Once upon a time in the city of San Francisco lived the 3 modern hippo brothers. They lived near the shining Golden Gate Bridge and always busy in some sort of way. The big brother was Michael. He took care of his 2 brothers and the one who worked and did a lot of chores while is brothers helped him. Roger the 2nd oldest brother was the cleverest. He always came up with idea. The smallest little kid was the cute and charming Patrick who couldn’t help in anyway because of his age, but when he got angry holy smokes the train would go fast. He was very scared because there was a dragon called Rafa. These guys lived their life like normal hippo’s but in between 1000’s and 1000’s of other animals.
On an early Thursday morning the 3 hippos mother, Rachel wanted the three hippo brothers to do some errands across the bridge. So, they started their journey to get to the other side of the bridge. Patrick was so excited that he asked his brothers “Can we race, can we race, to the golden gate bridge?” with his little wee voice. But before his brothers could answer, he ran off with excitement. Because he was the smallest, he was the fastest. When Patrick got there he waited for his brothers. All of a sudden he heard some sort of groaning. Then when he turned around the water was in the air and there was a red dragon called Rafa.
Rafa roared, “I want to eat you!” Rafa frightened Patrick so much that Patrick was so scared that he ran off the bridge and swam the rest of the way. Rafa got furious, but he knew that hippo had brothers that were on their way. Rafa laughed an evil laugh.
Since Roger was smaller than Michael he reached the bridge 2nd. Roger didn’t see Patrick waiting for him, but then he saw his footprints going towards the edge of the bridge. Then after some while he heard the groaning of the dragon. Roger knew from his studies that the groaning of a dragon was different from any other animal. All of a sudden Rafa the dragon came and again he said “ I want to eat you!” Roger wasn’t that afraid because he was very clever and was studying dragons. Roger stated “Don’t eat me, my older brother is bigger.” Rafa shouted “Don’t try that on me. I’m the most intelligent being on earth!” Roger had forgotten about that. Then he became very frightened. He ran off the bridge, just like Patrick had, but Rafa was too slow to catch him because he was so surprised.
Michael was so tired when he got to the bridge. He wondered where his brothers were. He also saw the tracks that went off the bridge. Then Michael heard the same groaning, except it was louder. It actually sounded angry. Then Michael saw Rafa. Michael was so scared that he ran towards the edge of the bridge. But this time, Rafa was ready for it. He blocked Michael’s way and Michael was so afraid of being eaten, he jumped. Then all Michael heard was booming in his ears. For what just happened was the breaking of the bridge. The bridge had collapsed. Rafa was weak and injured. Michael had gotten away by swimming.
Rachel, the three brothers’ mother had heard the noise and went to immediately check. When she saw the broken bridge, she was afraid that her sons wee hurt. She then saw the dragon was floating in the water and she screamed. Then Rafa heard the huge scream. Rafa then weakly said, “come down here and help me.” The mother did not even dare to help. Then she saw a large rock that was very near and was about to fall. She said, “come a little closer.” Rafa was so desperate for food that he listened to her. Then the next thing that happened was splash, and that was the last of Rafa. Rachel shouted her loudest to get the three brothers back to home. She wanted them to be back because she knew they had a hard day, especially with that dragon.
On the other side of the bridge, Patrick was so tired from swimming that he didn’t notice Roger or Michael come. Roger had the same feeling and so did Michael. They all heard their mother’s calling and knew it was her. They then came back to the real world. They went straight to their mother and then went home. They lived happily ever after.

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Revised Draft
The 3 modern hippos gruff


Once upon a time in the city of San Francisco lived the 3 modern hippo brothers. They lived near the shining Golden Gate Bridge and always busy in some sort of way. The big brother was Michael. He took care of his 2 brothers and the one who worked and did a lot of chores while is brothers helped him. Roger the 2nd oldest brother was the cleverest. He always came up with idea. The smallest little kid was the cute and charming Patrick who couldn’t help in anyway because of his age, but when he got angry holy smokes the train would go fast. He was very scared because there was a dragon called Rafa. The red dragon with sharp claws and sharp teeth. With the firing eyes and the triangle years. He only did 2 things sleep, eat, sleep, eat, and never stopped. This time it was him who was hungry. The hippo’s lived their life like normal hippo’s but in between 1000’s and 1000’s of other animals.

On an early Thursday morning the 3 hippos mother, Rachel wanted the three hippo brothers to do some errands across the bridge. So, they started their journey to get to the other side of the bridge. Patrick was so excited that he asked his brothers “Can we race, can we race, to the golden gate bridge?” with his little wee voice. But before his brothers could answer, he ran off with excitement. Because he was the smallest, he was the fastest. When Patrick got there he waited for his brothers. All of a sudden he heard some sort of groaning. Then when he turned around the water was in the air and there was a red dragon called Rafa.

