Rules February 27

Prompt: Character
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        Catherine is one of the main characters in this book. She is a really good drawer she does the best when she is drawing faces and portraits. She has a brother named David that has autism. She doesn't really handle it that well she just always want's to avoid him. Like when she has a friend over she always leaves the house so that David doesn't bother them. She also is kinda annoyed that her parents never pay any attention to her and that there whole life revolve around him.

        Even though catherine has a hard time dealing with it she still does love and care about her brother. Like during the whole book she is telling him rules that will help him not get into trouble or will help him later in life. Some of the rules she tells him are Chew with your mouth closed or no toys in the fish tank things like that. Also when her parents are gone she has to take care of David she sometimes draw pictures of him to make him happy when he gets angry.


         David is also one of the characters in the book. He is Catherine's younger brother that has autism. Every week he has to go to a therapist where he learns to control his emotions and things like that. Dave dose not really know simple rules that we learn that is the reason why Catherine has to wright him all those rules.

"The Narrischkeit Boy" Nonsense Poem

Reflective Blog

                   In seventh grade I have done 25 blog posts. I have shown improvement in my grammar and also in details. I used to just right plan bog posts with lots of grammar mistakes but I have now added literary devises and also cut down on spelling mistakes. I would like to work on during 3 and 4 quarter is getting rid of all grammar problems. I would also like to work on my detail and try and explain the book better.

My favorite blog was the Eleventh Plague Spoiler. I liked it because I think I described what happened better than a lot of my blogs. I also liked it because it was one of the blogs where I started cutting down on the grammar mistakes. Another characteristic that  made it on of my favorite blog was that it was about one of my favorite books so it felt really good finishing it and moving on. The only thing I would like to change was the length of it It fells like the blog was to short to fit all the details in it.

Drawing From Memory February 20

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Prompt: What is was about

        The main character of this book is Kiyoi he is Japanese and loves art. Early in his life art was important to him. His mother never let him go out side and play because she was afraid of him getting hurt. So to keep him inside she gave him comic books to read. When he was reading Kiyoi got fixated on the comic strips and started trying to draw them. Kiyoi could't show his drawings to his father because his father thought artistes were lazy and not responsible people. Kiyoi was a very smart student but he was never able to completely focus he would always draw sketches in his notebook during class. But one day his mother and father divorced and him and his sister had to move in with their dad for a couple of years until his mother came and took them back.

         After his mom took them back they moved in with their grandmother. His mom ended up moving into an apartment and Kiyoi had his sister had to stay with their grouchy grandmother. One day his grandmother told him that if he gets into one of the most prestiges middle schools in japan than she will give him money to by his own apartment at the age of only 12 years old. Kiyoi accepted the offer right away he wanted to make his apartment his own art studio were he can draw.  

           He ended up getting into the middle school had alos got his apartment. The very first night he spent in his apartment he read the newspaper that had a article on a boy that also wanted to be a cartoons't  but his parents said no so he walked for 16 days to Tokyo to find the most popular cartoons't in all of Japan and asked him if he could be his apprentice. So Kiyoi had the idea of walking over to Master Noros home to see if he could take him as is apprentice. Master Noro accepted and taught  Kiyoi. Until Kiyois dad came one day an offered him to come with him to America. Kiyoi accepted and that is when he started to draw for a living

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"Sadness And Confusion

If You Can Not See

One Was Loud With tension
His Words echoed through her
Splintered thoughts
suddenly cornered by confusion
everything seems upside down
can't be happy unless
"her voice trembling"
I hear happiness between them

This theme of this poem is confusion and sadness. Have you ever experienced when friends fight and you just want them to be friends again. Well thats what my character is feeling like. I think this poem describes this because words are used like confusion, tension, can't, and trembling. These word clearly describe the pain and sadness the character is going through. I added the people yelling to represent the friends and then I also added the tear drops to represent the sadness of the character.

