Quickwrite 3/30/15

This picture is placed in the 1980's and the children are having baby stroller races. As you can see in the picture, these children look as if they are running, and there is a man in black with a microphone thing in his hands. Almost everyone in the picture seems excited, and they look as if they are cheering on the kids. Also, one of the adults looks like he is helping a child start out ("What's Going on in this Picture?", The Learning Network). The children running represents the race that I described, and the man in black represents the person that is announcing the events. I can tell that the picture is placed somewhere in the 1980's because of the way that the people dressed. All of the woman and girls are wearing dresses, and the men are all wearing suit like clothing.

Slated by Teri Terry (mystery) 3-16-15

     Slated is about this girl named Kyla. She was supposedly a villain, so the government arrested her, and they erased her memories. This is called being slated. They kept her in this hospital and taught her how to be a normal kid. They told her that in order to be able to go outside and live her own life, she had to follow all of their rules until she is 21. They let her go to her "family" after about 9 months. She met this guy named Ben, and they end up loving each other. (Ben was another slated.)

     They soon figured out that the government was taking innocent people and slating them. They also figured out that the terrorist were trying to give freedom back to the people, but with violence instead of peace. Kyla didn't want to be on either side, but Ben wanted to be on the terrorist's side. Ben tried to cut off his levo(The thing that keeps him from feeling anything on his own) and he got caught by the government.

     Well, in the end, Kyla gets her memories back, and she doesn't know if Ben is alive or not. I would rate this book an 8. I think it deserves an 8 because it was an incredible, interesting book but it didn't have as much information as I would have liked. Like in the end, all it says is that she remembered. It never explained what happened in her past, or who/what she was. The thing that frustrated me the most was that Kyla wouldn't trust her mom fully. I feel like if she did trust her new mom, then her mo would understand what she was feeling, and what was going on. Other than that, it was a really good book, and I'm exhilarated to read the next book.

Quickwrite 3/10/15

These people are probably from Israel, and voting for the Americans to win a war. The man in the background is holding an American flag, and he also looks like he is from Israel ("What's Going on in this Picture?", The Learning Network). In Israel, there was a war for their land because the Americans gave the Jewish people the land that they thought was rightfully theirs after WW1(I think). In this case, the man is supporting the Americans.

Quickwrite 3/2/15

     These three people(counting their baby) are going camping. The man and the woman are both carrying bags. The man is also carrying a blanket to cover his baby ("What's Going on in this Picture?", The Learning Network). They both have bags to carry the supplies for the camp site.

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls(Western 2-19-15)

This book is extremely sad(and happy in the beginning). The part that I hated the most was when the dogs died. I wouldn't have cared if they had died fast, and not brutally, but their deaths were terrible! One dies of loss of blood, and the other dies because they can't fit their intestines back into the body. I just couldn't believe it. Now I know that I should never take animals out hunting(or camping). I would give this book a 10 because it makes people feel for the animals, and angry at some kids. It's just an emotional book. Writers that are able to make the readers cry(sadly, or for joy) needs a pat on the back!

Quickwrite 2/23/15

This wasp is carrying its' baby somewhere. The wasp is holding something between its' legs that looks like another wasp, but it is also smaller than the one that is holding it ("What's Going on in this Picture?", The Learning Network). Since the wasp is wrapping its' legs around an object that looks like another wasp, while moving, it seems that it is bringing the object to a place.

American Revolution Project Reflection

     My group was cooperative in the end while we were getting the information. Beau would get the information paper cut and ready, I got the game and the delegates match-up ready, and Clint helped put the board together. In the beginning, Clint wouldn't really do anything, and it was hard to communicate because we were misinterpreting one another's opinions and ideas. This is such as whenever  Beau would say live exhibit, I didn't know what he really wanted to do. I honestly think that the idea of people from different blocks/periods coming together to do a project was awesome. The only thing is that we needed a little bit more of an explanation on how to get the email thread ready. I know that some people would get the idea right off the bat, and other people would forget how to do it right as they were put up to the task. I think that the emails were fun to use, but I would have liked to just share a document with other people and just use that. It just seems simpler to me because people would do their work on their drive, then they would forget to copy and paste that information back into the email thread. I think that if there would have been no teacher monitoring our discussions, then there would have been a lot of joking around on the email. The teacher also helped with making sure that each student got his/her work done throughout the project. I feel like I have learned that being in a group project definitely need some communication. Some of my group members wouldn't communicate throughout the whole day. If they don't tell their members how they feel about the project, then the project won't have 100% effort from all of the team members.(just like when a member doesn't like something and doesn't want to do what the other members are doing and they don't try to work because they don't want to.) I feel like I gave my all and worked really hard to get the project perfected. In this instant, I would say that I would get a 10. I know that Beau and I did A LOT of the work throughout the project. I also know that Clint was playing games through class, so to be honest, I think that Beau and I did try to get the project nice and clean so that the whole group would get a good grade.