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|| November 2, 09 || The Giver || Lois Lowry || 88-108 20 pages || Visualization Connection || M y visualization and connection is the first time I had ever seen the colour red. I thought that it was the best colour ever! But then I seen the other colours and thought they were awesome too!! Now My Favourite colour Is Green. || |||||||||||| Nov 2 Question: How Does the author make the memories that the Giver transmits vivid and realistic? Find Examples of descriptive words and images. The Author describes the memories with descriptive words. She also explains it so you can feel it like how she explained the frigid cold snow! Examples are When the giver gave Jonas the memory of snow, the hill, and the sled. Another one is sunlight, and the sunburn. And another one is the guns and the elephants, and the men!! || || November 4, 09 || The Giver || Lois Lowry || 108-120 12 pages || Connection || The Connection I made was the breaking the bone one. My friend that had moved away had jumped off the slide at the town park and fell a long ways down and had broken his leg. || November 4, 09 Question: Why do you think the author chose a snow and sled ride as the first memory for the Giver to transmit? Explain. I think that the author made the Giver tell the memory of the snow and sled ride, So Jonas would be happy to come back and get more memories. And maybe because the author misses going out on the snow and sled ride when she was a kid. November 9, 2009 The Giver Lois Lowry 121-139 18 Pages| Prediction| I think that he will keep not taking his pill and lying to his friends and Family! He Will Keep Getting Painful Memories and Good Memories! I also Think that he will find out what christmas is! November 18, 2009 Reading Response. Prediction I think that Jonas Will escape from the community. I also Think that the Giver will not go with Jonas. The Giver Will Go With His Daughter. Question: Philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon said "knowledge is pain". Do You Agree? Would Jonas Agree? Why Or Why Not? I Agree With Francis Bacon. i think that jonas would agree to. Knowledge can bring pain, like jonas got knowledge of breaking his leg! He Got knowledge but it was painful! When You Get Knowledge It can be painful like gaining knowledge about one of your relatives dying! Knowledge Is Painful! knowledge is painful when you learn bad things in history and other stuff. Jonas Has to learn a lot of horrible memories. They Are also very painful, But are things he needs to learn in his training. November 20, 2009. Connection. I chose the connection of pain, hills, and snow. We Feel Pain a lot through out our lives!! Like when we get hungry we feel like we are going to starve to death if we don't eat. Or when we feel really weak that we can barely move to any where. When I first felt snow it was so cold and white! The First time I seen a hill it was Question: Is it an optimistic ending? Does Jonas Survive? I think that The Giver was an optimistic ending. I thought it was because I think jonas and Gabriel will live their lives in the place that they were going to. I think that Jonas And Gabriel Do survive at the place that they were going too. But I don't know for sure if they do survive or not. I think they would have lived a better life at the place they were going to rather than the community that they were going to. They would have all the memories with them but the other place they went to was probably not like Jonas Community. They Probably let people age by them selves instead of having a ceremony for the "age groups". They also probably showed all the colors that jonas community couldn't see and everything else. Heres an example, The Other community that Gabriel and Jonas went to seen snow in jonas community they didn't see snow or hills. The Unexpected. (GHOST STORYS) (6 pages) Author- Joyce Bark house. I think that Torrens will find Annie Copelands ring that she was murdered for. Then Torrens Will sail back to his hometown and tell everyone why Annie Copeland was murdered. Which was for her Ruby And Diamond Ring. Everyone Might believe him and feel sad for annie copeland. The Unexplained. (Canadian Gho st Story's) (10-25 pages) Author- Kit Pearson December 2, 2009 Strategy Response (predict) So far a girl was walking in a forest with no houses for a long time, And this couple decide to give this little girl a ride. What i think will happen, She Will Pretend to be human and then she will turn into a ghost and will scare the people and they will drive away from the little girl. Question Response: Describe the setting-when and where does your novel take place. My story takes place in a forrest and i'm guessing it was in the past because it is a ghost story. It is in a forrest because they are driving and they find a little girl walking and decide to giver her a ride, Then it goes into a car = = Strategy Response (predict) December 4, 2009 I think that in my story people are going to be killed and buried and a lot of ghosts in this next story that I'm going to read ! Question Response: Explain who the protagonist is by describing their appearance as well as behavior. There are many. Strategy Response: (predict) I think that in my ghost story they will find out who webster will look like. I think he will be some weird ghost/ghoul thing. I also think he wi ll be the color grey. Question Response: Describe the conflict(s) so far in your novel. Explain with details. Identify your type of conflict The conflicts in my book are when they mainly come in contact with ghosts. The ghost or strange things happen and they get worried/scared. The Type on