kiegan+homework

Kiegan McGovern
Jun. 9,2014 Pd. 7

Long term and short term goals

My short term goals would be to stop slacking off and get as much work as I possibly can done, if I feel distracted by my classmates then I will ask my teacher to move or I will move myself.

My long term goals are to get to a art collage so I can help make monsters, costumes, and animated drawings for movies or animations, the reason I want to do this is because I want to lead a successful life for myself. My next long term goal is to be the best I can possibly be, mainly because I don't want to disappoint my family in any way shape or form. And my last long term goal is to get a nice house, and have two dogs.

theme: A garage sale, an antique urn, and someone's ashes
Short Story

Mimi was walking to a small garage sale in her neighbor's backyard, who said if she came then she could have one of the items for half of the price, so she decided that it could be worth her while, since she never really trusted garage sales because that never really had what she wanted or the person was criminally insane and wanted to kill her. When she got to the house she was almost immediately greeted by her neighbor and friend Stephanie, "welcome Mimi so glad you could come to the sale!" Mimi only nodded (Yeah I know but she's a mute and I don't feel like doing her dialogue ok?) and followed her friend to the backyard, but on the way she heard screams emitting from one of the closets, what she could hear was what sounded like: "help me she's evil...so...very..evil....some..one..listen..run..away from..." Mimi soon felt a strike of fear in her heart, which was rare since she rarely became scared so she was very scared, until her friend tapped her on the shoulder. "I have an old halloween tape in there before my roommate left a few weeks ago." Mimi still had a feeling of fear in her heart, but she ignored it and went to the backyard, where a black and blue urn caught her eye immediately, as she walked over to it Stephanie followed her to the urn "yeah this is an old antique urn my grandma gave me but it's not really my style so I'll give it to you for free." Mimi nodded her head and gave a smile, her fear soon fading "ok then I'll just put some wrapping on it ok?" Stephanie soon grabbed the urn and walked inside, with Mimi following close behind. "I won't be long just sit down and wait for me to come back out ok?" Mimi just sat down and waited, while her friend wrapped up the urn so it wouldn't break, "ok Mimi i'm done...is that all you want?" Mimi nodded her head and walked out of the house, urn in hand. As soon as she made it home she opened the package to the urn, and checked to see if any cracks came onto the urn, only to notice a lid was on the urn // 'how did I not notice this?' // she thought, but soon curiosity overcame her and she opened the urn, only to find a note...but when she removed the note, what she found under it were two pairs of recently removed eyes and teeth surrounded by tons of ashes, this caused Mimi to drop the urn making it shatter into millions of pieces. Mimi was trembling, and looked at the note and read it "**//You know who I am now Mimi, and I can't allow you to tell the police...so I expect you to either run away and out of town, or you'll see me tonight next to your bed, only to be murdered by me...your choice Mimi. As always your neighbor, Stephanie.'//** Mimi was terrified and thought //'What do I do? Either way I'll die I can't survive in a new town, and if I stay then Stephanie will surely have my head! what should I do?"//

...To be continued*

//*I am so sorry for not being at school Mr. Moss and I will get the Man V.S Wild story done in due time...and yes I will make more, also I'm sorry for the sloppiness of the story.//
Kiegan McGovern

May 29, 2014

Period 7

A Frozen Journey *incomplete*

(Years of the civil war)

//She couldn’t have possibly known that this job was more dangerous than what her client had told her…but yet she took the job anyways, she needed the money…no her **Brother** needed the money and she just wanted to make her brother happy. This is her story.//

The weather was perfect and the sun was shining there was no clouds in sight, that made fourteen year-old Maya very happy. However her nineteen year-old brother Darrim was not happy with the weather at all, they were mercenaries…nomadic ones at that, but unlike his sister Maya, Darrim didn’t just help anyone, he made sure that the client was able to do a few things for him to make the job easier:

One.) You have to give him a good amount of money and show it to him before request.

Two.) You don’t complain if he says the job will take a bit of time.

And Three.) You don’t question why his fourteen old sister’s doing the same thing as him.

The rules just made his life a lot easier, but he didn’t like the way Maya did her work, but she gave him all her spoils just to make him happy, sometimes she would bring back gold or diamonds, but she would always bring back a rare artifact from her travels weather it was to keep or sell for some much needed cash he greatly appreciated her help with work…little did he know of her real dream.

Maya never hated her brother, mainly because their parents died long ago from a disease, when Darrim found out they were Ill he ran away, taking Maya away from their family’s home and chocolate shop. Maya didn’t question her brother’s wisdom that day, or hate him for seeing if they had enough money for a doctor to see them, she owed her life to her big brother, but she never made friends, they never stayed in a village for too long, because Darrim was afraid of losing his sister to illness, but today Maya looked out their small tent’s door (Darrim refuses to let them stay at an inn) to see the sunrise “hey Darrim? We are low on food so can I go to the market for some more food?” Maya’s voice had a soft Italian ascent to it, while her brother’s was very thick when it came to his “fine take as much gold as you might need and I have a small errand for you, I need you to get me another set of throwing knives, my last set rusted, dulled, and broke.” Darrim soon handed her four bags for the amount of gold she would need for the trip, Maya soon filled all four bags with gold coins, “I will return before the sunsets Darrim, I promise.” Maya grabbed her satchel, and throwing knife set, as well as her father’s dagger, and then left the tent.

