Monday, February 27, 2012

Predictions (Thank You, Ma'am)

1. What does the woman do to the boy after he tries to steal her purse?
Why does she do this? Why doesn't she turn him to the police?

The woman dragged the boy home and told the boy to wash his face. She also prepared supper for 
the boy and gave him ten dollars to buy blue suede shoes. I think she did this because she might 
have wanted him to learn a lesson and not steal from others again. I think she didn't turn him in to 
the police because she might have wanted him to like her and trust her because she might have 
wanted to teach him that you don't need to steal and could have ask politely. 


2. What did you think Mrs. Jones was going to do to the boy originally? What makes you think that?


I think that Mrs. Jones was going to take him back to his parents, if he has any, because she might 
have wanted to tell his parents to take good care of him and tell him not to steal any more. 


3. How would you have reacted in Mrs. Jones' place, if you were Roger? Why?


I think that if I was in Mrs. Jones' house and was Roger, then I will have listen to her and tell her 
honestly why I stole her pocketbook because if I wanted to get out of the house, I must tell her 
things she wanted to know honestly.


4. Make inferences (draw conclusions) about Roger’s home life? Tell what makes you think that.


I think that Roger was an orphan because he doesn't look like he has a home and if he has parents, then
his parents will tell him not to steal. I also think that he doesn't have any siblings and was an orphan alone that lives in the street and steak whenever he gets a chance. I think this because, he might have steal before and know the excuses to make when he get caught.


5. What might be some other reasons why Roger tries to steal? What in the story makes you think that?


I think Roger was trying to steal the pocketbook because he might have thought that the pocketbook has money instead of other things. What in the story makes me think this is that when Mrs. Jones ask why Roger stole her pocketbook, Roger just answered that he wanted to buy blue suede shoes.


6. Why didn't Roger ran out of the room when he has the chance? What makes you think that?


I think that Roger wanted Mrs. Jones to trust him, he might have wanted to see what Mrs. Jones wanted to do with him, or he thought that he couldn't run away because Mrs. Jones is big and she could block the door and not let him go. I think this because Roger didn't want Mrs. Jones to not trust him and he didn't want to run away right then. He must have wanted to finish supper too because he didn't have anyone at home and might have wanted to have supper at Mrs. Jones' house.


7. Mrs. Jones left her purse unattended and went into the other room!  What is she showing by this action? Why did she do that?


I think that Mrs. Jones left her purse unattended on purpose and went to the other room because she might have wanted to show Roger that she trusted him and she might have wanted to see if Roger might run away with her purse and if next time they met, if she could trust him or not.


8. Explain the phrase: “because shoes come by devilish like that, will burn your feet.”


I think that the phrase means that don't just steal for some shoes that has a devilish style. I think it means like that because you don't have to steal and could always ask and sell things that you made or found that are important things.


9. The last paragraph begins with “The boy wanted to say something else but couldn’t do it.”  What else do you think he would have like to be able to say to her besides “Thank you”? Why that?


I think the boy might have wanted to say something special for her help and advice because of how she acted to him that he didn't just want to say "Thank you". I think this because he must have felt thankful to her and must have felt that she deserve something much better than "Thank you".


10. Do you think at the beginning if Roger had been successful in stealing the purse, would he have bought shoes with the money?  Why or why not?


I think that if Roger had escaped with the purse, he might not have bought shoes with it and might have bought candies and food. I think this because he might have just need food and doesn't need shoes to live.

  







Tuesday, February 21, 2012

My Inside Story Flashcards II

Log 2/15/2012

The Book Thief 
Markus Zusak
Mature Teen Fiction Pg 3-550

My favorite character in The Book Thief is Rudy. I like Rudy because he is really funny and nice to Liesel. He doesn't complain much when Liesel steals a book from the mayor's wife's library instead of food. I also like Liesel because she likes reading like me. She steals books that are laying on the floor and no one wants it. She is also a nice person. She loves her foster parents and treats them nicely. She is also good at keeping her foster parents' secrets even though she really want to tell Rudy. I wish Zusak didn't made the story go in a sad way. He wrote about the death of Rudy and Liesel's foster parents and almost everyone on Himmel Street was dead in the bombing except for Liesel because she was sleeping in the basement.

