TU Tuesday

http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Outdoors-Paddle-and-Hike-2181623.php

"Their eerie calls echo off the hills, and the yellows, golds and oranges of the changing leaves reflect off the water, so each time you dip your paddle, you set in motion a swirl of color"- Imagery: the use of words to create a certian picture in the readers mind.

"Enjoy the serenity and quiet of the motor-free canoe area"-Mood: the feeling a text arouses in the reader; happiness,peacefulness, calmness, ect.

"The fall is a great time to canoe"- Setting: gives the time or place in which the action of a literary work occurs.

In the article "Outdoors: Paddle and Hike", a women tells about her experience when her and her son Nate went to the Adirondacks "to paddle Long Pond and climb Long Pond Mountain". The women uses a lot of figurative landguage (mostly imagery) in order to help the reader visualize her trip or to convince others to take the trip as well. She really enjoyed her trip, as well as her son who "wasn't always the most enthusiastic traveling companion on [her] jaunts up mountains" Since her and her son's visit, she has gone back and done some more hiking and rowing to Pink pond. She said, "I had not heard about the short detour to Pink Pond. I have since been back and paddled up the boggy outlet to this pretty little water body. It's only a quarter-mile from Long Pond and worth a look."

TU Tuesday - Editorial

http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/EDITORIAL-State-must-limit-waivers-on-22-1-2292908.php

After reading this article about a Texas state law, I was automatically intrigued. This law "limits class sizes for grades K-4 to 22 students". I think that younger students may need to have smaller class sizes because at that age, students are learning very important basic skills and need a smaller teacher to student ratio. I think it it important that this law be enforced but the article states it is not. This law is  "affecting... 6,988 [classrooms] this year".  Texas will try to "do more to solve this challenge internally when the next school year begins in August".

Thankful Four

Opinion Prompt #13

I do not think number grades should be replaced with letter grades. In elementary school and middle school, letter grades are acceptable but I think high school students should be given number grades. I believe that there is a huge difference in a one hundred and a ninety. If a student is given an A, their grade could be anywhere within that range. When colleges look at a students grade and see all A's and one B. The B could be a 89 but the college would never know! Two different students could be given an A. One could have worked really hard to earn a 100 and the other one could have earned a 90 but for all the colleges know, they earned the same grade. I think the letter grading system is unfair. Even if the school uses plus and minus signs, there is a slight range that the students grade number could fall under. I like the grades that are given in numbers and I think all high schools should use number grades.

I Want To Write About # 92

Over the summer of 2011. My grandma and I flew to Minnesota, Minneapolis to visit my grandmas sister and her family. I had not met half of them and the half that I had met, I hadn't seen since my uncle's wedding when I was 5. All of the grandchildren were either my age or younger and we got along so well considering we had never met. We went to the Mall of America together and spent the week hanging out. The trip home was what I was frightened about. I have traveled to Minnesota with my grandma, but she was staying there for another month and I had to go home for school. I would have to take the airplane home all by myself. I was scared, but I am very good at navigating airports and I'm not afraid to ask people for directions. One I found my way to the gate, I read a book. Then on the airplane. I sat with a friendly man who was also flying alone and we talked. He was an author and he was telling me about his books! Once we landed home after a long trip, I was happy to be home safe and sound. Flying alone wasn't that bad and I am very excited to eventually fly to Texas to visit other family by myself.

Magnetic Poetry: "Celebrating Life"

P = Paris

I have never been outside of the United States in my whole lifetime and I think it would be really exciting to travel to Paris, France.


If I were to take a trip to Paris i would want to see...
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2775890-paris_things_to_do-i
1. Eiffel Tower. If i went to Paris, the first sight i would want to see is the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower is a "symbol of Paris" and it would be a once in a lifetime chance to see such a beautiful building.


2. Avenue des Champs- Elysees. It is "one of the most beautiful mile-long stretch of road". The road has a lot of shops and restaurants and is a great place for tourists.


3.Disneyland Resort Paris. Disneyland in Paris "offers and astonishing array of activities to keep visitors busy throughout their stay". I love Disneyland and Disney world in the USA so I would enjoy visiting  Disneyland Paris.


4. House of Chocolate. The house of chocolate is very famous in Paris and their chocolate is made of "only the finest cocoa beans". Tasting their candies and pastries would be a once in a lifetime chance.


5. Chanel, Paris. Chanel is " One of the most famous... couture brands in the world. My mom has the Chanel perfume and I would love to see the place where it all started in 1909.


6. Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton is a brand that sells baggage. I am a fan of their work and I love the purses they sell. It would be a once in a lifetime chance to visit the actually store instead of the website.


7. Notre Dame Cathedral. The Notre Dame Cathedral was the "first great Gothic cathedral [which was] completed by 1212" In my gloabl class, we are learning about Cathedrals in Europe and this was one that my teacher had mentioned. I think that it would be an amazing sight to see.

Do as I Say, and Not as I Do

My father always used to say this to me when I was little. When i was younger, I never understood what it meant but now that I think about it, I get it. I remember one incidence when my dad and I were standing on the deck which was 3 stairs high. My dad jumped off of it without touching any of the stairs. He looked back and saw me jumping down the stairs one by one and then climbing back up. He told me not to play on the stairs because I could get hurt. I didn't think that it was fair that he could jump down them but I was not aloud to. I told him it wasn't fair and he told me, "Do as I say, and not as I do".
I am glad that my father had yelled at me and told me not to jump down those stairs because looking back, I could have gotten seriously hurt. He had much longer legs and I was only a little girl. At the time, i thought the saying "Do as I say, and not as I do", was unfair but now it makes sense to me.

DULCIS BREVIS Poetry Prompt

MONKEYS

Gorillas,
Apes,
Baboons.

Vine,
To,
Vine.

Eating
Ripe
Bananas.

Large,
Plump,
Cute.