Reading-Ben+R


 * ====** 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. **
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 * ====** Nov 2, 2009 **==== || ====** The Giver **==== || ====** Lois Lowry **==== || ====** 88 - 107 **==== || ====** visualization **==== || ====** When Jonas was seeing the colors I could see that when ever the color red appeared I could see the apple and her hair in my mind as a dark bold Red appearance. I could also see the color of the flowers. **==== ||
 * ====** 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. And on his way down the hill he wiped out and broke his leg. 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. **
|| ====**November 9,2009 The Giver Lois Lowery 121-139 I think that Jonas is stating to notice more color and every thing have suddenly become more emotional than before. Ever since he has not taken his pill this has been happening so I think that the pill smothers out your emotions. **====
 * ====** 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. **==== ||

====**No I don’t think that Jonas’s world is advanced because you don’t get to have all the new technology that is in the world right now so then they don’t get any harmful current events so that they know not to make the same mistake as others. They also be learning different from others so if they get “released” they don’t know how to react to the real world or different way of living. **====

**November 18, 09 pgs 139 - 162 Prediction **
====**I think that when Jonas goes to escape because someone might see him and them they will ask what he is doing. Jonas will have a hard time surviving in the beyond. The village will go into panic when the memory's return to them. **====

====**I think that knowledge is pain because if you know something that others don't then it eats away from the inside out on your body. Jonas would probably agree because when he gets memory's from the giver he can't tell anyone else so it eats away at him. Many of the memory's that Jonas has are memory's of pain. I think that some memory's are pain because it might be about someone **====

**November 20, 09 Pages read 162 - 180 **
====**A: I think that Jonas will die when the sled ride is done because he was starting to lose consciousness as he started to go down the hill. I think that the warm feeling of love was part of the Christmas memory but it wasn't a family waiting for him it was Jesus. **====

**Q Is it an optimistic ending? Does Jonas survive? **
====**I think that the end of The Giver is very optimistic because it basically meant that Jonas was going to move on to a better and more happy life. I don't think that Jonas survived because he and Gabriel were really cold and Jonas had to use the brief memory's of warmth just so that they could move and stay concuss. The music that Jonas herd was probably Christmas music and that is when Jesus was born. **====

**Prediction **
====**Jenkin LLoyd a kid that is the best archer in the village and he was just ordered to go to war against the French. Jenkins is terrified that he will die and his friends will. I think that Jenkin LLoyd will not die when he goes to war but his friends will die and he will left alone with no friends in the middle of a war. **====

====**In this chapter Jenkins is of to war the campaign that King Henry of England has put together. Jenkins is with a group of friends. Jenkins is on his journey across the land to the sea. King Henry has ordered 1500 ships to meet his followers at shore to take them across seas. Jenkins if awestruck by how many ships there are. **====

**Q: Describe the setting - when and where does does you novel take place **
====**this novel takes place back in the late mid evil times and this novel takes place in France for the most part but the beginning starts in welsh country and then they go to england and then over seas. **====

**A Hail Of Arrows by Michael Cox Pages 35 - 41 December 4, 2009 **
====**Jenkins is finally in France and he has set up camp I think that Jenkins will be grazed by a crossbow bolt. Jenkins will lose one of his friends and he will be sad and will want to go home.i think that Jonas will get sick and almost die because the french poisned the food so the army get sick. **====

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain who the protagonist is by describing their appearance as well as behavior **
====**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The protagonist of this book is Jenkins he is a boy of 15 years (about) and he is an archer for the welsh he is a shy but social boy with friends. he is t best archer in the the town **====

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Hail Of Arrows By Micheal Cox, 41 - 74, Dec 7 **
====**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. So far in the book Jenkins has mad it to France over seas and he is now attacking the town name Harfleur and Jenkins friend has died and they are still trying to siege Harfleur. Jenkins has fallen ill also with "body flux" so he was not able to fight for england he had to stay in a bed for a week. **====

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2.Q: Describe the conflict so fr in your novel. explain it with details. Identify the type of conflict. **
====**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The main conflict so far is the problem of trying to siege Harfleur the type of conflict in this part is persin vs. Society because he is fighting the French in a war.The french have stood their ground within Harfleur for 4 weeks and they still haven't taken control of the town. **====

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Hail of Arrows By Micheal Cox, 75 - 93, December 9, 2009 **
====**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. I think that in that when Jenkins makes it the city of Calais more than half of the Englishmen army is going to be gone and Jenkins will be taken prisoner and he will have to work for the French most of Jenkins friend will be dead before Jenkins gets home i think. **====

