INDEPENDENT READING ASSIGNMENT

Part B.

1. Suzanne Collins is the author of the bestselling underland, which started with Gregor the overlander. In The Hungr Games, she continues to explore the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. Suzanne lives with her family in Connecticut.

2. Katniss Everdeen, is the main character in the book she tell you about her live and her family. She smart in hunting, shy around people, and brave.

Peeta Mellark, is one of the main characters in the book but not as much as Katniss is. Peeta is a boy that live with his family at a baker, he make bread and cleans up, he is smart at makeing food.

Gale Hawthorne, is a friend of Katniss they go hunting together all the time in there hometown, they are the best of friends, Gale is smart at hunting setting traps, and staying alive in the woods.

Haymitch Abernathy, Haymitch is one of the town people that job is to help the childern get ready for the hunger games and to help them with the sonser and get them thing like that.

3. I think the author picked this setting because it keeps the reader wanting to read more of the book because you want to find out what happened in the end of it to see if they get out and then setting of the book is about an areana that 2 people from 12 place (childeren) go and fight till the death.

4. It takes place in a areana like forest and that, and 2 childeren from everyplace go into the area and have to fight to the death untill there is only one standing left.

Part C.

5. If you could be any character in the novel, who would you be? Why that character?
If i could be an character in the novel i would be Katniss because she brave, smart at staying alive in the woods, and is kind.

6. Would you like to read more books from the same author? Why?
Yes, because she is a very good writer she put detal into all her work and it makes you not won't to stop reading the book.

7. Explain why the novel did or did not end the way you had hoped it would.
It ended the way i hope it did, i was hopeing that they would get out the area alive the both of they (Katniss, Peeta).

8. Can you imagine yourself reading the novel again in 10 years? Would you suggest it to a friend? Explain.
Yes i can imagine myself reading the novel again in 10 years. Yes i would suggest it to a friend because it is a great book there is romance in it, killing, funny parts, and boring part too.

I had the hickups consecutive.

When I got my new phone I boasted about it all the time.

announced.

I am immune to getting sick.

I hope we don't get a whirlwind in Niagara Falls.

We had a revelry for my birthday.

When we won the car from timmies it was a fluke.

controversial.

accommodate.

Scouts end in June and resumed in September.

I am comfortable reading out loud.

Most of the time at home I am exasperated.

Camping makes me exhausted.

desperation.

I had a opportunity to go camp in Qubec.

I am always embarrassed when im with my freinds from camp.

I occasionally read at home.

stamina.

I penetrated a hole in my wall.

My scout group coordination.

paragraph

Scouting is an important thing in children life. It teaches the children how to survive in the woods on nothing. It show them how to tie knots. It gets them out of the house and doing more thing outside. There for scouting is a great thing for children.

My grandparents house is tremendous.

My room echoes.

I have a photograph of my hole family on my mom side.

Banks have sensor.

There are scientist all around the world.

My mom is going to lightening her hair.

I as especially want to go camping.

The lights in my room were flickering.

My brother made an explosion with his pop.

static.

Make sentences

Almanac ?

Tobacco is in cigarette.

Caterpillars are baby butterfly.

I am Different from everyone else.

My papa owns a Acre of land.

Figure ?

Are is a Valley in my backyard.

I have a lot of Clothes.

My Thought are different then others.

Some poeple never have Enough.

chapter five

1. How old was the Declaration of Independence in 1790? (1 mark)
Declaration of Independance was 14 years old in 1790.

2. Who is the president of the United States in 1790? (1mark)
President George Washington was the president of the united States.

3. How did the surveyor plot the land that they would eventually build the new city? (2 marks)
The surveyor had to lay out the straight lines for the 10 -spuare-mile city.He had to plot a perfect lines running north and south using the stars, his instruments, his astronomical clock, and his calculations.

4. What job did Benjamin Banneker get during this time? What was his title and who was he working for? (2 marks)
Benjamin Banneker job was the surveyor's chief assistant. He title was surveyor chief assistant, he was working for President Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

5. How old is Benjamin in 1791? (1 mark)
Benjamin was 60 years old.

6. How does Benjamin feel when he reads his name in the news paper on March 12th? (1 mark)
His name was spelled wrong again, but Benjamin carefully and proudly folded his copy of the new papper and laid it aside with his notes. he was very happy to see his name in the new papper that day.

