Blog for week 12/14/15

Book: The Only Way I Know by Cal Ripken Jr.

Pages read: 1-125

Genre: Memoir 

Prompts: List 3 problems the characters faced

Describe the Main Character

Do you like what you're reading?

            In my book the main character is Cal Ripken Jr. I think 1 problem that he faced was he had back problems. If he missed 1 game because of this the record would be broken, but despite his back problems, he still played. Another problem he had, was when he was about to beat Lou Gehrig's record, his right shoulder started to hurt. If he has a arm problem, he can't throw anymore, which means that it will probably snap his record of consecutive games. Another problem and probably the worst of his career, was the fear of getting old. As you get old, you start to get fragile. He was 38 when he broke the record, so he was old. He started to say that he would wake up with aches and pains, but he would never turn back.

            The main character in my book is Cal Ripken Jr. He is a very hard working man. He is very resilient, determined, and unbreakable, literally. Cal Ripken Jr. broke the unbreakable record set by Lou Gehrig which was 2,300 consecutive games played. Even though he had aches and pains everyday since he was getting old, he still got up and played. He was prone to injuries more than other players because he was 6'4'' and 200 pounds. He also won 2 gold gloves for diving plays at shortstop and amazing catches, this shows that he still cares about playing the game right.

            I really like what I am reading because I am very passionate about baseball and reading a book about one of the greatest really interests me more than other books would. This also gives me an insight of how he was as a person and gives me deeper insight of how good he was and how he beat this record. It is fun reading about something that I enjoy and not just something that is assigned to me. I also love reading about other peoples lives because it shows how they got where they are, and what to do, and what not to do to get where Cal Ripken Jr. is.

The Only Way I Know Nonfiction Blog 12/1/15

           Prompt: About my nonfiction book

Book: The Only Way I Know by Cal Ripken Jr.

Pages Read: 1-52

             The Only Way I Know By Cal Ripken Jr. is an autobiography. This book is about one of the most famous baseball players ever, Cal Ripken Jr. This book takes you through his life story and his baseball career. Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's record of 2,310 games in a row. Cal Ripken beat that record by playing 2,632 consecutive games for the Baltimore Orioles. This was called the Iron man record.

            There were many good segments of this book to pick. The one that I found most interesting was, "Fielding errors and throwing errors will happen, but strategic and mental errors can be minimized." This means that even when he was bound to break an Iron man record, he still focused on playing the game right. Cal Ripken Jr. is a good example of someone with determination and someone that focuses on what is going now, then what he is thinking about the future. It also said in the book that sometimes he wouldn't care if he had gotten, he just focused on making the play at the right time. But what I thought was one of the most interesting part was that he didn't retire after he had beat the unbeatable record. He didn't just set a record, he set a record that is probably impossible to beat for athletes today. He said that when he was 100 games away people would talk about it saying he was going to beat it, he didn't know he was 100 games away until he was 75 games into the season.

            Somethings that I am not likely to forget is he beat the unbeatable. Lou Gehrig is probably one of the top 10 best baseball players of all time. When Cal Ripken Jr. was going into the league as a top draft pick, he was an average all-star player. He even said that he was some average player that nobody knew about. But what really got me, was how committed he was to baseball. He would never miss a baseball game for 2,632 times. This man is the reason why people still say today that ordinary people do extraordinary things everyday. I know he was a professional baseball player, but he was probably the least expected person to break a record this big that was set by a Hall of Famer. Cal Ripken Jr. is still probably one of the most famous but not one of the best players to ever play the game the baseball. He taught me that if you put your mind to doing something it will happen. Cal inspires us all to do something that we love with pride.

Cal Ripken Jr. at his record setting game

Commented On:

Nathan's Blog

Carter's Blog

Ethan's Blog

Blog for Week 11/11/15 - Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip

        In the book Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick one of the main themes in this book is need for change, this is supported by the main character Peter's actions. This means that something needs to change for the good. In the book it says that Peter broke his arm playing baseball, baseball was one of the only things he did and he was passionate about. His arm was hurting the whole season, he still insisted to play. He believed that it was nothing and he shouldn't tell anybody. After he got surgery, he was aching to throw a ball, but the surgeon said not too. This theme is supported by his actions on wanting to play baseball again, that was the only thing he did. He thinks that he can come back from this. This is what his mind is representing. By wanting to play baseball and doing nothing else, he is in a need for change. The message that the author is trying to send is that their are many things in the world that he can do, he just doesn't get it ore doesn't have the right mind set to think the other way around. If he would have listened to his surgeon, he probably would have his mind of baseball and have gotten into a different hobby that he really loves to do. Photography.

