Dear Jacob,
I read the Hound of the Far Side by Gary Larson. This book is or my humor book and is mostly funny pictures with captions. I will try to find the pictures online and post them onto the blog post. There are many the far side books by Gary Larson. The first page that I want to talk about is the first page. It has an airplane and two pilots inside the cockpit. The one to the left says we are entering some turbulence and says stay in you seat while the other pilot smiles. Then they start turning the yolk ( controller) like they are in a game trying to get away from the cops in a car and start laughing. Then the pilot says oh, there is more turbulence and the other one once again smiles happily. I couldn't find a picture for this page and can't take a picture and put it on. That will be copy write.
The next page I want to talk about is on page 43. The are some porcupines with a sandwich in the middle. The funny part is that there is a porcupine upside down on the sandwich and has a blank expression on its face. I don't know why this is funny to me. I can't find a picture for this either.
The last page I want to talk about is page 88, the picture on the right. There is a road with a starting line and a truck in the distance. At the starting line there is a flat turtle and rabbit. On the side of the road there are animals looking at the turtle and rabbit with a blank look on their face. I guess the tortoise and rabbit were having a rematch but seemed to have failed at it. I can't find a picture for this page either.
Thank you for reading my blog. Sorry for having no pictures, but I hope I typed with enough detail to let you imagine the pictures.
Your friend,
Alexander Yan
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Reader's Journal #15 12-13-11
Dear Lucky,
I have finished reading the book Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. This is my fantasy book. One day Uncle Vernon went to work and noticed many strange things like people in weird wardrobe, a cat sitting very still reading a map and road sign, shooting stars on the news, and owls flying on the news, too. His family didn't like anything abnormal.
The cat waited on a fence when Uncle Vernon came back. The cat had a pattern design on its eye. When it was midnight a person called Albus Dumbledore. When he saw the cat he chuckled, and he took out a lighter looking device and clicked it. When he did a street light went out. He did this until the street was in darkness. He walked to the cat, but the cat wasn't their but a women. Albus Dumbledore, greeted Professor McGonagall. After a while, a half giant named Hagrid came. They left a baby named Harry Potter who just survived a dark wizard and serial killer, Voldemort. The next morning Uncle Vernon's family found him on their door steps. They raised him in misery until he was ten. He got a letter one day during summer. It was Harry's first letter. When they saw this they ripped up the letter and made Harry go to the upstairs room as his bedroom(it used to be a cupboard under a stairway). When he got the letter again and again, they have moved to and hotel and now a little shack in the middle on the ocean. That midnight he heard a bang and Hagrid came in. Harry was confused and was taken away with him. He was happy that he was away from the Dursleys.
He went to Diagon Alley, a wizard shopping area. He bought all he needed for Hogwarts, his new school. It was the most famous wizarding school in Great Britain. When the day came to go, he got confused on how to get to platform nine and three quarters. he found out that he had to walk through the barrier. He got on the train and made a new friend, Ron. When at Hogwarts, he found out the he was good at Quidditch, a sport on flying brooms. He hated a teacher, Professor Snape. He also made a new friend, Hermione. They accidentally went into a restricted room, and found a Cerberus in the room.
They soon found out that there was a stone inside called the Sorcerer's Stone and that it could make you immortal. They thought Professor Snape or Voldemort was going to steal the stone. Voldemort could use the stone for coming back to life. He uses people as hosts. One day, they went into the room and used music to make the Cerberus go to sleep and they went through the halls with different challenges like a chess game, getting a flying key on flying brooms sticks, and a logic game, all of them except Harry got through. Ron had to sacrifice himself during chess and Hermione went back during the logic game to go out.When Harry was in the last room he found out that it was Professor Quirrell. He was the host for Voldemort. Harry got the stone and Voldemort left Professor Quirrell to die. Harry found out this. He and his friends made their house win. What I mean by house is their group they were chosen in.
My favorite part was when Harry made his house win. That is because it was a very happy mood. My least favorite part is when Harry was abused by his family. That is because it was a sad mood. I would rate this book five out of five because it was well written, interesting, and fun to read.
Your friend,
Alexander Yan
I have finished reading the book Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. This is my fantasy book. One day Uncle Vernon went to work and noticed many strange things like people in weird wardrobe, a cat sitting very still reading a map and road sign, shooting stars on the news, and owls flying on the news, too. His family didn't like anything abnormal.
