Real Classy: silly school jokes RJ#17

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,




I am now reading the book called Real Classy: Silly School Jokes by Rick and Ann Walton. This a humor book because it really tells jokes about things in school and other subjects. The author organized this book with question and answer  because it asked a question then answered it with a twist.


I couldn't find a passage because there is only questions and answers for this. Before reading this book I first looked at the front cover to see if this book was actually humor, and it was. Also I looked for text features in the book, for example there are illustrations for some jokes. During reading I actually reread the jokes that I liked the most. Also I asked myself the joke question before reading the answer. After I was done with the book I thought about what were some things that happened in the book AND to recommend it to everyone. I would recommend this book because it is really funny so people can enjoy.


This book is in the angle of second person because the author is talking to the reader. There are no main settings and characters just question and answer. I felt outstanding while reading this book because it made me happy. I think the author felt funny when writing the jokes.
Since this book is question and answer than there is no conflict involved, the author wrote this book to entertain people with the jokes he made. The author's perspective is unknown for it is only question and answer.


I would rate this book 8/10 because some of the jokes weren't that funny.


sincerely, Juan 702 

Kingdom keepers: Disney after dark RJ 16

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,

Today I finished the book called Kingdom Keepers: Disney after dark by Ridley Pearson. Just so you know this reader's journal might be sort of short because most of the information that needs to be included is in the last one.

Just like before, OUTSTANDING book, it made me go from action/adventure to suspense and mystery. It really made me feel in the case of mystery and a problem coming on. This is a fantasy book because it really is not real in any way except for the certain parts of the real world, for example, light made humans when they got to sleep?! I mean this author really had an expansive imagination. I already told you my before reading strategies, however I decided to use some other ones, for instance to define new vocabulary, which at this moment I haven't remembered any yet. In addition to that is that I revised each chapter with caution just in case I missed anything. In the end I actually told my dad to test me about the book and to give him a summary about it, also to recommend it to the perfect person.

Last time I did a passage on the first page and now the last page, 325. "As they spun in celebration, Wayne returned to the coffee table. There he picked up the black remote. And he pressed the button."

That was it, just that sentence, when I finished, I was asking myself, " why is this happening? It can't finish like this? Did they end like this?" It's like those stories that you want that happy ending that wraps everything up, nevertheless this gave the mystery to want to keep reading the books.

I remember telling you the characters on the last RJ, the conflict again is that the Overtakers are conquering Disney and the DHIs, Disney host interactive and Daylight hologram imaging, have to stop them before it's too late. This story is Man, vs supernatural because the DHIs are kind of ghosts and you see maleficent, the witch from "Sleeping Beauty." This a story that's is used in chronological order, since it has the specific days and chronological words, like next, after, Etc.

Th real main setting in the story is at Disney's Magic kingdom, with the time being mostly night, barely in the day because the kids turn into DHIs  when they go to sleep. The moral of the story is to tell your parents about what might be happening that you might think it's strange,hence tell your parents to solve it. 

This author did an incredibly, amazing job writing this amusing book to entertain the reader. Based on the book I can infer that the author wrote the book in a one-sided way, biased, because he didn't inflict the Overtakers opinion to this conflict.

In the end just in case you know some of the information you might need is in the last reader's journal. I would give this book a ten out of ten because it was a cliffhanger all the way.

                     sincerely, Juan 702

Current event #3 12/10/11

Date:12/10/11
Name:Juan Diaz 702
Current Events Journal

Title: Animal shelter's behavior experts face life and death decisions
Author: John Owens
Source: Miami herald
The topic of the article is animal shelters
The main idea of the article is: (stated)that at the anti-cruelty society shelter in Chicago, where Karen Okura does the Asses-A-Pet method to figure out the dog's behavior.
The author’s purpose for writing this article is to teach the reader how the Asses-A-Pet method works and why some people don't think it's the best idea.
The author’s perspective in this article is unbiased because it gives the cons and pros of the asses-a-pet method.
The pattern of organization of the article is argument and support
The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is to give an argument about the Asses-A-Pet method and support it.
The text features included in the article are:Capitalization helps by  letting the author know if that's a specific name, quotation helps by letting the author know a sarcastic way of the action, and the URL helps by givng the website where the info was found.
This article is about (a summary in your own words) Karen Okura, boss of the Anti-Cruelty society in Chicago, explains what the Asses-A-Pet is and how it helps, however some scientists think it is more subjective.
The significance (importance) of this article is to let people know how people at shelters know the kind of dog they receive and to match it with someone else.
What I learned from this article is that the Asses-A-Pet method is a dog being checked by a behavioral scientist.
What I liked about this article is that it gave both the perspective of the cons and pros.
What I did not like about it is nothing.
Who should read this article and why? People who want to know how lost dogs get checked and all of that before the adoption, or even be adoption.
This article reminds me of (text-to-self) a dog that my family lost for leaving the door open and it become a stray, so maybe a shelter found it.
(text-to-text) This reminds me of a book called Pet trouble: runaway retriever by T.T Sutherland.
(text-to-world) In Moscow there are a lot of stray dogs everywhere that they have been cooperating with people on the street.
New vocabulary I learned
Word                Context Clues                                                                             Meaning
1. euthanize         " those who pass move on, but those who fail get euthanize"         To put to death.
2.condemns       "is now a weapons that condemns the average dog"                      to put in punishment
3.welfare             "Okura was paying attention to the advances in animal welfare"      health

