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Chapter 14 and 15 journal entries

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Chapter 14 and 15 Journal Entries

 

  1. Theme

Using your topic sheet – find TWO topics that are looked at or highlighted in these chapters – Write a THEME statement for both of these topics that can be proven using evidence from chapters 14 and 15

Loyalty helps builds relationships

Friendship can be found in unexpected places

Hope courage

Hope shows in the toughest moments

Luck is for people who are prepared to succeed

  1. Define:
  2. sated – to satisfy a desire to the max
  3. astronomical – something really big
  4. eradicate – destroy complete
  5. putrid – decaying or rotting
  6. Comprehension

 

Chapter Fourteen

  1. How does Katniss escape the Tributes waiting for her beneath the tree?

She drops a ohive of jacket wasps

  1. What does Kat realize right before she passes out?

Peeta saved her

 

Chapter Fifteen

  1. What did Kat get from Glimmer’s body? Why is this significant?

She got a bow and 12 arrows and it is signifigant because

 

  1. Why does Kat want Rue for an ally?

She is smart and can maneuver faster around the trees

Hunger Games Journal

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The Hunger Games: Journal Entry #1

 

Comprehension Questions:

Chapter One

  1. Why does Buttercup hate Katniss?

Buttercup hates Katniss because when buttercup first arrived Katniss tried to drown him in a bucket

 

 

2.Why is District 12 surrounded by fences?

District 12 is surrounded by fences so that no one can come in, including animals and people. What many don’t know is that the fences only are power with electricity for 3 hous a day.

 

  1. How is Katniss’ mother different from other residents of the Seam?

She differs from the rest of the seam because she can heal with herbs and medicines like no other.

  1. Why don’t Gale and Katniss run away and live in the woods?

She felt that she would have to bring all of her family members with her into the woods and they would not be able to travel and hide with so many family members.

  1. What is the Hob?

The hob is a black market located in an abandoned warehouse.

  1. Describe the Reaping system. How is it unfair?

Reaping is a oerpetual form of slavery. And every one has their name drawn and can be chosen to be added into the hunger games

Critical Thinking Question:

Journal 1: If you had to survive out on your own, what would be the easiest part for you and what would be some of the more difficult aspects of surviving outdoors on your own?

TO hunt for food and to make sure that I do not die by starvation. Stay away from the strong and deadly animals. Have someone to talk to and make sure you don’t get lonely. It would be easier to provide for yourself because you hav no one else to take care of. Making weapons would be pretty easy

The Hunger Games: Journal Entry #2

 

Comprehension Questions:

Chapter 2

  1. How does Katniss save Prim from the Reaping?

She volunteers as tribute so she has to do the reaping. She says I volunteer as Tribute

 

  1. How did Kat’s mother react to her husband’s death?

She stayed in her bed for months and would never get up and out of her bed, even though she was supposed to get a job. She shut down and became depressed.

 

  1. Describe Kat’s only previous encounter with Peeta Mellark.

Kat was given bread by Peeta Mellark because both of the loaves were burned and she was lying on the ground starving and he gave her two loaves because they were burnt.

 

  1. Why does

 

Critical Thinking Question:

Write in complete sentences and in paragraph form

Journal 2: In your own life, when was a time when you felt defeated? How did you regain your confidence? (Chapter 2)

I tried out for ducks volleyball club in December and I didn’t make it. I felt heartbroken because I had tried so hard but I realized that this was my first couple months playing and I shouldn’t have made it. Last night after working hard for 6 months I tried out for ducks beach And I made the elite team and I had made it over the player who made it over me prior. It showed me where hard work can get you.

 

 

  1. Critical Thinking Question #2 – Write a short flashback from your own life – try and remember a time someone did something really nice for you, for no real reason. What happened? Why do you think they did this for you?

Someone once bought me a pop when I was just walking outside and I was really thirsty and I didn’t know why he did it. Also Some people helped me practice when I did not have a partner

Chapter 14 and 15 Journal Entries

 

  1. Theme

Using your topic sheet – find TWO topics that are looked at or highlighted in these chapters – Write a THEME statement for both of these topics that can be proven using evidence from chapters 14 and 15

Loyalty helps builds relationships

Friendship can be found in unexpected places

Hope courage

Hope shows in the toughest moments

Luck is for people who are prepared to succeed

  1. Define:
  2. sated – to satisfy a desire to the max
  3. astronomical – something really big
  4. eradicate – destroy complete
  5. putrid – decaying or rotting
  6. Comprehension

 

Chapter Fourteen

  1. How does Katniss escape the Tributes waiting for her beneath the tree?

She drops a ohive of jacket wasps

  1. What does Kat realize right before she passes out?

Peeta saved her

 

Chapter Fifteen

  1. What did Kat get from Glimmer’s body? Why is this significant?

She got a bow and 12 arrows and it is signifigant because

 

  1. Why does Kat want Rue for an ally?

She is smart and can maneuver faster around the trees

Chapter 18

 

 

  1. How is decorating Rue with flowers a sign of protest? What is she protesting? Why won’t it be shown much on television?