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Hail of Arrows By Micheal Cox, 94 -120, December 11, 2009 **
====**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. in the pages that I read Jenkins is still on the march towards Calais and they are making poor process and the army food provisions are running rally low and the army can't have the nutrients so the whole of the army is tired and starved half to death. when the army reaches a town neighboring the river that they need to cross they were told there is a open and unguarded so they cross and are attacked. They march on and they reach a ridge and the send a scout and there is the French army in the tens of thousands. **====

====**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 1. In this part of the book Jenkins is in the ranks of the English army and they are about to fight the French army of 8 thousand men and the odds don't look good. Surprisingly the kings army is winning, but the French still attack. The French are trying to defeat the army of only 1000 but the English still hold up. When the battle is finished the English have one with casualties **====

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Q: What connections are there between the novel and your own life? Explain by giving details/examples. **
====**I think that the only connection that I can make is archery. I am very good at archery and so is Jenkins. The first time I tried archery I was not that good at it. Oddly enough the same happened to Jenkins bit as we both started to d more we got better at a faster pace than the other people around us.**====

1. I reached the end of the book and I think that it is a good book and i would recommend it to other people because it is a good book on how it goes all the way back to mid evil times it has a great description of how the wars are fought and the details of the men running at you. In the end of the book Jenkins makes it home and the army and the king are hero's to the people in England.
 * A Hail Of Arrows By Michael Cox, Pages 153 - 162 (end of book), December 16, 2009

2. Q: what are three questions that you have about your novel? Write them down.**

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By Don Cherry
 * __DON CHERRY'S HOCKEY STORIES AND STUFF__**

Don Cherry's hockey stories And Stuff, By Don Cherry, pages 1 - 17, Jan 4,10 In this book it tell you about the things that have happened in Don Cherry's life as a hockey coach. Not to many things have happened. There is this one thing that Don said in the book. it is when he is on the bus after a game and he makes cold beer by puting it in a pillow case and sticks it out the window of the bus, then it gets cold.

Don Cherry's Hockey And Stuff, By Don Cherry, pages 17 - 30, Jan 6, 10

So far in the book Don cherry has told stories about the days when he was a hockey player and he and his other team mates would fight just because they wanted to.Don also told us about this one time when e went to a lake there was these two huge dogs and they tired to attack him and then later he let his dog out and his small dog scared both of the big dogs away.

BY RICK RIORDAN__**
 * __THE LIGHTNING THIEF

The Lighting Thief By Rick Riordan, pages 1 - 23, January 6, 2010

The book looks like it will be a good i think That Percy will get in a lot of trouble in The Yule Academe. Percy sounds like he will be a very important person that fixes a lot of the problems that happen in another dimension and the whole world depends on him to survive

The Lighting Thief By Rick Riordan, pages 24 - 46, January 11, 2010

In the book so far Percy has stated to find out who he is ad he is scared to find out who he is because he has "imagined" one of his teachers grew big claws and tried to kill him but Mr. Brunner was there with his pen that magically transforms into a Greek style sword that would turn the teacher into dust.

The Lighting Thief By Rick Riordan, pages 46 - 78, January 13. 2010

Today many dramatic events happened on the pages that I read. The first thing would be when Percy is at a cabin by a lake and a thunder storm hits and Percy's friend Grover show up at the door and says they have to take Percy to the summer camp. The second thing is when a minotaur hit Percy's car as the were heading for the camp and Percy starts righting it. The next major event is when The minotaur is going for Percy's mother and the minotaur crushes his mom's neck and she disappears in a flash of gold light and her body is no longer there.

The Lighting Thief, By Rick Riordan, pages 78 - 103, January 15, 2010

I think that Percy is going to be one of the big three (Zeus, Poisideon, Hades) Because he has the power to make the water explode out of the toilet and hit multiple opponents away and he stays completely dry so he will most likely be son of Poisideon. Percy will have to go on a quest to try and stop the wars between the gods from happening.

The lightning Thief, By Rick Riordan, pages 103 - 135, January 18, 2010

I think that Percy is going to succeed in his quest but some of his friends might not make it because they are going down into the underworld where Hades the god of death is strongest. The master bolt that is Zeus's master bolt will be returned but Percy will have to pay a price because Zeus thought that he had it and was keeping it from him the whole time.

Q: If you were a character in your book, who would you be? Explain in a few sentences.

I would be Percy because he is the main Character ad he gets to be one of the big threes son so he will have powers far greater than anyone else in the book.

The Lighting Thief, By Rick Riordan, Pages 135 - 167, January 20, 2010

Percy has set out on the quest to give Zeus's master bolt back and he was told from the oracle that he will succeed on his by he will perish but Percy is not ready to die so i don't think that he will get killed on this quest because he is determined to complete the quest with no deaths. Annabeth and his friend Grover are joining Percy on his quest down to the under world to get the Master bolt from Hades.

Q: What would you say to one of your characters? Explain why you would say this.

