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 * (Nov 3/09 The Giver Lois Lowery 88-97 connection)** These chapters make me think of taking in a secret and then not being able to tell anyone. And how hard it is to do that. Jonas has taken on a very big responsibility .Being told memories, that know one knows about. And they are not aloud to know either. And having to hold it in. I think that this would be very difficult just knowing more things than others.


 * November 2/09 question: How does the authors make the memories that the Giver transmits vivid and realistic? Find examples of** **descriptive words and images.**The author of the Giver makes the memories vivid and realistic in ways like. Using descriptive words to create images in the readers mind. Like the word “cold” for describing snow and how his “breath was cold.” Giving him the feeling and picture in his mind makes it easier to describe. A sled “hard and flat” that sits on top of the snow. Jonas’s conscious made him just know what a mound (hill) was. The pain of a sunburn that was from the sunshine. Was “warm and wonderful” until it gradually got hotter and hotter then a “sharp pain” erupted. This is indicating how a sunburn hurts the pain that comes with it. These are the ways that helps the author get a person a image in their mind.

(**Nov, 4/09 The giver Lois lowery 108-120 visual )** On these chapters at the end when Jonas had learnt about war fare this is what I thought it looked like. A desert like flat land that was brown. With a whole bunch of people laying on the ground and Jonas helping with his silver tin can filled with water getting water into the persons mouth. With the color red around everyone. It was a horrible picture.

I think that the Giver gave Jonas the memory of snow and a sled ride because he wanted to start out with a more pleasant and welcoming start. Also he didn’t want to scare Jonas on the first day. For him not to experience pain either. Because Jonas had already heard about how it was painful and horrible. The Giver may have experienced pain on his first day and it scared him and maybe he is more thoughtful and thought about how he felt. That is why I think the Giver gave Jonas that memory first.
 * 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?**


 * (Nov. 9/09 The Giver Lois Lowery 121-139 summary)** These past few chapters the Giver had been giving more memories to Jonas. Like what family, love, and this holiday that was not clicking in, which was called Christmas. And he also learn't what grandparents were and that they lived on their own or with their family. And how different it was in the other community. Jonas had continued to give Gabriel memories and he stopped taking his pill. Jonas and his friends used to pla y this game that Jonas didn't realize that was pretend war. Jonas had gotten angry at Asher for playing that game and Asher didn't understand. Jonas had also realized that we thought totally differently than others after he had been receiving the memories.

I think that Jonas's world is indeed advanced alot. Because Jonas gets to learn new ideas and ways of living and things others don't have a clue about. Also he has a big responsibility to make sure know one else knows these memories. That is why Jonas's life is more advanced.
 * Nov 9/09 question: Do you consider Jonas's world "advanced?" Why or why not? Explain.**

(**Nov. 18, 09The Giver Lois Lowery 139-162 Visual.**) I had a very big picture in my mind about when they released the twin, it was very horrible. The room was imaged as silver and dim lighting. There was a clear rectangle shaped bin waiting on top of the tin silver table. Jonas's dad placed the kid gently on the table like there was nothing wrong. And opens the silver tin cupboard door and pulls out a needle and fills it up with the clear liquid. And puts it right into the child's forehead. The poor little child squirms with pain on the table. And Jonas's dad puts him in the bin and plops on a white lid walks to the end of the tin silver room and opens a tin lid that is connected to the dark wall and pushes the small container down the dark whole.

A philosopher and statesman once said "knowledge is pain." I agree and I also think Jonas would agree because sometimes things that you learn are sad and scary and that produces pain to some people. Even empathy can produce pain by thinking of what some people had experienced and how painful it was or sad. From Jonas's perspective war would be considered pain to him because he had to receive it and it hurt him. Same with the sled ride when he hurt himself. That is why i think that Jonas's and I would agree that "knowledge is pain."
 * Nov, 18, 09 Philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon said, "Knowledge is pain." Do you agree? Would Jonas? Why or why not? Explain in a paragraph.**


 * (Nov, 20, 09 the Giver Lois Lowery 162-179 Summarize)** In these chapters lots had happened such as. Jonas was ready to leave and he was at home and he found out that they were going to release Gabriel. So that night Jonas was going to get out of the community and he brought Gabriel with him because he didn't want him to be released. During their journey they had run into searchers and Jonas had to give Gabe that memory but keep it to himself as well. They had went through farmers fields and had food their but after they passed them they had no food supply. They finally reached a hill that was cold with a layer of snow. Jonas had gave that memory to Gabe as well, continuously stopping to get warm they eventually got to the other side. They were both weak, they had heard music and Jonas knew that it was full of love and that it was Christmas. That is what happened in these chapters.

I think that The Giver ending of this book was a positive outcome. Even after the book I think it turned out positive. I don't think that they died or were just thinking. Jonas had survived in the real world with Gabe. A family had brought them in and they had started school and lived a normal life, like normal kids. I also think that they had grown up and never missed their old community. Jonas had thought about the Giver but still liked it in the real world. That is what i think about the ending and how it was optimistic.
 * Nov, 20, 09** **Is it an optimistic ending? Does Jonas survive? Explain in a paragraph.**


 * (Nov, 27, 09 Twilight Stephanie Meyer predict)** What I think will happen next is when Edward and his family goes hunting Bella is going to come and show up their. And Bella was told not to go see them because they could loose control and bite her. Then Edward will get angry and freak. Then they will get in a fight and not talk to each other for along time. Bella wouldn't be able to sleep for a long time and Charlie would be concerned. That is what i think will happen next.