Chapter Four

In chapter four, Benjamin is 40 years old and still live with his mother in the cabin on the hill. Benjamin met Ellicott brothers they all planed to build a large wheat mill for the community.

Thank You

Good work today in class Meagan, your participation is appreciated. Also, great job on getting caught up on the work you had not completed!

- Miss S.

1. What did Benjamin do to keep his mind busy? (1 Mark)
To keep his mind busy, he made up complicated math puzzles usig numbers and plants and animals.

2. How old was Benjamin in 1751? (1 Mark)
In 1751 Benjamin was 20 years old.

3. What made Benjamin’s heart jump like a rabbit? (1 Mark)
Benjamin's heart jumped like a rabbit becuase you saw a guy you know holding a watch.

4. What did Benjamin do with the watch when he got home? (2 Marks)
Benjamin put the watch on the table and looked at it and toke it apart and studyed it carely

5. How many years after Benjamin borrowed the gold watch did it take for him to make all the pieces and put them back together again? (1 Mark)
It take Benjamin 2 years to make his own watch.

Chapter Two

1. Mrs. Banneky cooked a special meal, there was special news for Benjamin, what was it? (1 Mark)
Mrs. Banneky cooked a fine stew from a fat rabbit that Benjamin and his father had caught.

2. Describe the events of Benjamin’s first day of school, fully. (3 Marks)
The first day of school, Benjamin did his chores early. Then he put on his new white shirt and other school clothes. When he was ready, his mother gave him a kiss. Grandma molly gave him her best quill pen, a penknife to sharpen it with, and a kiss.

3. How many other kids were in the school when Benjamin arrived on his first day? (1 Marks)
Benjamin counted 19 other students sitting on the benches.

4. After going to school for four winters what had Benjamin learned? (2 Marks)

26 to end

1. What event does Gloria describe as her most difficult time? Why was it difficult? Look on page 26.
On page 26 Gloria was aloud to Leave the hospital to go back to her home.

2. How many weeks after Gloria got out of the hospital passed before she started to work on her music again? Was her music a source of comfort?
It was a few weeks after Gloria left the hospital she started to work on her mucis. When she was working on her music she thought it helped her get thought her difficult time.

3. When did Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music again?
Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music in March of 1992. Also there played there music in many cities in the United States and around the world.

4. How does Gloria Estefan describe herself on the last page (page 29)
Estefan see herself this way "I'm an example of a Cuban American who's different from my mother and others of the generation... "

5. Reflect: Have you ever had to overcome something in your life that you did not think you could? What tools and skills did you use in order to overcome this ordeal?

Journal # 2 for Miss. S:

My favourite music type is all of them but, rap, sceemo, and puch. I like all the other music because they have a good rythame in them and they are easy to dance to. I don't really know why but I like hip hop rock like most out of all of them.

Reading Comprehension Questions Pages 10 – 19

1. Why were Cubans not entirely welcome when they moved from Cuba to the United States?
The Cubans where not entirely welcome when they moved from Cuba to the United States because of they pasts.

2. Which place did Gloria always consider to be home?
Gloria always consider Miami to be her home.

3. When was the first time Gloria performed?
In 1975 Gloria frist performed.

4. List the three types of music described in “Cuba’s Music and Culture”, which type would you prefer to listen to and why?
The three types of music descrided in "Cuba's Music and Culture", are "Son, Rumba, Danzon". I would not like to listen to any of the music because I don't like that type of music.

Reading Comprehension Questions Pages 1 -9

1. Who is Gloria Estefan?
Gloria Estefan is a singer.

2. What part of Gloria was injured in the bus accident on March 20th, 1990?
Gloria back was injured in the bus accident on March 20th, 1990.

3. Have you ever broken a bone? If yes which bone? If no what do you think your life would be like if you had to wear a cast on your arm for eight weeks?
No i have never broken a bone and it would suck because I wouldn't be able to do alot of stuff.

