Speak (coming of age) 2nd post

    In the book, Speak, the main character Melinda suffers through many issues . But one most important issue is loneliness. She cannot make friends because of what she did during the summer and then when she makes one friend, her friend hates her and leaves her alone. Loneliness is a big issue because you need to be able to have someone to talk to about boys and overall problems you have at home or at school. You need to express our thoughts to someone. For example, i have two best friends and without them i wouldn't know how to fix problems, and i wouldn't be able to tell my secrets to and help with them. So it is good to have some friends and not be lonely like Melinda.

     One part of the book is when Melinda and Heather( friend that she met) get into a fight and then Heather says that they cant be friends anymore because of Melinda's depression and sad problems.Here is when Melinda's problems become bigger and she has none to help her with her problems. Loneliness is what can cause depression, low grades, and not having friends or not sharing your feelings with friends/family. After this, her grades in every subject except art decrease because she cant handle having all those problems and thoughts inside her head. She cant control all of that, she needs a friend to get it off her back.

      Another part of the book, where it shows how Melinda's loneliness gets involved with other parts of her life is when it is the first day of school and has no one to talk to or to help find classes. She is lonely and then late to almost all of her classes because no one is taking to her because she called the cops at the party and so no one can help her find her class rooms.This makes Melinda late to her classes which gets her to a bad start of the school year. 
     All in all,Melinda has many issues throughout the book like: depression,rape, school grades, friends , family but one big issue that shows up a lot in the book is loneliness. It  gets involved in many different things that affect Melinda's life.   

Speak (coming of age book )

In the book, the main character Melinda, struggles through,any tragedies  that get explained throughout the book. Some tragedies she faced was :being raped by Andy Evans, making friends, everyone hates her for calling the cops at a party and her grades. These things affect her throb out her whole life and they will never be forgotten because they are such big things that have affected her life and she can never grow out of it.

When she first came to the school , she had no friends because of calling the cops at a party . But the truth is that she only called the cops because she was raped by someone and she wanted help . She did not know what was happening or that they can track your call. She was young and didn't know what rape was. I thought that this was very bad and everyone hates her for no reason, she just was hurt and needed help bu no one would listen to her and her feelings. She had trouble making friends and keeping them because of how her feelings were messed up and all over the place. That was one struggle she had.

 Her grades were very bad from all her classes except for art. I think that she had such bad grades in everything other than art was because she had any emotional problems and she was always depressed about everything bu in art she could express her feels and pain in her art. Her pain was put into her artwork and how her teacher let the students make one thing and express themselves into it. That is why i think she struggled with her grades but excedded in her grade in art.

She , Melinda was raped by a guy named Andy Evans . This has affected her life so much, nothing was the same after that.That one thing has happended her life went down. She could and will never forget that , becuase it ( andy ) is making it seem as if she was the mistake and how she wanted it but inside she is feeling pain becuase she was saying NO! but he didnt listen , it all went down after that and it will never change. This one problem was the lead to all the other stuggles and problems.

Essay response on article :)

"Rescuing Animals—With Your Phone" by Zack Jones ( April 5th 2012) 

       In the article " Rescuing Animals-- With Your Phone" by Zack Jones shows how important it can be to save an injured animal. The article talks about how there is this app on your phone called   AnimalHelpNow   , it provides situations and things you might do to help that animal. I think that this article shows that even when your on the road you should still stop and help a wounded animal . That is why i think that this article is great and important for the environment and population of animals. 

         For example in the article it shows how the app asks you questions about the animal that is hurt, and it also provides solutions and places that might help. This app is important and interesting because based on the day , type of day and time and situation it can give you solutions for the problem and help save animals. This app will save alot of animals that are injured and need help quickly . Also it mentions how you wont need internet connections so it can work on any phone, which proves that it is important enough to work anywhere and anytime.   

         Another example, in the article it shows how the app can help by providing locations of vets and wild care centers.The app will basically help provide help so the animal is safe and helped as soon as possible. The app also provides a GPS so that they can find the location of the animal. I can see that this app really shows and cares for the wounded animals because it provides questions , locations , and help so the animal will not die. I find this important for the population of the animals so that it will not decrease.
 

         All in all , i think that the article on the app you can help wounded animals is helping and is important to the population of animals and also so the animals wont die. This aritcle is important to the world and enviorment also saving animals all over the world.

 

Plagarism is a CRIME !!!

