| Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| Weekly Vocaublary |
Here are some words that I couldn't exactly figure out the meaning, so I looked it up.
- crimson - a dark red color.
- linoleum - a material for flooring
- fledged - to cover with
- sachets - a small bag or packet
- reverberates - to become reflected
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posted by charisse @ 8:32 PM  |
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| Cut by Patricia McCormick |
PAGES READ: 76
TiME: 1:52
I'm currently reading the book Cut written by Patricia McCormick. This is the second time that I'm going to read this book, since the first time I didn't really understnad it. It was kind of weird, so now I'm going to try and read it again to understand it better. I thought that the plot was interesting, so I decided to read this book.
I noticed that Callie says "I'd tell you" a lot. I guess it's because Callie doesn't talk, she just mostly thinks about things and pretends that she's talking to someone. It confuses me sometimes, but you have to read the text carefully to understand what's happening. I end up reading some of the passages over and over again to understand it better. I also noticed that Callie kind of gets distracted easily, like she memorizes colors of the cars in the parking lot. She describes of tiny things that she does such as pulling on a loose thread.
I don't understand why Callie doesn't talk. She wants to speak, but she doesn't. I guess it's because she goes to the "residental treatment facility", but I don't understand why she cuts herself and why her mom wants her there. It doesn't seem that Callie is mad at her parents that she's at Sea Pines since she doesn't beg them to pull her out of the facility.
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| posted by charisse @ 1:53 PM |
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| Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
| Family History Project Reflection |
The purpose of this project was to learn about an event in family history like a Historian. We also had to write narratives about myself and my family. We had to do an interview with a family member about the event that they have gone through. With that event, I had to write a historical narrative describing of what happened and why it happened. After collecting narratives and an interview, we also had to collect at least 4 tools/artifacts, labeling them with captions. With that, I had to create either a scrapbook or a newsletter containing these elements.
In this project, I improved my writing skills and learned more about World War II. I didn't know how devastating World War II was, and I didn't even know about World War II in the Philippines until now. I learned to create an interview using various types of questions to understand what happened in my event, which was World War II. I learned about the Bataan Death March, and how scary it was to live through World War II.
I liked this project very much. I think that I should of took better notes and and look for better sources, because for the Historical Narrative I had to look back for more information. I also think that I should of took more time on my captions and finding better pictures. I think that I did a really good job on my scrapbook. Next time, I would work on my Historical Narrative better because it's kinda hard to include every piece of information since there is so many.
For my DP, I will post a picture of my project, and maybe scan a picture that was included in my project and add that, too. |
| posted by charisse @ 1:41 PM |
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| Friday, October 12, 2007 |
| The Wave by Todd Strasser Final |
1) "For the rest of your lives…never, ever, allow a group’s will to usurp your individual rights." I think that this quote means that don't let someone to take over you. Don't let them take over of how you feel, act, or say towards things. You should do what you want, not what others want you to do. If someone tells me to not talk to someone, I wouldn't listen to them. I wouldn't let them tell me of what I should do, so I would want to make my own choices of what I think is best.
2) In the beginning of the book, Robert started off as a student who didn't care about his life, especially his grades. He slept through class almost everyday and he didn't have many friends. When the Wave started, he started participating more in class because everybody was treated equally, and he liked that. The Wave gave Robert to receive more attention. Robert started to talk with fellow classmates at lunch, although before he used to sit alone at lunch. The Wave made Robert dress nicer, since Mr. Ross' power changed the students discipline. After getting more attention and participating more in class, The Wave got Robert to boost his confidence. He even volunteered to be Mr. Ross' bodyguard, and supported The Wave in various different ways, like the Wave rally. At the end of the book, Robert got disappointed since The Wave ended. Robert relied on The Wave so much, he wouldn't be able to go on his own in the outside world. I think that Mr. Ross would support Robert to try to keep up his confidence and participation in class.
3) I noticed that the Wave is a good example of fascism. Ben Ross turns out as a dictator in The Wave. If he makes orders, it happens. Everybody in the school of Gordon High had to join. People who weren't part of the Wave, either got forced to by other students, or beaten up. The Wave was a positive thing, people did not expect negative comments about The Wave. People were afraid to write anything against it. Unlike Laurie, who had posted an article about The Wave in the school newspaper. She wrote about how much it was getting out of hand, but people did not admit it. Members of The Wave just went with the flow, they were mostly all afraid to speak up and followed commands by Mr. Ross.
