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Nov 2 Question: How does the author make the memories that the Giver translates vivid and realistic? Find examples of descriptive words and images. – The author only uses words that describe the memories. Descriptive Words: restlessly, sharp pain, breathless glee, exhilarating.

Nov 2, 2009 The Giver Lois Lowry 88 - 107 visualization When Jonas was seeing the colours I could see that when ever the colour red appeared I could see the apple and her hair in my mind as a dark bold Red appearance.

Nov 4, 2009 The Giver Lois Lowry 108-120 summary Chapter 14: In chapter 14 Jonas was getting yet another memory of him in a sled sliding down hard ice instead of soft snow. When Jonas got home he asked his parents if Gabriel could sleep in his room. When Gabriel woke up and Jonas started patting his back he started giving away one of the memories he got! Chapter 15: In chapter 15 he got another memory about war and Death.

Nov 4 Question: Why do you think the Author chose snow and a sled ride as the first memory for the giver to transmit? Explain. – I think the author chose to do it so that they could start with one that doesn’t give any pain and so Jonas would think it was fun so he would want to keep going to training.

Nov 18, 09 The Giver Lois Lowry 139-162 Prediction I think jonas will make it out and the giver will stay with his spouse. I also think that there wont be any more receivers of memory. Q: Philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon said "knowledge is pain." Do you agree? Would Jonas? why or why not Explain a paragraph. A: I agree because like when you learn about war you may be able to picture it in your mind and if you can you may feel like one of the people who died in the war. And yes i think Jonas would agree to because when he got the memory of war he felt the pain of the solider as he felt the pain of Death

Nov 20, 09 | The Giver | Lois Lowry | 162 - 180 | Summarize In these chapters Jonas and Gabe and left there community. Jonas took Gabe so he wouldn't be released (killed). and they ate a little food not much on their journey. When Gabe started to cry Jonas gave him a memory for him to stop crying and finally at the end of the book Jonas started think of he christmas memory I think. Q: Is it and Optimistic Ending? Does Jonas Survive? Yes I think The Giver has an optimistic ending because i think he is going to find someone to help him. Also when he is thinking of christmas because he is talking about how he and Gabe will be loved and will be fed by a family that will help them. Yes i think Jonas is going to survive because it seems like he found someone at the End.

Nov 27, 2009 | The Unexplained | Janet Lunn | 1-3 | Prediction The Haunted Island: Joyce Barkhouse (Short stories) I think Torren a friend of Annie Copeland a girl who died in 1800, is going to find the ghost of Annie Copeland on the island of Francis. I also think that she's going to give him a really scare after he sees her.

The Unexplained by Janet Lunn, Pages 3 to 18, December 2, 2009 Miss Kirkpatrick's Secret: Kit Pearson Strategy Response: Summary (Short Stories) In this short story a little girl afraid of everything and her brothers are standing in front of a creepy house they believe is haunted! The other two brother leave to jasper and the little girl is afraid of everything is by herself for a whole week. The little girl then reads in the paper that the owner of the creepy house Miss Kirkpatrick had died. later that day when she was walking her dog she comes up to that house with her dog bacon. She starts walking away and tries to get bacon to come with her back to her house but bacon decides to run in the yard and around the back. Se then runs after him and figures out he ran into the the house. So she crawled through milk box that was left open. she suddenly had an urge to walk around the house investigating. when she got to the room the lady had died. Thats when I stopped reading. Q: Describe the setting - when and where does your novel take place? A: The house is dark and dusty with no blinding with light sunlight.

The Unexplained by Janet Lunn, Pages 26 to 36 The Closet: By Ken Roberts (Short Stories) Strategy Response: Prediction I just finished this story The CLoset so Im going to Predict for the next story. I think that there going to be another person face death according to the title. Q: Describe the similarities and differences between the main character and you. A: Where both nervous when we meet a relative we've never met.

The Unexplained by Janet Lunn, Pages 36 - 46 Strategy Response: Summary In the short story i read today This lady General Pershing. Thats what they call her. Well she's on this crazy spring outside decorating spree. When she's planning to dig a hole for a new Cypress Tree Michael Yells (Her son) "Don't dig there! That's Websters Roof!" The mom tells michael how ridiculous that is so she starts digging there as the dad (David) PIcks Michael up. As David and Michael go to get ice cream, Michael Keeps yelling "Don't dig there! Thats Websters roof!" all the way to the car. While they were gone the mother dug the hole and it the grass she pulled out was all gummy. When the mother when into the house for lunch and got back out. The Hole was filled up. Then Finally Michael got back with ice cream. Thats as far as I Read.

