Veterans Day Poem

On Veterans Day we honor all of veterans who had served young soldiers and old soldiers fought for our freedom and protected us some had lived others had past away, but we will always remember them we’re proud of all of the soldiers that fought for us and our rights.

"Cubs win fans light fireworks to celebrate"

     On October 22nd, 2016 Berwyn, Illinois the Cubs were playing against the Los Angeles Dodgers. They won their game 5-0 after the Cubs won Cub fans were lighting fireworks outside cheering in front of their house’s. Everybody could hear the fireworks in the night and some people were sleeping when they were lighting the fireworks. Cub's fans were so happy that they won and are now going to the World Series since 1907. Cubs fans were distraught when they lost against Cleveland.

First Quarter Reflection Blog

     In the 10 book challenge I am at three books 47 Walter Mosley, The Giver Louis Lowry, and Mike Lupica Game Changers. Right now I am reading Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman. Once I'm done reading this book I'm going to put it on my 10 book challenge in my notebook and I will have already read four books. I need to start reading more books because right now I don't have that many, but if I start reading a lot of books I would have more book in my 10 book challenge and by the end of the year I would have a lot of books read.

     My blogs have improved quite a bit. Back then when I barley started to know how to write blogs I didnt have a topic sentence. Because I would just write about what had happen in the book or just write what Mrs. Larson told us to write. One time during class Mrs. Larson introduced us to the TIQA format. The TIQA format showed us what we had to put in our blogs and this helped me a lot because  it showed how my blog is supposed to look like. Now everytime I have to write a blog for a book or anything I now know what to put and include in the blog.
     My goals for ELA class are to get good grades, read a lot of of books for my 10 book challenge, and be a better writer. I will get good grades by getting all three's and four's, studying before test's, and finishing/turning in my work that is how I will accomplish my first goal. My other goal is to read a lot of books because I want to get as much books as I could on my 10 book challenge also I would like to learn new words and use them sometimes that is why I would like to read a lot inside and outside of school. My final goal is to become a better writer so that when I go to High School I would know how to write an essay or anything else maybe for a job aplication. Another reason why I would like to become a better write is so I could learn new things as I write because when I write something sometimes I don't know what I'm writing, but if I keep on trying to become a better writer I would learn new things as I go. Those are my goals for my ELA class.

   

Movie vs Book

In the book and the movie The Giver they have different endings. In the book it tells you that Jonas went down the hill with Gabe and he started to hear music and then the book ends with, “Behind him, across vast distance of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo (180).” This quote means that Jonas heard music, but he doesn't know if it was an echo. It also explains that Jonas might have crossed the boundary of memories and shows the community receiving the memories. In the movie it shows you that Jonas goes down the hill with Gabe and he crossed the boundary of memories and the other scene shows The Giver explaining love and how it feels to the chief elders and he talks about the memories how we could feel different emotions from them. Once Jonas crosses the boundary of memories everyone starts seeing the memories and color. Then Jonas gets to the end of the hill and he sees the house with people inside it singing that is when he hears the music, but he thinks it was only an echo then the movie ends with Jonas saying that he will return to the community.


In the movie The Giver the director shows us the community differently than it is in the book. I think that the director changed the community to make it more futuristic because in the book it's in the ground, but in the movie it's floating in mid air. I think that he decided to make it like this is because in the movie Jonas escaped with Gabe on the bike and they started chasing after them. Jonas goes to where The Giver lives and he peddled as hard as he could until he fell off the community with Gabe on the bike everybody thought that he was dead, but he kept on going so that they wouldn't find him. This changes the story because once Jonas fell of the edge of the community the chief elder send his friend Asher to go find him because Jonas was still alive Asher found him and he carried him into the water to help him. Then Jonas started walking a lot to get to the boundary of memories that is the story changes with the community floating in the air.


The novel most impacted my understanding of The Giver because it explains everything more clearly. In the book we had to read a lot to get how The Giver explains the memories to Jonas and how it makes him feel, but in the movie The Giver explains everything way earlier to Jonas. That is one thing that I really didn't like about the movie it shows everything early and in the book we had to read a lot of pages to understand what was going on. In the book I really understood it better than the movie in the movie they changed a lot of things that wasn't in the book and they added some scenes that through me off at first, but they turned out to be really awesome and entertaining. What I really liked about the movie that it showed when Jonas was on the sled with Gabe and the scene switches to The Giver talking about how the memories are good that is one thing that I wish that was in the book. Instead of it ending it with Jonas hears music, but he thinks he was an echo.

The Giver Theme Blog

    Jonas is a dynamic character because throughout the novel he changes. At the beginning of the story Jonas only cared about his job he is going to get. Later on during the ceremony he was skipped and he felt very nervous on why they had skipped him. When the chief elder stood up and hold up Jonas’s arm he then announced, “You will now be trained to be our next Receiver of Memory. We thank you for your childhood (64).” Jonas wa surprised and very confused on why did they choose him to be the next Receiver. Later on Jonas meets The Giver for his training and The Giver started talking about the memories “It’s the memories of the whole world,” he said with a sigh. “Before you, before me, before the previous Receiver, and generations before him (77).” Now Jonas knows what are memories and how long they had been there after all his training The Giver gave Jonas a memory the memory of sledding “There was no sled. His posture didn't change. He was simply alone someplace, out of the doors, lying down, and the warmth came from far above. It was not as exciting as the ride through the snowy air; but it was pleasurable and comforting. Suddenly he perceived the word of it: sunshine. He perceived that it came from the sky. Then it ended (85).” That was the first memory that Jonas ever got from The Giver after that The Giver started giving Jonas more memories and Jonas started to feel pain and love from these memories. One time Jonas asked his parents if the loved him “Do you love me?” There was in awkward silence for a moment. Then father gave a little chuckle. “Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please (127)!” After Jonas had said this his parents said that they enjoy him, but in the night Jonas went up to Gabe and he told him that he loves him and that everything could change. Jonas starts to feel more emotions because The Giver has given him some new memories. Jonas saw his first release with The Giver and he didn't like it. He saw his father kill a newborn baby and he was very frustrated on what he saw. So Jonas decided to run away and he took Gabe with him because Gabe was going to get released too so the left the community didn't go back.


    Looking into the past created wisdom (memories) this connects to Jonas one of the main characters in The Giver. When The Giver felt pain he gave a memory to Jonas about what was torturing him, “He was confused, noisy, foul-smelling place. It was daylight, early morning, and the air was thick with smoke that hung, yellow and brown, above the ground (118)...” This quote relates to the topic sentence because while The Giver was in pain he transferred his torture to Jonas. So that Jonas could see and feel what The Giver was experiencing after the memory happened the memory showed Jonas the feeling of pain and that changed him. Another quote in the story is, “The Giver ended the afternoon with a color-filled memory of pleasure: a brisk sail on a blue-green lake; a meadow dotted yellow flowers; an orange sunset behind mountains (110).” This quote also relates to the topic sentence because it helped Jonas see colors because in his community no one can see in color, but The Giver can and now that Jonas has this memory he could see in color and sometimes Jonas gives Gabe a memory and he receives them. Jonas has been influenced by this theme because. The Giver gives him a lot of memories and some of the memories give Jonas wisdom on what he sees in those memories after Jonas experiences those memories he starts to feel different emotions and he starts to become more wise because of the memories. Jonas has now learned that he is wise because of all of the memories that The Giver has given him because without the memories he wouldn't feel any emotions or even see in color he would just be a regular person in the community.