Final Refection

9 questions that really make you think !



1- What are the three most important things you learned this year?


During my 8th grade year I learned many things. But some were more important than others. One the most important things that I learned here in my ELA class was how to write a blog the right way. The second thing was the right way to understand a book while reading it and that way to do it is by annotating while you read. This strategy will help me a lot in the future and also in high school when maybe i'm confused during reading a book and need some help I can just use this strategy. The last most important thing I learned in this class was


2- What is something we did this year that you think you will remember for the rest of your life?


Something that we did this year and I will remember it my whole life will be when we did the “ This I believe” speech because maybe others people's story might not seem interesting to other people but to me their were all great and each of those speeches left a message to me. I really like doing this becuase it gets me the time to get to know each other more and learn more about each other.

3- What was the nicest thing someone in our class did for you this year?


The nicest things someone has done to me in this class was when one of my friends helped me with my blog because i wasn’t sure on what to write about and she have me great ideas and ended up getting a good grade.

4- What is something you taught your teacher or classmates this year?

Something that I have taught my teacher or classmates was to believe in the power of forgiveness. My “ This I believe” speech was actually about forgiveness and I really put my mind into it to make people realize that forgiveness is the right choice to do.

5- In what area do you feel you made your biggest improvements? What is something you accomplished this year that you are proud of?


I think that where I made my biggest improvement were in my blogs and the way I write know compared to how I started at the beginning of the year. It may not be a lot , but I feel like I did. Something that i have accomplished this year and that i'm proud was to never give and be like “ i'm just not gonna do it, i'm not smart enough” because I try to never doubt myself and I don't.

6- What was the most challenging part of this year for you?

One of the most challenging part of this year was doing my butterfly project. I think that this was one of the hardest things because I was having trouble in understanding what my poem was about. But thanks to the teachers and classmates I got it and got a good grade on it.


7- What was the best piece of writing that you did this year? Why do you think it is your best?

In my opinion the best piece of writing that I did was my “ This I believe” speech. I think it was my best because I really put my mind into it and tried to make it the best I could.

8- Of the books you read this year, which was your favorite? Why?

Out of all the books that I read this year the best one that I like and grabbed my attention was “ After Ever After”. The reason why I like this book so much was because of the way it was told. I just like story’s this because their funny, interesting, inspiring, etc. But what I liked the most during reading this book was our literature circle because we got to discuss about what happened during the book and help each other out. This was the best part in my opinion because I like working in groups it gets a me more focused onto the topic that we are discussing.

9- What advice would you give students who will be in this class next year?

The advice that I will give the soon to be 8th grade students for this class will be to just do your homework no matter how hard it gets, ask for help if that’s the issue but don’t stay with the thought of how to do it. Also to never give up because everything you learned and. Everything you hear will help you at some point in your future.

This I believe

                                               “The power in forgiving”
                                                   By : Claudia Franco

          I believe in the power of forgiveness. Sometimes forgiving someone can be really hard. To me it’s the hardest thing out of all. But forgiveness can be one of the most important one’s. Sometime’s forgiveness in the only option you might have left. I have learned to forgive over the years on something that a happened to me and my family in the past years.

           It was a dark night and my family were all in the garage. After a while my mom, dad, sister, and me went to sleep. But, my uncles didn’t. When they did they left the front door open and forgot to close it. After a while I hear someone opening the door and I wondered who it was but I was too scared so I didn't want to go check. I decided to try to fall asleep but then I hear footsteps coming towards my room and it was a drunk guy that we didn’t even know that had gotten into the house. The guy kept making me a sign to go  towards him but I was scared to go because I didn't know him. I tried waking up my dad but he wouldn't. Until like 30 min after. I told him that a stranger had gotten in the house and as soon as I told him my mom screamed from her room. The guy tried doing something to her. My dad and my uncles ran and holded him until the police showed up. This guy had dramatized me because know I can’t sleep or go anywhere without making sure my family is safe.the following days it affected me because I love my mom a lot and every time I would leave her alone I would be terrified that something bad would to her and I wouldn't be there to help her. I also have this dream once in awhile and it's scary to think back to the time my family and I were in danger from that drunk guy. My mom was the one that remembered more about it. Thanks to god that I didn't listen to the stranger and left with him because who knows where i'll be in this moment. At first I was angry to see this guy but after a while and realized that it's better to just forgive and move on. Why carry that anger in you. It’s better to just move on and live life.

