this week i was watching world news and I saw some interesting news but my favorite was a riot in Palestinian. this happened at October 27,2010. This brings social awareness because the united states want to be a "city upon a hill" so we are now aware. A social action can be the united states trying to help out Palestinian by helping the government to contain the people so this doesn't happen again. the reason the riot happened was they were marching to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the murder of the radical Rabbi Meir Kahane and to call for the outlaw of the Islamic Movement in Israel. I thought this is very shocking and the usa should try to do as much as possible so this never happens again.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
mother to son
main idea
in the poem mother to son by langston hughes i think she is saying when life isn't perfect try and make the best of it, and keep pushing until everything works out. Also the mom is telling the son that her life isn't and never was perfect but she had to suck it up and make the best of it even if its not what you wanted. I think this is poem has a very strong meaning, and it is true sometimes you have to make the best of life even if your in a tough position.
When reading this poem I remembered when I was 9 and me and my brother were messing around and long story short i ended up with 4 stitches in my head and it was horrible timing because i had the state test the next day, the next day i woke up a little dizzy but i didnt want to take the test on a make up day so I suck it up, took a children advil and went to school; it was one of the worst days but i still did good in the test which made it much better.
in the poem mother to son by langston hughes i think she is saying when life isn't perfect try and make the best of it, and keep pushing until everything works out. Also the mom is telling the son that her life isn't and never was perfect but she had to suck it up and make the best of it even if its not what you wanted. I think this is poem has a very strong meaning, and it is true sometimes you have to make the best of life even if your in a tough position.
When reading this poem I remembered when I was 9 and me and my brother were messing around and long story short i ended up with 4 stitches in my head and it was horrible timing because i had the state test the next day, the next day i woke up a little dizzy but i didnt want to take the test on a make up day so I suck it up, took a children advil and went to school; it was one of the worst days but i still did good in the test which made it much better.
Monday, October 25, 2010
final piece
Appreciation
While reading the giver I started to appreciate it in many way. In the giver I paid a lot more attention to the details then I did the first time I read the book. I also found many special things that Lois Lowry put into the book. In the book Lois Lowry Imagination is very notable. I noticed Lois Lowry had a very unique imagination when she tells the reader about the world and the daily life of the people. Also Lois Lowry puts her own style of writing into the; with her emotion, and her dialogue.
One way I appreciate Lois Lowry imagination is how crazy she makes the world. when I first realized that the world in the book wasn’t like any other world, I was on page 3-4. Asher had to apologize to his class and ‘instructor’ for being late, he also had to give reasoning why he was late; when I read that , I knew that if I was late for school I would most likely try to make a excuse, and take a late mark or have my mom write a note. I wouldn’t ever have to ask for the ‘instructor’ to ‘accept my apologue’.
Another way I appreciate The Giver , was Lois Lowry’s imagination on the characters. One character that you can tell Lois Lowry put a lot of effort in, is Jonas. I think is a character that stands out a lot, because he is the one that is different (he didn’t agree with the utopia. Jonas started to question just why they have to live like they do. When they released one of the twins just because one was different, once this happens Jonas snaps and begins to led the rebellion.
Lastly, in the giver I appreciate Lois Lowry style of writing. One way Lois Lowry style of writing is unique, is the emotion she puts into the book. In the book she adds many types of emotion, even though in the utopia no one has any emotion; Everyone lives life very dull. also Lois Lowry had very strong dialogue like the one on page 124-125, Jonas and the giver have a very meaningful talk,
I am very happy to read the giver again and glad to be able to elaborate on it like I have, through the pass weeks. I am also glad that I had a chance to appreciate the book in many new ways.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Draft
Appreciation
While reading the Giver I started to appreciate it in many ways. In the Giver I paid a lot more attention to the details then I did the first time I read it. I found many speciall things that Lois Lowry put into the book. In the book Lois Lowry Imagination is very notable . I noticed Lois Lowry had a very unique Imagination when she tells the reader about the world and the daily life of the people. Also Lois Lowry puts her own style of writing into the book; With her emotion, and her diolage.
