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Kuriakose 1
Jenny Kuriakose
Mrs. Taylor
English II Pre-AP - 7
2 December 2010
Knots Tied Over the Years
As I sit on the lavender-colored front porch overlooking the overgrown ripe banana trees
and the skyrocketing coconut trees, I come to think about the times that these plants have lived
through: almost thirty years of drought and monsoon rains ravaging the land of Kerala, India. My
state is my home and commonly known as "God's Own Country." I have never left this state or this
country in my seventy years of life. This is the land that I was born, and this is the land that I hope
to lay rest on. This is the land that I have spent the past fifty-one years with my husband on.
The year was 1959, and I was only nineteen years old. In those days, it was common to
marry one's daughter off to a new family at a young age. My husband was to be twenty-one years
old, and we were both very naive and inexperienced in life. Traditional to our society was to
conduct an arranged marriage. Therefore, it was my parents' choice on who I would spend the rest
of my life with. My father had traveled to the pineapple industry town of Vazhakulam, Kerala to
meet up with some friends. In those days, there were brokers that lived in the town that would
make connections for a marriage proposal to happen, it was a business. When in Vazhakulam, the
broker came up to my father and told him that there was an eligible bachelor looking for a wife,
and my father went to go see him. My father was satisfied with the new town that I would move to
and the financial opportunities that this man's family offered: he invited this man, named Iype Jose,
to our home in Chennadu to meet me. At the time, I wasn't looking forward to getting married and
starting a new life, I had just wanted to live life as it had been for the previous nineteen years.
Because I respected and honored my parents, I complied with their
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wishes and agreed to the marriage. When Iype came to my house to meet me, I acted polite
because I didn't want to disrespect my parents.
Soon, the marriage was finalized, and the wedding was to take place on November 30,
1959. It was during my generation that saris became an official outfit for a bride. My mother and
all female relatives before me had worn a simple cotton clothe wrapped around that waist (like a
towel) with a crudely stitched loose white cotton blouse. I was the first to wear a sari in my family.
Back then, there were no grand beauty parlors to go to, or veils to be bought at the store. On my
wedding day, I wore absolutely no make up, yes, I kept it all natural. As for the veil, my mother
and I hand-picked flowers from the yard and bought some cloth and made it at home. When I see
the weddings today, where brides smother on make-up to transform their faces into a plastic
artificial looking complexion and spend thousands on the feasts and clothing, I can't help but notice
how much things have changed. Our reception was conducted at my husband's home, which was
also my home from that day forward.
Today, I wish I had spent more time in my parents' house. I feel like I was forcefully
whisked away, and things have never been the same as my childhood since. In contrast to popular
beliefs, I still believe arranged marriages are applicable to today. The reason why that is at the age
of twenty, young adults do not know what they want out of life, and they have never been through
the struggles of a marriage before. A parent has been with a child and nurtured their child since
he/she was born, and they will continue to use that caution when looking for a suitable spouse for
their child. This will keep teenagers especially from getting distracted in their young life, and
enable them to focus on their studies better. Recently, I had told my granddaughter that I would
like to see her one day go through an arranged marriage, and she had abruptly refused. So much
has changed through these past two generations. People and things come and go, but those trees on
the front porch have been there a while, and I hope they stay.
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Works Cited
Groban, Josh. "You Raise Me Up." Perf. Josh Groban. Closer. Reprise Records, 2003. MP4.
iTunes. Apple. Web. 1 Dec. 2010
Jose, Mary. Telephone interview. 30 Nov. 2010.
Sadlowski, Christopher. "Simplicity." Poetry Buffet. N.p, 1999. N. pag. Web. 1 Dec. 2010
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Home Is Where the Heart Is
This House.
nestled amidst the trees miles from the rode
a well-kept secret found through patience, time, and trust.
hidden to be safe from harm
renovated changed and altered on the outside,
yet the same foundations
kept six children under its roof
and room remains for their children's children
survived hard times
never has given up
This Heart
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Like that house, my Grandma's heart is available for everyone who chooses to take the time and
develop the trust needed. One has to travel and search for trust to get into her heart. My Grandma's
heart always has room to love somebody else like the house always has room for more people.
Even after a long and tough life, her heart is still in one piece and remains unchanged on the inside.
Simplicityby Christopher Sadlowski
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When your days seem goneand your nights are still,
please take the radiatingLove I gave to you.
As you travel into waters,let the liquid clean and kill,
purge your soul of all that hinders,allow your mind to still.
Let the flame surround,burn away all that's bad,
let your tears evaporate,incinerate the sad.
Feel the wind pass through you,
take away the old,let the new into your heart,
cherish it like gold.
Walk upon the sliver beach,
let the sand erode the skin,
guide yourself into the sun,and melt away your sin.
Don't rush down the road of life,
cherish all these, small and big.
