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Friday, June 13, 2008

Extra Credit post [ stargirl ]

 


The story starts on the first day of school, and everyone is talking about the new girl, Stargirl.  She has been home-schooled all her life and, for the first time, is coming to public school.  However, she makes an unusual appearance as she comes attired in a long dress and carrying a pet rat named Cinnamon.  They realize immediately that she is different!  What is most unusual is her kindness to other people.  She sings “Happy Birthday” to everyone in the lunchroom and gives candy to people in her homeroom on holidays.  People at first think she isn’t real because she acts so nice.  But soon everyone begins to like her and follow her around.  But everything changes when a classmate named Leo realizes he is in love with Stargirl.  Suddenly, Stargirl finds herself being shunned by the other students and treated as a nobody!  Desperate to change his first true love, Leo tries to improve Stargirl, but he discovers that it would only hurt him self.

I like this book a lot because it teach me that you should be your self and not try to be something that you are not it because what you are is what you are and you should always be your self. I also learned that you should be how people would think that they would like you to be because star girl was really nice to everyone and everyone really like her and they wanted to be her friend.


Thursday, June 12, 2008

B ecause Of Romek Final Post

Question" Which part of the book did you find MOST shocking or disturbing , out of the many horrifying events? Why? (5 pts)

1. I think the most shocking and disturbing part out of all the other horrible stuff that the Germans did to the Jews was when they killed his family because the soldiers seen like they where happy about what they had done and they where laughing and I could feel the feeling that David had when he saw the soldiers killed his sisters and his mom and he still try to survived after seen the soldiers killed his family and he was really strong and pulled him self up to try to survived and not let the soldiers killed him.


Question :2. Which job does David get in Krawinkel Camp that helps him survive and avoid some hardships? Describe his experiences. (5 pts)


2. David got a job that help him survive one of the concentration camps that was serving coffee and bread to the workers. I think he felt lucky because he had an easy job and he didn't have to work how the soldiers made him work which was really hard.


Question: 3. Describe the conditions at the camp Bergen-Belsen near the end of the war. What happens to
David while he is there for the last few weeks of the war?

3. David went to a lot of camps but the worst one I think it was the Bergan- Belsen because everyone that was close to survived they all died because the soldiers would only give them food if they would work by dragging the bodies and most of them didn't even have enough energy to do that because when the Germans give them food it was not anought.

Question: 4. Describe a moment of triumph near the end of the book for David. In other words, discuss a moment he feels pride in his ability to survive and/or happiness that it's over. (5 pts)

4. I think David felt triumph when his sister's husband visit him and started telling him how they meat and when he show him and picture of his sister because he felt like he was not alone and he was happy that he had found his sister.
I think on other moment when David felt triumph was when everyone was saying that they where free and everything was over because it made him happy and straight to survive.

question:
5. Write a persuasive paragraph using the following thesis statement as your first sentence. Use your own opinions, evidence from David Faber's speech, and/or the book itself, to prove the thesis statement is true. (10 pts)

David Faber's book, Because of Romek, should be required reading in all middle schools, high schools, and universities because all students need to learn about the horrors of the Holocaust.


5. David Faber's book, because of Romek, should be required reading in all middle school, high school and universities because all student of all ages should learned how hard life was in the Holocaust and how lucky they are for not having to go through the horrors of the Holocaust.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Renaissance Project Refletion


Name:Kimberly
Project Reflection: Post on your Blog
Project Title: Renaissance Ball Project
Class:AB Dates: May 19th – June 5th
*You may type directly in this document and copy and paste into blog, or simply address each of the following in a post. It should be approx. 2 pages worth of writing.
PURPOSE: In this section, explain what you were supposed to learn and what you were supposed to do.
Sentence Starters
The purpose of this project was to learn about…
In order to learn about _________________, we had to create/perform/ write/etc…


The purpose of this project was to learn about the importance of Florence in the early stages of the Renaissance, and learn what it was like to live in Renaissance Florence. In order to learn about the Renaissance and learn how it was like to live in the Renaissance we had a choice of people in history who lived in the Renaissance, that we wanted to learn about about and we had to reaserch about our person and we had to write a biography with the information that we had found in our reaserch, and them we where required to learn a dance from the renaissance and we had to dance it with a partner that was the same class letter and while we where dancing we had to used a renaissance Alphet or we had the choice of wearing an alphet that our person wear or an alphet that look like it.

