Prompt:Analyse the difference between my first blog and my last one.
The first difference in noticed between my first blog and the last was the grammar mis spelled words. In my first blog my writing was choppy and had lost of errors but after doing them so long I my writing has gotten a lot better grammar wise. In the beginning of seventh grade I miss spell simple words because I would try and finish quickly. But after a year of doing things I have gotten used to taking my time and trying to go over my final writing.
The second difference is see is that my summaries had gotten more detailed and I have learned to not just add quotes as my evidence or details. My first blog was the bear minimum of what I had to right it was't very interesting and didn't have detail. Now after a year of blogging my details have gotten more in-depth and since I have been writing with more detail my paragraphs have gotten longer and more interesting.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Deathwatch Literary Devises and Imagery Revised
Prompt:
0-100
This book in about a boy named Ben that agreed to be a guide for a man named Madeac who is hunting bighorns. Madeac is a cruel person that shoots anything that moves the only reason why Ben agreed to be his guide is because he will get paid for it. After a day or two in the desert Madeac accidentally shot an old prospector walking alone in the dessert. The problem is that Madeac realizes that Ben will testify against him and to solve this problem Madeac stripes Ben naked takes all his water away and makes him walk the rest of the way back to the nearest road.
Imagery in this book was used a lot more then literary devises so far. The Imagery did help with making the scene more dramatic and also helped transferring scenes. The example I wanted to point out is 'his feet bleeding again, staining the moonlight on the stones". This saying that Ben has been walking for so long that his feet are blistering up and it is also describes the scene because it is saying that the moon light is very bright and making the stones glisten.
Literary devises lacked in this book so far it hasn't had any similes, idioms, metaphors, analogies E.X. If this book had more literary devises it would be a lot more interesting and easier to read. This book so far has been a little dry with it having know literary devises if it did have idioms similes and things like that it would make the book a little easier to read and also makes it more entertaining then just people talking back and forth.
0-100
This book in about a boy named Ben that agreed to be a guide for a man named Madeac who is hunting bighorns. Madeac is a cruel person that shoots anything that moves the only reason why Ben agreed to be his guide is because he will get paid for it. After a day or two in the desert Madeac accidentally shot an old prospector walking alone in the dessert. The problem is that Madeac realizes that Ben will testify against him and to solve this problem Madeac stripes Ben naked takes all his water away and makes him walk the rest of the way back to the nearest road.
Imagery in this book was used a lot more then literary devises so far. The Imagery did help with making the scene more dramatic and also helped transferring scenes. The example I wanted to point out is 'his feet bleeding again, staining the moonlight on the stones". This saying that Ben has been walking for so long that his feet are blistering up and it is also describes the scene because it is saying that the moon light is very bright and making the stones glisten.Literary devises lacked in this book so far it hasn't had any similes, idioms, metaphors, analogies E.X. If this book had more literary devises it would be a lot more interesting and easier to read. This book so far has been a little dry with it having know literary devises if it did have idioms similes and things like that it would make the book a little easier to read and also makes it more entertaining then just people talking back and forth.
Friday, October 3, 2014
Ripper Writing techniques
Prompt: Writing Techniques
Pages read 0-50
The first technique that I want to talk about is the style that the author used. The words in this book that the author used made the book seem mysterious and also kinda evil. A quote that I want to use from the text is "Im not buckled yet and the knife's still nice and sharp for more grand work" I don't know about you but I would not want to run into that person that wrote that letter. The author would also add word like gloom, dim, what if, and careful to add mystery to the book. The audience that I think the author wanted to target was kids in there teens because some of these word that are in this book are a little more violence and complicated to understand.
The second technique that I want to talk about is the mood of the book. In the beginning of the book you could just tell that something was going to go just because of the setting the setting gave of a feeling of danger. In the first scene you are going down into a dark basement with a man with only a lamp for light that just shouts trouble, well you know how the rest goes. After I read this first part of the book I felt like there was someone watching me even though there is know one there.
I the second scene the mood was completely different it was more of a mystery or hopeful kinda mood. The main characters name is Calvin and he was in the attic trying to find out who his parents where and if they were still alive. When doing this he would be breaking the law for looking at peoples reports but he dose not care. He finally picked the lock and got into the cabinet with all the kids information and he found his name the only thing in the folder was a note, a note from his father. Calvin read this note over and over again trying to make anything out of it. After I read this part of the book I kinda felt bad for Calvin because all he wanted was to know who his family was but instead I just found a note that really meant nothing.