4. Estefan had to make a choice between having a surgery to correct her broken bones or have her entire body in a cast for six months. Which choice would you have made and why?
I would choice the surgery to correct it becuase i would not like to be able to do nothing in a cast for 6 months.

5. Estefan and her parents were considered to be exiles, they moved to the United States in the Late 1950’s and early 1960’s? Why did they move?
They didn't like how it was there.

6. Who is the Author of this book?
Fernando Gonzalez

Reading Comprehension Pages 37-47

1. When they describe subway art what are they referring to?
They are referrign to the pictures and deisgns on the wall for people to look at in the subway.

2. Reflect: have you ever ridden on the subway? Did you see any art? Should we have art along our subway tunnels and our stations?
I have never bin on a subway.

3. How do they control the subway train traffic in the new subway systems?
They control the trains but computer in a room and all that.

4. How have the train operators been practicing for when the Metro Red Line Subway lines open?
They texted on other train and had exams and all that.

5. When do they test the first Red Line train?
It took many months for frist train to be texted for safety, performance andendrance. Then, engineering and design changes were made before prouction on the trains began. The process was slow.

Reading Comprehension Pages 26-36

1. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of?
A thinck layer of poured concrete seals the cut and forms the tunnel's "mud slad" floor.

2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route?
Other construction crewa have been getting the Red Line's midtown route ready for boring. They reinforse foundations of buildings along the route and secure electric, gas, water, and telephone lines that run beneath the street.

3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why?
A tempory road called decking s built over the torn-up street.

4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model?
I like it, and i wouldn't change anything in it.

5. What is the "Pink Lady"?
A flatbed truck known as the "Pink Lady".

# 1 for Miss S.

The hardest thing I have ever done.... well i really don't have anything that is the hardest thing i have ever done I have had a lot of hard stuff but they have bin like all the same thing. It really mostly with my family most of the time. Most the time i just want to walk away or walk out of the house but there days are good it bin getting a little better in the house. All but my brothers they ave pissed me off most of the time and that. but there then that i really don't have anything,

1-15

1. Which city are building this new subway system in?
There are building a new subway in Los Angeles.

2. Why is there a need for a subway system here?
What issue will it resole?In the city roads are getting to be very busy so there are going to make a subways to help it out. By making a new subway it can help people to get jobs. Also it can close down some buildings or walkways or close down roads

.3. The chief construction Engineer, John Adams plays what role in the process of creating a new subways system?
John Adam is their vice-president in charge of the overall planning and construction.

4. What is the role of Roberta Greenwood?
Will oversee preservation of the valuable artifacts.

5. What can be learned from the process of analyzing the excavation site?
To find what was there before.

6. What is your opinion on page 11, where they have decided to destruct MacArthur Park to make it into the hub of the Metro Line?
I think it is a ban plan to destruct the park. The reasons why i believe this is that is will take away a park from kids and family, it wall take away homes for animals, and there will be taking away natural.

Vocabulary Word- Synonym or Meaning:
1. Excavate- Dig, remove, create a hole
2. Artifact- Anything made or used by man kind
3. Uprooted- Pull up, destroy, remove
4. Contaminate- Impure, unclean
5. Camaraderie- Friendship, bond
6. Gleaming- Flash, dim light
7. Gruelling- Exhausting, tiring
8. Commission- Given authority, put in charge, given direction
9. Roam- Travel without fixed purpose,
10. Subterranean- Exists below the surface of the earth

I was EXCAVATEing in my backward.
I found an ARTIFACT in the hole i made.
I UPROOTED my tree in my backard.
My friends and I have a great CAMARDERIE.
My light in my room was GLEAMING.
Working really hard is GRUELLING.

Title: Reading Comprehension Pages 16-25

1. What are the concerns of project manager Bryan Lee?
He has many concerns. Do building methods and materials match those in the agreement? Are schedules met? Are costs kept within bounds?

2. Why do they engineers and construction workers use a boring machine to make tunnels instead of cut and cover construction?
Boring creates far less surface disturbance than cut and cover construction.

