Friday, July 25, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Literary Luminary
Paragraph 2. Page 73
They had been killed by germens against which their systems could not fight; killed, after all man’s machines had failed, by the smallest things that God has put on this Earth.
***** I choose this paragraph because I think that this is a good part of the book in which we discovered how the Martians were killed and I was waiting to know how they died.
Paragraph 5. Page 77 & 78
‘The house is deserted,’ said a voice. ‘No one has been here for ten days. Don’t stay home and make yourself unhappy. No one escaped except you.’
I was shocked. Had I spoken my thought aloud? I turned, and the door to the garden was open behind me. I took a step towards it and stood looking out.
And there, amazed and afraid, as I too stood amazed and afraid, were my cousin and my wife – white and tearless. She gave a faint cry.
***** I choose this other paragraph because after all he is been through there was a happy ending and I was worth it because he found out that his wife was still alive and I felt happy to read this paragraph because they both end up together, because I never imagine that was dead and didn’t end up to get her.
They had been killed by germens against which their systems could not fight; killed, after all man’s machines had failed, by the smallest things that God has put on this Earth.
***** I choose this paragraph because I think that this is a good part of the book in which we discovered how the Martians were killed and I was waiting to know how they died.
Paragraph 5. Page 77 & 78
‘The house is deserted,’ said a voice. ‘No one has been here for ten days. Don’t stay home and make yourself unhappy. No one escaped except you.’
I was shocked. Had I spoken my thought aloud? I turned, and the door to the garden was open behind me. I took a step towards it and stood looking out.
And there, amazed and afraid, as I too stood amazed and afraid, were my cousin and my wife – white and tearless. She gave a faint cry.
***** I choose this other paragraph because after all he is been through there was a happy ending and I was worth it because he found out that his wife was still alive and I felt happy to read this paragraph because they both end up together, because I never imagine that was dead and didn’t end up to get her.
CRITICAL THINKER
1. - What things would you have taken from your home?
= I think that I would have taken food, clothing and important documents. By my mind I wouldn’t think to have taken any furniture.
2. – When you read: “The Martians are coming” What did you feel? What would you do?
= I felt fear so I would have run to a secure place.
3. – How do you think they would kill the Martians?
=I think that they should use bombs, but first get the people to safe place.
4. – What ending would you like for this book?
= The narrator will find his brother, the Martians will die and the people will live and go back to their life’s.
= I think that I would have taken food, clothing and important documents. By my mind I wouldn’t think to have taken any furniture.
2. – When you read: “The Martians are coming” What did you feel? What would you do?
= I felt fear so I would have run to a secure place.
3. – How do you think they would kill the Martians?
=I think that they should use bombs, but first get the people to safe place.
4. – What ending would you like for this book?
= The narrator will find his brother, the Martians will die and the people will live and go back to their life’s.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
SUMMARIZER "WAR OF THE WORLDS"
Chapters 1 - 5
In the last years of the nineteenth century, no one believed that this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than our own. At most people believed there might be living things on Mars, perhaps less developed than us and ready to welcome visitors.
The end of all life, which is a distant possibility for us, is an immediate problem for the Martians. The attack came six years ago. Towards midnight on 12 August, one astronomer noticed a great cloud of hot gas on the surface of the planet. There was another sudden cloud of gas from the distant planet as a second missile started on its way to Earth from Mars, just under twenty-four hours later after the first one. Only a few nights later, the first falling star was seen towards the east. The Thing itself lay almost completely buried in the earth. The uncovered part looked like an enormous cylinder, about thirty meters across each end. It’s a cylinder –an artificial cylinder! And there’s something inside.’
The crowd around the pit had increased to a couple of hundred people, perhaps. A big grayish round creature, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. The Martians were using some kind of invisible ray. The fear I felt was panic – terror not only of the Martians but of the dark and stillness all around me. A few minutes earlier there had only been three things in my mind: the great size of the night and space and nature, my own weakness and unhappiness, and the near approach of death.
My wife was shocked when she saw me, because I looked so tired and dirty. I went into the dinning- room, sat down, and told her the things that I had seen.