The unexplained by janet Lunn, Pages 46-55 Strategy response: Summary In the rest of the short story, webster got mad that they planted a tree where his roof was that later that night when it was dark he destroyed Michael's Roads. MIchael got mad so he wouldn't eat anything. So his mom made him a deal that they would dig up the tree and put the grass back. So his mom dug up the tree and put the grass back. Then later that night webster fixed Michael's Roads. Q: what are three questions that you have about your novel? A: - What is Webster? - Why would Jeremy's uncle buy a real skeleton? - Why would someone be so greedy that they would chop off someone's finger?

The Elephant Man by Christine Sparks, Pages 1 - 15 Strategy Response: Question - Why did you start the book off like that? - Why did you call the book "The Elephant Man"?

The Greatest Muhammad Al by Walter Dean Myers Strategy Response: Summary In what I read today there was a fight between Liston and Clay. Clay was winning the fight until the last round when something got into Clays eyes. And thats when I stop reading.

BONE: Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith, Pages 1 - 68 Strategy Response: Prediction I think Phoney Bone wont be able to help the merchants with the big bee because gran'ma wont let him go to the marketplace the next day. I also think that they will be moving on with there journey so that phoney bone wont be able to.

BONE: Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith, Pages 68 - 97 Strategy Response:Summary Phoney Bone went to the marketplace the next day but a whole swarm of bee's attacked the merchants and phoney. Gran'ma Ben had to come and scare all the bee's away. All the bee's were After was a small jug of water. After that they all went to the unground council meeting.

BONE : Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith, pages 98 - 118 Strategy Response: Summary In what I read today grandma ben, thorn, and phony went to the council meeting and built up an army to defend themselves. Later in the meeting guards found them and chased them out and they hid in a little shack. They started to talk about the ghost cirlces and how thorn was talking to the dead and how her mother told her to seek The Crown Of Horns.

BONE : Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith, pages 119 - End Of Book Strategy Response: Summary Phony and smiley went to find the treasure and thought it was in a well that was locked up so they tried to get in the well and the guards came and tried to arrest them but the bees helped them. Thorn helped this little kid from a guard because the guard was hurting the little kid. Then she got arrested. Then the book said "To Be Continued..." Q: If you were a character in your book, who would you be? Explain in a few sentences. A: The character I would be from the novel Bone: Treasure Hunters is Smiley Bone because he's really nice and funny. Also he has unique skills like carving. He also has a really cool friend called Bartleby, he's a rat creature.

Bone: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith, pages 1-36 Strategy Response: Summary In what I read today Fone Bone was reading Thorn Moby Dick. Then Miz Possum came and gave them a pan of sludge to patch up the roof of a house. Phoney bone and Smiley bone were trying to get chickens to lay eggs so that they can get rich because they use eggs instead of coins for money. Q: What are two emotions the main character has felt? What made the main character feel this way? A:

BONE: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith, pages 37 - 80 Strategy Response: Prediction I think that the rat creatures are going to attack Thorn, Fone Bone, and Gran'ma Ben because Fone Bone and Thorn kept yelling Gran'ma Ben for listening on their little talk about their dreams. Also I think Phoney and Smiley are gonna get into a lot of trouble when they get to the pub. Q: What does Theme mean? What is the theme in the novel you are reading or have just read. Explain A:

BONE: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith, pages 80 - 121 Strategy Response: Summary In what I read today Fone Bone was talking about how when him and his cousins left Boneville that Smiley Bone had found a map. Also when Fone Bone went to grab the map he accidently pulled out a love poem. Gram'ma Ben also had to deal with some family issues because gram'ma ben told Thorn that there was no suck thing as dragons and when Fone Bone called out for a dragon gram'ma ben got proved wrong to Thorn got mad. Q: What is your favorite part of the book you're reading? Why? A: I like the part when SMiley and PHoney get busted and now has to go to a tavern and help this guy with anything he needs because they lost a bet.

