Investigative Journalism

        You know that you could see some disgusting things when you're at a place. For example, on October 23rd, 2016, around 3 p.m. There was a middle school teenager who vomited on a man at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, IL. The teenager threw up because he ate a bunch of candy before he went on the ride Goliath, and after the ride he just threw up. The teen said “I’m sorry”. The kid felt mortified, and the guy was furious, but he took it like a man and said, “It’s ok”. The teenager helped the guy to get cleaned up. Now you know when you should eat and not eat candy not eat candy, or this might happen to you.

First quarter reflection

For the 10 book challenge, I haven't been reading as much that I should be, because I don’t like read. I think that books are lame, boring, and waste of your time. But I have read some book like about 3-4 books, some books that I read about were drugs, nonfiction , and fiction books. But, one of the books that like the most was DRUGS, DRUG TESTING, AND YOU by Lawrence Clayton, PH.D. I like this book because it taught me that drugs could be in your system for about 90 days. It also says that if a player takes drugs, and gets tested and turns to be a positive, they might be suspended from their team or even the league.

I think I haven't use a lot strategies in ELA. But I have used some of strategies that Mrs. Larson has taught us during ELA. One strategies is when I was in ELA and Mrs. Larson taught me and classmates how to use signpost when we are reading a book. Another strategy that I use is when I'm practicing my vocabulary and prefixes for 1 hour, but in the first 30 minutes I practice my vocabulary, then I practice my prefixes for the other 30 minutes. My finally strategy is working on my homework during The After School Program, so I won't all my homework at home.

I learned that things in the world are taking very seriously. Also, by working hard and  preserving you could be something in life.Then,  by reading books you could be learning new words. Finally, you have to work with what got, and even work with people that you don't like. Finally, you have to get your work done quick so you won't be falling behind or maybe getting fired.

Movie vs. Book

Paragraph 1 compare and contrast: The book The Giver and the movie The Giver are both similar and different one event from the the movie is when Jonas leaves his dwelling in the night ( against the rules) and goes to the nurturing center to get Gabe. Jonas was planning on taking Gabe because if he didn't Gabe would be release the next morning. When he was in the nurturing center Fiona helped his get Gabe and distract the guys that was after Jonas. In the book the author states, “Now at the bridge , hunched over on the bicycle, pedaling steadily “ (163). Gabe is with Jonas's family dwelling and he sleeps in Jonas room. Some ways the movie and book , are the same is by Jonas taking Gabe with him when he escapes and when Jonas left he took a bike.  A difference from the book and the movie she was assigned as a nurturer. Fiona assignment was different because if she wasn't a nurturer Jonas wouldn't be to take Gabe with him and instead be caught by someone else or the guys who chasing him.

Part 2 : There were a lots of differences in the setting from the book and the movie in the ending. For example, in book elsewhere is far away and in the movie elsewhere means is near the edge of the community. In the book rivers divide the communities which Jonas has pass in order to get to elsewhere so located. In the movie they chose to do it this way because the guys that were following Jonas would eventually caught him but since he jumped off the edge they couldn't chase him anymore. In the book they it this way because Jonas would have to go through a journey to get to elsewhere with only the planes looking for him. So because of these changes, it changes the story by, in the book Jonas and Gabe could eat the scraps of the family units in their dwelling. In the movie It doesn't take long to get to elsewhere.

The movie The Giver gave me a better understanding of The Giver. When Jonas and Gabe sled down the mountain and pass the tower, the memories The Giver gave Jonas all went back to the community. It was a better understanding of what happened because I could see it, and I didn't understand how the memories went back to the community in the book because you could see it. The Giver gives the memories to Jonas by grabbing his arms and giving him the memories that he thinks he is in the memories to Jonas the movie gives a better understanding by seeing how he gives Jonas the memories

Giver blog

Paragraph 1: In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas would be a dynamic character. He has a huge change from the beginning of book till the end of the book. In the beginning he didn't like sharing thoughts. For example, when he was going to tell his dream to his family he told himself, “He paused. He knew he had to tell it all, that it was not only all right but necessary to tell all of a dream. So he forced himself to relate the part”, (36). This quote explains what I'm saying because he forced himself to tell his dream to his family. Now in the end of the book he now starts to be liar. Another example is when Jonas is with his friend Asher, and Jonas touches Asher, “He put his hands on Asher's shoulders… What's the matter? Asher asked uneasily… No, nothing. I thought for a minute that they were wilting”... (99). This explains what saying because Jonas was thinking of something else that couldn't tell Asher, so Jonas lied to Asher.



Theme: (Make decisions, choices, unique). I think this was the lesson or message of this book because everybody should make their own decisions, for example when Jonas had watched the released that his father was in, Jonas started crying because now he knows the true meaning of release, “I won’t! I won’t go home! You can’t make me!”(152). This means that Jonas started crying because now he knows the true meaning of release. Also this explains what I'm saying about how about making choices and decisions, and how Jonas is making his own choice not to go home because his father. Another example is when Jonas is about to leave the community, “ He grabbed instinctively for Gabriel; and the new child” (171). This quote shows that Jonas is taking Gabriel because it was his choice, so they won't release him.