conflict is Person Vs. Person. Strategy Response: (predict) The prediction that I made was there was a ghost guy who kept singing. So I think that he is going to come back and keep on haunting the ship and never leave them alone. I think that eventually he will talk and say what his name is. When They Will get to the other planet thing. Then they will find out that a lot of ghosts live at the place they were going to. Strategy Response: (Predict) I think that there is going to be a ghost in the house, and every time they are asleep or at night the little ghost thing will come out. The Ghost will tell them to do something then they do it and the ghost goes away. Question Response: What Are Three Questions That You Have About Your Book? Where Did You Find All The Ghost Story's? What Is Webster's Roof? Why Did You Choose To Write Ghost Stories? The Life Of Pi 1-4 I think that the kid will not listen to his parents and touch the tiger. The tiger will like him and he will show his parents and they will get really mad. The Parents will ground him and he will not be able to go back to the zoo. 4-6 I think that he will start working at a zoo. Maybe he will have children and his sons/daughters will like what he does and they will want to do what he does. Their favorite animal will be a tiger but their dad wi ll say that a tiger is bad and not to ever like it or something. Bone They Were At A Place that was being taken over by creatures so they had to run away to a secret place they don't know about. I think that the creatures will find them and try to kill them. They will get away again and keep running from the creatures. The Lightning Thief I think that he will see these old people who knit this sock thing and they will cut it which means death. he will fight a monster and the old people who cut the sock of death think he will die. But he will end up killing the monster and live. I think that he will go this camp for people that are different and can see through the "Mist". He will train and go on a lot of missions that are challenging and hard. He will end up fighting the Gods enemy's which are the Titan's. The Titan's will try and stop him but he will get past and complete the mission I think that he will kill a lot of monsters in this chapter. One including a bull. He will meet his father who I think is Poseidon. He will go on a lot of Journeys and kill lots of monsters. Strategy Response. He goes to a summer camp and gets trained how to use weapons and kill monsters. He will get shown around the camp and go to his cabin. He will meet other people that he has to go on quests with them. They will do a lot of Quests together. And they will have competitions. Question: if you could be a character in your book who would it be ? explain in a few sentences. I would chose Percy Jackson Because he is the chosen one. He goes on a lot of quests and kills lots of monsters. Also he is a Demigod and his father is the son of the sea. Strategy Response: Prediction January 20, 2010 I think that he will get trained at this camp and play activities. He will go on a quest to try and find the Titan lord. He will meet his father and other campers. Question Response: What would you s ay to one of your characters? Explain why you would say this. I would talk to Percy Jackson. I would say what is it like being a Half-Blood? because i want to know how it is being a half-blood, And how is having a father of a god. Bone January 25, 2010 1-46 Strategy Response- Question/visualize How did you come up with the idea too write bone books? Why did you chose to write about bone books? I visualize hiding in a game with my friends and trying not to be caught. But in this story it is serious and scary cause people want you dead. People just want us to help be i t when we get caught. Question response- What are the two emotions of the main character has felt? What made the main character feel this way? The two emotions for Fone Bone are scared, and happy. He is scared because these Rat Creatures are trying to kill him because he killed their leader. He is happy because he meets up with his cousins and some of his friends that split up when they were getting chased by the rat creatures. Strategy response- Prediction I think that thorn will go somewhere and try to kill the Hooded one, but bone will ask to come with her she will say no but they will follow her. Rock Jaw will some how find them but they will get away and maybe kill him. The hooded one will find them and bring them but go away and the Rat creatures will take them they will get away and go into protection. Question- What does theme mean? What is the theme in the novel you are reading or have just read. I think that theme means. The Moral of the story. Or the message that the author is trying to get out to people from the novel. I think the theme in my book is worried/scared. The reason for this is because they are always on the run running from people who want them to awake their master the locust lord. So they are running from a lot of people and worried and scared about getting caught from the people, Because if the lord of the locust gets awaken it is the end of their world. Don cherry hockey stories. 