Language+Arts

Ulysses I think that I did a good job on Ulysses. On the blog I think that my posts were really some of my better work. In the in class discussions I think that I contributed pretty well. The book Ulysses in general I think that I did a really good job.

Tuck Everlasting
Durring the reading time at home most of the time I did well but once I frogot my boo so I didnt get a great time to read in my normal spot at home. On the inclass guestions I ﻿feel like I got the score that I exspectied. On the blog I think that I did better on the blog than the inclass guestions. I feel that I did a great job in the inclass discussions. I particapated enuff for my expatations. Radhik and I did a great job on the character project. We worked together well. On the figurtive languge project I think that I did a good job of completing that. Overal Tuck Everlasting was a good job on my part.

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Rainbow People
I think that I had some good summeries on icardsort. But I think that some of them were not great. I did a good job on the summeries. Exsept the In Chinese America. I had sort of a hard time of figuring out the In Chinese Anerica part. In my essa for the stories that would fit Shirley I think that I gave too much story in my paragraphs. When I facilitated on the blog I did a good job on my guestions and responding on other peoples posts. My comments on the blog were good. I think that some of them I had a hard time on but they were mostly fine. I think that I particapated in the small group discussions a good amount of the time. I think that when we twiducated on the ipads I particapated well. When I led the small group discussions I had some good questions readdy to ask. On this book I was reading with more under standing then some of the others.

Reading comprehension
I did ok on the quiz sheets. Some of them were good some were not very good. I think that my reflections were not very accurate. I said that it was going fine like all the time. But on some of the chapters I was really not focused. I feel that I participated a good amour in class discussions. I feel that my ready skills have improved since the beginning of the year.



=This I Believe= In this unit I feel that I did a good job. I like reading books better than listing to speaches. Writing the paragraphs as Maniac Magee was some of my best work. Podcast of my "This I Believe" essay. media type="file" key="Will F I Believe in Laughing.m4a" width="300" height="50" =Maniac Magee= I feel that I did the best work on the essay because I feel that I got the big idea and took my time. I could of made it by using figurtive language. I think that I could of made the quizes better by reading the directions carfully. I think if I read the directions more carfull I would of done better. What I will do differently is read in a good spot. To improve my habits I will take my time readind directions. I see progress in reading carfully.

Home

Home is a place where you are welcome,loved, and cared about. After a long day home is a great place to relax. At my home Chawas and Champ bring joy and happiness to our family. For Maniac home is hard to find. He lives in many homes or houses through out the book. The Beals and the McNabs are two examples from the book. Maniac really never had a home his parents died and he had to live with his aunt and uncle who hatted each other. So Maniac doesn't really know what a home is. Maniac thinks that a home is just a place to live in but it's really not just that.

The Beals were one of the places that Maniac lived. He meet Amanda on the way to school. She had a case full of books! Maniac loved it he wanted one so she gave him one to borrow. So the Beals found out that Maniac was homeless and invited him to live with them. But Maniac caused the Beals trouble. One day Maniac came home and saw Mrs. Beal scrubbing pant of the garage. It said "ISH BELLY GO HOME" then he realized that the F was missing FISH BELLY GO HOME. But the Beals still cared for Jeffery. After Maniac untied the great Cobbles knot he noticed that the confetti was Amanda's encyclopedia A. After that Maniac left the Beals. After that experience of home Maniac figures out that the Beals even though they are black and he is white the they are a great family.

The McNabs were another home that Maniac lived at. But the McNabs are not the best family to be with. He meet Jon already because he hit his fast a ball out of the park and no one else could. He meet Piper and Russell running away to Mexico. He brought them home and meet Jon on the street. He stayed at the McNabs for some time because Piper and Russell liked him. He makes the boys go to school. But one day Maniac gets made at the boys and breaks there guns. He was kicked out of the McNabs. But the next day Piper invites Maniac to his birthday party. He brings Mars Bar to teach the boys that blacks are not bad people. Maniac fells that the McNabs are not really as good of a home as the Beals. The McNabs really do not care about each other they just live in the same home.

Jerry Spinelli the author of Maniac Magee gives many examples of homes. In this book a home for Maniac is a place were you have a roof over your head. Maniac has learned that all homes are not the same. That a home is where you are welcome.Also he has learned that a home does not just appear when you need one. I feel that Maniac has gone through a life that hardly anyone if anyone has lived.

Hatchet
My best project was the book project. Because I put alot of time into it. If I were to make it better I would use a bigger box. Assisnment 1 was my least successful. Because our group was arrguing and it was hard to focus. If I were to make it better I would of tried to controll the group. If I were to do something different I would think about the questions before and after reading. To improve my habits I will try to find a good place to read.

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=Island Of The Blue Dolphins=== My best project for the Island of the Blue Dolphins is the Character Map. Because I put alot of time into it in and out of class. I fell that giving a little more detail would make my Character Map even better. I think I could of gave a little more effort on the packet by reading slower. On the next book I will try to pay more attention in class and when I'm reading and listen in class. I see progress by giving more detail and paying more attention.