Visit Number 7

Assessment Number Seven

 A Paragraph by Gaelen Frink

Eighth Grade English

Pine Point School

February, 

            Today for serving I served turkey pot pie, soup and baked ziti. The ziti was hard to serve because of the way it was cooked. The ziti had a hard layer of cheese on top so I had to break through that to get to the actual pasta. Zig made two things of turkey pot pie, but we didn't even take the second one out of the oven because we didn't need it. He could have only of made one and that would have served everyone twice. This was because of the amount of people who came in to eat. It was like a whole different world than the one that I was in during January. Even though it might sound like fun to have nothing to do it was very boring and I would rather have 60 people than 13. Even though this was my last visit I still want to goo to the WARM shelter. I like seeing all of the people who come in and I am starting to become friends with them. The WARM shelter was the beat place for me to volunteer.

Outline for Assessment Paragraph Number 7

TS This experience has changed me in many ways

Bell word Changed

SD First it has changed my view on the homeless

        CM They are people too

        CM They have just made a mistake in their lives and that has changed the way they live

SD I now know more about homelessness and how it happens

        CM I learned that some of the people are addicts

        CM Some people just suffer from chronic homelessness

SD I know more about homeless people in my town

        CM I have seen some of the people outside of the warm shelter
        CM I also am not as nervous around the shelter

CS I have changed with the more I learn about homelessness

Outline for Assessment Paragraph Number 6

TS If I was to do this again what would I do differently

Bell word Differently

SD I might have tried to go on the weekends

        CM I would have met the other cook

        CM Seen different people

SD I might have tried to go more during the end of January

        CM I would have served more meals and

        CM  I would see people who looked alright but couldn't afford food

SD Talked with more people

        CM I talked with Zig Matt a lady who comes in later than most people

        CM I could have found out more about different people

CS These are the things I would  do differently

Outline for Assessment Paragraph Number 5

TS To Kill a Mockingbird and the WARM shelter have many things in common

Bell word    

SD Loneliness

        CM Dill was lonely because his parents just didn't love him

        CM It seems like some of the residents and the people who come into the shelter are lonely

SD Treasures

        CM Jem and Scout had their treasures that they found in the tree

        CM The people who live at the shelter seem to have their belongings and to the people food is also a treasure

SD Friendship

        CM To Jem and Scout and Dill friendship to them is everywhere 

        CM To the people who come into the shelter everyone knows everyone

CS The shelter has many things in common, but you would never know if you judged it by its cover

Outline for Assessment Paragraph Number 4

TS I learned a great deal about homelessness

Bell word learn

SDI learned many statistics about RI homelessness

        CM 18% of homeless in RI suffer from chronic homelessness

        CM 41%of homeless people are women and 59% of homeless people

SD I also learned about alternative housing for the homeless

        CM One way was that people would build a clear or white shell with a tube to capture war air from a building's exhaust from heating

        CM I also learned that someone thought of an idea where there would be suits with cots built right into them

SD There are also a type of homeless called mole people

        CM  Mole people live underground in tunnels

        CM  In Las Vegas around 700 people live underground

CS I now have more knowledge about the homeless

Outline for Assessment Paragraph Number 3

TS What were my accomplishments that were good

Bell word accomplish

SD I served food to homeless people

        CM  Made it so that people who didn't have a meal ate

        CM Served a meal to a 13 year old

    SD It sometimes it was a challenge to wait

        CM When there was no people to serve my mind started to wander

        CM Sometimes a customer came in and I came back to reality

    SD When I was serving I sometimes served too much

        CM I then had to make servings thereafter smaller so that way I could serve everybody else

        CM That means someone got less food than someone else

CS It felt like I did some thing for someone else

Outline for Assessment Paragraph Number 2

TS Challenges I have experienced

Bell word Experience 

SD At first I just served 

        CM Now I have a relationship with them

        CM So I conquered that challenge

    SD One time while serving I was running low

        CM I had to make that food stretch

        CM I was able to make the food that I served to 10 people feed 20

    SD I had to serve with people from OLV

        CM They didn't need me

        CM  But I did most of the serving

CS These were my challenges

Outline for Assessment Paragraph Number 1

TS I chose this site because I thought that it would be interesting to serve food to homeless people.

Bell word Interesting

SD Not many sites available in RI

        CM Some of the hours for the sites didn't work

        CM I also couldn't work on the weekends

    SD I had the idea of going to the animal shelter, but the hours didn't work

        CM The adult day care was on the list, but they ended at school hours

        CM I could have gone to some of the nursing homes in Westerly, but I wasn't very interested in that topic

    SDI actually went to the warm shelter at first to volunteer, but the coordinator wasn't there 

        CM I was finally able to get a hold of Joy Cordio and set up the times

        CM I was nervous at first, but now I really enjoy going to the warm shelter

CS Getting a place to volunteer was definitely a roller coaster