OP #4

1) I think that she wants to help him because he wanted to go in the war but his language was bad. So maybe that she will help him with his speaking. He helps Yoko by taking her cans and selling them for her and getting money. I think that they do not have friends and want to help eachother.

2)Her plan did not work out because she wouild have gotten home to see her mother before she even died. Instead she was shining shoes to get money. Then Yoko finds out that her plan was not for school. Like Yoko said Ko changed a lot by getting more bossy and trying to be the good person and not get them into any trouble.

3) Do you think Hideyo will ever make it to see his sisters?

My answer: I think that at one time he will eventually get to them. I thiink that I believe in Hideyo to reach his sisters.

OP #3

#1
A: I think that they really did not need to leave the station they probably felt it would be better for them. The reason I thought they left is because it was very crazy for little one (Yoko) and Ko and mother to stay there. I thought that it was very crazy like the part when the man was pretty mich harrasing Ko about if she was a boy or not. Also when the man tried to get Yoko to move and get up and finally the mother had to pull out the nife.
B: I thought that they felt they had to lave him because they had waited enough for him and maybe they thought that he might have gotton hurt or something and got left behind. I would hate to think that they thought that way but they could have. If I were them and I had to choose to leave Pusan I would leave because of the crazy things that were going on there for them.

2:Why do you think that the Korean Communest Army like to kill everyone?

OP #2

1:) Well I think Hideyo's character is pretty strong in the book. I thought that he handled the part during the tunnel very well because he probably did not want to freak out in front of other people and have them do what he was doing. I think that he can take very good care of himself but he probably feels very lonely without his mom and sisters or even his dad. If I were him and I was walking alone through all these different place I would be very scared if I heard one noise.

2:) 1st I would choose one of my biggest/warmest Jackets that I have because I do not know where I will be going or what I will be doing. 2nd I would bring lots of water because I would not want to get dehidrated or whine every second asking for water. 3rd I would bring all of my money because you do not want to leave your house without your money because say our house could possibly get burned with your money in it. 4th I think that I would bring some of my warmest pants/warmest clothes because like I said you never what you are going to get yourself into. 5th I would bring like say apples oranges pears any type of dry food that would last me long enough so I could eat it fresh or at least eat it while its good. 6th I would bring my warmest blanket because you need to stay warm during the time. 7th I would bring a photo album because you may never see your family or friends or anybody again. 8th I woule bring some warm heavy duty boots to wear because you could be walking through anything so you want to make sure your feet stay warm and possibly dry. 9th I would bring a first aid kit because you could hurt yourself very easily whereever you are going to. 10th I would bring my personal Identification because if it was a war or say something else they would need to know who I was.

3:) I found it very upsetting when the Mother and Ko go up to the train each time to look for Hideyo. I thought that it was sad because they want him to be there every time and each time he is not there so I thought that, that part was pretty sad to me

All Coments

Ben- Did all
Mikito- Did all
Lexi- Did not do Jaylon's but the rest
Olivia- Did not do a comment on Ben's but did the rest (no post)
Levi- Did all
Jaylon- No comments at all

Blog Post #1

1: I think that Yoko's character of kind of scared little girl, I would definatly be scared if I was a young girl going all over the place during a war. Such as the part when they were in the train and they had to look really sick in front of the guys. It said "I did not move a flinch" or something like that, if that were me I would be so scared but from what it sounded like it did not seem that she was scared. Even though that I think she might be a scared little girl I think that she is also brave for doing all the different things, such as shaving her head and not eating for like 2 days. I dont think that I myself could ever realate to her because she is very brave to me and im not as brave as her.

2: Well I think that they dont seem like everyday sisters because Yoko calls her honorable sister and usually sisters DO NOT call themselves that. Although I am not sure about that because maybe in a different country they do that. In the beggining thay seemed very nice to eachother but right now in the book it seems that she is kind of mean and bossy. But I thought that when Ko carried Yoko on her back that, that was pretty nice of her because she probably new she was tired. Over all of there performance of sisters I think that they are just regular sisters being mean to eachother and also being nice to eachother.

