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Ricky- reading next book

Jordan- Why women are as violent as men and why anticipation is bad.

statements

          Everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are basic parts of human nature. I completely agree with this statement. Most people would say that they are incapable of doing these things, but given the right motivation they would. Some people do it without motivation. this is what causes problems.
          Sometimes you have to do things other people consider wrong to get ahead. I semi agree with this. It depends what the wrong thing is. If it is killing somebody than that person should not do that. If it is tell somebody that another person went one way, but he went the other, just to buy him some time then it would be okay.

hit or miss

          Over the course of ninth grade I have had a few hits and many misses. One of my misses was the poetry unit. I did learn a lot about poetry. I did not however enjoy it at all. Some of the poems that we read did have some creative methods though.
          One hit that I had was the ATDPTI unit. I enjoyed most of it. I feel that I became a better reader by reading that book. I enjoyed that there was not many assignments outside of class besides reading. The reading was not bad at all though.

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sutter- prompt

Gautam-New York Times Prompt

Purple hibiscus strategies

          As you all know we are reading the novel Purple hibiscus. It is a fairly difficult read that requires strategies to understand. For starters, I read it with a pencil to mark things that are important. I also use this pencil to write down connections and predictions of what is happening, or will happen. This strategy has been very successful for me.
          Another strategy I use to read this book is reading with low volume no lyric music. This helps me focus on the book. It also allows me to read faster than I normally would. This method has been very effective. It is effective in the sense that it has made me an overall better reader.

prompt response

          As a child I watched a lot of tv. I quickly chose my favorite and threw out the ones I didn't like. One of my favorite shows was Tom and Jerry. Like many I liked Jerry, the mouse. He was my favorite, because he always was one step ahead of tom.
          Another show I liked was Ben Ten. I liked this show, because every episode was a surprise. It was a surprise in the sense that you did not know which creature he would turn into to solve the problem at hand. I forget what the name of the creature that my favorite is, but it was the one that could shape shift into any functional object. My other favorite was the ghost guy.

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