It is a sign of protest to stop the games because they want to stop the violence and that a 11-year-old should not be killed. She is protesting that the games need to stop and that this is getting too violent. So the people of the Panem wont protest back to the capitol so they don’t get taken over. They do it so that she can get sponsors

 

 

  1. Why do the Gamemakers change the rules?

The game makers change the rules so that 2 people from the same district can win the hunger games.

So they can kiss and make the games more interesting.

The Nightmare before Christmas Summary

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Matej Mladenovic

Block a English

March 1, 2019

 

Notes

Santa was shoved into a sack which is not possible. They all want Santa to come but he keeps going back to Halloween. HE used zero as his ride instead of Rudolph. He drove in a skeleton sleigh instead of a real sleigh. Santa started groaning and it started to sound really bad. There were many things that were acting creepy like the doll being possessed and others being possessed like items. People are popping out of the grave at their houses. It seems like this is a mix between Halloween and Christmas because these ghoul creatures do not resemble Christmas but the Santa and the sleigh do. Santa get shot out of the sky by a missile and say his last remarks for the world. Jack took over Christmas and Santa was not happy with him at all. He told him Jack you shouldn’t have tried to take over Christmas yourself.

The poem is aabbccdd

Theme: Don’t try to do too much.

Similes; lots of them are in the poem.

Blackout poem reflections

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Blackout Poetry Reflection:

 

Write about your two blackout poems in a short paragraph:

  1. Did you like making them? Why or why not?

I sort of liked making these blackout poems because I really had to make sure I didn’t make any silly mistakes and not cross out any words. I also needed to find the right words and make sure that the story I made was relevant.

  1. Did they help you form opinions about current events in our world?

The story that I did about china and Canada really made me realize that china has been helping us out a lot and we should thank them for all the support that they have given us.

  1. Consider the following Big Ideas of English Language Arts 9 – What ones do you think you used while writing these poems?

Exploring stories around the world and making connections that the world and that the world does not revolve around you. It is important that you focus on the bigger picture.

  1. People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives
  2. Exploring storiesand other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
  3. Language and storycan be a source of creativity and joy.
  4. Textsare socially, culturally, and historically constructed.
  5. Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.
  6. D) What was the hardest part about creating your blackout poems? (The visual aspect, finding the right words, forming an opinion?)

The hardest aspect for me to get correct was finding the right words and making sure that it all makes sense

Creation of Sam McGee Questions

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The Cremation of Sam Mcgee

Reading Comprehension Questions:

Section 1 – Literal Questions

Complete these questions on your own to show your understanding of the elements of the story found in the poem. Please write in full sentences.

 

  1. Where was Sam McGee’s hometown?

Sam McGee’s hometown Is Tennessee USA.

 

  1. Why was Sam traveling in the Arctic?

He traveled to the arctic for the gold rush.

 

  1. What was the last request that Sam made to Cap?

His last request was to cremate his body when he dies.

 

  1. How did Cap feel about his promise after some time had passed?

He was so cold that he was debating doing it or not.

 

  1. What happened to Cap’s sled dogs? How did this make things worse for Cap?

They were howling when he was riding around. They were getting tired. He got colder by the minute.

 

 

  1. Why was Cap unable to cremate Sam’s remains in the wilderness?

He didn’t because there was nothing to burn in the wilderness

 

  1. Where did Cap ultimately cremate Sam’s remains?

He cremated Sam’s remains at a cabin. He used the wood from the cabin

 

  1. Hours after placing Sam’s body in the boiler, Cap looked inside. What did he see?

HE was sitting down hours later. He made his body look real. hallunciation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cremation of Sam McGee

Section 2

Critical Thinking Questions

 

Complete these questions on your own and in full sentences.

 

  1. You know that theme is the message the author wants you, the reader, to walk away from this poem with. What is the message/theme Robert Service is trying to share with you? Be able to support your theme with evidence from the poem.

That you shouldn’t give up your life for money and when you are in bad times you can go crazy. “On Christmas day we were mushing our way over the dawson trail” this is an example of how he sacrificed his life to make money and work all day in the cold. Another example is “I was sick with dread” This is an example of him being sick but still grinding.

