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Person: Nora Trapp
Company: Adidas
Purpose: Sell Adidas productsTarget Audience: Teen boys and athletes
How it was effective:
The famous soccer player Messi talked about him when he was young and how he suffered from a leg sickness or something. He drew pictures, and this was emotional. Later on he talked about sports and how he got so famous in the world of soccer.
This ad was effective because the model was a famous soccer player, and because Messi was sick when he was young and he got better it was a miracle, it was actually saying Adidas's motto, Impossible is Nothing.

Lying v.s. Asking any questions you want.

If I was given the choice to lie or to ask any questions I want, I would choose asking any questions privilege. Why?

1. I am a sucker for gossip. :)

2. I hate it when I walk into my parents' room, and they abruptly stop talking. I'm like, "what's up?" and they're like, "nuh-thing you need to know". It drives me crazy. :(

3. You get to find out the truth and the facts. I think that's good, better than knowing false stuff about something.

4. Questions help you learn more about something or someone. :P

5. I would know secrets about my family, I would keep their secrets, which would result to family trusting each other more.

Jonas's Journal Entry

The Ceremony of Twelve has just finished and I'm now the Receiver of Memories, which is the highest honored position you could get. But I'm confused, scared, anxious, nervous and apprehensive about the biggest challenge of my life before me. I'm not sure I really have that 'special qualities' you need, like wisdom, integrity, intelligence, courage and the "capacity to see beyond" or something like that. I mean, I think shape-shifting, the one that happened with the apples is that "capacity to see beyond" but even that, I'm not sure.

The last Receiver of Memories failed, and now she's disgrace-what's going to happen to me?

Clio Awards

I thought this was a clever ad, a good one that Clio Awards chose. This is a Play-Doh ad, and it's telling us the rhino(made out of play-doh) is stronger and better than other popular toys like plastic cars(HotWheels) and dolls(Barbie.)

Symbolism-The Rhino represents the Play-Doh company, while the car and the Barbie represents other toys.

Body language- The way the Barbie and car are upside down and the rhino's head and horn is towards the other toys makes the rhino look powerful.

Camera angle- Is how the camera is angled to take a photo of the ad. There is no particular camera angle in this ad. It's just straightforward.

Special effect-Is an effect that makes the ad look more special, something that won't probably happen in reality, like a car on fire, or a train floating in the air. There are no special effects in this ad.

Lighting and color- In the Play-Doh ad, the light on the Rhino is brighter, while the light on the car and the Barbie is dull.

Beauty and social standards-Is how the model looks like and the standard level of the model. Ads won't use people living in the streets for models. The toys in the ad aren't living people, so there is no beauty and social standards in this ad.

Layout and graphics-I like how the layout of the plastic car, how it was positioned on top of the doll.

Advertising

Target Audience: Old ladies, in sixties

Product: Boots

Kinds of boots elders want:

1. Comfortable

2. Boots that will keep their feet warm

3. Safe

4. Simple boots, not too fancy

5. Dry easily

Ad:

Our new line of cozy-nook boots are out! These deliciously comfortable and spongy boots won't make you get blisters and pinched toes after wearing them. Cozy-nook boots are lined with thick fur(man-made) and crafted with silky soft suede, which will keep your feet toasty warm even after walking in the snow for a long time. Even better, these fantastic boots dry easily in the sun, without having to make a big fuss out of them. This piece of footwear has a thorough, good grip to avoid slipping on snow, has no heels and comes in black, tan and white-simple, but still stylish!

The Giver in twenty words

Ceremonies held every December. Assigned jobs for Twelves in the 'Ceremony of the Twelves.' Train with people in same department.

Psych

On Friday, Ms. Marrello's class saw Psych. It was a mystery TV show.

Gus & Sean's Case 1 Profile:

Crime: First fake kidnapping, then a real murder.

Detective: Sean and Gus

Villain: Mr. McCallum

Victim: Mr. McCallum Jr.

Suspect: Mr. McCallum

Alibi: "I was so devastated about my son missing that I cut my wrist off to suicide! Do you think I killed and kidnapped him?" -Mr. McCallum

Witness: McCallum Jr.'s dog

Evidence: 2 dead bodies, gun, coffee mug, blood on the corner of the table, canvas bag where the ransom money was

Clues: Bloody whisker of dog, Mr. McCallum's "cut off" wrist, the medication for dog bites in the bathroom

Red Herring: The canvas bag Katarina was carrying with the clothes for the thrift shop.

Investigation: Police Investigation, with Gus and Sean

Tension, Danger, Suspense: When Sean explains the case to Mr. McCallum, in his bedroom.

Surprise Ending: The Dad was the killer of his own son and his friend.

6 Elements of a mystery

A clue is a hint, but is different than an evidence. You can see the evidence right in front of you, but clues are hints that need to be put together with the mind.

In mystery novels, there is tension, danger or suspense near the end, when the detective solves the case. It gets dangerous as the villain tries to kill the inspector. Like the picture above, car chases to catch the villain is suspenseful.

