Christina+Song's+Journal

warm-up: In the novel, Juan's life and his expectations of success change. In your journal, write a paragraph in which you define success in your own life. Explain why you define success as you do.
 * Thursday, June 3rd CW:**


 * I define success in my own life if I have an ambition. I think having an ambition during a life time is important because it would help you what you want to do in the future. It might be a risk, however you have to go through the hard part so you can achieve you dream.

Classwork Tuesday, Feb 23rd:** 1. Grammar Warm-up

__ Kathryn __ baked Yena a **delicious** // cake //.

Summarize your lunar break. Use 2 idioms: - once in a blue moon -** a very rare event
 * Classwork Feburary 19th, 2010
 * - on top of the world** - to feel very good.

This Lunar break was fantastic. Even when I had to go to academy on Friday, I was looking forward for my break. Tons of sleep and tons of MONEY When I went to my grandmother's house, my eyes were shining. I saw two movies because the movies were playing during the lunar break. Later on, my mom told me that I was going to play with my sister's friend and going to go skiing. This was once in a blue moon. When I was skiing, I felt like I was on top of the world. It was a wonderful lunar break.

**Classwork January 28th, 2010 You find a letter in your locker from a secret admirer. What does it say? use 2 idioms mince words - to soften the effect of one's words miss the boat - ignorant, to miss out

Dear Christina, Don't miss the boat. you are being so ignorant to me. I always mince my words when i am in front of you. **

1. Write a letter to yourself. Use 2 idioms - wild-goose chase : a hopeless quest - with flying colors : pass easily, get a high grade.**
 * Classwork January 26th, 2010

Dear Christina, One day left until FINALS! The attack of the FINALS have begun. Even if I study for thousands of hours, it is a wild goose chase. I hope yours won't be a wild goose chase. I wish you pass the finals with flying colors.

C**lasswork January 21st, 2010 1. define and use in sentence + post - rain check - something that you say when you cannot accept someone's invitation to do something but you would like to do it another time - Q.T- to keep it quiet of secret**

Stop the rain check we can do that tomorrow.

our sibling is having a time of Q.T after we ran around like a crazy monkey.

1. Define, and use in a sentence - Flash in the pan - something or someone that gets someone attention - Fly off the handle- to lose one's temper**
 * Classwork January 15th, 2010

1. Define, use in a sentence + post -rome was not built in a day-all great work takes time to finish -round peg in a square hole- doesn't fill into a place.**
 * Classwork January 14th, 2010

The students were complaining about the review games. THe teacher told us that rome was no built in a day.
 * You have found the wrong place. you are a round peg in a square hole. **

1. Define the 2 idioms on your page and use in a sentence. Post. -School of hard knocks -shoot from the hip** School of hard knocks - painful education, challenging experiences shoot from the hip - to react to a situation quickly with a lot of force. **
 * Classwork January 12th, 2010


 * Classwork January 6th, 2010**

idioms out on the limb- to put oneself in a isolated position Out of the woods- have emerged safely from a safe place.

Henzle and Gretel got lost out in the woods. They found a candy house and the went in. That was what made them out on their limbs. Henzle and Gretel thought of a good idea and they were out of the woods by helping each other.

1. Idioms on the double-rapidly and immediately jump the gun- to start something before the appropriate time. This year's winter break was jump the gun. All the other schools are having their winter break after we start our winter break. Last night i asked my friends on the double if i we could play together on the day we have the break. I am looking forward for a very interesting and a joyful winter break~
 * Classwork December 9th:**

1. Idioms In hot water- to get in trouble If the shoe fits, wear it- When you tell other people that they are guilty I met Crispin. He doesn't know anything. I told him if the shoe fits, wear it because I heard the rumor that Crispin have murdered Father Quinel. I later found out that it wasn't true. Crispin was in a hot water.
 * Classwork December 9th:**

Define the 2 idioms and use in your journal entry. loose cannon- unpredictable person or thing tickled pink- to be delighted I was tickled pink when I heard that i was meeting my old friend. I went to the meeting place and I became a loose cannon. My other best friend have come!!!!!
 * Classwork December 7th:**

Define (look it up) and use each in a journal entry about yourself. 1. In two shakes of a lamb's tail = It means a very short time. I finished my homework in two shakes of a lamb's tail because my favorite tv program was on. 2. Make a mountain out of a molehill = To make a big deal. Stop making a mountain out of a molehill! You are making the fight larger.
 * Classwork Fri, December 4th**

Define the idioms and then use it to talk about something going on in your life.**
 * Classwork Wed, December 2nd

"Get your goat"=something that annoys you "Get up on the wrong side of the bed"= to start a day with a bad mood for no reason I get up on the wrong side of the bed when i have a bad day the next day. Everything feels so annoying and boring. I yell to my family "Get your goat!!!! Please!!"