One or two adventurous people went into the darkness and crawled quite near the Martians, but they never returned, because now and again a light- ray swept round the common, and the Heat- Ray was ready to follow. And all night the sound of hammering could be hard as the Martians worked, on the machines they were making ready. A few seconds after midnight the crowd in the Chertsay Road, Woking, saw a star fall from the sky into the woods to the north-west. This was the second cylinder.
During the day the Martians did not show themselves. They were busy in the pit, and there was the sound of hammering and column of smoke.
It was an enormous tripod, higher than many houses, stepping over the young trees. It was a walking engine of shining metal. Then suddenly, the trees in the wood ahead of me were pushed to the side and a second enormous tripod appeared, rushing, as it seemed, straight towards me.
The tripod walked slowly over the common. A kind of arm held a complicated metal case, out of which the Heat- Ray flashed as it killed anyone who was still moving.
In the last years of the nineteenth century, no one believed that this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than our own. At most people believed there might be living things on Mars, perhaps less developed than us and ready to welcome visitors.
The end of all life, which is a distant possibility for us, is an immediate problem for the Martians. The attack came six years ago. Towards midnight on 12 August, one astronomer noticed a great cloud of hot gas on the surface of the planet. There was another sudden cloud of gas from the distant planet as a second missile started on its way to Earth from Mars, just under twenty-four hours later after the first one. Only a few nights later, the first falling star was seen towards the east. The Thing itself lay almost completely buried in the earth. The uncovered part looked like an enormous cylinder, about thirty meters across each end. It’s a cylinder –an artificial cylinder! And there’s something inside.’
The crowd around the pit had increased to a couple of hundred people, perhaps. A big grayish round creature, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. The Martians were using some kind of invisible ray. The fear I felt was panic – terror not only of the Martians but of the dark and stillness all around me. A few minutes earlier there had only been three things in my mind: the great size of the night and space and nature, my own weakness and unhappiness, and the near approach of death.
My wife was shocked when she saw me, because I looked so tired and dirty. I went into the dinning- room, sat down, and told her the things that I had seen.
One or two adventurous people went into the darkness and crawled quite near the Martians, but they never returned, because now and again a light- ray swept round the common, and the Heat- Ray was ready to follow. And all night the sound of hammering could be hard as the Martians worked, on the machines they were making ready. A few seconds after midnight the crowd in the Chertsay Road, Woking, saw a star fall from the sky into the woods to the north-west. This was the second cylinder.
During the day the Martians did not show themselves. They were busy in the pit, and there was the sound of hammering and column of smoke.
It was an enormous tripod, higher than many houses, stepping over the young trees. It was a walking engine of shining metal. Then suddenly, the trees in the wood ahead of me were pushed to the side and a second enormous tripod appeared, rushing, as it seemed, straight towards me.
The tripod walked slowly over the common. A kind of arm held a complicated metal case, out of which the Heat- Ray flashed as it killed anyone who was still moving.
FINAL THOUGHTS
1. - Who are the characters in the novel? If you could be any of characters in the novel, which would you be and why?
= Saul, Sue, Ruth, Caroline, Captain Marrs, Dick Lane, Peter, Marc, the Controller, Wind.
I will like to be a Saul, because he saves the dolphins.
2. - What do you think was Saul’s reaction when Ruth explained to him about the dolphins? How did you feel?
= He was mad and he felt sad, disappointed.
3. - Describe the setting of the story. How is the year 2051 like? What role do computers play in 2051? Make a list of ways in which the world in the story is different from the world day.
= It’s a virtual world; the people don’t do anything at all, the computer does everything. In this world you can’t do virtual walks. You can see the people, touch them and do everything
4. - How did reading this novel affect you?
= I imagine everything when I read and I felt sad because the dolphins died, but at the end I felt so happy because they do save the dolphins and they are still alive.
5. - Who is the main character of the novel? Describe how you are like the main character of this novel. Describe how you are different than the main character of this novel.
= Saul. If I would done the same things as Saul did because I too like the dolphins. The difference between Saul and I is that he lives in a virtual world and I don’t.
6. - If you could give the main character a piece of advice, what would you suggest?
= He could be a better person. When he was in Caroline’s house he could have insisted on believing him.
