Poetry EvaluatIon
The Poem Ballad of BIrmIngham Is wrItten by Dudley Randall. ThIs poem Is about a kId that gets lost or kIlled In the streets of bIrmIngham after the mom and daughter go over about how dangerous It Is out the In the streets of bIrmIngham.The message or theme of thIs poem would be sometImes what thInk Is rIght Is not always the best.The tone of Dudley Randall poem Is worrIed and frIghten, He supports hIs tone by usIng, dIctIon, Imagery, and fIguratIve language to emphasIze hIs tone.
Dudley Randall uses dIctIon to emphasIze hIs worrIed and frIghten poem by usIng dIctIon for when she heard the explosIon, the mother eyes grew wet and wIld In lIne (27-28).The reason she used dIctIon Is to make It more clear of how her face looked when the mother heard the explosIon the wet and wIld mIght have stand for Is the mother maybe been cryIng but also lookIng crazy at the same tIme.
Dudley Randall uses Imagery to emphasIze hIs worrIed and frIghten tone from hIs poem In lIne (18-19) when the mother pIctured the daughter combIng and brushIng her nIght-dark haIr, and bathed her rose petal sweet. Dudley Randall uses that as an Imagery because It was lIke the last look the mother had of the daughter befor the daughter went Into the streets of bIrmIngham.
Dudley Randall uses fIguratIve language to emphasIze hIs worrIed and frIghten tone by usIng hyperbole In lInes (6-8) when the daughter ask to march In the streets of bIrmIngham , but the mother says no because of the dogs are fIerce and wIld, and how clubs and horses,guns and jaIls aren't good for a chIld. Dudley randall uses the hyperbole In the lInes (6-8) If so meanIng that It would of been a rough tIme out there for the daughter, so the mother use hyperbole to make the horses seen lIke fIerce dogs that are wIld.
Dudley Randall tone Is worrIed and frIghten In hIs poem, he supports hIs tone by usIng the sImIlarItIes In hIs poem to emphasIze hIs poem.My fInal, colsIng thoghts that evalates the author work, and the Importsnce of the work on our socIety today In the hIstory of wrItIng Is that Dudley Randell dId a wonderful job of wrItIng thIs poem and I know the more poems he wIll wrIte wIll be In todays hIstory of wrItIng IntIll he retIres.
Asiah northern
Flash fiction
Mr. Southerton
The Vampire Love Story
Walking across the lake side. “ Its coming” a girl screamed.
I was scared to death. I felt all the fear gaining up inside my chest. All the people was running away from the lake, but I still didn't know what was they running from.
* * * * * *
As I walked toward the commotion I can feel the fear crawling all over my body. The one thing I didn't want to do is show fear especially of what it was going to be, but there was no way I would make it to the commotion without screaming out loud.
I was walking down into something. I believe it was something scary, dark, and evil. I tried to run past that darkness, but my life stopped, it all stopped. He jumped on me and pick me up by my hair. “Help!” I screamed but it seem as if nobody could hear me. Another one came and another and another.
I closed my eyes as life was about to end for. All I could think about was waking up and eating my chicken. I still was thinking, I have been thinking for too long. I was thinking
“How could this be?” I thought to myself.
I opened my eyes and it was a man he was saving me from this darkness. He was so tall, slim, with fangs, and his eyes was a light orange mixed with brown color.
He just killed them like he was the Hulk. When they were all dead I walked over to him and asked him “Who is he?”
He just pushed me over to the side and looked at me with a face that indescribable. He didn't even answer my question, he just ran off very fast. All I could do was think that he was not human. He was something different similar to a vampire.
“Is he a vampire?” My thoughts bugged me all the way home.
The next day I just couldn't stop thinking about him. I just wanted to meet him again but I knew that wasn't going to happen. As I lay back on my bed I remembered I dropped my bag.
“Its back in the aisle way! I have to find it all my important stuff is in there!” I shouted.
I turned my head and looked out the window. “This couldn't be, it just can't be, no its not, yes its him, yes yes yes hes standing outside my window!” I thought to myself.
He knocked on the window and held my bag up to the window. I just set there, I still couldn't believe it was him
“Can you open the window? I don't have all day!” He said.
I said “OOH! I'm sorry. I will open the window.”
He handed me my bag and as he was about to leave I stopped him and said “Please stay I have questions?” He said “UM OK!”
