Unit One Reflection

Over the past unit we have introduced many new materials into our english class. Some of these being our Weebly website journals, group work, and all together a new system of assignments and classes so that now instead of going week by week we go by units as we just finished our first unit: Unit One.

Even though this Unit only lasted a couple of weeks we got a lot of work done and accomplished a lot during it including figuring out where we want the rest of our term and eventually year to go.

Over the unit we spent much of our time working on our portfolios which is a rather new thing to us. Each of us students has a website set up through Weebly which will serve as a portfolio for any writings poems or any literature we want to put up as well as other media: podcasts, pictures, and whatever we are passionate about. This is my favorite thing we have done all year mostly because you can express yourself with such extent using it but also because our websites have potential. We all have the option to keep working with this website throughout our life and to fill our websites with amazing things. Although I question how many students will do so, I know that a few will and as we grow as people and writers our websites will grow too.

We also did a lot of work with the book The Odyssey whether it be reading, Listening or even writing a group reflection. We have done many reflections on different books of The Odyssey and this very much helps me and other students become better writers. Our work with The Odyssey has also helped us get better at analyzing literature as it is a very complicated story.

All together our work this term has both helped us become better writers and has helped us figure out what our goals are for the rest of the year.

MLK

 My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,

From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

Today we get together to celebrate a man. But he was no ordinary man. He was a man who made a huge impact on the world we live in today. He was a man who had a vision, a dream. A man who pushed and sacrificed his life to make his dream come true. But his dream was not for the benifits of himself. His dream was for the benefits of his nation. He was not just a man but an inspiration who will never be forgotten. 

Spring

Spring time is here

The holidays have past and so has the New Year

Now all the snow has melted and the sky is clear

Weather predictions that make you want to shout and cheer 

Summer time seems so near

With Skies of bright golden yellow

Winter has past and now it feels so mellow 

The sweet church bells start to bellow 

And so bright weather will finally begin 

The birds will come out and sing

The sweet melodies of spring

My New Site

Please go and checkout my new site it has much of my writings and poems.

My Website

Seasonal Haikus

Winter
trees so very bare

bright white snow everywhere
Winter has begun

Spring

Spring breeze Summer heat

now, Winter chills on my feet

let alone ice sheets

Summer
the sunlight hits my 
face blazing in the sky on 
this hot, summer day

Fall

the leaves of Autumn

lovely gold and brown colors

painting the landscape.

The Musical

Last Years Musical Damned Yankees

Every year the Fenn and Nashoba school combine together and perform a musical play. Most years the musicals have been very exciting and entertaining plays. This year I was lucky enough to get The Musical as one of my arts. Our first audition was Monday and we have another today. On Monday they announced that we will be performing a play called Work. It takes place in the city of New York and from as much as I've heard I assume it is a play about people's jobs, and as it is a musical there must be much singing and dancing. I am very excited for it and hope all of you will come out and watch us perform in the late winter/ early spring.

Drama

"I never saw another butterfly that was the last the very last"

Terezin Children

Today was the final day and the final performance of our play I Never Saw Another Butterfly. Anthony Duane and David Nerrow took lead roles in the play playing Raya who was one of the survivors of the Ghetto Terezin. Other boys from our class had different non lead roles in the play such as Reid Monahan and myself. Ben Kelly was also a lead role playing the teacher who taught jewish children in concentration camps. The play was about the kids of Terezin who were not allowed to be taught but went to secret school. It may seem like a cheerful story but it wasn't in fact tens of thousands of kids went through Terezin only 100 survived. It was a very meaningful play and I feel it was well portrayed. Thanks to Ms. Toner who put it all together, the rest of the cast and everyone who came out to watch.