 * (Dec, 2, 09 Twilight Stephanie Meyer pg. 244-260 Summary)** In this chapter there was a dance and Bella had decided to skip it and go and hang out with Edward. She had to lie to her friends and her dad. Bella had drove in her old red pick up truck with Edward in the passenger seat telling her where to go. They had ended up going through a not used often paved road that reached a gravel road. When they reached the end of the gravel road they had parked to car. From there they hiked through the forest to come to a beautiful meadow with colorful wildflowers everywhere. Bella had gone out there and enjoyed it for awhile until she noticed Edward hadn't come out of the darkness of the forest. That is what happened during this chapter.


 * (Describe the setting- when and where does your novel take place?)** The setting in this book is in a small town named Forks. Forks is a town like Crossfield that doesn't have the best weather in the world. It gets a lot of rain there. During this chapter they have ventured into a meadow with beautiful grass and wildflowers. Colors of violet, white, and yellow. It was wide open and had sunlight streaming in from the sun. This books takes place in our time right know. It is a fantasy that was just created recently.


 * (Dec, 4, 09 Twilight Stephanie Meyer pg. 260-270 Visualize)** The part in the chapter that I can visualize is when Edward steps out of the dark forest. His shirt was undone but still on. His skin was sparkling like shiny clean diamonds and all over his pale skin. I think it that it would look like he was glass and fragile. This happens by the sun beaming down on him. That is what i visualized during this chapter.


 * (Explain who the protagonist is by describing their appearance as well as behavior)** Bella is the main character through this whole story. She isn't that tall, with dark brown hair and palish skin. She is normal sized not big but not skinny either. She is a new kid in town and is very quite like new kids are. But she is very curious about everything. Especially interested in Edward his is different he is a vampire.


 * ( Dec, 7, 09 Twilight Stephanie Meyer pg. 270- 281 summarize)** In this chapter this is what happened. They are at the meadow still and they talk about how Edward feels about Bella. On the inside how she so different from the others. Edward is a vampire that is a very fast runner and can read peoples minds. But Bella is different because he can't read her mind there is something about her that he just can't. Then Edward decided to show Bella something that he could do. So he says to Bella for her to go onto his back and hold on tight. She does and in a split second they were back to the truck. He ran so fast, Bella for the first time got motion sickness. That is what happened during these pages that i read.

There has been a person vs. person conflict and a person vs. nature. The person vs. person conflict is how Edward feels about Bella, how shes so different. The person vs. nature conflict in the story is when Edward goes out into the sunlight he is sparkly. Those are the conflicts of this story so far.
 * (Describe the conflicts so far in your novel. Explain it with details. Identify the type of conflict.)**


 * (Dec. 9, 09Twilight Stephanie Meyer pg. 280-290 summarize)** In these pages all they did was talk. They talked about Edward’s “family” that Carlisle brought together. Edward had been suffering from Spanish Influenza, and Carlisle was a doctor and he saved him by making him into a vampire. Edward was the first to come into the family. Shortly after Esme came. Emmett was saved my Rosalie she got him just in time before he was eaten by a bear. And Alice saved Jasper some how. That is how the family came together.

Bella is not like me at all. She is way more curious and courageous. I would be scared if I met a vampire. Especially when the bad vampires come and try to eat her. When Edward gets angry and flips it would also be scary. That is why I think Bella is not like me at all.
 * (Question: Describe the similarities and differences between the main character and you)**


 * (Dec. 11, 09 Twilight Stephanie Meyer pg. 290-302 connection)** Alice is a sister vampire to Edward. She had come from a different family and was left. She never remembered her human life. It is like my life because I have a cousin that his mom and dad know of but his sister and brother still don’t know about him. He is a big mystery to them. They have never seen each other and it is a big secret to keep from them. This is kind of related because Alice doesn’t know where she came from and he does but the others don’t know he even existed. That is how it connects to my life.

Whispering softly and humming a lullaby. Bella is looking at Edward with a questioning face and Edward is looking at Bella. They whisper while Bella thinks of a lot of questions for Edward. That is what i had visualized during this chapter.
 * (Dec 14, 09 Twilight Stephanie Meyer pg. 302-312 visualize)** What i visualize in this chapter is when they are both in Bella's room and they are talking. I imagine Bella's room with white walls. A brown wood desk and dresser. And for some color her dark purple bed spread. Then there is Bella under the blankets with her wet cold hair. Edward is right beside her laying their with his pale pink lips on her head.


 * (Question: What connections are there between the novel and your own life? Explain by giving details/ examples.)** Bella's friend Jessica is somewhat like sara. They are both smart in their own ways. Jessica's hates her nose like despises it. If Jessica gets her picture taken she wants her nose photo shopped. Sara doesn't like her nose either, except Sara wouldn't get is photo shopped. That is how Sara and Bella's friend Jessica are alike.


 * (****Dec, 16, 09 Twilight Stephanie Meyer pg. 312-323 summarize)** This chapter i have read was one of the most interesting. Edward goes to Bella's house to make her breakfast and talk to her. He wanted her to meet his vampire family. Bella didn't say no but she was scared because they are vampires. She also had to explain to Charlie (her dad) that she was going //on a date// with Edward. Bella isn't comfortable talking about that to Charlie. She finally goes and she just finished meeting Carlisle which is Edwards father, and his mother Esme. That is what happened during this chapter.