The lesson that I have learned was to not hide the anger you have towards someone because you will just keep it in you your whole life , why not just forgive . This had changed me because I have learned to forgive the right way and have learned that forgiving is the right choice to do. I will used this as a lesson to be able to forgive people that maybe have hurt me or hurt me at that moment. I thank that guy because if it wasn’t for him I would've not learn the power of forgiveness.

You should forgive , but never forget because your past makes you who you are know.

Literature Circle Blog

            I have been Reading the book “ After ever After” by Jordan Sonnenblick. This book is about a teen named Jeffrey he used to have cancer he is worried that someday it will come back but he also has other things to worry about like , friends, parents, girls, and school. When it gets to the point of a problem and he can't solved it he asked his brother Steven for advice, but his brother has taken off to Africa to join a drumming circle and that has affected him a lot. During his year in school his best friend, Tad, has a secret about a crazy plan that involved eight grade graduation. Tad also helps him with math tutoring and that's how they have time to also talk about Lindsey. Also this new girl named Lindsey Abraham, a super hot girl according to Jeffrey thinks that Jeffrey is cute which has totally been freaking him out in the past chapters. They have gotten closer and closer in each part which maybe might end up as something bigger than just friends.

• What do you like about what you are reading?

             I have been reading this book for 2 weeks and I’ve noticed many things that I like about it. One thing that I like about it is that this can actually happened in real life. Also the excitement I have for reading and keep reading. I really like how this book has been made because it makes it interesting for me and it’s  funny and you can’t stop reading it. I honestly can't wait till I finish it to see if Jeffrey tried getting at Lindsey.

• What is something you’ve learned from your reading?

           During reading “After Ever After” something that I have learned is that don’t let your past get
in between your present. This is the message that I’ve gotten from this book because Jeffrey had a lot of difficulties during his cancer treatment and he was scared of starting to live again because he might think that it will come back. But after that look at him right now he’s over here trying to get a Lindsey and he has made more friends. This shows us that his past hasn't gotten in between and it shows us that it didn’t affect him and he started living like a normal person does.

3rd Quarter Reflection Blog

3rd Quarter  has been the most challenging so far. I have made improvements in my blogs. I know this is true because I have put more attention to the blogs and focus more on it and my opinions towards that topic. I also start to use more words that can we harder to understand but makes the blog sound better when reading it.

Something that was I accomplish was that in this quarter was the butterfly project and I was having trouble in understanding my poem that. After that what I did was that I got help from my friends and teachers and I tried to read it as many times to make me understand it better. After understanding it I didn't really have any idea of how to create my butterfly but the way the poems as written gave a lot of ideas of just creating the things they mention in the poem.  Overall, I was able to accomplish it and get all 3’s .


One of the most challenging things in this quarter for me was vocab. This was one of the hardest things because I focused on other work and never ended up studying my vocab. This gave me a hard time to learn them the last day before my test. I regret  not focusing on it more But, in quarter 4 my goal is to get 100% on all of my vocabulary tests.

Life is Beautiful Blog

After watching   Life is Beautiful  read the book, Night I noticed some similarities between the two. The first one that I noticed was that they both took place at the concentration camp. Another similarity between Life is Beautiful and Night is that in the book,  Night Elie and his father had been separated from his mother. In the movie, Life is Beautiful Guido and Joshua were also separated from Dora one’s they had gotten to the concentration camp. The third similarity was that in the book, Night Elie and his father had a strong relationship. I know this is true because in the book Elie did not want his father to die, he cared so much that he took care of him we could. In the movie, Life is Beautiful Joshua and Guido also had a strong relationship. Guido did so much for Joshua that they got to the point where they were inseparable.

