Reading Reflection #3 (IPhone)

I'm reading The Hunger Games and this is my character iPhone for Katniss.

Writing Reflection #4

I have finished my moment story and I feel it went okay. I think I could have wrote more and gone into more detail. I feel like I was just rushing it to get it done and didn't do the best I could. I felt working on it in solitary confinement was really relaxing and was able to really concentrate on it where as I might not have been if I worked on it in class. I feel it is a good way to work and hope we can do it more in the future. As for my blog, I feel I am keeping caught up fairly well with all the assignments. I still have to do more personal additions but other than that, I feel I am doing pretty well.

Reading Reflection #4

Book: Catching Fire
Author: Suzanne Collins
Pages Read: 174-187

I last left off with Katniss finding out she is going to be back in the arena for the next Hunger Games. I had predicted that earlier and I was right. In the next chapter I did a better job of understanding things and didn't have as many questions as I usually have. The first question I had in my mind was "Is Katniss really going to be back in the games? Or is there going to be some sort of rebellion and the games never happen?" I thought people might get furious about them having to go back in the games and cause them to rebel but I wasn't sure. The other question I had in my mind was "Which of the boys is going to be chosen? Haymitch or Peeta?" and "Which would Katniss rather have in the games with her?". I think that no matter which guy is chosen, the other will just volunteer as tribute.

I was right, Haymitch was chosen but Peeta volunteered as tribute. There was one comment I had about Peeta, after he knew he was going to be in the games again, he seemed really positive like it didn't bother him. He didn't care that he was going to be in the games again and might possibly die. He also seemed really concentrated on training. He is watching tapes of all his possible competitors and making sure he eats well and is in good shape.

The last thing was at the end of the chapter when they were rushed off the stage on thrown on the train to leave without saying goodbye to anyone. My questions were "What was it that Katniss wanted to say to Gale?" and "Why didn't they let them say their goodbyes?". Katniss had something she wanted to tell Gale before she left but she never got to, I am curious to know what it was that she wanted to say. Also the fact that they were just thrown on the train instantly confused me. Were they trying to send them a message? Will they ever get to talk to their families again?

"Poking the Puddle" Response!

This whole Kony 2012 thing has really exploded in todays news and social media. It went from some little documentary to being seen by millions of people all over the world in just a couple days. Some people are in full support of the cause and want to see Joseph Kony taken down, where as some people are a little skeptical about it. Some people think it's a big money scam and not enough of the funds are actually being used to find Kony. Invisible Children came out with a statement that fully showed their financial statements from the past 5 years online for everyone to see. In my opinion, I understand that not every penny will be able to go straight to finding Kony and that the organization needs some financial gain to continue doing what their doing, which I think is a good thing, so I am okay with them making a somewhat of a profit off it. I don't think anyone would be able to go take down an African war criminal without any money. With that in mind, I feel it is a good thing we are talking about this in class and how we get to have our say in the matter. Ultimately, I hope Kony is found and arrested for everything he has done.

Personal Addition #2

This personal addition is about the whole post it notes thing we have to do when we read our books. I think it is really stupid and hate having to do it. Having to stop after every page and think of something to write gets me really confused when I go back to reading. I want to be able to just read it and not have to keep stopping every 2 minutes. It's really annoying and I don't want to do it anymore.

Six Word Memoir #4

 Photo Credit: Brady Laws

I took this photo of my dog for my six word memoir "Dogs can always cheer you up". Dogs are always super happy and excited and whenever I see my dog, it makes me feel happy as well. They are a man's best friend. My dog's name is Duke, he is a golden retriever and is 8 years old. He's super energetic and loves being outdoors 

PS: I know the picture is sideways but I couldn't find out how to fix it and it was due today so I had to just post it like this. I'll try to fix it and update it in the future. 

Six Word Memoir #3

Photo Credit: Brady Laws

I took this picture in our school and I had wrote my six word memoir on a post-it note and attached it to the glass by a graduation cap. The six word memoir it represents is "Don't be scared, it's just graduation". Graduation is coming up and lots of teenagers including myself are starting to realize and freak out. We're thinking about university and making sure we even graduate from here first. Ultimately I'm sure people are going to be scared but they will realize that we should be excited about starting our future and becoming young adults.

Six Word Memoir #2

Photo Credit: Odalaigh

This photo was taken by Odalaigh and was found on Flickr. I chose it to represent my six word memoir "While on bike, watch for trees". It refers to when I was younger, I had a bad accident riding my bike into a tree. It happened a couple times but I never seemed to learn my lesson. It's been a while since I last rode into a tree so I guess I have learned.     

Six Word Memoir #1

Photo Credit: Brady Laws

I took this picture in the hallway of our school. The six word memoir that it represents is "And to think I was scared". It is suppose to represent how when I and many other people were first coming in to high school, I felt scared and intimidated. It was a big school with lots of people which was a big change from middle school. After a while I started to feel more comfortable around the school and wasn't as scared. I realised it was silly for me to be scared and that's what this picture represents.