1-9 Connect Strategy Response- I chose connect because I have a lot of sports stories from a lot of sports. I have also met a lot of people from sports like Don cherry met people when he played sports and was a sports reporter. Don Cherry had won a lot of gold medals and trophy's I have a few medals and trophy's. === Question Response: What is your favorite part of the book you’re reading? Why? Be descriptive in your explanations. My favorite part of the book is all the winning stories that he won because it is interesting to know how he won and what had happened when he won. I also like all the pictures of him and with his friends and teams he likes = Bone Strategy Response- Predict I predict that they will find the dragon and the dragon's will help them win the war and they will be victorious. The lord of the locust's will not be freed and the rat creatures will be destroyed. Question Response: If you were the author, what would you have happening next? Explain the details and tell why you would make this decision. I would make the dragon's give bone a special power to destroy the enemy team because it would be a lot of action and I really like action. It should be a long battle for Old Man's cave February 5th, 2010 Viewing Response : Describe what is happening in the image below. Why do you think the person in the image is doing what he is doing? What does this tell you about the situation that he may be in? What is your reaction to this image/How does is make you feel? I think that he is drinking a liquid, Because he is very thirsty. That they have run out of water or have next to no water because of the earthquake that had happened in Haiti. It makes me feel horrible because they have no water or liquids and we have a lot that we use a lot in the day while they get barely any in a day. Bone- February 8, 2010- Visualize I can see what is happening but I pictured the Hooded one to look different than she is. I pictured the rat creatures to look different than what they are and different colors like not purple. Black and Grey more like. I thought the Bones would look different and I would name them different than Bone. They are the color white like a bone but look nothing like a real bone. But overall it is pretty cool. Question Response: In 4-6 sentences, describe several insights you’ve gained from your reading. You may include the book you are currently reading or a book that you have already completed. Some sights that I have seen are monsters or creatures that when they get his by a celestial bronze sword they turn to dust. Also I have seen a pen that turns into a sword when you take the lid off the pen. When you lose the pen it will be put into your pocket. Also I have seen armor and weapons that look cool in my book. February 10, 2010 - Connect When I am playing a game like man tracker you always have to keep moving and never stop or else you are going to get caught you may stay there for a little bit until they pass or you think it is clear. Also you have to gather all your supplies that you use like coats and darker things so that you will not be found as easily as light colored clothes. Question Response- Select a Quote from your your reading you liked. why did you pick it? what made you think of it? The Life of Pie February 22, 2010- visualize I visualize a guy who is studying three toed sloths. The sloths are sleeping and he is just standing there watching them for a report he has to do to see what the sloths do. Later he goes back and hands in his report. Then later he is in a zoo looking at all the animals and sees the three toed sloth that he studied. Question Response: Would you be friends with the main character? Why or why not? Support w/ evidence from your reading in a paragraph. No I wouldn't be friends with the main character. Because he is just sitting there studying sloths sleep that would be boring to me. He also has studied zoology which he would just say a lot of random things that I wouldn't know what it meant. Also sloths are very boring creatures they are always sleeping and not really active. They are very lazy and slow creatures. The Intruders February 24, 2010 - Question Why did you decide to call the book intruders? Why did you you chose to write about these books? Are you planning to make more books like this? Question Response: List three new vocabulary words from your reading. What can you tell about them from their structure (break them into chunks, look at prefixes and suffixes)? What can you tell about them from their context (meaning gathered from the sentence and paragraph around)? Slimy- Meaning slimy in my book. I learned what it meant by the sentence around it Revulsion- He is disgusted by salt. I learned by the sentence around it Gaffed- I learned it was a hooked stick. I learned what it was by the Dictionary February 26, 2010. After viewing the clip below, select the quote that you find most meaningful to you. Write a paragraph that explains why you selected the quote and its importance. "Giving up was never an option", Vince Armstrong I used this quote because I almost never give up on something I am determined to do. I was determined to get my school grades up and most of them did go up. I was determined to be good at sports and stay fit I am pretty good at sports and I am fit. I was determined to try a different sport and be good at it. So I joined soccer and ended up getting the Heart and Hustle my first year playing we sucked that year but the next year we did really good. Replay March 3, 2010 Question- Why did you decide to name it replay? Why did you chose the characters names? Why is there a fish on the front cover? Why does it say replay with movie tickets on it? Question Response: What you are reading is going to be made into a movie. Make a list five characters, what famous actor will play each character and what about the character makes that actor the best choice for the part. If I was making a movie about Replay I would have Leonardo, Ruby, Melanie, Mom, Papa. The actor who would make the main character would be Leonardo. Ruby would be Leonardo friend. Melanie would be like an evil child. And mom and papa would be