       Peter has a strong love for photography. His grandpa had recently retired as a photographer and gave all of his really expensive cameras and lenses to him. His grandpa wants Peter pick up where he left off. Peter is just a little to lazy to do that. In the book his grandpa says to him, "Sometimes, life's greatest accomplishments take place off the field." What his grandpa is trying to tell him is that he doesn't need to play baseball to do great things in life. His grandpa is thinking that their is a need for change for Peter. This is the author's message to the reader. You don't need a ball to accomplish some great things. Not only Peter's grandpa is trying to motivate him, it is his whole family trying to motivate him.

       The theme is also supported by this girl he just met in his freshmen year of high school. Anglelika. He told her the whole story about his arm. Since Peter knows a lot about photography, she is motivating him to become a photographer. Peter of course listens to her because she is a pretty freshmen. She also understands that their is a need for change for him too. She tells him you have the things you need and the talent to become a photographer. She also tells him not to forget about baseball, just to set it aside and figure out something else to do in the meantime. The character's in this book extremely support this theme because they all motivate him to change his hobby because he is incapable of doing his favorite.

Commented on:

Carter's Blog

Marcos's Blog

Sam's Blog

1st Quarter Reflection

     My forty book challenged has been tough for me. I am only on my forth book for this challenge. For me it is a personal goal to read at least 30 books by the end of the year. I don't read that much, but when I am hooked on a certain book I can't stop reading. But I think for quarter 1, reading 4 books for me is good. It has been hard to pick up a book lately though because I have been busy, but I am planning on making a reading chart to keep up with how much I read.

     My blogs have been at a good pace. I haven't missed any so far, that is great for me. But overall the pace of the homework and the work in class hasn't been overwhelming, it has just been a little bit hard to keep up with it. The prompts have really helped me make my blogs more interesting. It gives me more things to write about and helps me write more about the book and the prompt. Overall these blogs have helped me more with just writing about topics in a specific and general way.

     Keeping track of homework hasn't been that big of a problem for me. Just finishing my homework has been a bust. I always get distracted and end up doing something else. Sometimes it kills when get distracted. When I am on task and paying attention I can finish my work really fast. Since I know I get off task a lot, I look at how much homework I have set a time for myself to finish. This drives me to finish early and not get distracted. This strategy has helped me a lot in finishing things a lot quicker than when I usually would finish it.

"Mme. Loisel"

Mme. Loisel

Mme. Loisel works till there are bags under her eyes and has wrinkles on her skin. She takes care of the house, while her husband works to pay the income. Mme. Loisel is thinking of her taking her own life. She works 10 long years to pay for 1 thing. She is thinking of telling Mme. Foreister, but at the same time she wants to keep the money. Her greediness is taking over her. She decides to keep the money.

“We just worked for that money, why would you just decide to keep it!” the husband says

“We need money, we’re poor and can’t even put food on the table for ourselves.”

The argument suddenly came to a stop. Mme. Loisel falls to the ground holding her chest breathing hard. Her husband couldn’t understand what she is saying.

“I’m having a heart attack.” Mme. Loisel says.

She suddenly stops. Mme. Loisel doesn’t move. The only thing her husband can do is take her to the hospital.

“Stay with me Mme. Loisel!” Pleads the husband as he rushes to the hospital. When they finally reach the hospital they tell the husband she is in a coma.

“Are you sure she is not just unconscious.” asks the M. Loisel.

“Yes, because she would have woken up by now.” the doctor replies.

Everybody in town knows now. They stop by the hospital every other day to come and see if Mme. Loisel is okay. Her husband sits on his couch all day waiting to hear a phone call that she is okay. He waits for months, those months turn into years. Finally he gets the a call from the hospital.

“Is she okay?” M. Loisel immediately asks the doctor.

“She hasn’t woken up yet, but now we are asking if we should just let her die, it has been years sir.”

“Keep her awake, I will never give up on her!”

Suddenly, Mme. Loisel wakes up, not where she expects to wake up. Its 3:00 in the morning, she is in bed with her husband.

“What just happened!” she yells at him.

