"You don't know what you've got till it's gone," This quote from "Big Yellow Taxi" gave me the impression that this song is sad and depressing. I would never have expected that this song would be fast paced. Since I heard this song my mood about this song changed in a big way.
Unlike "Field Below" were both the lyrics and the music were filled with despair. After hearing "Big Yellow Taxi" I noticed that the lyrics were still upsetting but was put to a semi-fast paced song so it sounded less sad and more of a love story. I personally wish this song was put to a slow paced song so people could get the true emotions of how bad it hurts when someone you love is leaving or is gone.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Briarwood Invasion
Alyssa
Czerwinski
3/29/12
Mrs.Reagles
2nd hour
Authors
Note: Essay in the point of view of Massie Block from the Clique series when
she finds out that Briarwood boys including her ex boyfriend have to start
going to OTC (an all girl school where no one has ever been a cooed.)
They are walking
in acting like this was there school… but it isn’t. How could they walk in with
their heads so high and eyes filled with confidence? If I walked into my
brother school (Briarwood) I would be confident but they are acting like this
is there school. I am the alpha of this school and these guys just think they
can walk in like they’re the queen bees!
I
turned side to side to see if Alicia, Dylan, Kristen, or Claire noticed – they definitely did. Especially Claire, her bright blue eyes turned stone gray. I
scanned the room for Layne. She didn’t seem to mind; she actually kind of looked
happy. So did Alicia. Is my school being taken over? And worst of all is it
being taken over by guys?
The
feeling of butterflies happened right behind my bellybutton. My head is
spinning, how could this be happening? I stormed out of the room and went
straight to the bathroom. Now that guys will be around EVERYONE will start
acting different. My alpha status is in serious jeopardy. I need to come up
with a plan and quickly.
That’s
when it came to me… the greatest plan I have ever came up with. Now all I have
to do it tell the girls and the Briarwood-Octavian disaster will be over
forever. But will it be as easy as it sounds?
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
What do Words Really Mean?
Alyssa Czerwinski
Mrs.Reagles 2nd hour
3/14/12
Words, what do they really mean? "Life
for me ain't been no crystal stair." is a famous quote from the poem Mother to Son by Langston Hughes when he says this he means that life wasn't as easy as people may think, there are challenges. The poem goes on uses the same stair idea to explain his mothers life. Only this time he explains that "It's
had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor --Bare." Langston is trying to say it there is many difficulties in life a lot like the first. When Langston wrote this he tried to see himself in his mothers shoes and figured being a divorced mother wasn't anything like a walk in the Park.
Friday, March 9, 2012
The Future of the Clique
Alyssa
Cerwinski
3/1/12
Reagles
2nd hour
The
Future of the Clique
The Clique… the
only thing harder than getting in is staying in. In the first two books of The Clique
series by Lisi Harrison, this quote didn’t explain half as much as I think Revenge of the Wannabes, the third book
of this series, will. Even though I am only on page 55, I think that Alicia will
start her new clique and all the people on her dance team will be apart and
also that either Kristen or Dylan will join as well.
First of all
within the first few pages of Revenge of
the Wannabes you can feel the tension whenever anyone talks about Massie to
Alicia. She acts furious about how Massie is the “leader” and she goes
unnoticed. If you were constantly compared to someone else, how would that make
you feel? I know I would feel fed up and would just want to start over even if
that means a whole new group of friends.
Another reasons
why I think this is because when Meredith said, “Well you’re prettier [than
Massie], you have a ton of friends, your clothes are all designer, the briarwood
boys are in love with you and you’re an amazing dancer.” This gave Alicia hope
and I think that is how she got the courage to host her own sleepover and start
a revolution. With all of the girls on Alicia’s dance team telling her how
amazing she is, she must have felt like she was Massie. That gave her an
adrenaline rush to take control.
The final reason
why I think that Dylan will choose Alicia over Massie is because on the back of
the book it states that Dylan thinks Massie is up to no good.This made me
wonder if the author was just saying that to throw me off or that Kristin will
actually go to Alicia’s new group. The only reason why I think that Kristin
will go to Alicia is because Kristin told Alicia out of all the four girls that she
liked Derek from Briarwood...who Dylan also used to like.
It is true: staying
in the clique is harder than getting in. Although, Alicia doesn't want to be "in" anymore. To be "in" has gotten to be too much work; having always to be perfect, to suck up to Massie, and to be friends only with Dylan, Kristen, and Massie created far too much pressure and drama. Alicia needed to start fresh to be released from Massie's grip.
Melinda... What do you see when she walks through the door?
Authors Note:This is a writing piece that demonstrates what you would see if Melinda from Speak would look like if she were to walk into using figurative language.
The door opens, and
she walks in. She walks so swiftly almost as if she wishes to not be seen. Her
hair covers her eyes until she takes her seat. I try not to stare but there is
something different about her, I just can't put my finger on it. When she walks
she stares at her feet, and wears clothes that you would see on a eleven year
old. She lifted her head and her eyes were filled with the fear of being
judged. I could tell she prayed not be to seen.
The Hunchback of
Notradame has better posture then she does. I try to talk to her but she keeps
blowing me off like I'm that annoying fly buzzing around the room. When she
finally talked she sounded scared to death. I couldn't help but to wonder , why
was she acting so odd? The teacher said her Melinda -- I figured that was her name. She nodded her head enough for Mr.Jones to see she was here.
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