A River Runs Through It

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A River Runs Through It and Memoirs

We will study a Montana Story, and through it learn about life,  while studying how to write about life through memoirs.

Student of the Month

Kassara Hanson is the student of the month because she has integrity; she works hard, and she is powerfully positive. Integrity simply put is doing what you are supposed to do when no one is watching. Kassara lives her life day to day doing the right things, making the intelligent choices, constantly becoming a stronger, smarter, kinder person because she knows that the decisions she makes today will affect her tomorrow. Kassara is a hard worker, but not only does she work hard, she listens and applies what she is learning directly to her assignments. She goes the extra mile daily. She checks her work, she takes assignments home and makes them better, and she brings them back. Kassara, most importantly though, has a powerful positive attitude.  It is easy to be positive when life is easy, but life has not been easy for Kassara, and she still chooses to see the best in life. For Kassara positivity has been a super power. She comes into class smiling, ready to do her best, ready to focus on school, and ready to laugh; when assignments are difficult she powers through them with the belief that she can accomplish any task as long as she works at it. This choice to be positive has made her a strong person. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge.” Through Kassara’s life challenges she has stood on integrity, climbed with hard work, and soared with positivity. 

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Visualize the old West while becoming better writers.

We will use the movie as writing prompts while you learn to use sentences that make you look smart. (you are smart, but it does not hurt to also look smart) Your writing is often the first real impression you give others make it a good one. 

Using more sophisticated and complex sentences correctly gives you an edge in writing and writing gives you an edge on life. Learn to be a better writer with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on Monday.

Still Here by Langston Hughes

Still Here


Been scared and battered.
My hopes the wind done scattered.
Snow has friz me,
Sun has baked me,

Looks like between 'em they done
Tried to make me

Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin;--
But I don't care!
I'm still here!

Langston Hughes

Still


Harvey                                   Both                             Viola
Still fighting
                                                                              Still married
My hopes my wife
has battered                                                            My dreams my husband
                                                                               has shattered
Buying up records
                                                                               Spending up our money
                                      Joining the K.K.K?
Looks like she's                                                       Looks like he's
done tried to                                                            done tried to
make me                                                                  make me
                        Stop Lovin', Stop Carin', Stop tryin'
                                      But I don't care!
                                      I'm still married!

Garrett
Iris weaver:
Been cough and let loose
My hopes: to avoid the noose
Wind has pushed me
Rocks have blacked me
Looks like between 'em they've
Tried t make me
Stop movin', stop deliverin', stop collectin',
But I don't care!
I'm still runnin' booze

Kandra A:
Ester Hirsh
Been lost and hopeless
My dreams were lost with mommy
I did make me cry
Still between hope and tears
Trying to stay, trying to hold on, trying not to cry
But I don't care
I'm still missing my mommy

Jake
Violia Pettibone
Still Married
Been worried and scared
My hearts done Harvy teared
Husbands tried me
Klans been asking me
looks likes me i might
Have no choice but to join 'em
N' stop laughin', stop lovin', stop sayin',
but that don't matter
I'm still married  
                                 

Dreams Deferred

In the poem,Dreams Deferred by Langston Hughes he explains that it will take sacrifices to reach your goals. The more you put it, the more you get it out is a good way to look at it. To begin, coming up with the dream to be something that you want to be is the first step and usually the easiest. However, it can be the most important, and it could decide how you spend the rest of your life. Martin Luther King Jr. speech,"I Have a Dream" was probably one of the most important speeches in all of history. He set apart the difference and went for it; he, "took the first step without seeing the whole staircase." Next, having the drive or motivation is also another determining factor in life; it isn't always easy to stick with your plan but it will pay off if you do. You have to want it more then anything else in life. "You have to be willing to go days without sleeping or eating to be successful," as said by Erie Thomas in his "success" speech. Giving up fun things in life is part of being successful, you don't want your dreams to be deferred. Lastly, is the plan that comes along with succeeding in reaching your goals. You have to be willing to take your spot. Sticking to plan relates back to being something with your life or you will go nowhere. They build on one another, getting harder as you go but more rewarding. In the end it all comes down to how much your willing to give. - Sammy

Merry-Go-Round

Where is the Jim Crow section
On this merry-go-round
Mister, cause I want to ride
Down South where I come from
White and colored
Can't sit side by side.
Down South on the train
There's a Jim Crow car
On the bus we're put in the back-
But there ain't no back
To a merry-go-round!
Where's the horse
For a kid that's black?

