Jeff

toc = = =Quarter 1=

Interview with Mr. Marinucci
I went to my homeroom at the Flextime and interviewed Mr. Marinucci, my homeroom teacher. I knocked on the door; he said ‘come in’. I asked him if I could interview him just asking few questions. He said “no problem” with a big smile. He said that he is a French teacher at SAS. He’s last name is Marinucci. He has been working in SAS for 2 years. And he is the coach of the JV boy’s volleyball team. He likes cycling and many other sports like volleyball and he likes to meet his friends on weekends. He likes every kind of music such as classic, rock and jazz. His favorite bands are Radiohead and REM. He loves working in SAS, because there are great teachers and students in SAS. He thinks Shanghai is a fabulous city. After the interview, he let me take a photo of him. I said ‘ thank you very much’. And he said ‘welcome’. I think he is really kind. If a student has a problem, he always solves it for him/her. For example, at the first day at SAS, I didn’t know how to use the combine lock, but he helped me with it.

The monkey’s paw

The title of the short story is ‘The monkey’s Paw’. The author “W. W. Jacobs wrote it. The story takes place in the in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa when the night is cold and wet. The main characters in the story are Herbert, Mr. White, Mrs. White and Sergeant-Major Morris. Mr. White and Mrs. White are parents of Herbert. And Mr. Sergeant-Major Morris brings misfortune to the family. In this story, there are conflicts with others, conflicts with society, conflicts with self, conflicts with nature and conflicts with the unknown.

 The conflict is introduced in the story by the monkey’s paw from the first to end. For example, there is paw. All the conflict is due to the monkey’s paw. At the climax, there is an inner conflict. Mr. White considers whether to let his wife open the door.  There are some complications in the story. Sergeant-Major knows that the monkey’s paw will bring the family a misery. So he tries to burn the monkey’s paw in fire. But, Mr. White is so greedy that he only thinks about the wishes not the result. The greatest tension in this story is when there’s a knocking on the door, and Mr. White holds the monkey’s paw and has a conflict. And Mrs. White tries to open the door. The conflict is resolved by Mr. White makes the wishes just before Mrs. White opens the door. Then there are nobody left except Mr. White.

 The story ‘The monkey’s paw’ ends sadly. Both Mrs. White and Herbert die. Only Mr. White is left. I think the outcome of the story is very sad, because Mrs. White and Herbert died. I feel some pity to Mr. White. I also think he is stupid. He should have followed what Morris told him to do.

I chose this because I made a lot of effort on this. I corrected this writing 2 times.

Jeff Kim 1B

China Population – China’s population is really large. The land allowed them to have a large population. They didn’t know about contraception before. Communism – Hu Jin Tao is the president of China. The idea is everyone should be equal. This is really hard to practice. Mao Zedong – He is respected by every Chinese, he is the first president of P.R.C (People’s Republic of China) The Great wall – The length of the Great wall is 5000km. Consists of several tribes – There are 56 tribes in China. The largest group of tribe is the Han tribe. And 91.59% of Chinese are the Han tribe. Cheap labors – China has cheap labors. This is due to the large population and low education History – China has a long history and there were many inventions. Landmass – China is the forth-largest country in the world. It is a country good for agriculture. Rapidly Developing – China’s economy is developing really fast Expo – There is a 2010 Expo going on in Shanghai and it’s the biggest size ever. Korea North Korea/ South Korea- split by Korean War – Everything was destroyed. The line between North Korea and South Korea is called the 38th parallel Samsung-advanced technology – Korea is very developed in technology. It has many famous digital companies like Samsung and LG. Korea’s Internet speed is the fastest in the world Kim chi – Kim chi is the most famous food in Korea. Koreans eat Kim chi almost every meal. Foreigners must eat Kim chi when they go to Korea. Seoul – Seoul is the capital city in Korea. And it’s the most developed city in the world. Bad relationship with Japan – Korea was invaded by Japan in 1910. Also, Japan is claiming that the east sea of Korea is Japan’s. Education – Many of the Korean student need to go to the academy after school. Lots and lots of money is put in education. It’s very important for Korean student Hangul – Hangul is the Korean language and the King Sejong invented it. Man going to army-mandatory – All the Korean men need to go to the army when they are 20~25, because Korea is in an armistice Patriotism – All the Korean has lots of Patriotism, because they had a war. Japan Sushi – Sushi is a Japanese food and it’s mainly fish or vegetable over a ball of rice Samurai – Samurais are very strong and powerful warrior in the Japanese history. Sony – Sony is a big electronic company in Japan. They make things like televisions, computers, cameras and mp3s. Cartoon – Japan is very famous for their cartoon and every child in the world like it. Subways – Japan’s subway is convenient and very clean. Many people use it. Economy – Japan is a developed country and there are lots of rich people in Japan Atomic bomb – In 6th of August 1945, America bombed the city in Japan called Hiroshima. Many people died, and the 2nd world war started. Tokyo – Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and it’s very crowded. It is in the island of Honshu Technology –There are many electronic companies in Japan such as Sony and Nikon.