(Time Skip)

The market was filled with beautiful sights, smells, and sounds. The busyness reminded her of her hometown of Florence; Maya figured she should go to the blacksmith for her brother’s custom throwing knives so she could see how much money she had left and then buy the food that was required. So she began her long walk over to the blacksmith, but while she was walking she saw a boy who looked no older then herself (well perhaps a bit older) running from guards, before running into her “I’m so very sorry but can you help me these red coats? They’re chasing me because I’m a Native American so if you just pretend I went the other way then I can get home so will you help?” The boy looked at her and began to get up and help up Maya, and Maya just couldn’t say no so she nodded her head and agreed to his request. “Thank you I will meet you again at the blacksmith.” His voice was a bit deep but she didn’t mind “ok I will meet you there I promise.” She replied, and with that he ran off, and not long after he did a group of red coats “hey have you seen a young native American running around here?” The lead man spoke to Maya in a very thick English ascent, so she spoke in her actual language “Mi dispiace non so chi parli di.” (This is Italian for ‘I’m sorry I do not know who you speak of.”) It only made the guards confused and angry “what help you are come on this way.” One of the guards motioned for the others to follow him and they were off again on their search…in the opposite direction. And with that done Maya began once again to the blacksmith, to get her brothers new throwing knives and to meet the boy she helped.

(Time Skip)

Kiegan McGovern 5/13/2014 Pd. 7 Fast Food Problems on young kids

Young children should limit their consumption of fast food. According to healthyeating.sfgate.com “ Teens need vitamins and minerals to function properly, especially during growth spurts.” And since these good tasting fast food meals have barely any vitamins inside them it leads teens and kids to becoming obese, or being at risk for heart problems, like this for example the normal large fries order only contains 4.6 **milligrams** of vitamin C which we use to build up build tissue, remove arterial plaque and battle disease. Now a small cup of broccoli contains 101.2 milligrams of vitamin C, do you see the big difference in the food choices? My older sister works at MacDonald’s, but get this she is **not** allowed to eat any food or bring a lunch from home, my sister works at mostly at night for long periods of time and eats the large MacDonald meals for dinner, as time progressed I noticed that she became more depressed and would work out vigorously only to have gained more then what she loss the following day. Now if that wasn’t enough proof then I still have a few more pages left to make you change your mind about fast food.

Have you ever gone to the doctors a day after you had fast food and they check your blood pressure and say it was getting too high? Well fast food has too much of one mineral and that’s sodium, a mineral that if you have too much of it, it can lead to heart attacks, or in this case high blood pressure. Not only is fast food high in sodium, it’s also high in sugar. A simple McDonald’s salad contains 13 grams of sugar, so if you think you are safe eating a McDonald’s salad you are dead wrong.

Kiegan McGovern

5/5/2014

Pd.7

My Name is Koda McGovern

Hello my name is Koda and I live on Sandy Road in a house on the corner with a backyard that’s just right, oh! I’m not a human I’m an Alaskan malamute. Now I have a pretty good life, I have loving masters, two birds to talk to, and a nice adopted sister named Kada she and I love to play games with our youngest master Kiegan. Kiegan is the perfect master to have, since she goes to a different school as our masters Kylen and Kieran she gets an earlier schedule then her sisters so she always arrives home first, which I love. My adult masters are sometimes kind but can become strict if Kada and I do something bad, so overall we don’t get yelled at too much, we’re pretty well behaved ever since we were puppies.

Now I want to talk more about Kiegan, now Kiegan was in my life for as long as I could remember. She never had a real friend before so when I came along my new masters were picking up Kiegan and her sisters from their Bapchia’s house, when I saw them come out of the door I was excited to know I would be able to play with children for the first time in my life! When they saw me the youngest was very happy, so happy that she asked ‘can I hold him?’ but she couldn’t because I was too heavy for her small weak arms. But she was allowed to sit next to me when my master Susan set me on a towel that was on one of the seats of this metal thing and she sat next to me and began to pet me, so I gave her a lick on her face, and to my excitement she giggled and gave me a hug.

That was when I would have her all to myself…then Kada came into the picture, at first I didn’t like her (which is expected from a 2 year old dog that’s fully grown) because she was hogging all Kiegan’s attention from me, but a few weeks past and I remembered that she had to be put in a cage when everyone left the house, at first I was planning on pubbing my freedom in her little puppy face, but I then heard her whining and scratching at the steel cage. So I did what any other dog would do I went down the stairs to the basement and saw her scratching and panicking for the cage to be reopened, so I walked over to the cage and put my muzzle to the cage door so she wouldn’t cry, I didn’t want her to be sad anymore. A few minutes later I heard Kiegan come through the basement door along with Kieran, but I stayed right where I was and howled for her to open Kada’s cage door. But time passed and Kada didn’t the cage anymore and she and I would have play fights as she got older, and the best part is Kiegan would pay attention to both of us, I remember she used to have trouble sleeping so Kada and I would scratch at her door to tell her to open the door, so when she would, Kada and I would run over to either Kieran or Kiegan’s beds (but most of the time Kiegan’s) and lay down on the bed, but one time Kada and I went to Kiegan’s bed Kada took the pillows for her bed spot and I waited for Kiegan to lay down and put her covers on so I could get next to her and offer myself as a stuffed animal so she could sleep peacefully, and I find that she slept better and so did I.