3: I think that they reacted pretty calm, because what it seems like in the book they dont react really that dramatic to all that is going on. What Ko was doing was talking to the patients and making them feel comfortable instead of freaking out and drinking pee or jumping out of a train. What Yok0 did was shared a little food with all of the people around her and share her blankets since many of the people did not have that on hand. The mother was helping some woman with there baby's, such as when that one baby died she was supporting the mother even though she jumped out ofthe train. I thought that many of them did a little bit for others on the train and I thought that it was pretty nice for them to do that.

Weekly Vocabulary

1. Linger- Linger means to stay put in one spot for a very long time.
2. Astonished- To act sudden wonder or amazment like getting surprised.
3. Betray- To turn against someone, or like not doing what you were asked to do.
4. Jackal- A person who will do anything.
5. Grumbled- To speak in a very low voice but like mumbling in other words.

Weekly reading response

Name: Lexi Alvarez
Date: 11-16-07
Book: Among the imposters (the second book)
Hours: 1 hour 45 minutes
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Pages: 1-79
Total Pages:78

Response: This is the second book of the Shadow Children sequence that I am reading as you know it is called Among The Imposters. This book caught up right where the last book started off from it starts out with him going into an all boys school no girls. The twist is that Jen's (Lukes friend) dad takes him to the school but in this onepart he says "my dad does not sign paper's". So I was thinking that maybe he does not do that because he is nervous that Luke is a shadow child and h as a secret identity.

Lukes secret identity now is "Lee Grant" because he does not want the government to fine him and take him away. I actually had a favorite sentance in the book it was "Luke slid his hand into his pocket, his fingertips touching the top of the note". I liked how they were so descriptive on that one sentance and how they said "his fingertips touching the top of the note". I could picture him reaching in his pocket and his fingertips just touching the note and grabbing. I just thought that was a really unique sentance just to tell me what he was doing.

Vocab Words

• Anxiety-A way to react such as like by fear or of danger
• gawked- To stare at a person in an aquard way
• deceased- to act like you are dying such as acting or real life
• rheumy- to cause something from happening (did not get god information)
• attending- means to arrive somwhere or you were invited there. /Sentance: I was attending school that day.
  

Reading Response

Name: Lexi Alvarez Date: 11-2-2007 Title: Among the Hidden Hours: 1 hour 3o min.


Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix Pages: 51-115 Total Pages: 64 pgs

This book gets more more and more intersting by the minute I have no idea why I did not finish it. The main character Luke (shadow child) found nother kid that is a shadow child I was so surprised when they met because I thought that she really wasn't but when they got to know each other more he found out more about her. The suspense is killing me (just kidding). Mainly what this book is about is this one boy named Luke is a shadow child and he meets this girl one day and find out more and more about each other. Most of the time they have to sneak out of there house just to see each other.

Again I really don' think that I could ever realte to any of the kids in this book because I do not have to hide although Luke's brothers I can realte to because they do not have to hide. I am going to be starting the next book just to tell you I am so excited to see what happens in this book.

Vocab. Words #1

1: Impetuous-This word means to react to a certain action.

2: Elegantly- This word means to be very well behaved and have good manners, in other words it means to dress nice or speak very ellegant. ( I never really use this word)

3: Peered- It means to peek or look suspicously. (In sentance) I peered over the wall to go see what they were doing.

4: Heap- It means for everything to be thrown on the floor or in one pile.

5: Whimper- It is another word for crying

Weekly Reading Response

Name: Lexi Alvarez Date: 11-2-2007 Title: Among the Hidden Hours: 1 hour 3o min.


Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix Pages: 1-51 Total Pages: 50








Response: Q: What does this boook remind you wonder about? Why?
This book has a lot of questions behind it like will he ever go outside of his house and why could you only have two children and not three. The thing is that he has to hide inside his house because he was the third child born and so he has to hide because it is illegal. I thought when I first hurd it, that why do they have to do that because right now you can have 3 and back then they only were aloud to have 2. I am not really saying that it is messed up, I am just saying why did it change or maybe it was just a made up thing in the book but if it wasn't i still thought it is wrong.

I dont think i could ever relate to the pages of the book i read because I have never had to hide from the outside. If I was luke (main character) I would try and get out there and breath in the air and enjoy the time that I get outside. Because in this one part of the book (the beggining) it says that he took his last breath of fresh air and went inside. So that just told me that wow he must not ever be able to go inside because it said "last breath of fresh air". That sentance just told me his whole life pretty much that he never got to go outside and he had to hide inside his ouse from the outside and can't even go by window's. I can't wait to continue my book and see what happens.

1) Well I think it means that you should not let anyone get in the way of your ideas or plans you should just make it your own. Never let other people or groups change who you are. I think how I could use this is that when people want to try and change me I can just remember that I am who I am and thats it.





2)Well I think that Robert definately changed a lot during the book. Actually he hasn't changed a lot but definatly has gone through changes. I remember like on part in the book when he comes to school in a suit and tie instead of regualr old clothes I thought that, that was a change. I think that after the wave is over he will definatly make sure that the project stays only with the class not the whole school, so I would think he learned his lesson about it. I think that he might go back to his regualr self again because he probably wants to just get over it. The wave to me if I was him it would be a hassle for me.





3)A: I actually saw agressive in this book because I remember when the boys were fighting and I thought that was being agressive. I dont know if I saw this but I thought that the kids who were in his class were sort of over ruling the Wave prject to the kids that just wanted to join.


4) “Avoiding Mob Mentality: A Practical Guide by A Middle Student, for Other Middle School Students.” I think that I would not be a victim of this is because I don't let other kids or groups change who I am. I will not let other people change who I am or what i wear or even how I act around other people. It is just like you are trying to take over someone else's life and trying to make it how you want it. My advice too some kids would be "don't let other kids take over who you are just be yourself". Also to make sure you find the find the right people to be around and not some bad kids who just want to change you.

Project Reflection

Project Title:Family History Project

Class: Humanities Dates: September-October

PURPOSE

In this section, explain what you were supposed to learn and what you were supposed to do.

Sentence Starters

• The purpose of this project was to learn about…

• In order to learn about _________________, we had to create/perform/
  write/etc…

• 
  

The purpose of this project was to basically learn about your own family history. In order to learn about my family history I had to do a lot researching. Plus wat gave me a lot of information from. Was my interview. Although the most fun part was making my scrap book. Because I got to go through all of my grandpa's old pictures and scrapbooks of his own. What we were mainly supposed to learn about was my grandpa's life in the service for the Vietnam War. There were a lot of steps some of them took time and some took 10 minutes some were hard and some were easy. I think if I had to ever rate this project from 1-10 I would rate it an 8.

WHAT I LEARNEDIn this section, tell what information or skills you learned or improved.

I learned a lot about my grandpa's life in the service for 3 years for the Vietnam War and what changes or emotions he went through during the service. Or even how he felt when he left for the service an if it was really difficult for him. I explored a lot about the Vietnam War. Like what they had to wear everyday or what they did and even what his job was everyday. Some of the skills learned were how to make a better looking scrapbook. Also how to do better research better without using wikepidia or some other websites that don't even work. Even though I have never done an interview before I have definitely asked questions. I learned how to make better in depth questions, and I think i I ever had to do another interview I would definitely know what to do.

REFLECTION

In this section, reflect on your experience. Did you like the project? Why or why not? How did you do? What would you do differently next time?

