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My Summer Reading book was Artemis Fowl and the arctic incident the second book in the Fowl series.

1. Explain three choices you made on your one-pager which show your comprehension of the book or what you learned from the book.  One choice I made on my project was Drawing a picture of the main character Artemis. I made this choice because it shows I understood how the book described how he looked because the book always gave details about how he looked. I learned that at the end of the book his appearance is very different from how they described him in the beginning.

Another choice I made was drawing a background that was similar to the front cover. I made this choice so the reader can get an idea that the main character was in a setting similar to the cover. I understood the important setting where most of the book took place because when the characters got to this setting they described it in big detail. I also learned that this icy setting was supposedly in the midst of Russia.

The last choice I made was re-creating the symbol of Artemis Fowl. I made this choice because I felt as though it was a big symbol of the book. I understood how it looked because the cover had the symbol on it. I also learned that this symbol is very hard to re-draw.

1. Explain how you used color on your one-pager.

I didn’t use a lot of colors because the setting the picture is in, is the arctic. I did use the colors: Dark blue, light blue, and purple because these are considered “cold” colors. I felt like these colors would best represent the arctic along with white for the snowy ground. I also used black to color in Artemis and the ship-wreck in the background.

1. Explain two pieces of textual evidence and why you choose that text for your one-pager.

I chose to put quotes that best represented Artemis. I chose the quote: “A criminal mastermind” because it was a quote that happened to represent Artemis himself. I feel like Artemis thinks he’s doing good, but in reality, he’s also walking around doing criminal like things.

The other quote I chose was: “They say those who do business with him never return”. I chose this quote because it also represented Artemis but it also sounded like a rumor from a random citizen. I thought combining the 2 would make a good choice for a quote.

1. Which learning goal did you do your best work on? Which one do you find challenging?

I worked my hardest on making the background represent the book. I feel like I may have put too much effort into it but it ended up looking really good! The background is supposed to represent where the “Arctic Incident” happened which is supposed to be an arctic area in the middle of Russia.

My One Pager

What book are you currently reading?

I am Currently Reading Warriors Into the wild which is book one

Why did you choose this book?

I chose this book because one of my outside of school friends recommended these books to me with a five star rating!

Thinking about your book, Who are the main characters?

The main characters are three apprentices named Firepaw, Graypaw and Ravenpaw.

What was the inciting incident, or the moment that takes place that creates the story?

I have no idea because I haven’t even gotten close to finishing the series so I have no idea yet.

What smaller problems happened in the book?

The leader loses a life and one of the warriors dies from a war

Have you reached the climax of your book? What was the big moment of tension?

no

Have you reached the resolution? If yes, is it what you thought would happen? If not, how do you think the problem will be resolved?

No but I have no idea how it may resolve because this book goes on through an entire like 25 book series!

What type of conflict is occured in your book?

Same thing I said from before there was a leader that lost a life and a deputy who died.

We’ve been working on writing memoirs in ELA for the past few weeks. Here is an update of what I’ve accomplished/learned at each stage of the writing process.

The part of the writing process that has been the most comfortable for me has always been…because…

The part of the writing process that I felt was the most comfortable was the drafting because once I had my idea I would just write and write and eventually come out with a amazing story!

The part of the writing process that has been the most challenging for me has always been….because…

The most challenging part of the writing process was editing because editing just felt so hard for me because I didn’t know where to put quotation marks sometimes I didn’t spell right and sometimes I didn’t use the correct punctuation.

Immersion

I’ve learned the characteristics of a memoir include:

I have learned that the characteristics of a memoir include stuff like memories and descriptive writing and amazing feeling or emotion.

I think the characteristic I really want to focus on in my writing is…because…

I think that I really want to work on being more specific and being more descriptive because for some reason I can never find the right descriptive words and it has always been a challenge for me.

My favorite memoir mentor text was….because the author…

My favorite memoir was Peppe the Lamplighter because the Author was really descriptive about where they were and what it looked like and what it felt like!

Generating Ideas/Selecting

Why do you want to share this idea/story with others?

I want to share this with others because I really believe this gave ma a lasting impression because of what my mom and brother said to get me up to the top and have fun!

What emotions do you want your reader to feel as they read your memoir?

I want my Readers to feel scared or feel like they are really there at the Wisconsin Dells.

Drafting

Here is my first draft:

One thing I think I did really well is….because…

One thing I did really well was be specific about how I felt because I want my reader to feel what I felt

As I head into editing and revising, one thing I want to focus on is…because…

One thing I want to focus on is being descriptive about how I felt and being descriptive about where I am because I want the reader to feel like he/she is there too.

Stay tuned for another post soon as I work on revising my first draft. If you have any SHE (specific, helpful, empathetic) feedback, please leave it as a comment! 

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10 by 100

by Dylan Gray

1. Become a super star Actor on Broadway

2. Get Married to a cute girl who also loves puppys

3. Have a nice House on a lake

4. Go to New york

5. LEARN THE PERIODIC TABLE OF CONTENTS!!!!!!!!

6. Help everyone in Africa who needs water and get a big water pipe to flow from the U.S. to Africa so that they have water too

7. Become a Main role in a school musical

8. Own 10 puppies

9. Travel around the world for my honey moon (if I get married)

10. Go on a Cruise ship around the golapagos islands

I have a 100 year old picture I just… THINK IT IS HIGHLY DISTURBING  AND WILL NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN BECAUSE IT WENT TO THE FIERY PITS OF- oh nevermind

Which of the 10 exhibits we visited was your favorite? why?

I think my favorite exhibit was the streets of old Milwaukee because it was so realistic and I really liked how they really made it seem as though you were walking in Milwaukee on a normal night and it was so pretty because of the lights that lit up the city and I loved the trolley and the movie theater because they both were also very realistic and fascinating.

What is one new thing you learned at the Museum yesterday?

Honestly I learned a lot, and when I say a lot I mean: A LOT. I learned a lot about what our city used to be like, what cool minerals we have on earth and many many more.

Which exhibit do you think you will highlight in your poem? why?

I think the highlight of my poem will be “The Streets Of Old Milwaukee”. I choose this exhibit because I just found it fascinating what our city used to be like and I think that with the beautiful color of the city lights and buildings I think it is bound to be a good poem maker.