But that was years ago, now Kada and I are about to be sent away to a new home and we can’t ever come back, so to keep us in our masters memories, Kiegan has been taking pictures of us so she would never forget us. Not that I would ever doubt her memories. Now you are probably wondering why my sister and I are leaving, well my master Patrick or Kiegan’s dad had left her mother for another woman and stopped paying for Kada and I so Kiegan’s Grandmother is the one who will take us back to the breeder who took us away from our mothers when we were old enough to live without them around. Kiegan had just left for school when I heard ‘ok let’s get this over with before Kiegan comes home.’ I was shocked to feel a pair hands on me as I’m put into the back of the metal contraption again and I soon see Kada being put in the car as well and then we were taken away…I never got to say goodbye to Kiegan though…

Kiegan McGovern 4/16/2014 Pd. 7 Pg. 40 Questions
 * 1) I would like to meet the writer of //“Me”// I would like to meet him because in his poem he seems very content with his life and I would like to learn how to be content with my life just like him.
 * 2) (a) The two things that Walter compares to himself are a tree and a flower. (b) the speakers first qualities he compares himself to is forlorn which means sad, miserable, or unhappy and the other one is a flower with dew drops which signifies he is miserable.
 * 3) (a) In the first four lines Walter says he shall always be “him self”. (b)The message about people in general suggests that Walter wants you to see other people’s misery before you complain about things in your life that isn’t as bad as the things going in other’s lives.
 * 4) (a) I think Walter feels like even if he screws up at something or someone tells him to change he is still going to be the same person. (b) A specific word choice from the poem that indicates that he is very miserable in this poem.

Kiegan McGovern 4/15/2014 Pd. 7 Poetry Questions

1) I would rather spend the afternoon with the speaker of “Song of Myself” because that person has a high self of esteem and is happy so they would be fun to be with.

2) A. In lines four and five of “Song of Myself” the speaker is explaining that everyone is the same and should be treated the same. B. I assume that Whitman has a good view of himself. C. It’s a celebration of self because he’s happy to be who he is and doesn’t want to change.

3) A. He is passing on to the readers that you are great being yourself and don’t need to change. C. He is passing on to the readers that you are great being yourself.

4) A. Dickenson is saying that if she reveals she is a “nobody” that people would banish her. B. Her feeling is that she’s alone. C. Dickenson’s poem suggests the difficulties of celebrities how they have to be social and never have any space everyone is in their social life. If celebrities do one thing wrong it’s all over the world after five minutes.

5) A. For Dickenson, nobodies are people who aren’t social or public and Somebodies are people who are social and public. B. I think it would be good to be a “nobody” because you wouldn’t be in all the drama online.

Kiegan McGovern 3/24/2014 Pd.7 //__ “The Road not Taken” __// Poetry Analysis

//The Road not Taken// by Robert Frost is a poem that talks about the time when you have to make decisions in your life, while many take the path that others have taken Robert talks about taking the path that rarely anyone takes. Like in this part of the poem “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” This is in the final paragraph of the poem if you would like to read it, this part of the poem talks about Frost take the path that makes him different from everyone else it’s what makes him unique. I have learned that I’m going to be given two paths, one is a path that everyone takes, the other is one that rarely anyone will take and I can’t always follow other people’s examples and I have to follow my own examples, whether it’s a mistake I wish I could get rid of or something I’m really proud of.

Kiegan McGovern3/4/2014Pd.7

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is an excellent book. The book shows the main character Pony’s change during the whole story. When a close friend of Pony’s dies he goes through a stage. First he was in denial, Pony mentioned in the book “Johnny is not dead, I told myself, and I believed it.”

The main character Pony boy also went through acceptance. He was accepteing the fact that Johnny was gone and he said “Try to think that Johnny is better off now, try to remember that Dally would have ended up like that sooner or later’ the book The Outsiders has lots of changes of characters.

Kiegan McGovern 2/24/2014 Pd.7 Monkey’s paw

In the story "The Monkey's Paw,” Sergeant Major Morris said “I threw it on the fire, if you keep it, don't blame me for what happens." The part where Sergeant Major Morris says in his quote "don't blame me for what happens" for shadows the monkey paw was corrupted. This shows why Sergeant Major Morris threw the paw on the fire. "Fancy, I suppose", Morris was asked why he kept the paw and he knows came up a excuse to keep it. He is really keeping it because he doesn't want anyone else to use it or else they might get hurt because of the last users." I don't know", Morris was asked if he were to wish of three more wishes. Morris was thinking of something to tell them so they would stop. Morris knows that if he did wish of something the last wish would be death. Morris could end up killing himself if he used the monkey's paw. Morris tries to keep the paw away from greedy men and women.

2/19/2014 Pd.7 Frozen and Finding Nemo 2/19 // Frozen // and //Finding Nemo// have similarities. Both movies have one person defying orders from a higher authority. In //Frozen// Anna defied Elsa’s decision of now allowing Anna marrying a man that she has met for an hour. She decided to ignore Elsa’s decision and agreed to marry the prince, causing her to be critically wounded. In //Finding Nemo// Nemo did not pay attention to his father’s bidding and cause him to get lost in the ocean. In //Frozen// the character that made decisions and biddings had to search for their son/sister. Anna and her companions had to go through the snowy mountains to find Elsa. Marlin had to search for Nemo in the wide ocean with his companion, Dory. Both, Marlin and Anna ran into troubles. For example, Anna ran into an enormous snow monster named Marshmallows. Marlin ran into three hungry sharks that were about to eat him and Dory. Both movies have lots in common and differences.

