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time to say bye

I AM AM GOING TO MISSS U ALL SO I GOT TO GO BYE BYE

♥Good Bye♥

I am so sad about not being able to talk to you girls anymore. This is one major thing I will miss that i did this year. The only reason I held back a little from doing this is that i would have to say bye and sadly the time has come to do this. I have spent a lot of time with you girls through the computer. I am truley very upset.

Saying Good-bye

This is my last blog and I am sad that I have to say bye but all good things must end at some point. I just wanted to say bye and I want to wish you a good summer and that you always remember the Tawain progect. I know i always will because of one of the most important things ... signitures of the Tiwain progect in america.

SO MUCH FUN

I have had a good time,
but now I must go.
you know it was fun,

but now it is so.



I have had so many good times,

just while I was here.

we've rock out so many times,

I will miss you, you know I will



but I must leave now.

for it is a sad day,

bye bye for now

hope to see you again,



just have fun

miss me

and the rest of us

we will be okay







that was my poem that I gave to all my friends in Hawaii

Hello and goodbye

How fast! One year has passed. I didn't even noticed that until my classmate, Nora, reminded me. Mrs.Lee has mentioned that you guys don't have much oppurtunities using Internet, so it might be a little difficult for you to use MSN chatting.
My e-mail address is the same with my MSN. You can send me e-mails--maybe some day you will travle to Taiwan or I'll visit where you're staying!
SO MUCH I want to share with you. Movies, tennis, musicour daily lifeLet's contact each other with e-mail first, ok?

Lots of love!

Emma

TO SAY GOODBYE

this is the last time

to talk to all you guy

to say goodbye

tears are in my eyes

i really do like you

through the Pacific's sky

in your words i can see your minds

no matter our countries or the sides

i promise i'll miss you so much

til i have turned to a growing-up

the exterior mine will change

but the memory will always last

deep in my heart there is a secret place

belongs to our encounter, belongs to these days

P.S.

i really don't want to say goodbye

if you can leave any ways to stay in contact

please, give us a chance.......to not finish so guickly

my email aris123698745@yahoo.com.tw

Bye.......

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do you like this book why not or why do you like this book. this book is a allegory book do think that this book that ciandof book i think so cause the way it sounded

hot suff.com why do

why do you think that the baby rabbit was the one that thought big at the end of the book he was the one that said if we just have sick together and was one that said if we gust stick together we could have got out of there? why do you think that the baby rabbit was right and why do you think the rabbit is wrong?tell me why do you think that and what
have you did the same or different in your own words tell why or not i read a book called number the stars it is gust like this book and ever way they had the Nazis that took away the Jew's the ware there Friends and it took them time to get use to in there life.

Holicost/Terible Things

I learned that the story was about the holicost. so i think that the story is talking about people instead of animals and sort of like there story and how people with disabilitys and Jews and the list could go on of people that the Nazis killed. and Hitler was the leader of the Nazis. The Nazis and there people killed millions of people. so that is my openion on who the terible things are. I think that the terible smell could be gun powder, smoke, toxins, and a whole lot of other things. this stuff could go on and on with all the number of things that have happened because you'll never know unless you have asked the author or you are the other.In class we also read a book by Patricia Puloco about how a older man had been in a consontration camp where they would do horibal things to people here are some pics of what you had on your arm and in consontration camps.

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i think that the animals rep people and the civil war that the took a way the Jew's and the mental people and other people like that in the world.don't know about you but i thinkthis book has opened my eyes about the war and ever thing else.

terrible things

the book, i think, is very meaningful. and the pictures are my favorite ones.

i think, people should care others more.
not only between family but friends, classmates or even those we don't know.

i'd like to talk about friends.
friends, i believe, are people who care each other and can share the ups and downs of their lives.
friends should CARE.
if someone only cares about himself, that CAN'T BE a friend.
if someone who always ignors the other's feelings, it CAN'T BE a friend either.
a TRUE FRIEND should be a person that you can count on and always want to listen.

there won't be a lot of true friends in our lives, so we should always be thankful to those who love us and always remember to CARE!!!

P.S.
to ginny,
i am really sad to say goodbye to you.
do you have an email box? if you do,can you leave your email adress? or anything that can keep us in connect......
this is my email address...aris123698745@yahoo.com.tw

Touched by the last book

"Terrible things"is such an imprssive book. I like the way author teach us to be brave to what we think is right. It's extremely touching, it really made me think if I would say something or just let it happen, like the most of us......
Do YOU always say something to support what you think is right? We know that ignoring others' terrible behaviors is wrong, but most of the time, ignoring is what we choose. The consequences could be a disaster for all of us.
The drawing of this book is amazing. How simple the color is, but the beauty it express is beyond discription. How do you think?Do you like its style?