I would say way to go Percy you are a lucky boy to have those powers. I would say this because he has some of Poisideon's power and now he has a lot of control over the vast seas so he have a breat power to handle so that shows he is a strong boy.

The book so far is about Percy almost making it through a whole school year without being kicked out because he destructed the school but when Percy Thinks he is home free he get caught in a dodge ball game with 8 monster that are throwing steel balls that explode on impact.
 * __The Sea Of Monsters__**, By Rick Riordan, pages 1 - 34, January 22, 2010

Q: What parts of the book seem most believable? Most unbelievable? Explain.

The most believable part in this book is when Percy acts like a normal boy in school and no one knows he is a Demigod (son of a god). The most unbelievable part is when Percy has to fight 8 enormous monster in a game of deadly dodge ball. The reason why is because this has never happened in real life so it is very unlikely

The Titans Curse By Rick Riordan, pages 90 - 106, February 1, 2010

I think that Percy will go on a quest by himself to try and find his friend Annabeth. On the quest i think that Percy will run into the monster that the Artemis hunters are after and he will defeat it. He will also meet up with the other quest that his friend Grover was sent on and they will join up and find Annabeth. Percy will see and try to fight a titan or he will have dreams of Kronos and he will get cursed.

Q: What is your favorite part of the book you’re reading? Why? Be descriptive in your explanations I think the favorite part in this book is when Percy is fighting the Manitcore and he gets help from Artemis.

The Titans Curse, by Rick Riordan, Pages 106 - 119, February 3, 2010

Percy has found out that one of the hunters are not going to be able to go on a quest that Percy wanted to go on. Think that Percy will try and get on the quest so he can save his friend Annabeth. Percy really wants to go on this quest so bad i think that if he is not permitted. He will sneak out and follow the hunters.

Q: If you were the author, what would you have happening next? Explain the details and tell why you would make this decision.

I would have Percy going on the quest but he was not allowed to go on it. then he will get caught for following them and he will still continue on the quest with the group.

I think that this man is drinking from the bag that came form the ruble of broken down buildings in Haiti and he has no home to go to or any other fresh water sources so he has to steal the bag because he is thirsty. The woman's bag is probably ruined and the owner is most likely dead because of the earth quake

I just started the book and there is this girl Named Mary Lou Finney and she is supposed to write this journal f here summer so she can hand it in to her next L.A, teacher because her previous teacher has told her to write it. In the rest of the pages Mary Lou talks about how her cousin Carl Ray is coming on Saturday.
 * February 8, 2010 Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech pages 1 - 15**


 * Q: Complete a strategy response. 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.**

I have learned many insights from lots of books like the Percy Jackson books it talks about how the Greek Gods are real and tey are very powerful. Have also learned about many of the Greek gods and Titans. I have also learned that the gods can be very dangerous and it doesn't take much for them to kill you. Another insight would be that if you are a child of the gods and you are very important than you should probably be worried. Today in the book Mary Lou Finney went to a forest and she hung out with a boy and her little brother and they found a cache of toys and stuff and they had a picnic. I have done that once before in my life once me and my friend went to a forest and we had candy ands we were hanging out all day.
 * February 10, 2010 Absolutely Normal Chaos By Sharon Creech pages 16 - 28**


 * Q: Complete a strategy response. Question Response: Select a quote from your reading that you liked. What made you pick it? How does it make you pause and think? Explain in a paragraph.**

“What are you good at” I chose this quote because it made me stop and think of what I am good at and how many thing that I am good at. It also made me think about how other people would think would they think about it or just continue to read. I think that Mary Lou Finny will have a hard time with Carl Ray in the future and the present because he is very lazy and does nothing around the house to help. And I also think that Carl Ray is just staying at her house because he got kicked out of his.
 * February 22, 2010 Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech pages 29 – 40**


 * Q: Would you be friends with the main character? Why or why not? Support w/ evidence from your reading in a paragraph.**

I do not think that I would be friends with main character because she seems to be a very dramatic person who doesn’t know how to control her life and she does not have very many friends to hang out with. Today Mary talked about how Carl Ray finally got a job at the hardware store that the neighbors own. And during dinner everyone was asking Carl Ray when he started his job and if he would like it. Also Mary’s sister Maggie went to a party that was put on by rich people and Maggie told Mary everything.
 * February 24, 2010 Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech pages 41 - 52**

- Divine:(Di-vine) The word divine would be probably how extraordinary something is and how luxurious it was. - Lonely: (Lone-ly) It is referring to in the book how separated a person is from the rest of the town. - Jealous: (jea-lous) It is talking about how one person is admiring what the other person did and they want to do it.
 * 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)?**


 * February 26, 2010

Q:** **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 it’s important.** IF YOUR GOING THROUGH HELL ... KEEP ON GOING By Winston Churchhill

The quote of has many meaning to me. It just reminds me that if I am going through a rough part in my life I just need to push my way through and keep on going. This quote can also refer to sports cause if you are losing then you should still try and succeed. In the book today a man named Mr. Furtzs died and he is Mary Lou Finney’s neighbor and Mary Lou wanted to go to the funeral home and see the dead body because she has never seen one. And Carl Ray went with the Finney’s to the funeral even though the family was not expecting it.
 * March 3, 2010 Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech pages 52 – 66**


 * Q: 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.**

Mary Lou Finney - Angelica Panganiban I chose this girl because she is a very young actor that would have the sense of humor that Mary Lou has.
Maggie finny – Vanessa Hudgens because she is a great actor that could act out the dramatic parts really easily and she is like a city girl.

