Michael

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China Alive - "Greatest Hits" writing
In September 21st, I went to the airport by car. It was the first day for China Alive!! However, I was so tired because I couldn't sleep well last night by thinking how fun the trip will be. After everyone was ready for the trip, the plane took off from Shanghai and flew several hours to reach to the destination, Shandong. The weather was clear and sunny which was the best weather I have ever seen in China. During the trip, there were several fun activities such as mountain climbing and boat riding. In addition, my favorite thing during the trip was the hot spring in the hotel, because it released fatigue from the trip.

After I came back, I thought about the greatest hits during the trip because I wanted to inform about the wonderful trip to the people who had not been to Shandong. In my opinion, the most interesting activity was mountain climbing. At first, I thought the mountain climbing would be easy, but actually I had a difficult time finishing it. While climbing the mountain, I wore a wind-blocker because the weather was a little cold. However, as I was mounting towards the summit, I was sweating a lot due to the harsh climbing. My enthusiastic effort to get to the top even ignored the chilly weather condition. Before I reached the middle gate, something amazing caught my eyes; a humungous tree lying down across the walls that were beside the stair way. I took a picture to show it to my other friends because I have never seen a giant tree before. After climbing for few minutes, I arrived at the middle gate of the mountain and saw the sign board: "The climbing starts from this point." I was frozen at the moment. I was not only frustrated but also mad because I spent a striving time for an hour. I tried to climb another few hours but I was too lazy and tired. Therefore, from that point I took a cable car to reach the destination. Other than mountain climbing, one of the plan during the trip was to watch the sunrise in the morning at top of the peak. I was looking forward to see the beautiful scene. Unexpectedly, we couldn't see the sun because it was hidden behind the fog.

Overall, the trip was both entertaining and instructive. Even though we couldn't see the sunrise, the mountain climbing was the greatest hits in this trip because I learned about many things that I couldn't get from my living environment. For instance, I saw unique bugs and animals that I have not seen before. Moreover, I learned about new cultures and tried new foods in Shandong province. I had a great time climbing the mountain with my friends and teachers. However, I was disappointed by myself that I gave up climbing in the middle. From next time, although I become exhausted during the climbing, I will not give up in the middle. Instead, I will finish the whole climbing without riding a cable car.

The entrance of the mountain

Beautiful scenery on tophe mountain

The middle gate on the mountain

That's the destination!!!! WE CAN DO IT!!!!


 * My Descriptive Writing Page**

Quarter 2 Goal
Reading: I want to understand the meaning while reading. Speaking: I want to speak fluent English and work on pronunciation while speaking. Writing: I need to improve writing thesis statement specifically. Listening: I need to understand the meaning while people are talking.
 * Read many English books and try to understand them with dictionary to find the words that are hard to understand.
 * Reflection: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 __8__ 9 10
 * I read some English books during school time and during break.
 * Speak English with all the friends including Koreans.
 * Reflection: 1 2 3 4 5 __6__ 7 8 9 10
 * I spoke with some of my Korean friends and other friend but I think I need to improve more.
 * I would make my own journal to practice my writing, or search for the topic on the internet and write a short essay.
 * Reflection: 1 __2__ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 * I did some of them when I stated my goals but after few weeks, I forgot to write my own journal.
 * I would listen to audio track for Joy Luck Club to understand the meaning of the passage.
 * Reflection: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 __8__ 9 10
 * I've listened to the audio track for Joy Luck Club when I had some time.

Haiti Speech Reflection
While I was having a speech, I looked up and had eye contact with other friends. Also I used persuasive techniques to persuade them for example, telling facts about this organization and tell the way to donate. I controlled my voice and the speed to get listener attention. However, some of my mistake bothered me for example, I was nervous so I moved my feet and kind of buffered and not saying clearly about the speech. I also made some mistake by not saying what I had to say. I think I could have done the speech well if I had more time to practice the speech.

Book Review
A Day No Pigs Would Die When I first went to the bookstore to buy some English books, I saw the book called “A Day No Pigs Would Die” at the bestseller corner. I wanted to read this book because the title of the book looked very interesting. This impressive book is written by Robert Newton Peck. Also, its genre is non-fiction novel because he wrote by his own experiences when he was young.

The characters in this book are real people. The main character in the story is Robert Peck who is the author of the book. He decides not to go school because he need to work in the farm. He lives with his family: Lucy Peck, Haven Peck and Aunt Carrie. Lucy Peck is Robert Peck’s mother. She helps Robert a lot and informs him about the farm and explains how to do farm work. Haven Peck is his father and he works in pig slaughter place. He gives Robert a lot of moralistic speeches. Aunt Carrie is his aunt that helps Robert a lot about his education.

After Robert quits school, he works at the farm with Haven, his father, who always slaughters the pig. One day, Robert finds a cow, which is the neighbor’s. Suddenly, the cow tries to give a birth so Robert helps him. However while he was helping, he gets several serious injuries on his arms and other places. After he is cured, he got a pig for present from the owner of the cow. The meaning of this book title reveals the conclusion of the story. At last, Haven stops killing pigs after the day when he killed Robert’s pig because he didn’t want to kill pigs anymore. I recommend this book to people who like to read about the story of an author’s childhood. Some books contain their own life during the past special experiences. I think this book is very interesting because the author’s experience is very unusual to our modern society. Furthermore, I felt that I want to work at the farm after finishing this book.