Ready Ch. 28 Mrs. Bly Eng 4

Journal #7 Choose one of the creative writing options and write a draft of your assignment. 1.“I Need” poem in which you talk about all the things you need in order to feel physically health, good about yourself, happy and content. 2 .Metamorphosis: Make a list of objects, places, ideas that could stand for your younger self, symbols for the way you used to be. Then make a contrasting list that could stand for your current self, symbols that represent the way you are now. Sort of an “I used to be…but now I am..” kind of chart. Use these contrasting lists to a write a FREE VERSE POEM on your transformation. 3.Lessons I learned After It was too late: It seems that we always learn the most important lessons the hard way, usually when it’s too late, when we’ve already made our big mistakes. Look aback over your life and write ONE PAGE on the lessons you learned after it was too late. 4.The Ultimate All-Purpose Excuse: Even if high school is over, it doesn’t mean that you won’t need excuses anymore. Write an elaborate, exaggerated, fantastic excuse for something- being tardy, late work, missed birthday, something for yourself. Be as creative as you can. In about 150 WORDS, convince the offended person that your excuse is valid. 5.In Other Words: Try expressing yourself through someone else’s words. Select at least TEN “quotable quotes” which express your philosophy of life. Choose quotations which represent your thought on several aspects of life – not only love, but also faith, success, integrity, character, friendship, etc. Be sure to attribute your quotes.

Journal continued 6.As Time Goes Bye-Bye: Before time passes you by, what things do you want to do? What one thing do you most want to do by the time you are thirty-five? Why? What have you already said good-bye to – people, places, ideas, stages in your life, hopes, dreams, sorrow? Reflect on those good-byes and/or grand plans. Make a list with short explanations or concentrate on explaining one specific goal or farewell in depth. 7.How to…. Write a paper explaining how to do something somewhat strange—how to wreck a car, how to break a heart, how to survive football practice, the first day of school, how to be miserable, etc. 8.Valuable Lessons: List the TEN most valuable lessons you’ve ever learned. Write a sentence explaining why each lesson was valuable to you. Consider such things a learning to multiply, but also think of the more abstract lessons concerned with wisdom and experience rather than skills. Once again, let your list sit for a few days. Then rank the lessons from one to ten and explain. 9.Annual Report: Write a kind of annual report on the state of yourself. Compared to what you were a year ago; what are you now? What do you hope to be a year from now? What do you expect to be? Do you expect to make “progress”? If so, how has this year proven your ability to progress? Are you better off than you were a year ago? Worse off? Would you buy stock in your company? Good investment or not? Why

Ch. 28 SQs 1. What movie, other than Explorers, is Joe Dante known for? 2. Why is Bryce Lynch arrested? 3. What is his punishment? 4. What does Wade do to his computer before he is arrested?

Joe Dante http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001102/ GREMLINS !

Bryce Lynch is Arrested Bryce lynch is the fake identity of wade irl “MR. LYNCH,” HE SAID. “My name is Michael Wilson, and I’m with the credit and collections division of innovative online industries.” “I’m here because you failed to make the last three payments on your IOI visa card, which has an outstanding balance in excess of twenty thousand dollars…under current federal law, you are now eligible for mandatory indenturement. You will remind indentured until you have paid your debt to our company in full…” (270)

punishment Wade is arrested and must live and work at ioi headquarters Ioi will seize all of his personal belongings No one ever pays off his/her terms of agreement; once arrested= slave for life to ioi !!!

Bye max ! “I took several deep breaths…and tapped the logout icon on my display. The oasis vanished, and my avatar reappeared inside my virtual office, a standalone simulation… I opened a console window and keyed in the command word to activate my computer’s self-destruct sequence: shitstorm” (272). “Good-bye, max” I whispered. “adios, Wade,” max said, just a few seconds before he was deleted”