Sentence Starters

• I enjoyed this project because…

• I feel like I could have done better on this project because…

• Next time, I would…

I enjoyed this project because I got to learn more about my grandpa in the service because he has mentioned it before and I actually never got to the chance to ask him about it. So I finally got to learn more about that time for him and actually interview him about him. I also liked how we got to put our own writing in there for our personal narrative because people could look at my work. So I liked it that my parent got to look at what I do everyday in school. I felt like I could've done better on the Historical Narrative because I did not spend all of my time on it. I thought did do good but I thought I could have done better. Next time I would get a less girlie scrapbook and maybe a more serious work like one but that is just one little thing. Like I said I would have done my Historical Narrative better.

ARTIFACTS

You should have at least one artifact from each project on your DP. What document, picture, or link will you have for this project? I think that I will put the website that I used for my project because I'm sure that most of the kids don't use it. Because it worked a lot for me and got me a lot of information.

op #5

1) M y favorite sentance was on pg# 110 2nd paragraph. It was "There on her locker door, the word "enemy" was painted in re letters". I lied this sentanca because it maid me think so long it took me like 15 minutes to think why and who and how???????? I was just wondering who did that why enemy though I had a lot of questions. Plus the suspense in me was building up about what was going to happen and all of that.

2) I have no further questions thank you!!!!!!

op #4

1) I think that Ben is probably feeling like "I started this one thing and now it is madness". If I was him that is what I'd be thinking. Sometime I feel that he sort of doesn't have enough control some times it can get out of hand and sometimes it doesn't.

2) My favorite sentence was " Come on Laurie the only reason your against the wave is because it means your not princess anymore". I sort of thought when they were fighting that this sentence told me a lot. That I am not even sure if he is true about that because she does not really seem like that. On the other hand I could be wrong. The part when they were fight was when I got reall in too the book all I could say was what is going to happen next???

3) Do you think that Laurie and David will get back together????

how many comments i have from each.............

Mikito-3

Charisse-3

Alex-3

Rachel-3

Luis-3

Fred-3

Commented on........

Mikito-3

Charisse-3

Alex-2 (not working)

Rachel-3

Fred-3

Luis-3

The wave OP#3

1) I think that the wave is getting out of control because now everyone wants ot know about it and wants to sneek in the class. So since everyone is doing that Mr. Ross is just noticing how many people there are and so he wants to do more, which leads to getting out of control.

2) I absoloutly love the sentance on (PG. 62) when he had all the students say "Strength trough Discipline, Strength through Community, Strength trough action". It stood out to me most because I knew that the sentance was really true and every word in it I could relate to. Such as "Strength through Discipline" you do need discipline in doing any thing like in swim you have to push yourself. Also you have to have strength or you will just not suceed.

3) On pg. 66 aragraph 1 what do you think the word "glibly" means, I could not figure out what that means. So I wanted to see what you think.

1: Ok well first I think that it spread because one the teacher said pretty much keep it on the down low (dl). So when the teacher says that the students get all excited and they just have to tell their friends. So if one student over hears a student from that class talking about it then that person will tell everyone about it. Plus they would probably be getting more and more interested about the motto and just want everyone to know.

2: The sentance that stood out to me most was "From now on, our community, our movement will be known as The Wave". It stood out to me best because I knew thatwhen he said "the wave" I knew that was probably where it all starts. So I sort of got excited because I knew that "wow" this is probably where it all starts about the wave.

3:My question is "Why do you think that everybody really wants to know about the wave motto so much"?????

The wave assignment #1

1: Well for the first four chapters it is mainly taking place in theirschool in the year of1969

2: I also learned that they are saying the pocket book instead of purse so it is not what we say today we say purse so that gave me a clue. They also say that they had type writers on there desk and usually it would be a computer but instead it was type writer back then. Film projecter was my 3rd one it gave me a clue because it said that they used it in class and we use video.

Betty Ann Assignment

1. Which part of the story stood out as the saddest part, and why?

Well I think that the most saddest part in the story was when she first came to school. I think that making fun of a kid on the first day of school is wrong it is just like judging book by its cover you dont even know what it's about until you read. I mean nobody wants to made fun of at anytime cuz it just hurts and believe me i know the feeling :).

