This might be the one thing you always hear
But I want to say thank you
Thank You for everything you have done
Thank you
For risking your life
For Protecting our country
Thank you for everything else that you have
Monday, October 31, 2016
Veterans Day Poem
“Thank You”
This might be the one thing you always hear
But I want to say thank you
Thank You for everything you have done
Thank you
For risking your life
For Protecting our country
Thank you for everything else that you have
This might be the one thing you always hear
But I want to say thank you
Thank You for everything you have done
Thank you
For risking your life
For Protecting our country
Thank you for everything else that you have
Sunday, October 30, 2016
"Man Has Fallen and Can't Get Up"
On October 23, 2016, it was the day that an ambulance surrounded the parking lot at Giordano's on W Cermak Rd. There was people surrounding the scene, so the people that were entering the parking lot were not able to see what transpired. Finally when the crowd of people left everyone was able to see what had happened. There was a elderly man standing in the middle with the parametrics surrounding him. At that point everyone had been wondering what had happened so they got closer to see what had happened, as they got closer they saw the elderly man with bandages wrapped around his head with some blood covering the bandages. When people had seen the blood covered bandages they all instantly wondered what had caused him to be bleeding. As time went on everyone had found out that the elderly man had fallen, and as he was falling he suffered a blow to the head.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
1st Quarter Reflection
Since starting 8th Grade I have struggled with a few things. The thing I struggle with the most is organization. Since I have stopped using my binder filled with folders I have started using the folders in my notebook, and that has caused me to have very bad organization. Since everything is piled up together it makes it very hard for me to find things. Sometimes I even lose things. So my biggest goal for next quarter is to have better organization. So next quarter when I need to look for things then it will be a lot easier.
The second thing that I have struggled the most with is with punctuation. What I mean when I say proper grammar, is that I have trouble with punctuation (commas). I don't know where to place commas in a sentence. I never had this problem until 6th grade because before then I could place commas where they needed to go without even thinking about it, but now whenever I need to put a comma somewhere I need to think about it and that just takes way too long. So, with this being one of biggest struggles, my goal for next quarter is to be able to use proper punctuation.
My final struggle is that sometimes I get off task during class. Whenever we do work with the ipads I got off task from time to time. Sometimes I get so off task that I don't finish the work that the work that they give us during class, which I would almost finish my work during class. Since I get off task I am getting affected deeply because when I get off task my homework gets piled up, and sometimes I won’t be able to do homework for classes. So with this struggle in mind, my final goal for quarter 2 is to control myself so I don't get off task during class.
The second thing that I have struggled the most with is with punctuation. What I mean when I say proper grammar, is that I have trouble with punctuation (commas). I don't know where to place commas in a sentence. I never had this problem until 6th grade because before then I could place commas where they needed to go without even thinking about it, but now whenever I need to put a comma somewhere I need to think about it and that just takes way too long. So, with this being one of biggest struggles, my goal for next quarter is to be able to use proper punctuation.
My final struggle is that sometimes I get off task during class. Whenever we do work with the ipads I got off task from time to time. Sometimes I get so off task that I don't finish the work that the work that they give us during class, which I would almost finish my work during class. Since I get off task I am getting affected deeply because when I get off task my homework gets piled up, and sometimes I won’t be able to do homework for classes. So with this struggle in mind, my final goal for quarter 2 is to control myself so I don't get off task during class.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
The Giver: Book vs Movie
The aging ceremony from the book, The Giver, is extremely different from the aging ceremony from the movie, The Giver. They are different in many ways but, the most obvious way that they are different is the fact that in the book they were given their assignments at the ceremony of 12, but in the movie they are given their assignments when they turn 16. This explains why they are different because in the book you are given your assignment when you turn 12, but in the movie you have to turn 16 in order to be given your assignment. The differences just don't stop there. Some characters are even given different jobs. LIke how in the book Fiona is given the job of Caretaker of the House of Old, but in the movie she is given the assignment of nurturer. Asher is another character that is given a different job in the book than the movie, in the book Asher is given the job of A assistant Director of Recreational Activities, but in the movie Asher ends up being given the job of Drone Pilot. This shows how the aging ceremony from the book is so different from the aging ceremony from the aging ceremony from the movies, because of the age differences and the differences in the jobs given.
The actors that portrays Jonas in the movie is different of how Jonas is portrayed in the book. In the book Jonas could be described as scared and nervous because, “It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to become frightened”. This shows Jonas was described as fearful since he scared because the idea of the ceremony being so close was kind frightening to him. It also shows how he can be portrayed as nervous because a all he could think of is what assignment he was going to be given, and that could be nerve racking on someone. Even though in the book Jonas can be described as scared and nervous, but in the movie Jonas can be portrayed as the complete opposite, Jonas can be portrayed as selfless. Jonas is selfless because when he was walking in the snow he did not stop, he kept going for Gabe. This shows a lot of selflessness because he could've stopped to rest and Gabe could of died, but he didn't.
