POEMS By; Maritza

We are starting a new unit in Language Arts "poetry". I am kind of happy and kind of mad because I like poetry but I don't like writing poems cause it is hard to find out words that rhyme and that go with the subject. I think I will like this unit it sounds fun and it sounds easier than reading a book . What I like about poetry is that it rhymes, it has lessons and the author explains how he\ she feels. I like to give poems to my family like on a birthday or on a holiday or just for fun. I like to write poems and keep them to myself. I hope that I will like it!!!! Maritza. 

starting poetry Lili T

We are starting a new unit in L.A. class, poetry.  I like poems. My favorite poem writer is Dr. Seuss. I love his book, GREEN EGGS AND HAM. Classic.  I'm looking forward to making our own poems, I like making my own poems cause it's like the only way to get everything out of me like anger, sadness, and more. I really like funny poems they make me feel even more happy than I already am.  I don't really like sad poems they make me feel sad.  Poems can tell so much about someone. Poems are cool.

about poetry

I don't really like poetry. I'm okay reading it because it can be funny and really emotional but writing it....no. I have written poetry before but that was like 3 years ago. I just can't come up with any good poems or stuff to rhyme it with. The only author for poetry that I know for sure is Dr. Seuss. There was this one kid book that I really liked that was full of different poems but I cant remember the titles or the authors. What I know about poetry is that they have different formats...basically writing made into a picture. They usually rhyme and some have a lot of emotion to it or are really funny. I'm not that excited about writing it in my language arts class for our new unit just because I know I'll be terrible at writing them.


-Yecenia

Poems By: Art

                                                                         Poems
                                    By:Art

I think poems are a form for people to express their feelings and what they feel. This way people can become famous artist.  Poems can be about love, anger, hate, happiness, or even stupid stuff. Poems rhyme most of the time but they do not always have to rhyme. Rapping is like poems but different in a way  they both sometimes have to rhyme but rapping is mostly insulting not like poems are mostly love that's most of the difference. Some famous poem writers are Dr. Seuss and some famous rappers are Emenim and Lil Wayne. Thats what I think poems are.

poems

  In class we are starting a new unit, the unit is poetry. I like reading poetry. I mostly like to read funny, scary, and rhyming poems. I do not like writing poems. I think that writing rhyming poems are the hardest to write because you have to find words that rhyme. The other types are easier to write because some you write a poem of how you feel.  That is what i think of poems.

Marco        

I really like that we're going to do poetry, because whenever I read a poem, a really sad depressed way sometimes I feel the same as the people who wrote it. I'm really excited I guess cause were going to be learning more and more about poetry.  I think it's going to teach us more of our writing and rhyming, and all of that stuff  too. But actually  writing our poetry is going  to be easier and easier when we get used to it.  Poetry can be funny, sad,depressing, confusing, but it doesn't matter what it is.

Angie

Poetry. Amanda

I think poetry would be fun. I like the rhyming words kinda thing. I think I'm gonna like poetry. I would really like making my own poems. I just hate how I can't think of words to write in a poem. I also like how poems can be short. We don't have to write a whole big thing instead I could probably just write 5 words for the poem. Thats what I think/like about poetry.

  I just got done reading El Cayo.  It was a good book. It was about a black man  and a white kid who get lost at this one island.  This was happening during world war 2 when Germany wanted to take over Holand. I would recommend this book because it has a lot of adventure.  The theme i thought was important was racism because it was about our topic. Jesus

El cayo

I am reading the book El Cayo by Theodore Taylor. We are reading this book in class because is part of our unit. The main characters are Timothy, Phillip and  Stew Cat. This book is happening in a island. The problem is that they are in a island and Phillip can't see and he is with Timothy and he is black but they get along. They want to get save but where they are no air-planes pass by there.  They learn how to live there and it has been like 2 or 3 month's. When they're living there, there was a hurricane and one of the main character dies that is Timothy. Phillip is by his self in the island with Stew Cat.  By Ana  

El Cayo 2 Amanda

We finished reading El Cayo by Theodore Taylor this week. After reading it I think this book was good.  Something I would change about this book is that Timothy wouldn't have died. So Philip wouldn't be by himself. I thought the ending was good because they ended up saving Phillip. The theme that I thought was important to the book was relationships because Phillip and Timothy had to learn how to become good friends, so they could help each other to survive.  I would recommend this book because it was really interesting.

We finished reading El Cayo by Theodore Taylor in class this week.  This book was good because it was in an island and they were stuck.  I would change that they got saved earlier so that Timothy could have got saved and been rewarded by helping Phillip.  The theme that is most important to me was relationships because Timothy had to get along with Phillip.  I would recommend this book because it's interesting.

by: Aureliano

el cayo

We finished reading El Cayo  by Theodore Taylor in class this week. After reading I think that this book was a good book. I would not change a thing about this book. I would read other books by this author. The theme that I thought was most  important to the book was relationships because without  relationships the characters would not be able to live with each other and understand each other. I would recommend this book because it was a very descriptive book.
  MARCO     

El Cayo by:Yecenia

We finished reading El Cayo by Theodore Taylor in class this week. After reading the book I think this book was pretty good. The only thing I would change would have to be the end. I think it would be better if the cat was the only person that survived.  I don't think I would read any more of his books just because they're not what I would typically read. The theme that I think suits this book would have to be relationships just because they had to work together to survive in the island. Philip had to learn not to be racist and judging people by skin color. I  recommend this book to anyone who's against racism.