2. Was there any point YOU would have said something, when the narrator DID NOT speak up? Why/why not? Or would you have acted like she did? Try to be honest with yourself

Umm well i do not really get this question but I ill give it a shot. If i could change any part in it I would've not made the "making fun of her" so badly. Cuz as I said in question 1 I just dislike when people make fun of others.

3. Re-read the last paragraph, and then decide: What is the theme(s) (moral or lesson) in this story?

Ok well I think that the first saying "Stick and stones only break bones" means that like if u make fun of someone you are only hurting them even though you are enjoying it. Well I think when she says "life has no erasers" it probably means that like if you make a big mistake you can never take it away from your life it will always be in ya or with you. So I would say that it is try not to make big mistakes in life but you know it happens mistakes happen. =)=)

seventh grade

My favorite sentance was probably the same one as you Mrs. I it was "The rosebushes of shame on his face became bouquetsof love". I think that there is a lot of feeling in it because instead of saying his face turned from red into glimmering shine and smile he put it in a totally different way. I just like could picture his face in a in my mind tuning from bright red to glimmering and smiling. Well I think that my spot that I could connect with was the first day of school for him and for me going in the first day of school this year in 7th grade. Like seeing all my friends and just knowing that I wouldn't have to go to school not knowing anyone. Like he had a friend but the only difference was that I did not like anyone on the first day of school so thats the only difference. So that was my connection for the story.

Test Assignment

Mrs. I read a story to us today called test by Theodore L. Thomas. Well she told us to say our favorite sentance so mine was............. "He listened to the purr of engine, and he was pleased with the sound". It was my favorite becaause because it sorta made me feel calm cuz everythin was going fine. Its like the only sentance that does not have to much but it still sounds good at the same time. And it is not one of those big descriptive sentences it was not to much for me. Well I dont really think that hypnosis is good for a driving test, because I believe that you should just do a natural driving test. Hypnosis I think is just wrong cuz I would not want to be hypnotized while driving. But on the other hand I think that it is a good learning lesson. Well I think that the guy meant like how will any of us know in other words. Also it is sort of obvious that he is saying how will we know maybe they are still trying to figure out if it is a dream or not cuz it could be anybodys.

Well Mrs. Interlandi if you would really wanna know what we watched..... ok here are some facts about the first one...... grassland!!!!!!

• In the grasslands since there is pretty much all grass, there is no trees sooooo th birds that live in grassland have to nest on the ground which is very dangerous for them because other predators could take their eggs
• The grass there even grows during winter and through snow!!!
• Snow gease (does not mean they live in snow), best place to nest is in the grassland no other biome/place
• Summer in the grasslands is the time for all the plants for growth & reproduction
• Yaks (an animal that lives in grasslands) even eat grass when its frozen
• Elephant grass (grass that grows there) is the tallest grass in the world, it will go over an elephant itself!
• Just one elaphant will feed a heard of lions for a week

NOW JUNGLES!!!!!!

• The more magnificent/talented a male bird is the female will go for the best one she can get.
• When the trees fall "by them selfs" it is a natural thing for them to do if the trees want to go on and new ones grow
• Gathering food in the upper part of the jungle is easier for the animals, mainly the fig tree it is most popular
• Most leaf/tree frogs come out at night to get food
• Just one tree takes about a ton of water every year and what they don't take in returns to vaporin the air.

Thats pretty much whatI got hope you got some info on it!!!!!!!!!!!

my fav book from 6th grade

Ok so my book from 6th grade was Small Steps. We all read it as a class I thought that is was sort of like that movie called Holes. I do not wanna give it away if you wanna read it, so if u seen holes read the book it is like a book version of that. I thought that the book had a lot of meaning to it, such as be true to your friends try not to make big mistakes in life. Becouse it will always end up bad even if they forgive you they will always remember. Well something like tht and like i said i dont wanna give it away if u would like to know more email me.