Describing a beach

A bright blue day, the sky dotted with patches of white. The sea reflected the sky, with varying colours to deep blue in the deeper seas, and a light green nearer to the shore. The waves in the deep were high and foamy, but when it reached the shore, they lapped almost lazily, with not a single splash. The corals in the sea gave the sea a dark portion here, and another one there, as if on a moldy piece of bread. A little bit of the beach jutted out, yellow, with it turning whiter and whiter each timethe water passed over it.

Nothing Gold Can Stay, by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

This is a short but it contains images about the cycle of life. The title shows that many things are born beautirful but they don't always stay this was. they will change.

It starts by saying that "Nature's first green is gold". It is probably the start of spring, where naturs blooms, with beauty of green, leaves and plants. "Her hardest hue to hold" It cannot last as wnter will once again come and take away tthe beauty of nature, but it will come once again, a cycle of life for the plants. It also mentions "Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour". Again the speaker repeats the limited time nature has to display its beauty and perfection. It continues to describe that leaf subsides to leaf, as a cycle of life, when one leaf falls, another will soon replace it, a cycle of life.the fall of eden, which is to reference to the bible where the perfect garden that Adam and Eve live in never lasted, unable to remain its gold. "So dawn goes down to day," it shows that something as beautiful as dawn has to go, and let day enter, but it will return, to show its beauty again the next day, a cycle. It emphasises on the fact about the cycle of life that occurs naturally. The last line, "Nothing gold can stay." a repetition of the title, seems negative and seems as if there is no hope, that perfection will never last. It emphasises the title that nothing perfect will remain.
David Hu (04) 2i2

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kwl 1st lesson prejudice

PREJUDICE
Know: What I already know about prejudice
Jane Eyre wrote a book called pride and prejudice
Want: I want to know what prejudice means
-how it was used in the book pride and prejudice
-how it is used in a sentence
-how does prejudice affect us
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Learn: prejudice is discrimination against a type of person that is different

favourite poem

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight

To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows goTo the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

e-learning

today im having elearning. we are learning through the computer and the internet. it meant that i did not have to go to school at 6 am in the morning and i could to seat in my comfortable chair.i would also not forget to bring anything to school anymore, but the teachers can still check and ensure that you are doing your work at all times so it is not that bad. therefore, i think e-learning is better than than going to school as per normal. i do know that e-learning is just temporary in case anything like sars or h1n1 breaks out again. but there are also disadvantages, such as tests, as pupils can cheat while taking an online test. but in future, i think that the world will be using e-learning as normal learning and have web cams to ensure that we are doing the work properly.

english 'test'

on thursday i had an english 'test'. it was a pre e-learning to prepare us for the real thing. we were suppose to answer questions and see what we were good at, such as linguistic, bodily kinetic, interpersonal and so on. after a series of hard questions, my caculation that i was most bodily kinetic with a score of 18/20. second was logical mathematic with a score of 16/20 and the rest were in close third and fourth. i had expected the results as much except that music would be tied in third with linguistic. it was very fun as all the sutdents from 1i2 compared their results. it was a lively english lesson and i cant wait for e- learning. that is all i have on this topic.