WHAT I LEARNED
In this section, tell what information or skills you learned or improved.
Sentence Starters
I learned about…
I explored the concepts/topics of …
In this project, I learned how to…. (skills)


My person was “Bloody Mary Tudor” so I was required to learn about her early life, family and a lot of other different facts about her, some of the facts that I learn about her was that she was born on February 18th 1556 and she was the Queen of england and became Queen after her dad “King Henry VII” and “Catherine of Aragon”, her job as being the Queen of england was to take england to go back to the Catholic faith and she earn the name “Bloody Mary” because she killed many people who refuse to go back to the Catholic fight. She married her own cousin Philip King of Spain but she only married him to try to bring onother Catholic ruler like her. I also learn how people would dress in the Renaissance time and I learned a dance from the Renaissance. I explore the concepts of learning about “Mary Tudor” because she was really interesting and every time I reasearch about her i found more and more interesting facts about her and I also explore the concept of the Renaissance dance because it was fun dancing with my friends and learning something new.
In this project I learn how to dance like they did in the Renaissance and I got a lot better at reaserching and typing a biography.


REFLECTION
In this section, reflect on your experience. Did you like the project? Why or why not? How did you do? What would you do differently next time?
Sentence Starters
I enjoyed this project because…
I feel like I could have done better on this project because…
Next time, I would…


I enjoy this project because I learn a lot of new stuff and everything I learn i found really interesting and I like learning the Renaissance dance. I feel like I could have done better on this project because I was not sure of how to organize my biography and I didn't put some information in my biography. Next time, I would use my time better and try to make a longer biography.

ARTIFACTS
You should have at least one artifact from each project on your DP. What document, picture, or link will you have for this project?


As an artifact for this project I think I would put my Biography on my DP.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Because Of Romek Post # 3

Question # 1 : 1. Describe your reactions to hearing David Faber speak. (3-5 sentences)


1. My reactions where really sad because I just could't believe that the Germans did all that horrible stuff to him and his family and I was wondering how he fealt when he say that the Germans had killed his dad and his brother Romek. I was wondering how he survive after all that and seen the germans killled his family I fealt bad for him but I at the same time I fealt good for him because he survive all that horrible stuff and know he has a beter life even do he is alone and does not have his family with him.



Question # 2: 2. Describe in 3-5 sentences David's experiences with the Russian Partisans, and explain why you think Romek was so proud of him.


2. I think he fealt good because they where treating him really good and giving him food and they made a space gor him where he could sleep and they didn't make him work like the Germans where and they where really friendly to him. I also think he fealt lucky of being there becuse he had everythign he needed in that moment and with out them the Germans probably would of had found him and killed him for runing away from that "vacation camp" but at the same time I think he wanted to go him and he was trying to ask the Russian Partisans to take him back home as soon as possible. I think he fealt really angry and sad after the Russians died in the fire because they had told him that they where gone take him back home .

Question # 3: 3. Why do you think the Gestapo would spare David's life and return him to the ghetto after torturing his brother to death? (3-5 sentences)


I think they took spare David's life and took him back home becuase they believe him that he didn't know about the blue papers that they where looking from and they though he was to little to kill him and maybe they fealt bad for him.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Because Of Romeck Post # 2

Question:

 1. 3-5 sentences: What is the significance of David's pet pigeon? (Why does it become important


1. I am not sure what the significance of David's pigeon even do I think his pet pigeon was important to him because he save his family from the Germans and does the same reason why I think that David's pigeon became important on the book.  



