My goals for quarter 2 are to be more independent, getting better grades, improving my lack of focus/ staying on task, and turning in better quality. For quarter 2 i want to be more independent and not rely on the teacher to tell me to go onto Edmodo everyday. My goal is to get better grades for the rest of the year. I could improve on my lack of focus sometimes and staying on task sometimes. I also want to read more on my own, without it having to be an assignment. Turning in better quality will always be a goal on mine.
Some strategies that I have learned in ELA that have helped me this year are the TIQA format and staying focused with what you're writing about. The TIQA format is a good strategy because it could be used almost for everything you are writing about. It also helps me remember everything that is needed in what I’m writing. And it helps keeping my writing organized. Staying focused about what you're writing about is also a good strategy to use so your not off topics.
My 10 book challenge for the year is going good. Since the beginning of year in ELA we started a challenge to finish 10 book by the end of the year. So far i have read 2 book and am currently reading 2 different book. I have learned how to read 2 books at a time.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
The Giver Film vs. Book
The book The Giver and the movie The Giver are both similar and different. One event from the movie is when Jonas leaves his dwelling in the night (which is against the rules) and goes to the nurturing center to get Gade. Jonas was planning on taking Gabe because if he didn't he was going to
get released the next morning. When he was in the nurturing center Fiona helped his get Gabe and distract the guys that was after Jonas. In the book the author states, “Now at the bridge, hunched over on the bicycle, pedaling steadily” (163). Gabe is with Jonas’s family dwelling and he sleeps in Jonas’s room. Some ways the movie and book are the same is by Jonas taking Gabe with him when he escapes and when Jonas left he took a bike. A difference from the book and the movie is in the book Fiona was assigned to taking care of the elders and in the movie she was assigned as a nurturer. Fiona’s assignment was different because in the movie if she wasn't a nurturer Jonas wouldn't have been able to take Gabe with him and instead be caught by someone else and the guys that were after Jonas would have caught him.
There are many differences in the setting from the book and the movie. For example elsewhere in the book is far away and in the movie elsewhere is near the edge. In the book rivers divide the communities which Jonas has to pass in order to get to elsewhere. In the movie Jonas has to jump from the edge he lands on land where elsewhere is located. In the movie they chose to do it this way because the guys that were following Jonas would eventually caught him but since he jumped off the edge they couldn't chase him anymore. In the book they put it this way because Jonas would have to go through a journey to get to elsewhere with only the planes looking for him. Because of these changes, it changes the story by, in the book Jonas and Gabe could eat the scraps of the family units in their dwelling. In the movie it doesn't take long to get to elsewhere.
The movie The Giver gave me a better understanding of The Giver. When Jonas and Gabe sled down the mountain and pass the tower, the memories The Giver gave Jonas all went back to the community. It was a better understanding of what happened because I could visualize it and I didn't understand how the memories were sent back to the community in the book because I didn't see what happened. The movie The Giver gives a better understanding of The Giver because your can visualise
it. The Giver transmits the memories to Jonas by grabbing his arms and giving him the memories that he thinks he's in. When the Giver transmits the memories to Jonas the movie gives a better understanding by visualizing how he gives Jonas the memories.
get released the next morning. When he was in the nurturing center Fiona helped his get Gabe and distract the guys that was after Jonas. In the book the author states, “Now at the bridge, hunched over on the bicycle, pedaling steadily” (163). Gabe is with Jonas’s family dwelling and he sleeps in Jonas’s room. Some ways the movie and book are the same is by Jonas taking Gabe with him when he escapes and when Jonas left he took a bike. A difference from the book and the movie is in the book Fiona was assigned to taking care of the elders and in the movie she was assigned as a nurturer. Fiona’s assignment was different because in the movie if she wasn't a nurturer Jonas wouldn't have been able to take Gabe with him and instead be caught by someone else and the guys that were after Jonas would have caught him.