What did the student do wrong? What could he/she have done to include the source correctly?
~ The student plagiarized someone else's work. They copied and pasted from a source and then did not include the source. He/she could have made that a quote then included the article and name of author in the response. Or he/she could have tooken the sentence and out it in their own words.


Write a sentence using the original source correctly; use a quotation or paraphrase. Also, make sure to cite correctly. Consult my post on citing sources.
~ " There is a peaceful essence flowing from the structures. Perhaps the cool dark colors and the fiery windows spark memories of our own warm childhood years filled with imagination of what exists in the night and dark starry skies. The center point of the town is the tall steeple of the church, reigning largely over the smaller buildings. This steeple casts down a sense of stability onto the town, and also creates a sense of size and seclusion " ( A Brief Understanding of the Starry Night Paintings, unknown author ).





What are at least 3 ways to avoid plagiarizing?
~ to avoid plagiarizing you can :
1. Make sure cite all sources that you took information from
2. take the words and paraphrase them before using the informations and don't forget to site the source when done.
3. Go on a plagiarizing site and put in your response , to see if you plagarized. Then put the words in your own words.

Don't forget plagiarizing is a crime !!!!

My 2 Favorite Blogs

Hello there, Ms.Galang told us to read some blogs on the list.So that's what I did. 2 of my favorite blogs that I read we're : Izzys from class 813 and Eliza's from class 813 . They both talked about things comparing two people.

First I liked Izzys response to Romeo and juliet . She wrote about her opinions for their love. She thought that thief love was fake and had no purpose for it. I liked how izzy wrote about 1 person In one paragraph and the other person in the other paragraph. She separated her characters and talked about each one . I also liked how she included qoutes from the book and the page numbers next to the line. That shows that she used evidence to prove her opinion which is good. Izzys response overall was amazing because of her structure and the writing itself.

The second blog that I picked to write about was Eliza's about the book Harry Potter. In her response she was comparing 2 people. she compared Harry and Ron and seeing whose life is worse. First I liked how she wrote 3 paragraphs and each paragraph was about a different thing.like families, money etc. Then I liked how she at the end of her response she was questioning the reader about who's life is worse and was asking you to comment below. She had a nice overall response with a good conclusion that made the reader think a little. It was also cool how she tallied it up and said it came to a tie. I thought that was funny. That was an amazing response.

While reading those two blog entry's I was thinking of how to make mine better and I thought of a couple of ways to do that . First of, I can make them longer and elaborate. I could make my thoughts deeper and use textual evidence to prove my opinion. I could also make different types of reading responses . I noticed I have been using the same structure and format. Maybe I could write in a letter or compare 2 different things , or maybe write an essay on a book , or so a series of responses of like the Harry potter series. I could also talk to my reader and ask them questions. Maybe that would make my blog entry's better :)

Romeo and Juliet

                              Lately we have been reading Romeo and Juliet in class and since then i have always been wondering what my favorite character would be. I think my favorite character would be Juliet because she speaks for herself. She has respect for other adults around her and because she believes in her own thoughts not her parents. I also like the character Juliet because  she is my age and she gets to find her own love.Even though her parents are like in war with the other group of families.
                      Something I have also thoughts about were the themes that came up when reading Romeo and Juliet. Some themes that came upon the book were anger because the Montagues and Capulet families have been fighting for a long time. Love because Romeo and Juliet love each other and also love because many secrets are of love.Also families is another issue because Romeo and Juliet are from different families and they have to decide weather or not they want to chose families or love. There are many other issues in the book .
     The book is alittle hard to understand but once you read and read it gets better that last time. I think the lanuage is that shaksperean.

Romeo and Juliet

Dear mom,
During this week, in ELA class we have started to read Romeo and Juliet.Would you like to know what its about? Well, i'll tell you ! Some things that i observed in the book so far are:

• Romeo and Juliet are in love, but thier families hae eachother
• Romeo is a Montague
• Juliet is a Capulet
• Sampson and Gregory are best friends

I know that this book will be about viloence and love at the same time. Also in the end i think there will be death. I actually like reading the book because its a new type of reading for me, even though the book is challenging i still think its great that were reading it. Mom, if you read this book, remember to make inferences about what words mean, and also remember that the characters each have different feelings and that this is a play bot a fiction story!

I realized that most of the book people are fighting, why is that ? I also realized that gregory and sampson are really good friends because they talk about things, they are there for eachother. I am happy we are reading, acting, and watching the book :) Hope you consider reading it !
                                                                                        Bye - Justyna