Katie

toc Short Plan 1st paragragh- introduction (author,setting) 2nd paragraph- story 3rd paragraph- story 4th paragraph- story 5th paragraph- conclusion with the message and my feelings

=Book Review First Draft=

=== “Dead Poets Society” is the novel written by N.H. Kleinbaum. The setting of the story is “Welton Academy” around 1870s. Since the characters of the novel are students like me, it greatly interested me. However, the characters of the book demonstrate a message which advices readers to enjoy every moment of their lives. ===

=== The story begins with Todd Anderson’s coming to the new school, Welton Academy. With his active personality, he gets along with the boys at the school. He meets his new literacy professor, John Keating. Even though he is the literacy teacher, he likes to tell them the new perspectives of the life in an extraordinary way. The students including Todd enjoy the class with him because he connects the literature to people’s lives during his lecture. They are able to gain lots of ideas of enjoying every moment of their lives from the class, and the most valuable quote they learn is “Carpe diem”, meaning enjoy the moment. ===

=== Todd and his friends can hardly believe how different life is, because they are challenged to make lives extraordinary by Mr. Keating. As they learn such things from him, they make the secret club, “Dead Poets Society” to apply what they learn from the class. From this club, they have complete freedom by talking about the way to make their lives more valuable and extraordinary. They also relieve their pressure from the school and their parents. ===

=== Neil, who is one of the members of the club, distresses from his parents because his parents oppose him to be an actor. Instead of being an actor, they want him to graduate Harvard University to become a doctor. Neil strongly believes that in order to make his life extraordinary, he needs to do what he wants. As he becomes unable to be an actor, he makes up his mind to commit suicide. His suicide causes people to blame Mr. Keating. As the situation gets worse, the principal of the school lets Mr. Keating to leave the school, and he has to leave reluctantly. Even though everyone blames on him, all the students know that he is the great teacher who makes them to realize the true happiness of the life. ===

=== The life cannot be always full of happiness. The life satisfaction is all depending on how you build up. Nothing brings the pleasure into one’s life, but what makes one can enjoy the life to the fullest is the person himself or herself. The novel, “Dead Poets Society” gives a message to the people to enjoy their limited amount of time known as life. I should always keep “Carpe diem” in my mind too in order to make my life extraordinary. ===

=Final Draft= === __Dead Poets Society__ is a novel written by N.H. Kleinbaum. The setting of the story is “Welton Academy” around the 1950s. Since the characters of the novel are students like me, it greatly interested me. However, the school life of the characters demonstrates a message that advises readers to enjoy every moment of their lives. ===

The story begins with the leading character, Todd Anderson’s coming to a new school, Welton Academy. As he gets along with the boys at the school, he meets his new literacy professor, John Keating. Even though he is the literacy teacher, he likes to tell them the new perspectives of the life in an extraordinary way and it is also reflected in his teaching, which is unconventional. For example, he lets his students to stand on his table and have their speeches to make them confident in front of many people. The students including Todd enjoy the class with him because he connects the literature to people’s lives during his lecture. They are able to gain lots of ideas of enjoying every moment of their lives from the class, and the most valuable quote they learn from him is “Carpe diem”, meaning enjoy every moment. Todd and his friends can hardly believe how different life is, as they are challenged to make lives extraordinary by Mr. Keating. As they learn such things from him, they make a secret club, “Dead Poets Society” to apply what they learn from the class. In this club, they have complete freedom by talking about the way to make their lives more valuable. They also relieve their pressure from the school and their parents.

Neil, who is one of the members of the club, distresses from his parents because his parents oppose him to be an actor. Instead of being an actor, they want him to get into Harvard University to become a doctor. Neil strongly believes that in order to make his life extraordinary, to have self-satisfaction, he needs to do what he wants. As he becomes unable to be an actor, he makes up his mind to commit suicide. His suicide causes people in school to blame Mr. Keating. As the situation gets worse, the principal of the school dismisses Mr. Keating from the school, as a way to conclude the issues related to Neil’s suicide. He has to leave reluctantly. Even though everyone blames him, all the students know that he is a great teacher who makes them to realize the true happiness of the life, treating them as real men instead of just teenaged students.

