VOCABULARY WORKSHOP POEM!(FILL IN)

Unit 1- 5 words

Unit 2- 5 words

Unit 3- All words

POEM-
(Unit 1) Let me introduce you to this poem with an             ; a wise saying, "Life is a game, so keep on playing!"                       with me and you will see, that this song will be over in 1-2-3. I             that you listen to me, my rhymes are like slime, oozing slowly, but peacefully. While you're on the earth, I            in the sky, waving to people, giving my hellos and goodbyes. I can raise the               of city, and turn it into new, the power of my rhymes are overwhelming you.
(Unit 2) I'm always pulling             because I'm that type of guy, ask any of my friends, trust me, I rarely lie. My friends also love my            they say I make them laugh, but other people say I should cut my acts down to a half... no a forth, no an eighth, but I don't care what people say, because I am who I am and that's the way I play.My personality so           , when I start laughing, its a disease, that isn't curable. People say my voice             their eardrums because its so loud, but I'm the type of person who likes to stick out from the crowd. I want to leave my school with a boom. Something that'll get me remembered like the coon. (South Park remark. I'm not normal) When I leave this school I want to be                , Not a bully or someone somebody considers scary.

1.Legendary
2.Maims
3.Banter
4.Rubble
5.Adage
6.Collaborate
7.Antics
8.Durable
9.Decree
10.Hover

VOCABULARY WORKSHOP POEM!

Unit 1- 5 words

Unit 2-5 words

Unit 3- All words

POEM-

(Unit 1) Let me introduce you to this poem with an adage; a wise saying, "Life is a game, so keep on playing!" Collaborate with me and you will see, that this song will be over in 1-2-3. I decree that you listen to me, my rhymes are like slime, oozing slowly, but peacefully. While you're on the earth, I hover in the sky, waving to people, giving my hellos and goodbyes. I can raise the rubble of city, and turn it into new, the power of my rhymes are overwhelming you.

(Unit 2) I'm always pulling Antics because I'm that type of guy, ask any of my friends, trust me, I rarely lie. My friends also love my banter they say I make them laugh, but other people say I should cut my acts down to a half... no a forth, no an eighth, but I don't care what people say, because I am who I am and that's the way I play.My personality so Durable, when I start laughing, its a disease, that isn't curable. People say my voice maims their eardrums because its so loud, but I'm the type of person who likes to stick out from the crowd. I want to leave my school with a boom. Something that'll get me remembered like the coon. (South Park remark. I'm not normal) When I leave this school I want to be Legendary, Not a bully or someone somebody considers scary.

(Unit 3) 

CIRQUE DU FREAK

BOOK #1 A LIVING NIGHTMARE.

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION:

Who has “power” in your text? How does that power get shown?

The Main character Darren Shan, is very interested in spiders. He has a best friend Steve is interested in horror films and comics. They both love scary things and get along great. These children both really wanted to go to the horror show called "Cirque du Freak, but they knew their parents wouldn't let them. In order for them to go they  had to sneak out so, Darren made an excuse to his mom that he is staying at Steve's house and Steve said he was going to Darren's house. Luckily the lie went perfectly. They really enjoyed the show but, Darren was the most fascinated in the spider "Madam Octa." Darren wanted that spider so badly that he stole it and took it back home. Upon arrival, he ran up to his room and put the spider in his hands. The Spider bit him and left a poison in his body. Darren would not survive after that infection. "Mr Crepsley" (The owner of the Spider) came to retrieve it, but then realized that he was bitten. He told Darren that the only way he would be saved, is by being bitten by him. That is when Darren found that he was a vampire. He accepted the terms, and agreed that from that day on he would be his assistant and help him through out the way. He gained, power, speed and agility. From that day on he was a half vampire on his way to achieve full Vamp.

A LONG WAY GONE By Ishmael Beah

What really hard things are happening in this text? Are these things happening in the world now? Where?