Bone: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith, pages 122 - 138 Strategy Response: Summary IN what I read today Lucius got mad at the people in the bar because they tried to kill the Bones because they scammed them in the cow race. Lucius got in there faces told them if they laid a finger on them he would deal with them. Q:If you were the author, what would you have happening next? Explain the details and tell why you would make this decision. A: I would make one of the town people touch one of the bones so that Lucius would get into a fight.

**February 5, 2010** - Viewing Response (answer these questions in a paragraph): 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 this man from the earthquake from haiti stole this orange juice and started drinking. I think he feels like hehasn't drank in years.

Bone: Eye of the storm by Jeff Smith, pages 138 - End Strategy Response: Summary In what I read today phoney bone and Smiley bone had a contest with Lucius and at the start lucius was winning then smiley started giving them out for free and phoney got mad so he took them away but then the people buying the beer got mad so they tried to attack phone bone and smiley bone but lucius got in front of phone bone and smiley. then they started talking about dragons and then phoney bone told them that he was a dragon slayer and so they started buying the beer from phone bone and smiley bone. Lucius when outside to talk to this guy that said he had news from the south. Q: 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.

February 22, 2010, Don Cherry: Hockey Stories and Stuff by Don Cherry, pages 1 - 6 Strategy Response: Summary In what I read today don cherry was talking about how Mats Sudin is being offer 20 million for 2 years with the Vancouver Canucks. Also how He was only payed 4600 dollars. Q: Would you be friends with the main character? Why or why not? Support w/ evidence from your reading in a paragraph. A: I would be Don Cherry because he knows everything about hockey and knows lots of the players.

February 24, 2010 Don Cherry: Hockey Stories and Stuff by Don Cherry, Pages 6 - 10 Strategy Response: Summary In what i read today Don cherry was coaching the Boston Bruins and how in there first game against buffalo they lost 9 - 5. Then when they were in the playoffs the year before the got kicked out by losing to the Chicago Black hawks. The first game they won game 9-1 but the second game they lost. and the third game they lost by one or two points DOn Cherry said. Q: 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)? A: Corridor - I think the corridor is some kind of storage that is underneath the stands. Contribution - I think it mean contributing to someone or something. Banquet - I think it may be a little talk show

Febuary 26, 2010 Don Cherry: Hockey Stories and stuff by Don Cherry, Pages 10 - 15 In what I read today Don cherry was talking about how Bobby Orr was a great defenseman. w

April 12, 2010 The 10 Most Extreme Fighting Styles by A. Noel Lim, Pages 1 - 9 In my book in the first nine pages most of them were about the book but I read about the fighting style Kendo. Kendo is Rank number 10 in this book in my mind I would put Kendo rank 8 or 7. Kendo is a Japanese fighting style made in the Late 18th Century. Kendo is based on sword fighting. A kendo fighter has to have both hands on the sword or stick. Kendo is a Full-contact fighting style.

April 14, 2010 The 10 Most Extreme Fighting Styles By A. Noel Lim,9 - 13 I read about Jujutsu and Brazilian Jujutsu. Jujutsu was made in Japan same as Kendo. Jujutsu came to the States from an argument and the President wanted to learn how to use Jujutsu. Charles Perry was the first american to learn the Jujutsu moves. Brazilian Jujutsu was invented by Carlos Gracie. Carlos got Jujutsu from fighting a Jujutsu master. Carlos just added new moves and changed up some new moves to make the moves more deadly. Brazilian Jujutsu is used for Street Fighting.

April 19, 2010 The 10 Most Extreme Fighting Styles by A. Noel Lim, Pages 13 - 25 I read about Shotokan Karate and Aikido. In Aikido there is a movie star that is a Aikido master and started a Dojo in Japan. The Movie star is Steven Segal. Aikido uses Long Staff's, wooden sword, and wooden or rubber knife, are used by some Aikido schools. In Shotokan Karate they wear white uniforms with belts of what stage or class they are. Shotokan Karate is based on using your fists and blocking with your body.

