Reading Journal Week 6 - Visualization - 2015

I am doing a Visualization Reading Journal Post. 

The Boy Who Dared 

 Susan Campbell Bartoletti

My Visual about The Boy Who Dared

The first thing that came to my mind was the jail cell. I imagined that the jail cell was like the cells in prison. The imagine that came to my mind was a dark gray brick wall going from the ceiling to the floor. The only window is on the back wall the is square with bars running through it. I chose this scene because I felt bad how the Jews didn't do anything and they put them in a dark cell.

 This is how I imagined the execution place to look like. The circles with the strings hanging from the ceiling are where they hung the people. The knife on the table are if they choose a different way to kill the Jews, like cut them up til the die. I chose this because I wonder what they used to kill the Jews.

Reading Journal Week 5 - Write A Letter - 2015

I am doing Write a Letter reading journal. 

I am Writing a Letter to the Watcher

                     The Watcher By James Howe

Dear Margaret (The Watcher),

How do I start? At first I thought you were a lonely girl that has know no to talk to. You would always sit at the top of the stairs writing things in your notebook. Some people would think you were just a silly little girl that doesn't know what to do with her life. Some people would think you are very shy and needs a friend to play with. Other people might see you as the girl who wishes what her life could be, then you write it in your notebook so you will never forget. This all can be true but then you went into Evan and Callie's house and stole a photo, a kite, and there mothers shawl. Now I was really confused how does a girl who sits at the top of the stairs becomes a thief. After you went to your house and cut a slit of the photo of the family and put your own picture inside. They had the family's name on the back and you wrote your name too, now I was really confused. Was this your real family? Maybe that is why you were staring at them so much. Or did they seem like a perfect family to you. Then your father found the things and he abused you. He turned on some sad music so your mother would not here and filled the sink with water. After he would put your head under the water until you had no more air. He kept on doing this until he thought you had enough. To me you are a brave girl for going in to the house and not telling anyone about your dad. I wish I could be as brave as you.

Sincerely,

Jasmine Sewell

Dear Jasmine, 

I thank you for helping me with my situation. I was afraid to tell anyone about my dad because he would always tell me he loves me that's why he is punishing me. I never really thought people would notice or even care. I never thought anyone would understand the pain that I go through. I thought the world would be better off without me. You told me I could be more open to people, I think I can become friends with Evan, if he forgives me for taking his things. I didn't mean to take his things it's just there family is so perfect I wanted my family to be like that. I thank you for helping me and telling me what you thought about me. 

Sincerely,

Margaret 

Reading Journal Week 4 - Making Connections - 2015

I am doing a Making Connections. 

How I Connect Myself with "The Watcher" 

The Watcher by James Howe

What My Book Is About?

   

          There is this girl called the watcher because she is always sitting at the top of the stairs looking out at the beach. People don't acknowledge her they just walk past her. All she does everyday is sit at the top of the stairs staring at all the people playing on the beach. There is this one boy who she stares at the most notices her staring at him but doesn't ask her why. This time she was looking at this perfect family and wish she and her family could be like that.  

How I Connect To The Watcher?

            Sometimes I feel like people don't recognize me, they just walk past me. I know how it feels to not have someone to talk to. When you go to a new place and you don't know anyone, you feel like you are alone. So i know how she feels when everyone just walks past you and doesn't acknowledge you. You feel like a ghost that is invisible and know one wants to be around you. 

Reading Journal Week 3 - KWL - 2015

I am doing a KWL Blog Post

What you Know, What you Want to know, and what you’ve Learned?

Smile by Raina Telgemier

What I Know?

•  This book is about romance.
• There is at least one guy that is gay.
• It is the sequel to Smile.
• A girl likes another guy but he is dating someone.
• I know that the characters are in 7th and 8th grades.                 

 What I want to Know?

• I want to know what she will do because she likes a guy who is dating someone else.
• I want to know how much she has changed since the last book "Smile".
• I want to know if she still has her braces.
•  I want to know if she has matured more since the last book because she didn't seem to mature to me. 
• I want to know what the stage in the front of the book has to do with her.
• I want to know who are her friends now.                                                                            What I have Learned?
• Callie likes Greg and Greg's brother likes her to so when Greg kissed her. Greg's brother git mad. Then Bonnie Greg's ex called him back and Greg took her back so Callie is now bad at Greg. Then at the end Greg asks her to be is girlfriend but she says no. So she ends up with no one.
• I don't think she has changed at all to me she acts like a child.
• She doesn't have her braces.
• I don't think she has matured at all. She acts like a girl in kindergarten.
• The stage in the front is because she is part of the stage crew for a play at school. 
• Her friends are mostly guy she only has one girl friend.  
• She is such a crybaby and she basically likes everyone in the school.

How was your summer - 2015

How was my summer?


Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland and having fun.
                                                                 - Florida



         My summer was fine, I had swimming classes, piano lessons, I went to camp Akita, I had to talk to Clawy, and went to Florida for a reunion. The first few weeks of my summer I stayed home because swimming classes didn't start yet. The most thing I did in those few weeks was read Wattpad, practice piano, and talking to the people from last year. 
          After those few weeks of being bored, we began swimming classes. Every year my brother and I go to swimming classes at my mom's job. The reason why they don't start as soon as we get out is because my mom works at a public school and we end school before them. Since I have been going to swimming classes every year I am at the highest level. The swimming classes have 2 sessions each session is three weeks. I only went to the first three weeks of swimming class because after I went to summer camp at Camp Akita.                   Summer camp at Camp Akita was a different experience. Camp Akita has three different age levels. The first one is called cub camp with ages 5-7, then there is junior camp for ages 10-12, and then there is teen camp with ages 13-16. Every time I went to summer camp I was 11 or 12 so I wasn't in teen camp. I really liked teen camp, you have more fun. When I got home from summer camp on the Sunday I had to pack because we were going to drive to Florida on the Monday. 
          We were going to Florida for a family reunion/birthday party for one of my grandma's sister. They invited everyone from my mom's side of the family not everyone could come but enough people went for it to be a family reunion. The family reunion was fun because I got to meet alot of my family that I have never meet before. That's basically how my summer went.