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"The Boy Who Lived with the Bears"

A young boys parents die d and he has to live with his crazy minded uncle. First, his uncle d es pi s es him and takes him into the woods. The uncle takes the nephew into a cave, then blocks the cave with the boy inside. Second, the animals come and untrap the cave for the boy. The animals say he can pick someone to live with. Third, when the uncle comes into the woods to hunt, the boy stands-up to his uncle. Finally, they all live together at the end with the bears. Elders and children should treat each other with respect.

-Leah Smith

BCR: In "Panic Bird" how does the speaker of the poem feel about panic? Use details and examples from the text to sopport your response.

January 4,2012 The speaker feels very negative about panic. The speaker exagerates about panic. For example, it says "I fill with black blood, black bile." The speaker doesn't really fill with black bile(poison), he just says that to exagerate the poem. He wanted to show that he was paniced.

January 11,2012 Explain why the author included the paragragh below?

The author included this paragragh because Lecia is trying to tell everyone that they can't give up. They have to keep walking until they find shelter. She has to keep the kids going and Chuck until they have found shelter because they are in danger out in the freezing cold and while it is snowing. Lecia doesn't want their situation to turn out like her grandfathers.

-Leah Smith

Winter Thunder January 25,2012

‍‍‍‍‍‍Chuck is very resourceful. First, he says "There is a critter out there"( he found food.) Second, what he does is he uses the willow for fire wood and shelter. Third, what he thinks is that he can make it out by himself and he found a calf. Fourth, the calf that Chuck found and skinned, was used for meat. He shared it with the children and made sure that they had food first. I believe that Chuck was very resourceful throughout the whole story. At the beggining, all he cared about was himself, not anyone else. As the story went on, he started to think more aout the kids.

‍‍‍‍‍‍ -Leah Smith

Dynamic Character Response January 31,2012

Manuel is the dynamic character of "La Bamba". First, he was frantic b/c he didn't know what was going to happen. He was nervous that the outcome would be the same as a previous mishap. Finally in the end, he became more confident. The outcome of him singing was fantastic. Everyone thought he was great. He did a great job handling the record sticking too. He could have easily just walked off stage, but he kept it together and sang. Thats a brave person right there.

-Leah Smith

=REWRITING TONE=

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__!
 * =Mr. Cook's Example= || =Student Example= ||
 * //Paragraph//
 * TONE**: The speaker’s/author’s attitude about the city council’s decision on development was //frustrated, angry, disgruntled, aggravated// ||

Rewrite Tone February 15,2012

I don't think that the council quit thought this through. I beleive you should reconsider this decision on the neiborhoods behalf. We have lived here for years because it is most always quiet. Now that the construction has started, it's very loud and desturbing. I strongly urge you to reconcider this matter. Tone: The speaker's/author's attitude about the city council's decision on development was calm and whimsical.

"The Stone" BCR March 20,2012

Well, first of all, I would be gaping at him in disbelief because I have never seen a dwarf before. I would probably ask if he could fix my arm because it is very frail from being in a cast for such a long time. I would also ask of this because my brace is getting very annoying and threadbare. If he were to ask how I broke it, I would tell him the the plight story and I would hope that he would pay me heed while I talked. But in the long run, it all turned out vainly.

April 12,2012

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 your response, use specific details and examples that show how the author creates this humor.

Doc Rabbit is one of the tricksters that shows humor in "Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby". Doc Rabbit was working on the house and got thirsty. So, he went "Whoo-wee, Whoo-wee" to make Bruh Fox think that he was going to help a paient when he was really getting a drink. This is funny because this is part of his sceme to make Bruh Fox think he is helping someone. Another example is when Doc Rabbit got stuck in Tar Baby and said "I'm mad now! I'm agone use my head." This is funny because he is trying to head- butt Tar Baby. I can infer that Doc Rabbit needs to pick carefully who he tricks because Bruh Fox figured it out and tricked him back.