3. What do the worker’s do to protect themselves in the newly formed tunnels from harmful levels of gases found in the soil at the various new subway sites?
Powerful fans suck stagnant tunnels air through these dusts and out of the tunnels. As the foul air departs, fresh air rushes in.

How to write a news report

Things to do:
1. Pick a picture and a topic.
2. Make sure your picture and topic match.
3. Make sure you brain storm before you write.
4.Don't get off topic.
5.Don't make a run on sentences.
6.Make sure you have caps and period.
7.Make sure your on topic.
8.Make sure you have made spell checks.

Should boys and girls be required to attend separate high schools?

Should boys and girls be required to attend separate high schools?

In my own opinion I don't think boys and girl should be separate in high school. My reason why is that there will be more fights, and drama.

In elementary boys and girls are together in school and if you separate them in high school it will be wired for them to be separate.

In a all girls school there will be more drama then a combine school, in an all boys school there will be more fights.

Those are my reasons why boys/girls should not be separated in high school.

Makeing Full Sentences

1. April's movie Lord of the Flies.
April has a movie called Lord of the Flies.

2. A group of boys about 5 to 15 years old.
There is a group of boys in the age rang around 5 to 15 years of age.

3. The boys, very excited about not having adults to tell them what to do.
It's okay.

4. At first, trying to create their own civilisation.
At first, they are trying to create their own civilisation.

5. The conch, a large shell. Passed from boy to boy.
A conch is a large shell that can be passed to boy to boy.

6. allowed to speak when they have the conch.
You are allowed to speak only if you have the conch.

7. some boys are kind, some are greedy and selfish
Some boy can be kind, and some are just greedy and selfish.

8. bullies making fun of piggy even though he is the smartest of all the boys.
The bullies make fun of piggy even though he is the smartest boy of them all.

9. Some of the boys decide to follow Ralph, some follow Jack.
Some boys follow Ralph,why all the other follow Jack.

10. basically Ralph's gang and Jack's gang.
Basically both boys gang.

11. Obviously out of control when one boy dies.
It gets out of control when one boy dies.

12. At first, they boys are sure they will be rescued.
At first, the boys are sure that they will be rescued.

13. several weeks later without a rescue.
There was several week without an rescue.

14. an incredible amount of violence from a group of very ordinary boys.
There was an incredible amount of violence from a group of boys.

15. What might the writer, William Golding, be trying to say about human nature?
It's okay.

writing thing

1. She claims she was playing Frisbee with her friends at the park when the flying dog of doom assaulted her out of nowhere. The police and paramedics believe the dog was attracted to the blue of her jacket and was enraged by it.

2. Today I finished my News Report that I did on Thursday but now I am working on this .

3. It didn't change my mind, but I think better of high school.

4. I did not watch the whole movie.

5. I do not like to write books or paragraphs.

6. Actually I found the movie very entertaining because I understand all of it.

7. I think they are targeting people who would think what it is like to be hung over and people who love comedy.

8. The pilot ejected him from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank, California, saying he did not fit properly in a single seat.

9. I write good enough that you can read it without difficulty.

10. I don't write that much but I'm pretty confident about my ability.

11. The reason why I think Mrs. Martin and Mr. Pierce choose this film because it show us that anyone can write.

12. Yes, because it shows that anyone can do what they want if they try and different ethnic groups can be friends with each other

13. I did start it Thursday afternoon , but then I ran out of time , so just a few minutes ago I finished it.

14. I hope I have a better English experience using the computers.

15. The movie I enjoy most is The Hang Over. It was historically.

Introduction to News Reports

my new report

-key information comes at the beginning
A men's Olympic luger from the country of Georgia died Friday after a high-speed crash on a track that is the world's fastest and has raised safety concerns among competitors.

-the most important information comes in the first sentence or two (the lead)
A men's Olympic luger from the country of Georgia died Friday after a high-speed crash on a track that is the world's fastest and has raised safety concerns among competitors. A tearful IOC president Jacques Rogge said the death hours before the opening ceremony "clearly casts a shadow over these games."

