Archive for May, 2011

Penn’s Journal


2011
05.20

In this blog post I tried to show a journal that the main character would have and what he would write down in the last few days of his begining troubles.

Journal Entry #1: It seems that the voices weren’t from my parents arguing. It baffled me where in the world the voices came from. I refuse to accept that I’ve gone crazy or something like that. I figured it was probably someone outside but I knew those voices belonged to my parents. Matty said he heard nothing, and now he must think something’s wrong. The last thing I need is for my brother to worry about me, if he does he’ll end up telling our parents. Hopefully by tomorrow the voices will go away.

Journal Entry #2: I like the new girl, Daisy, from school. My fantasies of her and I being together are so real to me. My imagination leaves me wishing that it was reality. She’s only been here a few days and I’m pushing the word “love” into my head. When I talked to her she looked completely uninterested. Maybe it’s because I don’t know how to talk to pretty girls. It shocked me that she wasn’t Chinese. She must think our school is bad now that everyone kept saying and thinking she was Chinese. I thought she was too. I don’t think I could take it if she didn’t like me.

Journal Entry #3: The voices have returned. This time I heard them in the café while I was with Matty. To make things worse my uncle showed up stuttering like a fool. A voice that belonged to my uncle told me that he controlled the voices and that only he could stop them. I was terrified, what am I going to do now? My uncle may not even know about these voices, yet he’s telling me things I don’t know where from. If this continues I’m afraid I’ll have to go to some mental hospital. That is the LAST thing I want to happen.

CJ May:Grades vs. Cyber English


2011
05.11

Report cards say multiple things about an individual. It shows if their trying, progressing in class, and earning their grades. If their report cards show no improvement and even doing worse than before, it shows their lack or respect for school, their teachers, and themselves. In order to do well in school you have to respect yourself and your future. If ones report card shows many D’s and F’s, they may not be trying. If ones report card shows many A’s and B’s, you know their education is important to them.

During Cyber English, your progress can only be shown in your blog. The amount of work you put into those blogs show how well you did. The majority of the effort you did does result into your grades but if your blog post show that they have improved, then only your blog can show your true quality in Cyber English.

A Lonely Boo


2011
05.10

Arthur “boo” Radley seems to be the loneliest character in To Kill a Mockingbird. This is unfortunate because of how the story turns out; he isn’t the worst guy out there. Boo turns out to be a kind, child minded man who just wishes for the safety of others.

Because of the conditions of Maycomb, being filled with many prejudice people, he finds it scary to be apart of the outside world even though it’s only Maycomb he knows of.

No one really bothered to find out the truth about the Radley family, they just started rumors like Miss Stephanie Crawford tended to do, time to time.

Even though Boo was an adult, he didn’t have any friends or company other than is brother. He was alone for his entire life and wanted to keep it that way. His only Friends he ever thought of keeping were Jem and Scout; never meeting or talking to them he still kept them close.

Occasionally sneaking out of the house at night, he could only help his friends by keeping them out of trouble. When Jem had caught his pants in the school yard fence, it was Boo that stitched them up and folded them. When Miss Maudie’s house caught on fire, it was Boo that put the blanket around Scout.

For being alone for so long, he still found happiness by helping and watching his friends from down the street. If Boo Radley weren’t so afraid of the outside world, who knows how Scout and Jem would have ended up.