To Kill A Mocking Bird

I think now that everybody knows that Atticus is taking on Tom Robinson's they will exclude him from the town like they will not let him walk by without harassing him. And also since the children at school learned all the words that they hear from their parents they are going to be calling Jem and Scout those names and they are going to be teasing them about what their father is doing to the town.

Test Prep Action Plan

My goals for test prep is to get a 4. I will challenge myself to try to understand harder text, read longer, study harder words, come to advisory more often, and learn to write shorter passages so that I can reach my goal. Character questions, inference questions, main idea questions. I can study questions that would be hard for me or I can just take a chance( just kidding).

To my parent what I learned in ELA,

My biggest accomplishments in ELA so far is my memoir, my ning. My memoir was about my grand father and how he died, what I felt, and why I felt the way I did. My ning is a big accomplishment because i never used ning before and I got how to use it right away, I even created my own ning!
My favorite unit so far is the character unit because we get to learn how different characters act and why the make the choices they do, it is just so cool to learn about different things but still have to be on the same topic. This is the unit where we actually started to use ning, so we've been using ning for about a month now? And we have been reading the book To Kill a Mockingbird and we have been analyzing how they act and what's goning to happen next.
In ELA we have been using technology to look up information or pictures of things that we need help on, we use our school gmail so that the teacher can send us what ever we need to do for the day and that actually helps because the teacher doesn't have to waste too much time explaining to the whole class about something that like half the class knows she can just tell us what to do then tend to the children who need help.
My goals for the rest of the school year is to work my way onto the Principle's list. That is a list that have the smartest students in the school and I feel that I have the potential to be on that list.
Your always going to always be using reading and writing techniques throughout your entire life. Even if you work to become a Marine Biologist, or what ever job you go for even if you don't have a job and is on welfare you still need to learn how to read and write so that you can live in this dog eat dog world.
Thank you for coming,
Nakia

What what type of decisions are hard for a character to make?

When a character feels caged in by a decision they tend to have to make decisions that may affect them emotionally and physically. For instance, in To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus has to made a decision on whether to take on the case of Tom Robinson or to just leave him to get killed but he felt that he had to do the right thing so he took on the case.

Listening Passage: Mona Lisa

One possible identity of Mona Lisa is Leonardo da Vinci himself. It is said that Leonardo could have drawn a picture of himself as a woman. Scientists have scanned a self-portrait of da Vinci and the famous portrait of Mona Lisa with their high tech computers and scanners, it has been said that the two paintings match perfectly, and that it is possible that da Vinci drew himself as a woman.

Character Unit Intro

Do you think people ever change?

I think that some people change but it really depends on the person because if one person has the state of mind that they wanna change then they would get it done and not let anything stand in front of their way. For example, If I was a stuck up, snotty person and I effected every one around me then I would have to change the way I was but in my state of mind I didn't need to change anything. What if there was someone just like me but eventually they did change their ways because in their minds they didn't want to be disliked anymore.

Election Reflection

I think that Obama will probably start with the war since it is like the main source to all our financial problems. Like for example, if we stop the war sooner then we'd be able to afford better schools;health care;better houses and things like that. Since Obama is the first African-American to run for the position to be president of the United States its very historical that he won.
I think that over the next years that Obama is in office, he will change the country for us to be independent and more responsible.

Ghost Story: The revenge of Spoona

Spoona was very well known with the people of her city. She would always have the scariest house on the block when Halloween came around.
One Halloween while Spoona was decorating her house for Halloween, some neighbor hood children thought it would be funny to go and egg her house. But when they went Soona had fixed up a spell to make the decorations come to life and when the children got to her house with the eggs the decorations snatched the eggs from the boys and threw the eggs at them. “this house is haunted!!!” the boys shouted Every door in the neighborhood opened and heads peaked out. The next day the cops went to investigate her house and even though they didn’t find anything they still hung her.
Every family that lives in her house or wants to “check it out” goes in but never comes out. And it is also said that she haunts every generation of the 4 kids that came to egg her house that night.

Readers Response 3

Title: Tunnels Of Blood
Author: Darren Shan
Pages:41-61

I predict that Darren will introduce Evra to Debbie, but Debbie won't be scared she'd think it was weird but she wouldn't be scared cause she knows Evra won't hurt her. I also predict that

Readers Response 2

Title: It's Kind Of A Funny Story
Author: Ned Vizzini
Pages: 185-238

I agree with Craig's decision because if he wouldn't have had called the suicide hot line, neitherless, if he wouldn't had picked up the book with the number in it then he would have probably went with his plan to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. I also agree with him because now since he's in the hospital he can get help to have his life back and maybe in a better way.
I feel that Craig is truly confused. He thinks too much about what he wants for the future and how things might not work for the future that he doesn't even thank God for waking him up and he says hes a Cristian. what kind of Cristian would admit themselves in a physciatric hospital? Shouldn't he be asking God to help him with his problems?
The fact that Craig use to rely on pot to make him feel better shows you that he was weak, but now that he can turn it down and ignore it shows that hes getting stronger.

Reading Response: Questioning

Skinny Questions Fat Questions
How old is Barack Obama? Why does Barack Obama want to run for President?
Is John McCain married?
Why does John McCain want to run for President?

How do I know if they really are going to give this country what they promised?

RAFT:This Land Is Your Land

How does the information in the box "A Day In the Life (of me!)" help the reader understand the article?

The information in the box "A Day In the Life (of me!)" helps the reader understand the article "This Land Is Your Land". It helps the reader understand what they do in the course of their day and at what times.It also helps the reader understand the article when they talk about the things they do. For example, when she says "Our way of life is also our job." When you read that you wonder 'Well what happens in the course of their day?'

Readers Response 1

Title: Its Kind Of A Funny Story
Author:Ned Vizzini
Pages:137-181

I can infer that Craig will go to the hospital and the hospital will call his mother to inform her that they are going to admit him. I feel this way because the book is suppose to be about him getting admitted in the pyshc ward.
As i read i asked myself Is Craig going to be able to accept the fact that he admitted himself into the pyshc ward?