Student Reading Response Aidan + Joyce

 I like Aidan's blog because I like how he used a detail from the book to lead off his blog post. Another thing I like about Aidan's post is how he describes each persons view of the unwound ceremony, especially Connor's because I found it the most intriguing. Another thing I like about Aidan's post is how he described each character, it seems like I'm actually reading some kind of guide on the book because its so detailed.I also liked how Aidan used the idea from the book and put it on to his blog post that blog idea was that even when you get unwound you would still be alive because your brain's memories still live on. Finally I like how Aidan concluded his blog post because his conclusion was very strong and well thought out.

I also liked how in Joyce's post she started off her post strong, what she did was she started off her post with her thoughts instead of with facts from the book. I also liked her 2nd paragraph because she stated her feelings about one of the characters in the book. I also liked her 2nd paragraph because she stated why she is having those feelings about the character instead of just saying why she has those feeling about the character with no reason at all. I liked how she compared Gale and Peeta because it was very interesting and it was very meaningful. Finally I like how she described how she thought how Gale would look like.

I liked how Aidan used details to describe his characters in his blog post, I liked how Joyce started off her blog post with her own idea because it makes it unique from a lot of the blog posts I read over the months because people usually start off their blogs by stating facts in their books. I liked how Aidan concluded his blog because it was very strong and I could tell he put a lot of thought into it. I also liked how Joyce described her feelings for Peeta and Gale because it was very descriptive. Finally I liked how Joyce described Gale and Peeta and why she thought they would look like that.

I could improve my blog posts by adding more quotes in my posts and describing them. I could also start off my blog more creatively like how Joyce started off her blog with an opinion. I could also improve my blog by having less grammar and spelling mistakes. I could also improve my blog posts by adding more descriptive details to my blogs. Finally I could improve my blog by slowing down and rechecking my blogs for all of those mistakes and then I could fix them instead of leaving them there.

White Fang #2

    In my book called White Fang, by Jack London I think Grey Beaver made a kind of smart decision by giving up White Fang because he got money and rewards back for selling White Fang. Also eventually White Fang might of caused a war between his tribe and another because White Fang kept killing other peoples dogs and children. Also White Fang learned a valuable lesson from this trade which is never trust anyone. White Fang also learned how to love people back when Beauty Smith had White Fang stolen from him by his "Love Master" quote, Scott. Finally it was better for White Fang to be with Scot because he won't have to endear more of Grey Beavers vicious beatings and he would be healthier physically and mentally.

   I think White Fang has evolved over time to become more of a dog because he finally he has learned not to attack everything he sees. Also he finally learned how to love things which is important because he never had any feelings for anything except for his mom when he was a puppy. Also he started to snuggle with his owner which before he would never let anything touch him. He also allowed Scot to pet him and would wait for Scot to come home. Finally he started to do more dog jobs such as being a sled dog and protecting the house and his master.

White Fang

   I think that in the book White Fang, by Jack London the main character White Fang should leave the Natives for lots of reasons. 1 reason is because he is a wolf and apparently in this book dogs and wolfs don't seem to like each other that much, example Lip- Lip. 2 reason is that he is getting abused and mistreated with the Natives when ever he does something wrong, like accidently bite a Natives finger. 3 reason he is a wild animal so I don't think he would last too long there and his mom is slowly dying in this camp anyway so I think that they would be better off if they just left back too the wild. The last reason is that he is too young so I think that he still needs to know the ways of the wild.

 1 question I have about the book though is why did the Native Americans let White Fang and his mom join the camp in the first place. I think 1 reason they might of let them join so that the wolves could help the Natives hunt for food. Another reason why I think they might of kept them is that they kept them for defense so that when another Native tribe attacks them they could use those wolves against them and those wolves would help them attack the Natives and possibly even kill opposing Natives. Another reason they might keep them for even more company so that when the Natives get bored or something they could play around with the wolves. The final reason is that maybe they could use the wolves as training examples for the dogs, what I mean is that maybe the Natives could force the wolves to teach the dogs some kind of attacking technique.