I chose this because this assignment was fun. = = =English - Descriptive writing first draft= The Cafeteria I walk into the cafeteria on Friday lunchtime, and I can hear sounds of people chattinsg, waiting in the line nervously, anxiously, impatiently, and angrily. I can hear the sound of cooking, grilling beef. The patty is sizzling. I can smell the great smell of food. It makes my stomach to rumble like a thunder. The smell makes me happy. I can see some people **e**ating, and some people waiting in the line. People seem very exited because it is lunchtime. I can taste the cheeseburger. The taste is wonderful. I can feel the beef and cheese in my mouth. There are 5 sections in the cafeteria. There is a Salad Bar, Chinese food, The Fresh Grill, The Café, Sandwich, and Italian food. Salad Bar is food for people who like vegetables, and it is for people who are on a diet. Chinese food is very tasty and sometimes, there are dumplings. The Fresh Grill is very popular section. On Wednesday, There is a Cheeseburger. It is very tasty. On Friday, There is a Korean Food called Bibimbob. It is a Korean Traditional food which we put vegetables and beef on the rice and put Korean hot sauce. In the Café, there are many things you can buy. You can buy cakes, brownies, Lemon juice, and donuts. Sandwich section is very good because you can choose what goes into the sandwich. If you don’t like Asian food or sandwich, you can choose to eat Italian food. There are pasta, pizza and meat. I like the cafeteria because I think the food there is very tasty.

Emerald = Simple sentence Yellow = Compound sentences Green = Complex sentences Jeff Kim

Theme of monkey's paw

The theme of the monkey’s paw is suspense. In the story, the reader cannot predict what is going to happen. For example, you cannot predict son’s death until you read about it. The effect the author get using the theme suspense is that the reader will read the whole story, because the reader is curious and wants to know about what is going to happen to the characters. So, the theme the author uses in monkey’s paw is suspense.

=Quarter 2= =Describe the plot and the conflict of The Bass, The River and Sheila Mant= = = There’s a boy who lives beside a lake and he likes a girl called Sheila Mant. He always secretly looks at her when she’s on her float. One day, Sheila comes to the boy and play baseball with the boy. He asks Sheila to date him, and Sheila accepts it. At the night, he goes to the girl’s house with his boat. They go to a concert riding the boat. On the boat she says, “Fishing is dumb”. The boy is kind of sad because he likes fishing. On the way, there is a big bass and he gets really scared and tries to take the bass away from the boat. However, the bass is really strong and the boat starts to go backward. He needs to decide whether to catch the fish or date the girl. There’s a huge internal conflict inside the boy’s mine. He needs to choose either a girl or the bass. He finally chooses the girl and goes to the concert. However, there was a boyfriend of him at the concert. Finally, He regrets of choosing the girl not the bass. So, these are the brief plot and the conflicts in the plot of Sheila Mant.

