Poetry Packet

Collins is about a child who made a piece of lanyard for his mother. His mother has done everything for his, bathed him, care for him throughout the poem the main character compares his mom to him. For example, he talks about how his mother has done so much for him throughout his life, that he needs to pay her back. And he makes a lanyard. It’s as if every stanza is a puzzle piece and at the end it all comes together.

The first stanza is about how the main character is older and he remember his story of how he gave a piece of lanyard to his mother who cared for him. The second stanza is about making his lanyard at camp and when he saw his mother he gave it to her. I think this is very relatable because as a daughter, I realize how much my mother does for me, I give little things to her that I make. The rest of the stanzas are about the relationship between him and his mother. The main ideas of these stanzas were that even the smallest thing you could give to your mother can mean the world to her.

In the poem, there are many words that create a good word choices the author, Billy Collins used to set the joyful tone. For example, the word “ricocheting” which means bouncing off wall to wall, makes a huge impact in the sentence, “The other as I was ricocheting slowly off the pale blue walls…” the word makes it have a tone to the sentence.

I Feel Spring By Maya MacDougall

I hear the birds chirping tunes,

The rain dropping wet water on the concrete,

The kids laughing,

The sun shining

            I see the children coming out of school with joyful faces,

            I see the dogs playing with a tennis ball in the park

I feel the rain drops on my face instead of snow freezing my face

I feel the flowers and dirt touch my toes softly

I feel the laughter as I close my eyes

Happiness is in the air

            Spring has come.

 Haiku’s

“In the sea

, purple, gold, and pink reflect

 on the shiny sand”

“Waves come up to the purple shore bubbles,

left on the sand, the clouds are colors like a rainbow

water on their gentle  toes”

“Splashing all around,

salt water on the ground

their faces smiling at one another”

 “Dream or reality?

Tropics, trees, and sunsets

Enjoying the view of the crane flying in the distance”

Pure By Maya MacDougall

Waves

Pure blue waves

Pouring out of the calm

Deep blue ocean

Boats full of people

Scared, more like terrified in the

Deep blue ocean

The talls waves more like hands

Towering over the people

Like a huge skyscraper in the

Deep blue ocean

Water spilling,

Water sprouting,

Water as big as a building,

In the deep blue ocean

Sonnet:

Ocean Sonnet

By Maya MacDougall

The wind is blowing in the summer air

I jump off the dock, splashing all around,

I went to the house, surrounded by flowers

You skip, frolicking, surrounded by sound 

Ocean washes something up on the sand

Today, the sea formed haystacks of seaweed

Yesterday formed sea -shells and crunchy sand,

Gentle hum of the soft ocean breeze

In joyful moments lazing by a steam,

 foaming seas and to the land of the dream.

Remember me, but only with a smile,

A sign of the ocean and it’s breeze

The magenta flowers are blossoming

The blue-red coral and it’s mystery.

Eleanor and Park's Relationship

            There are many different types of teenage love. Most teens think of love as "amazing", or "fun."But sometimes its overwhelming. The book, "Eleanor and Park", by Rainbow Rowell, isn't so much a "love story", but more like a "confusing love story..."This book is about two misfits who find each other, and are brave enough to come together. Although they enjoy each other's company, Eleanor and Park have a very complex relationship because they are not experienced in the matter, and find it a bit hard to create a relationship.

             At first, Eleanor and Park hated each other. Every time they saw each other, they glared and was not so sure who they were, "Park spent all day trying ti think of how to get away from the new girl. He'd have to switch seats, that was the only answer." This quote shows that at the beginning of the "relationship," park was trying to avoid Eleanor because she came across as "weird and crazy." But during the book, Park teaches himself to love those traits about her, "Who knew that he missed her fatness.  Her weirdness. The fact that she couldn't talk to him like a regular person. Whatever perversion caused him to like her, was the problem." This shows that even if she was weird and crazy, he realized that's what makes her different than the other girls.At this part, Park seems confused about what his feelings are towards her.

      

              Eleanor and Park's relationship is complex because they don't know what kind of relationship they have with each other. Eleanor seems to think she isn't good enough to be Park's girlfriend, and doesn't open up to him, "There were tears on her cheeks, 'it doesn't matter, I shouldn't be here, I'm going to embarrass you. I am going home.' 'No.' He pulled her closer. 'Calm down, okay?" This shows that Park is trying to become closer, but Eleanor keeps on drifting away and doesn't know how to deal with relationships, because lack of self esteem. Park makes her feel beautiful and special, but Eleanor doesn't notice that. Also to add on, "Okay.' She looked down at the turn table at her own reflection in the tinted acrylic lid. She looked like a fat- faced ghost. She closed her eyes, 'Why do you even like me?'' This quote shows that Eleanor is too insecure and feels like she is not as perfect as Park expects her to be. Eleanor always thinks she isn't good enough. But not only for park, but not good enough for herself.