Literary devices in Romeo and Juliet

     A literary device found in Romeo and Juliet is a oxymoron. The oxymoron in Romeo and Juliet is "It is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil and the painter with his nets" on page 29 line 40-42. These lines are oxymorons because they are 2 things that are opposites of each other, example the fisher with his pencil and and painter with his nets. I think Shakespeare chose this literary device too show that the Serving man isn't very educated. Also he showed this device so that he could show the audience that he isn't smart, yet not letting the people in the story think that the serving man is stupid.

     Another literary device Shakespeare uses is irony. The example of this device is when Sampson says to Gregory on page 9, lines 23-24 "When I have fought with the men, I will be civil with the maid; I will cut off their heads. This is an example of irony because cutting off maidens heads isn't very civil at all in fact it is quite the opposite. I think he might of used this example of the literary device for humor so he could get the audience a few laughs. Also he might of used these lines so that he could show that man was very angry, but very clever because if he was overheard saying that near the police he could of been arrested because the police could think that this is going to be an attempted murder.

Romeo and Juliet Letter

   Dear Dante,

  

     What's up Dante wear doing this play in class called Romeo and Juliet and its really interesting. I think you would find this play interesting because its about 2 wealthy families that always fight and apparently you seem to dig that stuff. Also I think its funny because it has a lot of funny puns in the play, like for example Sanderson or something like that says he will kill some Montague maidens with a naked sword and I just thought it sounds funny but its not that funny because it means rape. Also in case you don't know Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is Capulet those are their families last name. There fights are so frequent and fierce that the Prince threatened in the play to kill all of them if they plan to fight again. 

     In my opinion I think that Juliet and Romeo were destined to be with each other because Rosalyn, Romeo's first lover didn't and couldn't love him back and I don't think Juliet had a boy friend yet. Also Romeo had to kill some people in order to be with Juliet and people tried to kill him too. I think that maybe they were also meant to unite the families so they would finally stop fighting. Also they happened  to just like each other a lot and I don't that just happens. Finally they both killed themselves by drinking some kind of poisoned drink and in the after life they probably will be together because they died together. So I hope you read this letter and I guess we will talk later.

                                         Sincerely,  Jacob

Another sonnet for Stephan, Sonnet

  I think that this is a sonnet on how Alvin, the author of the sonnet is close to this Stephan person. I have 3 ideas for what I think Stephan is too Alvin. My first idea is that Stephan is Alvin son because he describes him when he was young and really cares for him. My second idea is that maybe he is going to have a son and he is predicting what will happen to his son later on in his life. I think this one makes a lot of sense because he is using present tense or future tense to describe something that sounds like happened in the past, I knew this because see is a future/past tense word. My final idea is that maybe he grew up with Stephan and grew up to be really close friends and then he saw his friend die. I think this is probably the most realistic option because it sounds real and that he dies from cancer or some heart problem and it just sounds like it actually happened.
 
 I think that this sonnet is really a timeline about what happened between him and Stephan. I think that they first met at age 4 or 5 and then they became friends and played with each other and became really close. Then they either went to the same college or went to different colleges. I think that Stephan went to the same college as him because he can describe how Stephan did in college really detailed. Then I think they got different jobs but they were still really close because he seems to know what Stephan does in his job. Then finally I think that they started to spend more time together because Stephan has some kind of disease, I think its some kind of cancer, and they want to spend some time with each other before Stephan is said to have died. Finally Stephan dies and Alvin writes this sonnet because he wants to remember that close bond they seemed to have shared with each other for their whole life.

The Shark, My sonnet

The Shark is shaped like a blue torpedo
His arrival foreshadows a life lost
It's like a bullet quick and furious
When the fish swim by they are curious
He swims so smoothly, he swims like water
A man named Carter was afraid of it
King of the Ocean but he has no heir
He is worshipped by all fro all fear him

He rules the sea like a mean dictator
He has a mouth full of knifes for his meal
Watch as he eats his human prey tonight
All run from him when his highness appears

Time is running low he is getting old
Humans are bold for trying to change the old