Kingdom keepers: Disney after dark RJ 15

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,


 I am reading the book called Kingdom Keepers: Disney after dark by Ridley Pearson. I have read this book over the summer and since I plan to read "kingdom keepers II" I first have to know the plot from the first one to understand the second... well that's what I think I should do.

I picked this book to read because of the cover and how it was all gloomy yet colors that make stand out, also Eitan recommended it because he had already read this one, the second, and the third, so I asked him if he liked, and he did, he told me some of the parts in the second book and it sounded so interesting. The genre of the book was Fiction and the subgenre was fantasy because in the cover page there’s a castle and I inferred that since it is about Disney, then it is fantasy. The topic of the book is Mystery, and the theme of the story is friendship. A before reading strategy that I used was to preview the text – or skim and scan- for text features such as the title, illustrations, headings, how the writing is made, graphic aids, or anything that can help me understand the story I am reading, in this case I saw the table of contents, and I confirmed that I was going to read a book about things happening in the Disney park after it closes. Another strategy I used before starting to read the book was to identify text features such as print features; organization aids, ETC. what I found were some italic writing, and dialogue between the characters.

The conflict in the story was that the DHI have to protect the Disney Park from the overtakers led by Maleficent. The story is Man vs. supernatural because the DHI have to take on pirates, witches, ETC. when they are in Disney. The main characters in this story are: Finn, Charlene, Maybeck, Philby, and Willa are the protagonists, while the antagonist is Maleficent. The foils in the story are the other over takers, the mom and the dad of Finn, and the people at Disney. The point of view of this story is third person because of the clue words like he, she, they, it, ETC. The pattern of organization is chronological order because you see the clue words of next, later, after. The author’s purpose in writing this book is to entertain because of the genre( which is fiction) and how everything is not real and I enjoyed it. If I was in the character’s shoes I would have to tell my mom and dad about the secret of becoming a hologram every time I go to sleep, so they could help with my problem and solve it out. The author was very descriptive in scenes where the characters are all alone for example Finn Whitman alone near a lamppost near the castle in central Disney, also there were certain scenes where I felt the book come alive.

A strategy I use while I was reading the story was to predict and confirm which is used to make an inference and see if you were correct, I predicted that Maleficent wasn’t going to be defeated because the DHI were new at this I also predicted that Jez was going to be a fake friends and betray the DHIs in the end,. Another strategy I used was to reread  for confusing parts in the story.

A strategy I used when I was done with the book was to confirm my predictions while I was reading  like the first one; I was correct and the second I was wrong. The next strategy I used was to interpret a text feature that I found at the beginning of each chapter: a brush, which could the author writing the story, maybe.

A passage that really standed out was the first page, I am in chapter 20 page 172, but this one interested me the most:

"He found himself standing next to town square, in the heart of magic kingdom. In his pajamas. How'd he gotten here, he had no idea. His last memory was climbing into bed-- it felt like only minutes earlier."

This passage is important to the reader because it gives the setting and some description of the main character, Finn. I was interested because this was where all the mystery began, when I first read it it hooked me instantly.

I would recommend this book to everyone because of its hook and entertainment. I would rate this book 10/10.

                                                                                                              Sincerely,                                                                                                        Juan Diaz