“You went to sleep hours ago.” says M. Loisel.

“What happened yesterday?”

“You got a letter asking you to go to the ball.”

She realized nothing was as it seemed. She was dreaming about her own fate, and how she was in a coma, she was asleep.

The next morning she walks up to Mme. Foreister’s door with her hands trembling and her face is a red as a tomato. She knocks on the door.

“Why hello Madame Loisel, what can I do for you?”

“I just wanted to tell you that I lost the necklace,” tears start running down her face, “I lost it at the ball, I’ve been meaning to tell you.”

“No need to cry, that Necklace was only worth 500 francs,” she tells Mme. Loisel “It was only made out of paste, it was fake.”

You can see so much gayness in her face, she smiles.

“Thank you for your forgiveness Mme. Foreister, I owe you one.”

Her eyes changed from red back to white. Her hands aren’t trembling anymore. She is happy for once in her life.

Blog for Week 10/26/15- Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip

Prompt: How does the conflict drive the character development?

Curveball: The Year I lost my Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick

Pages 1-22

     The book I am currently reading is Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick. This book is about a boy named Peter Friedman. Peter's favorite thing to do in is off time is pitch...A LOT! In the championship for Peter, his job is to close the game out pitching. He has been having problems with his arm all season. Every single pitch in the last inning hurt is arm a lot. On the second to last pitch he hears a crack in his arm. He ignores it, but on the very last pitch, he breaks his arm. His baseball career is over. After his arm is broken, the next day he gets arm surgery, after the surgery he wants to be a photographer. His grandpa talked him into it because he is a photographer.

     The conflict so far is his decision to train his way back to becoming a pitcher again, or giving up his biggest passion, in order to become a photographer. His decision of becoming a photographer will change him. He likes to take photos, but he also likes to play baseball, but if he chooses to train back to becoming a baseball player, it will take hard work to get back. He ultimately chooses to become a photographer. He sees the world differently, he sees that their is more to life than a glove and a ball. He made the right choice because only a few people recover form him. He is now not lazy, and tries to work hard into becoming a professional photographer. He develops a sense of desperation and hard work. Being a proffesional photographer is what drives him as a person.

Blog for Week 14/10/15-The Eleventh Plague

Prompt: Describe a character that you would like to meet (which doesn't mean that you would like the character, but that you think the character would be interesting). List 4 questions that you would ask.

The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch

Pages read- 1-32

      The Eleventh Plague is about a teenager name Stephan and his dad. A sickness as spread around the world. Stephan and his dad have to find ways to survive. Everything is abandoned. They have to make decisions that will change their lives forever. Their grandpa all ready met his fate. But they soon meet other people and start to see other peoples opinions on the plague. They mostly are all optimistic. But they soon make a decision that might change their lives forever.

      There are many interesting characters in this book. The one person that I would like to meet is Jenny. I don't like her that much, but she is very interesting. She is very determined and does not accept things the way they are. I would ask her what happened to her family members. I bet she would answer that she doesn't need them to survive. Another question I would ask her what was she doing before she met Stephen and his dad. I would ask her this question because they met her before they found that little community, and wonder what she was doing and what she did to survive.

       One thing I would like to know is what she is going to do in the future. One question I would like to ask her is what she is planning to do when the world is stabilized. She is very independent so I would think she is going to be very positive. The last question would be would she like to stay with Stephen and his dad. This is probably the most important question I will ask. It also depends if she needs them or if she wants to go on her own.

Commented on:

Carter's Blog

Marcos' Blog

Andrew's Blog

Banned Books Vlog

Where the Wild Things Are

By Maurice Sendak

Commented on:
Nathan's Blog
Sofia's Blog
Amilee's Blog
Sam's Blog
Andrea's Blog

Sources'

"About Banned & Challenged Books." American Library Association. 

           American Library Association, 2015. Web. 8 Oct. 2015.

           http://www.ala.org/bbooks/about 

"Banned Books That Shaped America." Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week, 2015. Web. 8                  Oct. 2015. 

           http://www.bannedbooksweek.org  

Doyle, Robert P. "Celebrating 30 Years of the Freedom to Read." Illinois Library Association.                        Illinois Library Association, 2015. Web. 28 Sept. 2015. '                                                                        https://www.ila.org/initiatives/banned-books-week 

Top Ten Book Blog

1. The Lost Hero By Rick Riordan

This novel is my all-time favorite book. It invokes my favorite sub-genre Fantasy. The main character's name in this book is Jason. This book is about trying to takedown the Earth goddess Gaea or make go back to sleep for another thousand years. This book got recommended to me in 5th grade.
I was automatically glued to it. I would read 200 pages of the book in 1 session at night. It influenced me because I thought that there were't that many good genres out there for me, until I stumbled upon this. This book is the reason fantasy is my favorite genre.

2. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

This trilogy sets place in the future. The main character in this book is Katniss Everdeen. Katniss's sister gets chosen for this fight to the death battle, she volunteers for her sister and she has to participate in it. This book didn't influence me as much as my first pick but still it hooked me in and that is why it is my second favorite book






3. The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

This novel takes place in the Holocaust. The main character is Helmuth. He is a german who doesn't believe that killing Jews or deporting them back to their country is a good thing. This book influenced me because I never knew that their were dictators as bad as them. It also made me believe that speaking your word isn't a bad thing, it is a good thing.






4. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

If I didn't read the lost hero, this would be my favorite book of all time. The main character is Ender. He is sent to space to fight in a intergalactic battle between teenage kids and aliens. He commands every single ship because he is the smartest. This book hooked me in. This book always has surprises.  It didn't really influence me that much, but it was still a really good book to read.






5. The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch

This book is about how I would their were to be an eleventh plague, this is how it would be. The main character is Steven. He is with his dad trying not to catch a virus while at the same time trying to forge food to survive. It hits very close to home in a disturbing way. It was still a very interesting book. I am waiting for the next book in the series to come out.






6. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

This book is about a girl about to enter college, but she gets teleported to a different place. Far up north. She faces many dilemmas such as armored bear etc. She has to get through this journey to find the golden compass which will lead her back home. This book will hook you in in a couple chapters.







7. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

This series by all means is probably the best series of books of all time. Probably the most famous too. These series of books are awesome. It is that one book that you can't keep your eyes of of. The main character is Harry Potter. He was adopted because both of his parents died. He was recruited by Hogwarts, a magic school, which is just like any other school. But when he gets older he has to fight evil with his powers. If you haven't read this series I suggest it to any kind of reader.




8. The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

This is overall a great series. This is a great series about 3 siblings who are unfortunate orphans. They get adopted by a creepy old man. Than bad things start to happen. He starts to put them in bad schools and abuses them. But he dies in the end. This is a great book for anybody the age 11 and over. I suggest to many people.






9. The Perks of being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky

The main character is Charlie. He is the new kid in school. He surprisingly becomes popular. He is one of those, shy, intelligent popular guys. He is trying to figure out if he should live with his life, or runs away from it. This is a really good book. I know it doesn't seem for my age but still, it talks about life in the teenage years. It is a really good book. I would suggest it to anyone.






10. The Maze Runner by James Dashner

This is one of those action packed books. I cannot put a book down if something is constantly happening. This book is about a boy named Thomas. He was put in a maze. They brainwashed him so he doesn't remember anything of what happened in his passed life. The maze is huge and is constantly changing. So he and his other friends have to find there way out. I suggest it to any reader who can't put a good book down.






People that received comments from me

• Sam's Blog
• Amilee's Blog
• Carter's Blog

All About Me

     Hi my name is Robert. I am in 7th grade. I live with 2 sisters, my mom, and my dad. My oldest sister is in 12th grade, and the second oldest is in 9th grade. I also have a dog. She is oldest sister is in college, and the second oldest is in 9th grade. I also have a dog. Her name is Ginger.

     I have a lot hobbies. My favorite sport is baseball. That is my favorite, but I also play basketball and soccer. I really don't like or play video games that much. But if I were to play a video game, it would be 9 innings on an apple device.

     

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

     The Boy Who Dared is 1 of Susan Campbell Bartoletti awesome books she made. The Boy Who Dared is about a boy named Helmuth who tortured by society when he is being pressured to hate Jews. Helmuth is later killed because he was listening to a radio station that was ruined and the people that were talking were Jews.

     Susan was born on November 18, 1958. She was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . 2 months after she was born, her father had sadly passed away in a car accident. Her mother later got remarried when Susan finished kindergarten. She attended Marywood College and Binghamton University. After that she became a teacher. She stayed in that career for eighteen straight years.