              Relationships consist of many things, care, loyalty, love, effort, etc.  But, every relationship in high school isn't as easy as it looks. Eleanor and Park's relationship consists of all those things, except for effort. Both of these characters secretly love each other, but they do not know it yet. This happens in the real world, where teenagers get hurt because of love. High School isn't just for education, it is for learning to socialize with others, as well as get to know yourself better. This text makes teenagers wonder how you can not only respect others, but respect yourself. 

Draft: Authors note

Global warming has been a problem for years the 1970s was one of the hottest years on the number of record high-temperature events in the US has been increasing
Global warming is the increase of Earth's average surface temperature due to carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels, by humans burning more fossil fuels from coal oil and gas to run our cars.
What I am trying to convey in this book is, that global warming can affect the earth.  And that it is dangerous if we keep continuing to destroy the world. Research has deepened my thinking on global warming because it made me realize that we, humans, can stop global warming by saving energy,  stop using factories, etc.

I care and choose this topic because, if we all join together and tell the world what global warming does to the environment, we can prevent killing polar bears prevent oil spills etc.
When I was on the bus for school trip to upstate New York, we passed by a factory town. I saw a huge cloud, but then I realized it was pollution from the huge factories. At that moment I realized that we need to do something about this,  as well as tell people about how we could stop global warming. What I want my readers to get out of reading my book is to help and treat the environment better. For example, turn off a light that you don't need, stop littering, or not use your car as much. My suggestions for readers it is to save as much energy as you can, and think about how you can make the world a better, healthy place. Also, I suggest helping almost- extinct animals survive, and helping them by not wasting energy.
Global warming has been a social issue in this world because polarbears are going extinct due to global warming. If the world continues to burn fossil fuels, and used cars, than these species, as well as other species, will go extinct.  This year I want to tell people about how you can prevent destroying the world. Also, I will stop using lights I don't need because they take up a lot of energy, and use public transportation more often than I usually do. We as a community can take on global warning by standing up to factories, and try to help make the world a better place.

Stick Figure: Lori's relationships with her parents.

      What are the relationships between Lori and her parents, and how do her parents affect her? 

        Lori and her father have a very tense and scary relationship. The reason why is because whenever Lori misbehaves, or makes a mistake, her father criticizes her, or yells. This is not the key to making your child mature. It is teaching them right from wrong with respect. In the book, I've noticed several incidents where Lori wants attention and makes a fuss, and her dad comes along and screams at her, like screaming is the only solution.  Lori's father thinks that she is weak internally, and small internally, so it's easy for him to stomp on her.

         For example on page 50, "Dad keeps on saying,  'End of discussion, and that's final!'  His voice gets really deep like Walter Cronkite. So usually I would slam my door really hard just so my parents could hear something!"

This shows that their relationship is tense because since her father yells at her a lot,  she feels like she does everything wrong, and she has to do something bad to get his attention.

On page 53 when Laurie misbehaves, her dad hits her and she feels vulnerable. " I guess I really did blend in like a chameleon, since no one seemed to know I was there. Which is good because at least they stop punishing me." This shows that the way her father affects Lori is by when he spanks her. By spanking Lori, it takes away her dignity as well as humiliating her. He tells Lori how immature she is. When he does this, Lori  feels alone and wants to fit in, but her fathers pushing her away by making her feel guilty about herself.

On page 77, "That's when I knew I had the most logical argument ever! I told dad that the more he pays attention to what I eat, the less I eat. And I told him that if he did just ignore what I eat, everything would be fine!" This shows that Lori doesn't want the kind of attention her dad is giving her by yelling at her. She wants the normal attention, like when she feels loved, and when people encourage her to eat healthfully.

On page 31, "How we care too much about math how much she wishes I wasn't So unique. More specifically he never says, "You're wrong about Lori. She's very interesting and funny and smart and pretty so leave her alone. Therefore, I'm always worried about what mom might say, and what my dad might not. In sum, this is all I know but my dad." This shows that Lori doesn't feel respected or loved by her father. Whenever her mom yells at Lori, Her dad never defends or sticks up for her. Their relationship is very tense because she feels unloved as well as disrespected.

What are the relationships between Lori and her parents, and how do her parents affect her? 