There were many differences too. The first difference that I noticed was that in the movie, Life is Beautiful Guido made  the concentration camp a game for Joshua so he wouldn't know the reality towards the concentration camp. In the book, Night  the didn't hide the reality of a concentration camp to Elie he knew what was gonna happen.Another difference was that in the movie, Life is Beautiful they didn’t killed Guido in front of everybody they had to take him on back of the building and kill him there, but in the movie it said that if they were to do something bad they would kill them their instantly in front of everybody.

In the movie Life is Beautiful and the book Night the mood/ tone has a difference. The difference is that in the movie it started with an optimistic mood meaning cheerfulness,funny , and etc, but then in the book it started just in normal mood. Also in the movie they had more humor and hope , unfortunately in the book there's really no humor and no hope.

Throughout the movie, Life is Beautiful there are many parts that make life shown as beautiful. One part is where they show the cities and how colorful the building are it makes people happy and have a better sense of humor. Another example is that they meet new people easily meaning that some of them are nice to everybody and this makes like look mostly everybody is friendly. Also when the Guido got to meet Dora and formed a family that was the happiest moment in the whole movie.

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Night blog

        The book named “Night” by: Elie Wiesel was about this young jewish named Elie Wiesel that was taken from his home and was sent to the concentration camp. His faith is strong at the beginning but he has trouble on maintain it during being in the concentration camp. He experiences many unforgettable things that he had trouble with understanding.

         During reading the book “ Night “ By: Elie Wiesel I noticed a lot of changes in Elie. One of the changes was how he was losing his faith slowly during the book. I know this is true because at the beginning of the book it says   “ I pray to the God within me that he will give me the strength to ask him the right questions” ( 30). This quote is showing us how at the beginning of the book he had a lot of faith. Although towards the end of the book it says “ What are you, my god, I thought angrily,” compared to this afflicted. Crowd, proclaiming to you their faith, their anger, their revolt? What does your greatness mean, lord of the universe, in the face of all this weakness, this decomposition, amend his decay? Why do you still trouble their sick minds, their crippled bodies?” ( 63). This quote is showing us how much he is not able to maintain his faith after everything that has happened to him during being in the concentration camp. It is also showing us how much he questions his faith and that he has doubts about it.

          Another change about Elie was that he treated his father differently at the end than in the beginning. I know this is true because in the book it says “ My father was cultured, rather unsentimental man. There was never any display of emotion, even at home. He was more concerned with others than with his own fault” ( 2 ). The quote in page 2 is showing us the way that Elie talks about his father and his thoughts towards him. Elie thinks that his father doesn’t really care about him when he does. Then after all it says “ Don’t be afraid, son sleep - you can sleep I’ll look after you myself” ( 85 ) This line that the dad says is showing us that he truly cared about his on and they look after each other during being in the concentration camp. Another quote is where it says “ My father presence was was the only thing that stopped me … I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his only support” ( 82 ). Elie is showing us that he is thankful for his dad because he knows that if it wasn't for his dad he probably would have not made it through on his own. He might have support from other people there, but it's better when it comes from your father. This how's us the process that he went through to be able to be thankful for the father that he had.   

