Comments Week 5

Madison Paige, The Balcony: https://english1mpblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-balcony.html?showComment=1474900057181#c4563157883123532063

Charles, 100-200 Word Story: https://20charlesl.blogspot.com/2016/09/100-200-word-story.html?showComment=1474900472553#c9041816800715827244

100 Word Story

I have been stranded out in the middle of a forest for about five days so far. I don't know how I got here, but all I remember is waking up and being surrounded by trees. I have hunted small animals and found a place by a pond to make a camp. My camp is small and made of sticks and branches that have fallen. I have also made a spear made of a stick and a sharp rock for hunting and fishing. I have not moved around to much, because all I am trying to do is wait and see if anything happens. Maybe an airplane will fly over or I might encounter a hunter. If nothing happens in about two days then I will start to cover more land.

My two days are up and now I have started to travel to maybe find civilization. Everyday has basically been the same since I have started moving. After a long night of sleeping, I get up and try to cover as much land as I can then once the sun starts to go down I go on a hunt to find a squirrel, rabbit, or maybe a bird to eat. Then I go back to sleep to rest up for the next day. I don't know how much longer I will be stranded, but hopefully a miracle will happen.

Week 5 Post 1

Plot map in the book "Four Blind Mice" by James Patterson is easily identified. The book starts off with the exposition explaining who the characters are and what the characters job is or what there mission is. The main character in this book is Alex Cross and he is a detective trying to find the murderers of three women. Alex's friend, John Sampson, has a friend named Ellis Cooper who accused of murdering the three women, but they believe Ellis Cooper didn't do it.

The rising action of the book is Alex Cross and John Sampson trying to find the three murderers of the three women. Ellis Cooper was on death row and he was eventually executed, but Alex and John wanted to keep looking for the three murderers. More murders keep happening so Alex and John are getting closer and closer to finding the three murderers. I haven't gotten to the climax of the book yet, but I can tell that it isn't far.

comments week 4

James Personal Narrative

John N. Dear 10 year old,

Dear 11 year old

Dear 11 year old,

Be different and always be yourself. I was different when I was moving into middle school and I was a little worried about being that way. I was like this throughout mostly sixth grade. Then I eventually realized that going to school and being yourself doesn't hurt you, because no one is going to judge you.

The only person I was probably ever judged by was my brother, but that was just we were always picking on each other. If you just be yourself all your friends will probably enjoy being with you better. Also, when your being yourself you are expressing who you are. That is a good thing, because if you don't express who you are then your friends probably won't get to know you as well.

Narrative

I am writing a narrative about my family and I going to Alaska. From the start I knew that my narrative was going to be long. I was right about that, because it explained everything that happened while I was in Alaska. It was also around a whopping 1,900 words. I had a feeling that I was going to have to shorten it one way or another.

I learned that I should just focus on writing about one specific experience throughout my whole trip in Alaska. Now I knew what one of the things Dr. D was going to tell me when she met with me, but focusing on one specific event wasn't the only thing. I had add more vivid detail and write about the significance of my narrative. After this meeting with Dr. D, I started revising my narrative. When I revised it, it seemed to me I was starting over my narrative, but I got take ideas from my first draft.

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was extremely devastating for most of the people in the south. When the hurricane hit land it was a category 3 hurricane. Category 5 hurricanes are the worst of all the categories, but Katrina still did tons of damage to cities and towns. Katrina was so widespread that it harmed three whole states. Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana were severely affected by Katrina.

Katrina itself did tons of damage, but what happened after was worse. There were floods throughout the south that caused even more damage to cities and towns. All of this harm to houses costed loads of money. Katrina was the most catastrophic event in the south.

Blog post 3

So far "Four Blind Mice," by James Patterson, is a very interesting book. This book keeps me interested, because there is always something new happening even though it is just the beginning of the book. Each chapter skips around with what is going on with the characters. One chapter will be talking about the lawyer Alex, and then the next chapter will be about the three blind mice. I like it how the author did this so that I will know what is happening between the different characters.

The three blind mice are a group of three men that do cruel things like murdering people. There is another man named Sergeant Ellis Cooper who was accused of murdering three innocent women, and is now in jail on death row. Sergeant Ellis Cooper didn't murder the women, the three blind mice did. Alex is trying to prove that Cooper did not murder the women. This makes me wonder when and how Alex will find out that the three blind mice are the murderers.

Free post 3

Last week I didn't realize we had a three day weekend until Thursday. I also forgot that it was labor day weekend. I was very excited, because I didn't have to worry on Sunday about getting up early to go to school. On Friday when I got home I decided to do most of my homework so I wouldn't have to worry about getting it all done on Monday. Then on Saturday I went to tennis practice from 10:00-1:00, and when I got back home I got to relax and watch the LSU football game with my family.

On Sunday, my mom and I got up to go to church. Once we got back from church, we ate some lunch and then headed to our camp in Mississippi. We stopped by my mom's friends house to see how she was doing, because she got flooded. Then we stopped by my grandparents house since they lived near by. Once we got to our camp my brother and I went fishing for a little bit, and then watched a football game on TV. On Monday my brother and I went fishing again, and then we shot our dad's pistol with our dad. Finally we packed up and went home.

Free Post 2

The first week of high school was very exhausting. I was not used to waking up so early, because over the summer I got to sleep late. Everyday seemed extremely long. It also took a while for me to know my schedule. Good thing I didn't have much homework during the week. 

After the first day of school I was a little overwhelmed about the schedule and the work we were going to do. Since our schedule will be the same for a while it is easier to know the schedule. It is also very different than the middle school schedule. The start of the second week made me a little bit more comfortable about what work we are going to do and what we are learning about. I hope that I will eventually feel completely comfortable about high school.

Blog 2

Right now I am reading "Four Blind Mice" by James Patterson. It is a crime investigating book with a lawyer named Alex Cross, trying to find evidence to find a man put in jail for murdering. The man claims that he wasn't the murderer. Most people believe he is the murderer, but he isn't.

The author wrote this book in a way that keeps me interested. The chapters are also very short, so there is always something new and exciting happening. The man who was accused of murdering doesn't have long until his execution and Alex is running out of time. This also keeps me turning the page. "Four Blind Mice" is a great book and I would recommend it for people who like rime investigating.