Question:
2. 3-5 sentences: Describe the conditions of the Pustkow Vacation Camp. Why do you think the Nazi's use the term "vacation" camp?

2. When the Germans took David to the pustkow camp he had to work for them by cutting trees with an axe which he didn't know how to used until his friend told him how to. The Germans didn't give him anought food after all that work he had done and they didn't even give him health care because when his hands where bleeding the Germans didn't care, they didn't even had a nurse and they still made him work. I think they the Germans called it "Vacation" camp in a sarcastic way but I also think they called it like that so that the capture people would think that there was gone be some kind of "vacation" after they finish working for them.

 
Question:
Name two questions that you would like to ask David Faber.

Question # 1 :  I would like to ask him what happen to his family after the Germans took him to that Pustkow camp?

Question #2 : I would like to know how he felt about the Germans after they did all those horrible stuff and how he feels about the Germans know.?




Sunday, May 18, 2008

Because Of Romek post # 1

1. Using your own words, in 3-5 sentences, describe an interesting fact or detail you've learned about the Holocaust, World War II, the Nazi party, or Hitler. Why do you find this important or interesting? This could come from class discussion or from viewing the web sites.

 
1. While reading this book, I,ve learned how the Hitler and Nazis didn't get a long with the Jews and the poles. From the last chapter I learned how mean the Hitler and Nazis where to the Jews and the poles they treat them like they weren't humans and they would talk to them like they where slaves.
Question  
2. a) 2-3 sentences: Describe the family of David Faber

2. I  think Davi's family is really kind and cares about others, but I also think that they are just like any other family they worried if a member of there family is in danger and they get scared when it cames to the Nazis.


Question 
b) 2-3 sentences: Why do you think David remembers every last detail in the early chapters of the book?

B I think David remembers every single detail of the early chapters of the book because they where really scary to him and they where a big moment of his life  because he could of had died while he was trying to save his dad.

Question 
3. What does the rescue of his father show about David's character? Name the qualities you see in him, and give examples from the text to support your conclusions.

3. To me David show me how much he loved his dad by put in him self in danger and I think he was really brave to go and rescue his dad because the Nazis could of had get him and kill him right away, but even do his dad told him to not only care about his family and care about others even if he didn't know, them at all he seem like he wanted to help the other people for example when he saw how they where making all that other people work while they where tired he. he felt bad about not been able to help them.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Project Reflection Aztec mural

Class A-C                                                                                            Name: Kimberly 



Purpose: In this section, explain what you where supposed to learn and what you where supposed to do.

Sentence Starters 
  • The purpose of this project was to learn about.....
  • In order to learn about _________, we had to create/perform/write/ etc....
The purpose of this project was to learn about Aztecs and murals. In order to learn about the Aztecs we had to read articles and take notes about social classes , clothing, food etc about the Aztecs and in order to learn about murals we took a trip to the Chicano park and study some of their murals. we look at some of the murals that they had and we took notes on what the mural represent and what it was showing. after we study some murals we where required to create our own mural we had to chose a symbol that we wanted in our mural about the Aztecs and we had to trace it and them we had to painted, after all we had to type up a artist stament about our mural we had to talk about what out symbol mean and how it was representing a topic about the Aztecs.

What I learn 

Sentence starters 
  • I learned about.....
  • I explore the concepts/ topics of....
  • In this project, I learn how too... (skills)
I learn about a lot of specific topics in the Aztecs for example. I learn what the main foods in the Aztec culture where, how  Aztecs dress and how the Aztecs would do their sacrifice and how some of them where sacrifice and why. In this project, I learn how to trace and I also got better at typing while i help my group with the artist stament and I got better at painting and taking notes. 

Reflection 

Sentence Starters 
  • I enjoyed this project because....
  • I feel like I could have done better on this project because...
  • Next time, I could....
I enjoy this project because I got to work with people that I get a long with, I got to learn really interesting stuff and I got to learn about a different culture. I feel like I could have done a better job on this project because I didn't used my time how I supposed to, and I was painting to slow. next time, I would used my time better and I would try not to paint so slow, so I can  get work done on time.

