RJ#5
9/28/11
Dear Ms. Zrihen, I an currently reading the book Odysseus by Geraldine McCaughrean.
I picked this book because the librarian told me that it was a good folktale. My favorite part so far in this book was on page 1 when he says he has not see his father for 10 years all ready.
The two reading strategies I used was that before I started to read the book I Skim and Scanned through the pictures, table of contents, and the chart. I also read the synopsis. The two reading strategies I used while I was reading the book was that I reread hard pages and I asked myself questions about the book so far for example: why would people eat fruit from a lotus tree. I am not there yet but when I am done with the book my two reading strategies are gonna be to go back in the story to look for more details, and to ask myself more questions about the book.
The genera is: fiction Folktale.
Characters: All the main Greeks, Queen Penelope, the mother, Odysseus's child.
Setting:(place: Troy,) (Whether conditions: Hot, Rainy) (Social conditions: war) (Time: night, morning)
The exposition is that Odysseus did not see his son for 10 years. The rising action was that they went to check who else was on the island. The main problem was the war it was character vs supernatural because the war was vs other beasts they found in the island.
tone: fierce, war, happy
Mood: good
Theme: war
Point of view: My point of view of this story is that it is great it has a lot of action and I like that.
Authors purpose: To entertain.
Authors perspective: objective, unbiased.
I rate this book a 8 out of 10 so far because it is really good but there are some words I don't understand.
From your student/ classmate
Maor Shaaltiel.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The Power of Song.
RJ #4
9/21/11
Dear Ms. Zrihen
I am currently reading the book, The Power of Song.
I picked the book The Power Of Song, because the librarian recommended it to me. There are a lot of story's in this book favorite story was called The Power of Song. My favorite passage in this book was when on page nine and ten when in so time soon the kings son had to read from the Torah and after a couple weeks of practicing he did not even know the Alef bet. I picked the passage because a kid who needs to read from the Torah soon he dose not even know the Alef bet.
The two reading strategies I used before reading the book was that I read the synopsis and I also Skim and Scanned through the story titles,pictures,preface,table of contents, and the acknowledgments. The two reading strategies I used during reading the book was that I asked myself questions about the book so far. I also reread the pages/ chapters that I read and marked already. The two reading strategies I will use when I am done with the book will be ask my self questions about the book to see if I really understood the book. Another after reading will be looking back in the story for more clues.
The genera is fiction folktale.
The characters in the story: The Power Of Song are:
The king. His son. The Sage. The songster.
setting was in a temple,kings palace.
The characters for the story: a friend for a king are:
The king. The Vizier. Sar. Asilha. There kids Ovadia, Salman, Sancho.
Setting was in the kings palace, kings house.
Those were my two favorites so far.
The problem is that the kings son does not know how to read better yet he dose not even know the alef bet and he needs to read from the Torah in some time (soon). The rising action is that he dose not know how to read from the Torah.
Tone - Imaginative
Mood- happy
authors purpose- To teach a lesson.
authors perspective- objective unbiased.
Figurative language- rejoiced,
I rate this book a 9 because it has a lot of stories that teach you a lesson in life.
Sincerely- Your student/ classmate
Maor Shaaltiel
9/21/11
Dear Ms. Zrihen
I am currently reading the book, The Power of Song.
I picked the book The Power Of Song, because the librarian recommended it to me. There are a lot of story's in this book favorite story was called The Power of Song. My favorite passage in this book was when on page nine and ten when in so time soon the kings son had to read from the Torah and after a couple weeks of practicing he did not even know the Alef bet. I picked the passage because a kid who needs to read from the Torah soon he dose not even know the Alef bet.
The two reading strategies I used before reading the book was that I read the synopsis and I also Skim and Scanned through the story titles,pictures,preface,table of contents, and the acknowledgments. The two reading strategies I used during reading the book was that I asked myself questions about the book so far. I also reread the pages/ chapters that I read and marked already. The two reading strategies I will use when I am done with the book will be ask my self questions about the book to see if I really understood the book. Another after reading will be looking back in the story for more clues.
The genera is fiction folktale.
The characters in the story: The Power Of Song are:
The king. His son. The Sage. The songster.
setting was in a temple,kings palace.
The characters for the story: a friend for a king are:
The king. The Vizier. Sar. Asilha. There kids Ovadia, Salman, Sancho.
Setting was in the kings palace, kings house.
Those were my two favorites so far.
The problem is that the kings son does not know how to read better yet he dose not even know the alef bet and he needs to read from the Torah in some time (soon). The rising action is that he dose not know how to read from the Torah.
Tone - Imaginative
Mood- happy
authors purpose- To teach a lesson.
authors perspective- objective unbiased.
Figurative language- rejoiced,
I rate this book a 9 because it has a lot of stories that teach you a lesson in life.
Sincerely- Your student/ classmate
Maor Shaaltiel
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Giver.
RJ #3 9/14/11
Dear Ms. Zrihen, I am currently reading the book The Giver by Lois Lowry.
I picked the book The Giver because my sister recommended it to me. Also because this book won a award. My favorite passage in the book was:
"With the chant, Jonas knew, the community was accepting him and his new role, giving him life, the way they had given it to the new child Caleb. His heart swelled with gratitude and pride.
But at the same time he was filled with fear. he did not know what his selection meant. He did not know what he was to become.
Or what was to become of him." (page 64)
I picked this passage because I feel that Jonas, someone who lives in a perfect world, can fear something like a college graduate can feel, in an imperfect world, and they both don't know they fear it.
The significance of this passage to the book is because this is the moment in the book where Jonas' life was changed completely, and where I think that the whole book will really begin.
