Speak final assessment

Speak Final Assessment

         

            1.) Last year i had a huge project coming up in school. When he explained the project i was thinking to myself “ hell no i am not doing this.”  but there was also a part that was saying you should do this you need the grade for the quarter. Because he said if you dont do this project you would be failing or close to failing.  I got home and told my parents all about the project and that i wasnt doing it because it was to hard and long. They kept telling me i had to do it. i already had a bad grade in that class to. so i would really be failing if i didnt.  By the time my parents stopped talking i was really thinking about this project and the grade i had. i Ended up doing the project and getting a decent grade on it too. That is a time when i changed my mind because of peer pressure from my parents.  I felt good going against my inner voice. If i listened to my inner voice i would have failed that quarter horribly. Good thing i got the pressure from my parents.

           2.) This year, in a football game i almost got in a fight with another kid. This was during a freshman game. A game with all the freshman, obviously. But  i was playing defense at this moment. It was almost the end of the third quarter. The other team need a first down or it would be a turnover.  The play starts and the running back gets the toss out side to my side. i chop my feet and look at him. He is looking for the first down marker. I already know where is he gets closer and i get more speed towards him and BOOM. I hit him so hard.  He gets up and starts talking trash. My inner voice is telling me not to say anything back.  “Remember last time? what happened? flag right?” That kept running through my head and it kept telling me. i finally chose just to walk back to the huddle and tackle him again even harder.

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Outside Reading Book Review

Unwind Book Review

1st quarter outside reading book review

Unwind by Neal Shusterman. Simon & Schuster books, 2009.       Genre: Fiction

    In my book i read the story line was based on three characters, Connor, Risa, and Lev. Conor is seventeen years old and is known to be a troublemaker. Risa is sixteen is a really talented girl. and the youngest is lev.  He is only thirteen years old. All three of these teens are about to be unwound. They are called tithes.  That means they will  get killed and  will donate their body parts to people who need them. Their challenge is to stay not found and  to survive. Your parents can only choose you to be unwound when your between the ages 13-18. Once you turn 18  you are free from being unwound.  All three teens eventually find out  the secret that they are  going to be unwound. So they create a plan to escape. eventually Risa and Connor got separated from lev. All the  tithes go to a graveyard to hide. eventually Connor and risa find this graveyard but then get captured by the police. They are brought to a camp that they have to find a way to escape and survive.

Quote:  "The shocking premise is unveiled immediately, and a nail-biting pace is sustained throughout, with the teens flung headlong into a true life-or-death struggle...these haunting debates will likely linger in the reader's mind even after the riveting plot fades...an ideal blend of philosophy and action set in a compelling futuristic landscape."--"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books" -Amazon

    I haven't read any other  books from Neal Shusterman but just reading this book i n tell i  would like another book from him. He uses outstanding describing words. He makes the scene so you feel  the intensity around the character. He makes you feel like you are the main character in the scenario he/shes in.

Quote from the book: “ Connor heart sinks. josias aldridge has apparently pulled another sleight of hand” (page 15).

    I liked many things about this book and author's writing style. The story was outstanding! im the person that gets bored with most every book but with this book, the unwind, I couldn't stop reading it. i could read this book over and over and never get bored. The book was action packed. The action was all over the place. Maybe 1 or 2  chapters of the book were a little slow but thats it.  I enjoyed the amount of action in this novel.

Rate: Out of 5 paws i would choose a 4. -Pounce on it

Speak Reflective Reading Quiz

Speak Reflective Reading Quiz

• Lonely
• Shy
• Secretive
• AntiSocial
• Self conscious

2) I chose lonely because in school she walks around by herself everyday. She doesn't have anyone to say hi to or anything. i also chose shy because she doesn't talk to anyone. Shes not really brave enough too. Like in the art room when she got called on she wouldn't really talk. She would reply with one word answer. Secretive is also a good characteristic of her because she is holding the biggest secret. She got raped and isn't telling anyone about it. Shes antisocial too. She doesn't talk to anyone. she tries not to either. She tries to talk as less as she can. Lastly Self conscious. Melinda worries about everything she does. She Doesn't want anyone to notice her.

3) I think Antisocial is the best word that describes melinda this far into the book. She is doing everything by herself and not with no friends or anything.

4) One part in the book thats explains this is the best word is when shes in her art class and gets called on and she only replys with one word answers. She gets called up too draw a tree and doesn't even say anything. she just gets up to the board and draws and terrible one.

Also when she is at lunch and is walking to sit down to an empty table. She sits alone at lunch. She does not bother to sit with anyone because she's too shy.