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Jack blog- Short Story




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sophia blog- love at first bite

Harrison Bergron

   This short story is based in a futuristic utopia where everyone is supposed to be equal. The citizens are given different handicaps to make sure they are all equal to the lowest person in this society. While reading this short story, many questions came to mind as well as before and after reading this story. Most of the questions I had before reading had to do with who is Harrison Bergron?, Why is he so important?, etc. After reading this, I could answer these questions, so they were mostly level one questions. I know this because, I can find out the answers to these questions in the text, for example, the answer to the question: who is Harrison Bergron, can be answered in the story, he was a seven feet tall 14 year old who was a danger to this society because he was extremely smart, tall, and handsome, and he would try to protest the society, and he was George and Hazels child. While I read this passage, there were so many questions that I thought of, and only a few were answered by the end of the passage. Some that were answered sounded like, why were the people handicapped?, who is the "Handicapper General?, why did George keep hearing short bursts of sounds?, why was Hazel crying?, why do the citizens "agree" to be handicapped, etc. By the very end, I could answer all of these questions. But, I also had some questions that were not answered like, how would the handicaps given make the citizens equal since you could tell who was "better" by their handicaps?, or why did the "emperor and empress" kiss the ceiling?
     This short story was quite confusing. Usually, when reading short stories, I can find the actual meaning of the story, or lesson that is meant to be learned, but I could not in this story. The only thing I can assume is that it is sort of like a warning for in the future that it is good to keep your talents and individuality. It is not good for society to have everyone equal, or soon, we woul;d have nothing to separate us from who we truly are.
   

100-word story

            Once there was a little girl. Every day, she would ask her father, "May I get a puppy today, Father?" And every day her Father would reply with a firm "No," followed by a long response of how much responsibility a dog is and how she would not want to take care of it after a while, etc. She would always daydream during the time he would spend explaining to her about why she couldn't have a puppy. Today, she daydreamed about how it would be like to have a dog and how cute he would be and how good she would take care of him and so on so forth. The next day, she went inside to ask her Father the same question, but instead, her Mother was there. She proceeded in asking her question anyways and her Mother said, "Of course, anything for you!" So, she finally got herself a puppy, but by that next week it was more of her Mother's responsibility.

how to age gracefully

Dear an eleven year old,

    Do not ever be afraid to try anything out of the ordinary. Even if you may be scared to try or because it is not considered to be the cool thing to do. Also, always act yourself. I know this is probably the most cliche line you have probably ever heard, but it is also the best thing to go by. If you don't act yourself, you may attract the wrong friends or crowd that is not good to hang out with because they will either betray you in some way, get you in trouble, ruin your reputation, use you, or all of the above. When you act like your weird self, you will end up meeting some really amazing people. Even though it may not seem that way for a while, you will end up meeting your best friend in an unexpected situation caused by a decision that you cannot be afraid to make.

     When I was younger, I was usually that weird kid who just played by themselves at recess and didn't have too many friends. I soon realized that I had two options for a choice that would change me. I could either change myself so that I could fit in with everyone else, or be okay with standing out, but having to wait for a friend. I choose to be different and that attracted the right group of friends that helped me with my confidence, etc. So, never be afraid to make that decision because you really never know how it will turn out. 

comments week 4

Danny- my literacy narrative

https://english1danny.blogspot.com/2016/09/my-literacy-narrative.html?showComment=1474315128503#c610535686744105029

sarah c- the selection-Americas personality

https://sarahcenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-selection-americas-personality.html?showComment=1474315371230#c9029014482925680174 

personal narrative

       My personal narrative is about the time I got a blister from doing the monkey bars when I was in second grade. After this occurred, I met my best friend that is still my best friend today. Throughout this essay, It was really hard to remember, first of all, because it was a smaller event that happened a while ago, and because it was a tough time in my childhood. The process of writing this was actually sort of simple, because right when I was told that we were doing a personal narrative, and what a personal narrative was, I automatically came up with two ideas. I had to choose between the time I got the blister on the monkey bars, which is the one I chose, and the time I competed in cheer while I had a broken wrist. In the end, I felt as if the one I chose had a bigger significance that really changed me for the better.
        Even though this event happened a long time ago in my life span, when ever I started to write about this event, the memories flowed out of my head and straight onto the paper. The hardest part for me was to share this when we did the peer reviews and editing. It was sad to remember the hard events that I went to, but at the same time, it was pretty amazing to remember the events that lead to the meeting of my best friend. It was also quite enjoyable because I shared my essay with my friend and it was fun to remember all of the memories we had together.

