Since midterms are coming up, here are some of the things that are probably going to happen. I'm probably going to forget the short stories. I don't mean what they are about, but I mean I'm probably going to forget the point of view and stuff like that. I'm also probably going to forget some of the names of the characters, but I will remember what each one did.
Also, in class I will just ask if she is going to put wordly wise words on the tops in it's on section. Another thing.. This is the first time I've ever had summer reading on an exam. I usually forget about those books a few weeks after school starts. I hope they don't have many questions about that on the exam.
Reading Times: Lord of the Flies Chapter1-6 ,3 hours
Total: 3 hours
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
Reading Track: Loyalty
In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, they have many places where people are loyal to each other, but then some of the bonds change slightly. I will be telling you the places of loyalty only up to chapter 5 though, because that is how far I have read as of now. Throughout the chapters, all the boys had to be loyal to the conch and who was holding it. That wasn't always true though because many boys talked out of turn and interrupted people(mostly Piggy) while they were holding the conch. The choir is loyal to Jack because he's been the head of that when they were at school so the loyalty just carried to the island.
In chapter two, Jack and Ralph showed loyalty with "that strange light of invisible friendship" when they were helping each other with carrying something. They were laughing together and everything. They loyalty soon starts to diminish between the two of them though. Ralph's loyalty moves towards Piggy because Piggy helps give him ideas and encourages him while Jack is a downer and mostly cares about himself. In chapter five, Ralph starts talking about how everyone isn't loyal to following the rules. Everyone also wasn't committed to building all three shelters together, and Jack along with the hunters weren't loyal to keeping the fire burning because they let it go out when they needed it the most.
In chapter two, Jack and Ralph showed loyalty with "that strange light of invisible friendship" when they were helping each other with carrying something. They were laughing together and everything. They loyalty soon starts to diminish between the two of them though. Ralph's loyalty moves towards Piggy because Piggy helps give him ideas and encourages him while Jack is a downer and mostly cares about himself. In chapter five, Ralph starts talking about how everyone isn't loyal to following the rules. Everyone also wasn't committed to building all three shelters together, and Jack along with the hunters weren't loyal to keeping the fire burning because they let it go out when they needed it the most.
Monday, November 12, 2012
PLANE CRASHHHH
My third hour English clash did this little activity in preparation to reading Lord of the Flies. The activity was to act like we had just gotten into a plane crash, and each person in our class had to have a first grader with us. The class was just completely chaotic and in disarray. People formed alliances with each other and separated from the bigger group, and the main group just kept getting smaller and smaller. No one would listen to what one another had to say because we kept trying to talk over each other. We tried to choose leaders, but no one would vote on who they wanted to be the leader. There was like no harmony whatsoever. I think it was this way because many of the people in my class have leadership qualities and would want to lead the pack instead of following someone else.
If this situation really occurred, I think that people would panic and act even more chaotic. I would especially be wondering where the adults were because I wouldn't want to be alone with all those people without an older authority because that's who everyone would most likely listen to. Another reason I would want the adults to be there is because I would be scared because no one would know what to do. Well, they may know what to do, but they would never actually have the opportunity to say anything because the other people would try to talk over them because they think they have a better idea. My class probably would die off faster than any of the other classes because the other classes were controlled, calm, and knew what to do.
Reading Times: Lord of the Flies- 60 minutes, pages 1-32
"Ward's: AP Biology and Diffusion Lab Activity"- 30 minutes, 10 pages
Biology Concepts and Connections, Sixth Edition - 40 minutes
Wordly Wise 3000, Book Nine- 25 minutes
Total: 155 minutes
If this situation really occurred, I think that people would panic and act even more chaotic. I would especially be wondering where the adults were because I wouldn't want to be alone with all those people without an older authority because that's who everyone would most likely listen to. Another reason I would want the adults to be there is because I would be scared because no one would know what to do. Well, they may know what to do, but they would never actually have the opportunity to say anything because the other people would try to talk over them because they think they have a better idea. My class probably would die off faster than any of the other classes because the other classes were controlled, calm, and knew what to do.
