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