Room 227’s Blog

The book I will be talking about is the book called pacific crossing by Gary Soto. This book is about a kid named Lincoln whose Mexican American, he went to Japan as a exchange student kind of thing to learn and study more of kempo.

me and my group tried to discuss what the social issue is in the book. The most possibility is racism because because when Lincoln first met the sensei( a women or men whose kind of like a teacher of certain martial arts.) He was bragging about his kempo level, but then when Lincoln actually took kempo classes, instead of treating Lincoln as in practice, and not punching, kicking too hard. But then when they were throwing bean-bags at each other, he got injured. We also think it’s racism because Lincoln was yet treated differently. Even though at his house Lincoln was treated like V.I.P, but at kempo class, the sensei was treating lincoln like a doll and she hits hard. Maybe when she is practicing with other Japanese people, she might not throw and hit as hard.

I think the japanese people are polite because when lincoln always punches his friend in arm, Mitsuo , literally his brother, thought that was bad because in Japan, you can’t do that.

I think the aurthor’s message is that even if your beliefs, religion is different, you can still be friends.

the book because of winn dixie is based on a character named India-Opal, named after Opal’s mother. When Opal went to the grocery store a dog crashed in the shop. So in order to help the dog to not get caught by the pound, Opal said that the dog was hers, that saved the dog. Opal wanted to keep the dog, so when the preacher A.K.A Opal’s dad, said yes, Opal named the dog winn-dixie, named after the shop that winn-dixie broke in is called. In the story Opal met Gloria-Dump, the dewberry brothers, Mrs. Franny, and Otis.

I think it’s not fair for Gloria-Dump to be called “witch” because she is blind and she lives in a place that is full of trees. And shade. Also Otis, I think he shouldn’t be treated improperly because he was once jail, but he is not a criminal like Al Capone! Otis only wants to express the feeling of how he loves to play music.

I think the character that changed the most is Opal, because, in the beginning of the story, Opal practically hates the Dewberry brothers, because they keep on calling gloria Dump a Witch and Otis a criminal. But at the end, after the party, Opal started liking the dewberry brothers, because of Gloria-Dump.

I think the author is trying to tell me that don’t give up hope and your enemies can become friends.

Reading Reflection on Stone Fox by John R. Gardiner

This book is about this kid named Little Willy who had a grandfather who got a disease. Little Willy is trying to help out so his beloved grandfather could be back, healthy, but when Little Willy figured out the problem, a big one, he is desperate to help out.  He saw a poster of the national dog race.
I think this book is fantastic because this contains some sad events, also heart thumping events, if I were grandpa, I would tell Little Willy the problem and let him do what he can, on grandpa’s side, and I wouldn’t tell Little Willy because I wouldn’t let him worry.
On the day of the dog race, Little Willy finally had a chance of winning the race, and win the 500$ grand prize, but the practicing that searchlight did got her overwhelmed and at the final ten feet of the race, her heart burst and she died. But Little Willy’s companion the well knowned Stone fox had given out the order that who ever dare cross the finish line he shoots. Then Little Willy walked the rest of the way to the finish line.
I think now stone fox has the power to control the situation because he was the champion and everyone was scared of him. So he can give orders to people. Also on Little Willy’s side, I wouldn’t want to overwhelm Searchlight so her heart will not burst.
That’s the reason why I like this book so much.

This book is based on a family whose mother had passed away and the dad is looking for a stepmother for the  kids, after when he PUT THE NEWS ON THE NEWSPAPERS, A GIRL NAMED Sarah wrote back, she said that she would be a perfect girl for the kids.
I predict in the next part of the story that it’s either the dad won’t let Sarah stay and the kids are sad or Sarah will not be able to attend because of terrible sickness.
Sarah arrived at the house and stayed well, the kids began to like her and stick with her, and the end.
Even though the story itself was a little bit boring, but it contains important information that I need to know.

I think in the whole G.I.N conference, my most favorite program is Green Net, because what they do is prevent farmers from using chemicals in their crops which helps them gain more money because the greener the plant is, they sell it for more money. I think this program is really good because chemical poisons take away your health, and if you have a lot, it  might kill you. And their way to prevent the farmers to add chemicals is trying to convince the farmers that using chemicals are bad for people’s health. If you want to learn more, click here.

Bees
buzzing
stinging
painted with yellow
and
black
stripes
walking
stealthily
towards your
skin
STAB!
OWWWWWWW!

Pauline and I are reading a book called the Cats of Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse.

We are responding to the historical fiction reading strategy we learned where good readers build the world of the story in their minds as they go along. The book is about this girl who wanted to help 7 cats that used to have rich owners, but are now put out and living in the streets because of the war going on.

We know that this is taking place during World War 2 because we looked at the picture and it has a soldier marching and the front cover, some roof tops were blown off.  We wouldn’t see that often now!

We think this story takes place in Poland because there is actually a place called Krasinski in Poland and plus we know that Polish always have a ski in the end of the language.

Our prediction is that since the book is taking place during world war 2, the cats owner might have escaped or died so the cats were roaming free.

The girl wants to help them by smuggling food from the passengers of the train station.

That’s how we know this story is a historical fiction.

A growling
mammoth
angry
tossing people
around
an earthquake
a demon
from
underworld
crawling up
taking
people down
as food
down to the underworld
to feed itself
throughout the
years