Friday, March 14, 2008

English in Different Ways

In my familyI speak many two different languages. I speak English and Spanish at home. I speak both, many times, because it feels comfortable at home. Many times with my family or friends we make up words that are not English or Spanish. They are words made up and used in our conversation to give a different meaning of I just use them because it makes me feel as if have a bond with that person i am speaking with.
As a child I remember speaking both Spanish and English. My older brother would tell me not to speak in that manner because I was not speaking either language correctly. Many times it confused me because I would be thinking I was speaking english when I was speaking Spanish. I would mix both at the same time. I would say workds like el parking instead of saying the parking lot. i would think it was the correct way of speaking. In class assignments , I would write in engllish and be thinking in Spanish.
when I am with my friends , i speak with them in English, but very frequently we speak with different words we makeup. Words like oh-sha which we refer to as the expression aww man. We also use words like guey which to me means loser. When we use this way of speaking it makes me feel comfortable. I speak this way only with people that i have confidence with and share with me daily.

Coffee Will Make You Black

In coffee will make you black the story has many conflicts. Some of the main Conflicts are between people. Many times When were young we have many childish actions and get us into trouble. Like in the story Coffee Will Make You Black Jean (Steve) has many conflicts with other people. She has trouble with two miss behaved naughty girls. She tries to deal with the problem.

Jean the main character of the story is often I trouble with the people that surround her. She always has a problem with two girls that make her life miserable. These two girls are Gail and Denise. These girls through out the story seem to like to make Jean look bad. It is pleasing to them in seeing Jean be miserable due to there actions. These girls interfere with Jeans personal life, For instance when both girls get into Jeans personal life. They interfere with Jeans feeling towards Michael. Both girls do come in between both and Jean is hurt by the cruelty of the girls.

Jean also has a conflict with her mother because she does not seem to have so much confidence with her mother. Her mother tries to be a good mother is just that Jean mom does not understand how Jean feels. Jean tries to share with her mom but she does not seem to be understanding with her. That also creates a conflict between Jean and her mother. On the other hand she is the opposite with her father who seems to be a very understanding father.

Jean in her life has many conflicts but she also has people who help her over come these obstacles. She gets thought the problems with her mother because she learns to deal with them. Jean has to learn that there will always be people like Gail and Denise that will try to make her life Miserable. That is how Jean will show how strong she is by not showing any emotion or sign of defeat as conflicts occur.

Friday, February 29, 2008

The Holiday's

My holidays where really exciting I hadThen I would get a leaf or a little stick and lay flat on my stomach and follow them with it. i would also try to pick them up with leaves, and if they would run I would kill them.Ohter things I hate are reptiles. I especially hate snakes. I have always hated them, just by watching them I become scared. Last year i was in Santa Barbara and my familly and I were eating in a restaurant. When we came out of the restaurant there was a man in the street giving a show. I stopped and I got close between the crowd because i wanted to see what was happening. So when I got close the man was passing by with a snake.
He had four snakes on his body two were on his arm and the other to were around his neck. One was of the snakes was moving and in the monent I moved forward the snake took out its toung and i felt it in my skin, I paniked the person behind me would not let me thorgh the crowd I ws cryin because i was scared. I finally made it out of the crowed and ran to my parents terrified. Snakes are the reptiles that i hate the most because they make me feel uncomfortable.

Monday, February 4, 2008

Thing I Hate the Most

What I hate the Most


What I hate are Insects. I hate them so much I can not even see them or kill them. As a child I remember being in pre-schooland going outside with the other children, and playing in the grss to look for bugs. The older I got I began to hate insects so much that I could not see them or touch them.

I now fear spiders. I fear them because there ate so many types and a few times I have gotten bitten. Where I live near the mountains there are so many trees and brushes. When I go outside there are bugs flying around and weird looking insects walking around the porch of my house. As a child I remember sitting on the porch playing with my dog and looking at the bugs. Then I would get a leaf or a little stick and lay flat on my stomach and follow them with it. i would also try to pick them up with leaves, and if they would run I would kill them.

Ohter things I hate are reptiles. I especially hate snakes. I have always hated them, just by watching them I become scared. Last year i was in Santa Barbara and my familly and I were eating in a restaurant. When we came out of the restaurant there was a man in the street giving a show. I stopped and I got close between the crowd because i wanted to see what was happening. So when I got close the man was passing by with a snake. He had four snakes on his body two were on his arm and the other to were around his neck. One was of the snakes was moving and in the monent I moved forward the snake took out its toung and i felt it in my skin, I paniked the person behind me would not let me thorgh the crowd I ws cryin because i was scared. I finally made it out of the crowed and ran to my parents terrified. Snakes are the reptiles that i hate the most because they make me feel uncomfortable.