A Brief Review Of Jon J. Hi, Koo !: A Year Of Seasons

Throughout My Ántonia, by Willa Cather, the change of seasons is often mentioned and represents the hardships and beauties of the world. The summer and spring are examples of the beauties in the world since the citizens are able to work due to the long days. The spring is almost as important as the summer since it is the time of year when farmers begin to farm again after the winter. But, the winter is unforgiving. During the winter all of citizens are hiding in their nice warm houses trying to avoid the harsh cold. Due to the citizens’ perseverance and hard work their town is able to thrive.

Jim Heynen describes, “How beautiful! People said when things outside started to shine with ice. But the freezing rain kept coming.” The story, “What Happened During the Ice Storm” by Jim Heynen, is about farm boys going to collect pheasants in the middle of a raging ice storm. Every animal was safe except for the pheasants. They were frozen in place along the fence and could not see anything through the ice. After a careful analysis of the story, the reader can understand the theme, how people act in challenging situations, and human nature through imagery, diction, and figurative language.

Summary: In this section of the book we finish summer and begin fall. We learn the process in making hay and what they do with it. The job requires hard labor so they need to get their neighbors to help them with it. While the boys are working, Mother is in the kitchen all day cooking pies, meat, and potatoes. After the labor is over, they all feast on the large amounts of food mother prepared. We also learn that Eldon has trouble working because one time she coughed blood for a long time after a long day at work and that is why she does the least amount of work out of everyone. Fall begins and they always start off fall by going for a swim at their neighboring lake. Once they get home, they kill and prepare the meats of their

Have you ever felt the pull of running sled dogs, or even just the strong magnetism to the wild world? In Winterdance, Gary Paulsen, the author, takes on a trip through his life while he starts running sled dogs and ultimately the adventure and quixotically of running the Iditarod. The book begins with Paulsen on a training run with his dogs, where he and his dogs almost lose their life. The sets the scene for a story of running dogs and the elements that entails. Paulsen uses metaphors, themes, and motifs to further the reader’s understanding and enjoyment of the text.

January Thaw describes the close of winter through a few signs: the melting of the snow, the wake-up of the hibernating skunk, the grieving of the mouse over his flooded tunnels, bundles of rabbit hair and their newfound “freedom from want and fear”.

“Trees towered upwards with bending boughs holding the weight of the freshly fallen snow. A blanket of snow hid away all traces of animal life although you could hear the krawing of a murder of crows. Their hidden presence was foreboding to all men who passed through the forest. It was a signal of another starved beast returning to the earth. Even the most frivolous found the endless winter to be a burden.

Brian's Winter takes place in the Canadian Wilderness near a small lake. On one side of the lake is a small rocky ledge where Brian has set up camp. The entire area is surrounded by a big forest filled with wildlife. Even though the area is uninhabited and lonely, nature provides many helpful things to Brian’s survival. The lake water provides Brian with necessary drinking water, water to bathe and keep a clean camp. It also is a source to catch fish for food. The rocky ledge area gives Brian a place to build a shelter. The forest’s wood gives Brian materials for a shelter, fire and material to make weapons like bows and arrows. Additionally, the forest is a place that the wildlife can be hunted for food. "Brian took foolbirds or rabbits

ASSIGNMENT: Set up some quiet time with a friend or family member and read your favorite chapter to them out loud. Then discuss the reading; find out what their thoughts and perceptions were. Write down responses in your journal. Also, think about how the language sounded as you spoke it.

I decided to do my essay on the Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff. The reason I chose this story is because winter is my favorite time of the year; I absolutely love snow. The title of this story itself caught my attention. In this paper I will be talking about how the characters interact with each other and how the environment or the setting effects the characters. While talking about the setting, I will also talk about the symbols and the themes.

Winter is coming. It is an inevitable fact of life (as well as the tagline of an excellent television show), and with the dark, cold portions of our lives come great challenges, both internal and external. In “Livvie” and “A Very Tight Place” respectively, Eudora Welty and Stephen King explore the winters of their central characters’ lives. In both cases, the characters emerge triumphant, and the freshness of spring has clearly arrived. With their protagonists’ powerful journeys, Welty and King suggest that the process of overcoming psychological and physical barriers is akin to rebirth.

Students are asked to go into nature and write a haiku with the below worksheet, where above each line they should write one syllable. It should take students about 10-15 minutes to write their haiku. Since these are 6th-graders, it might be best to take the class outside of the classroom and supervise them if your campus has a park-like area.

Women who assume the traditional role of staying at home to care for their children and their household responsibilities often need a creative outlet to express themselves, their ideas, or just to get away from monotony they experience in the day after day domestic routine. Many women find various forms of art a fulfilling way to satisfy their need for personal expression. Similarly, in the short story “Seventeen Syllables” by Hisaye Yomamoto, the “stay-at-home-mom”, Tome Hayashi, discovers that she possesses a talent for writing haikus and finds it very fulfilling, as she is able to express herself well through the mere seventeen syllables contained in a haiku. Mrs. Hayashi’s passion for writing haikus

Haikus don’t generally display a complex theme, as the limited space and amount of words restricts the poet’s ability to express their ideas in depth. Since haikus generally focus on a brief moment in time, the theme will not focus on overcoming difficulties or expressing emotions. Such themes would take much more than seventeen syllables to fully explain and therefore, haikus would not demonstrate these themes. Many haikus simply describe an everyday situation in a way that readers are able to experience it differently. Their purpose is to connect readers to nature and

We each take a huge breath as we step out into the crispy snow that snaps under our boots. I make my way to the front door, illuminated by the red, green, and blue Christmas lights. As I open the door and step into a house full of cheek pinches and hugs, an array of Christmas smells welcomes me and makes my mouth water. As my family and I are quickly made comfortable, I look around... All the house is full of Christmas decorations, and the carols are heard all over the house. My cousins are running, playing , and laughing.

With every end, there is a beginning. When the cold winter ends, there is a new beginning in nature where the trees and flowers start fresh as they grow once again. The poem “Spring”, takes us, readers, to a setting where the place shows complete nature. We are to imagine aesthetic scenery where spring has arrived and everything that happens during this season is happening right in front of us.