Class reflection

As the end of this school year was coming, I looked back to the beginning, I found I have learned a lot on this English class. In this year, I finished reading six books and also studied poem. From the first book The Girl with pearls earrings to the final one We were liars, I read books of different topic and style which covers non fiction, fiction, religion, mystery. This whole year class changed my way of reading. I usually read book quickly but didn’t think deeply about author’s language and the meaning of some sentences before; as I read more books on the class, I gradually keep the habit of taking notes when reading, thinking about key sentences, connecting each separate plot.

Sometimes, I had hard time on writing essay. I feel struggled on choose the right word to show my idea, during most of time I have to use almost right word. Also I need to improve on incorporation of a variety of sentence styles. When I read the essay I wrote, I will feel some sentences are repetitive, I use too much same coordinating conjunction. And I need to learn how to connect each paragraph by sharing same points, because the paraph transition in my essay is usually really sharp.

Among the books I have read in this year, My favorite book is Me and You. This book doesn’t contain a lot of difficult word which helps me reading. And especially the touchful ending makes me always remember this book. Nobody can understand Lorenzo except the sister Olivia, even his parents though he was not normal child. No one cares about Olivia, she always lives lonely. Only Lorenzo and Olivia can understand each, promised and supported each other. When I read this book, I felt I can’t stop reading it. I want to know what happened between Olivia and Lorenzo, I want to know if they would have dream life at the ending. The plot really attracts me a lot.

In this summer, I want to read the book Divergent.It is young adult dystopian novel. I have ever watched the film which makes me be desired to read the novel of it. It has similar theme with other young adult book such as The Maze Runner and The Hunger Games. These stories will make me not feel bored when reading. I also think the book that similar to the girls with pearls earrings would be a good option for me. This historical novel has very strong plot which makes me search and study a lot of information about that artist, that period of time and that art painting after I read the book. I like studying the history by reading the story of it. 

Play about murder and inheritance

In this weekend, I watched the spring play Bone chiller in black box. I feel it was a mysterious play when I first time heard the name of it. When I walked into the black box and got the brochure of introduction, I can make sure it is. On the cover of brochure, there is a large picture that show kind of message in both painting and letter ways. The stage was redesigned perfectly. It looks like an old but rich style house. The play started with scary lightening sound and the butler walked onto the stage slowly and the mirror on the wall reflect that butler which all makes me feel this play may be mysterious and a bit scaring. I guess that there will be a murder. But after the character kindergarten teacher appear on the stage and began to show, I changed my mind. Although it has a mysterious theme which is about murder and inheritance, it can be showed in a funny way. Her speaking almost made all audience laugh loudly.

The play talks about that a rich man who were murdered by someone, but he left a huge amount of inheritance, and he wrote the message of who can inherite it in mystirious code. His friends and families came to his house to find the truth. But during the process of finding, two people were killed. At last, they find the two people who are killer.

I feel the sound system of this play is really good. It makes me feel that I'm surrounded by mystery. And every time the killing was happened, or actors said funny lines. The sound will appear in right time which makes us laugh a lot.

Ghost or imaginary

I think Mirren, Johnny and Gat are Cadence's imagination. Firstly, I don't believe in ghost. Then in the book, the author writes that, Cadence got injury in that accident and had mental problems. She can't remember what happened in that accident. So in this condition, I think Cadence may have imagination due to the injury. When Cadence set the fire then she found other liars were still in the house. She was extremely sad and scared, and felt guilty. Then want to make this family be better but finally she destroyed it. I think this kind of serious sadness may cause Cadence have imaginary of liars. Because she didn't want them be died. She lived in her imagining world, she imagined that they were still alive, and the whole family relationship got better and better which is what all four liars hope. And the last reason is that, in the book, there are only conversation between Cadence and liars. But liars never talked with other family members in summer seventeen which means other people can't see them. And when Cadence once asked Carrie about how was Johnny. Aunt Carrie didn't know what she was talking about. If they are ghost, everyone in this island can see them. But they couldn't. So according to above reason, I think Johnny, Mirren and Gat are imaginary. 

