High school is different from middle school in many ways. In high school, there are many more tests to prepare for. There are not-so-important-tests. There are also tests-that-will-decide-your-future tests. These very important tests are the Reigions and the SAT's. These test help colleges know if they want to accept you or not. In middle school, you don't have to take as many serious tests. The most amount of important tests that you may take in a year in middle school may be 4. There are many more Regions than state tests. High school seems harder than middle school.
High school is very difficult. High schoolers have to move from class to class. They only have about five minutes to do so. Sometimes, they need to go from floor to floor.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Setting for Roll of Thunder
The story takes place in Mississippi in the 1930's "In 1930..."(pg 7) "Attempting to keep the rusty Mississippi dust..."(pg 3) . Cassie and her brothers (Christopher-John, Little Man, and Stacey) face segregation in school. They also just get old trash (like messed up books) from white people. "12 September 1933 Very poor nigra..." (pg 25).
I think that I would act the same as Cassie and her brothers. They don"t deserve to be segregated just because the color of their skin is different. I might have done something like they did with the bus. "The bus emitted a tremendous crack and careened drunkenly into our trap..." (pg 54)
Mississippi entered the Great Depression later than the rest of the nation. The 52,000 jobs in Mississippi had fell in 1929 to 28,000 in 1933. Bank deposits dropped from $101 million to $49 million in three years.
I think that Mildred Taylor made the setting of Mississippi in the 1930's like it really was. When Mississippi was in the Great Depression, life was very hard. Many people lost their jobs and people lost a lot of money. It was hard to pay bills and get through the day. Mildred Taylor shoes how hard the life was in Mississippi in the 1930's.
I think that I would act the same as Cassie and her brothers. They don"t deserve to be segregated just because the color of their skin is different. I might have done something like they did with the bus. "The bus emitted a tremendous crack and careened drunkenly into our trap..." (pg 54)
Mississippi entered the Great Depression later than the rest of the nation. The 52,000 jobs in Mississippi had fell in 1929 to 28,000 in 1933. Bank deposits dropped from $101 million to $49 million in three years.
I think that Mildred Taylor made the setting of Mississippi in the 1930's like it really was. When Mississippi was in the Great Depression, life was very hard. Many people lost their jobs and people lost a lot of money. It was hard to pay bills and get through the day. Mildred Taylor shoes how hard the life was in Mississippi in the 1930's.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Figuritive Language in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Metaphors: I gazed at the pond, glassy, gray and calm.(pg 94) A cold wind rose, biting through my jacket. (pg 95) ...only an inhuman guttural wheezing (pg 97)
Similies:
Similies:
Mama
Mama cares for all of her children. She values education. Mama is a teacher.
Mama wishes for her husband to be home longer than he usually is.
""Sunday?!" mama exclaimed, "Today's already Saturday!"" (pg 26)
Mama worries about her children. She keeps some things from them like why Cassie was treated the way she was.
"... No baby, because she's white..."
Mama wishes for her husband to be home longer than he usually is.
""Sunday?!" mama exclaimed, "Today's already Saturday!"" (pg 26)
Mama worries about her children. She keeps some things from them like why Cassie was treated the way she was.
"... No baby, because she's white..."
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