Kiegan McGovern 2/15/14 Pd.7 Should Kids Be Allowed to Play Football? If a kid decides that he or she wants to play football, their parents should let them. There is an enormous chance that other sports can cause serious injuries not just football. Football can be said as a really dangerous sport or a sport to stay active and test your abilities. Football is a great game to get out all the stress from that big test you had on Friday. Who doesn’t want to go out and tackle people after a difficult day? If the rules were going to change, the meaning of hard hitting football would change too. Sometimes you need to let tons of anger out on someone or something.

Kiegan McGovern 2/15/14 Pd.7 Words Activity 12 Words -Discoverer -Unemployed -Recovering -Discovered -Discovering -Redoing -Uncooked -Uncovering -Uncovered -Precooking -Recovered -Recooking

Kiegan McGovern 2/5/2014 Pd.7 S.E Hinton Questions

1. Where was Hinton born? (Coincidentally, this is where the novel takes place.)

Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

2. What influenced her to write The Outsiders?

Hinton always enjoyed reading but she wasn't satisfied with the literature that was being used for young adults influenced her to write The Outsiders.

3. What year was The Outsiders published? The Outsiders was published in 1967.

Kiegan McGovern 2/4/2014 Pd.7 Symbol Meaning The symbol that I’m doing is the Super Bowl Championship trophy. You can only get the trophy by beating your opponents in the playoffs and going to the Super Bowl. The championship trophy is a symbol of overcoming the obstacles in your way to be on the top and stay on the top. If you win the Super Bowl, which means that you overcame your challenges and worked your way up to become that championship team in the NFL. I would want to be on a team that has won a Super Bowl, like the Seahawks. They were the team that won the Super Bowl this year. They were the ones who overcame their challenges and obstacles this year. They deserve to be called champions

Kiegan McGovern 1/30/2014 Pd. 7 //Outcast// Essay Questions.

1) Ponyboy says about Darryl, "He's hard as a rock and about as human." Explain this simile. Use other evidence from The Outsiders.

The simile “He’s hard as a rock and about as human.” Means Darryl is hard to get along with.

2) Compare and contrast two characters from The Outsiders. Better essays contain more inference. In other words, it's better to write about that you have to figure out, like personality traits, then to write about something explicitly stated in the text.

I will compare and contrast Sodapop and Darryl. First off, Sodapop is very kind to others unlike Darryl who is cold to others and can even be violent to them. However, both Sodapop and Darryl both care about their little brother Ponyboy

3) Foreshadowing is when a story gives a hint to what's going to happen next. (Can you think of any examples from a movie or The Pearl?) When the Ponyboy tells us "Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong." Predict what that might foreshadow? There is no one correct answer, but you reply should make sense in the context of the book and be well-written.

When Ponyboy said “Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong." At the end of chapter three I began to think that when Johnny and Ponyboy got to the park they will be jumped by Socs.

Kiegan McGovern 1/27/2014 Pd.7 Goals and Strategies for Semester 2

Last semester I had barely made it, my D’s to C’s. I had made them into C’s and got all of my missing work in by the skin of my teeth. When I was younger I had made list of goals I had set for myself getting A’s or B’s was one of those very goals. However, I will need to make that scribble on the paper a reality so I have a few plans and ideas to get me a good grade.

I was having struggles in English, History, and my elective Tech Support so I’ll start with that. I was thinking for these three periods I could ask for help from my neighbors if I have problems, ask the teacher for help with problems I am having, or if it’s at home I can always ask my mom, grandma, grandpa, or siblings. Besides getting help from people I could always use my textbooks (they are not doorstops they are for help!) as a reference on my work and also that will make them not useless in my book (and also they won’t collect dust on my shelf.)

I guess I will have a long way to go for my younger selves goal and dream.

Kiegan McGovern Pd. 7 1/21/2014 Comparing Christmas Carol to anything I will compare Christmas Carol to The Pearl. The Pearl was about two very poor natives named Kino and Juana while The Christmas Carol was about a greedy old man named Scrooge. In The Pearl Kino and Juana were very happy until they found a Pearl that changed their lives and corrupted them with greed, While Scrooge was also unhappy but he thought having more money would make him happier in the end.

Kiegan McGovern Pd. 7 1/21/2014 Scrooge’s persona change In the beginning of the story the character Scrooge was very mean and careless of others. I say this because he refused to donate to the charity in the beginning and said that he pays his taxes and that it should be enough, not only that but declined his nephew’s invitation to Christmas dinner. In the middle of the story Scrooge was a bit kinder and not as careless. I say this because when he found out that Tiny Tim (Scrooge’s workers son) would die if he didn’t change his ways. At the end of the story Scrooge was much kinder and more generous to others. I say this because he had bought the prize turkey for his worker and his family, and accepted his nephew invitation to Christmas dinner.

Kiegan McGovern Pd. 7 1/21/2014 Scrooge description I think Scrooge is very mean I say this because when Scrooge was talking to the two bank men about donations and how many poor wish to die Scrooge said ‘//if they wish to die then let them and decrease the surplus population!’//

Kiegan McGovern Pd. 7 1/21/2014 Compare and Contrast anything What I’m comparing and contrasting is the PS3 and the Xbox One. The PS3 is a great console to play on and can play many games, like the PS3 the Xbox One is has many games and is very good to play on. However, the PS3’s controller is much easier to play with unlike the Xbox One which has a really weird-looking controller which has the two joy-sticks not next to each other instead on is on the front top of the controller. Personally I would go with the PS3 any day even though Xbox One has a Kinect the Xbox One never turns off.