There are always evidence left behind a crime scene. An evidence is a tangible hint left behind after the crime. You can see it, right there. For example, it could be guns that was used to kill somebody, or bloody bandages. Everything is important because it can be used to help solve the crime.

There are sometimes witnesses to a crime. A witness is somebody who saw the crime take place. For instance, the picture above, two robbers are trying to rob somewhere. They are holding guns and telling everybody to freeze. The reception woman and the woman standing next to the counters are the witnesses, since they saw the robbers robbing.

Crime. There is always a crime in a mystery story.

A crime is a problem that needs to be solved. Like the picture,

somebody is trying to stop the woman from screaming. Obviously, that somebody has done something illegal that is not allowed. Most crimes are illegal.

There is always a detective in a mystery story. The detective is the one who solves the crime. The detective on the picture is inspecting a newspaper, probably evidence left on the crime scene.

Monk

Today, we watched an episode of "Monk" during English class. This episode was freaky. "Monk" is a mystery TV show. Three people died, each person receiving a voodoo doll a couple of days before their death, the dolls showing exactly how they would die. The niece of one victim, Angeline is depressed. Monk finds a horseshoe upside down at Angeline's house-it's weird but he was distracted. Monk's assistant, Natalie, receives a voodoo doll with its head cut off with a scalpel, which creeps her out completely. To cure Natalie's...craziness, Monk brings in Reverend Jorgensen(the owner of the shops where the voodoo dolls were sold) and does a little ceremony thing to uncurse Natalie. Of course, Monk doesn't believe in all this voodoo and curse stuff, but for Natalie's sake...but Natalie drinks the not-edible potion, and becomes sick. She is taken away in an ambulance, and Monk puts the pieces together and finds out who the villain is. Angeline. She was the one who was behind this all. She was a paramedic, and knew about the other deaths. She bought voodoo dolls, decorated it and left it in the dead people's house. She sent one to Natalie to put Monk off her trail. She had then killed her uncle, for his money. And left superstitious items around the house. That's when she nailed the horseshoe the wrong way.

Monk's Voodoo doll crime Profile:

Crime: Murder of Robert, Angeline's uncle

Detective: Monk

Villian: Angeline

Suspect: Reverend Jorgensen

Alibi: "I couldn't have mailed the voodoo dolls while I was running my shop. How can I be in 3 different places at the same time?"-Reverend Jorgensen

Victim:Robert

Tension: The chase of the ambulance scene

Red Herring:The coincidental death of other people

Evidence: Horseshoe that was placed the wrong way, the package with a sticker over the return address.

Clue: Packages with stickers, news article including Angeline

Investigation: Police investigation

Motive: Money

Picture vocab #10

1. Godsend

2. Probation





3. Despicable

4. Melancholy

5. Melodramatic

6. Primitive

7. Ambivalent

8. Impeccable

9. Beckoning

10 Vocab List #7

1. Cask-A wooden barrel usually to hold drinks like wine and beer.

2. Cynical-A negative attitude, uncooperative, serious whining.

3. Provisions-Supplies, usually meals like microwavable food and drinks.

4. Subvert-Sabotage, make things not work.

5. Accumulate-Build up, collect.

6. Congregate-Everybody/thing come together, a cousin of accumulate.

7. Ominous-Signal that something's going to happen, mostly negative.

8. Contradict-Go against, disagree, talk back.

9. Adversary-Opponenet, enemy

10. Flabbergast-Bewildered, but in an amazed way like "You got to be kidding me!"

Vocab picture meanings 2

Lagging

Dejection

Malevolent

Revelation

Adhesive

Embezzle

Embankment

Eclectic

Traumatic

Pleadingly

 

5 definitions

1. Pavilion

2. Jubilation=

3. Pensive=

4. Fixated=

5. Seminary=

Where the Sidewalk Ends

This is me reading a poem called 'Where the sidewalk ends'. I chose this poem because I like how calm and smooth the poem makes me feel.

Personal Narrative

01/10/09

FRACTURING MY WRIST

I was halfway down the covered area at PIE, looking around. It was in the early morning, and my class was playing some games. Nobody was running after me. I started running again and picked up speed. I was almost there, when…BAM!

Suddenly everything was dark-my eyes had closed instinctively. I couldn’t see a thing. What was happening? I knew this was my class was playing octopus, and I heard the ‘it’ calling “Octopus!” The last thing I saw was somebody running in front of me...I must’ve collided with the person in front of me. But there was no pain-for a little while, anyway. I was numb from the sudden impact, so I couldn’t feel anything. My brain froze in panic. This was like a blackout. All pitch black, and you couldn’t really see or feel anything. It was such a short period of time, but it felt like forever for me. I couldn’t feel anything at first, but as time passed, I felt myself doing something like a somersault on the rough floor.

After I was sure that I was safely on the ground without moving, I fluttered open my eyelids, to feel breaking agony along my left wrist. It was like a giant stone was pressing down and somebody twisting it around and smashing their fists on my wrists. It hurt so much. I looked down at myself, to see bright red blood oozing out of my knees and pinky, obviously scraped on the floor. It hurt like crazy. I started crying and I couldn’t stop. Mr. Barakat, my 4th grade teacher asked my friends to help me to the nurse. She gave me some ice packs and bandages, but my wrists were still throbbing with pain.

