11/07/2012

Today in lass we did our lessons 17 and 18 I think I did good. we also had to take a survey for school. I'm really trying to finish all these poems almost done. I'm just taking it a day at a time. so far I'm on the last poem then I need to get started on poem number 14 and 15 yeah buddy! almost Finish. 

Christmas Season

Well today was just another great day of our writing class and we as a class are basically a lesson ahead. I can't wait to present our presentation on our "Multiple Voice" poems as a group. I'm actually pretty stoked about it! I guess it's because I need to get the grades required in order to pass the class. We're not done yet, but am pretty sure we'll be ready to present on time. I am glad that the class agreed to come up with a multiple voice poem about Christmas. I believe Christmas is the most celebrated holiday of the year and is by far the easiest one to come up with any kind of poem, at least from my perspective. So until later, I'll be blogging more about it!

Last nights class was fun! We did lesson 16, which I found to be quite easy.I made a good score on it too!Then, me, Daunelle,and Juliana went outside and practiced our christmas song for the multiple voice poem.It was freaken awesome and hilarious.I can't wait until it's time to present it!!

Nov. 05, 2012

Tonight, we did lesson 16 and it was pretty funny. I can't believe I got 'lead' and 'led' mixed up. I can't wait till we do our multiple voices poem. Our multiple voices poem is comedy and so hilarious that we're going to have to practice hard and not laugh so much. There are so much poems to do but I can do a lot of writing.

Slam Poetry Links

My favorite: He goes by the name of Noah. Very talented and very heart spoken, hard slamming poet. Hearing his first slam poem...I understood everything he said.

A local artist I chose is: Steven Kasala. He did a poem on how he didn't know how to do poems and how he thought poems were just a bunch of stanzas put together to rhyme. Teachers helped him for 2 months to put together a slamming poem and he talked about life as well as his grandmother. He put into poetry about how its going to be okay when you lose someone and it being okay, and that person being okay. Loved his poetry slam.

Multiple voices: I chose this multiple voice poem because it talks about hard labors that has went on in the past. They referred to their owners as "masters."

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cQIPWxrjJI

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HayD5NZ_Ts

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3d3Lzw4tv4

NOV.5

Tonight in class we did Lesson 16. And I only got one wrong, so I was happy. My group and I practiced and went over our multiple voices and it's coming along great! We're actually a day ahead with the lessons, so on our last day we get to decide what we're going to do as a class. I had fun in class tonight, it's too bad our class will be ending soon.

Youtube Videos

http://youtu.be/dqIri1gvuhQ : This video is my favorite because she raps about the Truth about what is happening on Guam and what'll happen in the future to our island.

http://youtu.be/5DwZvoCeuqY : This video is of a local artist by the name of John S.. I chose his video because he also talks about Guam's situation with the Children and the island's culture.

http://youtu.be/w83oN3pfBv4 : I chose this video of a multiple voice poem because they talk about some really strong stuff about the status on Guam.

poetry slam links

my favorite : http://youtu.be/_MFjzxTs0RQ
I choose him because he's really open about alot of things, which makes him interesting to watch.
local artist: http://youtu.be/c_g4bdMLJH8
multiple voices: http://youtu.be/w83oN3pfBv4

Youtube Links

Brave New Voices Team Guahan

1. My favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msrbCfE2NQI

     This is my favorite because it relates to our generation. I like what they had to say about relationships because most, if not all, of what they spoke were true. 

2. Local artist(s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvjxqy1dHU4

     I figured these two could be considered local artists. I like this poem because they talk about Guam's history. They talked about the some of the history of Guam with the Spanish. They stated how they joined to get their (Guam) message out there so it can be heard.

3. Multiple Voices: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w83oN3pfBv4

     I liked this multiple voices poem because they talked about the military build up. About how Japan has been fighting to get rid of military bases that the United States are going to build on Guam. They also talk about how Uncle Sam contradicts himself and how he plans on putting a shooting range on ancestral land. "How do you expect to preserve beauty with brutality?"

OCT.29

The other night in class, went by quickly. We did a lesson, as usual, and I got four wrong. I guess that's ok, but I need to check. Next, we went over the multiple voices poem, and so the group I'm in chose the Twelve Days of Christmas. We had two stanzas done, I believe. Destiny and Daunelle want to sing to it, but I'm going to sound horrible singing. So, I hope we can read it instead.