Kiegan McGovern 1/16/2014 Pd.7 Outcast questions 1.) Do you have friends whose social, ethnic, or economic backgrounds differ from yours? How do these conditions affect your relationship? Yes, I do have a friend who is very social while I am not very social. Her background is different from my own because she is a lot more social then I am.  2.) To what extent does a person’s environment determine their success and happiness? Is it possible to overcome your environment? If so, how? If where they live makes them unhappy yes you can overcome it. You could move out if you’re old enough, or talk to someone you trust or an adult and they can help you. 3.) How is a gang like a family? A gang is like a family because they look after each other like a real family does.  4.) What do you think it takes to make someone a hero? What I think it takes for someone to be a hero is courage, strength, the ability to think ‘I can be great’, and the ability to never give up. 5.) What is your definition of an “outsider?” My definition of an ‘outsider’ is a person who is considered different in others eyes and isn’t allowed to hang out with them.

Kiegan McGovern Pd.7 12/19/13 A Christmas Carol Questions

1a. **Who is Jacob Marley?** Jacob Marley is Scrooge’s former partner of the counting house //Scrooge and Marley, LTD.//

1b. **What clues does Marley give about his personality as a living person?** The clue Jacob gives about his personality when he was alive was that he had never really thought of anything besides Scrooge’s counting house.

1c. **When Marley was living, in what ways were he and Scrooge alike?**

12/9/2013 The Christmas Carol and The pearl both have people that are poor but are also happy. They both have a rich person who is characterized as greedy, uncaring, stingy, rude, and impolite. In the Pearl and the Christmas Carol both have poor people who are caring, loving, polite, gentle, and nice. In both of The Christmas Carol and The Pearl have to do with money and happiness.

However, in The Pearl it took place by the ocean during the present, and in The Christmas Carol it took place in the past, present, and future around Christmas time. In The Christmas Carol the main character was a greedy man, and in The Pearl the main characters was a poor family. In The Christmas Carol its around Christmas time, and in The Pearl it was not around any holiday.


 * 1) Logical- The idea of having a large home seemed **logical** at the time.
 * 2) Evidence- I have found more **evidence** on our culprit.
 * 3) Infer- We can **infer** that when he told the school her secret he wasn't very trustworthy.
 * 4) Imply- **"**did you just **imply** that I'm the thief?
 * 5) Personification- "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative."
 * 6) Metaphor- "ask for whom not the bell tolls for it tolls for thee" is a very odd **metaphor**.
 * 7) Synthesize- "He works to **synthesize** photos, and painting."
 * 8) Apostrophe- "Sorry I forgot to put an **apostrophe** for that word."
 * 9) Theme (as it applies to literature)- "The **theme** of the story is to never give up on your friends."
 * 10) Literature- "I find some **literature** very boring."



1. He compared the town to an animal. An animal has a nervous system so when something happens it goes to the animal’s brain right away, They are referring to that when something happens it goes around very quickly.

2. The news of the pearl affects the priest because he was wondering about it. It affected the shop keepers because they couldn’t sell anything so they wanted Kino to buy stuff. The news affected.

3. Kino became every man’s enemy because they were jealous about the pearl.

4. The news of the pearl is compared to the poisonous sting of the scorpion because it spread around very quickly.

5. He says that he’s going to marry Juana in the church, get a rifle, and coyotito is going to go to school.

6. I think the pearl brings the song of evil into the house, because it started when they got the pearl

7. Kino is feeling rage when the doctor approaches because he knows that all the doctor is there for is the pearl and not to help the baby.

8. Kino feels trapped by his own ignorance because maybe he feels as if the doctor just wanted the pearl.

9. I think the doctor gives Coyotito something type of medicine that can go into his system and stop the scorpion poison before it kills Coyotito.

10. The doctor finds out where Kino hidden the pearl because when the doctor was saying that it would be terrible if the pearl got stolen Kino looked where he had hid it.

11/5/13

1. Who watches Kino when he wakes up every morning?

a) Coyotito. b) Juana. c) His dog. d) Their bird.

2. How many beggars are outside the church in Chapter 1?

a) Two. b) Ten. c) Four. d) Seven.

3. What city does the doctor dream of?

a) Paris. b) London. c) Rome. d) New York City.

4. Who knows all the sins of the town?

a) The beggars. b) The doctor. c) The monks. d) The trackers.

5. What makes the insect that stings Coyotito fall into Coyotito's bed?

a) Coyotito laughs and shakes the rope. b) The wind blows it into his bed. c) It lunges for his face. d) Coyotito reaches for it.

1. How are the homes of the poor different from the homes of the rich? Use quotes The poor houses are made out of brush while the more rich houses are made of stone or plaster.

3. How is the doctor described? The doctor is described as greedy, mean, and very bad with people.

3. What does the doctor’s comment on page 13 reveal about his attitude toward Indians? The doctor’s comment on the Indians proves he doesn’t care about the person he works on as long as he’s paid.

1.) The corporate world is plagued by //avarice// and a thirst for power. 2.) It was such a beautiful //bougainvillea.// 3.) His kind words were a //consolation// to me. 4.) It preserved a chilly detachment in his relations with the family 5.) Because he was //indigent//, the court appointed a lawyer to defend him. 6.) There was a //procession// of children carrying candles. 7.) His voice was so //reassuring// 8.) There was a major //scandal// involving the mayor's ties with the Mob. 9.) His //ulcers// had gotten worse since the last time i saw him.

