Who am I?

I am Misty Lin. There may be more than one of Misty Lin in the world, and everyone of them are different. There can be many ways to say who one is.
I am a girl in 9th grade currently, born in 1996.
I like to play and make friends. Right now I have lots of friends, most of them from the current school. Only some form the previous school, which is probably the longest friendship I have had. I wonder how long the  friendship can get, since I have not yet have a friend for a really long time and that we haven't meet each other for years now.
One's personalities are hard to say, or at least not all. I am a quiet girl, I tried to not be so  quiet, but I can't change it so easily.
There isn't too much to say about myself, maybe because I can't see myself from what the others see, and it can be a lot different from different point of views.

Duty or Friendship Quick Write

It is hard to choose between betraying a duty or friendship. When necessary having to choose between duty and friendship, I would choose friendship, and abandon the duty. After you abandon duty, you can still get another duty and other people to trust you. But if you abandon the friendship, you wouldn't easily get another friendship that you can trust or be trust completely. When having a duty to kill your friend, would you want to kill your friend coldblooded or would you choose to save the friend? If betrayed the duty, you wouldn't be trusted so easily next time, if you betrayed the friend, maybe next there wouldn't be any one that want to be your friend.

Under Stress Quick Write pg 261

When facing heart-pounding fear or stress, people don't usually think too much, and just did whatever that comes to mind first. If the problem is solved correctly, they will think they make the smartest move, if done badly, they will then make another decision or move that come to mind the second time. Then later on, when the fear or stress is gone, they think back of what they did, and blame themselves for making that decision or that move. But the problem is already gone, so its too late to change it afterward.

pg 259 question 7

The young man is very kind, and helpful to Mrs. Chen. I don't think that everyone will help strangers like  that.




cont.

Quick Write on pg 248

Friend:                                        Common:                                         Enemy:
- Help and support you              - Both can make you miserable    - Does not help you
- Can share your feelings          - Can do a bit of good or bad       - Have to be careful with
- Can be careless with              - Bonds that's not easily broken   - Bonds with hatred or unkindness
- Bond with friendship              

Johnny Tremain Quiz 3 Correction

2. Why are the colonists so opposed to the new tax on tea?
    The colonists are so opposed to the new tax because they don't want to have taxes on something unless they vote to have the thing be taxed. "No taxation without representation."

4. Where does the Observers' Club meet?
    The Observers's Club meet at the printing house's attic where Rab and Johnny live.

5. Identify the two leaders of the Observers' Club and list four other members.
    The leaders are John Hancock and Sam Adam. Four of the members are Paul Revere, Johnny, Rab, and Dove.

9. How did English punish the colonists for their opposition to the tea tax?
    The England punish the colonists by blocking all the harbors, and because of so, no impact can come on land.

10.What effects did Britain's punishment have on the colonists?
     The colonists got angry at the British and rebelled against the Britain.

Quick Write - Poe's Death

Original: How do you think Poe died? Support with what you remember from your reading.




Corrected:

Thrills

Original: 

Sometimes I like to watch scary movies, but sometimes I don't. I like to watch the scary movies are those without so many bloody scenes. I like scary movies because it can makes you feel excited and wonder what is going to happen next, like a mystery movie. But the ones with too many bloody scenes makes me kind of sick and disgusting. 

Some people like to watch scary movies because it give them a different feeling from the other kind of movies. They are more scary, and it is also harder to guess about what might happen next. Some people might like scary movies just because they like bloody, violent, and ghostly things. Also, some people just want to experience more different things.

When playing sports like bungee jump, people may be scare at first, and when they first jump off. But after they stopped, they may like it a lot, even want to try it again and again.

PG 208 The Necklace Question 1

Mathilde wants to be beautiful and graceful, so that everyone loves her, but she loses the necklace that someone lend her, so she will have to pay for that. By doing that, she can't be as beautiful and graceful as she was.

