About the poem

1. Explain each literary device you used in your poem (You should have 5 different examples).
a. What is the literary device?
<1>Alliteration: the letters in red

<2>Flashback: the second and the third stanza

<3>Repetition: the sentence in purple

<4>Simile:
"You huddled yourself up on the dark-green bench cautiously,

like a poor pussy cat that was abandoned by its heartless master"
I compared "you" to "a poor pussy cat"

<5>Personification:
"Darkness reached its hands out and closed around you"

<6>Imagery:
"rain"; "dark-green bench"; "pussy cat"; "lips"; "door"; "step"; "sun"; "ocean"; "A broken bike"; "an obsolete bench"; "a sad boy".

c. Why did you use it (Create mood? Create tone? Create rhythm? Create meaning?)
Use 3-5 sentences to explain the example.

2. Using 12-15 sentences, explain the insightful and mature meaning of your poem.

3. What is your poem about?

4. How do you represent the Canadian landscape in your poem? Use 3-5 sentences.

5. Imagine you are an explorer and sent this poem to your King or Queen, how would they feel about the Canadian landscape?

Summertime, and after summertime

Poem by Jessie Liu

Changes were coming your way,

when the endless summertime hadn't gone yet

You had forgotten how inconsolable you were


At that time

It rained on and off all day

You huddled yourself up on the dark-green bench cautiously,

like a poor pussy cat that was abandoned by its heartless master

You lips could hardly frame any words


At that time

It rained on and off all day

You swept silently and sat on the cold step outside the door,

heard nothing but the sound of silence

You were scared beyond words


The sun was gone

The day was done

At that time

Darkness reached its hands out and closed around you,

the night was longer than the day


Changes were coming your way,

when the endless summertime hadn't gone yet

You had forgotten how you desired to be melted by the turbid air,

which almost suffocated you

You had forgotten how you longed to keep away from the wicked world,

which nearly murdered your trueness

You thought you have passed the most horrific customs barrier

All because you had forgotten how inconsolable you were


Nevertheless,

summertime too swiftly flown away

The real season just started

You sunk fast into an ocean full of darkness,

slept deeply, floated on the surface

Darkness reached its hands out and closed around you again,

You knew, again and again

You lost your senses and rode your bike so fast,

when the rain was teeming down

However, as you knew

Whatever you did, you couldn't get away of it at all

——the circle of darkness

The real season just started


After summertime,

the street was like it used to be:

A broken bike, an obsolete bench, and a sad boy


The night was longer than you imagined

The disappointed season is always longer than you imagined

C'est La Vie? (This is life?)

No one, no one could understand you at all.

Summertime, and after summertime

Picture from:

sejonesphotography.com/NewEnglandCanadaIndex.htm

Summertime, and after summertime

Poem by Jessie Liu

Changes were coming your way,

when the endless summertime hadn't gone yet

You had forgotten how inconsolable you were


At that time

It rained on and off all day

You huddled yourself up on the dark-green bench cautiously,

like a poor pussy cat that was abandoned by its heartless master

You lips could hardly frame any words


At that time

It rained on and off all day

You swept silently and sat on the cold step outside the door,

heard nothing but the sound of silence

You were scared beyond words


The sun was gone

The day was done

At that time

Darkness reached its hands out and closed around you,

the night was longer than the day


Changes were coming your way,

when the endless summertime hadn't gone yet

You had forgotten how you desired to be melted by the turbid air,

which almost suffocated you

You had forgotten how you longed to keep away from the wicked world,

which nearly murdered your innocence

You thought you have passed the most horrific customs barrier

All because you had forgotten how inconsolable you were


Nevertheless,

summertime too swiftly flown away

The real season just started

You sunk fast into an ocean full of darkness,

slept deeply, floated on the surface

Darkness reached its hands out and closed around you again,

You knew, again and again

You lost your senses and rode your bike so fast,

when the rain was teeming down

However, as you knew

Whatever you did, you couldn't get away of it at all

——the circle of darkness

The real season just started


After summertime,

the street was like it used to be:

A broken bike, an obsolete bench, and a sad boy


The night was longer than you imagined

The disappointed season is always longer than you imagined

C'est La Vie? (This is life?)

No one, no one could understand you at all.

An Alliance with the Huron Empire

The Hurons were a group of First Nations people who were in an alliance with Champlain. They were closely related to the Iroquois, but had become their enemies.