A dark brown dog RJ 14

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,


I just finished the story called A dark brown dog by Stephen Crane. This was actually a pretty good story to read and I would actually recommend this book to everyone, and that includes anyone who reads this journal. I found a good paragraph on the last page: "So the dog prospered. He developed a large bark, which came wondrously from such a small rug of a dog. He ceased to howl persistently at night. Sometimes, indeed, in his sleep, he would utter little yells, as from pain, but that occurred, no doubt, when in his dreams he encountered huge flaming dogs who threatened him dire fully."
Before I read this book the cover page took my attention from the start and it was many people crowding around one kid (which was actually holding a dog, as it said in the story,) therefore I inferred that this book would include a kid who must have done a great deed to the town, I was DEAD wrong. I also thought about the title" a dark brown dog" it interested me because it could have been about anything, so it gave the mystery. While I was reading I SO had to reread many parts in the books to actually understand it. I also learned new vocabulary like the word erect which means to stand upright.
After I finished I asked myself questions on what happened in the story AND who to recommend this book to.
I was pretty tired last week, nevertheless I picked a short story, fiction. It's a short story because it only has like two characters and not that many information. There were two main characters the child, which didn't have that much info about him, and the dog, a tiny brown dog. They are the protagonists and the antagonist is the dad who starts kicking the dog. The dog changed throughout the story by changing from a tiny dog to a full grown dog. The king had to live with the dog. This story is Man vs. society because the conflict is about the kid trying to protect the dog from getting stepped on or kicked. The setting is in both time and day, however the place is usually the house. I felt kind of sad to hear that a defenseless dog is getting beat up. The author also felt sad. The moral of the story is to protect the ones you love until they can get back on their feet.
This story is third person for its angle to the characters not the author herself. The story was organized into time order, because of the different time changes of the book. The author wrote the book to entertain because she is talking about a nonliving person, made-up. The author was biased because it didn't give the perspective of both the kid and the dog.


I would rate this book 9/10 for its interesting words.


sincerely, Juan 702

Richard Peck Anonymously yours RJ # 13

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,


I just finished the book called Richard Peck: anonymously yours by Richard Peck. First of all I would like to begin by explaining that the genre of this book is memoir, I found that out because first this is the author talking about himself and since it's not his whole life, it's memoir; therefore, the point of view is first person. The central point the author is trying to make( main idea) is that Richard Peck is explaining the moment in his life where he began to become an author and he is also explaining the different books he has written. I have also found  some ways to support this main idea and most of them are factual, except the last one; he wrote the book called Monster's night at grandma's house, he went to England to the university Depauw. His neighborhood was safer than the ones today. This main idea is implied.
Before I read this I had to look if the book was a memoir in the first place, it was stated at the front of the book so it was easy to find. Also I read the synopsis to see if the book might be interesting to read or just a dull book. When I started the book I saw that some of the words were getting mixed up, therefore I had to reread that part all over again. In addition, I also figured out some new vocabulary, for example the word Chandelier, which is a glass lamp that is on top of a dinner table, fancy. In the end I asked the  5W, so I could know that I understand everything. I would also figure out who to recommend this book to and I think everyone. 


This book is compared to my life because first Richard Peck quit teaching to writing books, and when I was a little kid, I wanted to be a soccer player, however now I want to be a doctor. Even though this book is a nonfiction, this reminds me of the book the tale of desperaux by Kate Dicamillo in which Desperaux has to change his normal living mouse life to a savior. Maybe the people in the army didn't want to be a soldier in their later years, but when they saw what could have done, they join to help their country.
The essential message of this book is that if you see that there's a change needed to be in the world try to change it. In the book there were a chain of events that led to another like because Richard saw that novels needed entertaining and the celebration of an individual, he became an author in which books became awarded. The different books that he has written have been on real people in life, but on the other hand they have made up traits. Some text features I found were:
Italics- emphasize on a subject  
Quotes- give meaning to the chapter of what it is about.
Dashes- give the meaning of word.
Big spaces- change in time or different subject.
This is a book that is based on a time/memory of a person, so then the way the author should have put this book in is time order. The author wrote the book to share the experiences he had when he became an author. The author was biased because he gave the perspective of himself not other close people that were with him. There was some evidence in this book( validity and accuracy) like the author gave the exact dates for which each event happened. He gave the names of the books he used certain people in. Names of people were given. 


I would rate this book 7/10 because it was interesting but on certain parts.


Sincerely, Juan 702

The ender's hotel a memoir Rj #12

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,

I just finished the book called The Ender's Hotel: a memoir by Brandon R. Scherand. I more or less admired this book because it didn't really hook me into the story nor take me in the story. It kind described the hotel in one of the passages in the book, at the beginning. I can declare to you that this was a vulgar book, because it included the awful word translation of a donkey's behind, and the word dam. A passage that I found pretty appealing to me, found on page 20-21 was:

"I tried to shake loose but my mother's nails dug deep into my wrist, puncturing my skin until small crescent blood-moons emerged. Then in one clamorous motion she and I spilled through the cafe and out the doorway onto the sidewalk, straight into the clearest kind of daylight. She secured her grip on my wrist and started dragging me toward the Ender's bar, one door down. I fought and cried, and for the first time in my life, I hit back. The bar was open and I stayed myself in the doorway..."

My interest of this passage was great because it really showed the rough childhood that Brandon had in his early ages.  It would significant for the reader because it gave them a taste of what his childhood was like.