 

 

 

  1. What does this passage mean to you, “In the days to come, though my lips were dumb, in my heart how I cursed that load!”

This quote in my opinion means to push through no matter what and don’t give up. The person saying this makes it seem like he had to travel through the cold and it was hard for him to make it through. Also it can also mean that he was cursing when he had to carry Sam McGee all the way through the arctic and hated it so much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. In your opinion, why didn’t Cap go back on his promise? Sam would have never known!

In my opinion Cap kept his promise to cremate Sam because they were friends and he felt that if he didn’t keep his promise, he would be haunted. At the end of the story when It says he saw Sam in the boiler sitting he felt like he was still alive and had the feeling that he was going to get killed by Sam. When you don’t keep your promise you will be haunted.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What really happened when Cap opened that boiler? Did he really see the ghost of Sam? Was he hallucinating? What do you think, and why do you think this?

He did see the ghost of Sam. HE saw the ghost of Sam because it is impossible to survive that long in the heat and it was a hallucination because he was so cold and in such a bad time of his life. I believe that if he was in Tennessee he would not see him because he would not be in such a bad point of his life.

1 Minute 1 Take- The Sniper

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Paragraph:

We were able to created setting by having filters and making the location as realistic as possible. We made a sad filter at the end when the sniper found out that his brother died. Also our location showed that we were on a rooftop and that the sniper was getting shot from the proper angle. We used characterizations by having the narrator speak directly about some of the characters and told you their every move. At the end when the sniper goes to his brother we showed characterization by having him poke his brother to see if he was alive and then he started to cry. We did have all five plot points. The one point we exaggerated the conclusion of the two brothers together. The life lesson of this story is that always know what your doing and be careful with the action that you do. I was responsible for the props and the costumes. Also I did some of the editing. I believe that I exaggerated my movement and when I got shot I made it really look like I got shot. One thing my group could have done better is go through more practice runs and not rush through it. We communicated well as a group because we weren’t scared to ask each other questions and we were ourselves around the class. When you can do that you know that you will have a lot of fun.

Character Recipe

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Matej Cake

 

How to make Matej:

  1. Ingredients: A dash of sympathy, A cup of joy, A big spoon of Fun, 3 tablespoons of respectfulness, 10 grams of fairness, 2 1/2 cups of competitiveness one tea spoon of calmness and A cup of of jitteriness
  2. Instructions: Throw in the 3 tablespoons of respectfulness and mix with a tea spoon of calmness, then put a dash of sympathy for some zing. For some liquids add a cup of joy. Next swirl 2 1/2 cups of competitiveness into the bowl. For some kick add 10 grams of fairness. Ooze three tablespoons of respectfulness in to the bowl. Last mix the cup of jitteriness to spice up the flavour.

Veldt post reading

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“The Veldt” Post-Reading Questions                              Name ____Matej____________ Block _A_____

 

 

Please write your answers in complete sentences.

 

  1. How would you describe each of the four main characters?

George:  Wants a change doesn’t want his kids to be glued to the machines and learn how to live life. He cares about real life and not fake robots.

 

 

Lydia:  sometimes goes with George but also goes with peter sometimes

 

 

Peter:   Addicted not willing to change selfish does not care. He is the most addicted to technology and can’t stop.

 

 

Wendy:  She is a little bit more aware of herself she always goes on her brothers side. She is also really into technology

 

  1. What mistakes have George and Lydia made in raising their children? Give examples.

They have glued them to the way of tech and they couldn’t leave it This hopefully will never happen to my kids. They brought them into a world of fantasy and they will never experience in real life.

 

  1. Who is parenting the children in the story? Explain.

The technology because the kids only do what the technology wants them to do and the parents get killed when voicing their opinion on the case. The machines changed their mindset and turned their back on their parents.

  1. What message or moral is Ray Bradbury trying to send his readers about technology? (THEME) Give examples from the story to support this theme.

Sooner or later it will get to you and you can end up in a mental hospital and possibly be killing people. So I think the moral is too not get too attached and to get a life outside of the fake world of technology.

  1. What conflicts do the characters in the story face? Give examples.

They face themselves because they are fighting with their own families. Also it is person vs technology and they get to the point of being so addicted that technology can kill their parents.

  1. “The Veldt” was published in 1951. It offers a view of what Bradbury predicted family life and technology would be like around the year 2000. Is it an accurate view?  Why or why not?  What predictions are correct?  Incorrect? What does he leave out?

The prices. He did not know that it is currently unable to make a room that can kill people. But yes he predicted the year that this would happen and also he predicted that kids would get addicted to technology and lose their lives.

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