I could hold on no longer, quickly I pulled my hand furiously to get away from m dad's grasp. I finally got free and sprinted to the man selling tickets. "Where is the Jim Crow section on this merry-go-round mister" I asked in confusion. My heart seemed to jump out of my chest, I wasn't sure what to say next, I was so excited. When it was my turn to ride I eyed the horses carefully, trying to find the right one or me. It was a small brown horse with a tan mane. When I  got on, my heart thumped rapidly. As the animals started to spin my legs tightened around the barrel of the horse. It was my first time on s merry-go-round and I was surprised at how fast it went when you were actually on it. When I went around the first time I saw a small golden ring on the wall. Everyone was trying to grab it and the man said that if you did get it you got another free ride. I came around again, I could see it coming closer and closer. I reached for it. "Ahh!" I yelped. My hand was sweaty from holding on so tightly and I had lost my grip. IT seemed so fast and before I knew it I was on the ground in pain. My arm had a sharp pain hat disabled me from getting up. When the man walked up t me he asked "Are you ok child?" I felt the ring and smiled warmly, "yes."-Davis

As I watch the little girl go round and round I get more anxious to go on. The music makes me get jittery from all the excitement. The laughter fills the hot sunny day air. I dozed off on the ride as it just goes round and round. I go up to the man controlling it and say, "Mister, where is the Jim Crow place for us?" He has a little chuckle but still kind of had a straight face the whole time. I just realized that there were whites and blacks on the ride. I couldn't believe my eyes, what they saw. I thought I was dreaming. It looked like a dream because of all the music, colors, and horses around me. The man looked at me and smirked. I didn't know if I should be afraid of excited because I didn't know if he was going to let me on. My hands were clammy feeling because of the sweat. All of this excitement at once overjoyed me. A that moment when the horse i saw looked at me in the eyes and I knew that it was going to be the one I was going to ride. The man gently opened the gate and let us in. I stood there for a minute. My excitement took over me. I ran around twice trying to find the horse I saw earlier. I was getting curious about where the horse is and why I cant't find him. But right then I did a lap and a half and I saw it. It was beautiful. I don't know why that one caught my attention but it just did. It was white and had  black blotches on it. I thought to myself its kind of like how it is right now. There is white and black horses together. That didn't seem right. I wish it was like that in real life. Life would be a lot better for us. Even though my dream came true for once I never thought that this moment would come and it did. -Taylor R.

When we arrived at the circus, I left my fathers grip and ran to my favorite ride. The marry-go-round. When i got to the ride I asked the man " where is the Jim Crow section on this marry-go-round mister"? Just then I fell in love with a grey and brown spotted horse. "I want to ride."I said to the man. He replied with kindness. "One moment, you must wait until the ride is over." I boarded the horse with excitement. As it started to go around the little kids screamed with joy. Groups of white people crowded around the merry-go-round and began to boo. I didn't understand why. Then the man running the machine, stopped and told me to get off the horse, out of the fence, and to leave. So I did what he told me. As I left, the mad had gone up to the horse that I had rode. He wiped it off with spray and a cloth. Then he started the ride again and the crowd left muttering.-Treju 

Lessons from To Kill a Mockingbird

Out of the movie To Kill a Mockingbird I have learned one of the most important lessons in life. The lesson I learned is of courage. I have always thought of courage as toughness or guts, but it's not a state of body, it's a state of heart and mind. I have learned this lesson many times in life, but it this movie it was the first time it really hit me. The most important courage of all is courage of the soul. Courage that tells you how honest and thoughtful a person is, not how tough. Atticus Finch is the character in the movie who has the most courage. He is one of those people who will always find a way to do the right thing. I understand why Mr. Johnson would want to be like Atticus. -Brenna