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The Boy Who Lived with the Bears summary The story takes place at his u ncle ' s house and in the woods. The boy is living with his u ncle who resents him. First, the u ncle leaves the boy in a cave and puts a rock over the entrence. Second, the animals roll ed the rock away so that the boy c ould get out. The animals offer to adopt the boy because he has no parents. Finally, the boy stood up to his u ncle and now has two families at the end of the story.

"Panic Bird" BCR The specaker in "Panic Bird" feels that panic is very uncomfortable. The speaker is acting like he really has a bird inside him, that shows he is very nervous. When the speaker says "machete" he really wants to kill or hurt that bird inside him. The bird that was insde him was making its self at home and then it started eating his liver and ripping him apart. Once the nervousness went away the bird lifted his wings and flew away. The speaker realizes that he is alive and the bird is gone. The author used a bird inside him because when your nervous you think your gonna explode, so when the bird spread its wings he, thought he would pop.

Winter Thunder Repsonse January 11, 2012 The author included that paragraph to talk about how dangerous blizards are. She remembered what her grandfather said because she knew it would be something important someday. Lecia remembers it because her grandfather got into a storm too and children died. Now Lecia is thinking about what her grandfather said because she is in the same situation as he was in. Im thinking that he was a school teacher as well as Lecia is.

Character Traits Response January 25, 2012 ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ The character I chose is Chuck and I chose resourceful for his character trait. I chose resourceful because he is using his surroundings well. First, Chuck is resourceful when he makes the willow tree their ‍‍‍‍‍‍home ‍‍‍‍‍‍. Second, he thinks that he could survive alone for the longest amout of time, and he is not even complaining about being hungry or cold. Finally, Chuck goes out to find food and comes back ‍‍‍‍‍saying to Lecia, "There's a critter out there." ‍‍‍‍‍So Chuck gets Bill to help him get the food, it was a calf. I know that Chuck is familliar with outdoors and knows how to survive out there ‍‍‍‍‍‍.

Dynamic Character Response January 31, 2012 Manuel is the dynamic character in the story "La Bamba." Manuel changes from frightened to confident. First, he wishes he had never raised his hand to do the talent show. This means he is very nervous because he does'nt want to do it. Second, he is ‍‍‍worried that the audience will laugh at him if he messes up, which shows he is afraid of not doing it right. Then, Manuel is very glad that he did the talent show because everyone was clapping for him. Manuel then relizes he did good in the talent shows and he was glad that he raised his hand.

=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__! Dear City Council, I think that our city council's granting permission for development of fifty condominiums along Canyon Drive should be reconsidered. I don't think this is the best plan you could have came up with. Most residents of Canyon Drive are people like me who moved here years ago. We were attracted by the peace of the location. Now, since you are planning to add on we are not so happy with it. We don't want to hear all the loud noise from the construction and then this lovely neighborhood will be all trashey and messy, so no one will want to visit. I urge all members of this community to sign a petition forcing the city council to reverse their decision. With all do respect we should have an election for city council. TONE: The speaker's attitude about the city council's decision on development was speculative, disappointed, and direct
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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 Revised BCR February 28, 2012 In the story "The Coastwatcher" Hugh and his mother seem like real people because they act like real people. First, Hugh's mother calls him to come inside but he did not want to. This shows how kids act regurly. Second, his mother was teasing Hugh for spending time looking at the water and she called him "Mr.Coastwatcher." Hugh's mother likes to joke around with him and make him happy like most adults do. Finally, she wanted Hugh to wash off the sand, he made a whinny sound, then went and did it. Many kids talk back then they let go and go do what they were told to do. This is plausible because not every kid does what they are told after they were told to do it. I can infer that Hugh and his mother have a good relashionship because of how his mother teased him about seeing a German submarine.

"The Stone" If I were Maibon I would have asked for an endless supply of food. First, if you don't get food you don't get strength and you beacome frail or threadbare. Also, if I were Maibon I would have liked to see my kids gape in suprise at the food. They would heed at the stack of food wondering what to eat next. Finally, if you have an endless supply of food you wouldn't have to worry about starving, you would always be laden with food. Maibon's family would never be in a plight situation like starvation. This is what I would ask for if I were maibon.

Abe Lincons quote and how it pertains to Maibon March 26, 2012 This quote pertains to Maibon because he thinks you will only be happy if you stay young. You are happy when you are in a good situation and sad or mad in a bad situation. If you think its going to be a good day it probobly will be it just depends on if you want to be happy or mad. You get happy when maybe you get a good grade on a test or if you get all A's on your report card. If you make someone feel good you will feel good about yourself. Maibon didn't want to get rid of the stone because he relized it was working. Then, when things were going bad he wanted it to be gone. First, if he didn't want it anymore he would have thrown it out in the field father instead of where he could find it again. Maibon relized it was causing trouble so he gave it back to Doli. He then thought about it and was happy about giving it back. Maibon became happy because he and everything else were back to normal.

April 11, 2012 Q: Choose one of the tricksters in "Doc Rbbit, 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 sow how the author creates this humor. A: Doc Rabbit is one of the tricksters in "Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby." Doc Rabbit tricks Bruh Fox by making a noise like "whooohooo, whooohooo, whooohooo." This scares Bruh Fox and he doesn't know what the sound is, so he lets Doc Rabbit go because he thinks it is a patient who needs his help. Also, Doc Rabbit tricks Bruh Fox at the end of the story when Bruh Fox is trying to think of a punishment for Doc Rabbit. He tricks Bruh Fox by saying "Oh, mercy don't do that!" Thats when Bruh Fox throws him into the thorny briar bush. The thing Bruh Fox didn't know was that those types of bushes are Doc Rabbit's home. Doc Rabbit is clever, but he didn't know he would get cought by Bruh Fox, which he still tricks in the end.The author makes Doc Rabbit funny because Doc Rabbit scares Bruh Fox and tricks him in clever ways.