The Necklace Quickwrite

Original: 
When you fell envy, you want to have the things that the others have. It can be things that you feel, hear, see, taste, smell, or your inside feelings. You may dream about the thing that you want all the time, that's when you don't feel extremely envy. Sometimes you feel like you really need them, and a little bit uneasy. Feeling envy can also lead to things like stealing, breaking, or even worser, murder. 
If you are just dreaming about the thing, it can do no harm to you or the other person. But if you are planning to go farther then just dreaming, you are going to hurt yourself and also the people that you envied.
I have never really feel the negative affects of being envy, mostly I would just dream about them. Probably because I'm still young, so those things are things that you can use your 5 senses to feel, and not feelings. 

The English Class

I would tried to do better on the homework, remember more to bring my laptop to class, and to participate more in class. I like the filming projects which we do as a group, also making the stamp. My least favorite activity is drawing the storyboard, which is because I don't know how to draw. I like I don't have a lot of creative ideas. And, also, working with other people and my friends are fun.

Thank You Ma'am Vocab Story

Original: 

When we went exploring in the forest, we found a barren nest. We flipped the nest, and saw a tiny fail bird on the ground. We brought it home and took good care of it. We all felt really happy when the bird looked more presentable. Then we released the bird back into the wild.

If I could live anywhere in the world, I would live in........ because............

Original:
I would live in Taiwan, because it is where I was born and where my family is. Although some of my relatives live in other countries, they will still come back for visits. Also, the climate in Taiwan doesn't change a lot. It can be hot or cold, but it isn't really hot that you keep sweating all day long. Nor is it cold that if will snow. I am also used to living in Taiwan, like the time and cultures.

Corrected:
I would live in Taiwan, because it is where I was born and where my family is. Although some of my relatives live in other countries, they will still come back for visits. Also, the climate in Taiwan doesn't change a lot. It can be hot or cold, but it isn't really so hot that you keep sweating all day long. Nor is it so cold that if will snow. I am also used to living in Taiwan, like the time difference and cultures.

Full Circle QuickWrite

Original:
The Good Thief
An orphan with only one hand was adopted by a grave robber. The thief claimed to be the orphan's older brother and brought him to meet his comrades. They met a lot of people and have new comrades. The orphan then find out who his uncle is, then his mom and last, his father.

The orphan find out what is the job of his adopter, who his family is and how he lost his other hand.
The orphan was adopted, so he can find out the things about his past.
It is a good story, so, I will recommend it to a friend. I think that the story has to make the reader wanting to know more and more about what what is going to happen later on in the story. But they have to give hints all the way though and not just pop up.

Corrected:

An orphan with only one hand was adopted by a grave robber. The thief claimed to be the orphan's older brother and brought him to meet his comrades. They met a lot of people and made friends. The orphan then find out who his uncle was, then his mom and last, his father.

The orphan find out what his adopted father did for a living, who his family was and how he lost his other hand.

The orphan was adopted, so he could find out the things about his past.

It is a good story, so, I will recommend it to a friend. 

I think that a story has to make the reader want to know more and more about what what is going to happen later on in the story. But they have to give hints all the way though and not just pop up.

Summary of A Christmas Memory

Original:
A sixty-year-old woman and a 7year-old boy are cousins, also each other's best friends. They earned money, picked flowers and herbs, and made cakes together. When one of them is sad, the other one will tries to cheer him/her up.
Few days before Christmas, they will go into the woods and chop down a Christmas tree. They made the decorations and decorated the trees together. Prepared a present that they can afford. Even if the present isn't their favorite, they liked it anyways.

Harrison Bergeron

Original:
I think the pressure is from outside forces. When people are born, everyone is different, even just a little bit. Being the same may make same people happy because they can't do things some others can. So being the same will mean they don't have to try or do things to make other people like them more. Although, people that are better than others, might not want to be the same.

Corrected:
I think the pressure is from outside forces. When people are born, everyone is different, even just a little bit. Being the same may make same people happy because they can't do things some others can. So being the same will mean they don't have to try or do things to make other people like them more. Although, people that are better than others, might not want to be the same. They may prefer acting on their own, and since they are better them other people, they are not afraid what the others think of them. Also, the 'better' people are better than others, some they worked hard, so it's not worth it to become the same as the others.

