Good Morning Class
Remember during this time, you need to be reading!!!
This is your daily reading and writing program, that means it is not time to socialize, rearrange your music, eat, stare into space, or put your head down!!!
GRAB a book from the red crate!!
MAKE SURE your sentences are complete!!
remember to get full credit means all complete sentences!!
1. title or section
2. 8 sentence summary
3. 3 sentences on your thoughts reflection
4. One fact you thought most interesting
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♥ Chicken Soup for the Soul
♥ Puppies for Sale
♥ The short story I read today was about a little boy that while walking past a store found himself looking at puppies for sale. The little boy went inside and asked the store owner how much he was selling the puppies and he told the little boy that it would cost him anywhere from thirty to fifty. The little boy told him that he only had $2.47 but if he could at least look at them. The store owner smiled and brought out the most unique puppy of the litter. The little realized that the dog had only three legs and he asked the store owner what was wrong with him. He told him that it was just the way he was born but that if he wanted him, he’d give him up for free. The little boy argued, explaining that it was just as special as the rest of the puppies. He told the store owner that he was going to pay him the $2.47 now, and .50 every week until he pays the thirty dollars. The store owner insisted that he take the dog for free because he was never going to run and play freely with the dog the way he wanted to. The boy raised up his pants and showed the store owner that he too lost his leg, and wore an artificial leg. ---So it turned out that these too weren’t so different after all.
♥ My favorite part of the story was the end, once the reason was clear to the store owner. <33
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul.
"Heartstrings."
This story is about a woman who has a passion for saving dogs from shelters. All her life, she had been searching for love. She considered looking for a dog to love. She met "Tugs" at a Humane Society Program. She was donating clothes and saw the old beat up dog looking at her. The dog was only intended to stay for 7 days and then put to sleep if no one claimed it, but since he was so cute, they allowed him to stay longer. This woman met the dog on it's 10th day there. She named him "Tugs" because he tugged on her heart strings the day she met him. She knew she had enough dogs already. But there should always be enough room for one more. She called the Humane Society as soon as it opened up in the morning and told them she's taking the dog and to save it for her. She took care of Tugs for about a year. Tugs was growing sicker and sicker but yet still maintaining his happiness with his new owner. Tugs finally came to his ending. He had to be put to sleep to end all his suffering. Tears were falling onto his muzzle as his head was held gently and being put to sleep. He will always be loved by his owner. I think this story is cute because the dog had been suffering so much and finally found happiness before it died.
Today I read the book When the Wind Blows. It was written by James Patterson. I read chapters 18 and 19. Max cant stop thinking about her little brother Mathew. She remembers his dumb jokes that he used to laugh at. Max is hungry. She needs food, that is all her mind can think about. She breaks in to a house and eats all she can eat. She gets a guilt trip but it passes. Im thinking shes going to get caught since now shes in the bathroom yearning for a shower bad. I worried for her little brother. Where is he at. The interesting fact I found in these two chapters is that Max is brave.
Title: 1001 facts about the human body
Today I read about the senses of the human body. There are these things called sensory receptors that help to detect stimuli from inside and outside the body. As well as the five special senses of taste, smell, hearing, balance, and sight, there are other general senses, such as touch and pain. I also read that the skin is always forming a waterproof barrier, the skin protects the body from physical damage and infection. It is also sensitive to touch, helps to control body temperature, and repairs itself. One interesting fact is that months before were born, the ridges of skin form on the fingertips.
chicken noodle soup for the women’s soul
The White Gardenia
This a short story about a woman named Marsha Arons. Who talks about her parents giving her these flowers everytime something goes wrong in her life and good. Like the first time she got her heart broken , when her father died, her graduation , senior class play, & prom.
That’s because her mother wanted her children to see the magic in the world and wanted them to se themselves much like the gardenias-lovely, strong, perfect.