Artifact 

you should have at least one artifact from each project on your D.P. what document , picture, or link will you have for this project?

I think I would have my artist statement and a picture of my mural so people can learn about our symbol and they can see our mural



Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Colobri post # 4 (final)

1. What character of this book would you like and would you not like to be your friend. why?

I think I would like "Rosa to be my friend because I could talk to her and let her know what her "uncle" is doing to her. I would also like "Rosa" to be my friend because she seem to be really nice and I would like to hope her find her parents. I would not like "Rosa's" uncle to be my friend because all he cares is about money and he does not seem to care about other people, he only cares about him and he is a lier. he lie to "Rosa" about been her uncle and he also told her that he try to help her find her parents.

2. If you could change something about the book what would it be. why?

I think I would like the author to change the fact that no one knows about "Rosas" mom I think that the book would be a little more interesting if the author adds to the book a story about "Rosas" parents. I think the author should tell people what happen to "rosas" family.

3. What is confusing about these book so far?

I think is a little confusing how the uncle lies to people about been blind and how he wants to be rich so much.

Question

What do you find interesting in these book so far. why?

Breaking Throught final post

1. what was your favorite part of the book. why?

My favorite part of the book was when their parents came back to live with Francisco and his brother because I could really image Francisco's and his brother feelings when they saa their parents. Even do the dad didn't really seem as happy as the rest of the family did.

Name: Kimberly Name of book: Breaking through by: Francisco Jimenez
Pages: 1- 192 Dare: April 23 2008

2. If you could change one thing about the book what would it be.

I think if I was the author of these book I think I would change the part where the dad started to act all weird with Francisco and how he didn't like his kids to go to school.

3. what was your favorite character of this book. why?

My favorite character of this book was Francisco's mom because she was always happy and she knew how Francisco was feeling when his dad didn't let him go to the dance with his brother just because he was really trying to make his dad said yes.

question
What was your favorite part of the book. why?

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Breaking Through post # 3

Name: Kimberly   Tittle of Book: Breaking Through       Author : Francisco Jimenez 
Pages: 50- 78  Date: April 17 2008 



1. How do u think Francisco feels about going to high school?

I  think he is excited because know he gets to go to the same school as his brother and  learn different stuff and experience different   people, like  different type of friends and older friends.

2. How do think Francisco feels about his dad. with his moods?

I think he gets mad when his dad gets mad at him for no reason or for really stupid reasons for example when he was telling him to let him go to the dance with his brother. I  think Francisco feels mad and sad at the same time because he does not like when his dad gets mad at him.


3. What character would you like to be friends with. why?


I think I would like to be Francisco's mom, friend because she seem to be a really calm person and nice and she also seems to understand Francisco when his dad gets mad at him.


Question. 

How do you think Francisco feels about his dad when he gets mad at him?


Thursday, April 10, 2008

Breaking Throught Post #2

Name : Kimberly         Date:April 11 2008                   Tittle of book:Breaking Through              Reading: ?      author: Francisco Jimenez   Pages Read:42-60        Total Pages read: 42-60


1. How do you think Francisco feels about going back to the fields?

I think Francisco does not want to go back to them but at the same time I think he feel like he has to and he is glad his parents are back.


2. Why do you think the owner of the Main Street School give Francisco's brother his job back.

I think boss of Main Street School feels like Francisco's brother is a good person and I also think he feels like Francisco's brother is responsible and  he understands why he missed some days.

3. How you think is gone make Francisco feel about not been able to go to the dances where he was going with his brother?

I think he is gone feel sad about not going there anymore but I also think he is gone go there when his parents are not home, even if he has to go l with out his brother, and he is gone keep practicing when he has free time.



Question: What do you think is gone happen next?

