Perfect Nanny

In the movie Mary Poppins, Bill Walsh creates a fantasy world full of magic! Mary Poppins is a nanny with many tricks up her sleeve. Mary Poppins is helpful to the children because she always spends time with them. The children enjoy Mary Poppins so much!
Mary Poppins is a delight to the children, she takes them to imaginary places you’ve never been! These worlds are filled with everything the children like! While on the outings a friend of Mary’s, Bert, tags along. The children have never had more fun in their lives. That all changes when they are with their parents. Their parents never take time to do something with them. That must have a big impact on the children’s lives.
Jane and Michael’s parents never spend enough time with them, but Mary helps in lots of different ways. One day before Mary, Bert, Michael, and Jane go to another outing, the children have to clean their rooms. In order for it to go quicker, Mary Poppins simply snaps her fingers while pointing at an object and it is put back in place. This describes some of the magic used in the movie. There is also lots of singing in this delightful movie. Catchy songs such as “A Spoon Full of Sugar” and “Chim Chim Cheree” have you dancing in your seat. Singing is joyful for everyone in the town. They use it to express their feelings.
Magic and singing play a big role in this movie, the children’s dad is always cranky. He has never taken the children pretty much anywhere! Mary Poppins and the father were talking, and Poppins twisted things he said and made it seem like he offered to take the kids to the bank. So he did take the kids to the bank and on the way there the children see an elderly woman they once dreamt about, feeding the birds. She was a poor but nice lady, and the children wanted to feed the birds too! But of course, Mr. Banks wouldn’t let them. When they arrived at the bank Jane and Michael started a riot and then everyone thought the bank was scamming them. It caused the bank to close down for the rest of the day. It also resulted that the father got fired from his job at the bank.
During the loss of the father’s job, he finally realized he needs to have fun in life. So he spent more time with his kids. You can see that in society today, how much time you spend with your kids determines your children’s lives. Mary Poppins was a miracle that happened to come along. That doesn’t always happen so we need to learn to make the most of ourselves and our family!

Adapting


In the story The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez, Panchito lives in a migrant family with Roberto (brother), Papa, and Mama. Panchito is working hard in the crop filled field. As soon as he catches a break, there is more to do. He can’t handle the warm, sunny climate and his aching muscles anymore. He can’t wait for school to start, but just when he gets excited for it it is snatched away from him. Moving from place to place would be very difficult because you have to adapt to different living styles.
Moving different places can be difficult in many ways. Panchito has lived in a lot of different homes. Jiménez writes, “The garage was worn out by the years. It had no windows. The walls, eaten by termites, strained to support the roof full of holes. The dirt floor populated by earthworms, looked like a gray road map.” As you can see it is a filthy place to live. Papa, Panchito, and Roberto work in the fields. When the school bus goes by, Panchito and Roberto have to hide so they won’t get in trouble or picked on for not going to school. It would be hard living in a migrant family.
It would be hard living in a migrant family. But when it’s finally time for Panchito to go to school, it is such a happy time for him. On the other hand though, Roberto has to keep working. Panchito feels guilty but decides to make the best of it. Francisco Jiménez writes, “Mr. Lema walked up to me and handed me an English book, and asked me to read. When I heard this I felt the blood rush to my head; I felt dizzy.” Panchito cannot speak English so he ended up not reading. During Panchito’s lunches, Mr. Lema volunteered to help Panchito with his English. Soon, Panchito discovers a new interest; a trumpet.
Panchito discovers a new interest which is the trumpet. Mr. Lema tries to teach Panchito to play it, but as soon as he starts to like it, he has to move. In this story you can realize that someone’s life is harder than yours. You can realize that we all have it pretty good. Panchito would most likely want our life more than he wants his own.
Panchito has a difficult life and education, work, and making friends is hard for him. So we can see that in society today, people have fewer things than we do. It makes us grateful and appreciative of everything we have. It reminds us to thank and help others. What can you do to help a new student at your school?