I, of course, had to use some strategies or I wouldn't be able to do this reader's journal or even understand the book better. I made a prediction before I read this book, based on the title. I would have seen if this book was awarded by a publisher or a company to see its value. When I began the book I had some troubles during the journey, for example the mixture words that made it seem like something else was happening, so to solve the problem I reread it many times until I got it right. After sometime I used another strategy, which was to find any word that I couldn't understand, so I used context clues. At the moment that I realized that I was done with the book I began asking I questions about the book, the 5W. Then when I was done I started thinking what kind of book this is for anyone, so I could recommend it. 

I had to figure out the genre of this book and since at the cover page it said memoir, so it's nonfiction because it happened in real life and it's just one memory of his life. The topic of this book is life problems. The main idea of this book is that when Brandon's grandparents bought the ender's hotel they thought it was going to be a place to have newer lives, but it turned out wrong. This main idea is implied because it is not really giving it right at the beginning. I would give another title to this book which is "Where to fit in?" Some supporting details of this book were that Brandon's childhood was rough, this is sensory. He had to live with his grandparents, this detail is factual. His mother was divorced many times and she was an alcoholic person, factual.

 The essential message of this story is to try to find out who you are, so you know what you are. The was a cause and an effect in this story that interested me like that because Brandon's mother was divorced many times and she had problems with her husband, Brandon ended up with his grandparents. I found some text features like the italics to emphasize the word so the reader can notice. Also there are the spaces between paragraphs that represent that a few days were passed or a subject is changed. There's the chapter title which give a conclusion of the chapter. At the end there's other books selected by the award for this book. Finally there are places where readers know other books for this author.

The pattern of organization is time order because it was actually the time between the beginning of the memory and the end. The author wrote this book to share an experience with the reader. The author's perspective is biased because it is giving Brandon's point of view. The angle in which the story was told was in first person for its saying "I, me, and I" and it is talking about himself. I couldn't find any figurative language in this story. The resources I used to know that his information was true were:

http://redroom.com/member/brandon-r-schrand/bio

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/schrand-brandon-r

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Enders-Hotel/Brandon-R-Schrand/e/9780803217690

I really knew the entire vocab in this story so I can't find that out. This story could be compared to my everyday life because sometimes there are rough times that I go through in my life when I was a kid. I would compare this book to Isaac Newton because he started his life in a hard terrain without a father. This book could be compared to real life because many children don't have the privileges that I have and grow up rough and tough. I would rate this book 2 out of five because it was quite boring most of the time.

Hope this reader's journal fits your needs.

                                           Sincerely, JUAN 702

Current event 2

Date: 11/12/11

Name: Juan Diaz 702

Current Events Journal

Title: A legacy of service: Three generations of Pines family have served in military

Author: Perry Stein

Source: The Miami Herald

The topic of the article is loyalty

The main idea of the article is: Bolivar Perez Rios was a great soldier in many wars and he was congratulated, he passed down his influenced to three more generations like his son, grandson, and great-grandson (implied)

The author’s purpose for writing this article is to give an example of one military soldier who has served his country very well.

The author’s perspective in this article is subjective (biased) because he is talking about only one soldier in the army and his perspective.

 The pattern of organization of the article is flashback

The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is because it was talking about Bolivar’s life back in the day and how he served in the army from a young age.

The text features included in the article are: Illustrations. Illustrations helps by letting the reader know who Bolivar is and his generations. Subtitles, this helps by letting the reader know which person is which. Sources and URLs helps by giving where the information can be found specifically.

This article is about (a summary in your own words) the different generations of Bolivar, a Puerto Rican soldier, who helped in the army and received many prizes like the blue heart, and the bronze star. He inspired his children, grandchildren, and soon his great grandchildren.

The significance (importance) of this article is that it lets you know how a Hispanic person helped in many wars, and this was just one person.

What I learned from this article is if you are good at something like at war, you might be able to influence other people because of your respect to the country.

What I liked about this article is that it gave an example of someone that was celebrated in veteran’s day.

What I did not like about it nothing

Who should read this article and why: people who want to know about some people who helped in wars and all of that they should read this article because it gave the example of Bolivar helping in war ever since World War 2

This article reminds me of (text-to-self) how I respect my country, Colombia, and the country I am now living in, U.S.

(Text-to-text) I would compare this to biographies of people who have died in war protecting their country.

(Text-to-world) Many people are now dying in wars like the Iraq or the rebellions in Greece of the economy.