Carl Ray – Jonny Depp because he is a very skilled actor and could do any part that is required for him to do.

Sam Finney (father) - Alec Baldwin because he is very good actor that could act out the part as a dad very well.

Sally Finney (mother) - Julia Roberts because she has a good sense of humor that would make the movie really good and she could act out the part of mom really well.
 * March 8, 2010 Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech pages 80 - 92

Q:** Complete a strategy response. Question Response: What is the author trying to tell you about life in this story? Defend this moral
 * March 10, 2010 Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech pages 93 - 105

Q:** Complete a strategy response. Question Response: Do you think that the title of the novel fits the story? Give your opinion with reasons to support.
 * March 15, 2010 Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech pages 106 - 120

Q:** Complete a strategy response. Question response: List at least three problems the characters faced? Which was the most life changing? Explain
 * March 17, 2010 Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech pages 120 - 129

Q:** Complete a strategy response. 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.

__**Charlie Wilcox's Great War by Sharon McKay, Pages 1 - 18**__ __Summary__

Charlie Wilcox is a man from a war who has returned home after 4 years of war and terror. Everyone in the town named Brigus has celebrated Charlies return to the people. After the celebrating Charlie went to and old lady's place to talk about her son and how much he was loved by his mother and who he loved during the war. Then he was invited to many other peoples places, he was fed a lot of food. Then when he got home he was fed more food.

I think that when Arthur Penhaligon is finished looking at his friend through the magic mirror he will ask the crew that he has been sailing with to take him to that flying mantis ship to rescue his friend. Arthur will meet Drowned Wednesday when he has saved his friend from the her captors. When Arthur goes to meet Wednesday she will try to give Arthur one of the keys to the kingdom.
 * __The Keys To The Kingdom Drowned Wednesday by Garth Nix April 14, 2010__** __Prediction__

I do not like Dr. Scamandros because he sound a if he could be very unreliable and he was caught talking to some shady figure when Arthur was walking away. I do not think that he can be very trusted. I have the feeling that he is going to betray Arthur by trying to kill him or arm. Dr. Scamandros is a person that can do many things with sorcery so he might have the ability to harm Arthur from a great distance.
 * Question response: Which character do you like least? Why? Remember to respond in a full paragraph.**


 * __Keys To The Kingdom Drowned Wednesday by Garth Nix April 19, 2010__ Summary**

In the book Arthur has been sitting at the beach in a secondary world and he was looking in a mirror at his friend Leaf because she was taken by a ship called "Flying Mantis." After Arthur was done looking in the mirror he was lead by the Captin of the Moth took him to get dressed for battle because they saw a light in the distance. After he was dressed the threat had reached the shore and it was Wednesday's noon to take him to Wednesday.



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**

I think that the message the the person is trying to tell us is that the world is growing at a very fast and possibly dangerous. And some of the least populated countries have more internet connection than others. The population of people is growing fast to because it said that there was about 373 babies born in the duration of the clip and i think that that is a very high amount of babies to be born in just 4:55. In the clip they talked about a computer.that will be a lot better and faster than the human brain and then it could maybe be better than the human population. In the clip it talked about illegal downloading and there was over 649 000 songs downloaded.

=Freak The Might= __**Freak The Mighty By Rodman Philbrick, Chapters 4 - 7 May 5, 2010 Infer**__ I think that Max's Dad is a very dangerous criminal that was sent to jail a long time ago. Max's Dad committed the crime in the neighborhood that Max is staying in. When Max is at Kevin's house his Mom Gwen talked about Max's Dad as though he was a very bad person and Max is turning out to look like him. Max is scared to turn out like his father maybe it is because he committed such a bad crime.


 * Question Response: How has Max's view of Kevin changed since the beginning of the novel? Explain in a paragraph.**

Max has looked at Kevin differently because he has turned out to be a very smart and intellectual person that is willing to be Max's friend. Kevin has also said that he would help Max by giving him books to read so he wouldn't be such a "butt head" when he doesn't know what Kevin is talking about. When Max and Kevin go to see the fourth of July fireworks he put Kevin on his back so he could see the fireworks.