One example in history that fascism has happened was with the Nazi and Adolf Hitler. Hitler decided to get rid of all the Jewish people because they didn't want to join the Nazi. It's like The Wave, how people beat up other students because they did not want to join the Wave.
4) Avoiding Mob Mentality: A Practical Guide by A Middle Student, for Other Middle School Students.
It may seem like mob mentality could not happen, but it could. Try to never get caught up into a crowd. Be different, just be yourself. Don't let anyone make decisions for you, do what you think is right. You wouldn't want to follow others if they tell you to, especially when its bad. Don't try to be like others, because as a result, you'll become something that just isn't you. Always think over of what's happening in life and try not to cross a situation where you would have to join a group that makes up your decisions. Just remember, be yourself. |
| posted by charisse @ 7:05 PM |
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| Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| The Wave by Todd Strasser #5 |
1) N/A
2) "Now listen carefully. During the rally the founder and national leader of The Wave will appear on cable television to announce the formation of a National Wave Youth Movement!" This sentence, that was in page 125, chapter 16, stood out to me. I thought that Mr. Ross would of probably made an announcement to go to meet somewhere or something. It made me think of how the ending would be. I didn't believe of what Mr. Ross was going to do, but towards the end he actually did show the founder.
3) On Laurie's locker, it was painted "enemy" in red letters. Do you think that Brian and David did that? Or someone else? |
| posted by charisse @ 8:28 PM |
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| Sunday, October 7, 2007 |
| The Wave by Todd Strasser #4 |
1) I think that Ben Ross is now starting to realize that he was turning into some kind of dictator. When he made orders, it happened. The other teachers did not like how he had this power and they said that Mr. Ross was brainwashing the students. Ben Ross turned into a leader, like how Robert wanted to be his bodyguard.
2) One sentence that stood out to me was on page 100. "Come on, Laurie, the only reason you're against The Wave is because it means you're not a princess anymore." This sentence stood out to me because it showed how effected the students were because of The Wave. Amy, Laurie's best friend, told her that she has became jealous of the Wave has turned out. She thought that Laurie didn't like it because she wasn't the center of attention anymore.
3) Do you think that this experiment relates to what happpened with the Nazi? |
| posted by charisse @ 9:11 PM |
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| Wednesday, October 3, 2007 |
| The Wave by Todd Strasser #3 |
1) Mr. Ross is starting to lose control of the experiment because students are kinda obsessing about it The Wave. Students were skipping class and from their free periods they would go to Mr. Ross' history class. Other students were starting to rely on the Wave for their life. When the experiment would be over, things could probably go wrong.
2) One sentence that stood out to me was on page 65, in chapter 9. "For one, the size of his daily history class was beginning to expand as students from free periods, study halls and lunch came to be part of The Wave." This sentence stood out to me because it showed how The Wave was really popular and how Mr. Ross' experiment was becoming successful. I was surprised of how big The Wave has become.
3) What do you think will happen to The Grapevine? |
| posted by charisse @ 4:50 PM |
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| Monday, October 1, 2007 |
| Comments |
People who have commented on my OP#3: [so far]
Lexi
Rachel
Mikito
Luis
Fred
Alex
People who have commented on my OP#2:
Alex
Lexi
Fred
Rachel
Mikito[late]
Luis[late]
People who have commented on my OP#1:
Mikito - 2
Fred - 2
Alex - 2
Lexi - 1
Rachel - 2
Luis - 1 |
| posted by charisse @ 6:24 PM |
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| The Wave by Todd Strasser #2 |
1) The motto "Strength through discipline" goes throughout the school because it's something different that the students have been doing. There's a different feeling and energy that the students created which is new and amazing to them. David tries to get the football team together and tells them about The Wave, and convinces them that they can even win a few games in the year when they apply the motto, "Strength through discipline"
2) "It's the feeling that you're part of something that's more important than yourself" This sentence, that was in chapter 6 on page 42, really stood out to me. I can imagine what the author was describing because I know how it feels and it's a really cool, but strange feeling.
3) What do you think will happen with the football team? Do you think that they will win a game? |
| posted by charisse @ 5:42 PM |
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