There are many differences in the setting from the book and the movie. For example elsewhere in the book is far away and in the movie elsewhere is near the edge. In the book rivers divide the communities which Jonas has to pass in order to get to elsewhere. In the movie Jonas has to jump from the edge he lands on land where elsewhere is located. In the movie they chose to do it this way because the guys that were following Jonas would eventually caught him but since he jumped off the edge they couldn't chase him anymore. In the book they put it this way because Jonas would have to go through a journey to get to elsewhere with only the planes looking for him. Because of these changes, it changes the story by, in the book Jonas and Gabe could eat the scraps of the family units in their dwelling. In the movie it doesn't take long to get to elsewhere.
The movie The Giver gave me a better understanding of The Giver. When Jonas and Gabe sled down the mountain and pass the tower, the memories The Giver gave Jonas all went back to the community. It was a better understanding of what happened because I could visualize it and I didn't understand how the memories were sent back to the community in the book because I didn't see what happened. The movie The Giver gives a better understanding of The Giver because your can visualise
it. The Giver transmits the memories to Jonas by grabbing his arms and giving him the memories that he thinks he's in. When the Giver transmits the memories to Jonas the movie gives a better understanding by visualizing how he gives Jonas the memories.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
In The Giver, Jonas is a dynamic character. At the beginning of the book Jonas says, “Jonas’s father’s title was Nurturer. He and the other nurtures were responsible for all the physical and emotional needs of every new child during the earliest life. It was a very important a job…”(7). Jonas saw his father and his community as good. It was against the rules to lie. No one had ever lied, so Jonas thought. However, towards the end of the book Jonas states, “He killed it! My father killed it!... Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain crawling it's way foward to emerge in a cry… I won't! I won't go home! You can't make me! Jonas sobbed” (150-152). Jonas is angry and upset at his father for killing the newborn. Jonas felt angry that his father had lied to him. Jonas no longer trusted his father or the community, he thought no one lied, but now because of this he thought it was in there rules and he couldn't do anything about it. Jonas felt powerless.
The theme of The Giver is, the importance of memories. On the first day of Jonas’s training The Giver says, “There’s much more. There’s all that goes beyond all that is Elsewhere - and all that goes back, and back, and back...And here in this room, all alone, I re-experience them again and again. It is how wisdom comes. And how we shape our future” (78). This quote means it helps The Giver advise the communities Elders when needed by using the memories to not make the same mistakes again and again. The memories make The Giver wiser by knowing what will happen if the Elders decide to make a huge decision that will impact the whole community. For example when the Elders wanted to have 3 children per family unit instead of 2, the Giver advised them not to because starvation was in the future in they did so. Also, if they didn't have memories they would be clueless. In the beginning of Jonas’s training the Giver says, “They knew nothing...It’s just that. . . without the memories it’s all meaningless” (105). This quote means that without the memories nothing exists. There's no pain, love, happiness, etc., or emotions. Everything is the same, there is no difference. If they didn't have the memories to guide them they would be lost with no one to turn to. Therefore memories are important and should be valued.
The theme of The Giver is, the importance of memories. On the first day of Jonas’s training The Giver says, “There’s much more. There’s all that goes beyond all that is Elsewhere - and all that goes back, and back, and back...And here in this room, all alone, I re-experience them again and again. It is how wisdom comes. And how we shape our future” (78). This quote means it helps The Giver advise the communities Elders when needed by using the memories to not make the same mistakes again and again. The memories make The Giver wiser by knowing what will happen if the Elders decide to make a huge decision that will impact the whole community. For example when the Elders wanted to have 3 children per family unit instead of 2, the Giver advised them not to because starvation was in the future in they did so. Also, if they didn't have memories they would be clueless. In the beginning of Jonas’s training the Giver says, “They knew nothing...It’s just that. . . without the memories it’s all meaningless” (105). This quote means that without the memories nothing exists. There's no pain, love, happiness, etc., or emotions. Everything is the same, there is no difference. If they didn't have the memories to guide them they would be lost with no one to turn to. Therefore memories are important and should be valued.
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