Thursday, September 22, 2011

Louisa May Alcott

In your comment this week, make two lists. In your first list, tell me three things from Louisa May Alcott's life that you would like to do or that you admire. In your second list, tell me three things that you would not like to do or that you disagree with. Your lists should be formatted like this:

1. Each list should be numbered 1-3.
2. Each item should start with a capital letter.
3. Each item should have an end mark if it is a sentence.

49 comments:

  1. 1. Writing is something that I like.
    2. Her generosity is another thing that I admire.
    3. Some of the books and stories that she wrote are a good inspiration to young writers.

    1. When Mr. Fields said " You can't write."
    2. Some of the pay she got for working for months.
    3. Not have three sisters that I would have to live, and put up with.

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  2. 1.I think she is an very honest writer.

    2.I love her genorosity also to be kind to others.
    3.I enjoy listening and reading her books she is a great author.

    1.I did not like it when Mr.Fields said that"You can't write.

    2.Having very little money.

    3.Having to move all the time.

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  3. 1. I like how she is very brave and courageous.
    2. She's a good writer
    3. She strives to do things even when someone tells her to stop.
    1. I don't like when the parents got mad because of the black child coming to Mr.Alcotts school.
    2. When Mr. fields told her to stop writing
    3. Chase a boat

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  4. 1. I think it would be fun to fall in a pond.
    2. I admire that she still tried to make a living.
    3. It would be fun to be an author.

    1. It would not be fun to be sick.
    2. It would not be fun to have your sister die.
    3. It would not be fun to work for months for the dude for four months and only get four bucks.

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  5. 1.I like to write plays and stories, just like her.

    2. I love how she never gives up.

    3.I love how kind and generous she is.

    1.I don't agree with Mr.Fields because he thinks she can't write.

    2. I did not like the amount of money she was paid I think she would of been better without the $4.00.

    3. I don't think I would like living with four sisters one is enough.

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  6. 1.I think Louisa is a very hard working girl.
    2.I think that Louisa is a great writer her stories sound fantastic!
    3.She has a lot of heart to go and help those sick and hurt soldiers.


    1.I think she sounds a little clumsy (falling in a pond).
    2.I would also hate to have my sister die.
    3.Also i would not like to haft to move so many times.

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  7. 1. I would love to be a nurse for pepole that are wounded.
    2.I would want to write a bunch of books based on my life.
    3.I admire how they are always nice to each other.

    1.I admirehow they are supprotive.
    2.I don't like how they all ended up sick.
    3.I also dont like how one of her sisters die.

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  8. 1. I would love to be a nurse for hurt soldiers.
    2. I would like to be a famous writer.
    3. I admire her perseverance

    1. I don't like moving a ton.
    2. I do not like not having much money.
    3. I don't like having a lot of siblings to put up with.

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  9. 1.I admire that she is very generous and kind.
    2.I like that even though she was told she could not write she did any way.
    3.I admire that she could stand moving so much.

    1.I didn't like having little money.
    2.I wouldn't like having three sisters
    3.I wouldn't like moving.

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  10. 1 I think it would be fun to fall in a pond.
    2 I think it would be fun to live on a farm.
    3 I think it would be fun to be an author.

    1 I would not like to take care of my siblings.
    2 I would not like to take care of solders.
    3 I would not like to have a disease.

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  11. 1.I would love to see how it was back then, from now. 2.It would be fun to have such a big family, if you had a brother. 3.I think it's a good feeling if people liked your stories.

    1.I would hate if my sister died.
    2.It stinks to work in such a bad area to nurse.
    3.I would hate to not have that much money, so you would have to move all the time.

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  12. #1.I love writing stories like she did.

    #2.I like how she is a go getter,and
    she never gives up.

    #3.I like how she cared about others, like
    nursing in the war.

    #1.I don't like what Mr.Fields said to her.

    #2.I don't like how she thought about being an actor.

    #3.I don't like how she thought about leaving the world.

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  13. 1.I admire her ability to keep trying even when all hope is lost.
    2.I admire how she can make a living off of writing.
    3.I like how she just doesn't go crazy. I would go crazy if I had to move that much.

    1.I would hate having to move that much.
    2.I would hate to have a sibling die.
    3.I would hate not having much money.

