Music Appreciation: Storytelling Richard Marx is telling a story about how he is with a person named Mary and how he is having a great time with he, but nobody really knows who she is. Also he left her by the river they were at and he had to go back and find her. … Continue reading Music Appreciation: Storytelling, Hazard, By: Richard Marks
This is the My Life as a Highway music video, made in 1991, is about a man named Tom Cochrane, and he is relating a highway to his everyday life. Metaphor (20 seconds in) “Life’s like a road that you travel on When there’s one day here and the next day gone” Explanation: … Continue reading Life is a Highway Metaphors
Nicholas DiStefano Mr. Jockers 3/29/16 ILA Per. 6 Dear reader, Recently, I finished reading Divergent, an 487-page realistic fiction book by a loving American writer, who came up with her series in college, and ever since she can’t stop writing really good books. Divergent published in 2011 and people can’t stop reading it, … Continue reading Letter Essay #7 Divergent Nicholas DiStefano
Born to Thrive The pain in my left quad ached almost every day after one of the things I regret doing most in my life, and there is not a lot of things that I regret doing, but this was a huge one. It all started a couple of weeks ago when it was a … Continue reading Born to Thrive
Recently, I finished reading Football Genius, a 244 page book by an author named Tim Green. He has loved sports ever since he was a kid. He started writing about 10 years ago, after he finished his NFL football career. Football Genius was published in 2007 and has sold millions of copies throughout the world. … Continue reading Nicholas’s Letter Essay #3: Football Genius
I’m from long lazy hot summer days, in great high green grass. When I go to the park at my grandmas house and get ice cream with my sister and trying to the eat the ice cream as fast as we can so it does not drip and get on our clothes. I’m from taking … Continue reading Nicholas, Where are you From
I have just finished reading “My Life as a Cartoonist,” by Janet Tashjian. This book is a medium sized (258) page book. The genre of this book is realistic fiction. It is about a 12 year old boy named Derek who was having a good time at school with no problems at all, but suddenly … Continue reading Nick’s Letter-Essay #9: “My Life as a Cartoonist”
My goals were to read 200+ page books this trimester, and another goal was to read 11+ books this trimester, I read lot’s of 200+ page books , and I read exactly 11 books. This trimester I read 11 books. I read lot’s of challenging books, but the most challenging book I read was “BOMB,” … Continue reading Trimester Two Reading Reflection