New vocabulary I learned

Word             Context Clues Meaning

1. Memento, inference,      anything serving as a reminder.

2. Memorabilia, Example,   souvenirs

3. LCDR, definition, lieutenant commander

The Tell-Tale Heart RJ# 11

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,

I just finished reading the book called The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. This was kind of a creepy story, because it involved a little bit of the main character stalking someone. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone because it was horrible, but kind of funny because the conflict was just because of a vulture eye that an innocent old person had, and he was killed because of that. The first strategy I used before I started this strange and queer story, I skim and scanned for text features, and what I found was that at the beginning the paragraph started by a capitalization and two dashes. The other strategy I used before starting the story was to predict what was going to happen and I predicted that this story was going to be about the author writing about a tale being told that might have been interested to her. After I read the first few paragraphs and went to the second page I used other strategies like to confirm my prediction I made before and it was correct, but too general for this story. The other strategy was to reread parts for any kind of reason; maybe I didn't understand it or I just want to read it many times. When I was done I, first asked some brief questions about what had happened in the story, like what was the conflict, where did it happen, ETC. I also thought about whom to recommend this book to.

The old man in the house was the foil and the police at the end because they don't talk at all except sometimes the police. There's no protagonist because the antagonist is the author talking because she killed the old man. No one in the story is dynamic only flat because it isn't described that much. The conflict was that the author hated the old man's eye that looked like a vulture's eye and haunted her for many times, so she killed him to end the problem. The social conditions are between the eye and the author which have a problem with each other. There are no weather conditions it is Man vs. Man, so it's the author against the old man. The exposition is where the author states for use not to think of her as mad. The rising action is when the author grows problems with the eye. The climax is that the Edgar is "stalking" the old man at midnight. Falling action includes where the old man is killed. The resolution is when the cops come.

The genre of the story is short story fiction because it only has one plot, one conflict, and mostly one of everything. The setting is in a house. What I think the author felt was being irritated with that vulture eye always taunting her. What I felt when I was reading this was crazy because this story is just WRONG!!!!

I don't know the theme and I don't think there's a moral. The point of view in this story is first person because the author is talking about herself.  The author organized this book into time order because it is going through time. Edgar wrote this story to entertain the reader or maybe share. I couldn't find any figurative language and the perspective.

I would rate this book 1/5 because it was the worst.

Sincerely, JUAN 702

The invisible Detective RJ#10

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,

I just finished the book called the The Invisible Detective by Justin Richards. I really liked this book, but it's still not the best book I have ever read. I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars because it was really good, but I got bored sometimes. The strategies I used before reading this book was to skim and scan for text features, and what I found were that at the end of each chapter there was bold font, which I think meant that the author was talking about the present while most of the book takes place during the 1930s. Another strategy I used before reading the book was to figure out why I was reading this book for. For example I read this book to entertain myself because there's not that many fiction books that are informational. The strategies I used during reading this book were to check for context clues for words I didn't know, I don't remember any right now. The other strategy I used was to predict what would happen later on in the book, I predicted that Arthur Drake was an old man that might have been turned into a young kid, but actually it was his grandpa who was the person in the 1930s. After I read the book I used some strategies like to ask myself what the book was about and the setting, which was in London, Cannon Street. Another strategy I used was to find out who I might recommend this book to, I took a lot of thought and I would recommend this book to Mikey because he might like some mystery. 

A passage I thought it was interesting was on page 27:

“The Casebook of the Invisible Detective kept by the Arthur Drake and the Cannoniers (1936- )

Arthur stared in disbelief. 'But that's my name,' he heard himself saying. 'Of course.' The shopkeeper sounded pleased with himself. A space had been left for the end date, but never filled in. Underneath, in smaller writing, was an address that Arthur recognized. He stared at it, shaking his head. This just made no sense. No sense at all. 'It's impossible,' he said quietly. 'Impossible.' 'Oh?' 'It's my name,' he repeated, leafing through the brittle pages once more. 'And my address.' The old man was nodding again, his glasses glinting as the light caught the movement. ‘Anything else you notice?' he asked, creaking his voice full of anticipation. 'Yes' Arthur admitted, though he hardly dared to say it. 'This is my handwriting."

Even though this was a really, but really long passage it gave the reader a whole bunch of questions and helps you realize the conflict in the present time. This caught my eye because it said the same topic, but in different words than the synopsis.

The genre is fiction and the subgenre is mystery because there's a problem to be solved. The protagonists are Art, Meg, Jonny, Flinch, and maybe Liza. The antagonists are Liza’s dad, and a guy who tried to trap Liza in a bar. The foil is Art's dad, Agent Norris. The setting is in London, the social conditions are unknown and the weather condition is rainy. The conflict is Man Vs Man because it's the Cannoniers versus the people capturing the missing people. The tone is mysterious and the mood is exciting. The theme is partnership. I don't think there's a moral. The P.O.O is time order because it is going from today to tomorrow and the clue words, next, after, ETC. The point of view is third person because of the clue words, him, her, and them. The author's purpose is to entertain the reader and I don't think there's a perspective. 