One way I appreciate Lois Lowry Imagination is how crazy she makes the world. When I first realized that the world in the book wasn’t like any other world, I was on page 3-4, When Asher had to apologizes his class and “instructor” for being late, he also had to give reasoning how he was late; When I read that I thought if I was late to school I would probably try to make a excuse and take a late mark or have my mom write a note saying why I was late and I wouldn’t have to ask for the teacher to “accept my apologue”.
Another way I Appreciated the Giver was Lois Lowry Imagination on the characters. One character that you can tell Lois Lowry put a lot of effort on is Jonas. I think Jonas is the Character that stands out the most because he is the one that is different and he was the one that didn’t agree with the utopia; Jonas also stated to question why they lived like they do and when they release one of the twins because he was different he snaps and led the rebellion.
Lastly in the Giver I appreciated Lois Lowry Style of writing. One way Lois Lowry Style of writing was unique is the emotion she puts into the book; In the book she adds many type of emotion even though in the utopia no one has any emotion and lives life very dull. Also Lois Lowery had very strong diolage like the one on page 124-125 Jonas and the Giver have a very strong talk, it also has a lot of diolage going back and forth.
I am very happy to read the giver again and glad to be able to elaborate on it like I have on the passed weeks. I am also glad that I had a chance to appreciate the book in many ways.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
interview of lois lowery
What led you to write The Giver?
In 1992, my mother and my father, both in their late 80s, were residents of the same nursing home in Staunton, VA. My mother was blind and very frail but her mind was completely intact. My father was healthier, physically, but his memory was going. I would frequently fly down from Boston to see them. On one particular visit, my mother wanted to tell me the stories about her life. I sat and listened to her talk about her childhood, her college years, and her marriage to my dad. In the course of retelling those anecdotes, she related the details about the death of her first child, my sister Helen, clearly her saddest memory. But she wanted to retell it. /www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6448190.html
I thought this was very intersting and very meaning ful. In this interview Lois Lowery talks about some things many dont like to talk about like the death of her sister. I can tell from this interview Lois Lowery is very strong and has many good stories. In the giver i can see how it relates to her real life and the things she went through
In 1992, my mother and my father, both in their late 80s, were residents of the same nursing home in Staunton, VA. My mother was blind and very frail but her mind was completely intact. My father was healthier, physically, but his memory was going. I would frequently fly down from Boston to see them. On one particular visit, my mother wanted to tell me the stories about her life. I sat and listened to her talk about her childhood, her college years, and her marriage to my dad. In the course of retelling those anecdotes, she related the details about the death of her first child, my sister Helen, clearly her saddest memory. But she wanted to retell it. /www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6448190.html
I thought this was very intersting and very meaning ful. In this interview Lois Lowery talks about some things many dont like to talk about like the death of her sister. I can tell from this interview Lois Lowery is very strong and has many good stories. In the giver i can see how it relates to her real life and the things she went through
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The Giver
The Giver
In the Giver one of my favorite notes was about the Theme. In the Giver there are many themes like Death, Age , and Indivual vs. Society. I think Age is the main theme because it takes a big part in the book When Jonas turns 12 he is suppopsed to see the Giver and When anyone turns 12 they have to do there job. Also if you are to old you will get realsed and if your a twin they can only keep one. i am glad i got a chance to the read the giver again and get to talk/expand on it like we did.
In the Giver one of my favorite notes was about the Theme. In the Giver there are many themes like Death, Age , and Indivual vs. Society. I think Age is the main theme because it takes a big part in the book When Jonas turns 12 he is suppopsed to see the Giver and When anyone turns 12 they have to do there job. Also if you are to old you will get realsed and if your a twin they can only keep one. i am glad i got a chance to the read the giver again and get to talk/expand on it like we did.
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