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  14. 1.One thing I admire about her is she kept on writing when she was told to give up.
    2.Also I admire that she wanted to help and heal the soldiers.
    3.I also admire she was willing to move with her family so much.

    1. what I don't admire is that she almost died of the diseases from the soldiers.
    2.Also I don't admire that her sister,Lizzie died.3.To not have enough money to live with.

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  15. 1. I like that she is a writer.
    2. I like that she never gives up.
    3. I like how she works so hard.

    1. I do not like that they took cold shower.
    2. I can't stand not eating meat.
    3. I would not like to take care of a guy that will only give you four dallars for 5 months.

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  16. 1. One thing I admire is that she never gave up on writing when her sister had the Scarlet Fever.
    2.Another thing I admire is when everyone was working Lousia did housekeeping.
    3.Finally,I like the way she kept a smile on her face even when she was sad.

    1.What I don't admire is that is that the goverment only paid her less money then she was supposed to be paid.
    2.Also I don't admire is when she cleaned the house for the lady a man had a crush on her and Lousia said no so he taught her wrong.
    3. Last everyone she helped only gave her $4.00 or less.

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  17. 1. The Alcotts are against slavery.
    2. Louisa cheered up the hurt soldiers.
    3. Louisa never stopped writing.

    1. I don't think it's good that there are slave catchers.
    2. Women can't fight and are not treated as equals.
    3. Bronson did not take care of his family.

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  18. 1. I like that the Alcott's are caring and generous.
    2. It's good that the Alcott's don't like slavery.
    3. I like that the Alcott's kept on going after Lizzie's death.

    1. I think Mr. Fields was wrong when he said Louisa couldn't write.
    2. I think it wasn't good for some nurses not to wash their hands.
    3. I think it was not good for Mr. Robertson to pay Louisa only 4$.

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  19. 1.I think it would be an adventure to move all the time.
    2.I like how the Alcott`s took in the slave.
    3. Louisa cared for the soldiers.

    1.I don`t think it was nice how the people Louisa worked for only gave her $4.
    2.I would not like to take a cold bath.
    3.I would not like to have a room that was open to outside in the winter.

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  20. 1.I like how she is so famous but she started out so poorly.
    2.I like how she never gave up.
    3.I love books and she made so many

    1.I dont like taking cold baths
    2.Linen clothes are really cold in the winter
    3.She got paid badly in her job in Dedham

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  21. 1 Her stories had meaning
    2 She had a good heart 3 She had faith even in tough times 1 She was sometimes selfish. 2 She was disobeidient. 3 She didn't have any building block s 3

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  22. 1.I would like to put on plays since they sound really fun.
    2.Also her adventures in the forest sound so fun.
    3. I like how nice and kind she was when she was a nurse in the war.

    1.I don't like that Louisa was practically forced to write Little women.
    2.I don't like that they barely paid her when she had gotten so sick she almost died.
    3.I don't like the newness

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  23. 1. I like writing about my life
    2. Doing plays in a barn sounds really fun
    3. I would like to be a sewer to earn money


    1. I would not take cold baths
    2. I don't exactly like getting ill
    3. I would not like being tied to a sofa

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  24. 1.I would want to go to Europe.
    2.I think it would be cool too have neighbors.
    2.I think it would be awesome.

    1.I hate having to relocate places.
    2.I would not want to go and be a nurse.
    3.I would not want to live on a farm.

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  25. 1.I would not like to move 8 times.

    2.I would not like a english dude come push me
    around at my own house

    3.I would not like to see my sis die (if I had one)

    1.I would earn money

    2.Become a good writer like her.

    3.keep a diary like her

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  26. 1.I would like to get the money she gets.

    2.I also like her personality.

    3.I would like to possibly live in Boston.

    1.I don't like cold baths.

    2.I would not like to have a fever like that.

    3.I would not like moving a lot.

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  27. 1.I would love three sisters.
    2.I would love to move a lot.
    3.I would love to live on a farm.

    1.I would not like being that poor.
    2.I would not like having a sister dying.
    3.I would not like to write my own stories.

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  28. 1.I would like a room.
    2.To stop slavory
    3.To work in the underground railraod.


    1.Scarlet fever no way
    2.No cold baths
    3.Or keeping house

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  29. 1. I think it would be fun to live on a farm
    2. It would be fun to wright stories.
    3. Being in plays .