 * (Question: What are three questions that you have about your novel? Write them down.)**

What made you think of the story? Does the author believe in vampires? Did you want your story to become a movie?


 * (Jan, 4, 10 Mud City Deborah Ellis** **pg. 1-23 visualize)** So far in this book there hasn't been a lot going on. But when I heard about the character named Shauzia I instantly got a picture in mind of her. What i imagine about Shauzia is that she has dark brown hair but you can never see it because of her head dress. Her eyes are big and very dark brown. She has a darker skin colour. Her clothing is dirty and almost black because she has been trying to survive on the streets of Afghanistan. The clothing she wears is very vibrant yet dark at the same time. Her new sandals are brown and have stitches all over it to old the shoe together. That is what I imagine in my mind what Shauzia looks like.


 * (Jan, 6, 10 Twilight Stephanie Meyer pg. 382-401** **summary)** What I had read today was very intense. Edward had brought Bella to play some baseball with his family in a storm because they are so strong that it sounds like thunder when they hit the ball. Then some other vampire's that were leaving the town had heard them playing and asked to play. Bella is a human and she smelt good and one of the vampire's named James had smelt her and is now trying to hunt her down. Bella's dad is not aware that Edward is a vampire and what had happened. So Bella had to fake being mad and tell Charlie (Bella's dad) that she was going home to her mom. So now Edward and his family have to protect and make sure James doesn't get near Bella. That is why what i read was so intense.


 * (Jan 7, 10 Twilight Stephanie Meyer pg. 405-423 visualize)** During this chapter lots has happened. Edwards family has been trying to keep Bella and her family safe from these other vampires. Alice is one of Edwards vampire sisters and she has the power of being able to see in the future. So Bella is in a hotel room with Jasper and Alice. Alice just seen in the future and she sees a ballet room and this is what i imagined it looked like. It had light hardwood that goes vertical. Mirrors are surrounding you everywhere. There isn't one piece of wall that isn't covered with mirror. A metal gold bar is stretched around the four walls. There is one other small room that has shuttered doors. This room is like a equipment room, where they store everything. And it is dark inside. That is what I visualized during this chapter.


 * (Jan 11, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 30-42 summary)** During this chapter it has been very interesting. Bella had gotten cut from a piece of paper when she was opening a present for her birthday. Jasper is the newest member of the vampire family. So when the blood of the cut dropped Jasper had become viscous and tried to eat Bella. And Edward got defensive and pushed Bella away from Jasper and glass had cut her. She ended up getting stitches from Carlisle. He had told her secrets about Edward's human life. That is what happened this chapter.


 * (Jan 13, 10** **New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 62-74 summary)** Bella is going through a tough time in this chapter. Edward had been acting really weird lately. He didn't talk to Bella as much and didn't come see her either. Then she gets some news from Edward that //they// were leaving. Bella clued in and asked what //they// meant and he meant him and his vampire family were leaving. And Edward won't tell Bella where too. He wants her to just forget he even existed. And Bella is unable to live without Edward for even a day. That is why Bella is going through a tough time right know.


 * (Jan 15, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 74-93 summary)** In this chapter you can tell Bella can't live without Edward. After Edward took Bella for a walk to tell her that he was leaving she tried to following him but fell to the ground and slept. Sam Ugley had found her in the forest. Brought her back to her house were Charlie and almost half the town was looking for her. There were lights everywhere. She was tired and every time someone brought up Edward she would get a sick feeling in her stomach. She went to her room and found a note from Edward. She misses him greatly. That is why Bella can't live without Edward.


 * (Jan 18, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 120-131 summary)** In this chapter not a lot had happened. Charlie Bella's dad had had this big grudge about motorbikes. He thinks that they are reckless and stupid. So Bella sees some dirt bikes at the Markses house. Bella went to go and get one of them but ended up with two. These bikes haven't been running in a long time and have lots of problems. So instead of going to a mechanics shop she asks her friend Jacob Black. That is what happened in this chapter so far.

In my book I would want to be Bella. I would want to be her because she is mostly like me. Very curious and different than all the others. You never know what to expect with her. Expect the unexpected. She has a good personality and seems fun to be her. That is why I would like to be the character Bella in my book.
 * Question: If you were a character in your book, who would you be? Explain in a few sentences?**


 * (Jan 20, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 131-146 visualize)** During this chapter I have been able to visualize more. Bella has been trying to get her mind off of Edward. So one of her ideas was to get bikes and get Jacob to help her fix them and teach her how to ride. She can't let her dad know any of this because he really despises them. And Billy Jacob's dad can't find out or he will tell her dad. What I visualize is a gloomy acreage with a brown wood house a orange truck which is Bella's and two sheds beside the house. The ground is wet and bumpy. Jacob has a black umbrella right above the orange trucks door for Bella. That is what i visualized in this chapter.

Bella is one of the main characters in my book. I would ask her lots of questions. Such as if she wanted to ever tell someone the secret about Edward? Does she wish she had a different life with all of the commotion going on. Questions like that. That is what I would like to ask Bella.
 * Question: What would you say to one of your characters and why**


 * (Jan 22, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 146-152 summary)** In this chapter Jacob and Bella are still working on the bikes. Bella is happy with Jacob. Together they went to the dump to find pieces and they found a few for the bikes. Bella doesn't laugh a lot or smile but when she is with Jacob she always does those things. Then they go to Bella's house and there was a whole bunch of people there eating spaghetti. While they were there Jacob and Bella talked the whole time. That is what happened in what i read today.