But when her mother died 10 days later she got married and that year the flowers stopped coming
*Spices
Spices come from a variety of plants that once grew only in the East. Today spices are grown and used all over the world. Silk cloth is valued for its beauty and strength. Spices like mustard seeds are valued for their strong taste. Salt is valued for its flavor and for its ability to preserve food. Animals fur has always been valued for its warmth and how it looks. A spice is the strongly flavored part of a plant. Its interesting how countries fought wars to control the spice trade. Many spices used to be found in the Molucca Islands of Indonesia. Cinnamon comes from Sri Lanka. Pepper grows wild in forests of India. The Europeans traded goods such as pottery for spices. The Arabs gave European traders the number system we use today. Spices come in many shapes, colors, and flavors.
Forever odd by Dean koontz
Today I read a short part of this book. Anyway Odd is inside the house and looking for Simon Makepeace.Simon Makepeace is Danny's dad.Well Simon served 16 years for manslaughter and got out 4 months ago. Now Odd is trying to find out if it's Simon that's in the house or if it's a stranger. Odd is upstairs in the house Dr.Jessup owned before he got killed and Odd hasn't found anybody yet. Odd found an elevator in the house, but nobody was in there. Finally he found a stranger in the kitchen and he got tasered.
The part I read today was exciting.Exciting because a lot of things happened and Odd got tasered. Hopefully that never happens to me.
Go with your instinct.
Title: The Code
Section: Putting it all together
in the short story I read today, talks about the teen success, what the code is to success more. Mostly the section was telling how to take steps to be a successful teen. It also was showing what they could start with and how they could start, also how to change some of the things like: attitudes, self confidents, personal qualities, personal rules. Like set certain boundary’s for yourself. It also stating that what you should expect for yourself, how to take control instead of letting it take control of you. Starting with like family, and friends. You also should think about the things or people that will get you started like if your grades are low, if your working, how are the grade, you could fix your grades if there not looking to good, have the fun after doing what you got to do, and certain activities that will have something to do with having a teenage success. I liked the fact that this book could really help out a young child to noticed what’s really important and how they should look at it. I really like the facts that they want to help us put all the none important things aside. I learned that it only take a smart mind and an student who really wants to make a success, I also liked the fact that it tells how would should take the steps one by one to make it there fully through as a teen success.
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul:
The story I am reading is The Miss of a Great “Miss”. This story is kind of short. There is this girl, she is beautiful but also humble. She was very well respected by all people. She like helping people and that made her even more beautiful. This guy thought that she was a goddess. They went to school together so that made it easy for him to be around her. He was the president of student body. He would walk her to class every day. One time he even got to eat lunch with her all by themselves. He felt like the happiest man on earth. He wanted to ask her out. He knew that if he went out with her he would never look at any female again. She was everything to him. So they finally graduated and they separated. Years later he found her best friend at the mall and they started talking. He asked her about the wonderful girl and what had happened to her. The friend said that she finally got over him. She said the he was being cruel to her taking her to class every day but never asking her out. That the time they ate together she waited by the phone expecting his call. She too had a crush on him. She told the friend that he was afraid of rejection and that is why he didn’t ask her out. Then he realized what would be the worst thing that could happen? Not go out with her, well after all he didn’t and he had a chance to.
-Chicken soup for the teenage soul
-Loosing the Us
-There was a high school couple. They had spent a few months dating already and the girl loved him. Their names were Ben and lia. When they broke up she was crushed. She cried herself to sleep every night, she only talked about him and only thought about him. Whenever she saw him with another girl she couldn’t stop thinking that they were dating. She felt like she wasn’t complete. Whenever she saw him she saw her other half. So she started to engage in school activities to keep herself busy. Slowly she started to have fun, smile, laugh. Whole days would pass without even thinking of him. She knew that she couldn’t just put a band-aid over it and expect it to heal. She knew that later she would again fall in love. And that they will eventually break up. And again she will be hurt but with time she will heal again.
-I think that this story is as true as it can be. I relate a lot to this story because I have felt this a lot of times. I bet that there are also a lot of people that have felt this.
-One interesting thing that I learned is that no matter what loving yourself can heal anything.
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