Emmanuel

Emmanuel's Dog Letter emmanuel eleven Monday, October 6, 2008 Prewrite 1. What are you good at? I am good at playing soccer. 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? I feel good and alive. 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? //I WOULD BE THE SADDEST BOY IN THE HOLE WIDE WORLD.//

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. The conflic is that he loves to draw but his tribe wont let him.He didn't collect food so he cant go back to his tribe for a few days. 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict. Example: conflict: Tayo needs to find a rabbit. predicted resolution: He will find the one he lost.The tribe is going to let him paint.He will find food and go back to his tribe.

Tuesday, October 8, 2008 HOMEWORK: read chapter 2 CLASSWORK: answer the question below Chapter 2 What two important events happen in this chapter? Toi has not found the rabbit so he can't go back to his tribe until he found the rabbit. He had heard a yell and he thought it was a spirit.

CLASSWORK Friday, October 10, 2008 Answer the questions below Chapter 3 1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together? They got in the cave and he thought a noise was the devil but it was a owl.

2. What decision does Tao tell Volt?That he was going hunting alone.

3. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel.I think that he should go with the mountain people to hunt with the dog if he thinks he is all that! Don't come back again. Dogs are bad, they are demands.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 13, 2008 Read Chapter 4 in class. Answer the following questions Chapter 4 In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. Start with%2Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 n interest grabber. Then write your topic sentence. Give three details or examples to support your thesis. Use a quotation from the chapter. Tao's mother was a independent woman who woulden't exept hand outs.She is the type of person who doesn't exept hand ot's and is a independent. She is caring, she wouldn't let her baby die. She kept her baby alive by breast feeding him and kept him alive by hugging him.

CLASSWORK Friday, October 17, 2008 Finish reading Chapter 5 in class Answer the following questions Chapter 5 1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw?He tried to draw a horse and he drew a wolf dog [ram]. 2. Which is easier for him and why?The dog was or wolf dog easiest because he was right there with him so he could see him and he wouldn't make mistakes.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 20, 2008 Answer the following questions Chapter 6 1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they?The taboos he broke were that he had been hunting with a wolf dog and hunting in forbidden land. 2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet?That he could not draw on walls of the caves. 3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging?That he was a taboo breaker but he thought he was a great painter and he wants to paint with him

CLASSWORK Thursday, October 23, 2008 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? I agree with Graybear because if something is a taboo for your culture you should listen to them because for example it is a taboo to step on the american flag just because you like to march like a solder and you didn't want to get your shoes dirty so you are going to step on the flag. NO!! I think what graybear said is true then but not now....

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?My parents want me to get married with a latinas but I think I should marry with how ever I want not just latinas.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 27, 2008 Chapter 9 Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? I think Graybeard changed his mind because I think he nows how it feel to draw, it's ADICTIVE. What does this tell you about his character? That he is understanding and he {I think} beleaves that you don't have to be a chosen one to make drawings on walls.

CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? The mountains that walk are the mammoths. 2. What almost happened to Tao? Tao almost got ran over by a mammoth because ram ran to the hurd and tao went after him.

CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Chapter 11 Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why?Yes because he is a expirienced drawer but also because he is stricted so Toa will learn more. Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why?NO because he is old and bossy and i would be scared to rays my hand and get the question wrong!!!!!!

CLASSWORK Thursday, October 30, 2008 Chapter 12 1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? 2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter?

CLASSWORK Monday, November 3, 2008 Chapter 13 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 because the hunters mite see the wolf dog. 2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene. The hunters are going to find the dog.

CLASSWORK Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Chapter 14 1. Why does Tao cross the river? He was going to get away from the hunters. 2. What decision does Graybeard reach?he was gong to let him paint by him self.

CLASSWORK Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Chapter 15 What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter?The hunters were chasing him and they wanted to kill the wolf dog..

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. I thought it was really good. I cant baleive that Volt was his father because he didn't even like him.

**HOMEWORK Thurssday, November 6, 2008**
Read Chapter 18

**CLASSWORK Friday, November 7, 2008**
Chapter 18 Why does Tao feel he need

Emmanuel Mejia Mar 3, 09 Period 2/3 BECKY ESSAY By    ME    The name of the story we read was named “Beck and the Wheels and Brake boy” by James Berry. The story is about a girl named Becky that wants a bike ,but she cant get one until the end. Becky is a credible character. She shows that she through what she fells ,says ,and does. Becky is believable because she want to fit with other children. “ Can somebody teach me to ride?” Becky said. They all have bikes and know how to ride so she want to ride with them. This prove that she is a believable character because most kids want to be in a club or a group. Another reason that proves that Becky is credible is because she begs her mom again and again. This is true because all the kids I know beg there moms for what ever they want. As Becky sais “ over and over I told my mom I wanted a bike.” Some kids in order to get what she wants, Becky thinks she has to ask a couple of times to get she wants. This shows Becky is believeable because almost all kids love begging there parents to get what they want. Finally another reason that Becky is a credible chapter is because she always fought with her friend. as an example Becky thinks ,” for the first time me and Shirnet had a real fight because of what I hated most .” Shirnet wanted to get back at Becky because Becky had put a centipede up her shirt ,so she got even by putting a cockroach in Becks blues. This proves that Becky is believable because most friends fight and usually make up. In conclusion, Becky, the main character in “ Becky And The Wheels And The Brakes,” is believable because of her emotions’ ,words, and actions. That means that she is a average child.