The Princess Trap

11/30/11

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    Rj#13

 Dear to whom it may concern: I am currently reading the book the princess trap by kirsten boie.

   I picked this book because my classmate read it and she said she liked it so I also decided to read it.

 My two before reading strategies were looking for prologue, epilogue, table of contents, pictures ETC.

My two during reading strategies were asking myself questions about the book, and I also Skim and Scanned through the rest of the book.

My last reading strategies will be asking myself more questions about the book and discussing it with another person who also read the book and remembers the book still.

Genera: Fiction

Characters: perry, Jenna, scandia,  Malena, Von Thunberg.

Setting: Palace, street, hot, night, day.

Conflict: Internal, Character vs Character

Tone: Happy- most of the time

Mood: good

Pattern of organization: cause and effect

Point of view: I think this is an OK book so far.

authors purpose: to entertain

Authors perspective:objective bias

                                                               I rate this book a six out of ten because it is good but to girly for me. 

                        Sincerely Maor Shaaltiel.

tuesday with morrie

11/233/11
   701
rj#13


      Dear Ms. Zrihen I am done reading the book tuesday with morrie By MITCH ALBOM.
I picked this passage because my sister recommended it to me. She also told me that she read it when she was a little kid and she loved it so much.
The two reading strategies I used was that I read the synopsis and I also looked for the table of contents, pictures, dedication. ETC. The two during reading strategies I used was that I Skim an scanned through the rest of the book and I also asked myself questions about the book so far.
The two after reading strategies I used was that I reread important parts of the book and I asked questions about the book
Example: I asked myself if I really liked the book.
Genera: Memoir fiction
Characters: Morrie, charlotte, professior.
Theme: happy
Moral: love each other or die
Conflict: character vs character
tone: happy
mood: good
authors purpose: to entertain
point of view: 3rd person
Pattern of organization: cause and effect

 I rate this this book a 7/10

   Sinceraly Maor Shaaltiel

RJ#12 To whom it may concern: I am currently reading the book Tuesday with morrie By Mitch Albon. I picked this passage because my sister recommended it to me, she also told me it is very good she said when she was younger she also read it and loved it. The two before reading strategies I used was that I read the synopsis and I also look for the table of contents, pictures, dedication, and more. The tow during reading strategies I used was that I asked myself questions about the book so far and I also skim and scanned through the rest of the book. The two after reading strategies I will use when I am done with be book will be to reread important pages and I will ask myself more questions about the book. Genera: memoir fiction. Characters: Morrie, charlotte, professior, Theme: happy Moral: Love each other or die. conflict: Character vs Character Tone: good Mood: I dont know but I think it is called solemn because from the start of the story we know that she dies. Point of view: A good book so far. Authors purpose: To tell a story. Authors perspective: Objective bias. I rate this book a 7 out of 10 so far because it is good but I have read better. From your Classmate Maor Shaaltiel.

11/16/11           

701

                                                                                                                                                         RJ#12

     To whom it may concern: I am currently reading the book Tuesday with morrie By Mitch Albon.

  I picked this passage because my sister recommended it to me, she also told me it is very good she said when she was younger she also read it and loved it.

 The two before reading strategies I used was that I read the synopsis and I also look for the table of contents, pictures, dedication, and more.

 The tow during reading strategies I used was that I asked myself questions about the book so far and I also skim and scanned through the rest of the book.

 The two after reading strategies I will use when I am done with be book will be to reread important pages and I will ask myself more questions about the book.

    Genera: memoir fiction.

Characters: Morrie, charlotte, professior,

Theme: happy

Moral: Love each other or die.

conflict: Character vs Character

Tone: good

Mood: I dont know but I think it is called solemn because from the start of the story we know that she dies.

Point of view: A good book so far.

Authors purpose: To tell a story.

Authors perspective: Objective bias.

                                                    I rate this book a 7 out of 10 so far because it is good but I have read better.

             From your Classmate Maor Shaaltiel.

current event 2

CURRENT EVENT 2.                                                                                  

                                                                                                                    11/14/11

Title: A legacy of service: Three generations of pines family have served in military.

Author: PERRY STEIN.

Source: The miami herald

The topic of this article is: how a family tree is in military.

The main idea of the article is: How the generations follow each other s foot steps in the army.

The authors purpose of writing this article is to: Inform

The authors perspective in this article is: objective, Talks about what they did.

The pattern of organization: Chronological order.

The reason the author chose this pattern for this article is to: To make it in the time events and more neater, also so we know when every thing happened.

The text features included in the article are: Pictures, and a bolded title.

Picture because it helps us showing who he is.

