News Post

The London attack was carried out by one man, as far as the police know. There are two other men being held of suspicion for aiding the attacker. When the attacker drove in to a crowds, he ended up killing three of them, then later stabbed and killed one policeman. Later the attacker was shot by police and died. The attacker was to have said to used encryption on WhatsApp to communicate. The attack was to have said to have lasted for eighty two seconds. He was trying to attack the people in the House of Parliament. This attack injured five hundred people from twelve different countries.

I decided to write about this even though it is a horrible thing that happened is because we need to know what is happening in other countries. A stereotypical view of Americans is that we have no clue about the rest of the world, and I think that we should try to change that. We need to know and help other who are hurting out there in the world.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39400554
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Q4 Week 1 Comments

Sarah C- free post- my room
https://sarahcenglish1.blogspot.com/2017/03/free-post-my-room.html?showComment=1490280636487#c1341425856634638666

Trevor- Learning Reflection
https://20trevorh.blogspot.com/2017/03/learning-reflection.html?showComment=1490280790667#c5694966215357361962

Learning Reflection

So far this year I have learned that I need to not have any distractions to be productive. If I have some sort of distraction, I will get stuck in it and forget about what I should be doing. I have to stay focused on what is going on and what I should be doing.

With that though in mind I am going to work on getting less distracted on the last quarter. I am going to push through to the end of the year. I am going to think about what I have coming up after like our family trip to the Grand Canyon, Vegas, and LA. Work more, study more, and try my hardest.

Music Affects Writing

Depending on the music I am listening to. One of my previous post, Someone, is about a person's perspective on getting stalked and dying. When I was writing that I was listening to Mercy by Shawn Mendes and that made me write about someone asking why me.

When I write while listening to my music, I feel more connected to my thought and what I am writing down. I zone in and concentrate on my piece or homework. While I am writing this I am listen to up music on my Spotify which made me think about all of this. Music helps everyone through their hard times. Music can change people's mood in a few seconds. It can make them cry, joyful, mad, and dance like no one is watching them.

Q3 Week 7 comments

Hudson- Analyze a Song- Behind the Sea

Jack C- Louisiana Traditions 

Mardi Gras

For once in awhile we stayed home for Mardi Gras which we haven't done in maybe 5 years. I was nice to stay home and not go out and do something everyday. I actually got to go Spanish Town parade which was a lot of fun. I got spend time with my friends Olivia and Stephanie that I don't see as often as I used too. The next day my family and Olivia and her mom went down to New Orleans to catch some parades. We caught Thoth and Bacchus. We soon learned when we got there that when a float comes by you have to watch it because they throw as hard and as far as they can. I was scary at times because the people in front of us had a small baby. But it was a great time.

Later on Thursday, I went to a Twenty Øne Piløts concert in New Orleans which was the best thing that happened this week. It was my second concert of their's that I have been to, but this one was better. Then though were were farish away Tyler ended up not being that far from where we were at one point in the concert. I was one of the best nights of my life and I did not get home and to sleep until 1:30am.
On Friday my parents and I drove all the way to Shenandoah, TX which is just outside of Houston. We drove there of IEA Regionals which is a high school team horse show. It was only one day sadly and I didn't place, but it was a lot of fun. The show area was at The Great Southwest Equestrian Center which in my opinion was a nice place to show at. After the show we went to Charlotte's Saddlery and I got a cute bonnet for Woody and my first saddle pad.

My Shot from Hamiltion soundtrack

My Shot by Lin-Manuel Miranda uses end rhyme starting with country and hungry. Going on to astonish and polish and flame and name. In the third stanza has end rhyme also endlessly and relentlessly and spree and free. In stanza six metaphor is used because Hamilton says, "Hey yo, I'm just like my country/ I'm young, scrappy and hungry" in that Hamilton is comparing himself to the US's state being like him at that moment. 

He also uses imagery in the songs to make out some parts so people could see the musical or image it their own way. He also uses meter to displace the line that are shouted and other that are said softer in the song. This whole song is a narrative. This song is just one narrative out of 46 in the whole musical because it is telling about Alexander Hamilton's life.