The life cannot be always full of happiness. The life satisfaction is all totally depending on how you build up in your own life. Nothing brings the pleasure into one’s life, but what makes one can enjoy the life to the fullest is the person himself or herself. The novel, “Dead Poets Society” gives a message to readers to enjoy their limited amount of time, which is known as life. I should always keep “Carpe diem” in my mind too in order to make my life extraordinary.

=Haiti Project Reflection=


 * I had a speech to persuade others to donate for FFP. I used several persuasive skills for the speech. I said that FOod FOr the Poor provides food, medicine, and shelter that I applied 3 rules. I also said, "Donate your money to provide foods for the poor right now!" at the end of the speech to emphasize my point. I think I used them very well that they really helped my speech to be stronger and clearer. But next time, I can use much more persuasive skills with clear and loud voice to be effective in persuasion.

I prepared several note cards to look at during my speech. I looked at the cards whenever I forgot my point of need to see the information I researched. I think my speaking wasn't perfectly fluent that I looked at my notes often. Next time, I should practice speaking more so that I can memorize it. It will make audiences to understand more clearly.**

=Book Review 2 First Draft= Book Review Uncle Tom’s Cabin Katie Yun

The book I read during this spring vacation is called, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. The author who wrote this book is named, Harriet Beecher Stowe, who became really prominent after publication of this book. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is one of the well-known classical novels of the world. The reason for its popularity is that the book is very straightforward as it describes seriousness of racism and slavery during the middle of 1800s in America. The main character of this book, Uncle Tom’s miserable life reflects the times well. This book later caused American Civil War to be occurred, and Lincoln, the 16th President of America, finally declared the emancipation of slaves in 1863. As I heard of that news, I became very interested in this book, which made slaves completely free. I was also proud of the author who abolished this horrific system.

The story begins as Arthur Shelby decides to raise money by selling two of his slaves to Mr. Haley. However, Eliza, one of the slaves of Shelby overhears this conversation and gives warning to Uncle Tom and his wife, Aunt Chloe who are also slaves of Shelby. Eliza flees to the North with her son, Harry, hoping to find freedom with her husband George in Canada. Eliza and Harry make their way to a Quaker settlement, where the Quakers agree to help transport them to safety. They are joined at the settlement by George, who reunites with his family for the trip to Canada. George and Eliza remain in flight from Loker and his men. When Loker attempts to capture them, George shoots him in the side, and the other slave hunters retreat. Meanwhile, Uncle Tom sadly leaves his family and Mas’r George, Shelby’s young son and Tom’s friend, as Haley takes him to a boat on the Mississippi to be transported to a slave market. On the boat, Tom meets an angelic little white girl named Eva, who quickly befriends him. When Eva falls into the river, Tom dives in to save her. Her father, Augustine St. Clare gratefully agrees to buy Tom there. After Tom has lived with the St. Clares for two years, Eva becomes very ill. She slowly weakens, then dies, and her death has a great effect on everyone who knows her. However, St. Clare’s cruel wife, Marie, sells Tom to a vicious plantation owner named Simon Legree. What Tom’s life will be in his new place? Will he be happier than before? Will other slaves’ lives get better? or get worse?

What “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” says mainly is that the slaves are also the same humans as white people. The slaves have certain rights to have freedom, and enjoy their lives without anyone’s control. Since slavery is not good for anyone, there’s no need for it to be continued.

Harriet Beecher Stowe showed the seriousness of racism from the detailed description of the characters’ lives. She did not emphasize the points or persuade the readers, but by telling the realistic story, she allowed the readers to realize this severe situation. Tom is continuously sold to the new places, and this describes slaves’ lives with no freedom.This can be one example of her style of writing the book.

This book makes you to reflect yourself! If you have felt hatred on someone because of the reason that he or she is different from you, you should read this book and reflect on yourself. Even for someone who has not felt this, he or she can learn about the slavery that was going around 1850s in America. Slavery in America is also the part of the history, so it greatly helps you to understand American history if you read it. I believe that this book will help me to understand the US history class of next year. However, I gained numerous great things as I finished this book.

