Veterans Poem

“Worth it”

Veterans Day is important
Almost more important than me
Some people worked for the army
And now they can not  see
They drink and they smoke probably cigarettes and beer
But it's worth it cause now some of them  they can't even  hear
They risk their lives for us now that's what you call brave
They fight and they fight almost every single day
If you love veterans go and show them your support
You might want to do it now before it's too late then you might
End up hurt .Go Veterans
By :Jason Lovett

Investigative Journalism.Bend 1

October 28
October 21,2016  two boys ran down a quiet neighborhood in Berwyn .Behind the two boys was a big black and white German shepherd dog.Also was police sirens on the next block ! The boys were looking very suspicious they both had on hoodies and also had their hoods covering their face .The neighborhood was in south berwyn in the state of IL . The two boys were two white males and their hoodies had a high School name on it . “Morton west” with a little logo on the top of the hoodie.An elderly women around her 70”s said that. “Those boys are up to no good” that saw the two males heading towards the end of the corner.Her husband had just gone done parking his 2016 Dodge charger car.Her husband was very distraught hearing bad things happening in his neighborhood.

1st quater Reflections

In my 10 book challenge I have read numerous amount of books ,Such as The Giver,   Captain underpants,Diary of a wimpy kid ,and more but My goal is to get to 10 and I'm at 4 !and it's only the First Quarter.I am  also a quick reader but I only like to read book that interest me.I think I can read 20 books before the school year is over .20 books isn't Hard to do but it is certainly not easy especially if  I'm reading Chapter books it would kind of be a Challenge.


A strategy that has helped me throughout this quarter is annotating because the first time I read the giver I really didn't get it .And that's because I didn't annotate because the second time I read The giver I understood it much more .Annotating helps me when I need to go back in the book in pick out text evidence .But when you don't annotate it kind of takes longer to find evidence in the book .And not only with the giver but I noticed myself annotating with another book .Probably because I got use to doing it I'm good on annotating but I prefer to do it on paper instead of sticky notes because of my personal opinions.
1.It looks crazy , 2.Its Not in the way when you are trying to read , 3.You have more space to write what you want .


My goals in English language arts for the next three quarters is becoming a better writer and completing all of my work in school and out .Those are my main goals because in College I'm going to have to write essays and I don't want to have a bad essay because that will affect my grade and it can affect my Basketball ball career. And of course turning in all my work and homework that's for the rest of my school years .If I don't stop lacking from where I am right now I might end up and 8th grade again.And I do not want that. Failing and failure is not in my dictionary.I want to succeed in all my classes of only ELA .But I need to know ELA and of course math those two are the Main objects I need for the rest of my life. Because I need to know how to read write and speak ,Math I need to know how to count ,add ,subtract and multiply (I know how ).

The giver Compare and contrast The movie and book

October17th /2016 In the novel The Giver Jonas leaving the community in the book was a HUGE DIFFERENCE from the movie,because in the movie he got stopped by Asher and him and Asher got into a little fight,but in the book the Jonas already had it planned out on how he was going to leave the community.In the book when Jonas tells us his plan he states ‘I’ll leave at midnight. Jonas said .The food collectors will be finished packing up the evening-meals remains by then and the path-Maintenance Crews don't start their work that early.So there wont be anyone to see me unless of course someone is out on emergency business.”This is important because stuff that happened in the movie did not happen in the book .And the movie added more scenes in movie than in the book because in the movie they added the scene When Jonas crosses the boundary and everyone got their memories back and Color .But In the book It did not tell us about it .Another scene they added was when They where going to release The giver and Fiona.

I think he could have gotten a better actor to play the Star role of “Jonas “ In the book The Giver but he did not look the way I imagined him because in the book It states . “Jonas has pale eyes “ But in the book Jonas had brown eyes.Also he look a little older in the in the movie compared to what it sounded like in the book.In the movie he was tall with brown eyes and he had blonde hair but in the book he had brown hair .A different actor I would have picked probably would have been a younger actor with brown hair and pale eyes. “Brenton Thawites” Did not do a bad Job at his Role I kind of liked his role  But he could have did a better job at sciences with emotions .But other than that Brenton Thatwaits “Jonas” did a good Job

The Giver Theme and textual Evidence

Theme-To find love you must go through hardships
Textual Evidence- pg-172“Jonas carefully washed his injured knees ,wincing as he rubbed at the raw flesh.The constant ache of his swollen ankle was eased when he soaked it occasionally in the cold water that rushed through the roadside gullies.He was newly aware that Gabriel's safety depended entirely upon his own continued strength.” Pg-177 “Jonas tried a second time .His consciousness grasped at a whip of another warm memory,and tried desperately to hold it there enlarge it and pass it into Gabriel.” Pg-179 “Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole being willed himself to stay upright atop the sled,clutching Gabriel.” These are keys that Jonas is showing love for Gabe and going the hardships.pg-174 "He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel." Pg-175"Standing in Freezing mound that was thickening around his numb feet,Jonas opened his own tunic,held Gabriel to his bare chest,and tied the torn and dirty blanket around them both."