They most unbelievable part in this book is how Edward is a vampire and Jacob is a werewolf. And the most believable part in this book is when Bella and Edward got into a fight. Edward left Bella because he was mad at himself and what he was. Jacob turned into a werewolf because it runs in his tribe. Those are the most believable and unbelievable parts in this book.
 * Question: What parts of the book seem most believable? Most unbelievable? Explain.**

Marked


 * (Jan 25, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg 152-159 predict)** Lately, Bella has been hanging out with Edward and not with her other friends. Since Edward had rudely ran away from Bella she has been trying to get her friends back again. She hangs out with Jacob and she tried with Jessica but it didn't run smoothly. At school Bella had come to eat lunch at her old friends table. They accepted her except when they brought up something that Bella didn't want anyone to know Jessica stuck up for her. So my prediction is that Jessica and Bella become better friends like they used to be. And Bella still hangs out with Jacob working on the bikes. That is my prediction that will happen next because of Edward not being there.

Bella is the main character in my book. The two emotions that she has felt is sadness and happiness. She was feeling sad in this book because Edward's brother had tried to hurt Bella and Edward go angry over it and they left Forks. That is how she felt sadness. When she hangs out Jacob she forgets out Edward and feels happiness. Those are the two feelings that Bella felt in the book.
 * Question: What are 2 emotions the main character has felt? What make the main character feel this way?**


 * (Jan 27, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg 159-167 word attack)** This chapter there were a few words that had confused me. The word "stupor" was one of them. To figure it out I sounded it out a couple times. Read the sentence over still didn't get it. So I finally looked it up in the dictionary and it said it means that it is a state of unconsciousness or insensibility. Another word was "ceremoniously." I read over the sentence and the word. In the sentence it sounded like and action and that is how far I understood it. Those are the words that had confused me in this chapter so far.

Theme means what the book teaches you throughout the book. The theme in New Moon is that you shouldn't get to attached to something because it may back fire on you. In the book so far it shows this by Bella getting to attached to Edward and then he left her. Before she had ditched her friends for him. Afterwards she had expected them to forgive her easily and become friends with her again. Some of her friends did but one named Jessica hadn't and was acting very rude against her. Soon they had become friends again. That is what the theme means and when the theme had been expressed.
 * Question: What does theme mean? What is the theme in the novel you are reading or have just read. Explain?**


 * (Feb 1, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 167-177 summary)** During this chapter Bella hangs out with Jacob. Jacob had finished the bikes one red and the other black. While they are driving to where they are going to attempt riding them Bella sees three guys on a cliff diving from high above. Bella stops instantly when she sees them cliff diving. Jacob ended up knowing those guys and didn't really enjoy them. They think they are everything and they are (as Jacob would say) goodie-two -shoes. They do cliff diving because it is an adrenaline rush. At the beginning Bella was freaked out about their little game. Eventually she found out Jacob had done it and then she wanted to do it. That is what Jacob and Bella talked about during this chapter.

My favorite part in my book New Moon is. When Edward leaves Bella. It was an intense moment. I liked this part because I never thought it was going to happen. It just didn’t really fit in. I just happened just like that. Edward tells Bella to follow him into the forest to talk and then he says he is leaving her. That is my favorite part of my book so far in the book.
 * Question:** **What is you favorite part of the book your reading? Why? Be descriptive in your explanation.**


 * (Feb 3, 2010 New Moon Stephanie Meyer summary)** During this chapter Bella and Jacob had gone out to ride the dirt bikes. Bella had had an intense conversation about how people treated him. They went through all the things they had to know about what to do on the dirt bikes. After that Bella was ready. Her hand had tried to escape her clutch slowly until she heard a voice that wasn’t Jacob. Bella fell over when she did Jacob helped her up. That is what happened while Bella and Jacob had gone biking so far.

If I was the author this is what I would do next in this story. First Bella would start riding very uncontrollable then she hits a rock and smashes her head and it starts bleeding. This happens because she heard the voice again. Bella figures out that the voice is Edward. Not only can she hear his voice but she can see his figure as well. But he is no actually there. Then Jacob would come and help Bella out with her accidents. I would choose this because it just flows I think with the book. That is what I would make next in the book.
 * Question: If you were the author what would have happening next? Explain the details and why you would make this decision.**

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)
 * (Feb 5, 10 )**

In this picture there is a man who is a earthquake survivor drinking juice drippings from a stolen bag. It looks like the earthquake just happened the day before there is still smoke filling the air. He probably lost lots of his family and friends and there is nothing left. The man is dripping with sweat and trying to survive with just a little bit of juice drops from this bag. This tells me that he is exhausted and is looking for a way to survive this tragedy. My reaction to this picture was that I could see his pain and thirst. I felt sad and sympathetic for him and his situation. Also thankful for what I have and how lucky I am. That is what I think about this man in the picture and what he is going through.