Butterfly Project

" Preparing for the commission's visit " . . . The commission, because of which a transport left and the three layer bunks were torn down, has departed, and I believe they were satisfied. They didn't see through very much, stayed scarcely a half day, but that seems to have been only a rehearsal. The camp command issued new orders about the "beautifying campaign" that must be finished on two months. It's ridiculous, but it seems that Terezín is to be changed into a sort of spa. I don't know why I was reminded of the fairy tale "Table. Set. Yourself!" But that is how everything seems to me. The orders are received in the evening, and in the morning everyone's eyes are staring with wonder, where did this or that thing come from? For three years it never occurred to anyone that streets might be named anything but Q and L. . . But all of a sudden the Germans had an idea, and overnight signs had to be put on every corner house with the name of the street, and at crossroads arrows pointed: To the Park, To the Bath, etc. . . . The school building that had served as hospital up to today was cleared out overnight and the patients put elsewhere while the whole building was repainted, scrubbed up, school benches brought in, and in the morning a sign could be seen afar: "Boys' and Girls' School." It really looks fine, like a real school, only the pupils and teachers are missing. That shortcoming is adjusted by a small note on the door: "Holidays." On the square the newly sown grass is coming up, the center is adorned by a big rose plot, and the paths, covered with clean, yellow sand, are lined with two rows of newly painted benches. The boards we wondered about for so many days, trying to puzzle out what they were for, tuned into a music pavilion. We even have a café with a fine sign "Coffeehouse." . . . They have already got quite far in painting the houses. . . . In two of the barracks some bunks and shelves were painted yellow and they got blue curtains. In the park in front of the Infants' Home they put up a luxury pavilion with cribs and light blue, quilted covers. In one room there are toys, a carved rocking horse, and so on. None of us can explain why they are doing all of this. Are they so concerned about that commission? Perhaps we don't even know how good the situation is. Diary entry from Helga Weissova

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Berlin Memorial Blog

February 9th, 2017

        According to the activity we did in ELA class I Learned many things. Something that I learned were that the laws changed over the years and got more strict due to the things that happens during the years. One law that u learned that was really interesting for me was that in 1935 the jews were no longer allowed to write and this makes me think that if during the years Thur got more strict this means that the jews weren't really able to do anything with their life. They were taking their entertainment away and leaving them without anything.

      I think that this monument was built to inform people to stop talking about the holocaust . Some people might like it but some won’t because they might think it's disrespectful. Also they might get offended by it.


     What I noticed during the years passed for the jews was that they got much harder to avoid. The laws got more strict and harsh for the jews. I know this is true because in the year 1939 “ Jews not allowed to leave Their home after 8:00pm; 9:00pm in the summer”. After in 1942 they are “ not allowed to drink milk”. This sounds really drastic to me because they are even taking their nutrients away and food and that to me wouldn't be fair. According to all the laws that have changed for the jews they have been a lot.

       One restriction that I think will be hard for me will be “ not allowed to have pets” . This is the one that's hurts to hear that they are avoiding pets because one of my favorite pets are dogs but small ones and I don't think I could be happy if I didn't have somebody to at least be close to me because a pet in accompany. I think that this law is really unfair because if you really can't do anything then you don't have anybody to talk to not even a simple animal.

2nd quarter reflection blog

January 20th , 2016
   
       According to what I've done during second quarter i’ve noticed that i've improve in some things. One of things that I think i've improved on has been investigating journalism because I feel like I focused on it and I can’t stop reading more about it. Another thing that i’ve improved on has been signpost. During I have been reading my books the strategy of doing signpost right along reading the book has helped me a lot  in understanding the book more and giving a more brief explanation of what the book is about. I have also I improved on finding the main idea of an article and annotating. Every time we do article of the week I like doing it because it helps me learn new things and it helps me get ready when we have our test.

    Some things that I have accomplished since new years was that I have done my ixl’s on time. Sometimes I had a hard time doing my ixl’s and I used to be like it ive up or say that I do them later but I never did and some of them used to be late. But know that the new years has started I challenge myself that no matter if it’s hard i'm still going to keep trying because giving up I the never the best solution. Another things that I have accomplished also has been to recheck my blogs and see if i don't have any grammar errors.

