Cody

Moore, Cody March3, 2009 Per.2/3 This essay is of the story called “Becky and The Wheels-and-Brake Boys” by James Berry which is about a girl in Jamaica named Becky who wants to get a bike. This essay is showing what Becky feels, says , and does to prove that Becky is a credible character.

Becky is believable because in the whole story Becky wanted to fit in with The Wheels-and-Brake Boys for she felt that it was just unfair to her that she couldn’t get a bike because she was a girl. She wanted to learn how to ride a bike and wanted one to so she can play with them. Everyone would want to do something that someone else can do so, that can prove Becky is believe able. Becky is credible because of what she said her mom & her friends. For example, Becky asked The Wheels-and-Brake Boys “Can you teach me how to ride?” she also said to The Wheels-and-Brake Boys “Over and over I told my mom I wanted a bike.” And later she tells her mom “I still want to have a bike.” This proves that Becky can be a person that is believe able because everybody will annoy their elders to get whatever they want. Becky is a credible character, for what she does to her close friend named Harnett. In the story Harnett put a cockroach in Becky’s blouse then Becky squashed the bug. While Becky was in the bathroom washing her blouse Shirnette came in the bathroom too then they both started a fight. After that Becky thought “For the first time Shirnette and I had a fight, because of what I hate the most.” Shirnette wanted to get back at Becky for Becky put a centipede in the back of her shirt, once Becky realized she and Harnett made up. This makes Becky credible because all friends have fights sometimes then after they have cooled their jets they make up. These examples prove Becky’s credibility and in the end Becky gets a bike and gets to ride with The Wheels-and-Brake Boys. So maybe this story can teach you if there is a goal that is hard to achieve don’t give up to earn your achievement.

. This essay is of a short story titled “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros. This story is about a girl named Rachel who was humiliated in her math class on her 11th birthday. These 3 examples are reasons that Rachel is a credible character.

II. Rachel is a credible character because on the time when the teacher asked her class “Who’s ugly sweater is this?” all of the students said “not me”. Then the teacher went to Rachel and thought it was hers, but Rachel was too shy to say a word. You may think that makes her incredible because all of the other students said it wasn’t there’s, but it was an old ugly sweater and almost everybody agrees to there teacher even when they are wrong.

III. When the teacher asked and the class was almost finished answering her question, Felise said it belonged to Rachel and the teacher believed Felise and walks up to Rachel the time when she was shy. When the teacher was about to give Rachel the sweater, Rachel said not mine but utterly and the teacher tells her to put it on and she did. When Rachel put the sweater on, she started to cry then about the time when Recess started Felise told the teacher that the sweater was hers. Rachel crying is normal especially if she is technically is teased and embarrassed by someone in her class, so that makes Rachel credible.

VI. Rachel probably had worse if she feels bad on her birthday do you think you had worse before you shouldn’t because when she comes home that day, she will probably be too sad to just smile about her birthday. You probably don’t understand that pain inside but if something that bad happened people would for surely feel that bad.

V. All of these examples are definitely reasons that help prove Rachel’s credibility and maybe this essay can help those of you who probably make others feel bad because you tease them to think that maybe you should stop for everybody has feelings.

Dear, Mom Is it okay if I would have a dog? I would like to have a dog because dogs are usually companions with us, they are fun to play wiProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0, and they could save our lives. The type of dog I would like to have is a German Sheppard or an Alaskan Husky. Dogs really can be companions with us if we treat them rightly. They are fun to play with even if they get on you. They can definitely save our lives because they could find us under ruble after an earthquake, sense if we are about to get a seizure, and could guard us from bad people and dogs. I know that dogs are expensive especially those types of dogs, they’re hard to train, and that you might have to do all the work. Those are true, but I promise that I will train it the best that I can, I will use 90% of my allowance to buy the dog’s needs, and I will most certainly clean up the messes it makes. So now that you definitely know that I will take responsibility for the dog. Can I pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease have a dog know?

Monday, October 6, 2008 Prewrite

1. What are you good at? I am good at video games.

2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? I feel enjoyed.

3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? I would feel bored.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 CLASSWORK Chapter 1

1. What problems or conflicts are presented in chapter one? Tao needing to find a rabbit is an obvious one; identify at least two more.

2. Predict the resolution of each conflict. Example: conflict: Tao needs to find a rabbit. predicted resolution: He will find the one he lost.


 * Conflict 1:** Because of Tao's bad foot, not knowing who his father is and no help or teaching from any elder he could not be the Chosen One, or a cave painter.


 * Resolution 1:** Practice drawing in secret or ask an elder to teach hiProxy-Connection: keep-alive CachProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 Control: max-age=0 20to get better and earn the right to be a cave painter.


 * Conflict 2:** He is not a very good hunter because he has a bad foot, he is slow and a dreamer.


 * Resolution 2:** He could concentrate on killing another rabbit, perhaps by trapping it first.

Chapter 2 What two important events happen in this chapter. 1. Tao helps the young wolf dog by removing the splinter of bone from the wolf's gum.