 * (Feb 8, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 184-198 visualize)** During this chapter they were still riding the bikes they built. The first try Bella let go of the clutch because she heard a voice and fell over. The second time she got it, and was going fast and smooth wind blowing through her hair. Suddenly she looses control and runs into a tree. Jacob comes running over to help her she is bleeding everywhere they take her to the hospital to get fixed up. In the infirmary you walk in and it has white walls with a huge cabinet collection on the back wall. One wall has a white hospital bed with white tissue paper over top. Bella is on the bed with Jacob beside her holding her hand tightly. The doctor hovering over Bella sewing her head together. There was not a lot of blood because Bella had went home first and cleaned herself up. She ended up getting seven stitches. That is what I visualized this chapter.

currently reading of a book that you already completed?**
 * Question: In 4-6 sentences, describe several insights you've gained from your reading. You may include the book you are

During my book New Moon these are some insights I have learn't. One is that vampires aren't always dangerous. You can trust a person so much and they trust you and all of a sudden they change. Laurent had come and told her that Victoria and James had been looking for her and to watch out. Then all of a sudden he comes because he was sent to kill Victoria because she killed James. People can change through feelings. Edward left Bella he left because he felt he was hurting her and he didn't want to hurt anymore than he did. Those are some of the insights I have had during my book.


 * (Feb 10, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 198-210 summary)** This chapter this is what happened. Bella had planned for a group of her friends to go to a movie. Bella, Jacob, Mike, Angela, Ben, Lauren, Jessica, Katie, Eric, Tyler, and Conner were all supposed to go to the movie. All of Bella's friends except Mike and Jacob hated her for what she had done to them. So only Mike and Jacob had gone with her. Bella had to sneak Jacob in to the movie because he wasn't old enough he is sixteen and everyone else was seventeen or eighteen. That is what happened so far in this chapter.


 * Question: Select a quote from your reading you liked. Why did you pick it? What made you think about it?**

The quote I chose from my book is from the character Bella Swan. The quote is "Good luck tended to avoid me." I chose this quote because it is reminds me of myself. Good Luck really doesn't like me. It hates me actually. I never have luck all the bad stuff happens to me. Just like Bella she is always hurt or something strategics happens to her life. That is the quote I chose from my book.


 * (Feb 22, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 210-220 visualize)** What I visualized during this chapter is when Bella, Jacob, and Mike went to the movies together. I seen when I was reading was a dark theater room filled with people. Bella was in between Mike and Jacob, her arms were tight across her chest trying to get her own bubble. Mike and Jacob had their hands palm out waiting for Bella. There was a bright light from the screen shining on their faces. Bella was annoyed a bit from the guys. That is what I visualized when I was reading this chapter.

I would be friends with Bella. I would because she is very interesting and is always curious. The good thing for being her friend is that you will never be bored with her around. The bad thing of being Bella's friend would be she wouldn't be very close because she would leave you for a bit then come back when there is trouble. That is the reason I would be friends with Bella Swan.
 * Question:** **Would you be friends with the main character? Why or why not? Support w/ evidence from your reading in a paragraph.**


 * (Feb 24, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 220-232 summary)** In this reading it has to do a lot about Jacob. Jacob and Bella had gotten sick. Bella had the stomach flu and Jacob thought he had mono but it ended up being something else. She wasn't allowed to go see Jacob while he was sick because Billy his dad said so. It killed Bella not being able to talk to Jacob. When she's not with Jacob her memories of Edward come back and she wakes up herself by screaming. After Jacob had come to a stop with his sickness he was supposed to call Bella. He ended up going out with some of his friends. Now Bella is suspicious and wants to know why he didn't call her. That is what happened in my reading today.

The three new vocabulary words in my book recently are: stupor, ceremoniously, and masochistic. The first word I got stuck on was stupor. I found it on page 159. In the book the sentence says "was I trying to push myself back into the zombie stupor?" From this sentence I thought that it was some kind of place or something. I later looked in the dictionary and found out that it means a state that you are in near-consciousness or insensibility. The next word that I found hard was ceremoniously. The sentence on page 164 said this: "He opened the second, and held it up ceremoniously." If I broke it down it says the word ceremony in it. When I think of ceremonies I see people standing tall and proud. It also sounds like an action. And finally on page 159 the word masochistic stumped me. In the sentence it says "Had I turned masochistic -developed a taste for torture?" The sentence gave it away the graphic feeling for torture. Those are the words that I had found in my book that I didn't understand.
 * Question: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)?**

Perseverance

My quote by Thomas Jefferson is "//When you reach the end of your rope tie a knot and hold on."// To me this means when you work hard enough to reach your goal don't give up and hold on to the dream. I picked this quote because it is different and good way to express perseverance. I think after you reach your goal you should see how far you can make it from there and on. This quote is trying to tell you that perseverance isn't easy to achieve. You need determination, patience, the ability of power to stay on track. That is what I think this quote means by Thomas Jefferson.


 * (March 3, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 232-236 visulize)** In this reading Bella had wanted to be alone. Bella drove away to La Push a little island by Forks. She drives and drives until she decides to get out and walk into the forest. She runs for about four miles until she found a beautiful clearing. She stood there in amazement then she saw Laurent. I visualized Bella relaxed in the middle of the clearing with Laurent speaking scarily to Bella. Bella just taking the lecture. That is what I visualized in this chapter so far.

