Goals 2k15

In 2015 what I want to accomplish is passing 8th grade with no grades below B's. I will do this by taking notes in every class. Study for tests and be prepared, being prepared will make the test simpler for me to take it. When I ask questions it will help me understand to help me pass the classes. When I finish 8th grade, with my grades up, it will make me happy knowing that I can actually finish things I started.

Also by the end of 2015 I want to still be on the Mustang team. To be as good as the Freshman League, cause they play Juniors. I can do this by practicing twice a weak. Working on my dribbling, passing, shooting. Staying fit will allow me to run without losing my pace. I need to know that once I step on that court nothing is impossible only if I make it. I need to have confidence, doing this I will try out for the Morton freshman team and make it.

Lit Circle Blog

Korrina the main character is trying to stay loyal to the Germans. Hearing her mother talk about how she doesn't care about whats going to happen makes Korrina angry. She has this thought about turning her mother in for even talking like that. Then her parents make the choice to hide Jews behind her wardrobe. It angers her but she soon learns to get over it. The Gestapo (the officers who come and check if Jews are in the house) come to check Korinnas house in the middle of the night. Korrina has this fear of getting caught, now she knows she cannot be loyal if there are Jews in the house.

The conflict in this book is man vs self. I know this because Korrina is deciding with herself if she should turn in her parents or not. Also she wants to be loyal to German but she has Jews behind her wardrobe, she already knows to herself she has betrayed the German. In the story it says "Hadn't she recently told her mother she had nothing to fear from anyone  because she was a loyal German? Now she was a traitor and it seemed she feared almost everyone". It also says "'And our Führer is going to do all this?' 'Of course' Frae Rehme put down her sewing 'At whose expense? At what cost?' Korrina stood up 'Mother, I can't believe your talking like this!'"

Holocaust Response

Many people stood bystanders in the Holocaust because they didn't say anything to help and stick up for Jews, so they thought they didn't think it was okay to have a right to say anything now. I believe they stood quiet because if they stood up for a Jew, they had the fear of being killed. Jews resisted against the Nazi's because they were tired of being treated horribly in the ghettos. They resisted by rising up and attacking the Nazi's in the ghettos, shooting at them, and shooting at their tanks. I might have been a bystander because if they're not bothering me, I won't do much, I would try keeping myself alive. But, at the same time, I would be an up stander because I like to help people when I'm happy, and if we make it through the whole war with them alive, I would feel happiness because I helped someone who could've died.

Girl Stolen pt. 2

Cheyenne, being blind, is in the middle of nowhere with 4 men. One, helping her feel comfortable, feeding her, letting her feel comfortable. Second, always touching her when no one is around. Third, absolutely doesn't care about her, leaves her alone, just wants ransom money. Fourth, controls everyone, not afraid to hurt whoever gets in the way. Griffin, the son of Roy, is one year older then Cheyenne and helps her try to escape. Cheyenne doesn't know he's willing to help though.

The point of view in this book is third person. I know this because it calls them out as there names, not as "he or she". It is like someone outside of the story is telling it, a narrator, not one of the characters. There was so many quotes that it got  me confused most of the time, but I think I got it. It says in the story "one thing Cheyenne hadn't thought about," and "she knew Griffin had no idea what she was doing."

Girl Stolen

The book I am reading is Girl Stolen. It is about this girl, Cheyenne who tells her stepmother if she can stay in the car while she goes shopping. Then someone comes into the car real fast and drives off.  The person stealing the car didn't even know Cheyenne was in the back seat. She scares him and he explains that he only wanted the car. But if he only wanted the car, why doesn't he let her go? He can, but he can't, because he can let her go, and she can call police. Also, Cheyenne couldn't, because she's blind.

In the book there is an Aha Moment. I know this because it says "It was a thousand little things that told Cheyenne something was wrong. Even the way the door closed hasn't sounded right. Too fast and too hard for Danielle. The breathing was all wrong too, speeded up and harsh. Cheyenne sniffled. The smell of cigarettes. But Danielle didn't smoke and, as a nurse, couldn't stand anyone who did. There was no war the person driving the car was her stepmom." This is important because Cheyenne is now in danger. She will need a way to escape without getting caught. She's also blind, so it will make it harder.

The Fault In Our Stars pt. 2

In this book Augustus takes Hazel to Amsterdam. They get this dinner by the author. But the author isn't as good as he seems. In my opinion he had the most awful attitude. Especially that he drinks, just makes it worse. Even though things didn't go as planned, Hazel still got her first kiss. It was the cutest way to! I really do like this book so far. Its so cute how things are set up.


The plot of this book started when Hazel met Augustus in the cancer help group AKA "in the heart of Jesus". Then, Augustus reads Hazels favorite book An Imperial Affliction which never as an ending! Augustus then emails Peter Van Houten's assistant to meet Augustus and Hazel in Amsterdam to speak about the never lasting ending in An Imperial Affliction. But once they get there, the author is drinking and his acting like a real jerk. He talks about how people pity diagnosed children. Then Hazel yells and him and curses, he then kicks them out. His assistant Lidewij, then comes running looking for them and invites them to see Anne Franks house. Hazel has a tough time walking up the steps because its hard to breath since they're no elevator. Once they seen the whole house Hazel and Augustus finally kiss in front of everyone at the top. They then finish, leave, and take a walk. Augustus sits Hazel down. And tells her that he has cancer again.

Poem and Article

In this article, Bangladesh rescue operation near end; collapse death toll at 1127, the argument is that disasters like buildings burning keep happening. I know this because in the article is says "Bangladesh has been plagued by fires and collapses of sweatshop-type factories that supply large U.S. and European retail chain." I think people shouldn't be working in these kinda shops. Make the building more safer so the workers can have a better environment. Let the workers leave when needed. To save their own lives. In this article knowing that three managers kept the workers from leaving the burning building was kinda upsetting. What did they even want them to do? There was no point in keeping them there if everything was burning.

In the poem the argument is that these workers have no rest, they get tired out, and it happens everyday. I know this because it says " The clock in the shop never rests." "But suddenly the whistle, the 'boss' sounds the alarm! I lose my mind, I forget who I am" Throughout the whole story its the same thing, saying how they're a machine. The poem is different from the article because in the poem its from a persons point of view and the article shows facts that happened. In the poem it affects how I feel because it shows their feelings but in the article I understood what had happened with the buildings.