After lunch, I was in Bahasa class, searching for my folder in the basket. I was kneeling, sifting through folders after folders. My wrist was still treated carefully. I spotted my folder, when somebody pushed me. I toppled over, my wrist banging on the carpet. The pain was overwhelming.

After school, my mom and I drove over to the hospital, and got my X-Ray taken. While I was waiting, I hoped it was nothing like broken bones, where pain was involved to fix it. I was lucky…sort of. The doctor said I had fractured my wrist. I was so relieved and was taken aback at the same time. I never thought of my wrist was actually damaged enough for a cast or something like that. But I was so relieved that all I had to get was a simple little cast.

Vocab Meanings #2

1. seizure: When your muscle contracts, but never expands back out. Serious case of cramps

2. knead: Rolling, squeezing, playing it around with your hands

3. trepidation: A feeling that something bad is going to happen

4. swarming: Crowded, clusters of people moving in and out in an irregular pattern

5. virility: Sexy in a manly way

6. venture: Journey, trip, beginning of a new thing

7. Hispanic: People who are from Spanish-speaking countries

8. dignity: Mature, in control

9. illuminating: Light up. Also used when you get something, when you get an idea

10. jittering: Small, jumpy, quick movements  

Vocabulary Sentences

1. The fee to watch the worldwide famous ventriloquist perform was very expensive.

2. I wouldn't want to make friends with people who are malicious, or selfish.

3. "Anna! Will you please stop bellowing inside the classroom!" Ms. Marrello scolded.

4. Everyone in my family is mortal, unlike the immortal greek gods.

5. The sight of the aurora in the clear sky was simply overwhelming for me.

6. Breaking your wrist is not a blunder-it's a serious problem!!!

7. An old woman was idly drinking coffee.

8. The homework he gave us to do was very perplexing-I didn't understand anything!

9. The flu is always a rampant, unfortunate sickness.

10. The outer space is vast, and is filled with mysteries. 

I and Me Grammar

1. My friends and I went to PIM to watch a new movie.

2. Making my bed is a chore for my sister and me.

3. My family and I paid for the tickets to watch a ventriloquist perform.

4. "Why didn't you do your homework?" Mr. Hughes asked Sara and me.

5. My brother and I screamed-we were in mortal danger!!!

6. The sweetness of the vanilla scented candle overwhelmed my classmates and me.

Characterization

Meg Cabot is the author of the Princess Diaries series. Mia Thermopolis is the main protagonist in the series, and she has some pretty interesting personalities and life.

Mia has low self-esteem, and she cares a lot about her looks. Mia thinks she is a freak, and at a part she says,"I know I am hideous, and all of that,". Which explains that Mia herself thinks that she is hideous and ugly. And she also thinks that she's too tall, and that her feet her huge. Mia wants to look like her mother, who is very pretty.

The most main problem in Mia's life is that she's a princess, and not just any kind of princess, she's a princess that 's worth three hundred million dollars! Mia has a lot to deal with when she's a princess. On her diary, she writes that she "Can't go anywhere without a bodyguard, and I must maintain neutral opinion on important topics such as the meat industry and smoking and the Taliban, and have to take princess lessons with grandma." In the first book, she practically goes crazy when she learns that she's a princess, and she was totally stressed and worried about being a princess.

Mia loves animals a lot, and she's a vegetarian. And when she grows up, she knows she has to rule Genovia but she wants to work for Greenpeace, and save baby seals and whales. For instance, she says "...but really, it's ridiculous how scared that dog is of me. And I love animals!". She especially cares a lot for her pet cat named Fat Louie.

I think Meg Cabot described Mia pretty well, about her being the regular teenage girl who has the same problems as normal people such as hating and flunking Algebra, sitting at the reject table and getting the evil eyes from popular cheerleaders. I like how Meg Cabot characterized Mia, with her not being all posh even though she's a royalty.

Cathy Cassidy

Cathy Cassidy was born in 1962, Coventry. She first started writing books when she was 8 or 9, starting with a picture book for her little brother. When she grew up, she went to an Art college, and then started working as a fiction editor in a magazine. Then she got married, and moved to Scotland. Now, she lives in the Galloway Hills, and her kids are 14 and 15. When Cathy's not writing, she teaches art in primary schools. 

Cathy has written 11 novels, and I have read 3 of them. (Dizzy, Indigo Blue and Sundae Girl.) They're all great, and I would recommend it to a lot of people. Cathy's stories are usually about a girl with a problem in her life. It's really touching, and it's just amazing. 

Cathy has been a vegetarian for 30 years, and was a vegan for 8 years. But she was a chocolate-eating vegan! As much as she loves chocolate, she also loves old clothes, old toys, cars and books. Her favorite color is moss green, and her hobbies are reading, writing, daydreaming, swimming, and eating cake with her friends. 

Cathy's website is: http://www.cathycassidy.com/