Reading-Nick+RA

November 18, 2009 - LA. 8 reading response today : A. Use a comprehension strategy (predict, infer, summarize, visualize, word attack, ect.I predict Jonas could die while escaping or after he escapes November 18 2009- LA. 8 reading response A. Visualize B.Written response/ Q: Is it an optimistic ending? No it just leaves it off in the middle of escaping Does Jonas survive? I don't think so he just sees lights and he could have already died because the chances that a sled will actually be there are very low. He could just be falling down or sliding the hill not sledding. The lights could be anything. It could be hallucinations due to being hungry or hes sick because he was in the cold snow and wet rain. It could be just a dream or hes in a comma or he could be dead and this is what he sees after hes dead.

November 27 2009-LA. 8 Prediction: I think there's going to do something with dead bodies because its named miss.Kirkpatrick's secret _ December2 2009 The unexplained edited by: Janet Lunn pages:9-22 Strategy response:Prediction

_ __December 7 2009

There was a thing named Webster that started to destroy a kids toy roads__

_ December9 2009 Similarities:We both like cats Differences: Different gender different province different name different i don't believe in ghosts _ __December17 2009 Strategy response prediction:I think there's going to be a ghost on the ship__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ January 4 2010 prediction:I think the white owl kills people _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __January 6 2010 Prediction:I think think that the book is almost over__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ January 8 2010 Prediction I think the main character will kill Nazis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - January 11 2010 Prediction I think that the Nazis are going to hang people _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _- - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ January 13 2009 They went to a stadium where people were taken away and only about ten thousand people were left out of the thirty thousand that were there.There was trading on the black market and there was a huge riot. Prediction I think they might start hiding form the Nazis

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __January 15 2009 they found arti's comic about his mothers suicide and drew the cellar of the cottage in the ghetto they were in__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __January 18 2009 Q:if you were a character in your book who would you be? Artie _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ January 20 2010 Q:what would you say to one of your characters? explain why. i would ask vladek spiegelman why he burned his wife's diary's. because he burned them after she died.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -_ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ -_ _ - - - -- _ _ _ _ January 22 2010 Believable: Jewish people hiding inside home made bunkers Unbelievable: The Nazis throwing the 2 year old kids against walls to make them stop crying _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __January 25 2010 A:grief and tiredness.waking up at 3am and finding out his uncle died__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ January 27 2010 Q: What does theme mean? What is the theme in the novel you are reading or have just read. Explain. A: theme means- I think the theme is action because so far the driver of the black Rolls Royce that took his uncle to the funeral had an automatic pistol strapped in his jacket. he also kicked the driver in the chest when he went to the junkyard.he was trapped inside of his uncles BMW that had not been in a car accident like the police officers said when they told him his uncle had died. he found out that his uncle was murdered and when he went inside of the car his foot got stuck when the crane picked the car up and put it in a car crusher but right before the car was crushed completely he got out through a small opening in the back windshield and escaped almost getting shot because a bullet went right passed him. _ _ _ _ _ February 1st 2010 Question Response: What is your favorite part of the book you’re reading? Why? Be descriptive in your explanations. Answer: so far my favorite part is when Alex is in the "bank" and he is on the 15th floor inside of John Crowley office. where he opens the window and climbs out to try and get to his deceased uncles office to find out why when he got home his uncles office was emptied of all the papers and books. but after he finds documents about assassination and counter-terrorism then Mr.Crowley and another man walk in and the man shoots him with a tranquilizer or a drugged dart. when he wakes up he finds out his uncle was a spy working for the Special Operations Division of the M16 and hes inside of a training facility. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ February 3rd 2009 Question Response: If you were the author, what would you have happening next? Explain the details and tell why you would make this decision. Answer:if i was the author Alex would be getting firearm training just as a precaution and he would be working as a spy in the factory that makes the stormbreaker computers and he would finish his uncles work _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __**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? __

An earthquake survivor drinks juice dripping from a stolen bag in Port-au-Prince, Jan. 19. (Ricardo Arduengo/Associated Press)

An earthquake survivor drinks juice dripping from a stolen bag in Port-au-Prince, Jan. 19. (Ricardo Arduengo/Associated Press) I think the person in this picture is drinking the juice from the bag because he is thirsty and he cant find anything to drink.Another reason he could be doing that is because he doesn't want to go the one of the places they are handing out water.I think their situation is not improving that fast so they will go to any means necessarily to get food or water.My reaction to this picture is wonder why he is not just going the one of the places they have water bottles to give to the Haitians.The image makes me wonder why he doesn't go to get water. _-_--- _ _ _ -_ - - - - - _ _ -_-_-
 * February 8, 2010:** 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.