In this book, it shows how the before the main character, Ishmael Beah became a child soldier, he was living a happy life with his family in Sierra Leone. All was going great until the civil war breaks out and the rebel soldiers come to attack his town. Everyone scatters around to escape. Some people survive the attack, but his family was sadly murdered in the encounter. It seems like his child hood is destroyed, but he tries to gain it back by learning the power of love.

War is like hell itself. Instead of burning flames, its a battlefield of death and despair. You forget who you are. You forget the meaning of life, love, laughter. These are all just words to them. Child soldiers are forced to fight. They can't choose to leave. They stay until death. This is happening all over the world. At  least 25 countries have this problem. The world is corrupted with their mentality. It is just wrong and should be stopped.

Child Soldier Essay(DRAFT)

In the present day, at least 25 countries or more use children as their pawns. These kids are turned into fighting machines at a very young age. Child Soldiers don’t deserve the treatment they get. Children are supposed to love not kill.


Leaders of war only use child soldiers for personal gain. “Children are often considered the perfect weapon.” These leaders do not consider these children to be helpless or misfortunate. They don’t care about these kids well being. All they care about is keeping extra cash in their pockets. “The children don’t get paid.”


Child soldiers get robbed of their childhood. “The rebels came and attacked us. They killed my mother and father in front of my eyes. I was 10 years old. They took me with them.” At a very young age the life of these children are changed drastically. Both Parents are killed while the child watches and horror. Then he/ she are forced into fighting in the war with that very memory scarred in their brain. The damage that can do to a person is incredible. “Killing became a normality for them”


Even after they are grown up they can’t adjust to a normal life. “They suffered long term trauma.” These kids have been put through much suffering, they have seen the deaths of many people, and have also killed people themselves. Their psychological state is probably damaged considering the pain they must have caused and went

Child soldiers are forced to fight. There is nothing they can do. “The first time I killed someone, I got so sick, I thought I was going to die. But I got better.” These children don’t wanna fight. They want to live a normal life, but the warlords don’t care. All they care for is money and power. The kids have no say in anything. The life of child soldiers is not easy at all.

Child Soldier Essay

In the present day, at least 25 countries or more use children as their pawns. These kids are turned into fighting machines at a very young age. Child Soldiers don’t deserve the treatment they get. Children are supposed to love not kill.
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”-Plato

Leaders of war only use child soldiers for personal gain. “Children are often considered the perfect weapon.” These leaders do not consider these children to be helpless or misfortunate. They don’t care about these kids well being. All they care about is keeping extra cash in their pockets. “The children don’t get paid.” Child soldiers work very hard and aren’t rewarded for their effort. These children are put through much effort, and have nothing to look forward to.


Child soldiers get robbed of their childhood. “The rebels came and attacked us. They killed my mother and father in front of my eyes. I was 10 years old. They took me with them.” At a very young age the life of these children are changed drastically. Both Parents are killed while the child watches and horror. Then he/ she are forced into fighting in the war with that very memory scarred in their brain. The damage that can do to a person is incredible. “Killing became a normality for them”
Eventually these children are psychologically trained to kill people. They must kill, or be killed.  These kids are drugged so that they won’t feel pain in battle.

Even after they are grown up they can’t adjust to a normal life. “They suffered long term trauma.” These kids have been put through much suffering, they have seen the deaths of many people, and have also killed people themselves. Their psychological state is probably damaged considering the pain they must have caused and went through. “They get trapped in the circle of war no matter where they go.” The children could try to escape, but they would get killed. No matter what they did, there would be no escape. It was like a jail, and the cell was closed shut.

Child soldiers are forced to fight. There is nothing they can do. “The first time I killed someone, I got so sick, I thought I was going to die. But I got better.” These children don’t wanna fight. They want to live a normal life, but the warlords don’t care. All they care for is money and power. The kids have no say in anything. The life of child soldiers is not easy at all.