“How did you know where I live? Who are you?” I asked.
He said “I am something you couldn't even amazing, I traced your steps, and you're welcome.”
“OH yes how rude of me. THANK YOU SO MUCH!” I said.
He just smiled and nodded his head. I stared in his eyes and saw a glow.
“My name is Tina” I said. “I am Aron and I come from a world of vampires, but I left and trained to control my hunger!” He said.
I looked and gave him a hug. He held on so tight and he kissed me. I didn't know what was going on. I kissed him back.
As life went on. The next morning I looked in the mirror and saw something on my neck. It looked liked bit marks. I wanted to cry, I was feeling so hungry, I didn't know what was going on. I walked into the living room and he was sitting there just waiting for me.
“What is going on? I can't think straight. Why am I remembering my past? Why” I shouted at him.
He said “You asked for this last night! I knew it was the wrong thing to do!’
I started to cry and he grabbed my arm and hugged me. He said he will teach me to controlled l it. I still couldn't believe it was real.
I put on some clothes so we could leave. He was leading the way to the woods. He told me to
“Find a animal and feed off of it. Smell their blood and that will be the taste that you will went not human blood!”
I run so fast that I couldn't stop. I found a deer. For some reason I love the taste of the blood I just couldn't stop. He came over and stopped me.
He said “I think your ready!”
To Be Continued
Flash fiction
Mr. Southerton
The Vampire Love Story
Walking across the lake side. “ Its coming” a girl screamed.
I was scared to death. I felt all the fear gaining up inside my chest. All the people was running away from the lake, but I still didn't know what was they running from.
* * * * * *
As I walked toward the commotion I can feel the fear crawling all over my body. The one thing I didn't want to do is show fear especially of what it was going to be, but there was no way I would make it to the commotion without screaming out loud.
I was walking down into something. I believe it was something scary, dark, and evil. I tried to run past that darkness, but my life stopped, it all stopped. He jumped on me and pick me up by my hair. “Help!” I screamed but it seem as if nobody could hear me. Another one came and another and another.
I closed my eyes as life was about to end for. All I could think about was waking up and eating my chicken. I still was thinking, I have been thinking for too long. I was thinking
“How could this be?” I thought to myself.
I opened my eyes and it was a man he was saving me from this darkness. He was so tall, slim, with fangs, and his eyes was a light orange mixed with brown color.
He just killed them like he was the Hulk. When they were all dead I walked over to him and asked him “Who is he?”
He just pushed me over to the side and looked at me with a face that indescribable. He didn't even answer my question, he just ran off very fast. All I could do was think that he was not human. He was something different similar to a vampire.
“Is he a vampire?” My thoughts bugged me all the way home.
The next day I just couldn't stop thinking about him. I just wanted to meet him again but I knew that wasn't going to happen. As I lay back on my bed I remembered I dropped my bag.
“Its back in the aisle way! I have to find it all my important stuff is in there!” I shouted.
I turned my head and looked out the window. “This couldn't be, it just can't be, no its not, yes its him, yes yes yes hes standing outside my window!” I thought to myself.
He knocked on the window and held my bag up to the window. I just set there, I still couldn't believe it was him
“Can you open the window? I don't have all day!” He said.
I said “OOH! I'm sorry. I will open the window.”
He handed me my bag and as he was about to leave I stopped him and said “Please stay I have questions?” He said “UM OK!”
“How did you know where I live? Who are you?” I asked.
He said “I am something you couldn't even amazing, I traced your steps, and you're welcome.”
“OH yes how rude of me. THANK YOU SO MUCH!” I said.
He just smiled and nodded his head. I stared in his eyes and saw a glow.
“My name is Tina” I said. “I am Aron and I come from a world of vampires, but I left and trained to control my hunger!” He said.
I looked and gave him a hug. He held on so tight and he kissed me. I didn't know what was going on. I kissed him back.
As life went on. The next morning I looked in the mirror and saw something on my neck. It looked liked bit marks. I wanted to cry, I was feeling so hungry, I didn't know what was going on. I walked into the living room and he was sitting there just waiting for me.
“What is going on? I can't think straight. Why am I remembering my past? Why” I shouted at him.
He said “You asked for this last night! I knew it was the wrong thing to do!’
I started to cry and he grabbed my arm and hugged me. He said he will teach me to controlled l it. I still couldn't believe it was real.