= Saul, Sue, Ruth, Caroline, Captain Marrs, Dick Lane, Peter, Marc, the Controller, Wind.
I will like to be a Saul, because he saves the dolphins.
2. - What do you think was Saul’s reaction when Ruth explained to him about the dolphins? How did you feel?
= He was mad and he felt sad, disappointed.
3. - Describe the setting of the story. How is the year 2051 like? What role do computers play in 2051? Make a list of ways in which the world in the story is different from the world day.
= It’s a virtual world; the people don’t do anything at all, the computer does everything. In this world you can’t do virtual walks. You can see the people, touch them and do everything
4. - How did reading this novel affect you?
= I imagine everything when I read and I felt sad because the dolphins died, but at the end I felt so happy because they do save the dolphins and they are still alive.
5. - Who is the main character of the novel? Describe how you are like the main character of this novel. Describe how you are different than the main character of this novel.
= Saul. If I would done the same things as Saul did because I too like the dolphins. The difference between Saul and I is that he lives in a virtual world and I don’t.
6. - If you could give the main character a piece of advice, what would you suggest?
= He could be a better person. When he was in Caroline’s house he could have insisted on believing him.
CHAPTER 20
The next day, during a virtual concert on the Web, Caroline started talking about Saul. She repeated everything he had told her about the Captain Marrs and the Music Rooms, and how they were hurt in order to make music. As she was speaking Dick Lane came into the recording studio and fired her dead.
CHAPTER 17
1. - I want him found: Captain Marrs
2. - They hated screen watching: Narrator
3. - I’ll check in the laptop: Sue
4. - They lay without moving: Narrator
5. - We’re too late: Saul
6. - Good morning, What can I do for you?: The computer
2. - They hated screen watching: Narrator
3. - I’ll check in the laptop: Sue
4. - They lay without moving: Narrator
5. - We’re too late: Saul
6. - Good morning, What can I do for you?: The computer
CHAPTERS 14, 15 & 16
1. - Why did Saul and Sue feel Sad and angry when they left Caroline’s house?
= Because Caroline doesn’t believe that he said about the music rooms, dolphins and Captain Marrs. She wanted to call the police, but only for her love him no do it.
2. - Why while Captain Marrs questioned Caroline, she decided to make herself sound unintelligent?
= Caroline decided that whatever she now thought, she should make herself sound stupid, as if her only world was music.
3. - Give reasons why Caroline believed or not believed in Saul’s worlds.
= BELIEVED: Because she loves and she lied at Captain Marrs about Saul said her.
NOT BELIEVED: Because never stayed together only in a walk virtual.
4. - Do you think Saul really loved Caroline or vice versa?
= I think Saul did love her, because he trusted she and also they talk every day and he could rely on her help when ever he needed her. Caroline doesn’t trust him, but at the end she told the true about Captain Marrs in her concert and she died loving Saul.
= Because Caroline doesn’t believe that he said about the music rooms, dolphins and Captain Marrs. She wanted to call the police, but only for her love him no do it.
2. - Why while Captain Marrs questioned Caroline, she decided to make herself sound unintelligent?
= Caroline decided that whatever she now thought, she should make herself sound stupid, as if her only world was music.
3. - Give reasons why Caroline believed or not believed in Saul’s worlds.
= BELIEVED: Because she loves and she lied at Captain Marrs about Saul said her.
NOT BELIEVED: Because never stayed together only in a walk virtual.
4. - Do you think Saul really loved Caroline or vice versa?
= I think Saul did love her, because he trusted she and also they talk every day and he could rely on her help when ever he needed her. Caroline doesn’t trust him, but at the end she told the true about Captain Marrs in her concert and she died loving Saul.
CHAPTERS 11, 12 & 13
1. - Explain the reasons which Saul did not want to travel with Sue?
= Because he thinks the crazy idea, and he didn’t enjoy the idea and she was the rudest person he had ever met.
2. - What was the purpose of the small computer chip?
= To save the numbers of the tunnel workers.
3. - Explain the reasons Sue and Ruth became a terrorist?
= Three years ago the Sue’s husband died, when he visit a friend, but unfortunately his house was next door to the house where a terrorist lived. And the Captain Marrs sent him back to Sue as a warning. Robert died the next day. Sue was arrested, and that’s why Ruth set up PACE and rescued her.