Pages read 0-50
The first technique that I want to talk about is the style that the author used. The words in this book that the author used made the book seem mysterious and also kinda evil. A quote that I want to use from the text is "Im not buckled yet and the knife's still nice and sharp for more grand work" I don't know about you but I would not want to run into that person that wrote that letter. The author would also add word like gloom, dim, what if, and careful to add mystery to the book. The audience that I think the author wanted to target was kids in there teens because some of these word that are in this book are a little more violence and complicated to understand.
The second technique that I want to talk about is the mood of the book. In the beginning of the book you could just tell that something was going to go just because of the setting the setting gave of a feeling of danger. In the first scene you are going down into a dark basement with a man with only a lamp for light that just shouts trouble, well you know how the rest goes. After I read this first part of the book I felt like there was someone watching me even though there is know one there.
I the second scene the mood was completely different it was more of a mystery or hopeful kinda mood. The main characters name is Calvin and he was in the attic trying to find out who his parents where and if they were still alive. When doing this he would be breaking the law for looking at peoples reports but he dose not care. He finally picked the lock and got into the cabinet with all the kids information and he found his name the only thing in the folder was a note, a note from his father. Calvin read this note over and over again trying to make anything out of it. After I read this part of the book I kinda felt bad for Calvin because all he wanted was to know who his family was but instead I just found a note that really meant nothing.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Deathwatch 9/18
Prompt:Setting and Characters
Pages read: 100-150
The setting is in a desert the name is not given. It is in the middle of the day and that is when the sun becomes most deadly. Since Madec is trying to kill Ben, Ben is heaving to run to places that normally people would not see. He stayed in an abbandoned house to take shelter for a night he also was able to see a beautiful sunrise that shined the most beutiful light. Not every place was good he also had to walk across on open dry desert he had with no food and no water.
Madec is a brutall and a no mercer kind of guy. When Ben agreed to help him find a bighorn ( a rare animal that you can only hunt with a permits witch is very hard to get) Madec would shoot anything that moved. After a couple of days Madec finally thought he found a bighorn he took the shot but when they go to retrieve the body Madec found that it wasn't a goat but a human. Madec shot a person walking in the desert alone and looking for civilization but Madec is so brutall you didn't want to bring the body back to town because he dident care enough to. In the end after some arguing Madec threatened to kill Ben but instead of shooting him he made Ben take of all his clothes and then started to chace him across the desert.
Ben on the other hand was a rationalist and was the thinker. He only took the job because he needed the money for school. He hated Madec from the beginning he thought Madec was a cruel and selfish person and been just wanting to get it over with. So hen Madec shot thaterson Ben wanted to bring him back even if he dident know the man, Ben wanted Madec to go to court because Ben was so used to Madec killing things that he thought maybe it wasn't on accident. So when Ben was on the run he was able to survive the elements and stay away from Madec only because he new the enviornment so well.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
The Ten Books That Changed My Life
1. Unstoppable: Tim Green
This book spoke to me personally because it reminded me to never give up on something that you love. First he had an abusive family but he kept on trying to make is life better. He ended up getting away from that abusive family and started living with this very loving family who took care of him and gave him the option to do whatever he wants. That is when he chose to play the sport he loved the most.
2. 13 Reasons Why: Jay Asher
This book impacted my life because it made me realize that the smallest thing hurt the most. In this book the character takes her own life but right before her death she sent tapes to 13 different people. These 13 people are the ones that influenced her with her decision and what I noticed is that a lot of the reasons are the small ones that people wouldn't really think could hurt a person.
3. Out Of My Mind: Sharon Draper
Out of my mind helped me realize how lucky I am to not have a disability. This book was very emotional because this girl in the book wanted to fit in because of her disability even though she was a very kind and polite girl. It's sad because no one gave her a real opportunity to show her intelligence and feelings.
4. The Giver: Lois Lowry
The Giver made me realize that the world could be a hole lot worse. I am always focusing on the negative things about this world rather then the positives. This book made me think a little bit more about what is good in life and once I thought about it I found that there are a lot more positives rather then negatives.