I chose this because I think I am good at describing the plot. Jeff Kim

Mice and men paragraphs (first time to write)
=In the mice and men paragraph= =Quarter 3= Old year & New Year Paragraph

Old Year

The year 2010 was a tough and a quick year. Compared to my entire life I think it was tough but good because there were some problems but not too serious. Also, there were many fun incidents that made me excited and happy. The best thing about 2010 was that I came to SAS, which is the best school I’ve ever attended. I didn’t like the school when I first came her, because I don’t like moving schools. But later, the school life got better and better. The worst thing of 2010 was that I was once addicted to playing games and my grades got really bad during that time. The game that I played was called ‘Starcraft’, and it was famous for people addicted to it. I learned that you have to be temperate and able to control your body. I was too addicted that I was thinking of it everytime. So, the year 2010 was a touch and a quick year, but there were some happy incidents that made me excited and happy.

New Year

The three New Year Resolutions are raising my grades, gaining some weight, and being taller. I want to raise my grades because I can’t go to a good college if the GPA is same as now. I want to choose my major as computer engineering. I got C+ for Geometry last semester. However, I need to improve my math, because computer engineering requires high standard of math. I want to go to a good university. If I go to a good university, I will get a good job. Then, I will learn lots of money. I want to gain some weight, because I am too weak. My friends sometimes look down on me just because I am too skinny. I will gain my weight by eating more food. I want to be taller, because I am too short now. In Korea, girls call men who are shorter than 180cm ‘Losers’. I don’t want to be in the losers group in the future. The three predictions of this year are that Shanghai will be very hot in summer, I will participate in more After School activities, and I will not cry. I predict Shanghai will be very hot in summer because the global warming in the world is getting worse and worse. I will participate in more after school activities, because I didn’t know how to participate, and I was also busy during the first few months in the school. I predict and wish I will not cry. I cried 2 times last year. I want to be braver. These are my three resolutions and predictions.

Two best sentences

- I maximized the speed of my computer by over clocking.

- The singer used a microphone to amplify his voice

Analytical Paragraph

One in a million is a song sung by Ne-Yo. The theme of the song is love. The singer loves a girl so much that he uses the expression 'one in a million'. One in a million means that something or someone is so rare. The singer only cares about the girl because the song says ' other girl's don't matter'. He also thinks that the girl is the best girl he has ever seen. When he says 'Jet setter', that means he is as happy as riding a jet.

Outline

Hi Jeff :) We had a short conference about your project last class and I think focusing on free time is excellent! Your question the degree of satisfaction people feel towards the amount free time they have compliments your other question on what they actually do during their free time, i.e. do they lack free time, or do they just lack efficiency? I will make several suggestions that I think will make your project more focused - eventually making it easier for you to present your data and for your participants to contribute with clear answers. Feel free to ask me about the comments! /Jenna

- Ask people questions (survey)

1. How many hours of sleep do you get every day? (Different grades) 2. Are you satisfied with the amount of your free time? Consider slight rewording, perhaps "Are you satisfied with your amount of free time?" Although, this would be similar to your question below. 3. Do you think homework is helpful? + "helpful.. for your learning or merely something you do to improve your grade?" 4. Do you think homework is needed on vacation? - analyze Information

- Make something using that data (Graphs or Charts) Processing data statistically sounds like an excellent idea, people tend to not only find it more professional but also easier to grasp! You want credibility to your data. I'm not sure how familiar you are with statistics, although any statistics teacher, or even science teachers will be very helpful for this aspect. However, with the little information that I have I suggest a Bar Graph or a Pie Chart - (they're very popular), they're suitable for your data!

- Make a conclusion It is good that you have structured your research from your procedure (questions asked, how they're asked etc.) to how you will analyze them and lastly to the part where you draw a conclusion. It might be good to also add that you should consider the significance of your data as your project most likely will be presented to educators and other students - always inform people about why they should care about your work.