Hope you like my RJ Mrs.Zrihen.

Sincerely, Juan 702

Current event #1

Date: 10/28/11

Name: Juan Diaz 702

Current Events Journal

Title: Will Steven Jobs's final venetta haunt Google?

Author: Michael Liedtke

Source:  Te Miami Herald

The topic of the article is stealing  

The main idea of the article is: The main idea of the article is that one of Steve Job's creations, the Iphone has been stolen by Google and changed it into the Android, and the effect of it.

This main Idea is stated.

The author’s purpose for writing this article is to inform readers that before Steve's death he wanted to do an attack against Google for stealing the Iphone idea.

The author’s perspective in this article is objective/subjective (biased) because: This article is unbiased because it talks about how Steve Job was at his most anger when his I phone was stolen, but also states that when he was young one of his products, was based on technology by others.

The pattern of organization of the article is cause and effect because it's organizing that because Google stole the Iphone idea, Steve was doing an attack on Google.

The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is that the author might want to let the reader know how the chain of events happen in the last few years.

The text features included in the article are: The subtitle under the title. This helps by letting the reader know the overall question of the story, an illustration helps by giving the reader a picture of Steve Jobs and one of his products.

, and the source in which this article was published helps by 

 letting the reader know where there might be more information on this topic.

This article is about (a summary in your own words) how when Google stole one of Steve Job's idea, he was so infuriated that he was going to do anything for them to give it back

and the money they gained from the product, so he gave an attack to Google and some of his followers made protests.

 The significance (importance) of this article is so people know that some products from Google, like the Android, are actually stolen from Apple. 

What I learned from this article is to always look on the internet about the product and see if the company made it or not or maybe to see the original company and buy it from there. 

What I liked about this article was that it gave unbiased information and I was able to know something more.

What I did not like about it  was that Google stole a product from Apple changed the name and told it was theirs.

Who should read this article and why: I think people who bought the Android should read this article, so they understand what's really going on.

This article reminds me of (text-to-self) how sometimes people steal your stuff or maybe projects or homework and say it's theirs so they get the credit for doing nothing.

(text-to-text) I don't know any other books with this topic.

(text-to-world) I would relate this to real life because there are companies who sometimes steal other companies' ideas and make them their own.

New vocabulary I learned

Word                       Context Clues                    Meaning

1. Antipathy           1.  I  infered the meaning           1.a contrariety in feeling

2.Theft             2. I looked in the words near it        2.an instinctive of stealing

3.Retaliated            3.I reread it as many times until I understand it   3.to return like for like

On the Run chase the Falconers RJ#8

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,

I just finished the book called On the Run: Chase the Falconers by Gordon Korman. I loved this book so much!!!!! I couldn't stop reading it was so exciting and very interesting. I would recommend this book to everyone in the class who liked mystery. I read this book in 2 days. I would rate this book 5 out of 5stars. I don't really remember a specific passage in the book, but I remember something:

" ... we asked our father, who was a college professor, why he was arrested and their mom, and he told them that when they discovered that a secret family member was actually a CIA agent who told them that the government needed help with tracking down enemy terrorists. They helped and the government was able to locate a terrorist, but the terrorist got the information on their hands and escaped, and the two scientists were accused of it and sent to prison for life..."

I think this is an important passage to the reader because it tells you why the whole story started and how the conflict was formed; the falconers had to find a way to prove wrong their parents.

The genre is fiction and the sub genre is mystery because one it was the book a week challenge and two it was a mystery that the falconers had to solve to find the CIA agent who can prove their parents innocent. The protagonists are Miguel, a kid who was sent to prison for Manslaughter, Meg, and Aiden. The antagonists are the police man who put to jail Meg's and Aiden's parents, Harris, and a bald man who attacked them but it didn't say his name. The setting was in a farm in Nevada, also in Chicago, and last Vermont. 

The exposition was that Aiden and Meg were in a farm/jail which they were kept in because none of their relatives would let them in and so they burned the farm to escape. The rising action was that they fled around the cornfields and stole some bikes to go to a gas station and from there to a train station. The climax was when they met Miguel and they escaped in the train to Chicago, when they got there Miguel met his brother and he wouldn't accept them in. The Falling action was when they took haircuts and started looking different and started going to Vermont to find a picture of the CIA agent. The resolution was when they got there and the bald man attack Miguel leaving him injured and the two kids ran away going to look for the CIA agent.