For this book I used these characters to be in the movie: Bella would me Kristen Stewart. Edward the pale vampire would be Robert Patterson. Jacob Black would be the actor Taylor Lautner. Alice Cullen Edwards sister would be Ashley Greene. Elizabeth Reaser would play as Esme Cullen Edwards mother. And that is who the cast would be in New Moon if I were the director.
 * (Question: If you were a movie producer explain for 5 characters who would be your actors)**


 * (March 8, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 236-241 word attack)** In this chapter there was a lot of tricky words that confused me. The words were **bemused, elated, conspiratorially, compunctions, wryly**. To figure these words out I had to use the dictionary because I couldn't figure them out in the book. Bemused means to be confused or puzzled. Elated is to make someone esthetically happy. Someone who takes part in a conspiracy is the meaning of conspiratorially. Compunction means to feel guilty. Wryly is when you mock someone. Those are some of the words I got __bemused__ by in this reading.


 * (Question:What is the author trying to tell you about life in this story? Defend this moral.)** The author is trying to tell the readers lots in this story. One of the reasons is that you should never expect anything in life. You make mistakes and you don't. Life has lots of challenges and misfortunes in it that you have to deal with. And if you want something so bad never give up. That is what the author is trying to say in this book New Moon.


 * (March 10, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 241-250 summary)** During what I read today it was very intense. Bella had gone into the forest after her dad said not to. She had found a big circular meadow. Eventually Laurent the bad vampire showed up looking for Bella. He was to kill her because her Edward had killed Victoria's (another bad vampire) James. Bella was scared out of her mind. Then out of no where 5 huge wolves came prowling in. They started running after Laurent. As soon as they left Bella ran to her house. Charlie was there in curiosity where she had been. Bella explained to her dad she disobeyed his rule. She also told him about how she witnessed the monsters that had being killing the humans.

My book is called New Moon. I think that the book should have possible been named something else. Every book of the Twilight Saga had been named after a phase of the moon.Except maybe there is a reason all the books are named after at different phase of the moon. There might be clues in them later on. I think that it might have been called Lonely or something like that. That is what I think about the title of my book New Moon.
 * (Question: Do you think that the title fits the story? Give your opinion with reasons to support.)**


 * (March** **15,10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 250-255 summary)** During my reading today Bella thought a lot. After Bella came home from seeing Laurent she had told her father Charlie about them. He was worried. Then Bella started to think. She thought about what she should to if Victoria found her. Should she go to her mom? She also thought about Laurent, maybe the giant wolves caught him. Bella had wondered about Jacob and why he didn't call or hang out with her. Bella was very confused during this reading. That is what Bella thought about in this chapter.

In my book New Moon the main character Bella is a very curious person so she is always getting into trouble. Here are some of the problems Bella has faced so far in my book. Last book Bella had got into trouble with James a bad vampire. James was so close to killing her. Then in this book Bella runs into Laurent and he was sent to kill her from Victoria because Edward killed James. And finally she goes into the forest in Forks and she ends up passing out with all the dangers around her. But the most life changing was when James tried to kill her because from then on Victoria and Laurent have been trying to kill Bella. Those are some of the problems Bella has gotten into.
 * (Question:List at least three problems the characters faced? Which was the most life changing? Explain)**


 * (March, 17, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 255-262 summary)** After Jacob has been hanging with his friends Bella has been worried. Before Jacob was hanging out with Sam his friend he complained about that group. Now Jacob is starting to hang out with him. He doesn't keep in touch with her anymore she is getting worried sick. She never see her so Bella came up with a plan. Her plan is to wait at Jacob's house until he comes home to talk to him. Because he has to come home sometime. That is why Bella is worried about Jacob.

From what I have read so far the mood has been very serious and sad. It is serious in a way that Bella doesn't know what Jacob is up to. Bella also almost was killed because of Laurent. Then the wolves are supposably killing everyone. It is sad becasue Edward left Bella because of his brother trying to eat Bella at her party. Those are some examples from the mood in my book New Moon.
 * (Question:** **What is the mood of what you’re reading (happy, sad, funny, serious, etc.)? Defend your idea by giving examples from the novel)**


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 * (April 12, 10 E.T William Kotzwinkle pg. 1-7 visualize)** In my book there are unknown creatures that are very different. They have long necks and grey skin. There legs are the size of nothing. They don't have legs only feet connected to their bodies. The creatures don't walk around they waddle. The shape of and egg plant is what their heads are shaped like. They have a warning signal in their bodies. It is a dark bright red light that glows through their skin. That is what the creatures that have landed on earth look like.


 * (April 14, 10 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 262-271 visualize)** Jacob has changed a lot lately because he has been hanging out with Sam Uley, a wolf. Jacob had cut his long beautiful black hair very short. His face had looked older and tougher. The shoulders had bulged up because of his muscle. He got a tattoo on his shoulder just like the four other friends of his. They looked all the same darker skin, black short hair, lots of muscle, and a tattoo. It is unfortunate that Jacob has been hanging out with them. He has changed. Jacob explained to Bella that he didn't want to be her friend anymore.


 * (Question:Which character do you like least? Why?)** My least favorite character in the book New Moon is Sam Uley. I think this because he changes people. He changes them in a bad way just like Jacob. Sam distracts a person from their real and good friends and after that transforms them. Jacob because of Sam has become uncaring. He doesn't respects other people like he used to. Jake has been keeping secrets from Bella and his family. Not hanging out with his old friend Embry. That is why Sam Uley is my least favorite character in the book New Moon.