5. Mice Of Men: John Steinbeck
This book helped he find the true power of friendship and not just something that is convenient for you. In this book the friendship was not convenient at all one of the friends always was holding the other friend back from getting rich but he kept on hanging out with him because they were good friends. I sometimes forget about the power of friendship and how much you really need your friends to make it through life happily.
6. Esperanza Rising: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising reminded me to appreciate what I have because it could all be taken away from me before I know it. In this book Esperanza had everything a girl that age could want she had money a loving family and beautiful dresses until it was all taken away. Just like Esperanza I take my life for granted sometimes and I think that my parents will always be there but in reality they wont be there one day and that is what this book made me realize.
7. Hatchet: Gary Paulsen
This book taught me to never give up even if things looks like it is impossible to accomplish. In this book the character had to survive in the wilderness for months by himself. He even survived a tornado, I know sometimes I don't try my best on something because I think it is to hard I give up because I am loosing but this one book should me that it could get a lot worse.
8.Wonder: R.J. Palacio
Wonder helped me realize that I should be happy for who I am. I say this because I sometimes wish I was another person because they had money or something else. In this book the character never really wished he was another person even though he dose not look like the other kids at school. Knowing that I wish I was someone else and I don't have a deformity or anything like that makes me feel disappointed in myself because I now know that I could be a lot worse.
9. The Giving Tree: Shel Silverstein
The Giving tree showed me the power of giving back. I usually take take and take from people but never really say thanks to that person. Just like in the book when the tree kept on giving him things but the boy never said thanks or showed any kind of love to the tree. What I think is that the smallest things like a hug a thanks or something that comes from the heart are the things that make a persons day. The thanks dont have to be big all the time and that is what this book taught me.
10.
The Eleventh Plague: Jeff Hirsch
This book taught me that we need to help are planet instead of destroying it. To often the people of this world take life for granted and think that it could always be fixed. In reality life is a very precious thing it to many miracles for life to exist on this planet and we just destroy this world by polluting the air and water the two most important things we need to survive. This book made me think more about the future of this earth rather then just the present day.
This book spoke to me personally because it reminded me to never give up on something that you love. First he had an abusive family but he kept on trying to make is life better. He ended up getting away from that abusive family and started living with this very loving family who took care of him and gave him the option to do whatever he wants. That is when he chose to play the sport he loved the most.
This book impacted my life because it made me realize that the smallest thing hurt the most. In this book the character takes her own life but right before her death she sent tapes to 13 different people. These 13 people are the ones that influenced her with her decision and what I noticed is that a lot of the reasons are the small ones that people wouldn't really think could hurt a person.
Out of my mind helped me realize how lucky I am to not have a disability. This book was very emotional because this girl in the book wanted to fit in because of her disability even though she was a very kind and polite girl. It's sad because no one gave her a real opportunity to show her intelligence and feelings.
4. The Giver: Lois Lowry
The Giver made me realize that the world could be a hole lot worse. I am always focusing on the negative things about this world rather then the positives. This book made me think a little bit more about what is good in life and once I thought about it I found that there are a lot more positives rather then negatives.
5. Mice Of Men: John Steinbeck
This book helped he find the true power of friendship and not just something that is convenient for you. In this book the friendship was not convenient at all one of the friends always was holding the other friend back from getting rich but he kept on hanging out with him because they were good friends. I sometimes forget about the power of friendship and how much you really need your friends to make it through life happily.
6. Esperanza Rising: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising reminded me to appreciate what I have because it could all be taken away from me before I know it. In this book Esperanza had everything a girl that age could want she had money a loving family and beautiful dresses until it was all taken away. Just like Esperanza I take my life for granted sometimes and I think that my parents will always be there but in reality they wont be there one day and that is what this book made me realize.
This book taught me to never give up even if things looks like it is impossible to accomplish. In this book the character had to survive in the wilderness for months by himself. He even survived a tornado, I know sometimes I don't try my best on something because I think it is to hard I give up because I am loosing but this one book should me that it could get a lot worse.
Wonder helped me realize that I should be happy for who I am. I say this because I sometimes wish I was another person because they had money or something else. In this book the character never really wished he was another person even though he dose not look like the other kids at school. Knowing that I wish I was someone else and I don't have a deformity or anything like that makes me feel disappointed in myself because I now know that I could be a lot worse.
