Carol

Student Page Setup: Carol ** My Childhood And My Future ** ** BY: Carol Liang C1 **

I was mad at people teasing me,  But delighted when I was free. I was crazy when I was in a fight,  And sane when I read and write. I was bored of playing with my doll,  But excited when I was going to the mall. I was negative when I was really mad,  But was positive when I was glad.

I’m mad like a cow that always says, “MOO”,  But delighted when I have some work to do. I’m crazy like a bull that just saw red,  But I'm sane when I’m sleeping in bed. I bored when I need to follow the rules,  But excited when I’m able to go to school. I’m negative when someone bullies me,  But, I’m positive when people treat me respectfully

I’ll be mad at people when they discourage my dreams,  I will be delighted when people are cooperating in teams. I will be crazy when I get a very horrible bed head,  I will be sane like a tiger that has just been fed. I will be bored of drawing under my palm tree,  I will be excited like a monkey that has just been free. I will be negative if kids are being malicious,  I will be positive EVER SINGLE TIME! Quatrain Poem By: Carol Liang C1

A Quatrain poem is a four stanzas form of poetry. The second and the fourth line must rhyme. But, the first or the third may or may not rhyme.

The Four Seasons

Spring is the start of a brand new year, Where beautiful flowers begin to bloom. And the morning sky looks so clear, Just when summer came in with a loud kaboom!

Summer is the time when kids go out to play, And the sun hung so high in the blue bright sky. But, we always feel miserable on the very last day, Time does fly, I thought as summer waved good-bye.

Autumn is the time of the cold bitter wind, The sun faded away already for a lot of days. Children’s faces begin to drop to a frown. Children are depressed by writing essays and clichés.

Winter entered with an angry face, As the frosty, nippy snow fell onto the ground. Winter was delightful at the other seasons, It just likes to sneak at the end unsound.

Spring, summer autumn, winter, Are the four seasons of the year. Every season has the different feeling. We all like the four seasons; let’s all cheer!

Nonet Poem By: Carol Liang C1

A nonet poem is a poem that has nine lines. The first line is 9 syllables; second is 8; third is 7; fourth is 6, fifth is 5; sixth is 4; seventh is 3; eighth is 2; and the last one is 1.

The Stars in the Sky

The stars in the sky gleaming so bright, Wow, it’s such a beautiful sight. Then, I tilt my head upward, Hundreds of yellow dots, Brightness in the sky, Loving the night, Oh, love it, I do Too.

Haiku Poem

A haiku poem is a poem that has three lines. The first line and the last line have five syllables and the second one has seven syllables. Some examples are: __ The Moon __ The light of the moon, So brightly shined in the sky, Shining above me.

__ The Stars in the Night Sky __ It was a silent night, And the stars hung above me, Shining all around.

__ My Watch __ This watch is special, I got it for my birthday, Yes, special to me.

__ Drama __

Yes, I love drama, Tragedy and happiness, Act and be yourself.

Free Verse

A free verse poem is a poem that is freely written but there must be sentences and correct punctuation.

The Moonlight

The stars in the sky, They form a line, Wow, wow, crispy shine. So beautiful, so nice. I look toward the sky. So many shining dots. Yes, that’s lots. Love the night sky

Freak the Mighty Project

I've just read the book, "Freak the Mighty," and it is one of the best books I've read so far. I was really involved and understood the character traits and themes of each of the characters in the story. The two links below is a movie I made for Freak the Mighty.

Movie: http://videonew.saschina.org/watch_video.php?v=64ROH9W314GD

Presentation: http://videonew.saschina.org/watch_video.php?v=AUO2O9SU3Y9

=**Persuasive Essay Project **=

=== May 2, 2014, we started a new Language Arts project, and that was to write an persuasive essay. I chose to write a persuasive essay on shark finning. The essay you see below is my shark finning persuasive essay. After you read this essay, I hope you can agree with me!=== The Murderer of the Sharks

Simply, you might ask, what is shark finning? Well, it would seem shark finning isn’t much of a big deal, unless you actually got to know a little bit more about it. First of all, don’t think simply, shark finning is contemptible and obnoxious. It is the sadistic practice of lacerating off the sharks’ fins and throwing the body back into the ocean. The sharks either starve to death, drown, or gets eaten by other fish. In restaurants, in shops, or maybe even at your relatives house, you might have seen or tasted a flavorless, yellowish soup. Inside the soup, there lay the fins of a species of animals that is at its brink of extinction. So, would you want to eat a bowl of soup that was minced with endangered species? Yes, no is the right answer, so once again, shark finning is the most malicious slaughter to sharks and don’t ever try it.

Shark finning, the main culprit for the declining number of sharks, has been a highly popular meal in Asia. We all know that shark fins are luscious and tasty, but have you ever thought about the lives of these pitiful creatures? Have you ever-wondered why people go shark finning and maliciously slaughter them? It seems to be a senseless slaughter for minimal returns. First of all, it’s because of a tasteless and insipid soup that many people eat in Asia, and that is the shark fin soup. As shark fins have a substandard taste, eating shark fin soup is more of a status symbol and mark of tradition than a gastronomic delight. Shark fins are also widely accepted as an alternative medicine for cancer, with some people postulating that by eating shark fins, it can cure cancer because sharks don’t have cancer. Fishermen who go shark finning are only interested in the fins becaus e shark meat is of low value and it takes up too much space. It also contains urea, which turns to ammonia once the shark has died and this effect other fish in negative ways.

Shark finning is a substantial problem. Calculating the loss of sharks each year, there are about 100,000,000 sharks killed each year, and about 73,000,000 are just killed for their fins. Do you realize how big this number, 73,000,000, is? Compare this number to the twenty-five largest cities in the United States. In 2012, the populations of these twenty- five cities altogether were 36,165,270. That’s less than half of the sharks killed each year by finning. Out in the oceans, most of the populations of sharks are down by ninety percent; and since sharks take a long time to reproduce, it will take a long time to have their numbers back to respectable amounts. At the rate of shark finning continues, sharks will be gone entirely in about 10-20 years. Please be affable to the ocean and to the amazing creatures that live inside of it, or else, it could strike back and haunt us in the future.

Since the sharks are dying out so quickly, I strongly hope that there are some laws to prevent this from happening. Delightfully, there actually are some laws in some areas worldwide, but they're incredibly strenuous to impose. The United States, the European, Japan, Canada and support from other coastal nations established the first international ban of shark finning in 2004. Beyond the shores of the oceans, laws can lend a hand by restraining access to the fins that are sold. Difficulty in getting shark fin soup can decrease demand, which then decreases the price of the soup and makes it less appealing. But once again, the shark fin soup is such of a planted part of Asian culture that trying to decrease demand of the soup is as difficult as trying to monitor all the fishing boats on the ocean. But, I don’t think it’s impossible to stop shark finning. It’s just something that is very difficult to implement.

As I said before, trying to stop shark finning alone is very onerous and basically impossible to do. But, there are trillions of people in the world. We can all work together and that is a possibility to stop shark finning. Save the world and the oceans! Don’t eat shark fin soup, and just tell others to stop when you see them kill sharks. Don’t kill sharks yourself. Don’t stop believing.

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