1. What is an alliance? What does this word mean?
Alliance represents a state of two or more countries(groups of people) being allied, to achieve their same aims. By this way, they can support, help, work with each other. And fight with the same enemies. All in all, the groups get together for forming a more strong group, to achieve their purpose.

Great traders themselves, the Hurons navigated the rivers of Central Canada and were very prosperous. They would become the leading source of furs for the French.

2. Why would Champlain want to form an alliance with the Hurons?


3. This is a picture of Champlain and his Huron allies on the left fighting the Iroquois. This is one of the earliest images of Europeans and First Nations people interacting.

a. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences. Look carefully at the picture.


b. Do you think this is a realistic image of the situation? Explain why or why not in 5-8 sentences.

4. The Hurons had many economic advantages because of their geographic location and territory. They were located on the southern shore of Georgian Bay, where the fishing was excellent.

a. Find a map of Georgian Bay. Explain where this bay is.

b. Translate the word bay.

5 . Find a photograph of Georgian Bay that you like. Explain why you like it in 3-5 sentences.

The vegetation of this region includes mixed forests, meadows, and fields. The sandy soil was perfect for planting corn, squash, pumpkins, and beans.

6. Take a look at this piece of Canadian Art called "Stormy Weather". The artist is Frederick Varley. He illustrated the stormy weather of Georgian Bay.

a. How do you feel when you see this painting? Explain in 5-8 sentences. Tell me why you feel that way.



7. This is a poem by A.J.M Smith. It was put together with this image on a past provincial exam.

a. When you read this poem, how do you feel about the Canadian landscape? Explain in 10-12 sentences. Think deep and be creative.

The Lonely Land
A.J.M. Smith

Cedar and jagged fir

uplift sharp barbs

against the gray

and cloud-piled sky;

and in the bay

blown spume and windrift

and thin, bitter spray

snap

at the whirling sky;

and the pine trees

lean one way.

A wild duck calls

to her mate,

and ragged

and passionate tones

stagger and fall,

and recover,

and stagger and fall,

on these stones -

are lost

in the lapping of water

on smooth, flat stones.

This is a beauty

of dissonance,

this resonance

of stony strand,

this smoky cry

curled over a black pine

like a broken

and wind-battered branch

when the wind

bends the tops of the pine

like a broken

and wind-battered branch

when the wind

bends the tops of the pines

and curdles the sky

from the north.

This is the beauty

of strength

broken by strength

and still strong

8. What did you learn in this lesson? Explain in 5-8 sentences.

0508REFLECTION

Actually, I have to say, this week is such a lazy week. I am afraid that I have to be hardworking on weekends might because I wasted a lot of precious time.

To be honest, I have just read seven paragraphs of the attractive novel "To Kill Mockingbird". Last week, I read the summary of Chapter 1-3 carefully instead of the novel for getting ready for the following test. (Ms.Chan, I know you will eat me if you see this sentence..) Fortunaly, I passed the test at ease..

However, now I'm a little comfusing about drawing the concept map of it. All because I did not read it at all.

This short weekend is such a wonderful time to read the novel, not only the English vision but also the Chinese one. I will, I have to..

Moreover, we wrote a literary essay about poems on Friday morning. It is toooooo difficult! It helps me to find my weakness in writing essays, such as shortage of sentence patterns, grammar skills and a less powerful and boring conclusion. I will deal with them next time. Thanks for Ms.Chan, Jessica, Nina, and Angela gave me useful ideas to write it! I will tell more cold jokes to you!

Well, I'm gonna to see an English film now..:D

Enjoy your weekend!XD

Sandee Chan-Nicholas

Although I can not go to the concert, I gave the ticket to a person who likes Sandee, too!! Viahsta!

If she can go to see the great live show, I am still so happy! =)

Thank You!

I has been afflicted with painful right foot for one month!!T_T

The doctor said that my bone was okay, but there was something wrong with my tendon, so that he told me not to take too much exercise, even walking.

However, I have to climb to flour 4, across a lot of streets, take subway and take bus everyday! The painful tendon can not afford such too much work. It results in a great sore inside of my right feet, not all the time, but a specific time. When it was hurting, It made me shed tears..Rena knows that I cry hardly ever in daily life..This time, I was defeated by the pain completely.