the parents of Leonardo. March 8, 2010 Connect- The Connection I used was we are all in school and have parents just like all the kids in Replay. They all have friends and teachers same as we all do. They have parents who tell them rules 500 times and so do we. March 10, 2010 Identify- the authors purpose is to tell you to keep trying never give up. If you give up then you will not accomplish anything. If you don't give up you may have a better chance of getting something or doing something that you really want to do. Question Response: Do you think that the title fits the story? Give your opinion with reasons to support. Yes I think it does fit the story. because he has been in a lot of plays March 15, 2010 Prediction- He is going to go to the play being the old crone and everyone is going to make fun of him for being an old lady. He is going to be bugged and teased and made fun of for a long time. His dad already made fun of him because he told his dad what he was in the school play. Then while everyone is making fun of him these people are going to come and he will become famous then everyone will take it back. Question response: List at least three problems the characters faced? Which was the most life changing? Explain He is an old lady in the play His family His teacher His family I would have to say is his biggest problem because they are all mean to him and made fun of him when he told them what he was in the school play. March 17, 2010 Connect- The connection I made was that he has annoying brothers and so do I. Also about drama plays I had to be in a few. I don't like plays but if i had to i was in them. Question response: What is the mood of what you’re reading (happy, sad, funny, serious, etc.)? Defend your idea by giving examples from the novel. The mood is happy and sad. Because he doesn't get the part in the play that he wanted but he is happy that the teacher likes him and thinks he is good at plays. It is Also sad because he finds out his best friends brother dies. The Life Of Pi April 12, 2010 Visualize I visualize them going into the cage with the tiger and setting the goat free and then the tiger hunting down the prey and eating it while piscine is scared and his mom is holding onto him scared also I see the dad talking to the kids and saying how tigers are unsafe and why you should never go near any of them. April 14, 2010 Connect- I connected the part in my book with a time that my family was arguing who was a better hockey team and which one I liked more. Just like when the 3 wise men were asking what religion Piscine wanted to be in. So I ended up saying my team and they all just sat there and argued still. Question Response: What character do you like the least, and why? I don't like Ravi because he is always getting in trouble and is the oldest. He is always being annoying and doing things he shouldn't be. April 19, 2010 Question- I would ask a lot of questions to him about animals and what his favorite one is. Also I would ask him why he choses to write all these books about animals and stuff. Why does he like animals and zoos and have you ever worked at one? Question Response- Who is the author and what do you know about him/her? The author's name is Yann Martel, I know that he is a guy. He was born in Spain in 1963. After studying philosophy at Trent university and doing various odd jobs, he began to write. He now lives in Montreal. He has a collection of short stories, and self, a novel, both of them published internationally Time Stops For No Mouse April 21, 2010 Strategy Response- Predict I predict that the mouse is going to get kicked out of the hotel. The girl is going to kick him out because she doesn't like him and is mad at him. The mouse will have to go and live in his shop that he works in. The mouse will end up becoming richer and better than the girl. Question response: Compare where you live to the setting described in what you are reading. Explain in a paragraph. I think that it is totally different because I don't live in a big city like the mice and I don't live in a apartment/hotel. I live in a small town and a house instead of a huge hotel. And I am not a mouse. The mice are small and live in a hotel. We are big and live in houses.

After viewing the following video clip, respond in a paragraph. What is the message that the person who put this together trying to tell us? Give specific examples from the clip.

The video clip was on a bunch of examples around the world. The clip was called Did you know. An example of the clip was Did you know 65 babies were born in U.S.A while making this video. The clips message was to tell everyone about what weird but true facts are going on in the world that we might but probably don't know whats going on. There is also a lot of things like there is over one million searches on Google every day. There is also more texts in a day then the worlds population that is a lot of texts a day! There is a lot of things going on in the world that we don't know

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May 4, 2010, Prediction
==I think that Tony D, is going to find Freak and Max and try and beat them up but then Gwen is going to come out and they are going to get scared and run away again then the Fair Gwen will ask what happened and they will tell her and she will defend them. Max will get into trouble and so will freak because he was lipping them off.==

==Prediction- I think that killer kane is going to come through the chimney and talk to Max but Max is going to tell him to go away then he will talk him into talking with him then grim is going to come in and Killer Kane is going to run away and come back later.==