10/30/13
 * 1) I don’t like how your acting today. He remarked
 * 2) You did very well on your test. She asserted
 * 3) I really miss that puppy. She agonized
 * 4) You need to go get me my slippers! She barked
 * 5) This movie is so scary! she trembled!
 * 6) I know how you fell. She accepted
 * 7) Yes I can go to the park after school. She responded
 * 8) I need to take a nap! He mumbled
 * 9) I’m so upset with you! She raged
 * 10) Your so annoying! She dictated

10/14/13 Monkey’s paw prediction

I think the Whites will not live rich and live happily ever after. My reasons are the general who had it before the family attempted to burn the monkey paw in the white’s fire place but Mr. White took it out wanting the paw for himself. My second reason is when Mr. White asked how it works after the general said how it worked he begged them to burn the paw right there and then. When Mr. White wished for 100 pounds (the olden English currency) he saw a horrible sight he saw what looked like a monkey with a demonic look. I really don’t think that if they wished for money and riches that they would be truly happy after all money can’t buy happiness. I also think that they die in the end.

Frankenstein questions

What is Victor’s goal in creating the creature? In what ways does he succeed and fail? Victor planned to make new people out of body parts he dug up from cemeteries. He succeeds in bringing life to the creature but he failed to care for it bringing pain in the future.

The creature claims, “Only misery made me a fiend.” What does he mean? Do you agree? Explain. When the creature said “only misery made me a fiend” he meant that when Victor said that the creature was hideous he felt hurt that his own creator had hated him. I do agree that misery caused him to become the bad guy. I say this because the creature was never born to be evil it was his creator’s fault if only he had given his creation the love and affection the creature wanted then he wouldn’t have become evil.

Mr. De Lacey says, “Most people are friendly—unless they are blinded by prejudice.” What prejudice does the creature face? What does the play say about the effect of prejudice? The kind of prejudice the creature faces is when he talks to the blind man and feels like he could make friends with him but the blind man’s children call him a monster and tell him to leave.

Why does the creature want a companion like himself? Do you agree with Victor’s refusal to create one? Explain. The creature want a companion just like him because he wants a love in his life. I don’t agree with victor to create one more creature. I don’t agree because the creature only wanted love everyone needs love in their lives the creature just wanted the same thing.

Was it justifiable for the creature to murder Victor’s loved ones as a means of revenge? Explain. It was not justifiable for the creature to kill Victor’s loved ones. I think this because no matter what victor did he didn’t deserve to be in misery.

10/21/13

The Castle of Brennenburg*Based off Amnesia the Dark Descent*

It was an average day all the seventh graders in my school were going to an old castle in France I believe it was called Brennenburg Castle. We had just gotten off the plane and now were on a large bus to get to the hotel we were staying at until the trip was over. After a while my one friend who was sitting next to me asked a rather interesting question “hey Kiegan do you know the history behind the castle we’re going to?” her name is Skylar by the way “no I don’t Skylar you know why we’re going to see it?” I ask very curiously. “I heard it’s in one of our history books but I’m so excited to see the look of the castle I hope it was nicely built” Skylar seems to always be interested in the designs of old buildings. Before I could ask another question she went quickly back to her book while I looked out the window thinking about what she said getting my curiosity get the better of me I take out my laptop and search: //The History of Brennenburg Castle// and got only one result so I clicked it and got a lot of information on it. The Brennenburg Castle was made by an old scientist who became famous for being able to make inanimate objects like chairs, barrels, statues, skulls, torches, and tables to life he was also able to revive dead animals like pigs. But he made one fatal mistake he wanted to revive his son who died a while back after the man was revived his body changed he looked like a monster and acted like a monster. The scientist was later killed by his “son” while trying to hide from him. Some people say the castle still has the living objects roam around the castle fighting now against each other. That didn’t bother me though //it’s just some people trying to scare you into not going to the place it probably just fine I mean if that was real why was it open to the public?// I decided to shake it off and look out the window and saw the sunset it was about late afternoon when we arrived from the airport. I was still thinking about the castle and what I read about it everyone except the driver and myself were asleep “hey kid you need some sleep if you’re gonna see the castle and not fall asleep.” The driver kinda made me jump a little I looked at him he was in his mid-twenties he also seemed to have worn an old shirt because it had a sticker saying: //hi! My name is Robert// and the thing was really old “um I’m ok sir I’ve gone longer without-“ “I know you probably have gone longer without sleep but when you’re in a cramped airplane flying for 23 hours only stopping for gas you’re gonna have some jet-lag “ I guess he was right because I yawned really loudly I never noticed that I was really tired so I first said thanks then put on my music played __you’re not my god__ by Keith Urban then went to sleep.
 * Kiegan’s P.O.V*


