Poetry Out Loud.

For Poetry Out Loud I initially chose the poem "Catch a Little Ryhme". The reason I chose that poem beacuse every line ryhmed in the stanza. Also it had a really catchy rhythm to it when I would say it out loud. After I got feedback about the poem and how I would not a very good grade in the competition if I used it I decided to change my poem to "Mother to Son". This peom is really a very nice peom. It is about a mother telling her son about her life and how she does not want him to give up no matter what.I really like how it is written and the diction of the poem. Also the message of the poem is a very stong one.

On the other hand, I am really nervous about the competition on Monday. I am afraid that I will forget parts of my peom or freeze up in front of the whole class. What I am doing to prevent that from happening is I am going to recite my peom every night like two times and practice how I am going to say it by putting meaning into it. I have maked up my poem according to how I want to say it so I am prepared. i think this will be a new and exciting experience!

How the book impacted me.

Honestly I think I have a changed a little from reading To Kill a Mockingbird. I have changed by thinking about other people in situations or in just gereral. When I see someone I think to myself like I wonder what their life is like or I wonder what is somthing tough things they have gone through. I am also more open to things and more understanding to little things. How I changed is based on a lesson that Atticus teaches Scout, that you don't really know a person until you step into thier shoes and walk around a little.

High school so far has changed me a ton already. Even in english, from reading To Kill a Mockingbird, I have changed. I try not to judge people so much. I will be able to keep it to myself of catch myself maybe saying something that has no meaning at all but still stop myself. I am glad that we reald the book. It truly opened my eyes up to a lot things!

The Road Not Taken.

The Road Not Taken by, Robert Frost is a poem about different choices. Some of these choices or desicions you can't make again. One road may be the one that everyone has traveled on and the other one nobody has. The road less traveled by could either be good or bad but you will never know until you take it, "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." After you pick which road you want to take, you are stuck for good.

This, in a way is like choosing what classes you want to take or what sports you want to play. Say you decided to do winter drill team and you already signed up but then after you make the decision you can't rewind and decide to play basketball even you you really, really want too. Or when you have the chance to get into honors english but you choose not to give yourself the chance to get accepted but, when the school year starts you think to yourself I really wish I tried to get into honors english but now, it's to late.

The Movie.

The scene that I am going to talk about is the whole court case. Mostly the court was very similar to what I imagined. At the court in the movie Mayella looked really nervous and I didn't picture her that being that nervous and the book because the book didn't make hre sound nervous so I didn't picture her that way . She also seemed like she had more to say in the book. Same with Tom Robinson, in the book he talked a little more then in the move. Also Atticus was a lot nicer in the court room in the movie then in the book. In the book some of the things he said were not very nice so I pictured him differently. Scout, Jem and Dill were all were exactly what I pictured in the court room. I my head I could see Jem clenching on the the rail with his eyes locked on everything going on. I also pictured Scout looking through the railing and Dill sitting my Reverend Sykes.

I thought that a lot of the actors did a good job protraying their roles in the movie and came out how I pictured it from the book. Bob Ewell was one that I didn't picture in my head how he was played in the movie. He seemed like he was a violent person and he always seemed drunk. I could picture him being drunk form some descriptions in the book but never that drunk. To wrap it up I really liked the book and I am looking forward to watching the rest of the movie.