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Writing Questions for Animal Farm


 * 1. Do you think it’s fair that those who are more educated or more skilled—like the pigs in Animal Farm—have more influence in decision making? Part II Consider how decisions are made in your community or in the nation**.

I believe that it is fair that those who are more educated or more skilled have more influence in decision making however it is somewhat unfair also. Those who are more educated or more skilled such as pigs in Animal Farm have more impact and influence on decision making because they are smart and they know what is for the best. Everyone can have influence on decision making but it is those who are smart who gets to be picked and chosen to have more influence on the decision due to their smart and wise opinion. It is their burden to come up with ideas and decisions that is for the best for all, not only for themselves. If they start using the power against people and only for themselves then that is the problem and it won't be fair. In my community, when we make decisions, people who are smart, creative, and wise come up with their ideas and people as democratic community decide what is good for all. In conclusion anyone can have influence on decision making but it is those who have smart and wise opinion or ideas that will get chosen from the people.

Part II: Discuss real-life situations in which a person or group might believe one thing even though the evidence reveals something different.**
 * 2. Despite changing conditions on the farm, why do the animals continue to believe everything the pigs tell them—about Napoleon, Snowball, food shortages, and their current lives?

Despite changing conditions on the farm, the animals continue to believe everything the pigs tell them about Napoleon, Snowball, food shortages, and their current lives. The reason is because the pigs have reputation for being smart and wise and other animals look forward in future that what pigs say would be right in the future just like it did when Old Major talked about Rebellion. Also the pigs are same animal as Old Major, the one who gets respected to every animals and pigs reputation is based on Old Major. Old Major's reputation of leading them into Rebellion and leading them to independence of Animals from human society have strong impact on other pigs reputation to others. What Old Major lead them to have such a great impact that people can not ignore because they are the ones who leaded them away from humans and to their own society where they dominate. For example, in real-life, we all believe almost always what teachers and adult's opinion and what they say because they have lived longer and have more experiences, and most likely to be smarter than younger ones due to their longer experience in life. Also they are the ones who created the society that we lived in so we can not ignore that fact and we listen to their advices for our own good. Even though sometimes their advice can be wrong we still listen to them due to their past experiences and life.

P.7 Things Fall Apart "Look at the wall," he said, pointing at the wall; telling his friend to look at his marvelous list of debts that he owed. "You see, I owe that man a thousand cowries. But he has not come to bug me to give back his money. I am going to pay you eventually but not today. I have way bigger debts to pay back. Debt that I owe to you is nothing compared to theirs (pointing at the list).

Journal Entry #1 for Things Fall Apart

After reading chapter 1 and 2 of //Things Fall Apart// by Chinua Achebe, I had several question and I was able to understand and see Okonkwo's situations and feeling. I was able to see why Okonkwo ended up as he is right now in the story; it was because of his dad; his dad had heavy debts and people humiliated his family. As he grew up with his father, I think he felt inferior about himself and that caused him to be mad and strong as he is now. "If a child washed his hands he could eat kings and elders"; I believe this is same case for Okonkwo and it foreshadows that he will soon "eat kings and elders" because he had already tasted the fame and superiority. However the quote before that; "sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them" was hard to understand and feel sympathy. Is this saying that good things will happen when you wait for it quietly and patiently? Also, I wonder why it had to be Okonkwo's family that Ikemefuna joined. Why couldn't it be other families? At the end of chapter 2, due to resolution for Mbaino for killing a girl from Okonkwo's village, villagers decides to bring few young people from Mbaino to replace and revenge for the dead girl. From that, I was able to predict that story is going to be about Okonkwo and new member of his family, Ikemefuna from Mbaino. As I read the book, I can predict that I will be able to see their relationships developing.

1. This story takes place in Nigeria. Sketch the continent where it is located as well as the approximate location of that country. It is located in Africa in the northern and middle part.

2. In what year did Nigeria become an independent nation? October 1,1960

3. What is the country's primary source of income? Crops? Plantations (yams), natural resources,

4. What are some current issues going on in Nigeria?

5. Which is not a primary food source for people in this region of the country? a) yams **b) rice** c) cassava d) beans

6. Which ethnic group does this story focus on? a) Hausa b) Fulani c) Yoruba **d) Igbo**

7. When was //Things Fall Apart// written? 1959

8. What is the approximate time period in which //Things Fall Apart// is set? before 1960 and near 1960?

9. Where did the author grow up? Nigeria or in Africa

10. List as much as you can about the author's life and why he is well known.

T-chart for Metamorphosis

ex- basketball player paraphrase

Mending Wall group activity worksheet is in Michelle Park's wiki





Character Profile



STORY TERMS !!!!







Presidence, Political power, technology power, logical power, military power, authority, physical, fear and doubt, new concepts (creation, curiousity), moral indifference logical power, knowledge power I think government power is the most important and the most powerful because they are the one who approves and who has the authority and power to control that knowledge and idea.
 * Literal -- What are the different types of power in this story?**
 * Inferential -- Which of these powers does the author seem to respect more?**
 * Evaluative -- Prioritize the powers. What do we learn about our own values and the author's based on this prioritization?**

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2. Link: @http://dailyvideorecipes.com/ I like this blog because it has a video of recipes that clearly shows the viewer how to make the food. It has variety of healthy food recipes. Also it is very organized into 4 categories; healthy food recipes, Italian cooking recipes, organic food recipes, quick and easy recipes. Which helps the viewer to find what they want to see quickly and easily.

Paragraph about comments of my essays:
Ms. Porter said that my essay was overall amazing essay and that it didn't feel sappy or overly emotional like other common essay about death. I believe the reason why it wasn't overly emotional was because I focused on not on my friend's death but what I learned from her death; I focused on my main idea of my story. However, I wrote a descriptive sentences that showed what I had felt when I heard about my friend's death like in the beginning of my essay. I slowed down the moment when I heard about my friend's death to show the readers what it was like to experience that kind of an event. However, when I stated the main idea of my story, I should have used a smooth flow of sentences so that it doesn't feel like it is forced. Ms. Porter also stated that she liked the part when I created a poetry in my essay with long and short sentences. I used few short sentences to express what I had felt and help the readers to see my accent of my sentences.
 * A) Personal Narrative Essay**

Ms. Porter liked how I straight forwardly stated what I thought of my essay topic. However, since it was too straight forward, it seemed like I skipped my introduction and put thesis statement too early. Honestly, I did not have an outline for this essay, so I think that's the reason why it is so unorganized with grammer mistakes, awkward sentence structure, and repeated statement. Because I haven't had any plan on what to write about, I started to write long sentences that doesn't make sense. Also without any outline, I did not know what to use for evidence, so I stated examples that didn't actually explain why it supported my point. May be I should have included quotes from the book to support my point. However, without any supporting evidences, I only focused on analysis. However, I had a good title that indicated my thesis statement.
 * B) Characterization Essay**