comments week 3

sarah- 9/11

http://sarahcenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/09/911.html

savannah- the selection post 2 (spoilers)

http://savannahenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-selection-post-2-spoilers.html

9/11

September 11, 2001

       On September 11, 2001, the United States was shaken down to its core. We were attacked by terrorists planes, which flew into some important buildings throughout the United States, such as the twin towers. This attack not only ruined buildings, but it also ruined the lives of many. Killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring more than 6,000. Nineteen terrorists, associated with Al-Qaeda, hijacked four planes that flew into the pentagon, two into the world trade center towers and the fourth crashed into a field.
       The first flight, at 8:45 a.m., flew into the north tower of the World Trade Center. In this crash, the plane hit around the eightieth floor of this building. When this happened, it instantly killed everyone on that floor and the floors right around. Also, the building collapsed which killed many more. People were trapped on all levels of the building just praying to be saved. Later, about eighteen minutes later, the second plane hit the south tower. This flight hit around the sixtieth floor. Only eighteen people walked away from the attacks on the World Trade Center. The next plane crashed into pentagon at 9:45. About 125 people in the building were killed and 64 on board. The fourth and final plane crashed into an open field in Pennsylvania at 10:10 a.m. This crash killed everyone on board. This plane was meant to be hijacked by the terrorists and flown into an unknown place, but possibly somewhere like the White House. Why this did not happen is because the passengers fought the terrorists who were trying to hijack the plane. They then knew they would have to crash, so they attempted to crash in a place where there were no civilians that could be in the way.




source:
http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks 

The Martian

The Martian

comments-week 2

Savannah- Flood Disaster
http://savannahenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/09/flood-disaster.html






Kolin-When I got in my first high school football game
http://kolin-english1.blogspot.com/2016/09/when-i-got-in-my-first-high-school.html

comments-week 1

Sarah- summer reading- If I Was Your Girl
http://sarahcenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/08/summer-reading-choice-if-i-was-your-girl.html




Sophia- First Day and First Week
http://sophia-english1.blogspot.com/2016/08/first-day-and-first-week.html

Friends

Friends

         This past weekend, I got together with some of my friends from my old school. I had not seen some of them since last school year had ended, It was so much fun to catch up with all these people. I loved hearing about how school was going and all of their new friends. I am so glad that i am still in touch with them because I could not imagine my life with out them all in it. We all went to Perkins Rowe to eat and see a movie.

         Some of my friends are on the cheer team at their high school, so it was really neat to hear about the things they are doing and sort of compare them to the things I am. One of my best friends, in particular, told me all about their teachers and new experiences that high school brings. It was really interesting, to me to see how everyone was adjusting. Everyone seemed to be doing well so far in high school. I keep thinking about how weird it is to not be going to school with some of them because some of us have been to school together for over nine years. 

We Were Liars (possible spoilers)

We Were Liars

           We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart, was my second book that I read this summer. To briefly summarize, this book is about a rich family named the Sinclairs. In this family they are pretty much just sweeping all of their life's problems under the rug, so anything that other people see is a perfect family. In reality, they are jut as messed up as the rest of us and maybe even more. One of the granddaughters of this family is Caddy. You learn at the beginning that she visits, along with the rest of her family, her grandparents private island, where, when shes fifteen, has an accident that gives her headaches and she's never the same again. At first when reading this book, I got very flustered over the fact that Caddy, the narrator, never really goes into detail about her accident. Later on, you find out that she is has been an unreliable narrator pretty much the entire time she has been telling you her story. It does explain, near the end what happened in her accident and to be honest I was not expecting it at all. I loved how Caddy was an unreliable narrator and how she would explain things that her and her cousins did and it did not make complete sense at first so I only thought she had a few issues. 

               My favorite part about this book was all of the twists and turns that you take with this family. Another thing I liked was how the author put Caddy's hurt and felling's into extremely detailed words, almost like she was personifying her emotions. Also I liked how this novel felt as if is tried to relate it to some of the things we see in our everyday lives. The Sinclairs act as if they are perfect, which makes most everyone else around them feel jealous, but, in reality, everyone has flaws. Today, people seem to get rapped up in having this perfect life with all the money and possessions they can get, and then they feel if they have all of that, then they can be happy. In reality, it you aren't happy with the way your living now, then even a billion dollars cannot help you tomorrow.