Reading Times: Lord of the Flies- 60 minutes, pages 1-32
"Ward's: AP Biology and Diffusion Lab Activity"- 30 minutes, 10 pages
Biology Concepts and Connections, Sixth Edition - 40 minutes
Wordly Wise 3000, Book Nine- 25 minutes
Total: 155 minutes
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Reading Response
Right now I am reading North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley. This book takes like forever to read, but it's not even that long. I guess it's just the amount of words on one page, I don't know. The book is pretty cool though. I like how Terra, the main character, makes these art collages and works at this art gallery just where they put their work on display. She is kind of insecure about her work because she does care what other people think about her. One reason is because that she has a large, pomegranate colored birthmark on her cheek. In my opinion, it doesn't matter what you look like, but the character and personality that is within. She is also insecure about her cheek because even her dad talks about her!
I can't stand Terra's dad. He's just so pessimistic about everything and talks about every detail about a person he doesn't like. He even talks about his own wife because of her weight! He puts a damper on his family's parade which I find insane! The entire family doesn't like him that much, and Terra's mom is scared to divorce him. He doesn't even hit them, he just uses his words, and that just seems like a blow in the throat. Another thing is that he draws or makes maps, and he doesn't even include China in any of them, and that is just rude and inconsiderate. Actually, he does consider China, but he just throws it away like it is some kind of trash.
The book is well written, and I guess the point is for me not to like Terra's dad, but he just gets on my nerves. I like how all the children in the book support each other through those times and help support their mom. The main point of the book isn't even about the dad though. It's about how Terra meets this guy that really different, and he changes the way she thinks about things in a positive way.
Reading Times for this book: Oct 29-15 min, Oct 30-15 min, Oct 31-15 min., November 1-15 min, November 3-50 min, November 4- 40 min., 101-165 pages
Total: 150 min., 64 pages
I can't stand Terra's dad. He's just so pessimistic about everything and talks about every detail about a person he doesn't like. He even talks about his own wife because of her weight! He puts a damper on his family's parade which I find insane! The entire family doesn't like him that much, and Terra's mom is scared to divorce him. He doesn't even hit them, he just uses his words, and that just seems like a blow in the throat. Another thing is that he draws or makes maps, and he doesn't even include China in any of them, and that is just rude and inconsiderate. Actually, he does consider China, but he just throws it away like it is some kind of trash.
The book is well written, and I guess the point is for me not to like Terra's dad, but he just gets on my nerves. I like how all the children in the book support each other through those times and help support their mom. The main point of the book isn't even about the dad though. It's about how Terra meets this guy that really different, and he changes the way she thinks about things in a positive way.
Reading Times for this book: Oct 29-15 min, Oct 30-15 min, Oct 31-15 min., November 1-15 min, November 3-50 min, November 4- 40 min., 101-165 pages
Total: 150 min., 64 pages
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School cheer is finally over. It was pretty fun for my first year doing it. I participated in competitive cheer before that, though. Our team really bonded after a few weeks of some sort of drama which I wasn't involved in. We talked about the things that were going on, and they put their burdens and arguments aside and just worried about the task that we were suppose to be doing. Cheering.
The routines we did for pep rallies really got the crowd pumped up because it was like the best cheering our school had ever done in around 25 years. The stunts went up well because of the cooperation and understanding we had with our team. Whatever was the best of strengths for each person, we put them to use, so many of the people were satisfied. And guess what was accomplished? Cheering.
The football games were also fun, especially the first one win our coach wasn't there. We did our thing without guidance so that shows our entire team's responsibility. The football team only lost two games which is amazing. And hey, maybe it was because of what we were doing. Cheering.
The routines we did for pep rallies really got the crowd pumped up because it was like the best cheering our school had ever done in around 25 years. The stunts went up well because of the cooperation and understanding we had with our team. Whatever was the best of strengths for each person, we put them to use, so many of the people were satisfied. And guess what was accomplished? Cheering.
The football games were also fun, especially the first one win our coach wasn't there. We did our thing without guidance so that shows our entire team's responsibility. The football team only lost two games which is amazing. And hey, maybe it was because of what we were doing. Cheering.
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