9. The Giving Tree: Shel Silverstein
The Giving tree showed me the power of giving back. I usually take take and take from people but never really say thanks to that person. Just like in the book when the tree kept on giving him things but the boy never said thanks or showed any kind of love to the tree. What I think is that the smallest things like a hug a thanks or something that comes from the heart are the things that make a persons day. The thanks dont have to be big all the time and that is what this book taught me.
The Eleventh Plague: Jeff Hirsch
This book taught me that we need to help are planet instead of destroying it. To often the people of this world take life for granted and think that it could always be fixed. In reality life is a very precious thing it to many miracles for life to exist on this planet and we just destroy this world by polluting the air and water the two most important things we need to survive. This book made me think more about the future of this earth rather then just the present day.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
13 Reasons August/17/2014
Prompt: summarizing about the story and the settings
Pages: 160-288
In this book along with the tapes Hanna also sent the people a map with stars on it. Each star is connected to one story and one person. So after that person was done listening to the tape they had the option of going to that star on the map and find out the whole story or just settle for what the tapes said. So Clay went to every place on the map and I am going to talk about the two places that I think had the biggest impact on Hannas decision.
The first places I am going to talk about is the fourth place on the map. It is this boys house the boy's name it Tom also known as Peeping Tom. One day Hanna was in her room when she heard a click of a camera but she thought it was nothing until she heard it several times and that is when she looked out side her window but did't see anyone. So the next day she getts this girl to help her catch the person taking pictures of her in her room. Hanna and the girl end up never seeing the kid but they did find out that the person did go to there school so they asked around. Everyone said just at my house except one person Tom he got defensive when they asked him and that is when Hanna knew it was him. This was important because that was Hannas only safe haven and it was taken away from her. Clay ended up walking to Toms house and found Marcus there throwing rocks at Toms window because he wanted Tom to know what it was like to not have any privacy in his own room. That is where figured out how much privacy ment to Hanna.
The second places im going to talk about is the eighth place on the map. It is the library because Hanna loved poetry and there was a camp there for poetry so she signed up. And that is where she met Ryan he wrote the schools Lost-N-Found Gazette he would look in the lost and found and find the most interesting thing he could find and wright a article about it. Ryan ended up going to the camp also and they would show each others there poem and Ryan loved one of Hannas poem's he asked if he could wright an article on it but Hanna said no. So the next day the new Gazette came out and Hanna found out that her poem was on it it was stolen from her. This was important because it took her love away from poetry. Poetry was one of the very few things she still loved in her life.
Pages: 160-288
In this book along with the tapes Hanna also sent the people a map with stars on it. Each star is connected to one story and one person. So after that person was done listening to the tape they had the option of going to that star on the map and find out the whole story or just settle for what the tapes said. So Clay went to every place on the map and I am going to talk about the two places that I think had the biggest impact on Hannas decision.
The first places I am going to talk about is the fourth place on the map. It is this boys house the boy's name it Tom also known as Peeping Tom. One day Hanna was in her room when she heard a click of a camera but she thought it was nothing until she heard it several times and that is when she looked out side her window but did't see anyone. So the next day she getts this girl to help her catch the person taking pictures of her in her room. Hanna and the girl end up never seeing the kid but they did find out that the person did go to there school so they asked around. Everyone said just at my house except one person Tom he got defensive when they asked him and that is when Hanna knew it was him. This was important because that was Hannas only safe haven and it was taken away from her. Clay ended up walking to Toms house and found Marcus there throwing rocks at Toms window because he wanted Tom to know what it was like to not have any privacy in his own room. That is where figured out how much privacy ment to Hanna.
The second places im going to talk about is the eighth place on the map. It is the library because Hanna loved poetry and there was a camp there for poetry so she signed up. And that is where she met Ryan he wrote the schools Lost-N-Found Gazette he would look in the lost and found and find the most interesting thing he could find and wright a article about it. Ryan ended up going to the camp also and they would show each others there poem and Ryan loved one of Hannas poem's he asked if he could wright an article on it but Hanna said no. So the next day the new Gazette came out and Hanna found out that her poem was on it it was stolen from her. This was important because it took her love away from poetry. Poetry was one of the very few things she still loved in her life.
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