose up the soil to let them plant things. I say was because it had been really useful to farmers until the tractor came along and that help the farmers sow the field in less time and can sow more so the plow was considered useless because it wasn't as useful. We are like this too because we are helping people and the world in our own ways. We all help other people and make all the lives of all the people we helped easier. We are also helping the world because we are changing the future and making it better for the future generations to come. A plow also paves the way for the seeds to be planted and grown. We are all like this because we are creating our future by what we do. We are all changing our future by going to school when we do this we are learning things that we will use in the future in this way we are paving our way into our future and creating paths so we can reach our goals no matter what it is.

A Direction the Class Needs

The first quarter has ended and there has been negative and positive this about this class. The positive things about this class is that it was really fun. I liked how Mr. McCarthy is a really fun teacher. I liked the days when we had a vocabulary review and we spent the whole day review the vocabulary we learned. I also really like the silent reading days when we just read our book for the whole period. I also like the blogs and where we could write what we felt about the topic that week. Some negatives are that sometimes the blogs were a little hard to write and sometimes I forgot about them because I wasn't reminded that there was a blog that week. I think a good idea would to put the homework on Edline and maybe tell us what to write on the blogs. We should not be made to take notes on everything. Like our books, when reading I didn't really like it when I had to take notes because that got me distracted and I couldn't really get into the story. Also like the House of the Seven Gables, it was already hard enough trying to understand what they were talking about and actually get into the story without having to take notes about what I was reading.