     When Susan was younger, she wanted to be an artist when she got older. She said she had no idea that she was going to be in the writing business. For one of her books, she won a Golden Kiter award for nonfiction. She won the Jane Addams book for Children books. She also won the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for another nonfiction book. Two other books that she had wrote were Black Potatoes, and Kids On Strike.

    The name of my book was The Boy Who Dared. The author is Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Susan has created many other books about Hitler and how life was back then.
Wikipedia
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Bartoletti__Susan_Campbell.html
http://www.scbartoletti.com/?page_id=2
http://www.scbartoletti.com/?page_id=2

The Boy Who Dared

     The book,  The Boy who Dared, was a really good book, this was one of the books that I would not want to put down. The memorable part was when the author gave flash forwards to hook the reader throughout the story.  One flashback was, "Noon. The small window in the cell door slides open again. A bowl of watery cabbage soup is shoved through. the soup is possible to eat if he doesn't  stop to smell it, doesn't stop to think about is grandmother's soup, her thick beef-and-barley soup, and the crusty bread bread to sop up the hearty broth. He longs for a letter. He'd surely trade soup for a letter. He misses his family terribly, so terribly he aches. He knows he has caused them much sorrow, much hardship, Especially Gerhad, That he regrets, and only that. He gulps the thin soup." This flash forward means that he is in a dark cell. I predict he has been in their for a long time because it says he misses his family so very much. The author Susan Campbell Bartoletti did a really good job with these flash forwards, and the book in general.

Why Helmuth, is Helmuth

   Once Helmuth knew that that Hitler got elected, he knew Germany was in trouble. He never agreed with Hitler. You could say he was anti-hitler. He wanted to stop Hitler from what he was doing.  He didn't believe that they should kick out or kill anymore jews. "Germans! Don't buy from Jews!"(pg.31).  This means that Germans don't like the Jews at all. This is what gets Helmuth furious with Hitler.

My Last words

Dear Hans,

     I will not see you. I will be gone for forever. I was sentenced to death for listening to foreign radio. This is the last pen I will ever pick up. I will be executed on October 27, 1942. I am sorry. Remember I didn't die in vain, this was for all of Germany. I would rather speak the truth and die, than lie and be a coward. I want you to tell Mutti, Gerhad, Rudi, Guddat, and Karl that I love them. Id rather die than live in that concentration camp. I will see you all in heaven. Tell my story. Quote me here, "Germany is like being tortured by the devil."'



                           Yours Truly,

                            Helmuth

The Boy Who Dared

   In  The Boy who Dared, the author Susan Campbell Bartoletti captures my attention by putting a flash forward in the beginning. She opens a little window of curiosity in my mind. The one sentence that grabbed my attention was, "The executioner works on Tuesday." (pg.3). This quote means that he might have been sentenced to death or he is in the death row. Also after this quote it says, "Helmuth is three." (pg.4). I inferred that the my first quote was giving me a sneak peak of what was going to happen to him in the end of the book.

Dream for my Future

Dream for my Future
By: Robert Pauly

My future is very bright my dad says

I have the potential to do anything

But sometimes I question that

How does he know

He doesn't know what I wanna be when I grow up

I make my own decisions

I want to be a Professional baseball player

But I think about that

What if I am not good enough

What if my failure haunts me today

Then the next day

What if it goes on forever

But I won't let that happen

Whats in the past is in the past

Now its time to think about my future

Ode to Baseball Glove

Ode to Baseball Glove

By: Robert Pauly

Baseball Glove, you help not get embarrassed

When a baseball comes at me I have something to stop it

You give me all the oooos and ahs 

When I make a good catch

Baseball Glove! You remind me of a baseball field

Just sitting at Short stop

Waiting to slither at a ball

When it comes to what your best you never hamper me

Baseball Glove! That sound you hear

When the baseball penetrates

And you hear a shot

That moment is when its arrived

Baseball Glove! When I see you

I see a diversity colors

Beige, Black, Brown

You look like my mother's coffee in the morning

Dear Baseball Glove, you make me jubilant

Whenever I need something to do

I always come to you

Where I'm From

Where I'm From

By: Robert Pauly

I am from the sports that take up most of my day

I am from the roaring sound of my electric guitar

I am from "Enjoy the moment while it lasts"

I am from the smell of ribs on a warm summer day

I am from the cries that happen when we do the daredevil stunts

I am from the kids laughing at the park

I am from the long nights I spend doing homework

I am from a place with a scorching summer, and a freezing winter

I am from a place that is not perfect, but I love it

I am from a place where people care

I am from a place called home

Choral Reading

     It was fun, and frustrating. Some people didn't cooperate well. But it was fun putting it all together an having a good outcome. It was difficult because we had to come up with something that went with the poem. I would say it was a good experience. It was also fun acting winch my friends that are actors

     We can learn to dig deeper into things. Some poems have more layers to them then you think. It makes you think. We can also learn to help and be a group. It taught us how to work together and practice. It was an overall great last assignment to end the last day till Spring Break.

