CC Panel Debate Reflection

1. Is compromise essential for an effective government and WHY???  Use ONE piece of cited evidence from the debates to support your position and then provide commentary. Citation example: (CC Panel Debate)
2. What did you do well in the debate?  Give 2 areas where you excelled.
3. What do you need to improve upon (in terms of your debating skills) in preparation for the debate tournament in May? Give 2 areas of improvement.

1. Compromise is essential for an effective government. "... the states come together to create a plan..." (CC Panel Debate). The states need to be able to come together at a crisis, and a compromise will help the states agree on one thing that will benefit all sides of an/the argument.
2. I feel like I did a good job on gathering information to backfire on the other team and I feel that I was good at the counter argument.
3. I need to improve on my convincing skills and how I form my starting argument.

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.