Still your life and stop to think -Take life as it is, even thick and thin
Like this poem, my Grandmother is very religious and has a very strong faith
in God. She has cared for many children in her life time including her siblings,
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children, and grandchildren. She is some one to seek advice from during
troubled times, and she always knows how to help and make anyone feel
better.
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"You Raise Me Up"
Josh Groban
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;You raise me up... To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;You raise me up... To more than I can be.
There is no life - no life without its hunger;Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.
You raise me up... To more than I can be.
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Like the character mentioned in this song, my Grandmother is someone that is always there
to help. I look up to her as a role model on how to treat others. She has helped me through troubled
times with her advice, and she has taught the importance of a strong faith in life. She helps me to
be the better person in all situations, and shows me what I am capable of when I don't know it. She
is always there to encourage me and give me hope.
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Table of Contents
Picture of
Grandma.........................................................................................................1
Picture of Grandma and
Grandpa.............................................................................2
Drawing of
Home...............................................................................................................3
Poem: Home is Where the Heart
Is.............................................................................4
Explanation to
Poem........................................................................................................5
Poem:
Simplicity.............................................................................................................
...6
Explanation to
Poem.........................................................................................................7
Narrative..............................................................................................................
.................8-9
Song
Lyrics....................................................................................................................
.......10
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Song
Explained.............................................................................................................
......11
Interview
Questions....................................................................................................12-13
Works
Cited.....................................................................................................................
..14
Researching my PastJenny Kuriakose . English Pre-AP -7
Mary Jose
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Joy Luck Project Rubric (Notebook) One daily grade
Cover 5 pts. _____k___
Table of Contents 5 pts. ____k____
Picture 10 pts. __k______
Original art with explanation 10 pts. ________
Two poems with explanation 20 pts. ________
Narrative 20 pts. ________
Written explanation of music choice 10 pts. ________
Interview questions/notes with signature 10 pts. ____k____
Works Cited Page 10 pts. ________
Total _________
Project Presentation Rubric One Daily Grade
Presentation behavior: 30 pts. _________
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Eye contact
Speaking rate
Voice quality
Purposeful gestures
Content of presentation:
Explanation of art 10 pts. _________
Reading of Poem 20 pts. _________
Music 20 pts. _________
Relating narrative in conversational manner 20 pts. _________
Total _________
For your Works Cited page, make sure to alphabetize your entries by last name or title and use reverse
indentations. You should have at least three entries: one interview, one piece of music, and one poem
that was not written by you.
To cite an interview that you conducted, give the name of the person interviewed, the kind of interview
(Personal interview, Telephone interview), and the date of interview.
Pei, I. M. Personal interview. 22 Nov. 2010.
Reed, Ishmael. Telephone interview. 20 Nov. 2010.
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In an entry for a commercially available recording, list the composer first, or if there isnt a composer (or
if the composer and the artist are the same person), list the artist first. List the title of the recording, the
artist (if different from the composer), the title of the album, the manufacturer, and the year of issue (if
the year is unknown, write n.d.). Indicate the medium, neither italicized nor enclosed in quotation marks
after the date of publication: CD, MP3, etc. Place a comma between the manufacturer and the date;
periods follow the other items.
Holiday, Billie. God Bless the Child. The Essence of Billie Holiday. Columbia, 1991. CD.
Bizet, Georges. Carmen. Perf. Jennifer Laramore, Thomas Moser, Angela Gheorghiu, and Samuel Ramey.
Bavarian State Orch. and Chorus. Cond. Giuseppe Sinopoli. Warner, 1996. CD.
For an online source, add the title of website in italics; the publisher or sponsor of the site; the date of
Web publication; the medium; and your date of access. R
Groban, Josh. "You Raise Me Up." Perf. Josh Groban. Closer. Reprise Records, 2003. MP4. iTunes. Apple.
Web. 1 Dec. 2010
Handel, G. F. Messiah; An Oratorio. N.d. CCARH Publications: Scores and Parts. Center for Computer
Assisted Research in the Humanities, 2003. Web. 6 Jan. 2010.
Harrell, Thaddis Laphonia, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash, and Christopher Stewart. Single Ladies. Perf.
Beyonce Knowles. I AmSasha Fierce. Sony BMG Music Entertainment, 2008. MP3. iTunes. Apple. Web.
16 Nov. 2010.
To cite poetry from an anthology, give the author of the poem followed by a period; name of poem in
quotation marks, title of anthology in italics, editors of anthology, city of publication, publisher, date,
page numbers, and medium.
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Brouwer, Joel. The Spots. Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. Esd. Michael
Dumanis and Cate Marvin. Louisville: Sarabande, 2006. 51-52. Print.
To cite poetry found online, cite as a short work from a website or part of online book.
Bell, Acton [Anne Bronte]. Mementos. Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell.
London, 1846. N. pag. A Celebration of Women Writers. Web. 18 Sept. 2010.