I put on some clothes so we could leave. He was leading the way to the woods. He told me to
“Find a animal and feed off of it. Smell their blood and that will be the taste that you will went not human blood!”
I run so fast that I couldn't stop. I found a deer. For some reason I love the taste of the blood I just couldn't stop. He came over and stopped me.
He said “I think your ready!”
To Be Continued
THE LIFE OF ASIAH NORTHERN
My name is Asiah Northern. I was born West Philadelphia on January 6,1999 on a Wednesday at 3:00. That's the time when my mom Knew she was making a mistake at the age of 19 having a child. I was raised in the blank hood of killing and violence, South Philadelphia, until I was at the age, of 9 going on a surprising 10. In my hood is a bless to be 18 because at that age that's when parents put their kids in danger of drugs. My mom didn't get along with a lot of people, but when she met my step dad they were perfect for each other.
He and my mom got a new house together, and that's when I met the sisters I knew that they would always be there for me. Now I live in the great shooting of North Philly at the age of 11, where I’ve seen my uncle get shot at. My mom was in happy relationship and I'm fighting my way out of school. I went to the baddest school I can think of Strawberry mansion. It was so bad they let in an alegell teacher in and they didn't even know it. My mom always taught me and my little brother and step sisters to always to watch out for each other.
We all kids are all between the ages, of 9 and 15, older sister 15 going 16, third oldest my younger sister 12 going on 13, younger brother 10 going on 11 and little sister 8 going 9. My younger brother and little sister are both of my parents my mom and my step dad; kids. We all get along very well like a wolf pack going for pray. We work together a lot. My mom always thought if we say we want another baby brother or sister she will take us to the pet store and get a pet and suggest that’s family.
I think that's why I had so many pets throughout my life : about six dogs, seven cats, four fish, two birds, and one rabbit. But the pets have now I think are the coolest in the whole world, a cat and a bird. As I grow up I always thought I wanted to be a veterinarian, but really I wanted to be a medical examiner. Just because it was my mothers dream and I want to fulfill her dreams.
Well things about me that I like to do around the house is watch my siblings sometimes because I do it so much that basically they do what I tell them. I like to watch my favorite shows such as Wolf blood, Shake it Up, Vampire Diaries, Family Matter, Fosters, Pretty Little Liars and Teen Wolf. Also I like to eat a lot, like really a lot, when it come to food. Sometimes when I'm so hungry I eat like a pig or a dinosaur. Sometimes I take my time and do a little exercise around the house with my little sister and friends.
When I'm not in the house or on a vacation, I like to go swimming, zip lining, canoeing, creaking, fishing, hiking, bike riding, arcading and eating. Basically I do those things at camp, and outside of camp with my family. One thing I like the most is dancing and eating as you read but likely being with my family to a lot. I also like my favorite color, green, it’s like a big green apple with money rap around it. To me that’s how I see the color green.
Lets talk about food. I really like to eat, like one thing you will see me doing is eating . My favorite foods are fried chicken, oxtail, barbecued ribs and grilled bangladeshi. My favorite restaurants are Applebee's, T.g.i Fridays, Mcdonalds, Wendy's and outback. My mom is a cooker; she cooks everything and every night. One thing I like about my mom’s food is she makes it how I want.
I hate chores, sometimes I just want to shout out to the world, Why do we have chores? Like chores to me are the worst, so I will really hide from my mom or dad so I won't have to do chores. My mom has this chore list on the wall in the living room so we will know what chore we have. And then when you don't do your chore, she gives you a lesson. You really don't want that lesson from her.
One thing that I hate the most is when people show off, if you know what I mean. When people show for one another, it makes me just want to show them that they’re being annoying. Sometimes when people are showing off for someone’s attention, it seems like they are desperate or lonesome to me.
Another thing I hate is when bothers me that girls show off for the boys just to be like they are a goodie goodie or so. It especially bothers me when they act all pretty and perfect in front of the teachers. Also when they think they are better than somebody else or tougher than another. I also hate the color red for some reason. Its a really bad color for me. It’s like when it’s on me or around me I get nervous for some reason. And that's a couple of things you can know about me and my family around my life.
My name is Asiah Northern. I was born West Philadelphia on January 6,1999 on a Wednesday at 3:00. That's the time when my mom Knew she was making a mistake at the age of 19 having a child. I was raised in the blank hood of killing and violence, South Philadelphia, until I was at the age, of 9 going on a surprising 10. In my hood is a bless to be 18 because at that age that's when parents put their kids in danger of drugs. My mom didn't get along with a lot of people, but when she met my step dad they were perfect for each other.