Laurie and her father have a very tense and scary relationship. The reason why is because whenever Laurie misbehaves, or makes a mistake, her father criticizes her, or yells. This is not the key to making your child mature. It is teaching them right from wrong with respect. In the book, I've noticed several incidents where Lori wants attention and makes a fuss, and her dad comes along and screams at her, like screaming is the only solution.  Lori's father thinks that she is weak internally, and small internally, so it's easy for him to stomp on her.

For example on page 50, "dad keeps on saying 'end of discussion! and that's final!'  His voice gets really deep like Walter Cronkite. So usually I would slam my door really hard just so my parents could hear something!"

This shows that their relationship is tense because since her father yells at her a lot,  she feels like she does everything wrong, and she has to do something bad to get his attention.

On page 53 when Lori misbehaves, her dad hits her and she feels vulnerable. " I guess I really did blend in like a chameleon, since no one seemed to know I was there. Which is good because at least they stop punishing me." This shows that the way her father affects Lori is by when he spanks her. By spanking Lori, it takes away her dignity as well as humiliating her. He tells Lori how immature she is. When he does this, Lori  feels alone and wants to fit in, but her fathers pushing her away by making her feel guilty about herself.

On page 77, "That's when I knew I had the most logical argument ever! I told dad that the more he pays attention to what I eat, the less I eat. And I told him that if he did just ignore what I eat, everything would be fine!" This shows that Lori doesn't want the kind of attention her dad is giving her by yelling at her. She wants the normal attention, like when she feels loved, and when people encourage her to eat healthfully.

On page 31, "How we care too much about math how much she wishes I wasn't So unique. More specifically he never says, "You're wrong about Lori. She's very interesting and funny and smart and pretty so leave her alone. Therefore, I'm always worried about what mom might say, and what my dad might not. In sum, this is all I know but my dad."

This shows that Lori doesn't feel respected or loved by her father. Whenever her mom yells at Lori, Her dad never defends or sticks up for her. Their relationship is very tense because she feels unloved as well as disrespected.

Mom and Lori have a strange relationship. In the book Lori and her argue a lot because of disagreements. The mother is the greatest mom because she teaches Lori bad lessons. Lori is impacted by this because she thinks the lessons are " important" and that she has to be what her mother wants her to be. This is one of the reasons why she became anorexic, she doesn't feel confident enough with herself because she is expected to be perfect but she is not.

On page 20,

" I figured mom and dad would be proud of me for showing Alan the new rule that they've been trying to teach me, but dad's face turned red and mom gasped."  This shows that her parents are teaching her not to standup for yourself, or saying something back is not the right thing to do. One of the reasons why she turn anorexic because Lori doesn't feel herself anymore and feels like she needs to be different in order to be loved by her mother. She feels trapped and like she doesn't have any control.

 On page 61, " Since all Kate had on her plate was a piece of chicken and a spoonful of rice. But then mom laughed again even though I wasn't trying to be funny. I wish everyone would stop laughing at me for once!" This shows that Lori thinks that she doesn't get taken seriously. Whenever she says something important her mother laughs her like whatever Lori says is not important. Her mother and hers relationship is tense at times because Lori wants to be taken seriously by her mom.

      On page 59, "Mom didn't notice the snag because she was busy looking at the chubby lady sitting at the next table. The lady was ordering pancakes with sausage with extra syrup. David said he didn't think she needed extra syrup." this shows that the mom is teaching the kids to make fun of people who aren't perfect, or don't have a perfect body. Lori looks up to her mother and is learning from this. Their relationship is confusing because Laurie criticizes her mother's opinions on certain things. But on the other hand, Lori sometimes agrees with her mothers opinions.

      On page 62, Lori and her family are having dinner. Lori is noticing how her mother doesn't eat a lot. "So I guess here's another rule, if your woman you're supposed to try to look like a girl with a "girlish figure", but if your girl, you're supposed to act like a woman by not being "spirited". Except I eat and talk like guys do. No wonder why people think I'm such a weirdo!" This shows that her mother is teaching her that girls shouldn't eat a lot and sending out the message that if a girl eats as much as a guy, she'll get fat. That is a bad message to send your kids, because no child should be thinking about how they look like. Parents should be teaching their kids that no matter how you look like, you're beautiful. this shows that the mom treats Lori like she isn't beautiful.

       On page 25, "After school I told mom about how both boys wanted me on their team. She got excited too. 'The boys are fighting over you already!' she said like I was talking about a school dance. I don't think she heard about the part about the homerun." This shows that the mom is overlooking her daughters achievement, and instead is projecting her own ideas that being attractive to boys is more important. Lori is learning from this at such a young age, and the fact that her mom is teaching her about being attractive, is unnecessary.