 * in the dream* I was running… but from who or should I say what was following me I turned around and saw the most terrifying thing I have ever seen it had its whole jaw hanging near his chest blood and saliva dripping from its mouth making me want to gag, it had a claw as his right hand ready to strike me and kill me then I noticed that I was holding two hands while running away I looked right at them.*back to reality* I was awoken by my friends shaking me like I was having a seizure “are you ok Kiegan? You looked like you were running from something in you dream.’ My friends looked at me as if I was going to die “don’t worry I’m OK just a bad dream nothing is gonna kill me Skylar, Brianna.” I give them a really good smile which relived them of lots of their worries “well then we best be going we’re going to the castle today so get dressed breakfast is ready and it’s down in the lobby we will see you there OK?” Brianna said sounding a little like my mom “OK Brianna I’ll be down in a minute” she smiles and walks out the door to the room we share. While changing I couldn’t help but think about the dream **//it felt real like I was really running for my//** //life.// I sigh as I change into some grey pants an old black long sleeved shirt and put a grey short sleeved shirt over the long sleeved one, and finished off with my new pair of black and silver boots I covered most of the boot with my pants though. I quickly take the stairs to head down to the lobby as soon as I get there I see that breakfast was already served so now I was really tired and hungry great. I sigh very quickly “hey Kiegan over here we have your breakfast!” I hear Brianna call me over and see that they saved a lot of food “we figured since we were first in line we’d save some for you and for when we get there for lunch you know in case something happens.” They both smile at me “oh you two you’re always thinking ahead” I give a happy sigh and eat the food they saved for me.


 * time skips because the ride is pretty boring* as soon as we arrived I felt like something was watching me but that could just be my imagination getting the better of me. As soon as we get inside I noticed that the sky became cloudy **//odd it should be sunny all day//** I thought about it then thought that the whether people lied about the weather again. My friends were both looking at the paintings of the man who lived here before he died while they looked at the paintings something had caught my eye I saw two identical statues but one was gold the other silver I guess the teacher noticed and went over “who are these two?” I asked. She smiled and said “well those two are Stephano and the silver one is his identical twin Gonzalez there are statues like that in almost every room in the castle they were made by the owner of the castle I saw you look up the history here you know what he did right?” she asked still showing a smile “yeah I learned that he was able to make inanimate objects come to life” I responded she nodded quite impressed “what you don’t know is that when he did that the objects looked very human Stephano and Gonzalez were the two who made him very proud they even called him father.” I looked back at the statues “they must be very sad losing their father like that to that monster” the teacher looked back at me sadly “yeah I bet they are” I stared at the statues a little more until the teacher asked one of the guards if I could have the two statues he said it was alright as long as I didn’t take anything else from the shelf. I nodded thanking him and I took the two statues and hugged them tightly before putting them in my bag. As we continued along the corridors of the castle I felt a large chill in the air seeing my friends I remembered I still had their coats for them quickly taking them out without scratching the statues and handed the jackets to my friends “here I brought them just in case you got cold” they both nod and take the jackets gratefully “what about you Kiegan?” Skylar was looking at me very worried “don’t worry about me I’m just fine besides I’m wearing a long sleeved as well as a short sleeved shirt” I say they looked at me seeing that I was a warm as a fire the must of remembered that I didn’t always live in CA. I lived on the east coast it was much colder there. The group suddenly stops when we hear and see a frightening creature it looked like the monster in my dream and the one on the picture I saw online “the scientist’s son!!” I screamed in fright causing everyone to panic and hide I quickly was abandoned by everyone and was left with the charging creature left with only one option I quickly turned and ran as fast as I could but I heard it wasn’t far behind me. I soon felt it dig it’s claw in my back quickly screaming in pain I ran into another room… filled with water with no other choice I quickly run through the water seeing as the creature stopped I assumed it couldn’t swim thinking I was safe in the water I feel something biting me I feel like this was the worst thing that could happen it only got worse.

I was walking along the castle walls alongside my brother it was all fine until we heard a low growl followed by someone screaming “the scientist’s son!!” it was shortly followed be screams and running footsteps. After that ended I heard the bro (that’s what we call the monster) running and growling I quickly grabbed my sword’s handle my brother doing the same. But it wasn’t heading in our direction when the bro was running a scream that sounded like a young girl followed soon after that really scared me because if that was a young girl this could be a school field trip many innocent people would die from the bro’s wrath. “Gonzalez you heard that right?” “I sure did come on lets go save a girl we don’t even know” Gonzalez knew that I didn’t like people dying to bro. We continued to follow the girls screams until we reached the door that led to the water creature I was about to go in when Gonzalez stopped me from entering “what Gonzalez?” I ask him getting annoyed with him a little “you know we can’t go in there if we do that we’ll either rust or we’ll be ripped apart by either the bro or the water monster!” “And we can’t let her die from either what choice do we have father wouldn’t want this!” we argued for only a minute “look if you’re going in there then I’m coming with you we promised each other we would die together not like we will though.” I nodded at Gonzalez surprised that he would even remind me of the promise we made. We both unsheathed our swords and entered the door where we were met with a young girl with many scratches and cuts and the water monster was still attacking her while the bro stared at her suffering I was overcome with anger and quickly attacked him leading us both in the water I saw my brothers horrified face when he saw that the water monster was coming for me I tried running out of the water but I soon realized my foot was trapped underneath the bro’s fat body I realized I was doomed.
 * changing P.O.V’s because I’m evil I’m sure you can guess who he is*
 * my time skip of like 4 maybe 5 minutes*

