Fractured by Teri Terry 5-18-15

     This book was incredible! I would definitely rate it a ten. Although, there was so much confusion. Kayla would want to tell Nico everything, but then she wouldn't trust him. It was like something that happened to her life in the past was telling her to not trust him. And guess what, that feeling was right! In the end, she found out that Nico killed her father, and he turned her into a fighting machine with two personalities(creepy).
     I was upset whenever Cameron turned out to be a bad guy. I was hoping that she would forget about Ben, and go for Cameron. Cameron turned out to be a spy for the lorders. I hated that he ended up like that. And the fact that Ben got his memory taken away from him. That just made me so upset. This book brought me through many feelings. I was happy whenever she found out where Ben was, upset at the fact that Cameron was a spy, and terrified that she was going to get caught by the lorders.

Quickwrite 5/18/15

Many people are gathering to listen to the president’s speech. All of the people that are in the crowd seem to be dressed formally. In the man on the left's glasses, there seems to be a person standing on a stage ("What's Going on in this Picture?", The Learning Network). If there were to be a person on stage talking, then all of the people in the audience would be looking towards the stage and paying attention. The man's glasses show that there is a person on a stage, and so the people in the crowd would be paying attention to the person on the stage.

Debate Reflection

In the debate tournament I believe that I performed really well. I gave 100% of my effort during all of the debates I performed in. I say this because I searched day and night every single time we found our topic. I always tried to make sure that we had citations, and evidence for each point. The best part of the tournament was finding rebuttal points. I always thought that it was funny that I could make what someone said and turn it against them.(I know, this is really mean but most of the points I found were ridiculous). The hardest part of the tournament was going against my best friends. I wanted them to win more than I wanted to win myself. I didn’t want to hurt my friends whenever I went up there, but whenever I was up, I forgot we were friends, and I tried my best. I learned that I don’t like it whenever people don’t make things credible(like if someone said that they heard that a friend punched the other friend in the face, I would ask them if they were there themselves). I also learned that my friends can’t cite worth a dime! I even told them before the debate to make sure they cited, and if they didn’t, I would turn their words on them(Guess what?! They didn’t cite!). I do believe that I was fair/unbiased during the time I was judging. I say this because I didn’t want to chose the people I like the most( I was always looking for the people with the greater argument).