Colobri Post # 2

Name: Kimberly Book : Colobri
author: date: April 11 2008


1. What do you think "Rosa" was thinking about uncle when they went to the day keeper?


I think "Rosa" was thinking about what the day keeper was saying and I also think that she was wondering about the treasure that the day keeper said she was gone bring to her "ungle"



2. How do you think "Rosa" feeals about her "uncle" know that he is buying her more stuff.?

I think she is confused because he only started buying her stuff affter the day keeper told him that he had to be nice to her if he wanted to be rich.



Question:
What do you think is gone happen next?



Question:

Friday, April 4, 2008

Breaking Through post # 1


Name: Kimberly            Date:  April 4 2008            Tittle of book:  Breaking Through                  Time reading: 1: 45              Author of book: Francisco Jimenez
Pages read: 1-42                 Total pages read: 42 


What does this book make you wonder about? Why?

These book makes me wonder if Roberto and  Francisco are gone be able to send money to their parents because he said he was gone send her money every month or week and now that some one got into there house and got the money that Roberto had save to send to his parents and he got faired from his job even do that guy let him work for him again I  am not sure if they are gone be able to send it on time.
It also makes me wonder if Roberto's parents are gone think that Roberto is not working or he got faired and he can't find a new job and that would be bad for Roberto and his brother because they would not be able to buy food and other stuff so I think their  parents may get worried but at the same time I don't think they would, because they might realize what happen and wait a little more until they get the more.

Do you think Roberto and his brother are gone miss there family so much that they decided to go back and live with them?

I think they would miss there family a lot but I don't think they would go to   Tlaquepaque, to lived with there family because Francisco sounds like he really wants to attend school no matter what, and Roberto does not really seem, like he wants to get back with his dad, mom, brothers and his sister, He seems to like to work and hope his family by sending them money.

What do you think is gone happen next and why?

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Colobri Post # 1



Name :Kimberly Date: April 3 2008
Tittle: Colobri Time: 3 hours
Author: Ann Cameron pages: 1- 30
Total Pages these week : 30



What in the book upsets you or bothers you? Why?

What most bothers me in this book so far is how "Rosa's uncle" only wants her because he wants her to find him a treasure. I also dislike how he asked her for the money that the guy gave her at church because he said it was for her and she sound like she really wanted to keep it . I also think it was wrong for her uncle to leave her behind just because she didn't give him the money. "Rosas's uncle" bothers me a lot because he acts really weird and I think he has mental problems.


What other character besides the main character is important on the book? why?

I think Rosas's uncle is important in the book because with out him she would't have a place to sleep or she would't have to many options for food. She would have to beg a lot more and live in the streets. Her uncle is the only person she knows and I don't think she would like to live all by her self.

what has surprise you in the book? why?

It really surprises me how "Rosa" dosen't realize the mistake that her "uncle" is doing to her. Even do he is not really her uncle I think he should stop thinking about money and he should at least try to hope "rosa" find her parents and stop lying to her.

Do you think "Rosas's uncle" has mental problems ? why or why not?


Sunday, March 16, 2008

Speak Post #1

Name: Kimberly Date: March 6 2008
Tittle: Speak Time: 2:00 hours 
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Pages: 1-47
Total Pages These week: 47

1) what advice would you give to a particular character. why?


Since Melinda does not have anyone to talk to because her friends are acting weird by not talking to her for no reason I think Melinda should try new friends and get over her old friends and may try to talk to her friends and see what she did wrong or why are not talking to her.

2) Which character would you like ( or not like) to be your friend? why?

I think I would like to be Melinda's friends because she seem really friendly to me and I think she could understand me and I could feel good when I talk to her about my personal life or other stuff.

3) How did what you read make you feel? why?

When  I first read the Melinda's friends were not talking to her even her " best friend" I feel like I would pretty much be really mad at my friends for not wanting to talk to me for no reason and I also keep wondering why were they not talking to her.

4) What does this book remind you of in your life? why?