I sighed I relief when the creature left me alone but to my horror I saw it go after a golden boy who had his foot stuck under something I quickly ran over to the creature and jumped on its back. After I got it to go away I started to feel the pain in my legs and back. I stumble towards the two boys but I remember tripping over the monster then I slipped fully into unconsciousness. As soon as I had awoken I saw two boys about my age they looked identical except one was fully gold the other fully silver then it hit me they were the two statues that were made by the scientist! I stare at them for a while **//they must of fallen asleep when I was unconscious//** I tried getting out of the bed but a sharp pain shot through me causing me to yelp in pain. I must of awoken them because I heard them at the foot of the bed fall on the floor “ow! Stephano your on my leg!” “Well get off **my** legs and we can get off each other!” they both were yelling at each other so I guess I’d have to get them to stop “uh hello?” I said with a confused face on. That made them notice that one was yelling to the other one off of them it took them a minute to get off each other “I’m sorry young lady that you had to see that” the gold one said he looked embarrassed I would be myself I give them a smile and respond “My name is Kiegan and don’t worry I’m used to it but it doesn’t happen anymore to my sisters and I” I looked down in sadness they moved away a long time ago I still tear up when I think about it.
 * back to Kiegan’s P.O.V*
 * time skips because Kiegan is unconscious and we’re still in her P.O.V*

I saw her get a little sad when she mentioned her sisters they must of left her a long time ago. then I thought about it she was younger then myself and Gonzalez so I figured why not adopt her as our sister? I mean both of us wanted a little sister ever since we were made. After talking to Gonzalez about it he agreed to my idea but in the end it would be Kiegan’s choice. “Hey Kiegan we both got to thinking and we wondered if you wanted to be our adopted sister you know cause we both really wanted to have a sister for a long time and well you said that your sisters didn’t live with you anymore so this is entirely your choice-““of course I’ll be your adopted sister do you know how long I’ve wanted to have brothers Stephano?” “How did you know my-“ I see her pull out two small statues one was silver the other gold “my teacher told me about you before the attack of that monster your Stephano and he’s Gonzalez” she gave a sweet smile to us"that and Gonzalez kinda said your name when you fell on top of each other." “Well then I guess we don’t need to introduce ourselves” I say laughing a little Gonzalez looked a Kiegan with a smile on his face he was just as happy as I was to have a new sister. This was the start of an awesome adventure.
 * Stephano’s P.O.V*

Word count:2,483 Amount of pages: 4

10/17/13

Dialogue Setting: 19 year-old Shilo lives with her best friend Stephano in a very old castle as old as Stephano himself.

Shilo:*walks into room where is greeted by her friend and creator Kiegan* oh! Ellos Kiegan I didn’t expect you to come visit.

Kiegan: Hello Shilo I am very sorry I didn’t send you a letter saying I was visiting but I just couldn’t wait to see you so I just had to visit right away it has been so very long since I saw you and Stephano *smiles with joy* by the way where is Stephano?

Narrator: before Shilo can speak she sees Stephano and points at him.

Stephano: who said that?

Shilo: oh that’s just the narrator.

Stephano: I thought we fired her.

Narrator: Hey! I’m still here guys!

Shilo & Stephano: WE KNOW ALL READY!!!!

Kiegan: uh guys?

Stephano: huh? Oh Kiegan it’s nice to see you again how have you been?

Kiegan: I have been very well Stephano thank you. Now let me get to talking to Shilo I had forgotten to tell her something’s.

Narrator: I think little Shilo is in trouble.

Shilo: JUST BE QUIET WILL YA?!?!

Narrator:*snickers*

Kiegan: OK that’s it narrator *erases the narrator’s mouth* now you won’t speak.

Narrator: *muffle noises*

Kiegan: now as I was saying Shilo do you know why I visit you and Stephano all the time?

Shilo: no not really.

Stephano: I don't.

Shilo: why do you visit us so often?

Kiegan: it’s because I’m writing a story and usually if i write a story it comes to life the story is about you and Stephano and you get kidnapped by the barrels and Stephano has to fight a bunch of Bros to save you. So I’m just seeing if it has happened yet.

Shilo & Stephano: *blush a little* END

10/16

characters: Stephano (the second main character), Shilo (the main character), The Bros (the bad guy)

setting:Shilo is spending time with her best friend Stephano while trapped in a game world.

problem: Shilo gets kidnaped by the barrels and Stephano must find a way to save her while fighting the bros.

rising action: Shilo ends up fighting the king barrel for her and her friends freedom

resolution: king b

homework

Kiegan McGovern Pd. 7 10/14/13 The reason we have English is because we need to learn and be able to spell new words like when we read new articles like //dying to be// //strong// we learned new words and how to pronounce them. Another reason we have English is because it gives us an opportunity to write stories with our imaginations like when we were writing our P.O.V's we could use anybody or anything.

10/10/13 I believe English grade is not as good as I want it to be I had gotten a C instead of a B like I really wanted. I guess I have a lot of work ahead of me if I’m to make it to an A or B. to change this grade for next semester I will have to focus on the teacher and the work that I am doing. If I am gonna reach this grade and keep it like that for the whole school year I will have to really work hard for all my homework.

Some goals I have for myself are pretty basic but I never said they would be easy to accomplish. My first goal I have set for myself is, to change my C into a B or an A and keep it like that for the whole school year. The reason I want to have this as one of my goals is because I have never been able to keep my grades up in my elementary school Anne Frank Elementary School so I think I should try at least make it to a B. My second goal is to be able to not be so lazy and make at least three paragraphs or more than just make two paragraphs. The reason I want this as my second goal is because, I have always had done one or two paragraphs and I think it’s time I did three or four paragraphs or maybe even five paragraphs. My third and final goal is to make sure I will have a great year at I Middle School! The reason I want this as my final goal is because, I want to have an awesome school year!