Create a journal entry for Crispin that sumarizes how he's feeling in chapter 1.**
 * Classwork Wed, Nov, 11th

My mom have died. I felt very sad. Acyliffe have told be to take the ox to the manor's house tomorrow. I felt worried. I wouldn't be able to farm if i don't have the ox. I asked Acyliffe and he told me to starve. I felt very mad. I ran and ran into the forest. I didn't know where I was going and I landed on a land.

1. Journal: Choose one of the characters from Ulysses. Create a journal entry from their POV. Students will guess who it is.**
 * Classwork October 19th:

I am waiting for Ulysses to come. Thousands and thousands of suitors are making me crazy. I want him to come so that he can make the suitors stop coming. One day, a beggar came and told me a story of Ulysses. He was one of the men that Ulysses have traveled with. He said that Ulysses told him to tell me the advice "I want a man that is able to bend my bow to be her husband and the king of Ithaca." I said thank you for telling me the story about Ulysses. I told him that he is not a beggar in here but a company. I have announced that I cannot decide on the suitors so that I am going to have a contest where the suitors have to bend the bow. The suitors agreed. The contest have come. I was looking out the window to watch the contest. Not one of the suitors could not bend the bow of my husband Ulysses. Suddenly, the beggar that have told me stories of Ulysses asked if he could try. He bent the bow very easily. Ulysses have come BACK!!

Classwork October 12th:
 * 1. Journal: Write a paragraph describing the scariest monster you can think of. Use this site to help organize your thoughts:[|http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/]**

Classwork October 6th: 1. When you finish the test, journal entry: Think of a 'snapshot' of something memorable that happened to you over the break. Write a paragraph using t[|hird person point of view.] Click! This is a scene where Christina, Christina's sister Yaerin, Dad, and Mom is traveling to their Grandmothers house and there is a large large traffic. Christina and her sister sleeping like little babies. Their father angry because there is an accident. Their mother just staying calm.

Classwork September 25th:
 * 1. Post journal entry: 'What is special for me about Chuseok?' Read 2 other students' entries and post a comment under their entry. SHOW don't TELL.

It is finally Chuseok! We have break and some fun! We get to visit our grandparents houses and meet all of our cousins, aunts, and uncles. When I go to my grandmothers house I always feel like a rich person because I earn billions of money like a millionaire. I can imagine the scrumptious food sitting in the living room of my grandmother's house waiting me to eat it. Those happy smily faces staring at me saying that they are happy to meet me. I just love Chuseok.**

Classwork September 24th: 1. Journal: KIS is a 1:1 school. What does this mean to you? What are some pros and cons about this?

1:1 school means that we are using one mac book each. I think it is helpful because you don't have to share whatever you are doing with a partner or a group of friends. It would be uncomfortable when you have to research something and you have to wait in line to use the computer. Also, you can download anything freely on your computer without asking the school or the owner of the computer. Ebook system is also helpful because you do not have to bring heavy textbooks to your house whenever you have the subjects homework. When you loose a textbook, you have to pay for it, but there is no such way of loosing the textbook. You can do the homework easily and can complete it since we can not say "I didn't take my textbook home." unless you didn't take your mac book. I think that the bad thing about have a 1:1 program is that you might be doing something that you are not supposed to do. I think this is a positive system and very helpful.

Classwork September 22th:
 * Journal: What do you want to change about the school system?

I would like to change the system about conferences. I think it would be better if the parents go to the conference by themselves and the student don't follow. It is very scary and nervous about what the teacher is going to say. Also it is scary when the teachers ask you questions in front of our parents. And our conference is coming up. My conference is tomorrow. I really don't want to go to the conference. It is better for our parents to go by ourselves rather than us following them. I would also like to change the "POP Quizzes" it is sometimes very annoying when you didn't study anything but you have to do a quiz. It makes your grades go down and get you in trouble from your parents. So I like quizzes in the middle when the teachers tell you but i don't like the POP quiz. **

Classwork September 16th:
 * 1. Journal: Write the first paragraph of a story called 'Land of the Dead' that takes place in your school.