4. - Why did Saul think Sue was rude?
= Because when he met Sue, she ignore him when he said Hi, at Sue.
CHAPTERS 8, 9 & 10
Answer two questions only.
1. - Do you believe that Saul and Sue will arrive to Neumatt alive?
= Yes, because Sue know the path, and they would do everything possible to save the dolphins.
2. - What were Saul’s thoughts when he was traveling through the tunnel with Ruth and Sue?
= He thought the things that he lost for example he’s home, music collection and job.
1. - Do you believe that Saul and Sue will arrive to Neumatt alive?
= Yes, because Sue know the path, and they would do everything possible to save the dolphins.
2. - What were Saul’s thoughts when he was traveling through the tunnel with Ruth and Sue?
= He thought the things that he lost for example he’s home, music collection and job.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Chapter 10
Who...
a.- Wanted to watch everything that happened on the web?
= Control
b.- Did all the real work?
= The tunnel people
c.- Started a fire to burn the forest down?
= Captain Marrs
d.- Made the fire even bigger to get Marrs into the trouble?
= PACE
e.- Was going to stay behind the caves?
= Ruth
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
CHAPTER 11
Dick took two BEATCON soldiers into the forest without the Captain permission, they both got kill because they weren't trained to operate there and on top of that he didn't killed or arrest any terrorist.
Dick felt sorry for his actions when he thought he was doing something good to catch Grant.
Captain Marrs explained that Dick's actions were actually a good idea but instead he would have taken a dozen jetbikes not three and special trained men not two untrained men.
Dick thought that he was going to be sent to the tunnels because of his failure but Captain Marrs gave him one more chance so he could kill them, but if he make one more mistake he will be out.
Marrs order Dick to put a wanted for murded notice for Grant on the Web for killing two BEATCON soldiers and included pictures of them on the notice. Marrs found out who lived in those old people's houses, it was Sue´s grandmother. Sue had being in the wanted list too. They added Sue to that same wanted list with Saul. They are now a dangerous couple enemies of Control. To persuade people for information they are going to put the mother's of the BEATCON boy's on the Web crying and asking for information and that keeping information about Saul and Sue is a serious crime.
Chapter 6
Who said what? Be specific on the details.
**He's going to be useless in the journey:
Sue. She talk with her granmother Ruth about Saul who didn't never seen BEATCON.
**Where are we going?:
Saul. He asked at Ruth in a panic when she opened a door in the floor that led down to a tunel.
**I think I was right to choose him:
Ruth. She talk with Sue about Saul and her tell that Saul isn't stupid.
**Marrs won't bother me:
Peter. When he laughed and he said at Ruth 'be careful'.
**He's going to be useless in the journey:
Sue. She talk with her granmother Ruth about Saul who didn't never seen BEATCON.
**Where are we going?:
Saul. He asked at Ruth in a panic when she opened a door in the floor that led down to a tunel.
**I think I was right to choose him:
Ruth. She talk with Sue about Saul and her tell that Saul isn't stupid.
**Marrs won't bother me:
Peter. When he laughed and he said at Ruth 'be careful'.
Chapter 5
Answer with specific details.
Who wants to save the dolphins? Why?
**Saul, Sue and Ruth because they loved the dolphins and they want to go to rescue them
Who thinks that Ruth's crazy and why?
**Saul because she wants him to go save the eight dolphins in Switzerland.
Who is rude and why?
**Sue because she didn't answer the question of Saul and she didn't even said 'hello' or 'how nice to meet you'.
Who wants to scan Saul's eyes. Why?
**Sue because his eyes must be on the computer memory bank so they can open the door.
What do you think Saul is going to do?
**He's going to escape and try to save the dolphins.
Who wants to save the dolphins? Why?
**Saul, Sue and Ruth because they loved the dolphins and they want to go to rescue them
Who thinks that Ruth's crazy and why?
**Saul because she wants him to go save the eight dolphins in Switzerland.
Who is rude and why?
**Sue because she didn't answer the question of Saul and she didn't even said 'hello' or 'how nice to meet you'.
Who wants to scan Saul's eyes. Why?