He and my mom got a new house together, and that's when I met the sisters I knew that they would always be there for me. Now I live in the great shooting of North Philly at the age of 11, where I’ve seen my uncle get shot at. My mom was in happy relationship and I'm fighting my way out of school. I went to the baddest school I can think of Strawberry mansion. It was so bad they let in an alegell teacher in and they didn't even know it. My mom always taught me and my little brother and step sisters to always to watch out for each other.
We all kids are all between the ages, of 9 and 15, older sister 15 going 16, third oldest my younger sister 12 going on 13, younger brother 10 going on 11 and little sister 8 going 9. My younger brother and little sister are both of my parents my mom and my step dad; kids. We all get along very well like a wolf pack going for pray. We work together a lot. My mom always thought if we say we want another baby brother or sister she will take us to the pet store and get a pet and suggest that’s family.
I think that's why I had so many pets throughout my life : about six dogs, seven cats, four fish, two birds, and one rabbit. But the pets have now I think are the coolest in the whole world, a cat and a bird. As I grow up I always thought I wanted to be a veterinarian, but really I wanted to be a medical examiner. Just because it was my mothers dream and I want to fulfill her dreams.
Well things about me that I like to do around the house is watch my siblings sometimes because I do it so much that basically they do what I tell them. I like to watch my favorite shows such as Wolf blood, Shake it Up, Vampire Diaries, Family Matter, Fosters, Pretty Little Liars and Teen Wolf. Also I like to eat a lot, like really a lot, when it come to food. Sometimes when I'm so hungry I eat like a pig or a dinosaur. Sometimes I take my time and do a little exercise around the house with my little sister and friends.
When I'm not in the house or on a vacation, I like to go swimming, zip lining, canoeing, creaking, fishing, hiking, bike riding, arcading and eating. Basically I do those things at camp, and outside of camp with my family. One thing I like the most is dancing and eating as you read but likely being with my family to a lot. I also like my favorite color, green, it’s like a big green apple with money rap around it. To me that’s how I see the color green.
Lets talk about food. I really like to eat, like one thing you will see me doing is eating . My favorite foods are fried chicken, oxtail, barbecued ribs and grilled bangladeshi. My favorite restaurants are Applebee's, T.g.i Fridays, Mcdonalds, Wendy's and outback. My mom is a cooker; she cooks everything and every night. One thing I like about my mom’s food is she makes it how I want.
I hate chores, sometimes I just want to shout out to the world, Why do we have chores? Like chores to me are the worst, so I will really hide from my mom or dad so I won't have to do chores. My mom has this chore list on the wall in the living room so we will know what chore we have. And then when you don't do your chore, she gives you a lesson. You really don't want that lesson from her.
One thing that I hate the most is when people show off, if you know what I mean. When people show for one another, it makes me just want to show them that they’re being annoying. Sometimes when people are showing off for someone’s attention, it seems like they are desperate or lonesome to me.
Another thing I hate is when bothers me that girls show off for the boys just to be like they are a goodie goodie or so. It especially bothers me when they act all pretty and perfect in front of the teachers. Also when they think they are better than somebody else or tougher than another. I also hate the color red for some reason. Its a really bad color for me. It’s like when it’s on me or around me I get nervous for some reason. And that's a couple of things you can know about me and my family around my life.
Persuasive Essay
when is the last time you wrote your notes in an electronic? there is more and lot of ways you can copy down notes. and that's in a computer, i think we/us should switch in text books with an electronic or laptops. text books should be traded in for electronics in schools because when you’re taking notes and writing in your notebook sometimes the pages can get ripped out or messed up, when you're on the electronic you can save your work for another time. sometimes around you can update on news things everyday.
I believe it is a good for the kids that's in elementry school because they can learn how to use a computer at a young age and don't have to worry about losing anything because its saved in a computer. I also think this is a good reason because not most kids know how to type that's in elementary and high school, sometimes even college and thats why I think we should start now.
A pair of Alabama lawmakers are asking for $100 million to replace school textbooks with digital devices.