Bolded title by telling that the title is very important to the story.

This article is about: A person who went to the army then hiss son also went an his grandson also did. So they followed in his foot step.

The significane of this article is: How generation happened.

  Ex: He went to the army, then so did his son did, then his grandson also did.

What I learned from this article is: How he went to the army and how he was since a little kid.

What I liked about this article is: That how all his generation was in the army.

What I did not like about it: I liked the whole story it was all interesting.

Who should read this book: people who know about him but have not yet read this story should read this article.

This article reminds me of

text to self: my video games.

text to text: When my brother was in the army

Text to world: When a person follows in their family members foot step.

New vocabulary I learned:

deactivated: I deactivated all the mines except the one that hit me: Shut down

Infantry: 65th infantry combat team. : Strong.

indoctrinated: To love and respect our nation: Raised/tought. 

Maor shaaltiel

The lottery

  Rj#11                                                                                                                             11/9/11

Dear Ms. Zrihen I am done reading the book The Lottery By: .................................. .
    I think significance of this short story is how somebody wins the lottery and what and what he does with it.
     I picked this passage because the title seemed interesting I mean the lottery is like a cool name for title I makes the story seem interesting.
 The two before reading strategies I used before reading the book was that I looked for text features like for pictures bold words etc. I also thought about hat the book would be like. The two during reading strategies I used was that I asked myself questions about the book like does the title have to do anything with the book yet. I also reread important paragraphs. The two after reading strategies I used was that I reread important parts in the book. I also looked back in the short story for more details.
   Genera:Fiction
Characters:Mr.summers, Ms.summers, Ms. hutchinson,Dunbar,Adams Mr. hutchinson. Joe, Allen, Time, Old man warner, MR. Graves.
Setting: neighborhood, sunny,
Tone: Happy
Mood:good
Moral: how to work together
Point of view: good
Pattern of organization: cause and effect
authors purpose: to entertain
Authors perspective:objective bias

        I rate this short story a SIX out of TEN because there were some mistakes that I caught in the Short Story.

            Your student MAOR SHAALTIEL.

Rj #10

 
                                                                                                                                           RJ#10
                                                                                                                                              11/2/11
                                        A DARK BROWN DOG

 Dear Ms. Zrihen, I am done reading the book A DARK BROW DOG BY ...................................... .
(page2) "The child beat his pursuer with a stick he had found". I picked this passage because it looked good to me. The significance of this passage is how a child and a dog meet and the boy beats the dog but then the dog sees that he is sad so the dog goes and talks to him and the dog forgives him and they become best friends.
The two before reading strategies I used was to skim and scan and to look for any context clues.
The two during reading strategies I used was two ask myself questions about what i read so far and I reread difficult pages. 1 of the questions I asked myself was If I was the dog would I forgive the child.
The two after reading strategies I used was that I went back in the story to look for more details and I also I asked myself more questions about the book.
Genera: Fiction
Characters: Child Dog
Setting:neighborhood, sunny
Conflict: man vs man how he beats the dog.
Tone: Happy and sad
Mood: good and bad
Point of view: It is a good story.
Pattern of organization: cause and effect
Authors purpose: To entertain
Authors perspective: bias subjective
figurative language: Proclaiming,Acquirement

        I would rate this short story a 7/10 because it was good but I have already read better short stories in my life.

     Your student/classmate: Maor Shaaltiel

current event #1

Title: Will Steve Jobs final vendetta haunt Google?
Author: Micha
Source: ATP Technology writer
The topic if this article is: How Google and apple had there ups and downs.
The main idea of this article is: Apple and Google
 The Authors purpose of writing this story is to: Inform people about apple and Google.
 The authors perspective of writing this story is to: objective because the author dose not say which one he likes more.
The pattern of organization is: Problem and solution
The reason the author chose this pattern for this story is because: It talked about the problems and solutions with apple and Google.
The text features were: Picture helped showing us who he was. File tells us when the photo was taken.
The article is about: How apple is competing against other phones to become the best. How it started it got a head start and know it is the i phone versus the android.
The significance of this passage is: How apple competes vs other computers phones etc.
What I learned from this article is: How Steve Jobs and apple started.
What I liked about this article is: How he shut down more then 20 Google product services in his first 6 months.
What I did not like was: how he got stressed out.
Who should read this story: Apple lovers.
The article reminds me of:Me when i first got my first laptop. When my friend told me that Steve jobs died. How apple upgraded.
New words I learned:Newton, Hand held device, hand held device.
Antipathy, The depths of jobs antipathy towards Google leaps out, Strugglement.
adequate, They are causing you to turn out adequate products they are adequate but not great, good