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**I AM DAVID (English Work) **
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BACKGROUND- What life was like in Europe after World War II. It will help you understand the **//world David travels through in order to find his way home. //**  After World War II ended in 1945, much of Europe lay in ruins. Cities, rural areas, communications, and transportation systems were destroyed. Over fifty million people were dead, including over six million Jews, many of whom had been murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Led by the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, the Allied forces had worked together to defeat dictator Adolph Hitler’s Germany and Germany’s ally, Japan, along with other Axis countries in their bid to take over the world. But almost immediately after the War, relations between Allied countries began to fall apart.

By the end of World War II the Soviet Union had driven German soldiers back to Germany. However, Soviet soldiers were still in many Eastern European countries. The leader of the Soviet Union, dictator Joseph Stalin had promised the Allies that as soon as possible he would allow free elections in these Eastern European nations and withdraw his soldiers. But right after the War, Joseph Stalin broke his promise. The Soviet soldiers did not withdraw, and by 1948, every Eastern European country was under the control of the Soviet Union.

The government of the Soviet Union was //communist //, which comes from the word “communal,” meaning “of the group.” Communists believe that practicing religion and holding private property should be forbidden. The communist government of the Soviet Union did not believe in a free press. Disagreement by citizens with the government was against the law, and people could be put in prison if their beliefs were different from what the government wanted people to believe. The rights of individuals did not matter. In practice, the government of the Soviet Union was a dictatorship of the proletariat ( //proletariat // means “the poorest class of working people”). A very small group of leaders controlled the lives of all citizens. In countries with Communist governments, the government owned all factories and workplaces. There was no independent economy, no independent newspapers, no independent courts, and no independent legislature.

But now, after World War II, on one side was the United States and Great Britain and on the other was the Soviet Union. In fact, on March 5, 1946 the Prime Minister of Great Britain,Winston Churchill, made a famous speech at Westminster College, in Fulton,Missouri.With United States President Harry Truman in the audience,Winston Churchill warned about Eastern Europe becoming separated from the rest of Europe because of what the Soviet Union was doing. To make his point more forcefully, Churchill used the image of a giant iron curtain coming down on Eastern European countries, separating them from the rest of Europe:


 * //“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, //**
 * //an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. //**
 * //Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">states of Central and Eastern Europe.Warsaw, Berlin, //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Vienna, and Sofia; all these famous cities lie in what //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I must call the Soviet sphere.” //**

<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Behind the “iron curtain,” the Soviet Union was establishing repressive governments and labor camps. In labor camps, people who were thought to disagree withvthe government were imprisoned, forced to do hard work, tortured, and sometimes even put to death for their beliefs. In the year 1952, the year in which the film //<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I Am David //<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> takes place, over two and a half million people were in labor camps in the Soviet Union. In Bulgaria alone, between 1948-1954 there were 99 forced labor camps. This is the backdrop against which the story //<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I Am David //<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> takes place.

I Am David background home work (Due 1st of June 2009) Q1. Roughly how many people died as a result of World War II? A.Over 50 million people died from World War II, including 6 million of them were Jews. Q2.What is a “dictator”? (Look up the word in your dictionary and write its definition here.) A. A  <span style="display: block; font-size: 112.5%; color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> (Use a capital letter to start your sentences. Miss C) <span style="display: block; font-size: 112.5%; color: rgb(15,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;"> person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession. Q3. List the two dictators mentioned in this selection, and the countries of which they were the leaders. A. dictator Adolph Hitler leader of Germany, dictator Joseph Stalin leader of the the Soviet Union. Q4.Who first used the expression “iron curtain”? What is meant by an “iron curtain” ? A. Prime Minister,Winston Churchill of Great Britain in 1946, was the first to use the term "iron curtain", which ment <span style="display: block; font-size: 112.5%; color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: left;">(Spelling; meant. Miss C). <span style="display: block; font-size: 112.5%; color: rgb(15,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;"> to close off Great Britain from the rest of Europe. Q5.What is a “labour camp”? Who was put into labour camps? By whom? Why is David in a labour camp? A labour camp is like a punishment camp where prisoners are strained to do hard work. The government placed people in these camps. Convicts and children without family were put into labour camps, people who diddn't agree with the government were put into labour camps aswell. David was sent to a labour camp after his parents were caught for not agreeing with the government. Q6. Make up one question of your own about something you think is important to know from reading this selection.Then answer your question.

QA. What was the speech Winston Churchill made? <span style="display: block; font-size: 112.5%; color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: left;">(Are you asking for the title or the exact speech? Need to make this question more specific. Miss C). <span style="display: block; font-size: 112.5%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;"> AQ. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">**//“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,//** **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">states of Central and Eastern Europe.Warsaw, Berlin, //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Vienna, and Sofia; all these famous cities lie in what //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I must call the Soviet sphere.” //** <span style="display: block; font-size: 112.5%; color: rgb(15,1,1); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-size: 200%; color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> **repulsive**- <span style="color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">(Where is the dictionary definition? Miss C)
 * thicket**-a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick coppice.


