Expository Essay

Yuna Kim is a figure skater. she got a gold medal in the 2010 Olympic champion. She began the fiure skating when she was young. She wished to become a great figure skater like Michelle Wing Kwan who is her role model. She could not wear a new shoes in a long time because she practiced all day. She really had a hard time because figure skating is not popular sport in Korea ,so no one did not support her although she is the first South Korean figure skater to win a medal at an ISU Junior. Therefore, she practiced in Lotte World which is an amusement park, and she took lessons in there with her teachers. Her family was not rich, so her mother supported her selling her own house. Her mother was her unique manager and supporter. Although her situation was the worst, she did not give up her dream ,and she ran to reach out her dream. She is supporting Minjung Kwak who is lanked fifteenth in the 2010 Olympic champion because she wants her to have a good condition. I herad that she is idle now because she does not have a goal anymore. Also, she said she gets scared to play the figure skating. I hope she will choose the right way for her life.

Essay ( Comparing The theme of two plays)

In The White Uniform, the lady and the maid exchanges their own dress as a game. The lady wears the white uniform,and the maid wears the robe. The maid has an illusion because she thinks she is the lady because of the robe. In Barefoot in the Park, Paul is newly married lawyer. Corie is a newly married woman whose main life is to have fun and to have it with Paul. However, Paul does not know how to have fun, so she is mad at him. They have a fight. The lady and the maid need to understand each other. In the same way, Paul and Corie need to understand each other. If the lady acts well in front of the maid when she is wearing the robe, the maid would not betray to her. In the same way, although Corie wants to have fun with Paul, to put blame upon him is her wrong thought. I think that he probably wants to have fun with her, but he does not just know how to have fun. It is his personality. So then, if Corie and Paul will be able to have a good time. We have to understand each other and love each other. Then, everyone will be happy with their important people.

Stream of Consciousness

These days, we can know that the earthquake happens remarkably, so I am afraid about the it. It already happened slightly in California, but we are still nervous because it will happen again. No one cannot guess that it will be strong or soft. If it is strong, our lives will be in danger. My grandmother told me that when I feel to happen the earthquake, if I have time, go outside and go into under the desk or under the bed. I had felt the soft earthquake when I was in Disney World on July 24, 2008. If the earthquake is soft, nothing happens to us badly. My family will buy water bottles to get ready for the earthquake. The reason which we want to buy them is for us if we are confined during few days. We can save our lives by only drinking water. If I suppose to happen the earthquake right now, I will go to my grandparents, and I will go outside with them. They are important to me. I am worried about my brother, but I think that he can go outside by himself. The earthquake never happened in Korea before. However, this time, it happened in Korea softly. I think that there is safe place on the earth. If I suppose that I am confined under the bed during few days, can I save my life?

Found Poem

Have you ever seen
anything
in your life
more wonderful

such wild love-
do you think there is anywhere in any language,
a word billowing enough
for the pleasure

I love you, because in my thousand and one
nights of dreams,
I never once dreamed of you

Suddenly I've felt you flying through my soul

I call out for you against the jutted stars

Like a slackened drum

And the lamps of the city prick my eyes



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Anything could happen between me and you
A whole life ahead of us
A wonderful love that me and you have
Some wild and strong feelings
Anywhere you take me I feel great

Language is not the only thing
My pleasure of knowing you is wonderful
Thousands and thousands of words cannot stop
me of telling you dream about you every night
Your soul is like star flying around my heart

Literary Treasure

Love Without Love

by Luis Lloréns Torres

I love you, because in my thousand and one nights of dreams,

I never once dreamed of you.

I looked down paths that traveled from afar,

but it was never you I expected.

Suddenly I've felt you flying through my soul

in quick , lofty flight,

and how beautiful you seem way up there, far

from my always idiot heart!

Love me that way, flying over everything.

And, like the bird on its branch, land in my arms

only to rest,

then fly off again.

Be not like the romantic one who,

In love, set me on fire.

When you climb up my mansion,

enter so lightly, that as you enter

the dog on my heart will not bark.

Translated by Julio Marazán

I chose this poem because it is so romantic. It talks about love. The person loves a girl. The person is telling that how he feels when he thinks about her and how he loves her too much. I think that he is in love without sucess because he says that love him that way. Also, I think that he is proposing heis real heart to her because this poem is like a letter. My favorite sentance in this poem is "Suddenly I've felt you flying through my soul" because that means he really falls in love with her, and he really loves her. The sentance is so romantic. I never have a boyfriend, so I do not know about love. However, if I have a boyfriend, I hope that my future boyfriend says the sentance to me. I have heard "Love believes all things". I think love is romantic and beautiful to everyone.

Narrative Vocabulary

pleasant

I chose the word pleasant. Its meaning is affording pleasure; and being in harmony with your taste or likings. I like theis word because it has good meaning. There are many similar words to this word. For example,enjoyable, gratifying, pleasurable, fine, and grateful. I discovered the word when I was solving a English problem. I could not understand the word when I translated a sentance which included the word because I got confused between pleasant and peasant, but I know now that peasant's meaning is a coarse, unsophisticated, boorish, uneducated person of little financial means. English is very interesting because pleasant and peasant have different meanings becasue of the alphabet " L".

Narrative w/ song lyrics

I came to unites states when I was 9th grade. People always says that I came to here late to learn English, so I got so much stresses because of them. One day, I had gone to korean store to buy a clothes by myself. The store's owner asked to me "Did you come here to study? Was your grade bad in Korea?" I felt annoyed because of him. Yes, I know that I am insufficient in English , but I think if I do my best, I can reach out my goal. " Throw it away. Forget yesterday. We'll make the great escape. We won't hear a word they say." The Great Escape by Boys Like Girls.

I wanted to become a teacher before, but I want to become a scientist who searched for any cell. When I took biology class during summer, I could really have fun although my class was boring. I really like biology. After my English skill improves a lot, I hope that I take AP biology class. First, I have to study English hard!!! "There is a world hopes and dreams can last for a time. If you can dream a wish were making on a star thaths coming true." If You Can Dream by Disney.

I know what I want to do and what I want to become in the future because i am 16 years old.
I am living with my uncle's family. My uncle and aunt go to work everyday. They come back home at 6'o clock. I almost spend time with my brother, so I always have to ask to him "Did you take a shower" as mother. I have to be mature more. "You're moving way too fast (sixteen). There is so much for you ahead. Sweet sicteen. Do you know where you're running to." Sweet Sixteen by Destiny's Child.