Between the book and the movie, the book impacted my understanding the most. The book had impacted my understanding the most, the author Lois Lowry had written the book so in so much detail. Yeah sure the movie was good, but it will never be as good as the book because it is nothing like the book. Even though the movie will always impact my understanding, the book will always impact my understanding the most. The book will always impact my understanding more than the movie will, because of how much detail was put into the book by Lois Lowry.
The actors that portrays Jonas in the movie is different of how Jonas is portrayed in the book. In the book Jonas could be described as scared and nervous because, “It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to become frightened”. This shows Jonas was described as fearful since he scared because the idea of the ceremony being so close was kind frightening to him. It also shows how he can be portrayed as nervous because a all he could think of is what assignment he was going to be given, and that could be nerve racking on someone. Even though in the book Jonas can be described as scared and nervous, but in the movie Jonas can be portrayed as the complete opposite, Jonas can be portrayed as selfless. Jonas is selfless because when he was walking in the snow he did not stop, he kept going for Gabe. This shows a lot of selflessness because he could've stopped to rest and Gabe could of died, but he didn't.
Between the book and the movie, the book impacted my understanding the most. The book had impacted my understanding the most, the author Lois Lowry had written the book so in so much detail. Yeah sure the movie was good, but it will never be as good as the book because it is nothing like the book. Even though the movie will always impact my understanding, the book will always impact my understanding the most. The book will always impact my understanding more than the movie will, because of how much detail was put into the book by Lois Lowry.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
The Giver Themes
Jonas is a very dynamic character, because he has changed a lot from the beginning of the book to the ending, in the beginning Jonas was a bit selfish. Jonas shows signs of selfishness. Jonas shows signs of being selfish because when the ceremony was coming up an example of this is, ““I'm feeling apprehensive,” he confessed…it's the ceremony that I'm worried about. It's ceremony that I’m apprehensive about”. This shows that Jonas showed signs of selfishness, because the ceremony was the only thing he had cared about and the only thing he could think about. Also to top it all off Jonas wouldn't even think of what assignment his friends would get. Even though in the beginning Jonas was selfish, he would eventually have a change of heart, he would then become selfless. Jonas showed signs of selflessness when, he no longer cared about himself this is shown when, “...he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself”. This shows great selflessness because he did not care about himself anymore at that point. All he cared about at that point at time was if Gabriel would survive or not. So Jonas has changed a lot from the beginning to the ending of The Giver.
Jonas had went through many hardships, and that had made him a selfless person. While Gabriel and Jonas had escaped the community, Jonas showed signs of selflessness because, “ He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself”. This shows how he shows selflessness because he is literally crying because he feels that he can no longer keep Gabriel alive. Jonas has also been giving him memories to be able to keep Gabriel, the memories that Jonas would give Gabriel would be things like warmth. So he doesn’t even care if he freezes to death, all Jonas care about is keeping Gabe alive. However this is not the only change of attitude that Jonas has had, at a time Jonas has had the feeling of loneliness. For a while when a The Giver had first started giving Jonas the painful memories, there was a time were Jonas had felt lonely because no one had to go through the same things he had to. While in his Jonas thought to himself, “They have never known pain, he thought. The realization made him feel desperately lonely…” . This shows that he had felt lonely for a time because he felt that he could not go see no one else for help for all of those memories. He would feel like this because since almost no one else had those memories so no one else would be able to help him deal with all of the pain, and The Giver didn't do a good trying to help Jonas deal with all of the pain.
Jonas had went through many hardships, and that had made him a selfless person. While Gabriel and Jonas had escaped the community, Jonas showed signs of selflessness because, “ He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself”. This shows how he shows selflessness because he is literally crying because he feels that he can no longer keep Gabriel alive. Jonas has also been giving him memories to be able to keep Gabriel, the memories that Jonas would give Gabriel would be things like warmth. So he doesn’t even care if he freezes to death, all Jonas care about is keeping Gabe alive. However this is not the only change of attitude that Jonas has had, at a time Jonas has had the feeling of loneliness. For a while when a The Giver had first started giving Jonas the painful memories, there was a time were Jonas had felt lonely because no one had to go through the same things he had to. While in his Jonas thought to himself, “They have never known pain, he thought. The realization made him feel desperately lonely…” . This shows that he had felt lonely for a time because he felt that he could not go see no one else for help for all of those memories. He would feel like this because since almost no one else had those memories so no one else would be able to help him deal with all of the pain, and The Giver didn't do a good trying to help Jonas deal with all of the pain.
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