A Christmas Memory QuickWrite

Original:
Friendship can last if you are truly the best friend, while sometimes, if a friend doesn't trust you, the friendship might be broken within a day.
Best friends
- love you
- trust you
- give you supports
- help you
- give you ideas
- treasure you
- understand each others
When you have fights a friend that is you best friend, you won't want to lose her/him, and s/he won't want to lose you. so one of you will try to make up while the other forgive.

Corrected:

Friendship can last if you are truly the best friend, while sometimes, if a friend doesn't trust you, the friendship might be broken within a day. 

Best friends love you, trust you, give you support, help you, give you ideas, treasure you, understand each others

When you have fights with a friend that is your best friend, you won't want to lose her/him, and s/he won't want to lose you. so one of you will try to make up while the other forgive.

PG 140 Marigold Quickwrite

Original:

        When people move into adult lives, they have to face the whole world. You will have to deal with a lot of other people, and to earn money. Sometimes you can be dealing with nice people, who will also take care of you. Other times, you may be dealing with harsh people. If you don’t do something right, they might cause problems for you, even kill you. Also, if you cannot earn enough money, you will not be able to afford things in your life, and it can cause you to become a homeless person, or even worse than that.

Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street Quickwrite

Original:

When I was younger, I always make wishes and hope to get what I wished. I have had wishes like my parents getting me something that I really wanted. But it doesn’t usually come true. Then, I know that making wishes is just dreaming and hoping to have some sort of things, and don’t usually come true. When I became older, I still make wishes, but didn’t hope as much as before for it to come true. Now I have saved up some money, so if I want to buy something, I can pay on my own. But sometimes when buying things that I know my parents will not want me to buy or to own those things, I wished that they will not discover that I bought those things. And this kind of wishes comes true quite a few times. I know that I have been wanting for more things when I already have quite a lot, and sometimes I use only once the thing I bought. So I don’t wish as much now.

How would you live your life if you will die at age 20?

Original:

If I know that I will die at age 20, I will live my life the way I want to live it. I would like to travel around the world to places that I want to go, meet a lot of new people, make friends and have good memories. Also, I would want to buy everything that I want, not hearing what other people say and not bother to look at the cost.

The Most Memorable Character

Original:
Most memorable character: Count Olaf
Most outstanding character trait: He is a villain who aimed for something, and tried his very best to get what he wanted.
Character appearance: He is kind of old and creepy. Also, his way of wearing his clothes aren't really liked by the 3 orphans. He has an eye tattoo on one of his ankle. A lot of times in the story, he pretend to be someone else by dressing up. It could fool other people easily, but never the 3 orphans.
Important statement: (?)
Important actions: (?)
Reaction of other character: (?)

Crime on Mars – Vocabularies

Original:
That guy was famous in an instant because he found a really famous work’s replica, the original is still not found. People only had a slight idea what the art work is about since it was from the aboriginal days. The art work is too mystery that it is kind of incredible. No one truly understands the enigma hidden in the art work. Therefore, many inquisitive people are trying to find out more about the art work.

Corrected:
That guy was famous in an instant because he found a replica of a really famous work of art, the original is still not found. People only had a slight idea what the art work is about since it is an aboriginal art. The art work is quite incredible. No one truly understands the enigma hidden in the art work. Therefore, many inquisitive people are trying to find out more about the art work.

Dog Star's Way of Writing

Original: 

The author starts with a dream then a flashback of the main character's life with he dog Laika, how they met and gets separated.

Laika was abandoned, and the main character give Laika love; Laika obeys the main character and not any other people. Once, for work, he took Laika with her, and at night something awful happen. Laika saved the main character, Laika .......

Corrected: 

The author starts with a dream then a flashback of the main character's life with his dog Laika, how they met and got separated.

