Exposition: Introduce the two best friends Caylie and Morgan and all of their history together and characters thoughts about each other.
Rising Action: Caylie goes to tell Morgan that she loves Morgan's boyfriend that she's had for a month now.
Climax: Morgan and Caylie get in a huge fight and their whole grade gets involved.
Falling Action: Both are upset and boyfriend texts Morgan saying they need to break up.
Resolution: They become best friends again and both promise to never date the boyfriend again.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Short Stories
In these past two weeks we have annotated several short stories. Most of them are weird but interesting. Some were incredibly boring though. I have struggled with some words and what the writer meant in some parts because like I said they are weird and some parts don't really make sense the first time. Dr.D talking to us in class and asking which questions we have has really helped me. I would be totally lost if she did not do that and it helps me know about which questions we all have.
The short story we have recently annotated was "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings". This book was different from what I usually read and was somewhat confusing but I figured it out at the end!I think this short story was quite different from the other ones. I think this because the people were extremly rude and in the other ones they deffinitly were not as rude as them. Also, their were people who turned into spiders and an angel in it. Their were no other short stories so far with creatures like that!
Reading log
The short story we have recently annotated was "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings". This book was different from what I usually read and was somewhat confusing but I figured it out at the end!I think this short story was quite different from the other ones. I think this because the people were extremly rude and in the other ones they deffinitly were not as rude as them. Also, their were people who turned into spiders and an angel in it. Their were no other short stories so far with creatures like that!
Reading log
9/24/13-we still have summer-30mins
9/25/13-we still have summer-60mins
9/26/13-we still have summer-40 mins
Sunday, September 22, 2013
characters mind before going to sleep
Wow I screwed up bad. Will she ever forgive me? I wouldn't.Maybe I could take it all back? nahhh that won't work with her. Maybe I should be mad at her. Yeah, I should she said some mean things and made me cry. I deserve him, not her. Wow this bed is really comfy.. I should probabaly go to sleep I have to go to school and face her tomorrow. Ugh its to hot in here (takes blanket off) never mind now its to cold. (Puts one leg out of blanket) yep this is perfect. Wow that lamp is pretty. Did I do good at dance today? Oh yeah I did. Wait.. did I do my math homework? Oh yeah I did. I need to check my phone(checks phone) well thats a lot of angry messages. Wow I wonder if my two thumbs had a fight who would win. I bet my right thumb.
We'll always have summer
This week I started reading the book We'll always have summer by Jenny Han. My question to this book is What mistakes will the main characters make throughout this book? So far their parents think that they have made the biggest mistake by wanting to get married. In my opinion I don't think its that big of a mistake. They could wait longer because they are only 19 but they have known each other for their whole lives and have dated for 3 years.
This book is a lot better than I expected it to be. I had read the other two books in the series and hated it, but I wanted to finish the series just to figure out what ends up happening.This book is very girly and its not something I would really read but I wanted to push myself to see which books I would like, and I do like it! It has drama and romance that keeps you into it and it also has some funny parts.
Reading log
This book is a lot better than I expected it to be. I had read the other two books in the series and hated it, but I wanted to finish the series just to figure out what ends up happening.This book is very girly and its not something I would really read but I wanted to push myself to see which books I would like, and I do like it! It has drama and romance that keeps you into it and it also has some funny parts.
Reading log
9/18/13-we'll always have summer-40 mins
9/19/13-we'll always have summer-40mins
9/20/13-we'll always have summer-40 mins
Sunday, September 15, 2013
e book
I am so excited that we are making an e book! I think it is a great way to bring our literacy narratives together so we can all see them! I have never heard of an e book, but after Dr.D showing us it in class I think it is cool how it looks like an actual book!
In my literacy narrative their is only one person who I would like to change the name of and that would be Mrs. Abadie's. I would like to change it because I called her mean and I don't think she would like to be called that if she read it. I would love to have another proofreading just because its always good to have more people look at your work to make it the best that it could be. I love getting back my corrections because I know they are trying to make my work better.
In my literacy narrative their is only one person who I would like to change the name of and that would be Mrs. Abadie's. I would like to change it because I called her mean and I don't think she would like to be called that if she read it. I would love to have another proofreading just because its always good to have more people look at your work to make it the best that it could be. I love getting back my corrections because I know they are trying to make my work better.
Insurgent
This week I finally finished Insurgent. I know its weird to say this but it felt good to finish it. Everything finally came together and Tobias and Tris had a happy ending. i was upset though by the way it left off. It was so shocking that it made me want to read the next book right now!Sadly, I'm pretty sure it has not come out yet. so I will have to wait for it.
My question for this book was "how will the characters change in this novel?" My reesponse to that is that they had changed. Tris and Tobias got in several fights, did not trust each other, and went behind each others backs but at the end of the book they finally worked everything out! Tris tested herself in this book and had become almost a different person after her parents died in the attack. She did every daring thing she was offered, she fought, she made several enimies, she was mad a lot, she gave up on life, and even cut off most of her hair. This book was amazing and I would suggest everyone should read it!
