Sarah+Choi+Journal

June 3 In my own life, success is where we reach our goal. Also, success is when I've tried my best. But success is not when we do something correct. Success is when I know that I tried my best and did everything to do it. That is what I call success! May 25 //- What did you enjoy about being a painter?// Being a painter was very entertaining because being able to express my thoughts through paintings is very enjoyable and amusing. Also, I enjoy painting in free times. //- What are some of the challenges of being a painter?// Some challenges of being a painter is that you have to be careful of mistakes because since paints blend, once you have made the mistake, you can't go back. //- Could you become a painter full time? Why or why not?// No, because I very careless and often make many mistakes. I also don't have an artistic skill and my paintings don't always turn out the way I want it to be. Therefore, I don't think I could become a painter full time.
 * Write a paragraph in which you define success in your own life. Explain why you define success as you do.**
 * Finish journal reflection questions about painting.**

January 19 //Go bananas =// to go mildly crazy. __She went bananas after her son died.__ //Go against the grain =// if something that you say or do goes against the grain, you do not like saying or doing it and it is not what you would usually say or do. __It goes against the grain to say that I am wrong!__ January 14 //Rome was not built in a day =// something that you say which means that it takes a long time to do an important job. __We took so much time making this model and it like Rome was not built in a day.__ //Round peg in a square hole =// If somebody's in a situation, organization, etc, where they don't fit in and feel out of place. __He felt like he was a round peg in a square hole because he was the only one wearing red pants in the school.__
 * Define use in a sentence + post:**
 * Define, use in sentence + post.**

January 12 //Shoot from the hip = to react to a situation very quickly and with a lot of force//. __I shot from the hip when someone scared me.__ //Shot in the dark = a wild guess//. __As the teacher called on the boy, he shot in the dark in class because he was sleeping and could hear the lecture.__ December 11 //**Use the 2 idioms to tell about your plans for winter break-(on the double & jump the gun)**// During this break, I have tons of things to do.On the double, I have to finish all my hakwon homework. Also, before my mom gets mad, I have to jump the gun and clean my room.
 * Define and make your own sentence. (shoot from the hip, shot in the dark)**

December 9 //**Write a journal entry through Bear's eyes using the 2 idioms (define as well)**//. //In hot water = in trouble In one ear and out the other = to forget once you heard it//

First, it was weird how a boy suddenly came up to me. I didn't know what he wanted. So, I asked him who he was, and, what he was doing in this abandoned island. He didn't seem to know or maybe didn't want to tell who he was and what he was doing...I mean...he didn't seem to even know his NAME! Well, later, he finally told me his situation. By that, I knew what was going on. And I had a good plan. I thought of performing together with him. So, I decided to teach him how to juggle and how to play the recorder. He had the skills!!

December 8 //**Define the idioms: loose cannon & tickled pink**// loose cannon - an unpredictable person or a thing tickled pink - to be delighted December 4 //**Define the idioms and then use it to talk about something going on in your life.**// "//In two shakes of a lamb's tail." = in a short time// She'd better be back in two shakes of a lamb's tail, or else I'm going to punch her.

//"Make a mountain out of a molehill." = to exaggerate an importance// Minji, don't make a mountain out of a molehill, it's just a little thing, and besides, that's her problem not yours.

December 2 //**Define the idioms and then use it to talk about something going on in your life.** "Get your goat" = so annoyed// My brother always makes me get my goat.

//"Get up on the wrong side of bed" = really grumpy and have bad luck// Annie was stomping her way to the classroom. "Wow....Annie...you got up on the wrong side of the bed." November 13 //**Read about teenagers in medieval times and then create a journal entry.**// In young ages, instead of going to school, girls had to work and be an assistance in the family. They started in the age of 5~8. Their job was to simply fetching water, herding geese, sheep or goats, gathering fruit, nuts, or firewood, walking and watering horses, and fishing. In the modern times, we also do chores but the medieval times chores were more harsh work. They would also help their mother in the house cook, clean, and etc. In older ages, girls had to take care of their younger siblings. I don't want to live in the medieval times.

November 11 //**How Crispin feels in Chapter 1**// Crispin feels scared in the chapter 1 because John Aycliffe was staring at him and commanding him to do things. Crispin could not look right at him

October 26 //**How do you feel about being pushed towards a goal that you did not choose.**// My forced goal was to be a happy person. I like this idea because I want a happy life.

October 19 //** Choose one of the characters from Ulysses. Create a journal entry from their POV. Students will guess who it is. **// I'm stilling weaving in Ithaca waiting for my husband to come. There are hundred men in my castle to be my next husband. There is a rumor going around that Ulysses is dead but I don't believe in it. I've been telling the men that when I finish my weaving, I will choose my new husband. But every night, I rip my weaving and start a new one the next day. I just hope Ulysses could come back... -justin kang said.. "that is penelope iguess"

October 6 //** Besides Ulysses, what book are you reading now? What is it about? What are your feelings about it? **// Besides Ulysses, I am reading a book called Breaking Through. It's a true story about a Mexican boy and his brother exploring America. They've just arrived so they are exploring is trying to fit in the group. My feelings about this book changes a lot. When the Mexican boy gets left out, I often want to go into the book and help him out. Thank you bye.

