Reading project: Ann Arbor/ Adv 1 by Andrea

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cardosoandreaca — 2024-09-03 17:58:28 UTC

A song- Firework by Katy Perry

2024-09-23 19:46:34 UTC

Firework is a song released in 2010 by Katy Perry. It talks about people who are somehow different from the others, and this song motivates and inspires them not to be common and to stand out, just like fireworks. She sings about letting your light shine, making sure that you’re unique and cannot be replaced. She motivates us to show bad people what we’re worth, and tell us not to give up cause life will get better. She reminds us that there’s always a new chance waiting for us, cause there’s a spark in all of us

Short Story - All Summer in a Day

2024-09-23 19:50:46 UTC

All Summer in a Day was written by Ray Bradbury, who tells the story of a girl named Margot. The girl is different because she is from Earth, unlike her schoolmates on Venus. They are jealous of her past experiences, especially her memories of the sun. After seven years of solid rain, when the sun is about to make rare appearances on Venus, the students punish Margot with a cruel act of bullying.

Daedalus and Icarus - a short story

2024-09-23 20:05:27 UTC

Daedalus and Icarus, an ancient Greek myth famously recorded by the Roman poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses. According to the story, Daedalus, a mythical inventor, created wings made of feathers and wax to escape from Crete where he and his son, Icarus, was

held captive by King Minos. Icarus, however, ignored his father’s warnings and flew too close to the sun. His wings melted and he fell into the sea where he met his end. This myth represents the greedy that humans can have for certain things and also teaches that the greater the rise, the harder they can fall.

Fairy Tale - Rapunzel

cardosoandreaca — 2024-09-23 20:10:34 UTC

A man and a woman lived next to a wicked witch who had delicious rapunzels. Once, the man stole rapunzels from the witch's garden to satisfy his pregnant wife's cravings. The witch caught him and let him get the flower on the condition that when the child was born he would give it to her. The man accepted the offer and when the girl was born she was named Rapunzel. At her 12 birthday, Gothel, the witch, locked her up in a high tower. During the day, Gothel would visit the tower by climbing up on the princess hair. Years later, a prince heard Rapunzel singing and climbed up her long hair. They fell in love and planned to escape using a ladder made from silk. The witch found out, cut off Rapunzel's hair, and banished her. The prince was blinded by the witch and wandered the woods. Eventually, the prince found Rapunzel, living in the wilderness with their twins. Her tears of joy healed his blindness, and they lived happily ever after.

Music- healing incantation from tangled

cardosoandreaca — 2024-09-23 20:14:05 UTC

Flower, gleam and glow
Let your powers shine
Make the clock reverse
Bring back what once was mine
Heal what has been hurt

Change the fates' design
Save what has been lost
Bring back what once was mine
What once was mine

"Winter Morning Poem" by Ogden Nash

2024-09-23 20:21:59 UTC

Winter is the king of showmen,

Turning tree stumps into snow men

And houses into birthday cakes

And spreading sugar over lakes.

Smooth and clean and frosty white,

The world looks good enough to bite.

That's the season to be young,

Catching snowflakes on your tongue!

Snow is snowy when it's snowing.

I'm sorry it's slushy when it's going.

This poem talks about the winter and its beauty throughout its characteristics, mainly the snow