YingTing

media type="custom" key="22031008" Hi, I'm back again with a chivalry project. Thanks to Jennifer, KinHang, and John for working really hard to accomplish this task. We had to do a lot in order to prepare for the presentation. Well, enough talking. This movie is about the Knights of the Round Table. One thing I had learned from this project was that all the members of the Round Table had to prove their worth in order to earn a place there! Hard! Hi and welcome to my page.

//**Free Verse: A free verse poem is a poem that does not have a certain pattern and you can write in any style you want. Most of all, a free verse poem is 'free'! :D**//

//**Haiku: A haiku poem is a poem with three lines. The first line usually has 5 syllables, the second one 7, the third 5. Haikus are usually about nature or something related to it.**//

//**Idyll: An idyll is a poem that is either short and about the countryside, or long and about ancient heroes.**//

//**Hope you enjoyed reading and learning about poems!**// //**:)**// Tis the Country that I see    Tis the meadow that I see,    Clear blue skies-    Just above thee.    Sparkling lakes, lush green fields,    All the nature the country yields.    Tis the animals that I see,    Horses neighing,    Donkeys braying.    Sparrows flying in shape of a V,    To my left, there are emerald green trees.    Tis the country that I see,    Where wonderful nature awaits thee.  Spring

Flowers are blooming,

Rain has watered all the fields.

This is rainy spring.

Summer

The sun is scorching.

Here, sunlight is pervasive.

The summer is here.

Autumn

Leaves are falling down.

It’s time for harvesting crops.

Now it is autumn.

Winter

Snow’s pelting people.

Hail hitting the innocent.

Winter’s here at last.

What I was, am, and will be

By yingting - August 27, 2012- b1

Yesterday…

I liked to go outside and play

But I hated to be cooped up inside.

I was afraid of monsters all the way

But I was never afraid of animals I couldn’t abide.

I took books from my sister

But I always gave them back

I believed in staying up and also trying to look for Santa

But I never believed in Easter bunnies; it’s not imagination that I lack.

Today…

I like to enjoy a good book

But I hate to set the table.

I am afraid of dark looks

But I am never afraid of joyful smiles.

I take pens from my pencil case

But that is what I give new stationery to.

I believe in family and friends from my life I won’t erase

But I don’t believe in staying depressed and not having any clue.

Tomorrow…

I will like to gain lots of cool info

But I will hate to erase my memory.

I will be afraid of getting fragile

But I will not be afraid of moving on; that’s just not me.

I will take belongings from others

But I will give credit to all the people who helped me achieve my best.

I will believe in not TORTuREd

But I will never believe in not trying before I finally go to rest. Poetry

Hi, people! Above are some of the poems I wrote. :) The first one is a free verse poem, the second one haiku, the third a idyll.
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Freak the Mighty Project This time, each person in the entire class had to create a project for our book, Freak the Mighty. But not for me. I did a reading project based on BOTH Hatchet and Freak the Mighty. Enjoy! :)

My theme comparison between Freak the Mighty and Hatchet

Both Freak the Mighty and Hatchet are awesome books. In both of the novels, you can compare a couple of the themes from Freak the Mighty to Hatchet. In Freak the Mighty, you learn to appreciate your friends, you learn that a true friend will stick with you through thick and thin, and that you should appreciate your life. Now, let’s take a look at the theme comparison.

Aren’t Max and Freak such good friends? Yep, that’s what friends are for. Yet, on the other hand, there is no purpose of having friends if you don’t appreciate them. You see, in Freak the Mighty, Freak and Max had made the most out of their friendship. If they hadn’t done so, they wouldn’t be actual best friends. Freak had demonstrated this theme by appreciating Max’s friendship. If he hadn’t, he wouldn’t have any friends. Max had done the same. I’ve noticed that Max and Freak are both unnatural people in the school. That makes it even HARDER to make friends for them. As a 13-year-old genius that is only two feet tall, Freak is a bit of a freak. And Max. Who could blame him for looking like his father? And what about being so tall? That makes their friendship even more important.

Now let’s take a look at Brian! Well, I can’t exactly say that Brian actually has friends on the island. But he was thinking about his friend back at home all the time. You can tell that he would DEFINITELY appreciate them if they were on the island with him.

Has a true friend ever abandoned you at the sign of danger? I hope not. If they did, that wasn’t a true friend. A true friend will treat you fairly and stick with you. That’s what Max and Freak do. In the book, an obvious example is Max not abandoning Freak in the millpond incident. Freak hadn’t abandoned Max, either. You see, they were true friends, as well as best friends.

Now, I don’t know how Brian’s city friend was like, so I don’t know if the two had demonstrated true friendship. But I DO know that Brian’s friend was a good friend to him in the city.

In Freak the Mighty, did you see Max and Freak spending endless ours doing nothing, like they were completely bored with life? No. Literally, if they hadn’t appreciated their lives, they had no purpose to live. Freak had obviously appreciated life. If he didn’t, he would just be a typical person. But instead, he made the most out of his life and learned as much as he could. Max, well, he didn’t show it as much, but he certainly showed that life WAS important and that he did think about Loretta’s words. For instance, on page 160, Max says, “So I wrote the unvanquished truth stuff down and kept on going, for months and months, until it was spring again, and the world was really and truly green all over.” So here’s a lesson everyone ought to learn: Appreciate your life.

Now, back to Brian, out thirteen-year-old Robinson Crusoe! He had appreciated his life, too. He might not have shown it, but he DID demonstrate it. If he didn’t appreciate life, he would’ve just sat down, felt sorry for himself and cried after landing on the island. But he didn’t. Instead, he worked hard into shaping his life back together, though it took many days of labor. He worked hard, and none of this would’ve happened if he didn’t appreciate just being alive.

So that’s all I have to say about the theme comparison between Freak the Mighty and Hatchet. I have to admit, these themes were all from Freak the Mighty, and none were from Hatchet, but I’m glad that I could find connections in between both books. I have thoroughly enjoyed both books, and I hope there are more like them.

And here are some pictures to accompany the paragraphs… (scans are black and white)