October 5 //**1. Think of a 'snapshot' of something you did over the break. Write a paragraph using t[|hird person point of view.]**// Over the summer break, Sarah went to watch movies. First, she watched a movie about a true story called "Guk ka de pou". The movie is about a man who is trying to get famous to meet his mom. She also watched a movie called "Gae im er" with her brother. It was very violent but the idea of the movie was very creative. Bascially, that's what she did during the summer break.

September 24 //**KIS is a 1:1 school. What does this mean to you? What are some pros and cons about this?**// This means that we get lessons on mac book. Some pros are that we can just hold a computer not holding texts books. Another one is that the computer has dictionary, thesaurus, and other useful things. Some cons are that we can cheat. Aslo, our computer can break. Thank you~

September 22 //** What are you going to do later on the day? **// This Thursday I'm going to go to Seo Hyun Station and shop there with Caroline and Emma. The purpose of going there is to buy our choir items. We are also going to take stick pictures and go to karaoke. We're also going to shop for clothes and also eat at Krispy Cream donuts. But we have to be careful of getting kidnapped or getting our money taken away by gangsters.

September 17 //** Pretend you are Ulysses writing a letter to Penelope, your wife. Minimum 7 sentences (10 minutes) **// Dear Penelope, I am having some trouble here. I think I would arrive there in about 2weeks. I'm so sorry. I just met Circe and she told me to go to the land of the dead and meet other creatures to know whats going to happen in the future. Circe is a nice women but she turned my men into pigs!! Can you believe that? But luckily, I didn't because one of the messenger gave me a flower that wouldn't get attracted to Circe's spell. Well, I going to be adventuring the Land of the Dead so byebye. Hope to see you soon.

-Ulysses-

September 15 //** Write about something that has really been annoying you lately. If your life is perfect, make something up. ( 7 sentence minimum) **//. Tests were something that has really been annoying me lately. I've been taking Spanish test, science test, English test, math test, select choir test, and much more. I had no time to study and I been sleeping really late which makes me not pay attention in class. I'm getting most of my test score today. I know I did really bad on my science test. I'm going to have another test for select choir tomorrow. I hope there is less test later on.

September 9 If I would change something about yesterday, I would change all my mistakes on my Spanish test. Now I know all my mistakes I would want to change and get a 100%. Mrs. Bray would not know. Well, I would like to change and check over once more my test. Thank you. September 8 //**How is my day going?**// Today, is my first Spanish test. I'm not that good at Spanish and also, I could not study that much because I had a tutor come in for 3 hours!! I think it's not going to be a good day because today is the day that is all my main subjects. G block is English. A block is Math. B block is Spanish. C block is Social Studies. I hope that I get a good grade in my Spanish test. Wish me luck!!!Thank you.
 * //If you could change something about yesterday, what would it have been and why?//**

September 4 //**If you could visit any place on earth, where would you go? Why. (At least 5 sentences)**//

If I would visit any place on earth, I would want to go to heaven. I want to see want it's like in heaven and meet people there. I want to see what death is like and come back right out to real life. I would want to see my great great grandparents and get to know them. Thank you. September 2 //**If I would change the middle school, how would I change it and why?**//

If I would change the middle school, I would change the rule for more lunch time. I would want to change this because some of the line for the food are really long so we don't have time to eat. Also, from all that work, I would want to release all the stress for more time. It would be better for teachers to discuss things and think about things. I bet all the students would agree to this policy. I would want 30 more minutes to add to lunch. I would benefit both teachers and students. Thank you and bye bye. August 31 //**Who do I admire?**//

My friends would probably pick a celebrity for people they admire. But, I admire a dog. My dog's name is Pomi. It is a Pomeranian and most Pomeranian are very sly and intelligent. My dog always used to cheer me up when I was sad. But my mom said it was too much work and gave it away. Without Pomi, it makes me feel like something is missing in our house. August 28 //**How can television (or video games) influence your behavior? 7 sentence minimum**//

Television or video games can influence our behavior in several different ways. First, television and video games can be addicting. Second, in television, drama's have connecting stories and we might not want to miss the next part of the story and keep watch TV. Third, for violent video games, we might do the same thing in real life, like shooting guns and other violent things. In the other hand, televisions or video games can influence our behavior in good ways. Televisions can change your behavior by learning new things in the discovery channels or another other information channels. Video games and television could also change our behavior by having habit of doing homework first then playing video games. Our behavior can change good and bad from television and video games. August 26
 * //Which super power do you wish you had? How would you use it to do good?//**

If I my wish was to have super powers, I would have invisibility, moving fast ability, and stretching ability. I wish to have invisibility because I have a lot of embarrassing moments. Moving fast ability is also used when I'm embarrassed when I want to go somewhere else. My last super power that I want is stretching ability would be used to grab something when I'm too lazy. My favorite power from these 3 is the moving fast ability because I can get good grade in P.E. and also it would be very useful. BYeBye. Thank you. August 24
 * //How is my day going so far?//**

Monday...I hate Mondays...I forget everything on Mondays...I get in trouble on Mondays...I have 3 tutors coming on Mondays...UUHHH! I hate Mondays! First of all, in the morning I didn't even know that I was late for the bus and went walking to my bus station happily and waited for 20minutes. Eventually, my mom had to drive me to school and I got a tardy. Second, I had to go to the nurse office because I got a scratch in P.E. Third, I forgot to check my English wiki and got 10% off of my 15 point homework. I just hate the day when 3 of my tutors come, the day I always get in trouble, the day I forget everything...

this is sarah park (: I agree with you because I think lunch is always too short. Its not fair for us:( I think it would be better for everybody~