Swindle "Blizzard Bag"

The kids are making a plan on how to get into the extension so they can get inside of 531 Park Avenue so they are trying to get all the information so that they do not get caught. The kids are trying to get back Griffins Babe Ruth baseball card. The man that said it was a replica and that took it has a heavily guarded home. The guy who Griffin sold the card too gave him 120 dollars then went on TV and sold it for 1,000,000. When Griffin goes to steal the card back he gets caught because the owner of the pawn shop has two dogs. I think that the guy who Griffin sold the card too should have to give Griffin the card or 1,000,000. Also I dont think that it is right for the kids to go steal the card, I think that they should talk to somebody and get help instead of stealing.  If I were in this situation I would not know what to do. I would probably tell an adult that the guy I sold the card too that he scammed me. Then I would hope that he would be responsible and give me the card back and I give him the money.

The Drop Off

In my book Swindle the deliveryman, Griffin had to deliver a very large wood frame that he did not know what was in the frame, to a shop. Griffin had to muster all of his strength to move his giant delivery. After Griffin delivered the item, the shop owner examined it because he did not hear the delivery truck because he was in the back of the shop. The shop owner did not know what it was, he thought it was a life collection of magazines or comic books. This had to be heavy.

The deliveryman and a 11 year old boy were coming up with a plan so that a family in their neighborhood could stay and not have to move. As they were putting the plan together the 11 year old had to get into a box. If the operation was successful the deliveryman and the boy would get to split one million dollars.What I don't understand about this chapter is why the deliveryman and the boy split the million dollars and not give it to the family, if they need financial help.

F451 Post 1

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a firefighter named Montag who burns books. This book is set in the future. It is very confusing thinking about this book in a 21st century mindset because in the book the firefighters are starting the fires and in our world the firefighters are "fighting" the fires and putting them out.  Montag lives in a society where the government does not want people to be educated. Once again this is confusing because the government wants you to be educated in the 21st century because the more educated you are the better chance you have getting farther in life than the people that are uneducated. In F451 it makes it sound like the government doesn't want you to be successful the all want everyone equal and they will take you out if you do not follow their orders.I do not think that this is a good book for children to read. This is because children will not understand and be confused. Also they will think that books are not good and they will not want to read. I can see this actually happening because in the future I think that most citizens will be completely brainwashed. I do not want to live in this kind of world because I like to figure things out on my own and not be commanded my entire life.

Fat Boy Chronicals

    "The Fat Boy Chronicles" is about a student that went to William Mason High school just like us. This student was a large body type and got bullied by the students about his weight. The boy is a freshman in high school and is new to the school. He has only a few friends. He cannot walk down the hallways or into a classroom without getting made fun of because of his weight problem. He strongly dislikes gym class because he is with all the football players and all of them gang up on him and make him feel horrible.I would be extremely embarrassed and want to exile myself from the rest of the school.

      In the beginning of the book the boy goes to Gatlinburg, Tennessee with his church's youth group. His friends want to go down the water slide-he is embarrassed and doesn't want to take off his shirt, so he lets his friends go and he stays by himself. If I were the boy in the story I don't know what I would do because everywhere you go there is someone waiting to bully you. This would motivate me to get into shape and then the people that make fun of you will stop because you can take charge and not have to just take the words.

1. My voice was showcased when I said "This would motivate me to get into shape and then the people that make fun of you will stop because you can take charge and not have to just take the words". This shows that I would not disrespect the kid because he is having a hard time. It also shows that if you have a problem you need to fix it.
2. I have included abstract/concrete diction to this post. I used this when I said "I would be extremely embarrassed and want to exile myself from the rest of the school". This enhances my voice because it show how I would feel if I were faced with this situation , and it shares my view with my readers. I used punctuation as a form of syntax in my post. This was included when I said " His friends want to go down the water slide-he is embarrassed and doesn't want to take off his shirt". This connects and also helps me transition into an explanation.

Final reflection

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I believe that my analysis post was my best. In this post I believe that the Dilliontown team will win the baseball game against the all-stars. In the text it says that the Dilliontown team has to play the all-stars and the winner decides what to do with the stadium. I believe that the Dilliontown team will keep the stadium because they like the old stadium. I think that if the all-stars win they will tear down the old stadium and create a big and overwhelming and nice stadium. The Dilliontown team though is having tryouts because the team that they had last year was bad. Also the team is having tryouts because they do not have any good people and only 11 people show up to the tryouts so they people at they tryouts have to make the team because it is 12 people to a team and they do not even have 12 so they all get to be on the team.

Next trimester my reading goal is to read at least twenty minutes a night and finish at least two books. I would like to find a book or series that i enjoy thoroughly so that I have fun reading and also am reading. I want to write a little each week and see what kind of writer I become over time. I enjoy writing so if I think of something to write about and think deeply I could write a very good passage.  Next trimester I need to improve the different genres of books that I read. I would like to make my vocabulary bigger so that it enhances my writing and to do that I will have to read more often.

Post 2

In this section of my book I think that Doc realizes that just because something is new does not make it better. He realizes that just because something is dated does not mean it is useless. There are a lot of memories in the old stadium and that is why he chooses to keep it. 

Characters Post

Doc in The Boy Who Saved Baseball changes throughout the text because he wants the Baseball field to be a new and improved stadium for the team that everyone "he thinks" will want. He changes because throughout the  text he wants to keep the stadium that they have now. He realizes that there are to many memories on that field.