2 Tao finds food, water crest, mussels, mushrooms, berries and fish when he goes through the Slough Which the clan believed to be haunted by evil spirits.

CLASSWORK Friday, October 10, 2008 Answer the questions below Chapter 3

1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together? Tao and Ram learn to hunt together as a team.

2. What decision does Tao tell Volt? Tao told Volt that he decided to not speak of a wolf dog again.

3. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph about how you feel. I am Volt, leader of the hunters I would feel very furious and suspicious if Tao asked me what he had asked me. I would be wondering why was Tao asking, "why can't we hunt with wolves?" I would ask Tao, "why are you questioning me about my authority and how did you manage to hunt three rabbits in two days alone? Did you hunt with a wolf dog?"

**CLASSWORK Monday, October 13, 2008**
Read Chapter 4 in class. Answer the following questions

In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. Start with an interest grabber. Then write your topic sentence. Give three details or examples to support your thesis. Use a quotation from the chapter.

"She was only a girl, but had the sense of wisdom as a women." Always she worked with her hands. She made many things from the earth and waters. I would like to describe her as a hard working mother, who would sacrifice her life for her child to live.

Chapter 6
 * CLASSWORK Monday, October 20, 2008** Answer the following questions

1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they? Graybeard that Tao hunted with a wolf dog, and Tao hunted in a forbidden place.

2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet? Graybeard does not know that Tao drew images in a cave on the top of a mountain.

3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging? Graybeard's acknowledges Volt as a good person not a heartless man that everyone thinks he is a good leader for the clan.

Write your reaction to the last paragraph in the chapter. Do you agree or disagree with Graybeard? Is what he says true for those times, but not now? Or is the reverse true: is it true now, but wasn't true then?
 * CLASSWORK Thursday, October 23, 2008**

I agree with Graybeard because if I have broken three taboos and someone finds out I would have to probably run away to an area where no one will ever find me. I think that it was true that drawing was a taboo in those times, but not today there is a taboo against drawing pictures in my culture.

Chapter 8 An important theme in this novel is that people should follow their dreams and do what they believe is right, even if they don't follow their society's expected ways. The author examines this theme in a stone age setting. Imagine a similar situation today, where a person's desires go against society's expectations What situation did you imagine? I would imagine a man who wants to be married to a woman in a different religion.

In the situation you imagined, should the person follow his or her dreams or should they follow society's rules? Give your opinion. I think he should keep on trying to marry her.


 * CLASSWORK Monday, October 27, 2008** Chapter 9

Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? Maybe Graybeard felt the same as Tao did when Graybeard was Tao's age.

What does this tell you about his character? That Graybeard is very kind to Tao.

**CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 28, 2008**
Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? "Mountains-that-walk" are mammoths.

2. What almost happened to Tao? Tao was almost killed by a mammoth, but thanks to Ram distracting the mammoth,Tao got to get away from the mammoth.

Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? Yes I do think Graybeard is a good teacher to Tao because Graybeard had to remind and correct Tao a couple of times and did not quit.
 * CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 29, 2008** Chapter 11

Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why? Yes I would like to have been taught a skill by him because I would like to learn how to make magic.


 * CLASSWORK Thursday, October 30, 2008** Chapter 12

1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? The ingredients used to make paint were blood, fish oil, animal fat, eggs, and honey.

2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter? Tao was afraid because he was afraid that something would happen to Graybeard.

1. Even if Ram had succeeded in hunting the deer, do you think it was a good idea of Tao's to "show off" his dog's ability to hunt? Explain. No I do not think it was a good idea for Tao to "show off" because he knew that Volt despised the wolf dogs much and may never forgive them.
 * CLASSWORK Monday, November 3, 2008** Chapter 13

2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene. I predict that Volt and the hunters would chase Tao and Ram to the mountain people.

1. Why does Tao cross the river? Tao crossed the river so he can run away from Volt and the hunters.
 * CLASSWORK Tuesday, November 4, 2008** Chapter 14

2. What decision does Graybeard reach? Graybeard decides to go with Tao to Tao's clan.

What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter? The problem that Tao has in the end of the chapter is while Tao is in the cave, Tao's lamp goes out and Tao is lost in the cave's darkness and can't find his way to the secret cavern.
 * CLASSWORK Wednesday, November 5, 2008** Chapter 15

**CLASSWORK Thursday, November 6, 2008**
Chapter 16 Look at the website of the Laxcaux Caves: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ Find a picture that resembles the one Tao is painting. Copy it as your answer to this question.

Chapter 17 Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction. On this chapter I felt a little confused about Volt because for the whole book he was just being cruel to Tao, and then he would help Tao face "Saxon". I'm not saying that it was bad to help Tao, but if he hated Tao so much why would help him,and then Volt tells Tao that he's his father. If Volt was Tao's father then why wouldn't he tell Tao long ago.

**CLASSWORK Friday, November 7, 2008**
Chapter 18 Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People? because he wanted to "follow the footsteps of Graybeard".

Extra Credit Write a narrative describing what