Rafa roared, “I want to eat you!” Rafa frightened Patrick so much that Patrick was so scared that he ran off the bridge and swam the rest of the way. Rafa got furious, but he knew that hippo had brothers that were on their way. Rafa laughed an evil laugh.
Since Roger was smaller than Michael he reached the bridge 2nd. Roger didn’t see Patrick waiting for him, but then he saw his footprints going towards the edge of the bridge. Then after some while he heard the groaning of the dragon. Roger knew from his studies that the groaning of a dragon was different from any other animal. All of a sudden Rafa the dragon came and again he said “ I want to eat you!” Roger wasn’t that afraid because he was very clever and was studying dragons. Roger stated “Don’t eat me, my older brother is bigger.” Rafa shouted “Don’t try that on me. I read this trick in the 3 billy goats gruff!” Roger had forgotten about that. Then he became very frightened. He ran off the bridge, just like Patrick had, but Rafa was too slow to catch him because he was so surprised.

Michael was so tired when he got to the bridge. He wondered where his brothers were. He also saw the tracks that went off the bridge. Then Michael heard the same groaning, except it was louder. It actually sounded angry. Then Michael saw Rafa. Michael thought that Rafa knew where Patrick and Roger so he asked him “Do you know where my 2 little brothers are” with his strong voice. Rafa said “ No but now I know why the big hippo is better than a small one to eat”. Michael got so scared that he ran towards the edge of the bridge. But this time, Rafa was ready for it. He blocked Michael’s way and was about to eat him that Patrick came flying to push Micahel and himself away form the sharp teeth of Rafa. Patrick and Michael landed in the water together and heard booming in their ears. For what just happened was the breaking of the bridge. The bridge had collapsed. Rafa was weak and injured. Michael and Patrick had gotten away by swimming.

Rachel, mother of the 3 hippo’s had heard the noise and went to immediately to check. When she saw the broken bridge, she was afraid that her sons were hurt. She then saw the dragon was floating in the water and she screamed. She got so scared that she screamed “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.” Then Rafa heard the huge scream. Rafa then weakly said, “come down here and help me.” The mother did not even dare to help. Then she saw a large rock that was very near the edge and was about to fall. She said, “come a little closer.” Rafa was so desperate for food that he listened to her. Then the next thing that happened was splash, and that was the last of Rafa. Rachel shouted her loudest to get the three brothers back to home. She wanted them to be back because she knew they had a hard day, especially with that dragon.

On the other side of the bridge, Roger was so tired from swimming that he didn’t notice Patrick or Michael come. They all heard their mother’s calling and knew it was her. Then they floated to their real world with jumping on the broken pieces of the bridge. While they were floating Michael hugged Patrick so hard and said “thanks Pat thanks.” When they reached to their own side the first action all of the brothers did was “We are never doing errands again mom” in their loud voice. Then they hugged their mom went straight to the house for some food. And lived their lives happily ever after.

