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"The Boy who Lived with the Bears" is about a boy living with his crazy minded uncle. The setting of this story is at the uncle's house and the woods. The story begins with the uncle trapping the boy in a cave and leaving him there. Next, the animals help the boy out of the cave and the boy lives with the bears. Finally, the uncle goes hunting and the n the boy stand up to him and his two families are now one family. The lesson of this story is : F amily is important, but you need to repect them to keep them.

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

The speaker does not like the feeling of panic. This shows when it says "Rattling ribs like a birdcage" this means their heart is pounding in their chest because they're nervous. "But it approches from behind" means the feeling took them by surprise, they didn't expect it. "I'd fend it off with machete or baseball bat." This means the speaker wants to get rid of the panic building up inside them, they want it to go away. "And then I'm prey to panic again." This could mean that panic is a normal feeling for this person, it happens often but they still don't expect it.

The author included the paragraph because she was explaining why the had to stick together. Lecia was telling the group that they had to find shelter and not get seperated because the were in a dangerous situation, a blizzard could cause frostbite, hypothermia, freezing to death and more. It is important to stay in a group in a situations that could cause death. It is important to include a paragraph or two explaining what they should/are going to do in the story.

Character Trait BCR

‍‍‍‍The character I chose is Chuck and the character trait is‍‍‍‍‍ resourceful ‍‍‍‍‍. He is resourceful because he used some things in the ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍tree ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ and a match that was in his pocket to make a fire. And when he had left the tree he came back to say "There's a critter stuck in the snow." this shows he had found some food. Also Chuck believes that he could survive on his own. These are the reasons I believe Chuck is resourceful. ‍‍‍‍

Dynamic Character Response

The dynamic character in "La Bamba" is Manuel. I know he is a dynamic character because he had changed from a nervous character to a confident character. ‍First, he was asking himself why he had raised his hand in the first place. Then, even though the record got stuck he did not walk off the stage, he just kept going.

=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// ||

The Coastwatcher BCR

The author makes Hugh and his mother seem real because she made thenm bicker once in a while. An example of theis is when Hugh's mother called him in and he said "Not yet, Mama". I know that most kid continuously for more time to do the things they want to do. Another example is when Hugh's mother said "Oh, no, you don't. Go wash off that sand." Knowing mothers, she wants the house and Hugh clean, This shows she cares. She also teases Hugh about seeing a German submarine and calls him "Mr. Coastwatcher" Hugh doesn't respond, showing he doen't want to say what he thought he saw. Most kids keep secrets, not wanting to tell the truth. I know from these examples, how the author makes them seem realistic,‍