It has been a special and wonderful year for me to talk with you. Here's my MSN :emmagrangerharry@livemail.tw
Looking forward to chatting with you again!

the terrible thing

I'm not sure what exactly the Terrible Thing is, but it is surely unwelcoming. I saw the short passage in the beginning of the book, and it seemed to say something about Hitler and The Nazis(if it didn't i apologize for my mistake.) According to that passage, I think the whole story has something to do with the power that has been held in some certain people and the sufferers during world war II(which are kinda like those animals in the story).
I think those rabbits should be much more well-alert after all those other creatures had been caught away by the terrible thing. It's obvious that they are under danger, but regrettably they didn't take the little rabbit's word seriously and instead they just refused to face it and take action.

Well I think humans do the same thing all the time in real life, there are times when we are confronted by those terrible things. What ever they are, we should be brave enough to face 'em. And the most important part, LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THOSE WHOEVER TRYING TO WARN YOU, their opinion might get you through the tough situation.

The Terrible Things

i think the author didn't tell the terrible things clearly
so it can be anything that is harmful.
and i think after some animals were taken away, the rabbit should
notice that something might happened later and be careful or leave
the unsafe place.
actually before the terrible things come rabbits did feel that things were
going to be worse but they just stayed there and thought nothing to do with them. and about this i think it's quite scary just like people now used to be
unconcerned. sometimes it's really terrible.

this is the last book, i have to say i really enjoy this project.
and it's nice to have a chance like this.

The terrible things

I think "the terrible things" means our human.
We want lots of fish to eat, then we'll catch every of them.
We human always gets too many things from nature and we have never fed back.
If one day, we human is not the strongest, smartest beings, we may suffer from the same adversity just like the fish.

And, I like its pictures!! It's really beautiful and the book "smells" great!!

the terrible things

i think the trrible things are huntersa nd that the 3th shadow is a hunting dog. i also think that the hunters are pochers. i think that what they were doing is illegal and that they have no right to do that

Who where the ''Terible things"? I dont know for sure because the author never tells, do you? If you tell me what you think they are in my comments plz. I think that they are men that are hunting the animals. it could be wind though too i dont know for sure. I liked the book because it was a mystery in a way and it was a sort of sad in a way too. It was a mystery in a way because the animals nor the people reading the book know who the terible thing is. and it was sad in a way because all the animals where taken away or killed i dont know which one though. I dont know why the Terible Thing was doing all this to the animals for no reason or because they need money or some thing like that. The storey reminded me of the book feathers and fools because in feathers and fools the animals are fighting and the Terible things are fighting with the animals

The Terible Things

I think the book is about the few things in life that make up a whole ecosystem. For example the whole ecosystem was the little clearing and if the all the animals were wiped out there would not be a ecosystem. I think the terrible things were people hunting and a hunting dog. And the nets they used, I don't think they were nets, I think they are shot shells and shot shells are little BB's that spread out like a net . I also think that what the terrible things were doing were poaching and that they were being dishonorable hunters. I know that because I'm a hunter myself. I think that the animals were greedy and not sorry for the loss of there friends or fellow animals. Tell me what you think

friends/Feathers & Fools

The book is kind of crazy like the pecoks are being pretty dumb. Because they just didn't understand that the swans were just having a normal day and donig they are supposed to do. And peacocks thought that they were trying to kill them or something. And that's why the peacocks were being dumb.

The peacocks started the fight because they were accusing the swans for trying to show off and like saying they are better than other birds, by like flying, and swimming, when some other birds couldn't do that and so the peacocks got mad. The end of the story is interesting. Because the peacock baby and the swan baby were frineds and that's why it's kind of interesting. They were enemies first and then they turned into friends, and the sort of war killed each other, except for those two baby birds.

Hotstuff/Book-2

I don't think that peacocks were the ones that started it. I think that the swans were the ones that started the whole thing--the fight, and other things. But basically, the peacocks were just defending their territory. At first they got scared. The peacocks were the ones that wanted to kill them, so they got ready with feathers and they sharpened them to get ready and see when the swans would attack. So they were defending themselves and their babies. They don't want the swans to kill them. But when that swan flew across the sky with the piece of nest in its mouth the peacocks thought that it was a feather so they went down to the pond and started attacking cause they thought the swan a feather to attack them.and the was gust wanted to be safe . the end

Feathers and Fools

I think the book is about 2 sides fugureing that the other side is going to attack them. In this case it is between the Peacocks and the Swans because the peacocks think that the Swans will try to change their ways by making them fly and swim so they sharpen feathers. There is a story about peacocks which Hera Asked a gardian named Argus and he was supposed to watch a wife of Zues and Zues asked Hermes to free his wife and he did but he also had to slay Argus so Hera put all the eyes of Argus (because his whole body was covered in eyes) and put them on a male Peacock. I think there is a myth why swans are white but i'm not sure so I won't say it. I think in the end the two chicks ( the swanling and baby peacock) made to be friends because war is NEVER a good thing.