These book reminds me of one of my friends who meat someone else and decided not to talk to one of my friends just because her new friend does not like her. I think is stupid that my friend decided not to talk to my other friend just because she meat on other friend. They were like best friends until the other person had to came I think is stupid that my friend made that decision because it can't really hurt someones feelings when your best friend replaces you.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Project Reflection

Group name: Global Warnings  Group members: Kimberly, Kezia, Luis, Gabe, Justin and Ramon. Topic: Global Warming and Pollution.

The purpose of this project was to create a formal website with information where  other kids could learn from. To learn about a topic that we the group had chose for example we decided to talk about Global Warming.

In order to learn about Global warming and create a formal website where other kids could learn from we had to research on Global warming, Pollution and some animals that were affected by pollution. My group and I decided to research on Seals, Penguins, Sea Turtles and Coral Reef's. We all had a topic to research on for example I had Seals so I had to research on Seals and different types of seals. We had to make all the information we found in other websites in our own words and put the links from where we got our information in our website. We were also require to create our own website with all the information we had learned and create our own pictures, videos or games.

I learned about Seals and how they are affected by pollution. I learn about Harbor Seals, Neopard Elephant Seals, How Seals are affected by pollution, what we can do to hope them, how to create a formal website and about leopard seals.
In these project i learned how to pharagrase information, how to used dream weaver better and how to create a frame.

Reflection 
I enjoy this project because It was really interesting learning how our world is affected by pollution and about different types of Seals, But even do I really like these project I think I could have done a lot better because I was not focused most of the time and I didn't used my time how Ms I wanted me to.
next time I think I would try to find a lot more information on my topic and used my time and not waste it by talking to my friends or working on stuff that was not necessary in the website.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Because Of Winn Dixie.

Name: Kimberly  Date: March 8 2008 Tittle: Because Of Winn Dixie Author: Kate Dicamillo 

Time: 5 hours  Pages: 192- 192 .

These Book is about a 10 year old named Opal. She had just move with her dad the preacher to Naomi, Florida. when her dad send her to the grocery store to buy food she finds a homeless dog she decides to keep him and take care of him. they both make new friends for example Otosis the guy who runs the pet store they became friends while Opal went to get Winn Dixie a necklace and she dint had anought money so she starts working for him to be able to buy Winn Dixie hes necklace. Miss Fanny the librarian who offers Opal and Winn Dixie "litmus Lozenges" a type of candy that her grandfather invented and she tells opal stories. and Gloria Dump, the lady who a lot of people think she is a witch because of her back Jard which it looks like a jungle and she hangs bottles on trees. they represent all the bad decisions or bad stuff she has done in her life she also has a problem with her eyes, she can't see really well but besides that she is really nice to Opal and Winn Dixie.

Winn Dixie hopes Opal with her mother that has abounded her and hes dad. they both have similar stuff that had happen in their pass.  

I like these book a lot because it made me laugh and I like how the author express friendship between a dog and a 10 year old.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Speak Post #1

Name: Kimberly Date: March 6 2008
Tittle: Speek Time: 2:00 hours
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Pages: 1-47
Total Pages These week: 1-47

1) what advice would you give to a particular character. why?


Since Melinda does not have anyone to talk to because her friends are acting weird by not talking to her for no reason I think Melinda should try new friends and get over her old friends and may try to talk to her friends and see what she did wrong or why are not talking to her.

2) Which character would you like ( or not like) to be your friend? why?

I think I would like to be Melinda's friends because she seem really friendly to me and I think she could understand me and I could feel good when I talk to her about my personal life or other stuff.

3) How did what you read make you feel? why?

When I first read the Melinda's friends were not talking to her even her " best friend" I feel like I would pretty much be really mad at my friends for not wanting to talk to me for no reason and I also keep wondering why were they not talking to her.

4) What does this book remind you of in your life? why?

These book reminds me of one of my friends who meat someone else and decided not to talk to one of my friends just because her new friend does not like her. I think is stupid that my friend decided not to talk to my other friend just because she meat on other friend. They were like best friends until the other person had to came I think is stupid that my friend made that decision because it can't really hurt someones feelings when your best friend replaces you.


