This week I wrote an analysis on the poem All But Blind. In the “All But Blind”, by Walter de la Mare, De la Mare describes three animals and they are considered “blind” to humans. The first animal that De la Mare talks about is a four-clawed mole. Even though it is “blind” it can sustain itself by eating worms. Although to us it might seem blind, the mole is perfectly capable of taking care of itself. The second animal he talked about was a bat. To us humans, we think that bats have really bad eye sight, but in the evening sky a bat twirls softly by. The third animal he talks about is a barn owl. The barn owl is the same with the mole and the bat. It is blind like the bat and the mole. The owl tries to fly in the burning day. De la Mare is saying in the last four lines that just as we think that the mole, bat, and barn owl are blind, others think that we are blind because we don’t see as they do. This poem is an example of imagery of the sense sight. I was able to imagine the mole trying to find worms, the bat gracefully flying, and the barn owl trying to fly in the burning day. Overall, De la Mare was trying to tell us that we sometimes are perceived as blind. Walter de la Mare was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for subtle psychological horror stories, amongst them "Seaton's Aunt" and "Out of the Deep". His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.
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In ELA class we finished Heart of a Samurai. As a class we read the epilogue Manjiro became a teacher. Then Commodore Matthew Perry and his American ships entered Edo Bay in July 1853 and asked for access to Japan's ports. Manjiro was asked to go to Edo and turned into a samurai for his knowledge and expertise about America. Manjiro eventually advised the ruling government to end its isolationist policies and open itself up to America, after all, it wasn't like they had any weapons that would scare America off. On March 31, 1854, Japan and the U.S. sign a treaty of peace and friendship, thereby ending Japan's isolationism. Even though Manjiro was so influential with the shogun, for the rest of his life, people were suspicious of him; he even hired a bodyguard due to the threats against his life. Even so, he achieved many things: He wrote and translated some major books; he taught math, English, and sea navigation. He began the whaling industry in Japan and served as an interpreter for the first embassy to the U.S. He also managed to visit the Whitfields again, when he was forty-three years old. He was married three times and had three kids. He wore a hybrid of Western and Japanese fashion, and he always had a breakfast of toast and coffee. The friendship between the Whitfields and Manjiro lives on in a broader context through the Japan-America Grassroots Summit. Fairhaven and Tosashimizu (a city near Manjiro's hometown) are also sister cities. Manjiro died at age seventy-one. This Wednesday, is Ash Wednesday. It is the first day of Lent. Ash Wednesday is named after the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of faithful as a reminder of human mortality, and as a sign of mourning and repentance to God. Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, is the first day of Lent . It occurs 46 days (40 fasting days, if the 6 Sundays, which are not days of fast, are excluded) before Easter and can fall as early as 4 February or as late as 10 March. Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer. Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday, and is chiefly observed by Catholics, although many other Christians observe it too. Ash Wednesday comes from the ancient Jewish tradition of penance and fasting. The practice includes the wearing of ashes on the head. The ashes symbolize the dust from which God made us. As the priest applies the ashes to a person's forehead, he speaks the words: "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." Lent is a period of 40 days before Easter during which many Christians do not eat certain foods or do certain pleasurable activities as a way of remembering the suffering of Jesus Christ. Lent is the Christian season of preparation before Easter. In Western Christianity, Ash Wednesday marks the first day, or the start of the season of Lent, which begins 40 days prior to Easter (Sundays are not included in the count).Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. The purpose is to set aside time for reflection on Jesus Christ - his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial and resurrection. Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, is the first day of Lent . It occurs 46 days (40 fasting days, if the 6 Sundays, which are not days of fast, are excluded) before Easter and can fall as early as 4 February or as late as 10 March. Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer. Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday, and is chiefly observed by Catholics, although many other Christians observe it too. Ash Wednesday comes from the ancient Jewish tradition of penance and fasting. The practice includes the wearing of ashes on the head. The ashes symbolize the dust from which God made us. As the priest applies the ashes to a person's forehead, he speaks the words: "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." This week was Catholic Schools Week! You can always remember when catholic schools week is coming up because it is the week after Open House which is on the thirty-first of January. On Monday we celebrated all those in service. In ELA we wrote letters to policemen, firemen, FBI agents, etc. I wrote a letter to Chief Battalion Steve Rueda. He was at the NJHS Ceremony. He told us to always stay above the line, not below the line. Also that day the 8th graders served breakfast for the parishioner. On Tuesday it was Student Day! We were allowed to come in any Sport’s Team uniform. We also had lunch with our glow buddy's on the field. It was like a picnic. After we ate lunch, we saw the staff and the 8th graders verse in a volleyball game. At the end, 8th grade won. YAY! On Wednesday, it was in Our Nation Day. The whole school got to wear blue, red, and white. I wore my red softball socks. On Thursday, it was Grandparents/ Visitors Day. Last year my grandma didn't come, but this year my mom came. It was fun because my piers got to meet and know my mom better. I also got to know the grandparents from my piers. For example, I didn't know that Skye's grandma would play on the freeway when it was being built by her brothers. WOW! Also I didn't know that Ryan's grandma was bullied when she was a kid :(. On Friday, it is Teacher Aprecciation Day. It is a day to thank the teacher for all they have done for us. This year we are giving Ms. Stronks a poetry book filled with poems that we all made her. 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Julia Godinez
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June 2016
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