I read about a girl named Liesel. Warner and Liesel was on a train to their foster parents who lived far away. Her brother Warner was really sick and he died in his sleep. She was really sad and cried because she didn't want to be alone. After her brother's funeral (which wasn't really a funeral because it was winter), the gravedigger dropped his book and Liesel picked it up. Even though she couldn't read, she kept the book as part of her brother and mother. After she went to live with her foster parents, she had nightmares and one night she peed in her bed, her father found the book because it was hidden under the mattress and read it to her. She started stealing books and reading them after she got to know how to read. Her friend Rudy liked her and whenever he helped her with something, he always asked for a kiss, but she wouldn't kiss him. A couple of months later, they helped save a Jew called Max. Max was really nice to Liesel. On her birthday, Max didn't have anything for her, but Liesel didn't mind and gave him a hug instead. So he started working on a book called The Standover Man, it was a book about him and Liesel was really happy. When her father gave a piece of bread to a Jew, her father was sent to work with some people and Max went away just in case, soldiers came to check their home. After two years living with her parents, their was a bombing in Himmel Street, Liesel was asleep in the basement because she was writing a book about herself and almost everyone in Himmel Street got bombed. Her foster parents were dead even Rudy, her crush. She cried so much and kiss him on the lips.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Log 2/14/2012

Septimus Heap-Magyk
Angie Sage
Juvenile Mystery

I read about a couple named Silas and Sarah Heap. They both had six kids who were all boys and had green eyes because they were wizards. Sarah was about to have to have a baby. After the baby was born, Silas went out to take a walk and look for his father who was a shapeshifter and turned into a tree years ago. Silas was heading home when he saw a bundle of something on the winter ground. He went closer to have a look and saw that it was a baby girl. He took the girl home. When he got home, he saw the midwife holding a white bundle going out the door while crying "Dead". Silas asked Sarah what happened because Sarah was crying. Sarah said that the midwife came and said that their baby was dead. Months later, Sarah learned from her friend,Saly that the queen as been assassinated on the same day she had her baby which was the same day Silas found the girl. And the castle is under the control of the Supreme Custodian and the queen's daughter that was born on the same day as Sarah's baby was gone missing.

Ten years later, while still celebrating Jenna, their new daughter's birthday, Marcia, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard came and told them that their neighbor next door (the one that visits them a lot and draws pictires of Jenna) was a spy for the Supreme Custodian. Marcia said that Jenna is in danger and they need to move to a safer pace. Sarah took the kids to the woods to live with Galen. Marcia took Jenna and went to the wizard tower. When she got there, she noticed that the boy, which was in the Young Army was missing. He was guarding Marcia when she went over to the Heaps. Just then, Marcia thought that the boy which was called Boy 412 got buried under the snow. Marcia and Jenna both dig on the snow and found the boy all cuddled up. After a moment in the tower, Silas came and knock on the door. Silas was with Nikko and their big dog, Maxie that looks like a wolf.

Their was another knock and then the action started. They ran down the chute and at the end of the chute, they went to Sarah's friend, Sally's store and borrowed her boat. Nikko know mostly about boats and was in charge. They were all heading to Aunt Zelda's cottage. After a few more minutes of running away from the Hunter, they found Aunt Zelda's pet called Boggart and he was really a boggart.  They learned that the Supreme Custodian was working for the Ex-ExtraOrdinary Wizard, DomDaniel. He needed to have Jenna killed so he can take control over the castle. Meanwhile, Aunt Zelda did a fine job taking care of her visitors.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Log 2/9/2012

Phantom Victory
Pamela F. Service
Mystery      Pgs 1-134

I read about a girl named Terri, she was working with a group of archaeologist trying to find  more reasons for why they should try to rebuild the old hotel that had burned down years ago.

Brian and his parents went on a vacation to the island that Terri was on. Brian didn't want to come because he think that it was going to be boring. He brought lots of books so he could read them when he was bore. One night while following a girl, he found a diary, and it was his great-aunt Sophie's. She drowned and died when she was fourteen years old and Brian was scared on finding a journal that should have got burn down to ashes years ago.