       Quarter 2 has been difficult for me but i’ve accomplished to get good grades. One of the most challenging things were my blogs because I used to just write them and not check them. I solve this problem by rechecking them until they sounded good.The reason I did this was to make it sound good because at time I sure to put topics in my paragraph that had nothing to do with what I was writing , so I decided to start putting more attention to them.

Written transcript : P.S. I like you

Title : P.S. I like you
Author : Katie west
Genre: Romance

      The book "P.S I like you " is about a girl named Lily that goes to this school named..... and during chemistry class while spacing out Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. After, the next day she finds out that someone had continued the lyrics on the desk and left her a message. Soon enough her and her anonymous friend start exchanging letter,sharing secrets , recommending songs and music, and learning more about each other. Then while I time passes she realizes that she is actually really interested in knowing who is the persons that keeps writing these letters. Then one day that person decided to blowout the word that he was a guy and l
Lily was curious of who it could be.

       This book while I was reading it it was really exciting to know who the mysterious person is. I really enjoyed this book a lot that I also finished it in 2 days. I honestly don't think I would've ever accomplished doing it. Katie west " brings irresistible wit, warmth, and sparkle to this swoon worthy story if love showing up when - and where - you least expect it." This quote is showing us that the theme of the book  " P.S. I like you" is  that love can come unexpectedly and in a short amount of time.



     According from what in have read so far in this book the best thing that I liked was that I made you think and wonder stuff and this helped me on understanding the book more. One of the parts that I most remember about this book is when she found out that her letter writter was a guy. I a,ways remember this part because that's one of the most important parts of the book. I would recommend this book to the people who like mystery and romantic books because this book has these 2 genres. The viewer would like to go out and get this book because it's a r rally good book to me and I'm sure other people will enjoy it as much as I did and most importantly kids from 6-8 grade.

Grateful blog

I am grateful for many things. One thing I am thankful for is my family and friends. I'm thankful for them because if it wasn't for them I wouldn't be who I am right know. I am thankful for my friends because they are always their for me on my ups and downs. I am thankful for my family because they have teached many lessons in life that lead me through the good path. Thanks to them people describe me as a nice and kind girl because if all the good manners they have teached me .


   I am thankful for my education in  so many ways. I really like the
teachers they are all nice and help me when I need help with anything. They give me time to do my work if I don't get it. Also they give me advice and help me get a better score and improve. They are always keeping track on me and other students to see when I they need help. Thanks to the I've learned many things that will help me at some point in my life. All the 3 years I've been in heritage all the teachers have been great to me I can't say anything bad about them because they have been great to me.

        I am thankful for my sister because she has been with me  through everything. I know that I can always count on her and she will always be here for me no matter what happened. I love the way we interacts with each other and the way we help each other. We are a bond that can never be broken. We might have problems at some point but we always find a way to say sorry to each other. She has taught me many life lessons and has always been their to give me advise on any problems I have.

"Unemployed? What’s the reason?!”

“Unemployed? What’s the reason?!”
By : Claudia Franco

 More than 102 million working age americans do not have a job. There are many reason for being jobless. The culture that you are from or your skin color is also a big problem with finding a job. Currently this is called racism.There are some jobs that do not accept certain people considering their skin color. This is a major reason why some people in that country do not have jobs. This is a dumb reason because if there were in the same situation that they are passing they will notice that it’s not
fair to do that.

  Gender is also a big role in unemployment. In the website is says “In 2007 women in sales occupations had an unemployment rate of 5.7%, compared with a rate of only 3.8% for men”. This quote is showing us how in some jobs they don't like women to work there because maybe it might bear too difficult for them. According to the men's percentage and the women’s we can tell that more women are unemployed than men.

               For, families being unemployed is more than just losing a job. According to what I've seen, heard, and read about being unemployed it affects your self esteem,  but most importantly your family. Some effects in the family is that they don't have enough money to eat or even to pay for their kids education. Also some kids get mad at their parents because that is their most difficult time and some kids or teenagers might ask for money from their parents and their parents are not able to give them any.