Laika was abandoned, and the main character gave Laika love; Laika obeys the main character and not any other people. Once, for work, he took Laika with him, and at night something awful happened. Laika saved the main character when the earthquake happens. He loves Laika more and more, but because of his work, he need to choose between Laika and his job. He chose his job and gave Laika to his friend, but Laika, not able to stay with him, loses his will to live. 

The Most Dangerous Game Quick Write - A villain

From: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Villain: Count OLaf
Original:
He claimed to be the uncle of 3 kids, whose parents passed away and left a large amount of fortunes behind. He wanted the money so he adopted the kids, but he treated them badly. He even killed the people who adopted the kids later on in the story, and tries to marry the oldest daughter. He died in the end of the story without any of the fortunes.

Corrected:
He claimed to be the uncle of 3 kids, whose parents passed away and left a large fortune behind. He wanted the money so he adopted the kids, but he treated them badly. He even killed the people who adopted the kids later on in the story, and tries to marry the oldest daughter. He died in the end of the story without any of the fortunes.
This character interest me because he have many interesting ways that he intend to steal the fortunes. And you will want to keep on reading about what Count OLaf is going to do next and how are the children going to escape.

Dog Star Quick Write

Original:

I don't really have had a special relationship with an animal, but I have quite a lot of pets before. When you are alone at home, you can talk to you pet, sometimes, they can seem to be understanding what you say to them. 

You can always just having some animals to talk to and they are always a good listener, they won't talk back to you, even though they also can't make suggestions to you, just having it to listen to you heart may be better if you want to solve your problem yourself.

For a pet, you can take it wherever you want it, as long as it is allowed, but you can't just take one of your friends with you.

Corrected:

I haven't really had a special relationship with an animal, but I have had quite a lot of pets before. When you are alone at home, you can talk to your pet sometimes they seem to understand what you say to them. 

When you are feeling sad, you can talk to the pets and they are always a good listener. They won't talk back to you, even though they can't make suggestions to you. But just having it to listen to your heart may be better if you want to solve your problem yourself.

For a pet, you can take it wherever you want it, as long as it is allowed, but you can't just take one of your friends with you. For example, you want to go for a walk at the park at 11 o'clock at night. Not a lot of people is able to go with you or they don't even want to go, but a pet can.

Dog Star Vocabulary Test

Original:
1. She has an aura of desolation loss, should we go and comfort her?
2. He have a lot of friends that are astronomer, so he can ask them to help him with this project.
3. That light was stellar in the dark when we got lost bak there.
4. She is luminous even before she became a famous singer.
5. Even through he is a human himself, he is misanthropic.
6. That object we found on the moon is an terrestrial object, I wonder what it is.
7.
8. She is planning a labyrinthine experiment at the lab, we shouldn't go and distract her.

Corrected:

1. The aura of her desolation loss is quite distracting. Should we go and comfort her?

2. He have a lot of friends that are astronomer, so he can ask them to help him with this project.

3. That light from the light house was stellar when we got lost in the sea.

4. She is luminous with her friends even before she became a famous singer.

5. Even through he is a human himself, he is misanthropic.

6. That object we found on the moon is a terrestrial object, I wonder what it is.

7. She won by default, because there isn't anyone that can compete with her in her age group. 

8. She is planning a labyrinthine experiment at the lab. We shouldn't go and distract her.

The Initiation Summary

Original:
The main character got into the initiation, and she picked Bev to be her "Big Sister". She has to do everything Bev told her to do. At first, she thinks that it is kind of embarrassed to ask people questions Bev ask her to do, but sometimes she meet interesting people. So she know that if she can put her mind to it, she find it fun. Then she thinks that being initiated is not that bad.

Corrected:
The main character got into the initiation for joining the sororities, and she picked Bev to be her "Big Sister". She has to do everything Bev told her to do. At first, she thinks that it is kind of embarrassing to ask people questions Bev ask her to do, but sometimes she meet interesting people. So she know that if she can put her mind to it, she can find it quite fun. Then she thinks that being initiated is not that bad. So she will tried and enjoy the rest of her time of being initiate, and not feel bad about it.