Pop, the baseball hits the center of the glove.
Whoosh, the bat swings 'round but misses the ball.
The grass rustles with the wind from above.
Without a hit the team will fall.
Thump, thump, hearts beat fast
Thip, the ball leaves the pitcher's hand.
Ping, the ball is punished by the bat.
Eyes follow the ball across the grand stand.
Our team wins the game, now how about that.
Screams of disappointment and joy
Onomatopoeia, End rhyme, personification
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Opening Weekend at the Box
This weekend LSU plays in the season opener at Alex Box Stadium, it is called Military Appreciation Weekend. It is a round robin type of tournament. LSU plays Air force and Army. Some of the LSU players are wearing shoes with stars and stripes to be proponents of their opponents military service. This does not mean, however, they will concede the game. This is the Tigers' first showing and I speculate they will win all three games. I do wonder if there will be any monetary benefits for the Air force or the Army for coming to Alex Box. In addition to supporting the Military, one of the fallen East Baton Rouge Deputy Sheriff's officers, Brad Garafola, Sr., will be remembered. His son, Brad Garafola, Jr. has been deemed to throw out the first pitch. I think it should be a great weekend.
Sunday, February 5, 2017
TATDPTI to pg 101
First, I am really enjoying this book and I didn't think I was even going to like it. Reading it makes me want to read more books by Sherman Alexia.
Ok, Jr. starts a new school in Rearden with mostly white people. We learn Jr's real name is Arnold Spirit and that he kind of becomes Arnold at school and Jr on the rez. We also find out about the Indian Rules of Fisticuffs and that Jr doesn't realize everyone doesn't follow these rules he has know all of his life. Arnold also is confronted by a group of studs and eventually punches one of them name Roger. Roger then respects Arnold.
Arnold likes a girl at school named Penelope. She is nice to Arnold and seems to respect him but doesn't like him in the same way he likes her. Also, Arnold realized he is smarter than most of the kids at his new school and eventually he becomes sort of friends with a smart nerd named Gordy.
Mary, Jr.'s sister, sends him an email letting him know about her life on the big new reservation in Montana called Flathead and she loves her life. The email tells how different life is on that reservation from the rez where Jr. lives.
Ok, Jr. starts a new school in Rearden with mostly white people. We learn Jr's real name is Arnold Spirit and that he kind of becomes Arnold at school and Jr on the rez. We also find out about the Indian Rules of Fisticuffs and that Jr doesn't realize everyone doesn't follow these rules he has know all of his life. Arnold also is confronted by a group of studs and eventually punches one of them name Roger. Roger then respects Arnold.
Arnold likes a girl at school named Penelope. She is nice to Arnold and seems to respect him but doesn't like him in the same way he likes her. Also, Arnold realized he is smarter than most of the kids at his new school and eventually he becomes sort of friends with a smart nerd named Gordy.
Mary, Jr.'s sister, sends him an email letting him know about her life on the big new reservation in Montana called Flathead and she loves her life. The email tells how different life is on that reservation from the rez where Jr. lives.
Research
The two things I have learned during my research work so far are the value of the research sources in the beginning of the process and the value the notecards can have. What I mean by the value of the research sources in the beginning is that I initially thought I had to get all of my sources on line through the Aldrich Library and this limited me. If I had it to do over I would have gotten more sources from the web and from a public library. This would have been valuable for me. What I mean by the value of the notecards is that now I would do a better job of writing information on the notecards and them grouping them a little differently. I would do these things differently because I think it would help make things easier with my outline and then my paper.
One of the problems I had with my paper was that because my notecards weren't done exactly like I could have done them, when writing my outline and paper I had to do a lot of rereading of my sources. I could remember what I had read and what I wanted to say but I couldn't always remember the exact source so I spent a lot of time having to reread the research. Also, I wish I could make my paper flow better.
One of the problems I had with my paper was that because my notecards weren't done exactly like I could have done them, when writing my outline and paper I had to do a lot of rereading of my sources. I could remember what I had read and what I wanted to say but I couldn't always remember the exact source so I spent a lot of time having to reread the research. Also, I wish I could make my paper flow better.
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