Advocates of the idea have said allowing children to use tablets or laptops would give them more flexibility in terms of research opportunities. With computers, students can expand on what they've learned rather than working from prepared texts. Aside from that, the devices may help districts cut down on the need to replace aging textbooks.
I think that school's should replace textbooks with tablets. It would be a lot easier, and lighter to take the tablets from class, to class, and home. They would also allow students that don't have access to a computer, to go online for certain assignments. Everything that they need would be on the tablet, and the students might be more interested learning in the classroom, because they would get to use cool technology. Lastly, the school can save money and stop buying textbooks, that are getting old, and ruined. Then, later on, there might be more activities available in the school.
Books have been around since anyone could remember; there are books for pleasure, learning, and anything else one could ask for.Technology has started to take over, books have been put in the dump with no glance back. Although many people prefer tablets over books some people still prefer books. People enjoy the flipping of pages and the weight of a heavy hard backed book in their hand and would never want to replace it with a dumb tablet. Most people like technology and having a screen in their face all day long. Tablets have many advantages; however, one could look things up while following along with the class without making commotion. By having tablets, one would have a brain that knows everything in their hands. Books are better, but tablets certainly have many more opportunities open for learning.
I do not think that textbooks should stay, they should be gone just like chalkboards. The school districts decided that chalkboards were not as good as dry erase boards and dry erase are not as good as smart boards. It is the same for textbooks, they are not as good as tablets and laptops. i can find stuff a lot faster on a laptop then a textbook it would only take a few seconds with windows 8.1.I believe that tablets are better than text books. they give you more options, materials, and advantages. Many schools have switched to technology devices and it hasn't been a bad thing as the article states. Schools should start switching textbook to tablets. Textbooks get old and broken over time. technology always holds new things. Yes they are delicate but you can have a contract with students to pay for any damages that are made to the tablet. It'll keep kids entertained and feel better about school.
when is the last time you wrote your notes in an electronic? there is more and lot of ways you can copy down notes. and that's in a computer, i think we/us should switch in text books with an electronic or laptops. text books should be traded in for electronics in schools because when you’re taking notes and writing in your notebook sometimes the pages can get ripped out or messed up, when you're on the electronic you can save your work for another time. sometimes around you can update on news things everyday.
I believe it is a good for the kids that's in elementry school because they can learn how to use a computer at a young age and don't have to worry about losing anything because its saved in a computer. I also think this is a good reason because not most kids know how to type that's in elementary and high school, sometimes even college and thats why I think we should start now.
A pair of Alabama lawmakers are asking for $100 million to replace school textbooks with digital devices.
Advocates of the idea have said allowing children to use tablets or laptops would give them more flexibility in terms of research opportunities. With computers, students can expand on what they've learned rather than working from prepared texts. Aside from that, the devices may help districts cut down on the need to replace aging textbooks.
I think that school's should replace textbooks with tablets. It would be a lot easier, and lighter to take the tablets from class, to class, and home. They would also allow students that don't have access to a computer, to go online for certain assignments. Everything that they need would be on the tablet, and the students might be more interested learning in the classroom, because they would get to use cool technology. Lastly, the school can save money and stop buying textbooks, that are getting old, and ruined. Then, later on, there might be more activities available in the school.
Books have been around since anyone could remember; there are books for pleasure, learning, and anything else one could ask for.Technology has started to take over, books have been put in the dump with no glance back. Although many people prefer tablets over books some people still prefer books. People enjoy the flipping of pages and the weight of a heavy hard backed book in their hand and would never want to replace it with a dumb tablet. Most people like technology and having a screen in their face all day long. Tablets have many advantages; however, one could look things up while following along with the class without making commotion. By having tablets, one would have a brain that knows everything in their hands. Books are better, but tablets certainly have many more opportunities open for learning.
I do not think that textbooks should stay, they should be gone just like chalkboards. The school districts decided that chalkboards were not as good as dry erase boards and dry erase are not as good as smart boards. It is the same for textbooks, they are not as good as tablets and laptops. i can find stuff a lot faster on a laptop then a textbook it would only take a few seconds with windows 8.1.I believe that tablets are better than text books. they give you more options, materials, and advantages. Many schools have switched to technology devices and it hasn't been a bad thing as the article states. Schools should start switching textbook to tablets. Textbooks get old and broken over time. technology always holds new things. Yes they are delicate but you can have a contract with students to pay for any damages that are made to the tablet. It'll keep kids entertained and feel better about school.