An article about NOT DOING HOMEWORK http://www.edarticle.com/homework/homework--what-to-do-when-students-dont-do-it.html Good! Building a preliminary bibliography is helpful when doing a research project, keep expanding!

My one research Question

How do you think about free time? If I was a participant I would be slightly confused and most likely ask "what do you mean?". I see your good intentions and perhaps your focus is not yet determined, however this is essential before you start collecting your data. This is a sufficient general question but absolutely needs to be more specific. Do you want to investigate satisfaction rate? Then you should add it! :) You can specify it by asking something similar to your question below "Are you satisfied with your amount of free time?". After that you should further narrow it down, do you mean weekends? weekdays? etc.

Some questions that is about free time

1. What do you usually do during free time? 2. Are you satisfied with your amount of free time?

Different grade levels & Different gender Even ask teachers!! Creative to include teachers! However, are you going to conduct separate research for your 4 x 2 + 2 x1 participant groups? Know your sample population, or recognize that your participant group has a lot of variety within it. If you want to go broad I suggest calling them "Shanghai American School Highschool students" or "Shanghai American School Highschool teachers/administration". It will strengthen your research if you recognize possible participant biases.

Don't be intimidated by all the comments! I think you're doing a wonderful job, and these are ways in which your research can be further strengthened! Main thing is to narrow it down, something which is always difficult. Take this research seriously for it may be published in this school under your name and be useful to many generations of students. :)

Speech

Adolf Hitler said, “What luck for rulers that men do not think.” What does this mean? This quote basically means that it is lucky and good for the rulers that people that follow the rulers are too stupid to argue and rebel against the ruler. When Adolf Hitler was a leader, he ruled Germany, as he wanted. He attacked a place that he wanted to attack, and he killed people that he wanted to kill. In animal farm, Napoleon ruled the Animal Farm. His animals did not rebel against him and they just thought that he is ruling the Farm very well because other animals told them so.

Let’s talk about Animal farm in detail. Mr. Jones was once a responsible farmer. He treated animals nicely, but was addicted to alcohol and started to have some problems. He was not giving enough food to animals and he did not care about his animals. So animals rebelled and he lost his power. After Mr. Jones lost his power, Napoleon ruled the farm very badly. Snowball is driven off the farm because Napoleon wanted to be a leader. Other animals are too stupid that they actually believe Squealer saying. Squaler says that Napoleon tells the animals the best way to work in a farm. Almost every animal believes him, because no animal is arguing about what Squaler is saying. All the animals don’t think about Squaler’s statements. They just think Napoleon is right. One animal that shows this is Boxer. As you all know, there are two main quotes from Napoleon. “Napoleon is always right.” And “I will work harder”. Those two quotes were made because of Napoleon. Squaler brainwashed Boxer and other animals saying and that Napoleon is a good leader. Also, Napoleon forces animals to do a lot of work. Some animals suspect that Napoleon is not a good leader, but they don’t say it publically, because they know they would be killed or they would get in trouble for doing that.

Let’s talk about our second example: Hitler and the holocaust. Right before Hitler started to kill 6 million Jews, other countries did not try to help. At the Evian Conference which happened before the Second World War. Before the conference, Jews were allowed to move to other places from Germany. After the Conference, Most of the countries including Britain and United States prohibited Jews to enter their country. This was because all the people from other countries were afraid of Hitler, and they knew that Hitler had a plan and they wanted to kill Jews. They were just afraid because of the cruel dictatorship and attacks that he made in the past. People did not want Hitler to invade their countries. This relates to the quote because Hitler was the ruler and men were the people under Hitler.

So, these were 2 examples one from animal farm and one from the holocaust about the quote “What luck for rulers that men do not think.” From the quote, we can infer that Hitler looked down on his people because the quote said do not think, which is similar to the word stupid.

Reflection : I think that my speech had some good points and also some bad points The thing that I did well is that I gave detailed examples to support my answer. The thing that I need to improve is grammar and speaking loudly and clearly. I can improve this by practicing speaking.

