Psych

We watched another mystery movie called Psych after watching Monk last time. In this blog post, I will write the elements of a mystery of the movie Psych. The one we watched was called "Pilot".

Crime : Fake kidnapping, murder

Detective : Shawn and Gus

Villain : Mr. McCallum

Alibi : When Mr. McCallum said that he cut his wrist with a knife because he was sad that his son was kidnapped.

Victim : Mr. McCallum's son and his friend.

Suspect : Mr. McCallum

Sense of Tension : When Shawn explains all about what happened in Mr. McCallum's bedroom.

Red Herring : The bag filled with all the clothes and Shawn thought that there were ransom money.

Witness : Mr. McCallum's son's dog.

Evidence : Gun on the hand, coffee mixer, 2 dead bodies, cup, blood, bag and dog bite.

Clue : Mr. McCallum's cut-off wrist, blood on the dog's mouth, and the medicine in the bathroom.

Investigation : Investigation with Shawn, Gus and the police.

Surprise Ending : That Mr. McCallum killed his son and his friend, and when he admitted that he did the murder.

6 elements of mystery

This picture shows a crime where this little cartoon guy steals lots of money from the safe. Crime is a thing villians do and it is usually to do with murder or stealing. It is against the law.

This pictures shows a cartoon detective holding a magnifying glass and looking at footprints to find clues. Detective is a person who tries to solve the crime. He is a protagonist.

This picture shows a cartoon villain holding a bomb which shows that he is a bad guy. Villains are the antagonist, who does the bad thing and hides from detectives. Other words for villains are criminals or bad guys.

This picture shows a cartoon victim, and the guy on the water holding his hand up is the victim. Victims are the person who gets affected by the villain and the crime. He is not the antagonist.

This picture shows a cartoon investigation. The detective is searching the newspaper with the magnifying glass for clues. Investigation is a process of solving the crime. Detectives or polices are who does the investigation.

This picture shows a cartoon paper of a suspect. It says WANTED on the top of the paper which tells that that guy on the black shirt is the suspect. He has money on his back that he stole. Suspects are the people who gets doubts from the detectives, and the suspect not be the real one.

Monk

We watched a movie called "Monk" in English class today. The reason of watching this movie is because we were on our mystery unit, and this movie fits this topic perfectly. This episode was called the Voodoo curse, which is a black magic which some people believe only.

One day, a old woman was hit by a baseball while she was passing by. She died immediately and Monk, his assistant Natalie and 2 other detectives came to solve this problem. Then, when the detective went to her house, there was a voodoo dall that was packaged. In the package, it said that it was sent 3 days ago before this baseball incident. The doll looked like the old woman, and it had a baseball that was stuck on the dolls head. Monk and the other detectives tried to solve this crime case, and right after this one, there was a newspaper article that said that a lightning killed a golfer. In the golfer's house, there was another doll sent which said 3 days ago and had a wire lightning sticking out of top of his head. It was a voodoo doll, and Monk's assistant Natalie thought that it was the Voodoo's curse, and she believed it. There were some more incidents that was similar to this, and one of them was Mr. Robert, Angeline's uncle's case. Mr. Robert already had a heart disease, and one day he died of heart attack in his house and there was a voodoo doll on the desk with the heart taken off. Angeline said that the doll killed him. After that, a similar case happened to Monk's assistant, Natalie. A voodoo doll was sent with Natalie's name on it and the head cut off. Natalie got really scared, and couldn't sleep. Because of that reason, Monk calls Mr. Reverend to uncurse Natalie. He makes a potion with all the weird ingredients and when he was saying something, Natalie became unpatient and drank the potion right away even though she was supposed to rub it on her neck. Mr. Reverend called 911 right away and the paramedic and police came. When the paramedic got on the ambulance with Natalie alone, Mr. Reverend and Monk rode a seperate car behind. Then, Mr. Reverend found everything out. He knew that Angeline was one of Mr. Reverend's Voodoo doll custemers. Angeline mailed a package to herself, makes the dolls, and put it in the package. She makes a package that says that it was sent 3 days ago, and mails it to the victims house after she gets the keys of the house. She also killed her uncle Mr. Robert by putting drugs into his mouth and she knew exactly what to put because she was a paramedic. Then in the ambulance, Angeline and Natalie started fighting, until Monk and Mr. Reverend comes out of the truck and opens the ambulance door.

Plastiki

Plastiki is a boat that was made with 12,500 recycled bottles. This boat is 20 meters long, and this idea was made by one of the 6 crews, David de Rothchild. He's going to sail all over the Pacific Ocean, starting from California, USA and finally going to reach Sydney in Australia. Some people think that it is not possible to sail from California to Sydney just by a boat that is made by plastic bottles, but the crews all think that they are going to make it. It started sailing from March 20, 2010 which was 10 days ago, and it is now passing Cape Horn, the bottom part of South America. This expedition started because of the amount of air pollution and global warming. David de Rothchild said that the Pacific Ocean is just one big chunk of trash and the he decided to cross the Pacific Ocean by boats made by 12,500 recycled bottles.

Vocab List 10

1. Primitive

2. Godsend

3. Melancholy

4. Ambivalent

5. Impeccable

6. Probation

7. Despicable

8. Beckoning

9. Melodramatic

KOREA v.s. HONGKONG

Last Sunday, there was a soccer match (real professional players). It was the Asian Cup; and there were four teams which were South Korea, Japan, China, and Hong Kong. It was held in Tokyo, Japan, and the first match for South Korea was against Hong Kong. This Cup was held just to get ready for the World Cup in South Africa which will be on June of 2010.

I was playing game in my computer myself, then my dad called me and said that there is going to be a soccer match. I ran to the T.V. and was so excited. We knew that Hong Kong was a weak team, so I was sure we were going to beat them. The match started. After 10 minutes passed, South Korea scored a header goal. The scorer was the South Korean captain. I was so happy so I was jumping from up to down. Well, we scored another goal in 15 minutes. I jumped up to down and we scored by a turning shot. 2:0 already after 15 minutes. I was so proud of South Korea. Then, after 30 minutes, we scored another goal! The scorer was Lee-Dong-Guk and he was the best player in the team. He haven't scored a goal for so long but he scored a fabulous header goal in this match! Again, I jumped. 3:0! Just before the half time, we scored another goal, AN AWESOME GOAL! The whistle blew! The half time. Then, the second half was BORING. We didn't score any goals until.... the last minute! We scored at the 92nd minute. And, the whistle blew. Final score was 5:0. And the Korean goalkeeper touched the ball only a few times.

Extra INFO - 1. China played with Japan and they had a tie.
2. We are playing against China today in Japan.
3. We are playing against Japan this Sunday,

Vocab list 7

1. Cask - A wooden container usually for holding drinks.

2. Cynical - An attitude sort of like winning, but worse.

3. Provisions - Some supplies, often food.

4. Subvert - To make things not work, ruin.

5. Accumulate - To get more items.

6. Congregate. Everybody/thing coming together. A cousin of accumulate.

7. Ominous - A signal that something is going to happen.

8. Contradict - People not agreeing in a thing/disagree.

9. Adversary - Your opponent.

10. Flabbergast - When you can't believe it and when you are amazed. When you are flabbergasted, you say "You gotta be kidding me!".