**Sue because his eyes must be on the computer memory bank so they can open the door.
What do you think Saul is going to do?
**He's going to escape and try to save the dolphins.
Chapter 4
Why does the Controller say about Saul "I don't think he'll be alive for very much longer"? What is going to happen?
Because he is shooting at the picture of Saul's head. They will try to kill him because they think he is a terrorist.
Because he is shooting at the picture of Saul's head. They will try to kill him because they think he is a terrorist.
Chapter 4
Describe the following character's personalities:
Saul: He's a music critic, he loved music and he love writing music.
Caroline: She played the cello, she's Saul girlfriend and she would go on virtual walks with Saul.
Dick Lane: He was a young men, he do exercise and he is in a good health. He wanted to be just like Capitain Marrs
The Controller: Head of Control
Capitan Marrs: He's the head of BEATCON,people are always afraid of him.
Ruth: Old woman, she has the hability to use the computer to do her own shopping, cleaning and cooking. She was a bright, lively woman with a loud laugh.
Saul: He's a music critic, he loved music and he love writing music.
Caroline: She played the cello, she's Saul girlfriend and she would go on virtual walks with Saul.
Dick Lane: He was a young men, he do exercise and he is in a good health. He wanted to be just like Capitain Marrs
The Controller: Head of Control
Capitan Marrs: He's the head of BEATCON,people are always afraid of him.
Ruth: Old woman, she has the hability to use the computer to do her own shopping, cleaning and cooking. She was a bright, lively woman with a loud laugh.
EXTRA CREDIT
Write a short letter to a friend about something that happened to you that made you feel especially happy, annoyed, proud, or anxious.
Dear friend Laura:
Hi!! I hope that you are well when by the time you read this letter. I'm very well. Indeed and the reason that I'm writing today is to tell you about my weekend trip to Garner State Park. It was indeed an excellent and fun.
I was really happy because I went with my family and friends, and we got to set up the tents and we made the food on the fire.
The next day we went swimming to the river all day, the climate was beautiful and at night we went back to the tents and we made marshmellows on the fire.
On Sunday we got everthing on to the trucks and come back to San Antonio.
I hope one day you will go with us, and I hope you write me back.
Your friend: Iris
Dear friend Laura:
Hi!! I hope that you are well when by the time you read this letter. I'm very well. Indeed and the reason that I'm writing today is to tell you about my weekend trip to Garner State Park. It was indeed an excellent and fun.
I was really happy because I went with my family and friends, and we got to set up the tents and we made the food on the fire.
The next day we went swimming to the river all day, the climate was beautiful and at night we went back to the tents and we made marshmellows on the fire.
On Sunday we got everthing on to the trucks and come back to San Antonio.
I hope one day you will go with us, and I hope you write me back.
Your friend: Iris
VOCABULARY
17.- Wolves: Wolf
**The wolves howl at night.
18.-Roots: The part of a plant, usually underground, that anchors the plant, draws water from the soil, etc.
**My plants have a longer roots.
19.-Howl: To utter the long wailing cry of wolves, dogs, etc.
**The dogs howls in the middle of night.
20.-Beaten: To hit repeatedly; pound.
**The cops were beaten a suspect.
**The wolves howl at night.
18.-Roots: The part of a plant, usually underground, that anchors the plant, draws water from the soil, etc.
**My plants have a longer roots.
19.-Howl: To utter the long wailing cry of wolves, dogs, etc.
**The dogs howls in the middle of night.
20.-Beaten: To hit repeatedly; pound.
**The cops were beaten a suspect.
VOCABULARY
13.- Gasped: To inhale suddenly; as in surprise, or Bret the with effort.
**I don't gasp when I'm in front of the other people.
14.- Leader: One that leads; guiding head.
**My leader is very angry with me, because I'm late today.
15.- Aims: To direct (a weapon, blow, etc.) so as to hit.
**I have good aim with the gun.
16.- Oldie: an old joke, saying, song, movie, etc.
**I was watching a movie and it was an oldie from the 50's.
**I don't gasp when I'm in front of the other people.
14.- Leader: One that leads; guiding head.
**My leader is very angry with me, because I'm late today.
15.- Aims: To direct (a weapon, blow, etc.) so as to hit.