= = = = =Quarter 4=

Quarter 4 goals for Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing.

By the end of Quarter 4

Listening : I will be able to listen carefully and understand what teachers are saying.

Reading: I will increase my reading level (about 2 levels).

Speaking : I will be able to speak with teachers fluently.

Writing: I will know how to write a well-organized essay.

Book analysis

Don’t eat the Marshmallow yet. - Joachim de Posada and Ellen Singer 1B English Jeff Kim 30-03-2011 The story of a billionaire and a driver gives the readers morals to succeed and what are some differences of successful people and unsuccessful people. There are 2 main characters in the story, Arthur and Jonathan. Arthur is a driver of Jonathan. Jonathan is a billionaire who owns a company. Arthur tries as hard as Jonathan and he is even smarter than Jonathan. The author is trying to show a factor of success, which is “delaying gratification”. The book gives a real life example of this by showing an experiment that was done to normal children. The Children were given a piece of marshmallow a day, and if they don’t eat that piece for a day, they would be given a new piece of marshmallow. Some children just ate the marshmallow right after they got it while some children were patient. The result was that Children who were patient succeeded more than children who just ate the piece of marshmallow right away. When Arthur heard about this investigation, he regretted himself of wasting his money by doing things like going to clubs and eating McDonald’s hamburgers every day. The thing that he regrets the most is playing poker with his friends. Therefore, He decides never to gamble in his entire life. Then, He decides to save his money and he buys a pack of marshmallows on the way home. Before he sleeps, he says “Not yet”. He listens to lots of stories by Jonathan when he drives him to the company. The stories are about successful people. Arthur is really impressed when he heard from Jonathan that his car was an old truck when he was in high school, because Arthur bought a really expensive car to attract girls, because he was not patient. In this story, Posada shows about how people can succeed by waiting with patience. He supports his opinion by telling stories of successful people who had patience such as Mahatma Gandhi and Larry Bird who was a legendary basketball player. I think the book “Don’t eat the marshmallow yet.” is a flawless book for several reasons. The author wisely creates a story of two major characters and tells about boring morals in a fun way. For example, Jonathan gives some advices to Arthur on the limousine that he rides. I think this is a strong technique that authors should have to tell boring stories in a interesting way, so that the readers will not feel bored. Also, I think that after reading this book, most readers will read this book at least 5 times more. There was so much important information that I even took notes when I was reading this book. So, I will definitely evaluate this book as a perfect and immaculate book. I think all adolescents should be forced to read this book. I even think that people who read this book would succeed and people who don’t will not succeed, because they will not know how to live as a successful person.

Reflection: I think that I wrote a well organized analysis, but there were some problems. I had some grammar mistakes and my friends told me that I should try to correct the grammar before I print it, and also, I needed to stay on the topic. Sometimes, I was talking about some information that is useless rather than talking about the analysis.

Chapter 36. Completion sentences

The MTV music award is __.(dynasty)__ __The__ of his life insurance was 100 dollars. (annuity) The Korean soccer cup is ___. (biennial)__ __The World cup was__. (chronic) The table shows us clearly what happened at when. (chronological) Two companies are __that they compete together. (contemporary)__ __I was very impressed when I read Anne Frank's__. (diary) The solo guitar performance was __. (extemporaneous)__ __is a very popular major in Cambridge University. (Jornalism)__ __ swimming is very beautiful. (synchronized)

Quote explanation –

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.

Juliet says this quote in the first balcony scene in act 2. Before this quote is said, Romeo sneaked into the Capulet’s mansion but Juliet doesn’t know that and she is saying this quote about how he feels about Juliet. This quote means that although The Capulet family and The Montague family are in a bad relationship, Juliet still loves Romeo and she is willing to not be a Capulet and still love Romeo. This quote is really important, because this is where Romeo find out that Juliet also loves Romeo, and this quote leads Romeo to propose his love towards Juliet.