This week we started reading the play called A Raisin in the Sun. I am reading the character of Ruth and I really enjoy it. I love how the play is written and how it shows what a family is when problems occur. I have learned that money issues can make a family slowly disunite with each other. Many have different values on money, so that can cause other issues. We also did many music connections with the play. Those help me to understand the feelings and emotions of the characters in the play better. From the lyrics "You must be crazy baby" to the song Paying the Cost to be the Boss by B.B. King, I have made the connection that Walter thinks that Ruth is crazy at times. He feels that she is always mad and doesn't want to listen to him. I really like the music connections. I love to listen to different varieties of music. We have finished Act 1 of the play and there are 3 Acts. I really hope we get to finish the play because I am really enjoying reading it.
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This week we wrote and finished a comparative analysis for the books October Sky and Of Mice and Men. While writing that essay I've learned that friendships can encourage us. Considering Sonny and Quentin from October Sky. I learned that if you have a friend that believes in you, you will be able to believe in yourself and follow your dreams. I also learned from Of Mice and Men that friendships can be a range of different personalities and qualities. Lennie and George were very different from each other, but they still cared for each other. Towards the end of this week we started to look into the characters of A Raisin in the Sun. I am going to read the character of Ruth. We haven't started reading the play yet, but from reading the introduction and background information I think I will enjoy it. This week we read more of October Sky and I am almost finish with reading it.(I am on chapter 21.) We worked more on the Character traits chart. The character traits chart has really helped me understand each of the main characters in the book. I have learned that Sonny was determined to get Calculus as a class in his school. Even though he didn't get into the class, he was still determined to learn on his own. I also learned that the mine workers are being more supportive of the Rocket boys. Mr. Ferro has helped make some rockets for the boys. The character traits chart is going to be a big help for me when I have to start writing the essay on Relationships serve many Purposes. My chart is now 2 pages full of notes on different characters, so I will be ready to write the essay. This book has been very interesting for me. While some may not like the book, I really like it. The book continues to draw my attention with more appealing things happening. This week we started reading October Sky. Before reading we watched 2 videos; one of the 1930s and the other on the 1950s. The book Of Mice and Men is placed in the 1930s and October Sky is placed in the 1950s. From watching the videos, I have learned that there was a lot of poverty in the 1930s. Life was happier in the 1950s with starting movies and music. After reading the first couple of chapters of October Sky, I started doing a traits chart on the different characters. I have learned that the mine workers are focused and determined on their work. Sonny is very imaginative. He has a lot of imagination and wants to build a rocket of his own. I have also learned that the people of Coalwood are caring and are close to each other. I am enjoying reading this book. I really want to know more about the relationships between Sonny and his family. This week has been a busy week. We did the PSAT on Wednesday. I also was sick on Tuesday, so I didn't go to school. On Tuesday the class watched the movie Of Mice and Men. I wish I could have seen the movie; I would've been able to make more connections from the movie to my big question that I am researching on. I think if I have some time on the weekend or next week I will watch the movie on my own. Even though I didn't watch the movie I asked classmates questions about the movie. I learned that Curley was shown as a mean guy and treated his wife poorly. In the book, we just know that Curley is mean, but in the movie they really show what Curley does to his wife. He was very controlling towards his wife. We also started reading an article called Living in Sym. It had different definitions of symbiotic relationships. We made connections of those definitions with characters and ideas from Of Mice and Men. I made the connection of symbiosis to George and Lennie because they were very different people, but lived together in close association. Next week we will start to read October Sky. I hope that I enjoy reading that book. This week we finished reading Of Mice and Men. I really like reading the book. It had a very interesting ending. I learned that friendships can give meaning to our lives. Lennie has got into a lot of trouble in his life. He always tried his best, but still made mistakes. He was always afraid that George would be mad at him. He's learned that George has given meaning to his life. If he didn't have George, he would not have survived by himself. Friendships can also make you angry. George was tired of Lennie and his mistakes, that he decided to kill him. Friendships can make us feel happy and supported by others. I want to learn more on how friendships change our actions and how we may feel. This week was the beginning of the new trimester. I helped other students make a Weebly. I have learned from last trimester how to add pages on Weebly, so I could easily help others. This week we also started to focus on the theme called "Relationships serve many Purposes". We had to think of words that remind of us of relationships, serve, and purposes. I like to think of words that remind us of other words. My thinking grows deeper. It also helps to grow a bigger vocabulary in my brain. We will come up with a big question that matches the theme "Relationships serve many Purposes". I haven't decided on my question that I will research, but I am liking the theme for this trimester that we are working on. I hope to learn more about the purposes of different relationships . |
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