51-70

When cadre saw liars, they lied to her and said they went too see firework and doughnut shop.

Cadence was hit by migraine much worse than before.

The fire was happened in summer fifteen. Four liars did it.

Aunts argued to each other again for inheritance.

Aunt Bass want to inherite the house.

Gat told about her girl friend Raquel to Cadence.

Questions

1. What weird things happened during chapter 30 to chapter 50?

2. What did Gat mean by saying cadence doesn't know him?

31-40

 31. Cadence gave away her childhood art and botanic prints. She talked with Mirren about the email and roll she send to her. Buy Mirren said she never got that doll.

32. Cadence met Gat and they walked to the perimeter again. Gat asked cadence to start over again. Although cadence as mad, she still loved him. She said yes to Gat, they started over after lunch.

33. They had lunch in new clairmount. Granddad led cadence to visit the new house. The house is clean, open and opulent. Granddad didn't want to talk about old life and stuff at all. And when cadence asked aunt Carrie about how was Jonny yesterday night. Carrie seems didn't know anything which is really weird.

34. Cadence asked Taft and Will what happened in last summer, but they always avoid answering her questions because they said that will cause her headache. Bonnie and Liberty went through cadence stuff and found drugs in her bedroom.

35. When four liars are gathered, Johnny mentioned something in summer fifteen, Mirren suddenly stopped him and said they shouldn't talk about that. Johnny smiled at cadence nervously later. 

36. They played tennis. Johnny and Cadence won. They talked about her European experience and blue toilet. 

37. Cadence's mom are happy cadence takes up tennis again. Cadence recalled a night on two weeks before the accident. All three aunts wanted to get the expensive Boston house from granddad and they argued.

38. Four liars talked about their motto. Taft's is "Drugs are not your friend." Mirren said:"Be a little kinder than you have to." Gat's is "Do not accept an evil you can change." Cadence's is "Always do what you are afraid to do."

39. Cadence kissed which is what she afraid to do and Gat kissed back her. Then he pulled her away. Cadence said this is the starting over. But Gat said that she didn't know him.

40. Cadence told a fairy tale. It's about King, three daughters and a mice. Cadence is the tiny princess and Gat is that mice. The king didn't want they fall in love. But at last, the tiny princess left the palace, traveled and married with mice.

events

Cadence said that she got a pile of fairy tale books from her father. Then she made her own fairy tale which is about a king and her thre daughters.

Cadence started a project. She give away one own things, she has given away grand's photo, her pillow and brushteeth kit.

Cadence always ask her mother what happened during that summer. Her mom always tell her truth but she can't remember it. So cadence decided to write it down.

Cadence wanted to go to the beechwood island for summer vacation. But her father wanted to take her to Australia. Cadence grandfather went to visit her, and he looks thin. 

First, Cadence talk about her own fairy tale about king's three daughters are swallowed by the dragon. After an argument, Finally Cadence will go beechwood island for four weeks and then stay with her father in Colorado for a week.

Cadence cleaned up her room. And then she gave away a travel toothbrush kit and gat's olive jacket. She tried to convince herself she didn't love gat any more.

Cadence got a call from Taft. He asked her if she is drug addict. Cadence said no. Then Taft told her he thought the house cuddledown is haunted. Cadence tried to comfort him that it's just the wind blow through house.

Cadence and her mom took motorboat to the island, first she saw her aunt Carrie. And she found clairmount is new, many things are changed. Her mother asked her to be normal now. Cadence saw four liars.

Cadence saw littles, will and tart, liberty and Bonnie. Later when she saw granddad, he called her Mirren although he said he know she is not Mirren.

Cadence met four liars. She stared at gat but gat didn't quite look at her. Cadence don't want they feel she is sick. At last they all decide not to clairmount dinner.