Shout Outs!

Check out some of the interesting odes written by middle school students!


Ohnha Ro of class 24 wrote a touching ode on her lilac tree. Look how her emotion is well delivered!
http://ohro8190.blogspot.kr/2012/07/ode-to-my-lilac.html


Sung Hyun Park of class 20 wrote an intersting ode about his baseball bat in a poem format. He used rhymes and repetition effectively. I also liked that his ode has a story in it.
http://baseballtimeglps.blogspot.kr/2012/07/my-ode-july-27-2012.html


Paul Lee of class 24 wrote an ode on sun. He merged scientific facts about sun and his personal emotion toward it. His last paragraph is the best!
http://theworldofencouragement.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/dear-sun/


Good job everyone! Besides these students you are all awesome so keep on writing!

Three Facts about Myself

Three Facts about Myself
-Sintae Kim



       I have an iron core in my left calf. When I was in first year middle school, I broke my leg while practicing taekwondo. I was practicing one of the difficult kicks of taekwondo by kicking a human shaped model. However I missed one kick, and kicked the steel part of the model. At that moment, I hurt really much, but did not think that I broke my leg. Later that night, my mother insisted to go to the hosipital, and when I got the x-ray, it showed that my leg was broken into multiple parts. That is how I got my iron core in my leg.
     While playing soccer, my friend got brain concussion after being bumped by me. It was the day of school sports festival. There was a soccer match between students, and I played as a striker. There once was a perfect chance for me: a very good pass came in front of me. I ran fast to get the ball, as well as the goalkeeper of the other side. In a moment, the goalkeeper and I crashed, and I rolled on the ground. When I stood up and checked the goalkeeper's condition, he was unconcious. He was moved to the local hospital and got the result that he had a concussion. Fortunately, he recovered soon and he is now perfectly fine.
     A fire extinguisher once exploded in front of my face. When I was in elementary school my grandmother lived nearby my house. I visited her house one day and went to her balcony to water her flowers. Then a fire extinguisher next to the flowers suddenly exploded, spraying the white powder strongly on my face. I was so surprised by the sound and by the pressure. I ran to the bathroom to clean my face, but my face remained red for a while because of the pressure of the fire extinguisher. My family predicted that it exploded because of the heat of the balcony.