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1st draft
Once upon a time in the city of San Francisco lived the 3 modern hippo brothers. They lived near the shining Golden Gate Bridge and always busy in some sort of way. The big brother was Michael. He took care of his 2 brothers and the one who worked and did a lot of chores while is brothers helped him. Roger the 2nd oldest brother was the cleverest. He always came up with idea. The smallest little kid was the cute and charming Patrick who couldn’t help in anyway because of his age, but when he got angry holy smokes the train would go fast. He was very scared because there was a dragon called Rafa. These guys lived their life like normal hippo’s but in between 1000’s and 1000’s of other animals.
On an early Thursday morning the 3 hippos mother, Rachel wanted the three hippo brothers to do some errands across the bridge. So, they started their journey to get to the other side of the bridge. Patrick was so excited that he asked his brothers “Can we race, can we race, to the golden gate bridge?” with his little wee voice. But before his brothers could answer, he ran off with excitement. Because he was the smallest, he was the fastest. When Patrick got there he waited for his brothers. All of a sudden he heard some sort of groaning. Then when he turned around the water was in the air and there was a red dragon called Rafa.
Rafa roared, “I want to eat you!” Rafa frightened Patrick so much that Patrick was so scared that he ran off the bridge and swam the rest of the way. Rafa got furious, but he knew that hippo had brothers that were on their way. Rafa laughed an evil laugh.
Since Roger was smaller than Michael he reached the bridge 2nd. Roger didn’t see Patrick waiting for him, but then he saw his footprints going towards the edge of the bridge. Then after some while he heard the groaning of the dragon. Roger knew from his studies that the groaning of a dragon was different from any other animal. All of a sudden Rafa the dragon came and again he said “ I want to eat you!” Roger wasn’t that afraid because he was very clever and was studying dragons. Roger stated “Don’t eat me, my older brother is bigger.” Rafa shouted “Don’t try that on me. I’m the most intelligent being on earth!” Roger had forgotten about that. Then he became very frightened. He ran off the bridge, just like Patrick had, but Rafa was too slow to catch him because he was so surprised.
Michael was so tired when he got to the bridge. He wondered where his brothers were. He also saw the tracks that went off the bridge. Then Michael heard the same groaning, except it was louder. It actually sounded angry. Then Michael saw Rafa. Michael was so scared that he ran towards the edge of the bridge. But this time, Rafa was ready for it. He blocked Michael’s way and Michael was so afraid of being eaten, he jumped. Then all Michael heard was booming in his ears. For what just happened was the breaking of the bridge. The bridge had collapsed. Rafa was weak and injured. Michael had gotten away by swimming.
Rachel, the three brothers’ mother had heard the noise and went to immediately check. When she saw the broken bridge, she was afraid that her sons wee hurt. She then saw the dragon was floating in the water and she screamed. Then Rafa heard the huge scream. Rafa then weakly said, “come down here and help me.” The mother did not even dare to help. Then she saw a large rock that was very near and was about to fall. She said, “come a little closer.” Rafa was so desperate for food that he listened to her. Then the next thing that happened was splash, and that was the last of Rafa. Rachel shouted her loudest to get the three brothers back to home. She wanted them to be back because she knew they had a hard day, especially with that dragon.
On the other side of the bridge, Patrick was so tired from swimming that he didn’t notice Roger or Michael come. Roger had the same feeling and so did Michael. They all heard their mother’s calling and knew it was her. They then came back to the real world. They went straight to their mother and then went home. They lived happily ever after.

1st draft para 3 hippo's

1st draft
Once upon a time in the city of San Francisco lived the 3 modern hippo brothers. They lived near the shining Golden Gate Bridge and always busy in some sort of way. The big brother was Michael. He took care of his 2 brothers and the one who worked and did a lot of chores while is brothers helped him. Roger the 2nd oldest brother was the cleverest. He always came up with idea. The smallest little kid was the cute and charming Patrick who couldn’t help in anyway because of his age, but when he got angry holy smokes the train would go fast. He was very scared because there was a dragon called Rafa. These guys lived their life like normal hippo’s but in between 1000’s and 1000’s of other animals.
On an early Thursday morning the 3 hippos mother, Rachel wanted the three hippo brothers to do some errands across the bridge. So, they started their journey to get to the other side of the bridge. Patrick was so excited that he asked his brothers “Can we race, can we race, to the golden gate bridge?” with his little wee voice. But before his brothers could answer, he ran off with excitement. Because he was the smallest, he was the fastest. When Patrick got there he waited for his brothers. All of a sudden he heard some sort of groaning. Then when he turned around the water was in the air and there was a red dragon called Rafa.
Rafa roared, “I want to eat you!” Rafa frightened Patrick so much that Patrick was so scared that he ran off the bridge and swam the rest of the way. Rafa got furious, but he knew that hippo had brothers that were on their way. Rafa laughed an evil laugh.
Since Roger was smaller than Michael he reached the bridge 2nd. Roger didn’t see Patrick waiting for him, but then he saw his footprints going towards the edge of the bridge. Then after some while he heard the groaning of the dragon. Roger knew from his studies that the groaning of a dragon was different from any other animal. All of a sudden Rafa the dragon came and again he said “ I want to eat you!” Roger wasn’t that afraid because he was very clever and was studying dragons.

Art I

Research material – different cultures that tattoo themselves on the face

1. This is not a culture but yes a big community of gangsters spread over the North United States and the South of United States specifically in places like Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
They tattoo themselves for a very particular reason that when anti- gang laws were being enforced in these places and members of the criminal gangs were caught- the gang leader forced them to tattoo themselves to put them through a painful experience.
They not necessarily tattoo themselves on the face but also in place like the chest or the back. Tattoos are made in this community so that one can be recognized.
I didn’t actually like the concept of torturing yourself by placing yourself under pain but yes I liked these tattoo for the sole reason of its designs. The designs are pretty interesting as they have a literal story telling concept.
(http: //www. lifeinthefastlane.ca/extreme-body-piercing-branding-sacrification/offbeat-news)






