3rd entry

Topic: Living at peace with cats.

Main idea: Why and how we should live peacefully with cats and the advantages of doing that.

Main idea1: why we have to live peacefully with cats.

Topic sentence: why we have to live peacefully with cats because if we try to understand them, we will find the goods in them.

Supporting sentences/examples: 

1. The information I found why people don't like cats.

People don’t like cats because many people think cats are negative because they like to hide in dark places. For the reason, people can’t really know what kinds of lives they lived, and people always afraid of what they don’t know. That's why people don't like cats.

But the reason why cats like to hide in dark places is because they feel more comfortable in there. If people try to understand them, they will find out that cats are optimistic actually.

2. John's story which shows cats can be easily controlled if we treat them we'll and love them.

Only five days, he changed a lot. Just because we let him out all the time and gave him enough food to eat and water to drink. We didn’t do much right? But what we got from him is much more than we did to him. Our feedback was his meek side, and that’s enough for everyone who loves him.

3.Xiao shun death made Da fu sad can show cats are not hard to understand. They are just like human, and they have emotions, too.

He stayed in the bucket all night and didn’t eat anything. Da shun was walking around us. Da fu ‘s behavior made all of the people there felt sorry for him. Even my mom, who hates all the animals can’t help but believe that he was really heartbroken.

Main idea 2: how to live peacefully with cats.

Topic sentence: what you can do and what you can't do to help you live peacefully with cats.

Supporting sentences/example: 

1. Don't  misunderstand them. Take hydrophobia(狂犬病)for example, the cats in the park have already got a vaccine so they are safe. But if you don't know that, you might think they are dirty and mistreat them.

2. Not to chase after them. You might frighten them.

Many kids will chase after the cats or make some noises on purpose to scare them while I am playing with them. And the cats will run away  immediately. I think those kids want to play with the cats too. But they don’t know the appropriate way to get along with them.

3. You can take some toy to play with them(just as the post I post, a little girl played with Da fu)

I think the fastest way to get close to them is to play with them. I saw a little girl and his brother used a toy to play with Da Fu. In the beginning, Da Fu was afraid of them, but he played with them happily in the end.

Main idea 3: what can you learn if you live peacefully with them.

Topic sentence: cats are actually cute, if you treat them well, you can be happier and carefree.

Supporting sentences/example:

1. I go to see them everyday after school. No matter how tired I am, I will be happier and energetic after seeing them.

※The benefit of keeping a cat.(what I  found online.)

1.      Cats can release your stress better than dogs. Some searches indicated that “meow’s ” frequency is more likely to people’s ears.  

2.      Cats are natural alarm clocks. If you don’t wake up on time, your cats won’t let you sleep. And of course you can’t “turn them off.”

3.      You can learn to be diligent because you have to clean up

4.      Research form England indicated that those who keep cats are more clever tanr keep dogs because you don’t have to spend so much time on them.

5.      You can also help the environment! If you keep a cat, you can discharge less greenhouse gas(溫室氣體)than keep a dog.

6.      Cats can help you become more attractive! Research shows that 90 percent of single women think the man who keeps cats is more impressive because they are more sensitive and thoughtful.

7.      Keeping a cat is good for your heart! When you fondle cats, it can help you clam down. Researches indicated that compared with those who keep cats, those who don’t keep cats are more likely to have heart attack.

8.      Cats can help you catch flies, too. If you keep a cat, you don’t have to buy  insecticides.

What Hazel and I talked about

Hazel and I talked about my main idea—Try to live peacefully with cats.

Hazel asked me to think why people don’t like cats? Maybe it has something to do with superstition or ancient legend.

So I look up some information about it.

Many people think cats are negative because they like to hide in dark places. For the reason, people can’t really know what kinds of lives they lived, and people always afraid of what they don’t know. That's why people don't like cats.
But the reason why cats like to hide in dark places is because they feel more comfortable in there. If people try to understand them, they will find out that cats are optimistic actually.

My topic statement: What I have found in these cats.
My main idea: We should try to understand these cute but mysterious creautes and be nice to them.

Some sub-points

Now I am going to add some sub-points.

Why I choose this topic?

Because I love cats.

(I’ve already expand this.)

What do I want to share in my final presentation?

1.      I want to share the stories that happens between me and the cats.

In the books I read before, the authors usually wrote about the cats’ emotion by his or her imagination to attract the readers. I think I can do my project in that way, too.

Of course authors were all mention about their own feelings and wrote sincerely, that’s important, too. And don’t forget the interaction!

2.      The conversations between the couple who have fed these cats for fourteen years.

I think I’m not going to interview them formally, just talk to them like chatting with a friend. What we talk about is always about cats, so I think I don’t need to “interview” them. I post some conversations between as in the posts before, I don’t know if they are ok.

Where are the cats?

In the park near my house.

There are about six to seven cats in the park, every cats has its own name( named by the mother of cats.)and its own personality.

How do I do this topic?

I will go see these cats in the park everyday, and record what I see. And sometimes I will talk to the couple and write down what we talked about. Of course I have read some books to help me describe these cats funnier.

I think I would let some audience erase the dad memories of cats by my speech. Every time when I go to the park, some strangers would tell me not approach these cats because they are dirty or they have hydrophobia(狂犬病). But actually they are not that dirty(at least you won’t get sick if you wash your hands)and they don’t have hydrophobia.(or I would be the first person who dead in hydrophobia)

Topic: cats

Main idea: I not quite sure about the main idea, I think what I want to express how cute these cats are, please don’t hurt them.

Outline:

1.      強強’s story(I post it on the blogger, and Miss You told me it will be a good beginning.)

2.      Introduce these cats and shows where they like to hide in the park. (Each of them like to hide in different places.)

3.      Share the stories and the conversations.

(Introduce TNR. T=trap, N=neuter, R=return. TNR=love street cats )

4.      My conclusion(Try to be nice to them.)