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April Precept

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Howdy, fellas! This is the first time, on this new blog, that I am gonna be writing a Precept. It sure is to cause pandamonium!

Anyways, the precept is: What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful

In my terms, it means that the beautiful stuff are good (however I would like to say not EVERY beautiful thing is good.) And, anyone/thing that’s good is going to be soon beautiful (again, I would like to disagree. Some are not pretty, even though they are beautiful. And there are things that are already BEAUTIFUL).

This precept pretty much makes sense, as you can easily identify the meaning. But, I would like to add something: We need some REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES!

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April Precept

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“What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.” — Sappho,

Is this months precept, and I have a good perspective on what I believe this quote means. It has some relation to the story of “Wonder” Because of what is says. What is beautiful is good, that makes sense, take for example trees: they are beautiful and they do good for the earth because trees gives us oxygen. Now who is good will soon be beautiful, that relates to the story Wonder by a lot! If you haven’t read the story Wonder yet, by R.J Palacio, don’t worry, no spoilers. In the story , Auggie has a deformed face as i would call it, which doesn’t make him physically beautiful, but since he is such a heart-filled person, and is such a friendly fun guy to hang around, that will make others see he is beautiful because of that, and that he doesn’t need a beautiful face, he just needed a beautiful personality.

Now that I’ve explained what i think the precept means, I guess i’ll give my thoughts on it. I do agree with the meaning of this precept, but there are a few things wrong in my opinion. Not to get to specific in the precept but not all things that are beautiful are good. Take for example food, some foods look beautiful but they could be really unhealthy for you. Tell me if I got a little off topic or if you agree! Anyways, the “who is good will soon be beautiful” part is great, and i don’t think i could dis agree with that statement.

Creating Poems!

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A few weeks ago we started learning about writing poems! Here are a few that I’ve created, each poem is labeled, so you know whether it’s a Haiku or a Quatrain:

 

McDonald’s by Jaden (Free Verse Poem)

McDonald’s is great, but it’s unhealthy,

Don’t eat it everyday, or you’ll be big!

Be smart with your diet, though food is good,

McDonald’s delicious, just like it should!

 

Money by Jaden (Haiku)

It’s all ‘bout money,

Money can buy you Honey,

And Honey is sweet.

 

Movies by Jaden (Quatrain)

Movies o’ Movies you’re filled with suspense,

Sometimes a movie can include fighting,

Some movies are action-packed, they are tense,

Sometimes scary, I mostly get frightened!

 

Tacos by Jaden (Rhyming Couplet)

Tacos O’ Tacos, they make me hungry,

I wish I could spawn them right beside me.

 

Treasure by Jaden (Rhyming Couplet)

Treasure is fun to dig out with some friends,

Super awesome, until the journey ends.

William Shakespeare

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This blog is about my reflection on Bard. If you do not know what “Bard means William Shakespeare. If you don’t know who Bard is, he is a famous poet, who died 400 and something years ago.

Two people from Bard on the Beach, Jeff and Louisa, came and taught us some words Bard made. He made over 200 words, like the “Green eyed monster”, “Zany”, and way more! Louisa Wtalked about the play “Romeo and Juliet”, which we are going to soon.

So, anyway, Here are some the 5 questions I’m going to answer.

  1. What confirmed what you already knew,
  2. What was surprising
  3. What you enjoyed
  4. What you wonder about
  5. What you learned
  6. What I already knew was that Bard very well known man in this world. The plays he made were made about 400 something years ago. He wrote plays like “Romeo and Juliet”, “King Lear” and more!
  7. What was surprising is that I thought Bard on the beach wasn’t on the beach. I thought it was just a name.
  8. What I enjoyed was that Louisa, told the class some stuff about Romeo and Juliet, which was very awesome and cool!
  9. What I wonder about, is that why did Bard write all of these plays? Did he just want the $? Or did he want people to notice him? Or he just wanted to get famous?
  10. What I learned was some very different words, like “zany,” and “the green eyed monster.”

Well, that comes to the end of it, I hope you enjoyed my reflection on “Bard” Thank you for reading, and farewell, until next time!

 

 

 

 

 

Poems

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This blog entry is going to be about poems
When I grow up…
I want to be a baker,
Maybe not a video game maker.
Working with animals would be great,
Hope my dad doesn’t eat the cookies that I like to make.
An author would be nice,
How ’bout a cook that likes to use spice.

 

Haiku!!!

Seasons are nice
My favourite is summer
I enjoy swimming

 

Rhyming couplet

I like to go to school and learn new things,
Sometimes at music our teacher sings.

 

Quatrain

I think about flying in the blue sky                                                                                          It’ll take time to get the hang of it                                                                                          And I will be fast while I soar up high                                                                                     And I will learn a lot more bit by bit

 

 

April Precept

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Mr. Browne’s April Precept is:

What is beautiful is good. And who is good will soon be beautiful.

-Sappho

 

The author of Wonder (R.J. Palacio) probably put this precept in with a pretty big reason. The precept starts “What is beautiful is good.” August isn’t what you would say “beautiful.” Some would say opposite. What is this “beautiful?” Is my next question. Does it mean how he looks? We already went over that part. If it’s how he looks, does that mean August isn’t good? This next part might help.

The first paragraph went over the first sentence in the precept (What is beautiful is good). But now, we’re going to take on the second one. “And who is good will soon be beautiful.” I’m going to change this sentence a bit for now: And who is good is beautiful. Let’s try to focus on that. My question on “What is this ‘beautiful’?” Might have gotten a step closer on answering. And who is good is beautiful. That means that the “beautiful” means good! There’s a cycle.

  1. What is beautiful is good
  2. Who is good is beautiful

But, remember, this is my changed version. The real version is “And who is good will soon be beautiful.” Let’s focus on that bold word now. Soon. I think this word shows more than it is. I think it means that something good will soon happen to someone. August, maybe.