O Captian! My Captain

The meaning of this poem is why Lincoln died. The ship is being compared to the country. I think the poet does repetition because he wants to show how he feels. What he repeated a lot was "O Captain! My Captain!" The captain of the "ship" is Abraham Lincoln. So what that means is he is the President of the United States of America since thats what the ship is being compared to.

"Yes We Did"

He did drugs got made fun of.
Big ears, Big Head, Little body.
Threats and Disrespect.
His life was a struggle With both of his parents dead.
He just kept hes head up like if hes nose was bleeding.
He hit the senate in Illinois People cheered others laughed.
Then ran for president with a lot in his ears.
Came with Honesty and Hope.
And a wonder full quote "Yes We Can"
African-American
Kenyan And Hawaiian.
On January 20th 2009 everybody opened there ears.
Just to hear "Your new President Barack Obama"
Made history and I was apart of it.
Coming with Hope and Change.
A new future is in this game.

Inaugural Poem Response

Pray song for the day Bye Elizabeth Alexander

This poem relates to Obama's life and the inauguration. Because, its talking about how theres a new light at the end of the tunnel for this nation. A theme in this poem is hope. Also, its sending out a message that a new president will bring a new beginning. This poem makes me feel very proud because I was apart of history. This poem reminds me of things that Barack Obama has said during hes campaign. Like "Yes We Can" and like he promised "Yes We Did"

Reading Response #6

Title: To Kill a Mocking Bird
Author: Harpet Lee

To Kill a Mocking Bird is very interesting. I recommend this book to many people. The reason why is because the book has you waiting for whats gonna happened so it makes you wanna read more and more. The mysterious person in this book is Boo Radley. Eventually at the end of the book he comes out the house and saves Jim's life.

Letter to the New President

Dear Mr. President,
Congratulations on becoming the first African-American president of the United States of America. There's History in a making and it's coming with a change. Today I feel excited because I'm being a part of history. I think the things you should handle in the first (100) days is bring the
troops back from Iraq, and Afghanistan. Also, handle the poverty in the United States. It's bringing the country down a little bit.
My opinion on how people feel in New York and people in other states or/and world wide is that they were not shocked but excited because you're the first African-American president in the United States. I think Martin Luther King Jr. would of been one of the happiest men in the world to see you become president. He did a lot of hard work. One of his dreams was probably being alive to see the first African-American President of the United States.
Today in your speech I hope you talk about the main topic you talked about from the beginning of the campaign which was Change. Also how you will make United States a better place to live in. Now that your our President hopefully a lot will change. Good Luck with the speech in your Inauguration. Again Congratulations.

Sincerely,
Algenis Ramos.

Readers Response #5

Title: Bone
Author: Jeff Smith

Today I read "Bone" The book was very interesting I read about 37 pages.
Bone the main character is taking bets from people that are betting
on a " Mystery Cow " But the cow is really a person in side
a hand made cow jacket. Bone and hes friend are going to
try to scam the people that are betting them.