Weekly Bog "A Thunderous Whisper"

A Thunderous Whisper
October 29, 2014
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Prompt:  Pretend you are famous reporter on TV. Write a story about what you’ve read

for the evening news.

        Good morning Chicago, and welcome to the daily evening news. As you have probably seen the Sardinera lady is selling very good sardines. If you are interested she will be selling them every day, so if you miss it today, there is always tomorrow. Well enough about the sardines, I am here to tell you about the Sardinera's daughter Anetxu, and about how she is living throughout the Civil War time. She is often very shy at school and is not all that social. Well her daughter always comes with her to help her sell the sardines, except on Mondays. Well this one day after she came back from school, she went straight to her favorite spot under a tree at the park. You might be thinking that she sounds like she is just some ordinary child that just does ordinary teenage things, but she is not she is like a whisper, that is quiet and does not like to be heard or not really all that social. At the park came a young man up to her, about her age. He barely came to this town because his family moves a lot . He introduces himself, and at first Anetxu did not want to talk to him and she kind of wanted for him to leave her alone. Then she starts getting to know him a little bit better. Then as it turns out his father works for a pretty fancy theater, and she has never gone to one. Then the young boy named Mathias asked her if he would like to go with him to the theater at no cost. She said that she would love to.

        Then Mathias left back to his house, as so did Anetxu. Anetxu right when she got home, she went straight to her mom to tell her if she could go to the movie theater, but her mom seemed like she was not in such a good mood. Anetxu seemed like she was too scared to tell her so instead she told her mom that she was not feeling good and she felt that she needed to go to the doctor. Her mom believed her and told her that she did not afford the doctor so she told her to stay home tomorrow instead of going to school. The next day she woke up and her mother had left to go sell sardines. She got ready and put on a brown dress for the movie theater. She wrote a note saying that she went out to get some fresh air. Then she left to the movie at 4:00 p.m.

     She got to the theater and saw Mathias sitting on the steps of the theater, but she started getting a waver feeling She started telling her self that it was not a good idea of coming and that she could go back. Just as she turned back and was about to walk back home, Mathias saw her and yelled out her name to tell her to come back. She did and they both went inside the theater. The deal that Mathias made with her father was that he was able to bring her to the theater but they had to clean up a little before the movie began. After they were done cleaning they saw Mathias' father go into the projector room for the movie. After a little bit of sitting they decided that his father probably needed some help in the projector room, and that it was easier to see the movie there. As they were about to enter they heard a bunch of voices speaking about the civil war that was going on, and about a german warship that was of the coast of Bilbao.Another thing they heard them say was that all the information they had was right but they still have to relay the message a little bit. Mathias was excited to hear what they were talking about because he has always expected that was father was secretly an agent for the civil war. Anetxu was a bit nervous because Mathias was german so she did not know exactly what side they were on. Then his father head Mathias and how they were eavesdropping. A bunch of people that Anetxu had seen before were apart of the group, like Priest Inaki. They knew the girl too, so they thought that it would be good for them to help in the plan. Anetxu being the whisper and shy girl is did not know if she should go along with this plan. 

Well that is all I got for you. After this long news, I hope you are now caught with what is going on in today's world. Thank you and Have nice Evening. Good Bye Chicago!

        

"The Fault In Our Stars" Blog

The Fault In our Stars by John Green
10-23-14
Pages Read: 174- 230

Prompt: Are The Characters Realistic (Do they seem like they could be real people) Why or Why not?

        I believe that the character do seem very realistic and real. One reason why I believe this is because they have feelings. For example in the story I read " I still wasn't angry, exactly, but I was very focused on getting the thing I'd been promised." Mostly every human being like me when I want something I don't just forget about it. Everyone at one point in their life gets angry because they don't get something they want. In this situation Hazel the main character has went all the way to Amsterdam just to get something she really wanted. She wanted to know the ending to her favorite book "An Imperial Affliction". The author had promised her to tell her the ending but only to her. Then the author of her favorite book gets drunk and does not tell her the ending, so she gets angry. To me that sounds realistic.

        Another factor that could make them real is the fact that the three main characters have cancer. Hazel, Augustus, and Isaac all have cancer, which to me sounds pretty realistic. In the story I read " Not to one-up you or anything, but my body is made out of cancer." Augustus Waters said that line to Isaac to inform him that was diagnosed to cancer again without trying to make it sound super sad. A lot of people still today have cancer. For example my grandpa died from stomach cancer when I was just 7. Augustus was diagnosed with cancer earlier in the book the author said that Augustus was for now had no proof of cancer in his body. Later in the book he took a pet-scan and was diagnosed with cancer again. To me this sounds very realistic because it is something that my grandpa had gone through.

        One last thing that I believe makes them realistic is the bond of their friendship between the Hazel, Augustus, and Isaac. Their friendship and the way they help each other out and give advice to each other is pretty realistic because in real life that is how friends are supposed to help each other out, like how my friends are always supporting me and giving me advice. For example in the book I read that Isaac was going through a rough breakup after the surgeons got his eyes out because he had cancer in his eyes. Augustus thought it was a good idea to buy eggs and throw them at her house and car. He wanted to do this so Isaac could feel better about himself. Hazel even though she though vandalism was bad went along with it to support Isaac and to support Augustus' idea. I think that this was so sweet of Augustus and Hazel to do this for Isaac, and Isaac appreciated the idea a lot.

