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Bronx Character Comprassion

While reading Bronx we have learned about many different characters. All of the characters are different, but they are similar in some ways. One way that they are similar is that they all have problems. Like Lupe has family problems, Wesley thinks he is going to die, Diondra has problems with her father, Gloria is a teen mom, and Chankara is getting hit by her boyfriend.

Wesley, and Tyrone are similar and different in some ways. One way that they are similar is because they are both African American. One difference is that Wesley cares about school, but doesn't like to show it, while Tyrone does not like school at all, and thinks that school is a complete joke. For some weird reason Wesley is scared for his life, and thinks that he is going to end up dead, while Tyrone is not scared for his life.

The next two characters that I am going to compare, contrast are Gloria, and Lupe. Gloria is a teen mom, and is struggling taking care of her child, because the father had told her that he does not want anything to do with the baby, while Lupe thinks that Gloria is lucky to have a child, and wants to become a teen mom too. Even though Lupe sees how bad Gloria is struggling, she still want's a baby really badly, and Gloria wants her to see that. They both have many problems. Gloria does not have time for sleep, or study for test, and school in general, while Lupe is having family problems. Her father had left her mom, and her alone along time ago, her mother is currently in a abusive relationship, and her step father say's mean things to her. These just four of the many characters in this book.

Poetry Response

The poem that I have chosen is the "Magical Eraser" by Shel Siverstein. The poem "Magical Eraser" is about this boy who has a pencil that has a magical eraser. When he tells this girl about it she doesn't believe him. So to prove it to her that the eraser is magical he erases her.

I think that Shel Siverstein had written this book because he had wanted kids to have a good time, and a good laugh while reading this poem. That's why I actually think why he had written all of his poems, just to get kids to have a good time, and a good laugh while reading his poems.

The only thing that I had visualized while reading this poem was the boy with the magical eraser erasing everything. When I say I mean everything. That's the only thing I had visualized while reading this poem.

 

2nd Quarter Reflection

Since the second quarter has come to a close it is now time to do a reflection. The second quarter has been good and bad. Math is still easy for me which great, but I am struggling with ELA. I am doing kind of bad in the vocabulary and prefix tests because I don't study, and if I don't study then I won't be able to get a good grade on it. Even though I am struggling with the vocabulary I am doing  a lot better in the prefix part.

The most difficult thing in the second quarter was the homework. Sometimes in the day I don't get to all of my homework, because I don't have a lot of time in the day. What I can do to improve this is by managing my time so I can get to my homework. Since I haven't been able to get my homework done I have gotten Falcon Fouls, and since I get Falcon Fouls I get detentions. So far I have only had one detention this quarter, because I got 4 Falcon Fouls for not doing my homework.

Book Talk

Book: The Titans Curse

Author: Rick Riordan 

Genre: Fiction 

Pages: 1 to 60

Today I am going to be talking about The Titans Curse. So far I have only read 60 pages of the book. If you have read any of the Percy Jackson books before, you already know that the book is about Greek Mythology. 

The book follows Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon as he try's to rescue his friend Annabeth, daughter of Athena. After a rescue mission went wrong they were attacked, and Annabeth tackled someone of cliff she has not been seen. The goddess of the hunt Artemis has gone missing! So now Percy and friends have to go on a quest to save Artemis, and Annabeth. 

This book, along with the whole entire series, is one of my all time favorite books of all time. I enjoy all the books in the series because of how the author wrote them. He wrote them with a ton of action, and detail. I think that one of the themes that most fits this book is perseverance. Perseverance most fits this book because a ton of bad things happen to the group, and people die but they don't give up.  

Nonfiction Blog 11-30-15

The Nonfiction that I am reading right now is Bruce Lee Fighting Spirit by Bruce Thomas. As anyone can tell by the title, the book is a biography on Bruce Lee. It tells us everything that had happened in his life, from his birth all the way to his sudden demise. Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940 to Grace Ho and Lee Hoi-chuen. His mother had given him a girls name to confuse the spirits. She named him Sai Fon which means Small Phoenix. She had wanted to confuse the spirits because her second child is supposed to be a girl, but instead of a girl, Bruce was born. While growing up he had gain fame when he was a child actor. He had many different kinds of roles in the movies. It was said that even though that he liked to learn he didn't like school. Growing up he would get in trouble a lot, he even formed his own gang in college. The gang was formed because of their hatred of the British. His gang and a British gang would get into fight's a lot, and most of the fights would either end with the police coming or all of the members of a gang would not be able to fight anymore. His mother would protect him from his father by not telling him that Bruce had gotten into a fight. Although when he had an injury that was visible, she could not hide the fact that he had gotten into a fight. He eventually got expelled from college and kept looking for one unti he had found one. Eventually he formed an actual street gang. Later he then started training in Kung-Fu with a now deceased master. 

The short passage that I find interesting is "...his brother Peter recalls that Bruce already had ambitions to become a doctor. At home Bruce spent many hours reading in bed. But while he was very interested in learning, Bruce was not much interested in schooling." This made it interesting for me because I have never heard of a person that likes to learn but he does not like school. Plus he wanted to become a doctor and to be a doctor you have to go to school, and if he doesn't want to go to school then he can't become a doctor. Another reason that I found that short passage interesting is because he wanted to become a doctor. He was a famous martial artist, but he wanted to become a doctor. Both those things are very different, so I am wondering why did he want to become a doctor and end up becoming a famous martial artist.

 One thing that I learned is when he was born his mother gave him a girls name, she had named him Sai Fon which means Small Phoenix. Another thing that I learned and I am most likely not to forget is that while he was growing up he wanted to become a doctor, and he ended up becoming a famous martial artist and movie star. I am never going to end up forgetting that while he was at school he ended up forming a gang, who knew that someone as famous as him would be so much trouble when he was growing up. So those are the things that I have learned and I will not most likely to forget in the near future.

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Blog for Week 11/13/15 Theme - The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

The book that I have just finished is The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. The book is about Percy Jackson. He seems like a normal kid but he is actually is a Demigod. Percy is even the son of one of the Big Three. His father is Poseidon, the god of the sea. In a prophecy told long ago that the child of the oldest male god shall reach 16 and lead Camp Half-Blood in war against the Titan King Kronos. The heroes won't get any help from the gods because the are fighting an old enemy. They are fighting Typhon. 

In The Last Olympian there are many themes. Like coming of age, heroes, justice, loyalty, survival, and war. But one of the main themes in The Last Olympian is war. I think that one of the main theme is war, because in the middle of the book a war between the demigods and the titans begins. Another reason why I think that one of the main themes is war, is because when Percy was leaving is mom's house and she asked where he was going he had said "“I go to war. . . .  Me against Kronos. And only one of us will survive.”

 Another theme could be manipulation. It could be manipulation because Kronos had manipulated the son of Hermes, Luke Castellan to be his host. Kronos could not have been able to come back without a host, so he saw an opportunity in trying to trick Luke into being his host because all of the things that has happened in his past. Luke had started to hate his father because he was never there for him so Kronos was able to trick Luke into betraying Camp Half-Blood.

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