quarter 3 week 4

Joe

Ian

Vocabulary post

I wrote a check to my friend, the beneficiary because I owed him money. My friend thought that I was credible because he knew me very well, so he was not worried about getting his money. He told me that he was looking for two people who were indicted in the murder. My friend's name is Johnson and he is a police officer. He always tells me stories of the cases that he is involved in.

One time he told me a story about how he was chasing a white McLaren mp4-12c because the driver was going over 150 mph!! He told me that the only way that he could catch him is with the helicopter. So, he dispatched the helicopter and the helicopter looked around for 30 min trying to find the car. The helicopter pilot did not find the car, but about a week later Johnson saw the same car. He could not pull over the car because there was not way of determining that it was the car he saw that day or the same driver.

Poem

I hear the crowd roar

roaring like a boar,

dribbling down the court

I feel like a plane at the airport

flames roaring behind

as I look for a sign

I make a move,

Just trying to prove my value

Varsity is what I want,

so I hunt

I hunt for points,

but my joints can't go any more

Rhyme Scheme

Simile

consonance

quarter 3 week 4 comments

ricky

Jack

Research

I have learned to many things so far about research. One is giving my thoughts and opinion of a excerpt that I used in the research. Before I would just briefly skim over how the evidence supports my claim. Now I have realized that you should "weave" your paper together and connect it all to your thesis/claim. I try to expand as much as I can on the evidence that I use to support my thesis/claim. I have learned things from this research that will help me later on for papers/research to come.

There are still some things that I am still confused or challenged with when writing a paper/research. I still have some trouble embedding my quotations. I would like to learn more about how to make the best of what information you have. Overall, I am happy with the research process so far. I think I will be well prepared for the next research/paper I have.

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian reading response to page 101

Many key pivotal points in the book has happened in the last 50 or so pages. It seems that Arnold has some problems getting to school, whether that is no gas in the car, the car broke down or his dad is drunk. This shows the reader how people on the reservation do not put school first and school is just like a "if I can make it" type of thing. When Arnold can't get a ride from his parents, he can usually catch a ride from someone going into town, but if he can't there is not point of going to school because it would take hours for him to get to school. I kinda feel bad for Arnold because when he first arrives at school, many people give him looks and calls him names. Arnold gets there looks because he is the first Indian to get to the white school.

When Arnold punches Rodger in the face, it is a big shock for his gang and himself. This shows the reader how different life is on the reservation compared to the white town. Arnold feels bad because Rodger thought that Arnold was a savage and mean. I think that it was necessary for Arnold to punch the main gang member in the face because he would just be bullied more and more. Arnold earns respect from Rodger and it shapes the way the students and teachers think of Arnold. Arnold is in love with Penelope and it seems that Penelope keeps ignoring Arnold. It is pretty funny when Arnold dresses up as a homeless man for halloween and so does Penelope, however Penelope is protesting the way people treat the homeless and Arnold did it because it was easy/cheap.