The problem was kind of Man VS. Society because they were running away from two things: the government and the bald man who wanted to kill them. The conflict also was that the kids had to run away from justice trying to find a CIA agent who was the only one who could prove their parent's innocence. The tone was mysterious and the mood I felt was excited.

I don't think there was a moral or theme but the point of view was third person. The P.O.O was chronological order because it was saying through time like the clue words: then, next, after, ETC.

The author's purpose in writing this book was to entertain. There was no Author's perspective and I couldn't find any figurative language.

Some before reading strategies I used in this book were to predict what was going to happen in the book by looking at the cover page and the synopsis. Another strategy I would use was to use the five finger rule to see if I didn't know any words. The during reading strategies I used was to confirm any predictions I made and make new ones, also I reread parts I didn't understand or paid attention to. Last is the after reading strategies I used were to rate my book from 1 to10 and also to ask questions about what happened in the book.

I would rate this book 5 out 5 stars.

Sincerely JUAN 702

Isaac Newton by Margaret J. Anderson RJ 8

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,

I just finished the book called Isaac Newton: The greatest scientist of all time. By Margaret J. Anderson. This was actually a pretty good book for a biography. I would recommend this book to Mikey Rogatinsky because since he wants to grow up as a scientist he should learn from past people to know how they became scientists. Overcoming every obstacle and not caring what people said about him he kept on going.

This is a mix of sentences from different paragraphs from page 1 and 2:

“She named him Isaac Newton after his father, but there was no father... Isaac Newton died in October.

Hannah's boy was born early. He was so small she could have fitted him inside a quart jug. He was so weak that she had to fix a little pillow around his neck to hold his head. On the day he was born, two women who were helping Hannah went over to the neighbor's house to fetch some medicine. They saw no need to hurry. They were so sure that little Isaac would not live until they got back that they rested on the wall"

Even though this was a pretty long paragraph I think this was a very important passage because it told that Isaac Newton was very weak when his was born, but look at him now! He's one of the world's most famous scientists. I think this is a very important passage to the reader because it makes you see how awful most of the lives of great scientists began. 

Some strategies I used before I read this book was to see the cover and the synopsis to see what the story might be about to confirm it later on in the story. The prediction I made was that this story was going to be about Isaac Newton and his harsh journey to becoming a scientist. Another strategy I used before reading this book was to skim and scan for text features that help the reader understand what's going on in the story. I mostly found illustrations about places in the story. Some strategies I used during reading were to make predictions about what was going to happen next in the story. The other strategy I used was to look for vocabulary that I didn't know, but I can't name any right now. Some after reading strategies I used were to confirm any other predictions I did and to reread parts I didn't understand.

The genre of this book is biography nonfiction because it's talking about Isaac Newton, but not himself. The topic of this story is to think because since Isaac Newton thought about many things he was able to solve more problems. The main idea of this book was that Isaac's childhoods was bad, but he was able to go forward to inventing new things and explaining others with other scientist's work. This main idea is both stated and implied because at the beginning of the book it states that his childhood was hard, but when you go far more into the story it tells you that he invented stuff. Another title I would give this book is " Isaac Newton: the world's thought man," because he thought a lot in his office and when he was a child. 

Some supporting details of this story was that once it said that Isaac Newton invented the telescope with two mirrors to see better this detail is factual, another one is that in the beginning Isaac had a rough childhood where he didn't have many friends and wasn't that liked this detail was sensory, it also states that his father was killed and his mother had left him with his grandma, but he was able to move forward when he went to grammar school where he learned Latin, finally this detail is factual.  

The essential message of this story is that you should never give up on you dreams and that if you have a problem keep it in the back of your mind and think about it when you can. 

Once Isaac Newton was very good at thinking most of his time into problems and curiosities that were sometimes lethal, and to the effect  he was able to know the travel of light and color, the laws of gravity, make a telescope, and how the moon was attracted to the Earth. I would compare Aristotle with Copernicus because they both studied outer space, but I would contrast them because Aristotle thought that Earth was the center of the universe but Copernicus disagreed and theorized that the Earth was actually going around the sun. 

Some text features I found in the story were some illustrations of places, like London where Isaac stayed most of his time and joined the social society. Also illustrations of people who were certain people the book was talking about at that time. Another one was italic writing to emphasize on words like book titles, names, ETC.The other text feature were that in the end of the book there were experiments that Isaac Newton did, which helped the reader understand his creativity. The last text feature was that in the end there was a glossary for certain words.

The pattern of organization of this story is Chronological order because it was time order from when he was born to when he died. The author's purpose was to inform the reader about Isaac Newton. There was no author's perspective. The P.O.V is third person. I couldn't find any figurative language.

