Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy

http://www.havefunteaching.com/worksheets/reading/reading-comprehension/harriet-tubman.pdf
Harriet Tubman is well know for risking her life to help escaped slaves get to freedom in the North. She also served as a spy for the Union in the Civil War. Harriet Tubman was the first woman in American history to lead a military expedition.She helped the Union because she wanted freedom for those forced into slavery.Back then women were restricted to work in the house.Harriet did that but she also worked side by side with men. Some may call her a secret agent.
This was written to show the strength and spirit of Harriet Tubman. She wasn't able to write or read.But she could do so many other things. She really is someone to look up to.Even if she wasn't that smart. She was 5 foot 2 inches. Yet she was able to lead many men some who were probably much bigger than her.
I really look up to Harriet Tubman for her bravery. Most wouldn't even risk their lives like she did. She accomplished many things in her life. When she helped free slaves for the first time I'm sure that she knew that she could get in trouble. She didn't stop there she kept on going. She practically joined the army as a spy. There was a boon written about her by Tom Allen. The book is called Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent.

Modern Dances

http://m.articlesbase.com/hobbies-articles/modern-dances-5810169.html

Modern dance is popular and most people dance it. But they don't know about all the other kinds of dancing. All dances are similar. But the main idea is the spirit of freedom. There are so many kinds of dance forms. There's house dance,R&B,hip hop,GoGo,and many more. You can see that these types of dances represent the spirit of freedom by the way they are performed.

There are so many dance genres. You can choose whichever one suits you. There is a dance out there for everyone. In the article the author describes the way each dance is performed. If it appeals to you,go for it. For hip hop dancing the author says, "Dancing with rap music promotes absolute freedom not only in moves while dancing but in the clothes of dancers too". So of your interested in just being free and expressing who you are hip hop was meant for you.

To me the type of dance you dance is who you are. It's how you show your feelings. It's how you show you. I take ballet dance class. I think ballet is for very organized people who want every move to be precise and perfect. I like when things are precise. It may help you later on in life.

ALWAYS BE A STUDENT

Always Be A StudentKeep on learning, (graduate's name),
Though your graduation's done;
Your whole life's an education
That has only just begun.Your diploma is the first big step,
For knowledge is the special key
To winning what you want in life
And being who you want to be.If you'll always be a student,
You'll find the secrets to success
And travel on the golden road
To peace and happiness.By Joanna Fuchs

    This poem is saying that even if your finished with school there are still many things to learn in your lifetime. The author is saying so what if you graduate you still have to go into the world and you most likely will learn something new everyday. Just because you graduated it doesn't mean you're done with learning.The first step into your life education is getting that diploma.

 

    "Your diploma is the first big step", so going through a little over 12 years of education and you still haven't been through the toughest. During those 12 years alot goes on. There are challenges and difficulties. Many of them too."Your whole life's an education", even after those 12 or so years you still have a whole while until the end. This poem is saying that you're never to old to learn.

 

    When I graduate this year I still have about 8 more years of education until I'm on my own. Of course I will still be learning and I am sure of that because of this poem. Most people think that after they get their high school diploma that's it for education if they don't want to go to college. This poem says to those people to not give up. It doesn't directly say that. But if you are one of those lazy people most likely the poem would be seen as encouragement.

   

Mockingjay**spoiler alert**

    In the last book of the Hunger Games Katniss is yet again used as a piece even if there is no game. When I say that I mean she is a piece in the revolution against Capitol and she is the main piece. She is the mockingjay. At first she doesn't really accept it because she feels responsible for what has already happened. The things that take place in this book make Katniss feel more responsible.

    Katniss was rescued from the middle of the seventy-fifth Hunger Games and was taken care of. Then she found out what exactly was going on. There was in fact a District Thirteen. She also found out that almost every victor in the seventy-fifth Hunger Games were tying to save her and Peeta. There was a secret group formed to overthrow the Capitol. The head gamemaker of the seventy-fifth Hunger Games, Plutarch Heavensbee, organized the rebels in Capitol. Plutarch being the head gamemaker only made the rebels plans stronger.

    One of Kaniss' allies Beetee is able to link their networking to the Capitol's and can show Katniss talking to the districts and giving them messages. This of course makes the Capitol upset and they know now for sure that Katniss is alive. Katniss saw Peeta a couple of times on Capitol television and the first time he looked healthy the second time he looked like he was being starved and he looked a little healthy. The rebels made a plan to rescue Peeta and the succeeded. Peeta thought Katniss was a mutt from the Capitol. But the people of District Thirteen and the remaining from District Twelve helped Peeta to get better. Things worked out pretty well for the rebels.

This poem is saying to just relax and live in the moment. Don’t worry about the past and don’t even think about thinking of the future. A father and son/daughter went camping and they built a fire. This person’s dad told them that if they look into the dire they could read their future. This person asked themselves questions before actually trying to see if it would work. They wanted to look but would they be satisfied with what they saw? Did they even want to see their future?

In the last stanza they are deciding to just not look. Enjoy the dancing flames while they lasted and the moment of peace. Rather than read the fire like a book. They wanted to take in the beauty of things, the beauty of now. This person wouldn’t want to ruin it for themselves and look into their future. It would be better to wait it out and maybe be surprised at how good or bad your life turned out. If you look into your future what if you try to stop what happens because you don’t like what you see?

If someone was to go to a palm reader and found out their future and didn’t like it they would obviously try and change the course of things. It’s good that the narrator didn’t look into the fire because whatever happens happens and it was meant to happen anyway. Your future is destiny. Why look ahead when it’s best to be surprised? Looking at your future is like ruining a surprise party. 

Catching Fire **SPOILER ALERT**

"But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me." "Katniss there is not District Twelve."



When I read the last lines of book two I was so upset. I was confused. “… There is no District Twelve.” I thought he meant they were living in District Thirteen the whole time because I remember when Katniss met Bonnie and Twill in the forest. They had assumptions that District Thirteen in fact actually did exist. Capitol was just keeping it a secret because they thought District Thirteen would die off eventually without the Capitol’s help.

Bonnie and Twill mentioned that they thought Capitol was showing the same footage of District Thirteen over and over again. They also thought it was done with a lot of other Districts. Therefore they didn’t really know what was going on in the country of Panem. They probably only knew what was going on in their district and what they thought they knew from the other districts.

After I started the last book everything fell into place. District Twelve was attacked by Capitol and all the District Twelve people moved to District Thirteen. Life has changed for Katniss. She feels like she’s lost everything she’s ever loved but all of those people are out of reach except for her “fiancé” Peeta. Capitol thinks he knows about the revolution but he doesn’t have a clue. When Peeta tries to give them signals about attacks he gets punished all while Katniss is watching and it’s only making things worse for her.

Romeo and Juliet

When reading the book the words are hard to understand but after awhile things are easier to comprehend. While watching the movie the dialogue was hard to follow but the movie was an image therefore it made things simple. When I read the book the whole time that scene of the movie is being played in my head.

When Romeo gave the speech about love the setting matched the words he said. While reading the book I saw his grieving face and the setting.Throughout the whole movie the setting matched precisely with what was happening.

There's always a part in a movie that annoys some people and that part for me was at the end when Romeo was about to drink the poison and Juliet saw him yet she didn't really stop him she just laidhere and watched. Before that when her eyes kept fluttering and finally they opened Romeo just didn't see her eyes open.