The Lady Or The Tiger Ending

" Every heart stopped beating, every breath was held, every eye fixed immovably upon that man. Without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right, and opened it. " He had a slight doubt whether to trust the king's daughter and he was not so sure which door to pick. He turned around, looked at her eyes and that is when he knew he had to trust her. With that he turned around to look at the door on the right.

Everyone was quiet as if he was there alone. He reached out his hands, just as he was about to turn the nob the audience gasped with fear! As he was turning the nob he contemplated whether he would see the lady, and if he did would he kill her or let her live! As he opened the door, he screamed in fright as he fought for his life, trying to get away from the fierce, hungry, and deadly tiger. The audience was too busy yelling and shouting- it was too hard to hear exactly what each one of them were saying. In just a few minutes he was teared apart, blood everywhere, flesh, and guts everywhere.

Just as the semi-barbaric princess saw him, she just shed one tear, and pretended like nothing had happened. She left the amphitheater and saw her dad, the king, and they left to their the castle and had a nice quiet evening. For they all lived happily ever after, alone but rich.

1st Quarter Reflection Blog

      I can't believe that it is already the last day of the quarter. I guess it is true that "Time Flies" when you are having fun! I have accomplished so much in these few months that have gone by. Some things that I have accomplished is learning about characterization, blogging, and I have also improved on the 40 book challenge. These are just a few things that I have improved on and learned, if I told you all of them it would be longer than 5 pages!

      Before I came into Mrs. Larson's class I did not realize what characterization was and that it takes a big part in writing a book. I have now learned that characterization is how a writer or author introduces or tells you about a character. The kind of ways that an author can show you characterization is by indirect and direct characterization. Indirect characterization is when the author hints you about the characteristics of a character by actions, words, or thoughts that a character shows. Direct characterization is when the author directly tells you the characteristics of the character. Now when I look into a book I will be be to tell whether the author is using indirect or direct characterization.

      One thing that I really did improve on was blogging and the 40 book challenge. Before I began 7th grade I started to read a book. In the summer I got very interested in this one book that I finished in like 4 or 5 days! In 6th grade I probably did not even finish 1 book in the entire year. In 7th grade I started to read a lot more but now that I want to read a lot I don't have much of chance. In these few months I have read only 2 books for the 40 book challenge. This is not because I am too lazy too read, but because I have been so busy since the first quarter has started. Blogging has also made me a lot more interested in reading. I feel that blogging has helped m improved on not just my blogs but my writing in general.

"The Fault In Our Stars" Blog Characterization

"The Fault In Our Stars"
10-16-14
Pages Read: 88- 174


        In The Fault In Our Stars we are introduced to Hazel, who is one of the main characters in the story. This is one of the quotes that describes a little about Hazel and when the author first introduces her.  "Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate frequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death." This quote tells me that Hazel is not really having a very excited or happy life. This quote is expressing that she is depressed and all she is thinking about her death and when she will die. It tells me her age that she is 17 years old. It shows me that she is not narcissistic at all and she has low self esteem.

        In The Fault In Our Stars we are also introduced to Augustus which is another main character that falls in love wit Hazel. Here is another direct characterization about Augustus when Hazel first saw him. This also when the book first introduces Augustus. "I was quite sure I'd never seen him before. Long and leanly muscular, he dwarfed the molded plastic elementary school chair he was sitting in. Mahogany hair, straight and short." When I first read this I thought that Hazel was a bit interested in Augustus by the way she described him. This quote describes that Augustus is strong, not that tall, and pretty hair.

        In The Fault In Our Stars the author wrote another quote about Augustus and his actions towards Hazel. This is one of the indirect characterization that describes a little about Augustus. "Gus and I glanced at each other, smiling. Once we'd crossed the street, he pulled out a seat for me and helped me scoot it back in." To me this quote is saying that Augustus is a gentlemen and is very courteous. I think that it means that he cares about Haze. Also to me it is kind of showing that he wants to show Hazel what a god kind of guy he could be around her. I feel like this quote also shows that Augustus likes Hazel because they are smiling at each other and I believe that Augustus wants to impress Hazel.

"The Fault In our Stars" Blog

"The Fault In Our Stars"


Prompt: Draw 4 objects that represent your reading. Write a sentence for each, telling what each items says about what you've been reading

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These are the four pictures/objects that I believe represent The Fault In our Stars. I believe that the book should be an object that represents Hazel because of how much she loved to read. In the book I read that Hazel would never stop reading the book An Imperial Affliction. She has read it so many times because she believe that it relates to her a lot. An Imperial Affliction is about a girl who has cancer and soon you find out how sad the book gets. In the book the author spends time showing how much Hazel wants to find out what happened in the book by writing letters to the author and the author would also response back to her.

I  consider that a cigarette crossed out could also represent The Fault In Our Stars because Hazel has lung cancer. Hazel was diagnosed to have lung cancer when she was young. If you smoke a lot you could get lung cancer. Also Augustus likes to put a cigarette in his mouth without lighting it up. Hazel is fine with that now, but at first she was confused. I suppose that a heart also represents The Fault In Our Stars because of how Hazel and Augustus fell in love at first sight. Hazel met Augustus in Support group for teens who have cancer. Hazel and Augustus became true soul mates. I conclude that an eye with a tear also represents The Fault In Our Stars because Isacc has eye cancer. I also believe that the eye should have a tear because Issac got eye surgery but got blind.