Basketball

Basketball

I can see the NBA player running

Going to the basket, and scoring

I can smell the new smell of a brand new ball

It feels like you are rubbing tiny soft rocks

The ball sounds like an elephant running on an open field

The roaring of the fans are like a One Direction Concert

The ball reminds me of the time I used to play

Chucking the ball into the basket

You can hear the swish

Sounds like trees swaying back and forth

Then all you hear after that

Is the ball bounce down and not picked up again

It was a buzzer beater

Skin Poetry

Skin Poetry By: Robert Pauly

My skin is like Earth

It has many layers

My skin is like a scar

It holds many memories

My skin is like a pencil

Waiting to be used

My skin is like a shield

It can always take a hit

My skin is like a canvas

Filled with many colors

My skin is like a fortress

Keeping everything inside

The Dog of Pompeii

     In The Dog of Pompeii, by Louis Untermeyer, Bimbo is described as selfless. In the story it says "Bimbo straining his back from the last inch, almost pulling his clothes of if." This quote reveals thatBimbo was pulling Tito so hard because he wanted to save his best friend so he was urging him and pulling him so that he could survive, he knew well what was going on. He could have survived without Tito, but he decided to save him from death.

     In The Dog of Pompeii by, Louis Untermeyer, Tito is described as confused. In the story it says "Tito had no idea what time of the day was. He could feel it was black, an unnatural blackness."Tito was confused because as seen in the quote he had no idea where he was and what was going on in his surroundings.

God Sees the Truth: By Leo Tolstoy

     Leo Tolstoy's God Sees the Truth, the main character Ivan is going on a trip but his wife had a bad dream about him and warns him not to go.  According to the text, "This morning, the Merchant was found stabbed to death in his bed." This quote reveals that since he was with the merchant, the police thought that he killed the Merchant. So that means that they are going to send him to jail.

Characterization

     The main character of this story is a women she has a flawless personality. One word I could use to describe her is really nice. In the story, it says, "They looked at her, always trying to find faults." This means they thought she was flawless. But she is also cold hearted. She admits that she doesn't lover children. In the story it says, "She could not feel love." This means that she didn't love anything. She has 2 sides. She actually is a very dark person inside of her. People think she is perfect but she is not. People thought she was kind hearted, but she is not. If she loved, than she would be perfect.

Thank You Ma'm

    

Thank You Ma'm By: Langston Hughes

   The title of the of the book I read is Thank You M'am by Langston Hughes. The main characters name is The Lady. She is a very large women. In the story it says, "She was a very large women with a very large purse." In this quote we see that the author describes the Lady as large, this tells me that she is a little chubby. She is also probably very rich because of how big her must be because since it flipped the boy over.

"Dream" By: Langston Hughes

  "Dreams" By: Langston Hughes

   The theme of the poem "Dreams"  By: Langston Hughes is that you should never give up on your dreams. For example in the text it says that "Hold fast to dreams,/" This means that you need to hold on to good dreams because they come and go when you have the chance to make those dreams cmd true.

  15 Day Challenge

     I am sticking with this challenge because basketball is a big sport to me. It would also be really easy to complete this challenge because I have this sport everyday of the week. It would make sense because I am on 3 basketball teams. I either have a game or practice everyday. And if I don't I have a basketball hoop in my backyard. So I could just go out their and practice if I wanted to.

Sparky

     The theme of "Sparky" is even when you fail, you can still succeed. For example, the text says "For Sparky who such lack of success in school and whose work was rejected over and over was Charles Shultz." In this quote we see that he failed over and over again, but he had never given up.

     I decided to practice basketball for my 15 day challenge. I have basketball practice or a game everyday, so I am fine. No it has not been difficult because I am used to all of the exercise. It has also been a lot of fun.