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Winter Thunder Character Trait Response The character I chose was Chuck. Chucks character trait is resourceful.First, Chuck says more than once "‍he can survive on his own and he will leave" ‍. ‍This means that he can by himself with the things around him ‍.Second, He cut the willow branchs so he can make a fire. This shows he can make a fire by prior experince.Finally, He thinks he can do things on his own to help himself survive. I can infer he knows he can survive out in nature with the things it provide.

Dynamic character responce The character in the story that is dynamic is Manual. Manual changes from fearful to confident in the story. In the story to show he is fearful first, he starts to think about his first grade project and how he embarrassed himself. Then, when Mr.Roybal asked him if he was ready and he said yeah. These details show that he is really fearful about his performance. In the end of the story he is confident by first, staying on stage and singing when the record started to skip. Also, when he was finished performing people congratulated him for his performance and people that never talked to him before started talking to him. That shows how he got confidence at the end of the story.

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I __deeply resent__ our city council’s granting permission for the development of fifty condominiums along Canyon Drive. The plain truth is, __the plan stinks__! Most residents of Canyon Drive are people like me who moved here years ago. We were attracted by the peace of the location. Now, for __no good reason__, we __have been betrayed__ by our elected officials. We face the __nightmare__ of listening to the __racket of construction work around the clock__ and of seeing our lovely neighborhood turned into heaven knows what. The prospect __makes me sick__. It is __maddening__ that the city council, in one __careless decision__, can __destroy__ the lifestyles that we have worked so hard to achieve. I urge all members of this community to sign a petition forcing the city council to reverse their decision. Failing that, we should __vote the bums out of office__! I would like you to think about your decision of granting permission for the development of fifty condominiums along Canyon Drive. The plain truth is, your isn't the best one. Most residents of Canyon Drive are people like me who moved here years ago. We were attracted by the peace of the location. Now, you have made the people of Canyon Drive upset and we're the one's who put you in office. We have to listen to the noice of the construction everyday and watch our nieghborhood be destroyed, into something we don't like. The prospect makes not feel good in the stomach. It is crazy that in one say you can change people's life style. I have made a petition for everyone in the community to sign so you can stop the construction. If I fail at this I won't stay mad at you. Sincerely, council person Tone is:modest
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 * TONE**: The speaker’s/author’s attitude about the city council’s decision on development was //frustrated, angry, disgruntled, aggravated// ||

The Coastwatcher The author makes Hugh and his mom seem real because they have a arguement. First, It says " Hugh's mother called him, telling him to come in." Second it said " Hugh told her, not yet. After she demanded, Right this minute! he reluctanly came in." "Finally, His mother thought he was overdoing it because he had been out om the beach for two hours." I know that parents tell their kids to do something, but the child says no. This seems plausible because a mother and their child normally argue and bicker back and forth and the parent normally wins the arguement. She is being cautious towards her child because he has been out in the sun to long. From my experience with arguements my normally wins, for example yesturday I got in trouble in school and my mom said I couldn't go to baseball camp and we argued back and forth, but she won.

Revised BCR

The author makes Hugh and his mom seem real because they have a arguement. First, it says " Hugh's mother called him, telling him to come in." Most moms tell their kids when it's time to come in. Second, it said " Hugh told her, Not yet." Kids normally say they don't want to go inside yet and disobey their parent. Finally, his mother thought he was out on the beach to long. Moms normally worry about their children's health and how long they should and shouldn't be somewhere.

Exercise C I would have asked for myself to heed things and never have vainly times. I would want to be laden with muscles and not frail. I also would want people to gape at me and not make retort comments at me.

__**Writing Prompt from "The Stone"**__


 * Abe Lincoln said, “People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Explain how this quote pertains to Maibon. Include details and examples from the story to support your response.**

The quote "People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be" coulld mean different things. A person may act happy on the outside, but be unsatisfied with their self on the inside. First, Maibon looked and acted like he would was satisified with himself, but he was really unsatisified with his aging. Second, he was so unsatisified with himself that he tried to keep himself from aging. Third, he wasn't worried about anybody or anything around him, just himself not aging. Finally, he found out he was happy with himself on the inside and outside he gave up trying to change and became satisified with himself. media type="file" key="cooper.wav" width="270" height="45"
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Choose one of the tricksters in "Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby" and describe how the author uses humor to express that character. In yuor responce, use specific details and examples that show how the author creates this humor.

The trickster I chose was Doc rabbit for what he did to Bruh Fox. First, Doc Rabbit starts to make the noise "whooo-wheee, whooo-wheee". This shows humor because Doc Rabbit is scaring Bruh Fox into letting him leave and get cream in the brook. Second, Doc Rabbit says "I still got my head." It is humorous because Doc Rabbit ends up getting his head stuck in the Tar Baby which is funny. Finally, Doc Rabbit says "Oh I like fires", and Bruh fox came up with a different idea to throw him in the briar patch and Doc Rabbit said he didn't want to go in their, but he did want to. The author is showing humor because she has Doc Rabbit trick Bruh Fox into throwing him in a place he wanted to go. Doc Rabbit is a clever, but a gyp person too.

April 11, 2012