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 * (April 19, 2010 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 270-281 summary)** You can have best friends and you can have a friend that’s more than that. Bella and Jacob had a very good friend relationship. In what I read today Bella explained how Jacob had a place in her life. Their relationship was like they were one whole. Then when Jacob had got angry with Bella the whole split in part. Bella had thought of that on her way home from Jacobs house. She got home and had to explain to her dad about her and Jacob’s complications. She went to her room and fell asleep. Bella woke up by a scratching on the side of the house walls. Immediately, Bella thought that Victoria had been after her again. It turned out that it was Jacob to her surprise. That is what happened between Jacob and Bella so far in this

The author of my book New Moon and Twilight is Stephanie Meyer. Stephanie had graduated from Brigham Young University. She has a degree in English literature. She lives with her three young sons and her husband in the state of Arizona. After her book Twilight the first book of the Twilight saga Stephanie was chose as the “most promising new authors of 2005.” I imagine Stephanie Meyer as a fun person. I think this from her books and their story line. That is what I know about my author Stephanie Meyer.
 * (Question: Who is the author? What do you know about the author? What do you image the author must be like?)**


 * (April 21, 2010 New Moon Stephanie Meyer pg. 281-291 summarize)** Jacob had flew into Bella's window with surprise. Bella and Jacob are just a few inches apart from each other. They start talking and Bella realizes Jacob has put on a new act. Half Jacob and half Sam. They talk about how Jacob is changing and how that may have happened. The first time they talked was at the beach "La Push." The two of them walked down the long rocky beach side by side talking about Forks. Jacob told Bella a lot of scary stories. How the Cullen family were vampires. They talked about how if any of the Cullen's came to La Push they would cross this boarder and they would be in big trouble. They talked about a couple other things but Bella didn't remember. Bella not remembering Jacob got furious. He got furious because he told her a secret about him and that secret had been coming true right now. She was supposed to remember. Jacob told Bella to sleep on it and when she thinks about it for awhile call him and he will see if its correct. That is what happened during their talk.

Crossfield and Forks can be compared in many different ways. They are both small towns where everyone knows everyone. There is lots of houses everywhere with not lots of trees. The town gets lots of rain just like Crossfield. Schools are close together like the elementary school and the high school here. The only difference in the towns are that Crossfield has more stores and gas stations than Forks. That is how both towns can be compared.
 * (Question: Compare where you live to the setting described in what you are reading)**

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 * **April 24, 2010:** **__U of L Video Shoot Questions for Reflection__**
 * **How often do you use the laptops at school?**
 * ** I use my laptop daily sometimes for the whole class. **
 * **What subjects do you mainly use the laptops for?**
 * ** I mainly use my laptop in the classes: Language arts, digital arts, science exploration, and social studies. **
 * **What sort of programs (softwares) do you use on the laptops?**
 * ** I use firefox, word, i photo, i tunes, photo booth, and i movie. **
 * **What do you like best about having your own laptop?**
 * ** I like being able to do my homewok and school projects on it more and at home just fooling around with it. **
 * **Is there anything you don’t like or would change with the laptops?**
 * **Nope**


 * Wall-e essay**

Wall-E Theme April 12, 2010 Brooke

Have you ever thought what our world will turn into through the years? Good or Bad? What do you think? The world is on through the wrong path. It is changing in a bad way. The technology today in our lives is what we live off of. We are getting more and more dependent on other people and objects. We aren’t giving our environment enough attention it needs to survive. Cleaning, collecting, and throwing away can help our environment. In Wall-E’s world the earth was a big ball of garbage. Skyscrapers and buildings were made out of paper, garbage, and bottles. The importance of the robot Wall-E was to stay back on earth while the humans went in space until he cleaned up the earth. The movie Wall-E is trying to give us a heads up on our world’s future.

The Axiom was a ship in space to hold the humans that were on earth until Wall-E had cleaned up the earth. Some ways it changed people’s lives were these ways. In the Axiom there are floating chairs that the people sit in all day and night. There is a screen in front of them that lets them communicate with people and watch television. The people don’t have to do anything not even control where the chairs are going. They don’t get out of their chairs so of course the Axiom changes their clothes to latest fashion just like flicking on a switch. People up there only ate and drank out of a plastic cup. That’s only because it was too hard for them to move that much. The Axiom also did that for them. That is what the Axiom did for the people and their lives.

People have become dependent in a big way. On the Axiom there are pictures of the ships captains on the wall. Over the several years you can see the big difference in them. They have gotten bigger and fatter. All the people on the ship had suffered from an unfortunate loss. They have bone loss. You get this from not getting enough exercise and you start to get fatter. Your body starts loosing your muscles and your bones. Also they had lost their brains from the Axiom. When you don’t do anything for yourself and something or someone does it all your brain will eventually get used to it and will shut down. You need your brain to function your whole body and everything that’s in it. That is the unfortunate way people don’t have control.

In Wall-E’s world you can say the earth was used. The people that had lived on earth didn’t care about the earths environment enough. They polluted the earth enough it wasn’t livable anymore. The ground wasn’t able to be seen. Later on in the story Wall-E, they figure out that there was only one living organism left living on the earth. It wasn’t just one little layer of dirt on the ground it was layers and layers of garbage piled up. The big ball of garbage had to get cleaned up somehow. Unfortunately, Wall-E was the one to clean it all up. With all the garbage Wall-e made them into little squares and eventually made a whole city out of garbage. The people didn’t want to be the ones to clean the earth. It seems like they didn’t want to have the independence in their lives. So they depended on everything else. That’s why the earth was used.

