Joseph+C


 * 16 February 2011 **
 * Task 3**

//I, Too// By Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.

Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. Nobody’ll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then.

Besides, They’ll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-

I, too, am America.

1. Define Imagery.

Words that create a picture in the mind.

1a. List the words of Imagery.
 * Darker
 * Kitchen
 * Company
 * Eat
 * Strong
 * Table
 * Tomorrow
 * Beautiful
 * Ashamed

1b. Explain how these words create your image/ experience of the poem.

These words are able to create imagery for the reader. These words make me imagine the actual setting and the area of what everything looks like. It gives me a nice mental image to imagine about while reading so I can visualize what is going on. These words are able to describe and make someone visualize the words as it's being read.

2. Define Metaphor.

A metaphor is a comparison between two or more things that doesn't use "like" or "as".

2a. List the most important metaphor.

The most important metaphor in this poem is "I am the darker brother". It is the most important metaphor because right at the beginning it shows you what kind of character the narrator is.

2b. Explain how the metaphor best display's the poem's overall meaning of equality.

This metaphor best displays equality because it explains how the darker brother at the end gets treated like the other company by being able to eat at the table. It shows that even though he is is the darker brother, he still got treated equally.

3. Define Symbol.

A symbol is a word, phrase, image, etc that is able to display information, feeling, emotion, or something that represents something.

3a. List the major symbol of the poem.

"Beautiful" was the major symbol in the poem because it shows that the narrator will show the company how beautiful he was and how they will be ashamed that they didn't let him eat at the kitchen table.

3b. Fill in the blanks below: Langston Hughes uses the symbol of "beauty" to display "shame". The author show this by stating how the darker brother was not able to eat at the table. But he grew strong and is not beautiful and once now he will be able to eat at the table since the company will be ashamed of what they did.(2-3 sentences).

4 February 2011
 * Out of Class Essay Self Reflection**
 * Task 2**

Today you will review your scores and remarks of your in class and out of class AIMS essays. In this reflection include the following: 1. Your strengths as a writer in persuasive, narrative, and expository essays. 2. Your weakness's as a writer in persuasive, narrative, and expository essays. 3. What goal are you setting for yourself as a writer in order to EXCEED AIMS?

Any disrespectful comments, or EGO comments, will not be tolerated; you will receive a ZERO.

From what my essays shown, it looks pretty good. My grades on the essays are mixed fours and threes. I think my strengths on writing these essays would probably be my ideas, sentence fluency, and my conventions. When I write out my ideas, they are usually clear and easy to identify, I support it with details, and I explain the topic out. For sentence fluency, I do a good job at mixing sentences from compound to simple. I usually am good with conventions. I don't have a lot of grammar mistakes and as usual they do require editing. Things that I really need to work on are organization, sentence fluency, and word choice. For organization, my intros and conclusions aren't that strong. I usually have a hard time trying to figure out how to end an essay. I also need to focus on working with my transitions, I usually never start out a paragraph with a transition so I really need to utilize how to implement them in my essay. For sentence fluency I really need to mix up my sentence structure. I usually stick with compound sentences so I really need to focus on trying t make complex and compound complex sentences. One very major thing I need to work in is word choice. I usually try to put big words in my essay but I really need to focus on trying to utilize a thesaurus. If I actually use one, I can get a better score in word choice instead of using my basic words. My goal for AIMS would probably be trying to utilize a thesaurus and trying to work on better conclusions and transitions. I believe if I'm able to do this, I would see higher scores on my writing essays and I can possibly see myself exceeding AIMS.

3 February 2011
 * Task 1**

You will create 3 sentences on your page that have:

At least one that is a simple sentence in which you must include the type of clause, NP, VP, and 1 singular noun with the possessive apostrophe. At least one that is a compound sentence in which must include the type of clause, NP, VP, PP and 1 singular noun and 2 plural nouns with the possessive apostrophe. At least one that is a compound complex sentence include the type of clause, NP, VP, PP and 2 singular noun and 3 plural nouns with the possessive apostrophe,.

1. Joseph's car was stolen.
 * Joseph's - Noun with possessive apostrophe
 * Car - Noun Phrase
 * Stolen - Verb Phrase
 * Independent Clause

2. Since Calvin's brother went to the game show, The Price is Right, Joseph decided to go in Doc Brown's car to go through time.
 * Doc Brown's, Calvin's - Noun with possessive apostrophe
 * Calvin, Joseph, game, show, Doc Brown, car, time - Noun Phrase
 * Go, went - Verb Phrase
 * Through - Prepositional Phrase
 * Two Independent Clauses
 * Show - Singular Noun

3. Joseph's trip to Black Mesa's research facility was bad due to the fact aliens were attacking and because Joseph's wallet was stolen when he went through time in Doc Brown's time machine, which created a time paradox and left Joseph unsatisfied.
 * Joseph, Black Mesa, facility, Doc Brown - Noun Phrase
 * Attacking, stolen, went - Verb Phrase
 * Through - Prepositional Phrase
 * Joseph's, Black Mesa's, Doc Brown's - Nouns with possessive apostrophe
 * One Independent and two Dependent Clauses
 * Facility, Wallet - Singular Nouns