In primitive societies, body art, including tattoos, served as the basis of recognition systems. Tattoos--whether as religious symbols, talismans, indicators of status or simply adornments --worked as a marker for group affiliations, be they geographical, ethic, tribal or familial.
While the Taiwan government and aboriginal community are aware of the importance of preserving Taiwan's aboriginal cultures, little attention was paid to rapidly disappearing tattoo traditions. In recent years, however, the Atayal--the second largest aboriginal group on the island--has moved to preserve its well-known face tattoos.
According to the Council of Aboriginal Affairs, tattooing dates back to about 1,400 years ago. Six of the island's 10 tribes--including the Atayal, Saisiyat, Paiwan, Rukai, Puyuma and Tsou--used tattoos.
The Atayal and Saisiyat, however, were the only two to apply whorled designs on faces. While Saisiyat women were tattooed merely on the forehead, the Atayal applied tattoos on their cheeks and chins as well, exemplifying the most comprehensive application of tattoos of the island's aboriginal tribes.
In spite of the awareness of the value of this cultural heritage, preserving facial tattooing is especially challenging because it is a race against time.
"Since most of those with tattoos are very old, it is urgent to preserve their life histories as living records of tribal culture," said Tien Kuei-shih.
Tien is a middle-aged Atayal devoted to researching his group's tattoo traditions. "I have interviewed all the tattooed men, the youngest one being 83 years old and the oldest 103. When I finished my first study in 1993, there were still 82 old men with facial tattoos, but now there are only 34," he pointed out.
Tien has thrown himself headlong into the project of recording this fading culture with the hope that both Han and aboriginal people will stop placing stigmas on tattoos and start seeing the serpentine, inky messages in elaborate facial tattoos as aesthetic impulses and a way of handing down tribal heritage.
"Once some of my son's classmates made fun of him because of our tribal elders' tattoos. The children said they looked like gangsters. Without any knowledge of my own tribe, I couldn't explain the meanings of the Atayal tattoos. I was ashamed so I decided to do some research," recalled 50-year-old Tien.
There are numerous legends purporting to explain the origin of tattooing. The most widely believed is that permanently ingrained pigments provided Atayal ancestors with a way to identify and protect later generations.
The Atayal believed that after death, spirits have to cross a rainbow bridge. Only those with face tattoos can be received in heaven through the guidance of their ancestors. "For my people, tattoos also have the power to ward off evil," said Tien.
Traditionally, the Atayal inhabited Taiwan's mountainous regions at heights of 500 meters to 2,400 meters above sea level, eking out a living by hunting and weaving. In order to be tattooed and acquire the right to marry, men had to prove their skills in hunting and battle, while women were expected to show excellence in weaving.
In addition, men, if successful in headhunting, were able to wear special tattoos on their chests, feet and foreheads. Tattoos thus represented honor and glory to tribal people.
For women, the whorled design symbolized chastity and duty. Girls got their first tattoo at five years of age, the second at 15 as a symbol of adulthood. In addition to appreciating one's weaving skills, tattooing was a means to test purity. It is said that promiscuous girls would die during the process.
Upon reaching adulthood, women were tattooed in winter or fall. Tattoo masters used jute threads to draw patterns, piercing faces with iron needles and applying ashes on wounds.
"Even though only natural materials were used, the process often caused infection. We thought our ancestors would cure chaste young girls," explained Tien.
When looking closer at the tattoos, it is easy to see that women's tattoos were more complex. They have a straight line on their foreheads and chins, with two U-shaped lines on their cheeks. Men, on the other hand, have just one straight line each on their foreheads and chins.
The more complex the patterns, the more responsibilities one had in society, said Tien. "The tattoo pattern for men is simpler, taking only about four hours to complete, while that for women takes 10 or more hours." Although the Atayal live in a patriarchal society, women's status was due to contributions to families, in particular, those decorated with dark whorled patterns on their faces were said to bring luck.
Due to a lack of understanding regarding the unique lifestyles of ethnic minorities, such as aborigines, some people regarded tattoos as a sign of savageness.
Those who had tattoos encountered severe discrimination after the Han people immigrated to Taiwan.
What is more, during the Japanese occupation (1895-1945), the colonial government considered skin ornamentation as violent and evil, causing a major decline in the body art. The tradition was banned until 1913. "The older generation is the last with face tattoos," said Tien.
A significant but little known aspect of tribal lifestyles is the manifestation of various art forms such as textiles with symbolic patterns, meaningful wall-decorations, woodcarvings or ritual dances.
Tattoos belong to the whole network of codes woven together in the fabric of tribal cultures. Yet, preservation of body decoration has been the most difficult.
"As people age, wrinkles gradually cover their faces. Numbers--who can be viewed as the best source of oral narrative about Taiwanese history--have shrunk greatly," said Tien with a sigh.
"Even though tattoos have supernatural meanings for wearers, they can not help the older generation defend itself against time. I hope the government will put more effort into saving this dying culture," he said.
Tien has opened an Atayal facial tattoo culture studio in Hualien County, home to most Atayal. He is recording the withering culture, preserving it through photographs.
"Even though they might not actually get face tattoos as their ancestors did, I hope modern Atayal understand the old ways and value the things tattoos symbolized: glory, honor and virtue."