-the information is presented most to least relevant
most--Nodar Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled during training, went over the track wall and struck an unpadded steel pole near the finish line at Whistler Sliding Center. Kumaritashvili went over the wall at 88 mph, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor.

least--Temperatures are consistently hitting the 50's here in February - following the region's warmest January on record, Glor reports. What's happening? El Nino, in part, driving a warm tropical weather pattern up the West coast, into British Columbia, Glor reports

-the reporter is not part of the story (the reporter writes using 'he,' 'she' or 'they' NOT 'I' or 'me').
"Here you have a young athlete that lost his life in pursuing his passion," Rogge added. "He had a dream to participate in the Olympic Games. He trained hard and he had this fatal accident. I have no words to say what we feel."

-the reporter gives as many facts and details as possible.
Rogge said he was in contact with Kumaritashvili's family and officials from the Georgian government. Georgia's Olympic committee was deciding whether to remain in the games, Rogge said.

-reporters try to include either direct or indirect quotations
i don't know

Freedom Writters

1. Why do you think Mrs. Martin and Mr. Pierce chose this film for this class?
I think they picked it because it tells us that you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.

2. Did watching this film change the way you think about high school or teachers or education?Explain.
It didnt change my mind but i think of high school better.

3. Was any part of the movie confusing? If so, what question(s) about the movie would you like answered?
There wasnt any parts of the movie confuseing. but i do have a question can we read the book they read The Dairy of Anne Frank?

4. At what point did the students start learning from their teacher? What changed?
About the second week they started to learn for there teacher. It changed because the teacher started to belieive in them.

5. Does seeing this film make you feel any differently about your own opportunities in high school or this class.
No it doesn't.

6. Is Freedom Writers a good movie? What did (or didn't) you like about it?
Yes Freedom Writers is a good movie. I liked it because it show you how to work with kids like that and to treat them good and that.

A Look at the Literacy Test

a) List the different types of reading selections included in the two booklets.
There are real stories and non-real story and you have to answer questions about the story you reed and all that.

b) List the different types of writing tasks included in the two booklets.
There are to write stories and all that.

c) What are some of the different types of questions included in the two booklets?
There are question asking you about the stories you read and there are question asking you about the things in your life and all that.

d) Which activities do you think you would be best at? (Explain why too)
I don't think i will be best at any of the activities.

e) Which activities do you think would be the most difficult for you? (Explain why too)
I think all the activities are going to be difficult for me.

f) After reviewing the booklets, do you have any questions that you would like answered? If so, ask them here.
NO i dont have any question about it.

Reading an Informational Text

a) In 2-3 sentences, explain the main idea of the article. Try not to be too specific or too general.
The main idea of the article is about insects it tells you about how they fly and all that.

b) What did you learn from this article?
I learn how the insects fly and turn and all that.

c) How trustworthy do you feel the source of the information is?
I think the arcticle is true and it sounds real.

d) Explain how the way the information is presented makes you more or less likely to trust it.
It make it less likely to trust with all the pictures and all that.

e) Would you be interested in reading more or less information on this topic? Why or why not?
Yes because i like insets and all that. They are call.

Me As A Writer

1. Describe yourself as a writer. How confident are you about your ability?
I'm a very bad write sometimes im good i can make up stuff in my head, and i don't know how confident about my ability.

2. What is your favorite type of writing to do? (e.g. stories, song lyrics, poems or emails) What is it that you like about that type of writing?
My favorite type of writeing is peoms. i like writeing love poems they just come to me in my head.

3. What is your least favourite type of writing to do? What is it that bothers you most about that type of writing?
My least favortie type of writing is stories. i hate the part were i have to make up setting and chartiers and all that.

4. Tell about a piece of writing that you have really enjoyed. This could be a story read to you by a teacher or a movie you think is really funny (remember, a good movie comes from a good screenplay--which is writing).
I like the movie Childern of the corn.

5. Give your thoughts and opinions about the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. What do you know about it? What would you like to know about it?
I would like to know everything about it and i don't know anything about it and i think it will be hard. i think im going to fail it