Reading log
READING LOG
My question for this book was "how will the characters change in this novel?" My reesponse to that is that they had changed. Tris and Tobias got in several fights, did not trust each other, and went behind each others backs but at the end of the book they finally worked everything out! Tris tested herself in this book and had become almost a different person after her parents died in the attack. She did every daring thing she was offered, she fought, she made several enimies, she was mad a lot, she gave up on life, and even cut off most of her hair. This book was amazing and I would suggest everyone should read it!
Reading log
READING LOG
9/9/13-insurgent-40 mins
9/12/13-insurgent-30 mins
913/13- insurgent-40 mins
9/14/13-insurgent-20mins
Sunday, September 8, 2013
dialogue
Millie marches into her living room with only one shoe in her hand.
"Rachel where in my other shoe?" she demands loudly
" I don't know.."
"Did you take it?"
"No of course not!"
"Then why are you in this picture on instagram wearing these shoes?"
"Those are not your shoes . There mine."
"No Rachel they are deffinitly mine I got them a week ago and now ones missing and this one has mud on it. Where is it?"
"I already told you I don't know where you precious shoe went."
"Fine."
Mille pounces at Rachel madly and starts tickling her obnoxiously.
"Stoooopp Millie! I can't breath!"
"Where is it?"
"Fine its upstairs under my bed!" Rachel says out of breath.
Millie goes and gets her shoe.
"Why didn't you tell me where they were? Or why didn't you ask to wear them?"
"I didn't tell you because I wanted it and I took them without asking because you wouldn't have given me them!"
" Ha, of course I wouldn't! Are you ever gonna take my stuff again?"
"Nope."
"Okay bye!"
"bye."
"Rachel where in my other shoe?" she demands loudly
" I don't know.."
"Did you take it?"
"No of course not!"
"Then why are you in this picture on instagram wearing these shoes?"
"Those are not your shoes . There mine."
"No Rachel they are deffinitly mine I got them a week ago and now ones missing and this one has mud on it. Where is it?"
"I already told you I don't know where you precious shoe went."
"Fine."
Mille pounces at Rachel madly and starts tickling her obnoxiously.
"Stoooopp Millie! I can't breath!"
"Where is it?"
"Fine its upstairs under my bed!" Rachel says out of breath.
Millie goes and gets her shoe.
"Why didn't you tell me where they were? Or why didn't you ask to wear them?"
"I didn't tell you because I wanted it and I took them without asking because you wouldn't have given me them!"
" Ha, of course I wouldn't! Are you ever gonna take my stuff again?"
"Nope."
"Okay bye!"
"bye."
Insurgent
This week I am still reading Insurgent! Its so amazing! I am almost done with it actually. I will probably be done by next Monday! I really enjoy the way Veronica Roth brings the characters to life in the book and its so different then all the other books I have read. This week the book got very intense.
This week Tris and Tobias turned herself into the Erudite leader, Jeanine. Tris went because the her friends were going under simulations and they would only stop if she turned herself in ,but Tobias went because he thought that Tris was going to die and he wanted to die to if she was.Now they are being abused and looked at carefully by the Erudite who are using them to get information about divergents and dauntless. My only question is why did they have to turn themselves in? They could have just kept everyone under survalents till they stopped going under simulations. I am excited to finaly get to the end of this book and have everything "click" together!
Reading log
9/4./13 - insurgent- 20 mins
This week Tris and Tobias turned herself into the Erudite leader, Jeanine. Tris went because the her friends were going under simulations and they would only stop if she turned herself in ,but Tobias went because he thought that Tris was going to die and he wanted to die to if she was.Now they are being abused and looked at carefully by the Erudite who are using them to get information about divergents and dauntless. My only question is why did they have to turn themselves in? They could have just kept everyone under survalents till they stopped going under simulations. I am excited to finaly get to the end of this book and have everything "click" together!
Reading log
9/4./13 - insurgent- 20 mins
9/7/13- 1 hour
9/8/13- 40 mins
pgs: 258-358
Monday, September 2, 2013
Response to other text
My response to "Proficiency" by Shannon Nichols in Nortons Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handouts. In this narrative there is a brilliant student who is trying to pass the proficiency test. In her first two attempts she passes every part but writing. This makes her upset because that is one of her better subjects. Plus, she always thought of herself as smarter than the rest of her grade and they all passed the writing part. On her third attempt she had finally past the writing part but this experience had changed the way she felt about writing. Even though at the end of the narrative she came to the conclusion that not everyone will like her writing like her other teachers, she was still upset on how long it took to pass the test. The moral of this story is to never give up and always try your hardest even though things wont always turn out how you want it to.
Reading log
8/26/13-insurgent-10 mins
8/27/13-annotation-40 mins
8/28/13-insurgent- 10 mins
8/30/13-insurgent-60mins
9/2/13- martin luther king-17mins
Insurgent
This week I am still reading Insurgent. It is getting better and better. It is actually a book I don't mind reading. It catches my attention with the way the author words the book and the way the author brings the characters to life..
The characters are being secretive and not getting along well. . Tobias and Tris are being very secretive because they aren't telling each other anything about what they are doing. Tobias seems to be trying to mend there relationship but they are both being stubborn. The factions aren't getting along and have split into groups. The erudite and the dauntless traitors have joined together and had an attack on the dauntless and candor.
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