Hotstuff/book

When I first saw the book, I thought it was going to be about a peacock that had a swan's egg and the swan was kind of like the ugly duckling. And they got picked on about having that weird looking bird. That's what I thought this book was going to be about. (Write back, please.)

The peacocks were scared of the swans cause they felt threatened by the swans. They thought the swans were better then them and that the swans would force them to do something they didn't want to do. If they had thought about it logically then they would have realized that to be better than some one you have to be nicer .The swan was trying to take care of her babies and so it all started because she was trying to be a good person. She was carrying a reed for the nest and the peacocks thought that she was attacking them and so they really just killed a bunch of good people becasue they wre obsessed with themselves and being perfect. There was one peacock who startd the problem and he was so obsessed --and I think he was the leader --he was so obsessed with his group being the best that he never thoguht that, hey, maybe they aren't going to attack us. He never thought to talk with them and he decided to kill them because one flew over with a feather and it might not have even been on of the sharpened ones.In all of the books that we read little people are solving the problems and they are really big people's problems. The mother could have said, "I'm not attacking you." One peacock said let's attack and all the others followed.
Why did the peacocks decide to be scared of the swans and how could it have been stopped?

I remember from the book Youn and the Christmas Mitten Youn and the American kids where notecing there differences and simalaritys It was the same kind of to the book Feathers and Fools when the pekoc child and the swan chiled they were both discovering there simalaritys and differences. That is my text to text connections. and text to text means when you are compairing 1 book to another book and a text to self is when you read a book and you are making a conection to your self or something that has happend to u And finnaly a text to world which is when you read a book and you make a connectoin to something that happend or is happening in the world.
This one is a text to self and text to world. Usally when two people fight and it is finnaly all done and over with you dont even remember what the fight was started over. That is sort of what happens in this book.

Henry and the Dragon Kite

We are living in a society that have many people of different nationality. This book is about how people deal with other people different from himself. Of course the answer is try to realize the difference between cultures, and to understand the feelings from each other. When Tony threw stones to the kites, what the Chinese children saw is he tried to ruin their kite. But why he really did it is because the pigeons. 4. When did the kids from Chinatown begin to understand Tony’s perspective? When Tony told them the reason behind his behavior. When they understand why he threw stones to their kites. 5. Why do you think this author wanted to write a story about kids for other kids to read? We often misunderstand people when we do not really know them. The story could happen on ourself at any time, so the author maybe want to tell us before they really face problems.

Something I think...

1.
At the park, Tony cries when he thinks his pigeon is going to get hurt by the kite. Why did the author have Tony cry instead of just getting very angry?

I think because Tony really loves his pigeon and he is heartbroken when he thinks his pigeon is going to get hurt but he don't know what to do. He is helpless.

2.
Why do you think this author wanted to write a story about kids for other kids to read?

The author may want to tell children care others feelings and show them some fight based on some misunderstanding .

Henry and the Dragon Kite-The Rivalry

I really have to say sorry first. I was too exhausted this week and ended up going to bed early without getting up on time-and I couldn't believe that I didn't post in time!

I don't know if you know anything about the art of kites in Chinese culture. It was first made to send top secret letter in wars (Of course it had no string at first). But it soon became a kind of beautiful toy that combined physically brilliant disign and carry the most detailed, luxurious painting.

As for the book, I think the rivalry is not only between children came from different area but between people who neglect others' perspectives when they are too eager to protect what they love. It happens everyday, sometimes it turns out hurting every one, but sometimes, just like the story, people understand each other when one person starts to try to be in the other's shoes.





My answer to the Qs:


When did the kids from Chinatown begin to understand Tony’s perspective?

I guess that was since Tony started to behave like someone else, who wasn't mean at all and care about what he loved.



Why do you think this author wanted to write a story about kids for other kids to read?

In reality, not every arguement has a happy ending. Teach children as early as possible to avoid these fights.



What message does this story have for you about decisions you will make in your life ?

Violence is never a good solution. Before being angry about someone or something, I will think throughly if there's anything causes me think with prejudice.