Thursday, February 28, 2008

Al Capone Does My Shirt



1 . These book is based on a a kid name Moose Flanagan who has a sister named Natalie  who is autism and he as to take care of her while his dad is working and his mom is teaching kids how to play the piano.
 
2 . These hole story started when Moose and his family moved to Alcatraz because hes dad found a new job there. 

3 . Moose Flanagan does not like living in Alcatraz because he missed his friends on his old neighborhood but at the end he ends up with a lot of adventures that he would never forget and he also ends up learning a lot of stuff about life.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Nothing but the thrue final post.

1. Do you support philips story why or why not?



2. Do you think phil should had been suspended for singin the start spangle banner in class after Miss Narwine had ask him to stop three times?

3. who was your favorite character in that book explain why.

4. how do you feel about these whole  situation in the book?

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Nothing But The Truth. # 2

 

1. I am not sure if the Reporter will put Phil's story in the paper because maybe she would go and talk to the teacher or the principal about it and them she would understand better that a rule is a rule at there school and she would may think that it was Phil's fall.

2. I don't think Ms. Narwit  unfair because if the school tells her what the students are not allow to do and what the rules are she is doing the right thing about telling him to stop. and she also things that Phil is a nice person and she feels sorry because he got kick out of school.  
so on my opinion I think she is a nice teacher.

3. I think you shouldn't hum during the Nation anthem is playing because I guess is un respectful
to that school and is the rule not to.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

so far From The Bamboo Grove Final Post

1. I think the ending was a happy ending just like almost every book but even do I like the ending Iwanted the book to say how waas there life before hideyo fin d yoko and Ko. I wanted to know if they went back to there house in korea and Yoko got to go to school and Ko to high school.


I fealt really happy for Yoko and Ko to fing there honorable brother againg but I also felt bad because there dad return from a prison camp after SIX YEARS LATER. when she was about eighteen years old. and because there mother died and AND they loost there beatiful house.



2. I think the kawashima family are still keepin there tradition because the fact that they loost all there belongies and there home they don't want to loose there traditons as a family.
and even do Ko and Yoko are not with there family I think they still want to keep all there family traditions and I think that hope them to remember family times and it makes them a little by sad because is a family tradition and they are not with there family but I think it is may by hope in them to think more and more that there honarable brother and dad are still alive.
3. In So Far From The Bamboo Grove I think I respect and admire Ko the most because she trues really hard to do what her mom would had wanted her to do after she died, because she is really responsible and do as much as she can to have at least one or two meals a day and she cares about her honarable sister Yoko alot and she is also really willing to do everything for her and cares if people at her school do to her like when they laugh when she gets out the paper from the trash can.
4. I learn that people in Korean or Japan don't cares about others they only care about there selfs. and i also learn that they have a really hard heart because if they had to killed someone they would just do it right away and that some people only care about people there own race for example: when some means were rapping girls wich it is really gross and sad .
5. I learn that I should never make fun of someone just because they dress alot different them my and are really poor or don't have money to by at least a pair of shoes or there school materials at least a notebook and still of my laughin of them because they were picking up the trash from the floor or the trash i could hope them and give them some of mine. because people in my class were being stupid and trough plain withe paper away in still of giving it to someone that needs it or keep it and used it better them for trough in into peoples head or something .

Friday, December 14, 2007

So Far From The Bamboo Grove p o # 4


1.  I think Yoko wants to help Mr. Naido because he understand her and  it seems to my like Mr. Naido had the same experience before and he knows the way she feels about the girls at school making fun of her about the way she looks.


2. I don't think Yoko likes the idea of Ko about the money the they have left from there mother, but after Yoko see how much ko is working to help her and feed her she understand everything alot better or at least most of it, better and she appreciates what KO is doing for her and star working for what she wants like selling little clothes and earning her own money to by a new pair of shoes.

3. do you think Mr Naido had the experience about people being mean to him when he was little by the way he is hope in Yoko. (Even do that is not the only reason he is hope in her.)