       Stress is a very big part of being unemployed. The mother and father might not eventually talk to  each other for days because the woman might be mad that the husband quit his job. Another stress is not being able to  have enough money to eat or to pay your child's education. Some people use unemployed can't even find another job and that is a big struggle for them. In the website is said “If it is hard to find one it is harder to lose it” . This quote is something that tells people to appreciate what you are given and to prove that being unemployed Is not something easy.


Being unemployed is scary and more if their is only one person in the house that pays everything and has children to feed. There are many reasons for people to care about when being unemployed. People should care about being  unemployed because If you don't have a job how are you going to survive. Having a job is something that every person should do at Some point of their lives because it helps you with many things. Some people may not go to college and not get to be what they Wanted but their are many other opportunities for them.  Another reason why they should care is because you can’t just live without any work. Paying the bills of the house is a bug priority and if you are unemployed you will not have a phone to contact with anybody, tv so entertain yourself or your family, water to take a shower or drink from, and electricity to be abler to cook or do many other things.

There are many ways that people can make a change of being unemployed.Some people might start panicking when they lose a job, built some won’t. Some of them might start right away to look for another job. But, they should not spend such a long time looking for a job because that’s when stress comes in

Non - Fiction Blog

December 1,2016

     

         Donald trump had tweeted in Sunday that he had won the popular vote. He said that if you were to subtract the millions of people who voted illegally he would've won it. He claimed that their was cheating in Virginia, New Hampshire and California. But , however Clinton had won the popular vote. Democrats have said that they have no signs that someone might of hacked that would change the results.

          Their was many paragraphs sounded interesting out to me during reading my article. One of the paragraphs that were interesting to me was when they say that “ Trump used Twitter to send a message Sunday. He said that he won the popular vote if you subtract the millions of people who voted when they were not supposed to. He later claimed there were voters cheating in Virginia, New Hampshire and California.” . This Paragraph sounds interesting to me because in this paragraph he is saying that he didn't really needed the help of the people that voted illegally because either way he would've been able to win the Election. This to me sounds insulting to the people that voted because it's like saying that they don't need them. Another reason was that why is he assuming that they cheated I some countries when he doesn't have any evidence to prove that it's true.



          I have learned many new things during reading my article. One thing that I learned was that Donald trump is saying that many people voted illegally during the election. According to this he said that votes will be counted gain in some states. Some place that voted that Wayne were in Virginia, new hamsphire, and California. But Donald trump might of have won the election but Hilary Win the popular vote.
  November 30th, 2016

     

Impressions Blog

November 17th, 2016

Today during our gallery walk in ELA  I learning many new things. Most of them have to do with the whole world and most of them have to do with certain areas. One interesting topic that I learned today about was that teachers are coming up with new ideas for their students to focus more on their school work. This article is persuading teachers to try it out for their students. The new object that teachers came up with was to get new seats for their students . According to the article these seats can help students to focus more on their school work and to put more attention. But, it also shows that not all the kids might be comtarble with sitting on them , some might get distracted. So according to this teachers have normal chairs for the students that can’t handle it.

   Another thing I learned was about the struggles that a Syrian family had to face. This family lived in a peaceful place in Syria with no violence. But, time
passed were they pieced started to become an unsafe place. After this happened the family decided to move . They lived in a refuge camp were they weren't able to work. So,  they decided to move to the United States but the United States did a background check and it took them 2 whole years. People are saying that they were judging them because from were they came.
   
     

2016 Elections

November 10, 2016



                 According to what I saw yesterday in the TV I was honestly shocked because according to all the stuff that Donald Trump has been saying I can't believe that people still voted for him. I also think that it's a weird how so many people voted for him,I think that they were just being selfish. As soon as I saw that Donald Trump had won I felt like if my world was over because just imagine all the damage he can do to this country and especially to the people that weren’t born here in the United States. After everything I have heard of him as fed what people have been saying of him it’;s just like this is not possible to happen. My thoughts before the election started was that Hilary Clinton was going to win, I wasn’t even worried about trump because I had this idea in my head. But know that I know he won I just hope that he doesn't damage the country we are in and the people that live her, because that people that are in the United States are here for a reason and that's because they know that they can get better opportunities than other states and I hope that he doesn't change that.