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When Grandpa Chin said they would not throw rocks because the respect dragons they three rocks anyhow. They threw rocks because they were Italian. Their parents don't tell them to respect dragons because they don't have anything to do with the dragon culture. The Chinese kids marched down to the park. They stood up to Tony because they had enough of him throwing rocks at their beautiful kites. They found out that Tony and his friends were throwing rocks at the kites for a reason and that reason was the Chinese kids and grandfather were chasing Little Italy's birds away and they usaly never came back. So the story goes both ways the Chinese kids were something wrong and so were the kids from Little Italy but Tony knew that he was doing something wrong but the Chinese kids did not.

Question and Answer about Henry and the Dragon Kite

Q: The kids learnd alot about making kites from Grandfather Chin. What other things did they learn from him?
A: I think that the kids learned about being responsible and keeping control of your anger.
Q: After they finished making the Dragon Kite Grandfather Chin said that nobody would dare throw rocks at the kite because " Everyone respects Dragons". He was wrong and the boys still threw rocks. Why?
A: I think the answer is that they were trying to protect their pigeons.
Q: At the park, Tony cries when he thinks that his pigeon is going to get hurt by the kite. Why did the Author have Tony cry instead of getting verry angry?
A: I think that the Author had Tony cry was because he wanted to show that Tony wasn't a bully but he respected and cared for his pigeon. And he just reacted to the Kite by throwing rocks at it.

Pigeons and kites

I think the author uses pigeons and kites symble peace and introduce the Chinese traditional skill.
I think most of fights may happen because the two side didn't understand why he do that and think "oh, he must hates me for no reason". And if both side think in that way, them they really have a big misunderstanding!

Try to calm down and communicate to him, things may be different.

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ginny

Henry and the Kite Dragon

I think the book is about two kids and I think that the kids have their differences and they are both the same (they both love things in the sky). I also think that Tony is a bully on the outside and a kind person on the inside. I think this because of the way he acts to certain things like his pigeon. I think that the only reason why Tony was throwing rocks at the kites was to protect his pigeon. I thought in the begining that the only reason Tony was throwing the rocks was because he disliked chinese people and wanted to be a bully, but in the end I changed my mind because Tony is just trying to look after his pigeon.
I think the only reason Grandfather Chin asked them to not hurt the Itallian kids was because he didn't want good people to go bad. I also think that he did not want the children to go to Tony and his friends was because he felt that if they did that they would never be friends.
I think that Henery was upset because he thought that Tony was trying to just be a bully. I think that Henry should of just went down there and discuss the proublem with tony and just talk about it and then the whole problem would be over quicker. What do you think?

Across the fence.

It's another book about segregation. And I like the painting. It really gives me a warm feeling-between the children, who were not influenced by other things.

And have you noticed that my title is alike our blog's name? The meaning of this book is that breaking the fence between people is something we should do.

I'm going to watch Andrea Bocelli's concert in Taiwan on 4/19. He is blind, but he has a heavenly voice and a kind personality. Well, he can not see, do you think that would make some differences if we can not see each other's appearance but can only know who someone really are?

the other side

this is one of my favorite book.i love its illustration and meaning.

though i am not in america,we have the same problems here in taiwan.i really don't know why there has to be a segregation in our world.i think every one is just the same inside our heart,isn't it?

and i have a question:is there still a segresgation in the USA?

the other side

i think this book is quite meanful. usually there are always some different things, habits and apperances between the white and the black. and so there is a deadline that we can't across it. the notion of lifes is now still here. as you grow up the mind of the color line will affect you making decisions. adults usually care more about this kind of problems the reason that they told thier kids not to get to closer to the white is that they are afraid of the kids to be hurt. but to the end they finally played together and become friends.

Crash

I love the illustration and the words are not too difficult to understand but it's meaningful!
Last year, I've watched "Crash". It's about Caucasian,Oriental and African American's lives and what problems they faceed and how they dealt with it.

The parents were saying that it wasn't safe because they wanted to use that as an excuse. Because I don't think they wanted their kids to know that the world had a segragation. I think when Clover's mom was watching the two girls and she did not get them to get off the fence because she wanted them to get over the segragation.

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Whenever we look at each other, on that one drawing, they want to say something but Clover's mom was going to say "Don't look at her in the eyes." And Annie's mom is going to say "Look at the eyes." In the picture that Annie's mom is alway wearing pretty dress that just came out of the package that they bought. And Clover's dressess have little stains on them. But they are ok to wear because my mom washes them.

I wasn't here last week but I'v heard the story before and I liked it very much.

That is one of my favorite picture books I think that it is a realy good awaerness story

telling people about how the blacks and whites live. and about the freedome that the

kids needed because Clover Annie needed that freedome so that they could be friends.

I think that sagragathion is wrong but people here still break the law and do that which is pretty

sad.