**I have good aim with the gun.
16.- Oldie: an old joke, saying, song, movie, etc.
**I was watching a movie and it was an oldie from the 50's.
VOCABULARY
9.- Proud: Having a proper pride in oneself.
**I'm a proud of my mom.
10.- Corridor: To run
**The corridor of my house is long.
11.- Lids: A movable, cover, as for a box, etc.
**The lids of the box are open.
12.-Afterwards: Later;subsequently Also
**We went to Sea World afterwards.
**I'm a proud of my mom.
10.- Corridor: To run
**The corridor of my house is long.
11.- Lids: A movable, cover, as for a box, etc.
**The lids of the box are open.
12.-Afterwards: Later;subsequently Also
**We went to Sea World afterwards.
VOCABULARY
5.- Naughty: mischievous or disobedient.
** My nephew is naughty in my home.
6.- Dare: To have enough courage for (some act).
** My friend dare me to jump on the parachute.
7.- Sonata: a musical composition for one or two instruments, usually consisting of several movements.
** Yesterday I was listened to a sonata in Spanish.
8.- Bother: To worry; harras.
** My dog bother's me in the mornings.
** My nephew is naughty in my home.
6.- Dare: To have enough courage for (some act).
** My friend dare me to jump on the parachute.
7.- Sonata: a musical composition for one or two instruments, usually consisting of several movements.
** Yesterday I was listened to a sonata in Spanish.
8.- Bother: To worry; harras.
** My dog bother's me in the mornings.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
VOCABULARY
1.- YAWNED: To open the mouth wide in voluntarily, as a result of fatigue, drowsiness, etc.
** In the morning I always yawn sometimes.
2.- RUBBED: To move (one´s hand a cloth, etc.) over (something) with pressure and fiction.
** The Aladdin rubbed his lamp.
3.- WONDERED: Person, thing, or event causing astonishment and admiration, marvel.
** I wonder why you left?
4.- WHISTLES: To make a clear, shrill sound as by forcing breath through the contracted lips.
** The cop whistles on the street.
** In the morning I always yawn sometimes.
2.- RUBBED: To move (one´s hand a cloth, etc.) over (something) with pressure and fiction.
** The Aladdin rubbed his lamp.
3.- WONDERED: Person, thing, or event causing astonishment and admiration, marvel.
** I wonder why you left?
4.- WHISTLES: To make a clear, shrill sound as by forcing breath through the contracted lips.
** The cop whistles on the street.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
1.- Ruth was laughing when she was talking to Saul.
2.- Ruth was talking to Saul about who were they.
3.- Ruth was talking to Saul, he was satting down.
4.- Narrator because he was talking about Saul.
5.- Saul was talking to Ruth about the truth of the dolphins.
1.- Ruth was laughing when she was talking to Saul.
2.- Ruth was talking to Saul about who were they.
3.- Ruth was talking to Saul, he was satting down.
4.- Narrator because he was talking about Saul.
5.- Saul was talking to Ruth about the truth of the dolphins.
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
1.- T
2.- F
3.- T
4.- F
5.- T
I choose the question number 5 because they had a virtual travelling, when they had a time and they walk together, only when they married they meet together.
1.- T
2.- F
3.- T
4.- F
5.- T
I choose the question number 5 because they had a virtual travelling, when they had a time and they walk together, only when they married they meet together.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Idiom Homework
1.- My idiom is "as quiet as a mouse".
- very quiet, shy
The thief was as quiet as a mouse.
2.- My idiom is"eat like a horse".
- to eat a lot
My husband eats like a horse.
- very quiet, shy
The thief was as quiet as a mouse.
2.- My idiom is"eat like a horse".
- to eat a lot
My husband eats like a horse.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
My embarassing moment
When I was in Mexico, I was in an elementary school in 4th grade, teaching classes to 30 kids, and when I was started to read history I start to cough and I couldn't to stopped, I can't to continued to read and the teacher had to start to read. And the kids were scared. I had to drink a lot of water.
Welcome to my new blog
Hi!!! Welcome to my blog. This is my first blog. I use my blog for my reading 5 class. I start the class on June 10th. Only I have a class on Thursday and Tuesday.
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