A:I have insights in the book I'm currently reading like the fact things are not what they seem with simple things like a banker or a office.Also that people could be concealing anything such a semi-automatic pistol and how you could escape from a car inside of a car crusher.That you can help people overcome fears such as fears of heights by giving them a "little push". _-_-_-_-_-_-_-____-- A:The quote I picked is what Alex says when Herod Sayle said he finds himself to be like the giant jelly fish he caught off the coast of china. Alex then says "its ninety-nine percent water.It has no brain no guts and no anus.". _-_-_---_-__ _ _ _ _ __- - - - _ -- - - - _ - - - _ _ - _ -__ _ _ - -_- I don't really know if I would be friends with him. Because they don't really say too much about him but I think I would be friends with him because he also has a need to explore his surroundings. But he also is scared too easily by little things like giant jell fish or people with guns standing around in a courtyard -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-___---_-_-__--__-- could not find any words that I did no already know -_- -_- _-_ _+_-=-=-=-- _+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ x_x_x_x_x_x-_x- x-_x-x _x- --X--_-x-x-x-xx_X-xx-x-x-X-xx-xxxxxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x The quote I picked is "if your going through hell... keep going"--Winston Churchill. I picked this quote because it displays perseverance and determination. It pretty much tells you to keep moving on with life when your having trouble. Its like an inspirational quote. _ _ _ _ _ - _ - -- - - _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __**March 3, 2010:** Complete a strategy response. 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. Answer:if i was the person making the movie i would cast people as the following-
 * February 10, 2010:** 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.
 * February 22, 2010:** Complete a strategy response. Question Response: Would you be friends with the main character? Why or why not? Support w/ evidence from your reading in a paragraph.
 * February 24, 2010:** Complete a strategy response. 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)?
 * 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.

=_0_--_-_--_--_--_--_--_- Answer: i think its telling you that there is lots of weird dangerous things out there like sealing a opaque test tube full of something unknown into a computer to make it a weapon and mass produce it then send it around the world.i think the author also says that there is a lot of mystery in the story like what is inside of the test tubes they are sealing inside the computers.__ _- Answer: I think the title fits because the title is stormbreaker and in the book Alex Rider is trying to find out what is in the stormbreaker computers and stop them from being activated. So the title is the same name as the computer that has modified smallpox inside of vials so it can be released all over Britain so he can wipe out kids at schools. _ Answer: There are many problems the character has faced such as being stuck in a large room of water with a giant jellyfish or escaping about 30 machine gun armed guards that are inside of military jeeps and trying to stop the stormbreaker computers from being activated and releasing a virus that will kill lots of people. the most life changing one is being stuck in the tank of a giant jellyfish because he could drown or die from jellyfish stings but he escaped using a gadget that he was given before the mission started _ _ Answer: At this point of the book the mood would be suspense because Herod sayle survived being shot by Alex twice and he is now holding a gun to Alex's back and they are inside of an elevator in a mysterious sky scraper that might have more people with guns ready to shoot Alex Prediction Response: I predict that Alex will not be shot by Herod because there are more books in this series which means he probably won't be shot but if he does he will survive. I also think Yassen will be up-stairs ready to kill Alex. __- Prediction: I predict that he will be able to hook the barge with the crane and lower the barge in front of the police station.I think it will happen because he has warped the handle of the door up so it wont open and he can use the crane eaisly. Answer:My least favorite character is Skoda because he is a drug dealer who sells things right out side of the main characters school. He lives in a barge a few doors away from a police station and he sits there watching them and making drugs to sell to children outside of a school. He also tells kids to tell their friends about him to get them to buy drugs from him. He even drives away from the school at any sign of the police. prediction: i think Alex will start to like the daughter of the people he is pretending to be the son of. Answer: Anthony Horowitz is one of England's most successful television writer, he also writes screenplays for film and stage. He has written all six novels in the Alex Rider Adventures.He is also the author of the Diamond Brothers mysteries and //The devil and His Boy//. The first book in the series is called stormbreaker and was made into a movie. 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.**// Strategy response-Visualize: I can picture Alex being shot at by the Fiona friend's friends Answer: Right now in my book there is not really any similarities beacause in the book they are in the english country-side with trees,bushes,paths,cars,lakes,hunting,large houses and rich people.. _-_-____
 * March 8, 2010:** 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:** Complete a strategy response. Question Response: Do you think that the title fits the story? Give your opinion with reasons to support.
 * March 15, 2010:** Complete a strategy response. Question response: List at least three problems the characters faced? Which was the most life changing? Explain
 * March 17, 2010:** 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.
 * April 14, 2010:** Complete a strategy response. Question response: Which character do you like least? Why? Remember to respond in a full paragraph.
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 * April 19, 2010:** Complete a strategy response. Question response: Who is the author? What do you know about the author? What do you imagine the author must be like? //**Explain in a paragraph.**//
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 * **April 24, 2010:** **__U of L Video Shoot Questions for Reflection__**
 * How often do you use the laptops at school? We use laptops everyday
 * What subjects do you mainly use the laptops for?Language Arts, Science , leadership, digital arts and science exp
 * What sort of programs (software) do you use on the laptops? Firefox, Microsoft Word
 * What do you like best about having your own laptop? I have access to the internet almost everywhere
 * Is there anything you don’t like or would change with the laptops? Having real laptops not apples "laptops"


 * **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. I think the message was that in just a small amount of time lots of things can happen and one of the things that happen the most is downloading music illegality. That makes me think that this was just building up to say that people download too much illegal music. It also might be to convince people that were advancing to much
 * Part 1: Viewing Response**

May 28 2010: I predict that in the next chapter they will be in the police station to collect evidence against Killer Kane Does Max pass the test alone? is he independent or is it " Freak the Mighty " who passes the test use evidence to support your answer. I think that it was "Freak the Mighty" because of the fact that max saved Loretta and then Kevin saved max and then max saved both of them.On the other hand Max mostly saved both Loretta and Kevin.