Ring~ Ring~ The Alarm clock rings... Oh No!! I get up and shower. While I shower I think 'Please let the time stop.' I eat fruits or fruit shakes for breakfast. Please let the time stop.... PLEASE!!!! I have to enter the Land of the Dead everyday. I call the school the "Land of the DEAD!" The monsters there. I have seven monsters teaching me. The first monster is the MATH monster who is bald and big blue shiny eyes. The second is the Monster that teaches weird languages. The weird language is called Spanish. **

Classwork September 15th:) Bunch of homeworks, projects, and tests have been annoying me like CRAZY!! There are suddenly a lot of homework and tests and there are even projects too!! I think it is because there is a conference coming up later this month. I have to stay up the whole week. I love the weekends because I get to get some sleep. Also, i thought that my spanish project was due yesterday but actually it was due today. Then Mrs. Bray said that she would move the time to later this week. It was very annoying when I found that out. I stayed up until 2 to finish the project and WHAT?!?!?! I HATE HATE HATE homework, test/quizzes, and projects. **
 * 1. Journal: Write about something that has really been annoying you lately. If your life is perfect, make something up. ( 7 sentence minimum)

Classwork September 9th: 1. Journal: //If you could change something about yesterday, what would it have been and why?

I would like to change something about yesterday is doing better on my Spanish test. I think I did well but I still had some of the //

1. Warm-up Journal: How is your day going? 7 sentences minimum.
 * Classwork September 7th:**

My day is going very well. I had a lot of fun during PE which was before lunch. It was raining outside so our mile run was cancelled. We couldn't go out in the soccer field so we went to the lower gym where we could play the fuss ball, squash, air hockey, and beach ball volley ball. My friends and I played Beach ball volley ball almost the whole time. When we went to go get water, the other people took place, so we had to play fuss ball. There is a new set for fuss ball. It is made out of wood and it is very cool and nice. I am thinking of doing the RCY and volunteer to help other people. Also in choir, my first block I had to go up to take my temperature because the thermometer is broken. I had a tiring walk up the stairs.

Classwork September 4th:
 * 1. Journal Entry: If you could visit any place on earth, where would you go? Why. (At least 5 sentences)

I would like to visit Alaska. Even thought I don't like cold places, I would like to see the animals living there and try to adapt to the cold and freezing life. Some of the people live in Alaska. Maybe I can build a house and live there when I get older. There is this boy I know that lives in Alaska. He came to a camp called CTY. One day, the room was freezing because the AC was broken and it wouldn't turn off. Everybody was freezing to death except for him. That is why I think that there are some advantages when you live in Alaska. You would get used to the cold and you won't be cold!!! That would be great!!!! **

Classwork September 2nd: 1. JOURNAL: If you could change one thing about MS, what would it be and why? At least 7 sentences.

I would like to change the stairs of our MS. It is because it is very tiring and it takes a lot of time to go to one class. When you have PE this semester, you go to the swimming pool and go to the soccer field. When you do the next class is always the 4th floor or the new G building. It is very tiring and you have to rush to go to your class. I would be happy if we rode the elevators, but there are too many people in this whole MS and you would have to wait long for the elevator to come. So I was thinking if we could change it to an escalator. It won't be tiring and when you are in a hurry you can also walk to the floor.

Classwork August 31st :
 * 1. Warm-up: Journal entry: Which person, living or dead, do you admire the most? Why?

I admire my friend Jean Cho. It is because she is very honest about everything and she is good at everything. She is good at playing instruments, playing, exercising, and also studying. She is just perfect!!! I envy her for a lot of talents. I would always want to be like her too!! **

August 26, 2009

If I did get to have a super power, I would like to have a super power that would make you look to the future. It is because if you can look at the future, you would be able to know what was going to happen. If you do, you would be able to know if you are going to have a pop quiz. If I did really have that power, I would really want to study for it.
 * August 24, 2009**

Yesterday was Sunday and it was the day, my best friend, Eva have left. She rode the 7 o' clock airplane. I have texted messaged her as soon as I woke up not to forget. I came back from church and my mom went outside. My sister and I were left alone in our lonely house. We studied and we played card games, and played with our computers. I called Eva at 6:40 and said bye to her and to come online on ichat to see each others face. Today is our third week of school when all of my friends have their first week of school. It is SOOOO unfair for us we have a shorter summer break. I think today is the boring schedule because they are all of the studying schedule.