 * grating**- sound unpleasent


 * catastrophe**- sudden disaster


 * dwell**- to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">__Que<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">stions: __ <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">
 * dozed-** sleepy/half asleep

1. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">As in most novels, the first chapter introduces the character and sets the scene for what is to follow. But what you are told in the first chapter of I Am David is some- what mysterious, even outright confusing. A snippet of information here, a tantali- zing bit there. Why does the author do that? Why doesn't she tell you outright who David is and where he is? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I think the author is doing this to build suspense up and to make it more interesting. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(15,15,199); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">(Amelia, you need to use full sentences. That means including your question in your answer). <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">2. Why does David hate the man? Does this hatred seem justified, considering what the man is doing for him? Explain. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">David hates the man because he knows the man hates him! David has learnt not to trust anyone around him because of the place he is in. if I were like David I think I would feel like that too. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(15,15,199); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">(Use of capital letters, please read over your work to check for any mistakes). <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 3. Look up the word paranoid. Would you call David paranoid? Explain by giving exam- ples that might explain David's odd behaviour. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I think David is a little paranoid but I think he is just trying to be careful and cautious. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(15,15,199); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Examples? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 4. In the truck, on his way to Salonica, David experiences a moment of intense fear. How does this sudden fear come about? How does David conquer it? Who is Johannes? What does he symbolize? Why does Johannes "stay behind in Salonica"? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">David had a flash back of when he was in camp. Sitting in the van where it was dark made him feel like he was in a cell that he had been told about. Johanne is the boy who died in the the flash back. It made David feel like he was not alone and that Johanne was there to help him. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">5. Geographically, David has moved from wherever the camp is, to Italy. From where has he moved emotionally? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">It has made David feel free instead of being captured like a prisoner. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 6. Make a short list, in point form, of the bits of information you have thus far received about David. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">12 years of age, wanted to die but then seing that life was beautiful, lonely, can’t trust anyone.

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(15,15,199); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Amelia, your chapter one answers show a good level of comprehension of the text. You must however read the question carefully to ensure you are answering exactly what the questions are asking of you. There are also some basic spelling mistakes that could have been easily corrected by reading over your work and editing it. Well done Miss Collis <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

CHAPT 2

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin;"> 1. The Chapter begins with a descriptive paragraph. List the descriptive words. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; msobidifontsize: 18.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri;">Beautiful, blueness, curving, greens, gold, red, towards, melted, blue. 2. David gives himself a good scrubbing. But he is doing more than just washing himself. Re-check the meaning of the word symbolic and explain what is symbolic about David cleansing himself. Why is it so important to him? What effect does it have on his relationships with his surroundings? List the words that indicate a change in David. It got rid of everything and the smell of the camp and now he felt free. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(15,15,199); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">(You need to expand further to ensure that you have answered everything the question has asked of you). 3. Why had David thought at one time that he might be Jewish? Because Jews were sent to the same sort of camps that David went to. 4. Why had there been scarcely any difference between the men and the women in the camp? Find an image showing what people in the concentration camps looked like and upload it to your wiki site. The women were also dirty and they had to shave their heads. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(15,15,199); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">(Where is your image?) 5. What is strange about David's eyes? They were lighter than other people’s eyes. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(15,15,199); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">(why? expand further.)

Amelia, your answers to the chapter two questions are very basic. You need to answer your questions in much more detail.

CHAPT 3 & 4

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Why does David feel he still has to obey the man and go north to Denmark, even though the man can no longer control him? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Because he is starting to trust and if the man is trying to help him, Denmark must be safe. After losing his compass, David decided that he must have a God. (a) What purpose would a God serve? A god will protect David

(b) What kind of God does he select for himself? What factors are considered by David as he makes his choice? David selected a God that Johanne believed in. (c) Which factor do you think is the most important to him? Explain. <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri;">This God is important to David because he cared about Johanne. (d) Read David's prayer and tell what he expects from God. To be protected and to help him when he needs it

(e) Compare his God with those he rejects. What does this tell you about David? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Feels he has nothing to give to the Gods the Jewish people pray for. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">(This is an incomplete sentence - Miss C). When David helps the couple he feels: "... a strong impulse to do something quite voluntary for another person... It felt almost like possessing something, something so big that he could give some of it away." (p.63) Explain what he means with that. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">He wants to help other people but who wont do the same in return <span style="color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">. (Partly, David does want to help other people who deserve it. David has never possessed this feeling before, he does not own any possessions however he can share his feelings). David has a way of deciding if a country is a free one or not. What is his method? Do you think it is a good one? Explain. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">He knew it was a free country if there <span style="color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">(was) <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> were a king or queen. Why is it that David cannot teach himself to smile. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Because he didn’t know how and that he did not have the happiness. David, till he meets Angelo, had thought that good people must also be clever. Why did he think so and why was he puzzled? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Because they were nice so they must know a lot of things. <span style="color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">(You have not answered the question). Why had the prisoners in the camp said: "Don't tell the boy anything they may try to worm out of him afterwards"? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Because they were scared if they told him things, then the Nazi’s would make David tell them what he had found out. <span style="color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Excellent answer well done :) When David meets up with the mean little boy, he doesn't fight back. Explain why he doesn't and why he compares the boy with the camp guards. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">He didn’t fight back because he believes there is no need to lay hands on other people. And other people have no right to tell people what to do. <span style="color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">How does this relate to the camp guards? You need to explain the link - Miss C.