But I still can walk like normal persons because my bone is okay. So, you know, when I said my right feet was too hurt, nobody believed me!! What a tradegy! They only looked at the surface and no one would see I exclaimed inside of my heart. I could not find any appropriate words to describe how hurt it was, so that no one would understand me! Even Mrs.Yang, she said,"Are you tell a lie? I saw you walk quickly and comfortable like others." I was so sad, how can her said I told a lie??...

Yesterday, when I went to the computer lab, I felt the pain again and again, but I can't tell anybody. Who can believe me? I seat in front of my computer and kept shedding tears because of the pain. I came out in cold sweat.. Finally, I decided to go to the school clinic alone for asking some pain killer.

When I came out the building two, Jessica chased me. I was accompanied with her to the clinic and she took care of me all the time until lunch time! I deeply appreciated her!!! Kind Jessica, gave me hands, gave me power and made me warm..

I always think that Jessica is helping me all the time from the first day I met her, not only on study but also in daily life. Just like today, she helped again..

I really wanna say: Thank U!!Jessica!!^ ^

Anyway, I will take care of myself!!

Champlain Cotinues.

Questions
1. Find a map of the St. Lawrence River. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences.

picture from:
encarta.msn.com/.../st_lawrence_river.html
I heard of that the St. Lawrence River flows about 1300 km (about 800 mi) . The picture shows that it is from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The river forms the border between New York and Ontario and between Ontario and Quebec before finishing its course entirely in Quebec. Also, it is the most important commercial river in Canada.




2. Find a photograph of the St. Lawrence River you like. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences.
picture from: www.hickerphoto.com/st-lawrence-river-vacatio...

The picture shows a part of the St. Lawrence River. The river does not have a regular shape, and there are some small lands in its surface. The lands are being developed. The sun is rising from the horizon to light the brand new day of St. Lawrence River. A tree is silhouetted in the light recreated by the sunset on the blanks of the river. The waves start to break against the rocks. It shows us a wonderful sight.



3. Why did Champlain choose to use a river for transportation? Explain in 3-5 sentences.
Because of Champlain, the St. Lawrence became the most commercial river in Canada. However, why did Champlain choose to use a river for transportation?Because the St. Lawrence River originates at the outflow of Lake Ontario between a lot of cities so that it is a very convenient place for transporting. The ships with cargoes like to pass the river safety and conveniently. At that time, there were not any planes or trains to use, and it was too tired to ride horses. So, Champlain choose to use a river for transportation because it is fast and low-cost.

4. Find a picture of Champlain's habitation at Quebec. Explain what you see in 5-8 sentences.
picture from:www.cbc.ca/.../timeline.html

Champlain's habitation at Quebec consisted of three clustered buildings and two of them were high. Around the buildings there was a continuous wall above the ground floor forming an exterior gallery for defense. It seemed like it was a really gigantic building. Moreover, there was a moat around Champlain's habitation, it was really important for the habitation. (explain in bonus questions.) Perhaps Champlain and his families were satisfied with their beautiful habitation.




5. The fort was a natural fort because Quebec had towering cliffs.

a.Find a picture of towering cliffs in Quebec. Search in Google using "Quebec and towering cliffs".
picture from:www.canada-photos.com/cape-chignecto-provinci...












b. Why are the cliffs a natural fort? Explain in 3-5 sentences.
A cliff is a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure. It is common in coasts and along rivers, such as Quebec, which has an abundant of rivers. Sometimes, the cliffs can resist the horrible flood, mud-rock flood... For example, when the flood is coming, people can stand in the highest point of the cliff for protecting themselves temporally.

6. What did you learn today? Explain in 5-8 sentences.
Firstly, I learned a lot of new word that I had never seen before, such as fort, habitation and moat. These words are important for the following provincial exam might. Then, I gained lots of interesting knowledge about Champlain's life, just like his habitation and its location. His habitation is really quaint and gigantic. What's more, the pictures show me the beautiful landscape of Canada again. I realized that geography is really important for our daily life thought it is still boring...

Bonus

1. There is a moat around Champlain's habitation. Why is that important?
A moat is a wide water-filled ditch surrounding a fortified place, such as Champlain's habitation.
It can provide a preliminary line of defense.
2. Can you find a picture of a moat? Post it.
picture from:
www.scrapbookpages.com/.../Tour/Rodertor.html