I went to the library to look about Isaac Newton and it was related to the book. Also the internet and I tried not to go on Wikipedia. Finally, I looked at pictures of the places where Isaac was to see if they match with the ones in the book.

I didn't really see any unknown words in the book. 

I could compare this book to me because I always think about what is happening around the world and about problems. I could compare this book to another book " Alexander Fleming: the founder of penicillin." I would compare this book to real life because some people have to think about problems about the world and improving real life. 

I would rate this book 10/10 because it was really good.

Sincerely, JUAN 702

The Road to Calmann By Rosemary Sutiff

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,


I just finished the book the book called The Road to Calmann by Rosemary Sutiff. In the end King Arthur was in a battle against his son, Mordred, which he killed in the end, but during the fight Arthur got hurt badly on the head, so he told his assistants to carry him to the lake of avalon, where Merlin had taken him when he was little. After he was carried near the lake his sword was thrown in the lake and a stairway like path opened, and so he was carried there with his sisters welcoming him.Many days after that all the people, well most of them, were sent to the chapel where Arthur had stayed with his servant, Sir Bedivere, and they stayed there until they died and other came back like Lancelot and Guenever, the Queen.


Since I am done with the book I shall now tell the reading strategies I used after the book. First I used the confirming the predictions I made in the past to better understand the story, for example I predicted that the author used the cover page based on an event in the story and I was right because in the end when Arthur and Bedivere were in the chapel and Sir Bedivere was carrying King Arthur to the lake. This Rj might not be long because most of the stuff I have included in the past RJs but I found new settings like, Benvirick, Avalon, and other more that I forgot how to spell. 


Also the weather conditions are rainy because in the last battle it was raining and also foggy most of the time. The social conditions is that when King Arthur left to battle against Sir Lancelot his son, Mordred, took over the throne and made everyone confused about King Arthur and their loyalty. Another is that King Arthur thought that Sir Lancelot, his bravest and best knight, and Guenever, Arthur's wife/Queen, were with each other and that filled King Arthur's heart with despair and sorrow.


I couldn't talk about the book I should be reading because I want to give enough details and  not just say for each part " I haven't gotten that far in the book" and that other stuff. If you didn't find the stuff in the rubric check Reader's Journal number #6.
I would rate this book 8/10 because it was interesting, but not a cliffhanger. 


                                                                          Sincerely,
                                                                      Juan Diaz 702

The Road to Calmann By Rosemary Sutiff

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,

I am still reading the book The Road to Calmann by Rosemary Sutiff, but I plan on finishing it this week because I want to go along with the challenge. I picked this book from the library because I have sometimes heard the legend about King Arthur, so I wanted to give it a try. Before I began reading this legendary book I used some strategies like figuring out why I should read this book and if I am reading it to be informed or entertained or both, perhaps. The other strategy I used before reading this book was to look at the cover page and/or the synopsis to predict what this book was going to be about or maybe if the reader didn't like the cover then maybe reading the back will grab their attention, like the famous quote " Never judge a book by its cover." When I began reading this book I realized I had to use some strategies, so I predicted what was going to happen later in the book, for example when I predicted that Sir Urrer was going to betray Sir Lancelot. Also I reread some passage where I might be reading or daydreaming, and maybe because I didn't understand it. Some strategies I will use in the future is to confirm my prediction  that I made before and during reading the book and perhaps ask myself some questions about the book to refresh my memory. A paragraph that I found interesting and important to the reader was on the last paragraph on page 15. 

"...Lancelot, the foremost of the King's knights and Dearest friend..."

Even though this is a very small passage it showed the relationship between the King and Lancelot, so maybe thanks to that Lancelot might be the one who killed Arthur.

The genre of this book is, of course, folktale and it's a legend because the stories of Arthur are mostly legends. The Tone in this story is Adventurous because in the voice of the author you hear the excitement that is happening. The mood is exciting because I couldn't wait to know what will happen. The theme of the story is companionship from what I have read so far because Sir Lancelot was always loyal to the Queen. The angle the story is told is 3th person. The P.O.O is chronological order because of the clue words that I found that were “next, later, after, ETC." The author's purpose of writing this book was to entertain the reader and I don't think this book has neither a perspective nor a figurative language. The setting is in Lancelot and the time is day and night, the social conditions are that there have happened some cases where Sir Lancelot has to save the Queen because she is getting into problems. There are no weather conditions.

The protagonists in this story are King Arthur, Sir Bors, Sir Lancelot, and the Queen. The Antagonist is, so far, Sir Pinel and Sir Meliagraunce. The foils are the other high knights and everyone else. The plot structure is in the Rising action or inciting incident.

I would rate this book 4 out of 5 because it was very interesting but boring at times.

                                                                                  

                                               Sincerely,

                                                                      Juan 702