April 21st, 2010 Just Shocking by Andy Griffith, Pages 82-91 I read about a big List of “101 Dangerous Things”. The list has a lot of funny things and a lot of really dangerous things. The list is made by a little kid and it involves a lot of wacky and crazy things such as girl germs and such. Its actually one of the funniest books I’ve read.
 * April 21, 2010:** Complete a strategy response. Question response: Compare where you live to the setting described in what you are reading. //**Explain in a paragraph.**//

Wall-E Essay Wall-E Essay April 12, 2010 By Dustin Whiting

What if the Earth was to pollute? What if we had to leave the Earth and go somewhere else? Could we survive? Pollution so bad there are buildings made out of garbage cubes like Wall-E’s world. Garbage where ever you look, you can’t see life. Would the pollution rise to the point that the human race would have to leave the planet?

What would happen if Wall-E weren’t made? Walle-E is an old robot not to advanced, that was made with feelings and had one job to do. Wall-E’s job was to clean everything that is trash. He had cleaned up so much garbage he has almost made hundreds of buildings of garbage cubes. Wall-E collects little artifacts that may mean something such as a rubrics cube, a boot, a plant, and such. Wall-E also picks up as much spare parts as possible. What would happen if Wall-E weren’t made?

Sent to Earth to find life, Eve is a sophisticated, advanced robot. A robot so advanced it has a laser gun that can destroy anything, can fly so fast you can barely see it. Also has floating body parts nothing is connected with screws. Almost as if there was a magnetic field in between her body parts. Eve had the job to find life and that’s the only thing she had to do. If Eve were to find Life she would go in a lock down mode. What if Eve wasn’t sent to the Earth? Would the humans ever come back?

If we were to live on a space ship would we live differently? The Axyiom is a space ship In Wall-E that all the humans live on. On the Axyiom it is full of advanced computers and is ran by one big company. The people in the Axyiom are over weighted and have to use hover chairs to move around. The kids learn about Buy n’ Large the company that runs everything. The over weighted people just eat slushy’s, just different favors. What if we couldn’t build a space ship?

Would the pollution rise to the point that the human race would have to leave the planet? Right now there isn’t that much pollution like there is in Wall-E but what about in fifteen or twenty years what would the pollution be like. Pollution can get out of control in a matter of years easily. Is buildings made from garbage possible like in Wall-E? Some people just won’t care and just throw any of their garbage on the ground. What if we didn’t have the technology to make a robot like Wall-E or Eve to clean up our garbage.


 * **April 28, 2010:**

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.
 * Part 1: Viewing Response**

Technology is important right now and will be important in the future. I think that the message is about how technology is advancing and it will soon be able to out smart the smartest person in the world. The advanced technology it is talking about in this video clip will be super smart. when the video clip says their will be a super computer that will out smart the human race by 2013. Also that over 600 000 songs were illegally downloaded with in 5 minutes. I think that technology will actually be able to get this smart with out us even realizing.

May 5, 2010 Freak the Mighty Prediction I think Blade is going to come back and give freak and max some trouble and max wil have to run somewhere with freak on his shoulders. Complete a strategy response (use a few sentences). Question Response: How has Max's view of Kevin changed since the beginning of the novel? Explain in a paragraph. - Well max thought Kevin wanted to kill him from the start but now max and kevin are starting to become friends. like now there hanging out and talking and being nicer to each other. Kvin is explaining words to Max that he does know about.there friendship has changed alot since the start of the book.
 * May 5, 2010 - Freak the Mighty Response:**

May 19, 2010 - Freak the Mighty Prediction I think Killer kane is going to get Max some how and take him somewhere no one knows and hes going to get the loretta person to watch him when hes not there. I predict this because ive seen the movie and the title sounds like somethings going to go down. Q: A: I think the conflict is Person vs. Person. Max vs. His father because I know his father is going to try to get him back.

May 28, 2010 - Freak the mighty Summary In the chapters we read today killer kane took Max into a cellar of a house that got burnt in a fire! The house was dark and full of coal and barely any light. There was only one window in the cellar that gave alight light. Loretta tried to help Max but Killer kane started to choke her and she almost died but Max saved her by yelling at him about how he killed his mother. Freak slid in through the window and sprayed Kane in the eyes with soap, vinegear, and some powder. then the cops came and took kane to jail.

Q: Does max pass the test? IS he independent or is it "Freak the Mighty" that passes the test? A; No max doesnt do it alone! Freak the Mighty passes the test because max can barely do anything so when freak slides in and spays kane in the eyes, they do it together by running up the stairs and getting killer kane stuck down there as they get outta the house and the police go in.