Poem: Sounds

I heard the sheep bleating beyond the hill.
I heard the sparrow chirping on the trees.
I heard the dogs barking at a stranger.
I heard the horses neighing on the field.
I heard the bulls mooing behind the fence.
I heard the bees buzzing in front of the flowers.
I heard the frogs croaking on a lotus.
I heard the mice squeaking in its hole.
I heard the roosters crowing in the morning.
I heard the turkeys booming to each other.
I heard the pigeons singing gracefully.
I heard the ducks quacking in the pond.
I heard the pigs grunting in the mud.
I heard the cats meowing in its warm basket.
I heard the sound of animals, in a farm.

Learning reflections

I think that Mr Lundberg is a very effective teacher compared to other inexperienced teachers who doesn't know what they are teaching at all. Mr Lundberg's teaching style might not work with others, but I felt that my english have improved drastically since coming to Secondary One. I think that Mr Lundberg knows what he is teaching, especially with summary writing. For summary writing, I clearly understood what he wanted to say and the format of the summary writing in a very short period of time. Even though I am still weak at finding out the points needed, I felt that my language have improved. His talk on literature was also very effective. He gave us many examples of how we should write and let us try on our own. I feel that my english literature test marks are much higher than my expectations, and much of the credit goes to Mr Lundberg. Another effective way of teaching is actually the "Pass the Ball" method which allows everyone to have a chance to participate in class discussions and answer questions. I was not able to speak confidently in term 1 and 2 because I felt that if I spoke, the answer might be incorrect. This method help me to gain the confidence to speak up and allow me to understand that answering wrong is okay. In conclusion, I think that Mr Lundberg have been a very good LA teacher and I have learnt a lot from him.

e learning term 3 week 5

Poem: Walking Away by Cecil Day Lewis

Answers:
(a) The poet is speaking.
(b) He is referring to a particular person.
(c) He is trying to unleash his sadness
(d) He is also trying to unleash his sadness.
(e) The poet wants the audience to read this poem more clearly and to show that he is sad and is serious.
(f) This help me to find the answers to the questions.

Analysis:
The poet wanted the audience to not to follow his path. He also wants his friends to know how sad he was. He wanted the readers to treasure the relationship between friends, not like himself. The poet also wants to inform the audience that he suffered many setbacks. The poet, who was once a communist, thought setbacks are encouraging. Lastly, he is trying to tell his friend how sad he was by losing him as a friend. He treasured the relationship with his friend, and is sad at losing such a wonderful friend.

My favourite Poem( e learning)

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

1) Figurative language is not used in this poem. The poet did not describe the the things, but rather illustrate it from what he saw.
2) I like this poem as the poet writes very well about his walk on a street. He illustrated the whole event extremely well and elaborated well enough to let everyone get the idea of what he saw and what he did. I like illustrating more than figurative language as I like to imagine what things like from writings and something like that. I feel that the poet was being extremely careful as he writes about such a small thing that no one will take notice of. That is very unique. Shel Silverstein have always been one of my favourite poets because of his strong description about things. I hope that my poems can be at least half as good as Shel's.

Television show review

Top Gear is a show that everyone that knows what is a Bugatti Veyron knows. Even if they don't they should know what is The Stig or Jeremy Clarkson. I know this isn't going to be perfect, but I am reviewing this excellent and hilarious show.
First of all, the presenters: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig. A pretty good lineup, I must say. A typical Top gear show would be segments of challenges, cool walls, car reviews, news and stars driving reasonably priced cars. Occasionally, there would be a special episode, when the whole thing is made up of one big chunk of challenge. When I mean reviews and news, I didn't mean anything like the normal ones at all. In the reviews, it is basically one of the presenters driving a car, usually a supercar round the test track and the Stig will set a time in it. The news is basically the three presenters defaming cars like Morris Marina.
The challenges are the best part of the show. The challenges are almost all the time extremely hard to attempt. Past challenges included "Buy a car for $100" and "Make an Avantine go faster then a Evo 8". In most of the challenges, Jeremy Clarkson will either have the best or the worst car and made the stupidest decisions. It is his shrewdness that made him winner for several times. The usual flow of a cheap car challenge is: Speed test by the stig, Reliability test, Fuel Economy and a unique test.
What is one of the hilarious thing about Top Gear is that all three of the presenters hate Morris Marina, a British car. They even dropped pianos on two Morris Marinas in seperate occasions.
As you have read, I give a very high credit to Top Gear's hilarious style. If you have nothing to do on Wednesday nights, tune in to BBC Knowledge and watch it. Trust me, you will be addicted to it.

Why can't everyone go in cars instead of planes like Jeremy Clarkson?

We all heard of the recent Icelandic volcano explosion and how chaotic it is on in the sky. But how, in the hell that they got stuck? There were many alternatives, and one of them is by driving. It has already been proved by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May that flying in a plane from Milan to London in a boeing 737 isn't as fast as going in a Bugatti Veyron, and a plane ticket cost a lot more than tons of fuel. You may argue that the Veyron is the fastest car in the planet, but it is still a car. I bet that a G-Wiz will not be more than 5 hours behind the Veyron, that is that the G-Wiz made it to London.
The news all said that passengers were stuck all over Europe and for god's sake, they are nonsensical. Take F1 as an example. Most of the team got stuck in Shanghai. But those brittering idiots did not take a more convinient route: Fly to Russia, then drive a Scania all the way to England! Instead, they waited until the ban was lifted! Then, there is MotoGP, fancy postponing the Japan race because of the plane issues. Oh for crying out loud, they could have just flew from Turkey or UAE!
People who got stuck in the Changhi Airport should just fly to somewhere like Istanbul or Moscow then take a taxi back!

A book that everyone who knows how to read must read

I would like to introduce a book, called "The world according to Clarkson" by of course, the ever funny Jeremy Clarkson. Many people know that he had a show in BBC called Top Gear which he talk about cars with James May and Richard Hammond, but don't actually know that he writes books. That is no surprise though, but what is surprising is that he writes such good books that I was engrossed with a book for the first time.
The book, is pretty retarded. Clarkson talk about every single thing, from Range Rovers to why science is bad to our healths. The segment I like most is actually when he talk about toothbrushes, stating that his wife spends 60% of the house GDP and 40% of her time doing things related about the teeth. Clarkson was pretty funny in his phrasings in the words he use, I mean how hard can it be for such a funny man to talk about things that are not funny and turning them into funny things? Like Clarkson style, he scolds a bit of vulgur in the book, but thakfully it is sensored. So, the verdict is, if you want something funny, buy a Jeremy Clarkson. If you have not enough money, buy a"World according to Clarkson".