Those are the three heads up on our earth’s future and how it’s going to turn out. The Axiom was to help the people. But earth is the real reason the people lived their lives. You need the independence in your life. You think harder and wiser with your own brain and body. Doing things for yourself can make you fitter and you can gain more muscles. Earth is a blessing not a tool or a toy for us to abuse and pollute. There are only two roads the earth can go down. We can make our earth live forever or it can die of pollution and people. Hopefully, the world will go down the right road. What do you think the earth will become in a couple years?


 * April 28, 2010 Video Response: What is the message that the person who put this together trying to tell us? Give specific examples from the clip.**

The film "Did you Know" is trying to give us a huge message toward our future and how the world has come along. According to research the west side of the world has had a huge technology outcome. Americans have made technology their whole lives mostly. From school to searching with the Internet at home. It has concluded that by the time you reach three years in university your education will be outdated because of the computer. You will have to learn all your courses all over again. In a couple years there will be a new invention to the computer family that will be as smarter as the human brain. This invention will be smarter than all the human beings in the world. In an estimation, during three minutes there has been 640, 000 songs downloaded illegally. The technology has taken over the world. That is the huge message the video “Did you Know” is telling us.


 * FREAK THE MIGHTY**


 * (May 3, 2010 Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick predict)** The book Freak the Mighty sounds like fiction book. From what I read I predict that the book is about a troubled child. He sounds like he has a hard time getting along with other people and school. Max probably by the end of the story gets some person to help him along the way of his life. This one kid named Max has came along the person Freak. I think that is the person that helps Max along his way.


 * (May 5, 2010 Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick summary)** During the last reading there has been a lot going on between Freak and Max. Last day we left off where Freak was flying a ornithopter in his back yard when it got stuck in a tree and Max helped him get it out. They both decided to go to Max's house to play. His mom knocks on the door and sees Freak she picks him up puts him in his wagon and goes home. Later on she phones Max and explains to him that she didn't mean to insult him in any way. She made it up to him by inviting him to dinner that night. Max and Freak hung out and became great friends. It turned out that Max is a spitting image of his dad. His father had gone to jail and she got frightened when she saw Max because he looked exactly like him. The fourth of July came along and him and Freak came there and noticed that Tony. D was there with his gang. Tony walks up to them and starts talking to them. Freak was brave and talked back and that wasn't exactly what Tony. D liked. Freak pulls Max aside and was confused why he didnt take him. It turns out he isn't that kind of person. That is what had happened during the chapters.

Max has become more and more comfortable around Freak (Kevin). He likes to hang out with him because he is interesting. Freak is a very smart child. He isn't like most he likes to make life exciting. He thinks of all things differently. Max used to think that Freak was a complete freak because he talked smart and he liked robots a lot. Then he got to know him and realized thats just the way he is. That is what he knows abotu Freak now.
 * (How has Max's view of Kevin changed since the beginning of the novel? Explain in a paragraph.)**


 * (May 19, 2010 Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick predict)** The next chapter in the book is "What came down the chimmney." I predict that Kevin will be the thing that comes down the chimney. I think this is going to happen because Max cant go outside because of his father being on parole. And Kevin has had to be in his house because he chocked on his lunch. Kevin probably got lonely and snuck out of his house into Maxes. That is what i think is going to happen in this chapter.


 * (May 28, 2010 Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick summary)**Earlier in the story Killer Kane which is Max's father had kidnapped him from his own house. His father has been just released from prison recently. They have been on the run and they just ended up at this house, Max was tied up in a dark cellar. Loretta Lee had come down there with a flashlight to release him because he felt bad because of Killer Kane coming and taking him. She had freed his hands from the rope. Just has she had the feet untied Killer Kane comes up behind her and starts choking her so hard that her eyes were almost rolling backward. Max is trying to get his father out of his hold but he was to weak, no one can defeat Killer Kane. Max cant do anything except scream at the top of his lungs saying "you did it, i saw you kill mom, i saw you." His father loosens his grip and walks toward Max. They start agruing. Eventually, Killer Kane has a hold on Max, he is struggling to break free. All of a sudden a little boy comes through a window screaming at him to stop because he has this deathly substance in his water gun. Killer Kane doesn't like that idea so he starts toward Freak. Freak squirts the liquid into his eyes. Max's father in scratching his eyes to get it out. Max picks up Freak and heads up the stairs running as fast as he can. Killer Kane is following. There was no way out for Max so he burst through the plywood window. And to Max's surprise there was millions of cops ready for Max's father. The police caught him again. That is what had happened recently in the last couple of chapters.

I think that Max couldn't of passed the test alone, he needed Freak the Mighty. Ma had gained alot of courge to stand up to his father. He was scared of him at first. But when it came to a life or death situation he had gained his confidence to defeat him. But something told him that he couldn't do it because no one can defeat the Killer Kane. I think the help of Freak he got away from his father. He had side tracked Killer Kane from choking Max. Just that little bit of help had got Max to think of what to do next from where he was. That is who i thought passed the test.
 * (Does Max pass the test alone? Is he independent or is it "Freak the Mighty" who passes the test? Use evidence to support your paragraph.)**


 * (May 31, 2010 Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick theme)** I think the theme of the story Freak the Mighty is that you should have confidence in yourself. Confidence is what brings you through life. Max at the beginning of the story had no confidence in himself and always thought that he would turn out they way people thought of him. Eventually, in the story he gained it to stand up to his father. If he didn't have the confidence to do that he could have died just like his mother. That is what I think the theme is in this story Freak the Mighty.