               My thoughts to the elections results are horrible. I just couldn't believe how people were voting for him so much. According to the results Donald won. But what helped him a lot was by winning in the state of Florida. But thanks to God and to everyone who voted for Hilary Clinton he wasn't able to win Chicago. It just Dosen’t  go throw my head how people are going to let him separate families just because of his dumb ideas. According to the rules the lucky number was 270 and unfortunately he made it up to that number.



         B   Some issues that I think are important about this elections is that I don't want him to put families apart. The reason I'm saying this is because Trump had said in his speeches that he was going to deport all the people that are illegal. I think this is not fair because people moved to the United States for a reason, that reason is to get a better life and have more chances for your children's future and yours. Another big issue about this election was that their is going to be people fighting because they don't want Donald Trump to be our new president. Also I'm 100% sure that in this country people are going to fight more because we have a lot of democrats here, and they wouldn’t like it to be apart from their family.

Veteran's Day Poem

October 31th, 2016

      On Veterans Day , we honor all,
Who answered to served a call.
Worthy man and woman.
Some lived, while others died,
And others deserved a pride.

    They fought through many days and night.
I'm proud of all the soldiers who kept thinking
Of red, white and blue through everything.


    You are my hero, you're in my thoughts.
All through we may not know their
names we thank them all the same.
             

"Made History"

October 24th, 2016

                On this day, October 22, 2016 after 71 years of playing , the Chicago Cubs won against the Dodgers, Los Angeles at Wrigley Field. Fireworks followed with people screaming in joy. People with flags and their bright color Cubs shirt. Their final score was 0-5. Families cheering and hugging with such an emotion. It was an insane night for the Cubs. The next day all you could see was that Cubs had made history.

1st Quarter Refelctions

October 27th, 2016.    

           According to my list for the 10 book challenge I have read 3 books. Currently I'm reading “ No summit out of sight” which is my 4th book in my list. The other 3 books I have read have been “Paper Towns”, “ The Giver”, and “ The fault in our stars”. I really like doing this 10 book challenge because it helps me get better at my reading skills  and helps me understand more in life. Another reason is because it helps me learn new words that I've maybe had never heard or didn’t know the meaning of it. Since we read the book “ The Giver “ and Mrs. Larson taught us a strategy while reading the book,  which is called singpost it helped me a lot while I was reading my other books and also It helped me understand what was happening in the book.

         According to the work I have been doing in Language Arts some strategies have benefit me. One strategies that has benefit me has been objective summaries. I used to always think that their was just one kind of summaries but I noticed that their wasn't. Mrs. Larson has teached me that there's a lot of ways that people can write a summary, it can be based on your own opinions by using first person point of view or using third person meaning like if you were writing a newscast. Another strategy that has benefit me has been signpost. Doing signposts has helped me a lot during reading my books and it especially helped me a lot while reading “The Giver”.


     I have learned a lot of stuff about the world. One lesson that I have learned is that not everything is easy . Sometimes you have to put part of your effort into your work and not let anyone do it because it’s not helping you, it's just damaging you more in your understanding. Also I've learned that your teachers are not going to be with your for the rest of your life, you have to be able to understand what they are teaching you because later on you will be on your own without a teacher to be remembering you what to do or without your parent because you will be an adult. You are the one that has to get your life together because it's not the teacher job to tell you to do this or that,  but they just want to make you a better person and teach you lessons that might helped you in life.
       