These children are treated unjustly and unfairly. These kids shouldn't be put through all of this trouble. They deserve the chance to be a child and not a slave of war. Kids these days, don’t realize how much easier their lives are than the kids out in war.

Social Awareness Project

Social Awareness Project- Part 1

POEM ON GLOBAL WARMING

The Dangers of Global Warming

Global Warming.
Temperature rising.
Glaciers melting.
The world hanging.
Will we all survive?
Who knows...
The sun getting bigger.
Our hope becoming smaller.
Will the day come... When we are all killed?
One day, the night of christmas will be warm.
And our summers will be cold.
Hurricanes.
Blizzards.
Death and Despair.
Why does no one care?
We need someone to save us.
Make that someone you.
For our destiny awaits us.
Lets live in a world of peace.
We can only change it with the help of the people.
We are the people!

We should all make a change.
The way we think, should be re arranged.
The world is a fun and carefree place.
Until Global warming comes in your face.
SO LETS FIGHT IT, UNITE AS ONE.
To stop global warming for everyone.
Save the Planet piece by piece.
Thats the end of this poem, goodbye and peace.

How I came To create this poem...
The creation of this poem came easy to me. I used a bit of my knowledge on global warming and made a poem on how people have to realize how serious the topic of global warming actually is. Our world as we know it can change drastically. I felt this poem could help other children and people understand how the world can turn out to be.

As I wrote my poem, I let my fingers flow on the keys of my laptop and wrote what I felt. I wrote the truth. People take their lives for granted and things can happen in a flash. It took me a couple days to complete this, but i feel my completed piece can help people know more about global warming and make them want to learn more about it.





Social Awareness Project- 2

Lifes Difficulties
1.) Global Warming
2.)Bullying
3.)Littering
3.)Smoking
4.)School/College Admissions
5.)War
6.)Corruption of Government
7.)Carbon Pollution
8.)Lack of Jobs


When I was younger child, the cost of things were much cheaper. For example, If I ever wanted a snickers, I’d pay. 50-65 Cents. Now stores charge $1.00 or maybe $1.25. Prices are just too high. I realize times are tough, but paying some much for a smidget piece of chocolate is just too much. I wish prices would just go down a bit. Even though the economy is still in a deficit, little snacks like that shouldn’t cost that much money. I know the prices won’t change, but I feel that they should at least attempt to bring prices down. Candy shouldn’t be that expensive.


Social Awareness Project- 3
Littering...
Why do people litter? Why not go to the nearest garbage can and throw out your trash? These questions have been asked countless times because our country litters. The simplicity of picking up and throwing out your trash is easy and requires little to no effort.

Step One.
Take garbage
Step Two.
Find Garbage Can
Step Three.
Throw out the trash.

Then you’re done. It isn’t too hard. I really don’t know why people can’t follow these simple instructions. Is our country just lazy? Or is it that we just don’t care. It’s probably both. Well we need to change that. The world is being filled with countless amounts of garbage. Eventually the world will become a giant land mass of garbage if we don’t try to fix this problem. People may ask, how can we help? Pick up garbage that you may see on the floor or around you, or pick up after yourself. It isn’t hard. You may not care, but you are harming our environment and the world itself. We have to step up to the plate and try our hardest to help the world out because if we don’t our world as we know it, may change in a negative way and you will be in for a “Rude Awakening.”  

“Litter cleanup costs the U.S. almost $11.5 billion each year, with businesses paying $9.1 billion.  Governments, schools, and other organizations pick up the remainder.”-Kab.org

12,000,000 miles are driven each year picking up litter in our state. Think about all the gas that is needed to fuel trucks for litter pick up."- Stoplitter.org

"18% of all littered items end up in our streams and waterways as pollution. That means litter in our state travels to other states and eventually ends up in the ocean."

-Stoplitter.org

Info Found on these websites-

http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=focus_litter_prevention
http://www.ehow.com/how_8200379_stop-littering.html
http://www.stoplitter.org/
http://www.greenecoservices.com/12-ways-you-can-prevent-litter/