RJ#16

Dear, Ms.Zrihen

I am reading “the giver” by Lois Lowry. The genre is fantasy. The characters are Jonas, the giver, his mom, his dad, Asher, and his sister. The author’s purpose is to entertain. The point of view is third person. The conflict is characters vs. society.  Jonas is getting ready to be 12 and 12 the head of the community assigns jobs to everybody that is going to be a 12. So the leader called everybody except for Jonas and so Jonas was last because he was chosen to become the next receiver of memory because he was a good student in school and didn’t know what he wanted to become. Tomorrow comes and it’s their first day of training so he goes after school to go work with the old receiver of memory.

When he goes to the building he hesitates to say his name. Once he walks in he says hello to the person at the desk. So the women at the pressed the button on the desk so that It opens a door to find a bed, table, and furniture. There were a lot of books everywhere in his office. The  receiver of memory tells Jonas stories of when he was about Jonas age. Then he uses a metaphor describing snow. Jonas asked a question which was what snow is because he doesn’t know what snow is. The man tells him to get on the bed and put your face on the top of the bed. Then Jonas asks what are you doing and he says explain what snow is. The rating I would give the book is 5 out of 5.

Sincerely,

current event #3

Title: animal shelter’s behavior experts face life and death decisions for animals ________________________________________________________________________________________

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Who should read this article and why the mayor should read this because he could pass a law saying it is a legal to kill pets.______________________________________________________________

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New vocabulary I learned

Word Context Clues Meaning

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1. minimal , specilsts wear minimal protection during evaluations, protective gear 

RJ#15

Dear ms.zrihen,

I am reading the book “the giver” by Lois Lowry. The author’s purpose is to entertain. The genre is fantasy.  The characters are Jonas, the giver, his dad and mom, and his sister. The point of view is third person. Jonas is 11 and is turning 12. His takes care of little adopted children. One day a plane flies over the village and they announce that everyone should be inside. So everyone does the plane a black plane. The announcer said it was just that the pilot lost his direction. When he was eating dinner the family had to say a word and why they that way. When they were done dinner his mom told his sister to put on her pajamas and Jonas stayed and his parents stayed to talk about when he was turning 12.

Sincerely,

siraj