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I highlight sentences like "Be surprised by nature" "Here is this hour, and you already paid for it." and "Remind yourself to speak in Spanish". The first two sentences make me feel a sense of positive. Don't waste your time and enjoy the nature. The last one just reminds me to FaceTime with my mom every night and speak Chinese. Also, this poem is kind of what I want to say to one of my friends, because she feels nothing to do everyday. She feels boring and depressed everyday. But this poem is telling about the all day schedule, if she follows it, she might feel better.

Taking notes of two poems Q: what is interesting? what do you think is happening? what are some lines or phrases that sound nice or capture your attention? what is the feel or emotion of the poems?  Seize the day by Carpe Diem I like this poem not only because its beautiful lines but also positive attitude to everyday. The author encourage everyone to embrace their life, to enjoy everyday, every minute in their life. There are some lines that capture my attention, like “Step outside and breathe deeply. Be surprised by nature that shares your world of giant steps. Have a place and a time to sit with your thoughts.” and so on. Those sentences are the first sentence of each paragraph, which is a really attractive opening, because it makes people want to read more to find out why the author things like this way. When I read this poem, I feel it’s positive and give me energy. Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins This poem has really deep meaning, so I did not understa...

Monologue video link: https://youtu.be/gTcPqjjEFZY As for my performance of this monologue, I think there are still some good points and areas for improvement. The advantage is that I have enough emotion, the lines are in rhythm. There are calm slow place. There are also some emotional lines. I show the different mood by my voice. I felt like I was pretty consistent on stage. I didn't show any nervous action. Especially this monologue that I feel deeply, because I have a friend who is going through this period. When I perform this monologue, it is like speaking to her. What I think needs to be improved is that I can perform this monologue more strongly, so that the quiet part can be contrasted with the emotional part. I was actually touched by everyone's performance. I saw a lot of people brave to take the first step, standing on the stage in front of everyone performing their monologue. Especially for Lauren, her first and second time shows obvious improvement. She had alr...

I always stay on the tree like a koala bear, from the really high point of view, to see everything under me, the people, the sea, the shark…... Although I live on the top of the tree, twice higher than people, they still have some ways to “catch” me. They throw the stone toward me so I fall. They climb up the tree with ladders to reach me. The reason is that they like coconut water! I want to be a cool guy but humans always say I’m sweet which makes me feel so upset. Not only human drink coconut water, but also monkey does. They climb the tree and stone me open to drink me. Actually, I feel proud of myself that I’m tasty. Of course, there are some people who don’t like coconut water. They said I was tasted weird. I accept it, because I know everyone will be liked and disliked by different groups of people. I know I have a big fan that is Amy. She likes me a lot. And that's enough.

Coconuts have really hard shell, but soft and sweet flesh. And it has really good coconut water in it. Just like me, some people think I'm a "cool" person when they first met me, but they know me as a very warm and outgoing person after being with me for a long time.

I ate a piece of chocolate cake for my breakfast, because today is Sunny's birthday. My advisor bought him a birthday cake.