Film vs book

October 17th, 2016

 In the book “ The Giver “ and their was a lot of differences. One such difference was in the book when Jonas is escaping, he dosent come in contract with Asher. In the movie, Asher tries to stop him. Jonas didn't let anybody get into his business in that moment. Unfortunately, he got mad that he punched Asher.  Another difference was when Jonas is number 19 in the book and he was number 52 in the movie. In chapter 7 it says “ Jonas was nineteen. He had been the nineteenth new child born this year. It had meant that at his naming, he had been already standing and bright - eyed , soon to walk and talk “ p. 50. The quote that I found in page 50 proves to us that Jonas was a different number in the book than in the movie.

       

              On my personal opinion I think that Brenton was not the best option for him to be Jonas. In the movie and in the book he did play the nervous part right but that's was really the only thing that was the same about him in the book and the movie. In the Movie Jonas appears as a 15 year old boy and in the book he is described as a 12 year old boy. But , also not just Jonas was portrayed differently . Asher and Fiona were too. If I was the director of the movie I would've chosen someone more young . After all Brenton did a good job acting on the movie and the way he was in the book as Jonas.


          My opinion as I watched the movie and read the book is that the book is better and more understandable than the movie . I liked the book better because it had a lot of events that were really interesting and easy to understand. But as you can see in the movie it was confusing because it was way different than the book. For example in the book there was still a long time for the ceremony to happen and in the movie it started a day before the ceremony.  According to this example it's one of the reasons why I liked the book better. Also I liked the book better because it had more details and it was more interesting to actually imagine. Another part of the movie that I didn't like was that in the book they describe him as a 12 year old boy but in the movie he looks like if he was 14 or 15.

"The Giver " Theme

October 13th, 2016

               According to the book it shows us that Jonas is a Dynamic character. Jonas is a Dynamic character because during the book he has been changing. At first Jonas was always thinking about himself and no one else ,he was being selfish. A quote that shows us this is where it says “ He had waited a long time for this especial December , now that I was almost upon him , he wasn't frightened , but he was ….. Eager , he decided. He was eager for it to come” (4) This quote shows us that he was just thinking about what he was going to get as a job and he didn't think about wishing luck to others. But yet he was still nice to others. After Jonas got the job of the receiver of memories he started to change a lot he was more mean to others. He didn't do what he was supposed to do. One example that shows this is when he lied to his parent about him taking his pills which he really wasn't. In this part it shows us how Jonas is starting to not accept the rules. Another quote was when it says “ Jonas did not want to go back. He didn't want the memories , didn't want the honor , didn't want the wisdom, didn't want the pain” p. 121 This quote shows us that Jonas is changing because he wants to give the memories to Gabriel but “The Giver “ kept telling to not do it because it's nice to have memories. Also after a while Jonas actually learned what the word released meant. He was mad because he couldn't believe that his dad had been lying  to him and that he has been doing such crime in such a long time. According to this example Jonas has been lied about his community he thought that the word released was when they give the babies to other families that will actually take care of them. It turns out that they actually kill them instead of giving them to another family that will actually take good care of them.


               One of many themes in the book “ The Giver “ by Lois Lowry is to find love you need to go through hardship. As Jonas starts to get the memories he start to feel love and emotions. Before he was assigned to be the receiver of memories he was like everybody in the community , the people that didn't have feelings or felt love. One quote that shows us this theme is when Jonas is escaping from the community and he says “ But the moment passed and was followed by an urge, a need, a passionate yearning to share the warmth into the thin, shivering body in his arm” p. 177 This quote is showing us that Jonas started to feel love for Fiona. If Jonas was had not been assigned as the receiver of Memories he would've never felt emotions or feelings. But, Jonas is not the only one that has feelings. As we can see in page 141 It shows us that “ The Giver” has feelings too. This is shown in the part when he talks about Rosemary. This example is a perfect example to show us that “ The Giver” ale has feelings because he said that his heart broke when he had to transfer the pain. But, he
had no choice, it was his job.