The two reading strategies I used before reading the book was that I Skim and Scanned through the pictures, and I read the synopsis. The two reading strategies I used while I was reading the book was that I asked myself questions about the book so far , for example My next reading strategy was that went reread the pages/chapters that I marked that I did not understand so well. I did not finish reading the book but my after reading strategies are going to be summarizing the book to someone else and discussing the book with someone who already read it.
Genre: Realistic Fiction/Science Fiction
Characters: Jonas- Protagonist. He is the main character in the book, the one that will be the next giver.
The Giver- The most important and respected man in the community. He is the one that teaches Jonas about love, hate, pain, colors, and everything else that no one experiences in their perfect community.
Asher- Jonas' best friend. He will be the assistaint director of creation.
Fiona- Jonas' other best friend. She is given the job of Caretaker of the Old.
Jonas' Parents, Jonas sister Lily.
There is no antagonist in the story.
Everyone else surrounding Jonas is the foil. The setting is in a perfect world in the month of December. Everyone was the exactly the same, everyone was perfect. The plot structure of the story is when Jonas begins to get knowledge that other people in the community don't have and he begins to see life differently. The conflicts in the story is character vs. society, and a little bit of character vs. self. The tone of the story is imaginative, curious, and hopeful. The mood of the story was sometimes happy, but sometimes sad. The book is told from a 3rd person point of view. The authors purpose was to entertain you and inform you about how like could be in a perfect world. The authors perspective was objective. Some different types of figurative language is "flat bellied cargo", "I likes the feeling of love", and "I feel his fright". I rate this book a eight so far because this book is very interesting.
From: your student/ classmate
Maor Shaaltiel.
Dear Ms. Zrihen, I am currently reading the book The Giver by Lois Lowry.
I picked the book The Giver because my sister recommended it to me. Also because this book won a award. My favorite passage in the book was:
"With the chant, Jonas knew, the community was accepting him and his new role, giving him life, the way they had given it to the new child Caleb. His heart swelled with gratitude and pride.
But at the same time he was filled with fear. he did not know what his selection meant. He did not know what he was to become.
Or what was to become of him." (page 64)
I picked this passage because I feel that Jonas, someone who lives in a perfect world, can fear something like a college graduate can feel, in an imperfect world, and they both don't know they fear it.
The significance of this passage to the book is because this is the moment in the book where Jonas' life was changed completely, and where I think that the whole book will really begin.
The two reading strategies I used before reading the book was that I Skim and Scanned through the pictures, and I read the synopsis. The two reading strategies I used while I was reading the book was that I asked myself questions about the book so far , for example My next reading strategy was that went reread the pages/chapters that I marked that I did not understand so well. I did not finish reading the book but my after reading strategies are going to be summarizing the book to someone else and discussing the book with someone who already read it.
Genre: Realistic Fiction/Science Fiction
Characters: Jonas- Protagonist. He is the main character in the book, the one that will be the next giver.
The Giver- The most important and respected man in the community. He is the one that teaches Jonas about love, hate, pain, colors, and everything else that no one experiences in their perfect community.
Asher- Jonas' best friend. He will be the assistaint director of creation.
Fiona- Jonas' other best friend. She is given the job of Caretaker of the Old.
Jonas' Parents, Jonas sister Lily.
There is no antagonist in the story.
Everyone else surrounding Jonas is the foil. The setting is in a perfect world in the month of December. Everyone was the exactly the same, everyone was perfect. The plot structure of the story is when Jonas begins to get knowledge that other people in the community don't have and he begins to see life differently. The conflicts in the story is character vs. society, and a little bit of character vs. self. The tone of the story is imaginative, curious, and hopeful. The mood of the story was sometimes happy, but sometimes sad. The book is told from a 3rd person point of view. The authors purpose was to entertain you and inform you about how like could be in a perfect world. The authors perspective was objective. Some different types of figurative language is "flat bellied cargo", "I likes the feeling of love", and "I feel his fright". I rate this book a eight so far because this book is very interesting.
From: your student/ classmate
Maor Shaaltiel.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Old Yeller
Dear Ms. Zrihen
I am currently reading the book Old Yeller by Fred Gipson.
I started to read this book because I like the movie and i am dieing to know which is better the movie or the book. I also heard that this book was good, my sister recommended it to me. The two reading strategies i used before reading the book was that I skim and scanned,and I also read the synopsis. I would skim and scan to look for pictures, publications,dedications and more. The two reading strategies I have used while I was reading the book was that I asked myself questions about what I have read so far and I looked back in the story for more clues and details. The questions I ask myself for example is why would you want to kill Old Yeller for one mistake he made. Its like if you have a dog or a cat and they rip your pillow will you want to kill him. If you were smart you would know that dog and cats are not smart so they don't know if they did something bad or not. I still don't know what two reading strategies I will use when I am done reading the book but I have half a idea of what I think it will be it will probably be asking myself more questions about the book like the one I have just showed you, and my next one I don't know yet but also probably read the challenging pages I marked again. The genera of this book is fiction. The characters so far are Old Yeller, mama, papa, Arliss, Travis and the neighbors so far. This story takes place in there house in the woods and in there neighbors house also out side. The protagonist is Old Yeller mama papa Arliss but there is still on antagonist yet. The foils are the neighbors. The climax was when he saw Old Yeller fights the bear. The main problem is that the family gets in danger several times and Old Yeller saves them. It is character vs nature. I think the authors purpose to write this story is to entertain. The authors perspective of writing this story is subjective and bias.The tone was good and the mood was exiting. My point of view of this story so far is excellent but still not better than the movie. I would rate this book a eight and a half because the book is interesting but i don't want to rate it a nine or a ten just yet first I want to finish reading the book. So that is what I would rate this book.
Sincerely: your student/ classmate Maor Shaaltiel.
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