Terri's boss, Mr. Stephenson and Dr. Kelso were looking for a diary. Terri thought that it might be Brian because she saw Brian trespassing to the burnt hotel. And it was near the place that Mr.Stephenson lost the diary. Terri went to look for Brian and saw Brian reading the diary, she took it home and read it herself too. She was really surprised that her great-uncle Joseph was in the diary too.
Terri noticed that the hotel which was called "Victory Hotel" wasn't supposed to be burned because Sophie's parents gave a necklace away to save the hotel. Before they gave the necklace away, Sophie hid the necklace and expect Terri's great-uncle Joesph to find it before the End-of-Season ball where her mother's going to wear the necklace. But, Sophie's mother gave the necklace away and on Saturday, her mother was going to wear it one last time, Sophie was going to be gone until Saturday morning. Sophie and Terri's uncle Joesph didn't get to finish the game and Terri and Brian was going to finsh it. But
Mr. Stephenson found out that they were looking for the mecklace too and was following them everywhere they went.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Log 2/8/2012

The Giver
Lois Lowry
Fiction      Whole book

I read about a boy named Jonas. He was afraid about the upcoming Twelve Ceremony because he didn't know what lay ahead of him. His friends were also excited for it to come. Jonas liked his friend Fiona. At school one day, he saw something really weird on the apple when he was playing catch with his friend, Asher. He was telling his family about his dream one day and he had to take some pills every morning to stop it. On the day of the first Ceremony, Jonas' sister, Lily was really excited because next year's Ceremony, she was going to get a bicycle which she had wanted for years. On the day of Jonas' Ceremony, he was also excited, but scared too because he was scared that he might not be assign a job and will be really embarrass. When it was his turn, the Chief Elder skipped him and he was now really scared because he got skipped and he might not be assign a job to do. He was so scared that he sinked himself down the chair to make himself smaller so no one see him. He was also embarrass because the girl that he liked was sitting next to him.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Log 2/6/2012

The Haunting at Stratton Falls
Brenda Seabrooke
Mystery        Pg 70-151 (last page)

Chad made Abby go out during night to see the ghost with him. When Chad saw the ghost he was really scared and went back to his room. Abby tried to ask her who she is, but the ghost didn't tell her and vanishes away. Aunt Noreen made Chad and Abby send some gifts to their neighbor for Christmas and that was how Abby learned about the ghost. She wore a dress waiting for her dad to come back from war, but got drowned, she usually comes to warn someone that something bad was about to happen. On the night before Christmas Eve, Abby went downstairs and found the girl. The girl's name was Felicia, Abby asked her if something bad had happened to Abby's father which her father was lost at war.

Log 2/3/2012

The Haunting at Stratton Falls
Brenda Seabrooke
Mystery                 Pg 3-69

This book was about a girl named Abby. She and her mom now live with her Aunt Noreen and Uncle Thomas in a much more cold place. Abby's cousin Chad always tease her and trick her into things that she didn't know. On the first day of snow, Abby went outside and saw Chad, he started throwing snowballs at her and the snow got in her mouth, nose, ear, and eyes. Nancy and Ginny were Chad's friends, Abby wanted to be friends with them. One day when they came over, they told Chad and Abby that the house was haunted by a ghost and the ghost comes during Christmastime which was getting near. Every night Abby saw wet footprints and thought that they were Chad's or her Uncle Thomas. Abby was curious to find out and comes most of the time during night to find out.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Log 2/2/2012

Who Killed Sack Annie?
Dana Brookins
Mystery         Pg 121-150 (last page)

David and Hondo suspected that David's sister, Diana's boyfriend, Harlan was the one that killed Sack Annie. When they went over to Harlan's apartment to try out the new ice cream machine, Hondo searched in his apartment for clues while David keep watch. Hondo found some keys that were in a box. That night David went to Harlan's apartment to look for any clues and Harlan went to the gym to work that night. David was really scared and decided not to but it was for Diana's sake so he went inside the apartment thinking that Harlan might jumped on him anytime. David remember the ghost story that his father told
him. He was mad at his father for telling all those ghost story to him and also mad at himself for remembering it.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Log 2/1/2012

Who Killed Sack Annie?
By Dana Brookins
Mystery    Pgs 1-120

This book is about a boy named David Botts who is on vacation in L.A. He found a friend named
Hondo Evans. A trash lady, Sack Annie was really nice to David and Hondo. She got murdered and David and Hondo was going to find out who killed Sack Annie. Diana, David's sister had a new boyfriend who's name was Harlan. He had big arms and muscles. He had a gym that he goes there and lift weights. Harlan showed Diana that he could lift a thousand pounds of weight without sweating.