Rebekah+R

=Blog #7=

The author I researched was Willa Cather. I thought this entire research project was easier than I initially believed it'd be. It was still pretty hard though. The hardest part I thought was just finding my sources and taking notes. The most helpful thing I had to do was making the note cards. It helped me organize everything and make everything into my own words. I liked learning about my author.

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The Author I'm researching is Willa Cather. I'm learning a lot about her and a lot about why she writes about the things she writes about. One interesting thing I learned was that she initially planned on specializing in Science until one of her essays she wrote in class in college ended up in the college's newspaper. One interesting thing I learned about research methods is narrowing down sources and making sure they are accurate and trustable. I learned how easily you can mistake a kid's homework for a professional source. = = = = = = = = = = =Corn Growing in the Heat of Summer=

"July came on with that breathless, brilliant heat which makes the plains of Kansas and Nebraska the best corn country in the world. It seemed as if we could hear the corn growing in the night; under the stars one caught a faint crackling in the dewy, heavy-odoured cornfields where feathered stalks stood so juicy and green. If all the great plain from Missouri to the Rocky Mountains had been under glass, and the heat regulated by a thermometer, it could not have been better for the yellow tassels that were ripening and fertilizing the silk day by day." - This is my favorite part so far because I feel like it really captures the author's writing style. The story is really descriptive. It makes everything sound beautiful. Also, it shows how the main character, Jimmy, would get so caught up in the view of the land. = = ==

=Jimmy moves to Nebraska=

The main character in My Antonia is Jimmy. Jimmy moves to Nebraska to live with his Grandparents. He's only young, about eleven or twelve. He seems to be really smart for his age. He spends a lot of time helping with chores on the farm. He's with Antonia a lot, who is his neighbor and a Bohemian girl who is four years older. She moved with her family to Black Hawk the same time as Jimmy did. He helps to teach her English. A lot of Jimmy's behavior seems to depend on what the people around him are behaving like. He doesn't really seem to have any issues. He look up to his grandfather who doesn't really talk much, but when he does, Jimmy listens closely.

=My Antonia= ==

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The book I'm going to read is by Willa Cather. The book is called My Antonia. The book summary says it's about Antonia coming back to Black Hawk, Nebraska after marrying a railway conductor to make a fresh start when her father dies. I think she might meet someone new and it will be about their relationship rather than her and the railway conductor's.=====