Reading Times

2/20/14 :  40 min Study for Poetry Test

2/21/14 :  20 min study for Poetry Test 

2/23/14 25 min World War Z

2/24/14 40 min revising

Reading Times

Poetry Anthology : 45 min total: 2/14, 15, 17/14
World War Z: 75 min. I read about half of the book a few months ago but I decided to re read what I had originally read. 2/16/14

"Showdown" Electric Light Orchestra

She cried to the southern wind

About a love that was sure to end
Every dream in her heart was gone
Headin for a showdown

Bad dreamer, what's your name
Looks like were ridin on the same train
Looks as through there'll be more pain
There's gonna be a showdown

And it's rainin all over the world
Its raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night

She came to me like a friend
She blew in on a southern wind
Now my heart is turned to stone again
There's gonna be a showdown

Save me, oh save me
Its unreal, the suffering
There's gonna be a showdown

And it's rainin all over the world
Its raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night

Anaphora- red

Sibilance- Blue

In "Showdown" there are multiple anaphoras within the lyrics. I think that these add a nice rhythm to the song. In some ways the sibilance bugs me because there's so much of it, but at the same time it sounds good in the song. There is quite a bit of alliteration in the lyrics of this song and most of it goes with the sibilance. 

Over all I think all of these things combined makes for a really smooth and unique song. This is one of my favorite songs and I enjoy it every time I hear it.

Reading/Working Times

Monday 3/10 work on ATD 40 min
Friday 3/7 reading poems in book 25 min
Wednesday 3/5 ATD 40 min
Tuesday 3/4 ATD 20 min

Research Paper Draft

In my research paper I worry that my thesis statement isn't arguable. I need help either coming up with a new one or finding a way to make it work. As of right now I am not happy with my thesis statement and think that if I changed it, than my thesis would better reflect the articles that I found. I think I need to go back and change my works cited. I don't think I need help with fixing my works cited but I definitely need fix them.

I think gathering my information for this rough draft was easy but my organization wasn't good. My thoughts on my draft are that I need to change my approach on it. While writing the rough draft I felt lost almost as if I was just writing stuff down and not thinking about it. I think I made my introduction and conclusion a little repetitive and I also need to look at that. I can't think of anything else to say about the rough draft other than I need to change it a lot.

Research Project

My Research Project is about Illegal immigrants crossing over the border of mexico to live and work in Texas. It has an interesting affect on Jobs there. My first thoughts were about why the Mexicans crossed the border into the United States in the first place. I learned that Mexican illegal immigration started after the Mexican Revolution in 1910. People were fleeing their country and came to the United States for a job and to get away from chaos in Mexico. I also learned that most of the Mexican illegal immigrants work for less than minimum wage in agriculture construction and service oriented jobs which puts them at or below poverty level. I am interested in the topic because my family owns a farm in Texas and I've met an illegal immigrant and it made me curious.

My National History Day project is on how illegal immigrants cross over the border of Mexico to live and work in Texas and how this affects aspects of life in that state. Illegal or undocumented immigrants from Mexico are people born in Mexico that enter the United States illegally by crossing the border or by allowing their student or work visas to expire. It is hard to determine exactly how many illegal immigrants are in the United States, but it is believed that the population is between 7-20 million. In 1910 there was the Mexican Revolution. The revolution caused a lot of turmoil in the country of Mexico so thousands of people traveled north into the United States to get out of the chaos and find jobs. 

Reading Times

30 min Sunday 1/19/14
90 min Monday 1/20/14