    1. It not be fun moving a lot.
    2. I would not like having sister die.
    3. Being poor.

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  30. 1. I like that she never gave up.

    2. I think she is a great writer.

    3. Her kindness to the solders

    1. Having a sister die

    2. When Mr. Fields said she can't write.

    3. Moving a lot is something I would not like.

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  31. 1. I think it would be cool to write books.
    2. It would be cool to live on a farm.
    3. It would be fun acting in plays.

    1. It would not be fun being poor.
    2. I would not like to be a nurse.
    3. It would be not fun to sew 10 hours a day.

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  32. 1. I would like to go to Europe.
    2. I admire that she helped the slaves escape to freedom.
    3. I also admire that she never gave up on her goals.

    1. I wouldn’t want my sister to die.
    2. I would not want to be an author.
    3. I do not want to move as much as she did.

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  33. 1.I like to go to Europe
    2.I would like to write book
    3.I like that she help the slaves


    1.I would not like my sister to die
    2.I would not want to do do all that hard work
    3.I Would not want to be poor

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  34. 1.I would want to write stories about my life.
    2.I like to have sisters
    3.I would like to be second to the oldest


    1.I would not want to move so many times.
    2.I would not want to be poor.
    3.I would not want to go to Europe.

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  35. 1. I would like to play outside in a barn.
    2. I would also like to live on a farm.
    3. I would like to go to Europe.

    1. I would not want to be sick when I am writing a story.
    2. I would never want my sister to die.
    3. I would not want to write a novel.

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  36. 1. I would like to be payed as much as Louisa.
    2. I would like to see Boston.
    3. It would be fun to go to Europe.

    1. I would not want to have three sisters.
    2. I don't think it would be fun to be crammed in a tiny house.
    3. I would not want to be in a nursing home.

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  37. 1.I would like to go to Europe.
    2.I would like to be a writer
    3.I would like to have a little sister

    1.I do not want to move.
    2.I do not want to die
    3.I do not want to be on a boat

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  38. 1.I would like to fall in a pond.
    2.I would like to be writer.
    3.I think it would be cool to live in Europe.

    1.I would not want to move a ton.
    2.I it would be depressing to have a sister die.
    3.It would be not cool to be sick all the time.

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  39. 1.I would like to make a salary like that.
    2.I admire that she wrote a lot about her life.
    3.I like that she was always doing something.

    1.I don't really like writing.
    2.I'd hate for there to be slaves everywhere.
    3.I would not be happy at all to have my siblings die.

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  40. 1.I admire her imagination and creativity.
    2.I would like to write a journal.
    3.I admire that she opened a kindergarten.

    1.I disagree with tying her to a sofa.
    2.I disagree that women couldn't vote.
    3.I did not like how slaves were treated.

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  41. 1. I would love to make a lot of money
    2. I would love to go to Europe
    3. I would love to write stories about my life

    1. I would hate for my sister to die
    2. I would not like to be sick a lot
    3. I would not like to move all the time

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  43. 1. She has an awesome, loving family.
    2. I would love to be an author like her.
    3. I would like to have a lot of sisters.

    1. I would not want my sister to die.
    2. She had a very tough life.
    3. She wanted to be a boy.

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  44. 1.She has so much crage.
    2.I would die to wright like her.
    3.She likes boys

    1.I would hate my sisters to die.
    2.She wanted to be around boys.
    3.She had a hard life.

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  45. 1.She is a very good writer.2.She has a very hard life.3.She is very helpful

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  46. 1. I admired that she never stopped trying to write.
    2. I admired that she wrote when she hurt her thumb.
    3. I admired that she always helped her family first.

    1. I didn't like that she got sick because of writing.
    2. I didn't like that she hurt her thumb because of writing so much.
    3. I did not like that she wouldn't eat or sleep.

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  48. 1. I liked how she never gave up.
    2. Also that she loved to wright.
    3. Plus she followed her abilities.

    1. I did not like how those people treated her.
    2. Also well that's all

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  49. 1. I like how she kept writing even when Mr. Fields said, "You can't write."
    2. I like how she help her family as much as she could.
    3. I like how she never gave up.

    1. I would hate for a sibling to die.
    2. I would not like to be as sick as she was.
    3. I would not like to move as much as she did.

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