Yecenia

              We finished reading the book El Cayo by Theodore Taylor in class this week. After reading this book I think it was a pretty good book. I wouldn't change anything about it because I liked how the author made it. I would probably read another book by this author for a read aloud in class. The theme that  I thought was most important to the book was, relationships because Phillip and Timothy learned how to get along. By helping each other like when Timothy helps Phillip because he is blind. I would recommend this book because it tells you how to not be racist and it tells you that being a different color doesn't mean to be racist.


                                                         by: Abraham F.

we are reading the book called el cayo by theadore taylor and i like it so far its a varry intresting book. and i recomend it to other people that love or like or enjoy reading books because its a very fun book to read and also for people that are agienst racisum this book would be great.

EL CAYO

We are reading El Cayo by Theodore Taylor. Its a Spanish book it means a very small island. We're reading this book because of our unit about racism and friendship.  The MAIN CHARACTERS are Phillip an 11 year old American boy, Timothy a tall, very old, African American and Stew Cat a black and gray cat. SETTING is in the island. PROBLEM Timothy, Phillip and Stew Cat are stranded in the island with limited food and water. EVENTS world war 2 is started and Phillip's mom wants to go live with her parents till the war ends. The next day they got in the boat they got bombed and Phillip got separated  from his mom and he got hit on the head very bad. He ended up with a African American stranger and turned blind cause of the hit on his head. I like the book so far it seems long cause we read it slow a chapter a day. I would recommended to people that like strange books about the war.                  LILI T.                  

Habia una vez una Quinceanera

     I have finished reading the book Habia una vez una Quinceañera by Julia Alvarez. After reading the book I think it is very good book to people who what to learn about the Quinceañera.  I will read other books from this author. In my opinion this book is a good example of Multicultural Literature because it has all  the parts that it needs and it talks about a true Latino event. I recommend my book to people who will like to learn about Quinceañera.  Ana  

The Circuit

I have finished reading the book The Circuit.  I thought it was a good book for the theme of multicultural literature because it talks about why a Mexican comes to the U.S so they can find a job and for the kids so they can go to school. Then the immigration comes  to his school if you want to know  want happens next then you will have to read it. Jesus

El Cayo By:Yecenia

Our language arts class is reading a book called El Cayo. We're reading it because it goes with our new theme about stereotypes and racism. The main characters are Philip and Timothy. Philip is a young white kid and Timothy is an old African-american man. It takes place on a boat and on a mysterious island. The problem is that their boat sank and Timothy and Philip got separated from the group and ended up on a stranded island. An important event that happened so far in the book was when their boat sank and another event was when they were on the raft and Philip became blind. I kind of like this book but since its in Spanish its a bit harder for me. I would recommend this book to people who are not racist and have an  interest in World War 2.

    We are reading EL Cayo in class because Mrs.K is making us read it. The main characters are Timothy and Phillip. They are in a little island, trying to survive and they hope some one comes to save them. They got to the island because Phillip's mom wanted to get out of the Curacao and wanted to go to the US. But some one bombed the boat that they were in. Then Phillip got hit in the head so Timothy helped him and took him on to a big piece of wood. Then they floated in the water for days then they got to a little island. That is how they got to the little island. I  like this book because it is very interesting  and because it deals with relationships and racism.  I would recommend this book to people who live or lived on a island.

    Marco               

The Tequila Worm

                                              I have finished reading the book The Tequila Worm
                                                                      By:Viola Canales

   I think this book is a great book because this can happen to people in real life and its about a girl that want's to go to a school that is far away from her house so she gets her friend to help convince her parents to let her go. But when she goes to school she realizes she misses her parents but doesn't admit it.

    In my opinion this is a great example of multicultural literature because she talks about the religion in the book and she shows examples in how they did there religion and how they practice it.

      I would recommend this book to my parents or my friends because its a very interesting book of a girls life and it could show them how she does in her challenges.

Pacific Crossing

By: Gary Soto

After reading this book I think it was a pretty decent book because it has martial arts in the book. In my opinion my book is a good example of multicultural literature because it talks about the Mexican culture. I do not recommend my book because it talks more about the Japanese culture than the Mexican culture.

Abe

Parrot in the Oven 2 Amanda

I have finished reading the book Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez. After reading this book I think it was very good. I think it was a good book because it gave really good details. It was about the life of a Hispanic teenage boy. In my opinion my book is a good example of multicultural literature because it gave good facts about the Mexican culture. I recommend my book because its very interesting.

Amanda

After I Finished reading RETURN TO SENDER

Hi its me Lili Tavares, After Reading the book Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez, I liked the book a lot.  It was very boring at first but then when you get in to it, it gets interesting and when it tells you something that happened and you don't remember reading that, then it tells you what happened that why its saying that, its cool.   In my opinion, my book is a good example of multicultural literature because it is a story about a family of Mexicans.   I recommend my book because its a very good book and its very interesting.