Amelia, Well done, you have answered all the questions they are however, again, very brief and need to be further developed to show evidence of your full understanding of the chapter questions.

CHAPTER 5 AND 6 QUESTIONS <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Why does Chapter 5 start with an analysis of the word beautiful? <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Chapter 5 stated with an analysis of the word beautiful because it was more than just nice and more than pretty it was the most amazing thing he had ever seen, it was beautiful. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 2. Why did the book have to be published before 1917, so that they couldn't have made it up? Check what famous historical event - "that shook the world" - took place in that year. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The book had be published by 1917 because the Germans didn’t have control to change what had been written. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

3. David's hatred for Carlo is described as pure. What does that mean? Are David's actions toward Carlo "normal" for a twelve-year old boy? Explain. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">If you have a pure hate for someone it means that you hate the person so much that you wouldn’t change your mind. I don’t think it is normal because a normal 12 year old would just get over it, but since David was in that horrible camp it makes it hard for him to trust peopIe.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">4. Why are Andrea's questions more threatening to David than Maria's questions? <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Andrea's quesions were more threatening to David than Maria's because Andrea was asking questions that could give away what he was up to and Marias questions were just questions about what he liked and so on. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 5. Do you think the children are aware that David is different? Explain, using examples from the chapters. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The children are aware that David was different because he doesn’t know how to play, always wants to stay clean and likes reading books. Normal kids wouldn’t care about being clean and not wanting to read books and always play. <span style="color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Examples? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

6. Why does chapter 6 end with a discussion on the meaning of sorrow. What is the meaning of sorrow according to Signora Bang? <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Chapter 6 ends with a discussion on the meaning of sorrow because Signora Bang wants David to know that unhappiness and sorrow <span style="color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">(messy sentence) <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> doesn’t stay forever and one day David will be happy.

<span style="color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Well done Amelia, your answers to these questions are very well thought through. You have answered the questions in full and have shown evidence of deep thinking. Keep up the great work.

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #ff0078; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-AU; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;">My Responsibility Memory

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt;">Once, my mum bought me a goldfish and I was told to make sure I would look after it. One day while I was cleaning the fish bowl, I put my goldfish in a small container and just left it sitting there. When I was just about finished cleaning the bowl my mum asked me to help her with the washing. As I dawdled towards my mum, I forgot about my gold fish that was now just sitting in the small container with no one to keep an eye out for the cat. I finished helping my mum with the washing and I meandered back to my goldfish’s tank to finish cleaning it. Once It was sparkling clean I was just about to put my fish back in its fresh water, when I looked up and saw my cat sitting beside me licking his lips and staring at the container where I left “Rocky” my goldfish. My heart stopped beating when I saw that Rocky was missing!! I looked around everywhere, and that’s when I saw a fish’s tail in front of my sneaky looking cat. I was so furious with my cat I just sat there starting to cry. My mum heard me whimpering and came in to see if I was ok. As I told her what happened she just laughed at me and said “it’s only a silly goldfish, there’s no need to cry over a little gold fish, I can get you another one in few weeks if you really want me to.” I was so relived because I thought she would be angry at me since she told me to look after it and warned me about the cat.

<span style="font-size: 150%; color: #22c4f7; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Heart Song <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I am a one way motorway I’ <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">m the one that drives away Then follows you back home I am a street light shining I’m a wild light blinding bright Burning off alone

Its times like these you learn to live again Its times like these you give and give again <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">It <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">s times like these you learn to love again Its times like these time and time again

I am a new day rising I’m a brand new sky To hang the stars upon tonight I am a little divided Do I stay or run away And leave it all behind?

Its times like these y <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">ou learn to live again its <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> times like these you give and give again its times like these you learn to love again its times like these time and time again <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Rockwell Extra Bold','serif';">WHAT I THINK OF THE SONG I chose this song because it was my year 6 graduation song which reminds me of all my primary school friends and how we will be moving on to high school and how I miss all my friends. To me the song is saying, moving on to high school, we’ll learn more things and how it can be scary but there’s no reason to be. “I am a new day rising” to me that is saying it’s a new day anything could happen. So overall the song means to me it’s ok to move on and be a little frightened and that everything will turn out good and you won’t need to “run away” or “drive away.