There are many theories about the origin of face tattoo, which is now still a matter of debate because of different perspectives. Now, we would like to introduce the major theories:



Young lady in tattoo Young lady in tattoo
★A long long time ago, the ancestors of the Truku tribe thought that they had to worship the nameless gods with human head as sacrifice when misfortunes happened to them. Then, they could escape from the disaster. At one time, however, they went to war (coming out of grass) and tried to hunt enemies’ heads, they chopped the tribesman’s head by mistake. They thought if they tattooed their faces, they would not chop of their comrades’ heads by mistake.
★Long long time ago, according to the legend, a terrible thing happened. One day, many of the young women died without knowing what the reasons were. Such happening terrified the tribe’s people. But they could not find a way to save themselves. One night, a young girl saw their ancestor’s ghost in her dream. He told her, “If you want to escape from this disaster, you have to tattoo some patterns on your face.”
Early the next morning, the young girl told the tribe what she saw in her dream. Then, a smart man used burned charcoal to draw some patterns on the girl’s dress. And told all the women in the tribe to tattoo the same pattern and painted it black on their faces with thin needles. After the Truku women tattooed their faces, they would not die of unknown reasons. Then, tattooing the face had become a custom and was inherited by their descendants.TOP

Significance of Face Tattoo


Women’s tattoo Men’s tattoo
1. Symbol of Adulthood: The Truku would tattoo their foreheads when they were 5 to 10. Then, the male would tattoo their faces when they were 16 to 20; and the female 14 to 18 to symbolize their adulthood. In the tribe, men would not get married a woman without any face tattoo. And no woman would want to marry a man without any face tattoo as well. After tattooing their faces, they could participate in all the open activities. For the people without face tattoo, they would not be welcomed.
2. Expression of beauty: Tattooing pretty patterns on their faces, the women could attract the men’s attentions.
3. Badge for identification: The people from the Tayal and Truku tribe had to tattoo on their faces. During the war, it could enhance their will to unite, in order to prevent killing their tribes’ people or to get protections.
4. Tribal Identification: The patterns of tattoo differ from a tribe to another. For example, the Truku women tattoo U shape pattern on their faces. Meanwhile, the Tayal women tattooed V shape ones. In addition, the Primaw women tattooed 5 stripes on their foreheads, and the Tayal and Truku women only tattoo only 1 stripe. Also the Dueda prefers to tattoo a wide stripe on their cheeks.TOP

Family Structure

The Family Structure Of The Talwar’s

In my family structure the family is like a democratic family. We vote for some big decision and we also have a discussion for our family needs and how we are doing financially and how I’m studying. My dad is the head of the family but we treat ourselves equally in the house and give everybody equal amount of freedom. Whenever we need to make a big decision we work together to solve the problems for the family. My father separates for a little time for us to think about we just talked about and then solve the problems. We don’t really have duties like a job for a certain day but whenever we get a duty we do it immediately if its really important. To solve problems in our family my father gives us 3 best choices of the problems and we all choose one and vote but never since we started we never got different answers. The family tree for us looks something looks like this:
1. Head of the Family the trunk in a tree- My dad Raman Talwar
2. The branches of the tree- My mom Neelam Talwar
3. The leaves of the tree- Me Siddhant Talwar

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Siddhant Talwar
3/2/2009
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Activitè 3 Pg 131

1. Faux. C’est à Pậques.
2. Vrai. C’est la Rochelle
3. Faux. Vendredi, samedi, et lundi …..
4. Faux. Le quatorze juillet….
5. Vrai. C’est le quatorze juillet il y a un bal, …….
6. Faux. Le noel à Paris.
7. Faux. Le concert est le dix-sept, le dix huit et le dix-neuf dècembre/



Activitè 4 Pg. 131

1. un jogging noir
2. un T-shirt jaune
3. un pull gris
4. des chaussettes blanches
5. des chaussares verts
6. un short rouge
7. un casquette brune
8. un pantalon bleu