Week 5 12/6/10 – 12/10/10

 As we are reading poetry and looking at various parts of poems,
can you notice some of the same figurative language in your independent reading?
Using your notes from this week, give examples of each of the parts of figurative
language we've been discussing. You may not find all types. If you can’t find any, look
at the poem you put on the moodle or the lyrics to your favorite song.

Type of F.L.

Simile- her eyes were like a blue river.

Metaphor-her eyes are fire.

Personification-my friends forever(drugs)

Alliteration-
Onomatopoeia-

Idiom

Pg. #

Quote/Example From Book

Week 4 11.29.10 - 12.3.10

We've been looking and studying how we relate to our characters and the real world around us. Now it's time to put yourself into your character's shoes. Thinking about the main character of your book, consider what you would do in their situation.  1. What would your reactions be? 2. How would you handle the situation? 3. What would you do differently? Be sure to use complete sentences and EVIDENCE to support your thinking.


 I am reading  Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers.The main character is Walter and he is  having problems in his science class,and his math class. also he keep having problems with a guy call Manuel bonilla. Walter said that the only class he likes is his literacy class because he loves to read.


In his math class his teacher kick him out of the class because he was fighting with Manuel.His math  teacher send him to the office.

         "School was becoming a disaster.Simple formulas in chemistry eluded me. Math problems
          that I should have handled easily became mysteries."pg142

My reaction I think would be different than Walter's because I would choice to talk to Manuel because I wouldn't want to get in trouble.I wouldn't fight with him in the classi think walter was very brusque.But after school I would went up to him and fight.
         

9.27.10 - 10.1.10 Week 7

It is important for readers to understand what is happening in their books, who the characters are and what the theme is. In your response, outline the following: Plot, Setting, Characters, and Universal Theme. Provide evidence to support your thinking from your book.


                   I`m in the beginning of Bad boy by Walter Dean Myers. The  setting of my book have changed three times in the first chapter, and then it change to New York in the second chapter.I think the main setting is New York because there is  where the main character lives, as seen in page 6.


So far in my book the plot appears to be that the character`s family doesn`t have a lot of money so they have to work really hard. I think the universal theme is how society acts and reacts.

9.22.10 - 9.24.10 Week 5

  

   In your book, what are some of the ways that your character expresses themselves through their emotions? How do they show love? Anger? Hate? Why is this important to you as a reader? 

        in my book cique du freak the author, darren shan spend a very long time to describe each character and i think is very important to him to make us imaginate how does the chacters look like.

the main character of the book is has the same name as the author his name is Darren, and he express his emotions acting different that how he use to act. when he is very angry he scream to the one that makes him angry.

Alan is Darren`s friend and i think the author describes him in the same way he describe Darren.

9.13.10 - 9.17.10: Week 4

 It is important to use our observations/knowledge of the world around us to understand and make meaning out of what we read. Thinking about your experience with the writing excursion, how much importance does your author place on how two characters in your book dress/look? How do you know this?

in my book cirque du freakthe author don`t put a lot of importance describing the two main characters, because he was trying to describe the characters in the cirque. derren dress with blue jeans and yellow shirt and his friend dress like a old men.

week 3 9/7

9.7.10 - 9.10.10: Week 3

As readers, we need to be able to look at that is happening in the world around us so that we can make connections to what we are reading. Thinking about the world you live in, what connections can you make to your book.

in my book cirque Du freak a connection that i have is that last summer i go out by the window to go to a party.another connection that i have is that last time i went to a hunting house and i was  upset with  all the things i saw.

last year i saw a movie it was about two guy that found a secrete book, and when they open it something come out of the book and it try to kill the two guys.

Julio M. book blog

cirque Du freak a living night mare

-i think the setting a school there is where they found the poster of cirque Du freak.

-the main character is Darren

 

when Darren and his friend Steve find a poster advertising the(cirque Du freak), they can recist going out of their houses in the middle of the night and to go see the show.the poster they find promises a chance to see sive and seersa--- the twisting twist!, the snake boy,  the wolf man and a lot more.The show turn more terrifying than Darren and Steve could guessed.