"Don't Judge"

The theme of this poem is equality and fairness . I think that these phrases describe the people that are judged because of their rase or how they look. All of these monsters names are examples of things being judged by their name or how they look. Like Frankenstein if people did't judge him on how he looked then maybe he would't have killed the people but maybe be friends with them. The last phrase was ment to state that all these monsters could have beautiful souls if they were given a chance. I think these phrases make sense because people that are judged because the way they look or because of their rase can also relate with this poem.

Two Voice Poem Sophie and John From the Alchemist

Prompt: Two voice Poem
Read: Finish
John                                                                                                                          Sophie
I wish I had your powers

                                                                                                                   I wish I did't have my powers

                                                                       Why      

How could you not want powers their so cool                            

                                                                               They are so annoying I can never focus on anything

But once you get to the witch you can turn your senses off

                                                                                So I will still never be able to live a normal life ever 

Thats why I want powers so we both can be the same and so I can be your brother again 

                                            That also why I dont want my powers I want to be your normal sister again

                                                      We will always be family

I just wish I could pretect you again 

                                                                      I kinda like it this way it makes me feel a lot older then you

                                                                 Ha Ha 

It looks like having powers is fun 

                                                It is when you do a spell it feels like you have all the power in the world

If you could fly man that would be awesome 
                                                                                               No that wouldn't that could be dangerous
Your such a baby you cant handle hight's 
                                                                                       Like your any braver you are scared or spiders
                                                       That was not called for
I miss mom and dad I wonder if they are looking for us yet 
                                                                                                            No they are probably still at work 
what about grandma      
                                                                                                 I dont know she could't reach us anyway
Thats right we lost are phones at the tree 
                                                                                                                                          I cant believe it
What 
                                                                                          All my friends phone numbers where on their  
I know so where mine 
                                                         That stinks
I wonder when we can go home 
                                                   Why would you want to go home it feels nice not having to follow rules 
But is it nice to have a giant man-cat and a giant man-bird chasing you 
                                          Well at least we have a samuri and the most powerful alchemist one are side 
Did you see what they did to Hakate 
                                                                                True but now I have powers to and I can defend you
That's not funny                                          
                                                        You are such a downer I remember when you had a sense of humer  
Well that was when I did not face death every day 
                                                 Whatever once I get my senses under control I might like having powers
You better because I dont want to be hearing complaining everyday 
                                                                         I think we should get to bed we have a big day tomorrow
Wait I want to say one more thing Ha Ha my aura is more rare than yours 
                                                                                                                                  You are so annoying
                                                           Goodnight   
          

"This Is My Life"

The Alchemist January 5 2014

Prompt:  Three Main Characters and their part in the book
Pages Read: 279-369 (End)

                     Sophie is one of the main characters she is the sister of her twin Josh. Sophie is only a couple minuets before her and always uses it against her brother. She is not the girl that like Pink and likes to play with barbie dolls she is more of a girl that likes to play sports and is not afraid to get dirty. She is more go for it then her brother she really dosent really think before she does. She has one of the most rarest auras silver an aura is an energy that shows a persons magic ability and also personality.  In the book Hekate was only able to awaken Sophies powers she then goes to the wWitch of Endor to help her control her powers and also teach her spells.

                     Josh is one of the main characters he is the brother of Sophie. Even though he is younger than his sister he likes to think that he is more responsible and he should be the one in charge. Josh is usually over protective of his sister he is like the mom always making sure that Sophie is all right and is not hurt in anyway shape or form. Josh has an aura even more rare then silver his aura is gold. He wasent able to get his powers awakened by Hekate so Dee wants to try and trick Josh to come with him and go on their side. Josh also dosent trust Nick Flamel fully because he has heard a lot of warnings that Nick never tells the full truth.  

                      Nick Flamel is on of the biggest characters in the book. He is about 600 years old maybe even more he keeps himself young by doing a spell that is in the codex a book that could destroy the whole world if it falls into the wrong hands. Nick is also a Alchemist he can turn basic metals into gold and coal into dimands. Nicks job is to protect the codex from the Dee that is the only reason why Nick keeps himself young. Nick also has a wife that helps him protect the codex they are both very powerful but Nickels wife is more of a magician than a alchemist. In the book characters give hints that Nick is not the most trust worthy person and this is really affecting Joshes outlook on Nick.