8/30/10 mood and tone

 

     "Describe Mood and Tone in literature and film and give an example." 

  

Mood is the feeling of a specific scene, such as when the mood is happy, good things are going on, such as children playing, or people smiling. In the book series, 'Guardians of Ga'hoole' a happy mood is when the owls are all in the dining hollow, talking and laughing, eating together happily, and in the movie 'The lion King', a happy mood is in the beginning, when the baboon is showing all the animals the new lion cub.

 Tone is the author's attitude. The tone of a book or movie could be sad, but their could be a happy mood at the time. A tragic tone, in literature, would be any of the Edgar Allen Poe books, and a sad tone in a movie could be the Titanic.

 

8/26/10 Dream job

   

       "If I could have any job in the world, I would ___ Because"

 I would be either an animal control officer or a computer technician. I love to work with animals,and I dispise how some people treat animals sometimes. Some people beat the animals, starve them and otherwise mistreat them. I want to help those animals get justice, and I want to put the people who hurt them in jail.

I want to work with computers because I do well with them. I like to be on the computer all day anyway, so fixing them and programming them seems like an ideal job for me. I want to be a geek at best buy. It seems fun to me.

8/26/10 5 W's

    " What are the 5 W questions? Why use them when reading?"

  The five W's are Who, What, When, Where, And Why. Another of the words, an outsider, is How. I guess his W is silent? Maybe he's really Whow. Who knows? The reason for using them is to further  understand what you're reading. It also challenges you to to think further into a subject. For example, if you're reading a book on dogs, the question for "what" would be "What is the book about?" The answer would be "dogs."

   It's not only books and reading that uses the W words and how. Movies can use them as well.

• "What is the cause of this?"
• "Who is affected by this?"
• "Why did this person do this?"
• "When was this done?"
• "Why did this person cause that to happen?"
• "How did this person cause that?"

8/25/10 A million reasons

  

       "If I won 2.5 million dollars, I would..."

         I have a huge list of things I would do and get. First and foremost, I would pay either for my boyfriend to visit me, or to visit my boyfriend. He lives all the way in New York during school, and in Florida during the summer. Neither of us have jobs, and neither of our families are willing or able to pay for our trips. I would then pay for all my family's bills and buy a new car for my mom and a motorcycle for me. Then, I would buy a new PS2, a Wii, a new laptop, a PSP, a PS3, and a DSiXL. I would also pay to get my pets all the medication they need to get rid of the fleas once and for all. I would pay for Vyncent to move in here in Missouri, and I would live in an apartment with him. There are many things I would do with 2.5 million dollars, so these are only a few.

Signing out,

Lyrina

8/24/10 Why work?

           "What is the importance of working in your life?"

      Working, for me, is an important part of life because without a job, where would you get money to live on? Sure you can get welfare and such from the state, foodstamps, WIC, and such like that, but I'd rather have the satisfaction of knowing that I did a good job and worked hard to earn my own money.

      Getting and working at a job can also give you benefits, such as dental, health care and such like that. Most little jobs, like McDonald's, don't really have much in the form of such benefits, but if you work for a big company, such as Ameren UE, you can get them.Jobs pay you money on which to live on, as stated before, so you can buy food, a car, insurance for said car and other assets you have, a home, utilities, and luxuries. They give you oppertunities to provide for your family, and if you have no family, you can meet new friends there.

 Work is something I look foreward to very much, especially if I get to work with computers.

   Signing out,

     Lyrina

2010-2011 school year

Blog #1

8-23-2010

 Quote: "The harder you work, the luckier you get"

                                                          -anonymous

 This year is my junior year. I plan to work hard so that I can be successful at meeting my goals. My goals are:

 1. To learn as much as I can about computers so I can work in that field.

 2. To get a job so I can save up for my future.

 3. To do well in school so I know what I need to know for life.

 4. To get my driver's licence.

 5. To become healthier so I miss less days.

 6. To stay focused in class.

       

 Signing out,

      -Lyrina