The cat waited on a fence when Uncle Vernon came back. The cat had a pattern design on its eye. When it was midnight a person called Albus Dumbledore. When he saw the cat he chuckled, and he took out a lighter looking device and clicked it. When he did a street light went out. He did this until the street was in darkness. He walked to the cat, but the cat wasn't their but a women. Albus Dumbledore, greeted Professor McGonagall. After a while, a half giant named Hagrid came. They left a baby named Harry Potter who just survived a dark wizard and serial killer, Voldemort. The next morning Uncle Vernon's family found him on their door steps. They raised him in misery until he was ten. He got a letter one day during summer. It was Harry's first letter. When they saw this they ripped up the letter and made Harry go to the upstairs room as his bedroom(it used to be a cupboard under a stairway). When he got the letter again and again, they have moved to and hotel and now a little shack in the middle on the ocean. That midnight he heard a bang and Hagrid came in. Harry was confused and was taken away with him. He was happy that he was away from the Dursleys.
He went to Diagon Alley, a wizard shopping area. He bought all he needed for Hogwarts, his new school. It was the most famous wizarding school in Great Britain. When the day came to go, he got confused on how to get to platform nine and three quarters. he found out that he had to walk through the barrier. He got on the train and made a new friend, Ron. When at Hogwarts, he found out the he was good at Quidditch, a sport on flying brooms. He hated a teacher, Professor Snape. He also made a new friend, Hermione. They accidentally went into a restricted room, and found a Cerberus in the room.
They soon found out that there was a stone inside called the Sorcerer's Stone and that it could make you immortal. They thought Professor Snape or Voldemort was going to steal the stone. Voldemort could use the stone for coming back to life. He uses people as hosts. One day, they went into the room and used music to make the Cerberus go to sleep and they went through the halls with different challenges like a chess game, getting a flying key on flying brooms sticks, and a logic game, all of them except Harry got through. Ron had to sacrifice himself during chess and Hermione went back during the logic game to go out.When Harry was in the last room he found out that it was Professor Quirrell. He was the host for Voldemort. Harry got the stone and Voldemort left Professor Quirrell to die. Harry found out this. He and his friends made their house win. What I mean by house is their group they were chosen in.
My favorite part was when Harry made his house win. That is because it was a very happy mood. My least favorite part is when Harry was abused by his family. That is because it was a sad mood. I would rate this book five out of five because it was well written, interesting, and fun to read.
Your friend,
Alexander Yan
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Current Event #3
Date: 12-11-11
Name:Alexander Yan
Current Events Journal #3
Title: Animal shelter's behavior experts face life and death decisions for animals
Author:John Owens
Source: The Miami Herald
The topic of the article is animal shelter death
The main idea of the article is: That in the Anti-cruelty shelter for animals in Chicago faces life or death decisions for animals. This is stated.
The author’s purpose for writing this article is to inform the reader about what the animal shelter has to do to check the animals behavior.
The author’s perspective in this article is objective/subjective (not biased) because it doesn't talk about any of their opinions.
The pattern of organization of the article is flashback.
The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is because it talks about what they did to an animal then what they are doing to animals now.
The text features included in the article are: Quotes, and they help by expressing the animal shelter employees. Examples, and they help by letting the reader know what they are talking about more clearly.
This article is about (a summary in your own words) dog that have to be put down just because of their behavior. Animal experts try to train them, but if they can't they have to kill the animal.
The significance (importance) of this article is that animals die just because of their behavior.
What I learned from this article is that 7,400 dogs and 11,000 cats are killed every year because of their behavior.
What I liked about this article is that it is very informative. They do this by putting an example in the beginning.
What I did not like about it is that their are no
Who should read this article and why animal owners should read this article because it is about animals in animal shelters.
This article reminds me of (text-to-self) when I had a kitty , but gave it away to a person because I didn't know how to take care of it.
(text-to-text) This reminds me of a story in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul. They had to leave their dog at home but came up with the idea of letting different people bring it to them.
(text-to-world) Many animals will go through this process.
New vocabulary I learned
Word Context Clues Meaning
1.euthanized- to put down/kill
2.triage- to try
3.acclimate- get used to
Name:Alexander Yan
Current Events Journal #3
Title: Animal shelter's behavior experts face life and death decisions for animals
Author:John Owens
Source: The Miami Herald
The topic of the article is animal shelter death
The main idea of the article is: That in the Anti-cruelty shelter for animals in Chicago faces life or death decisions for animals. This is stated.
The author’s purpose for writing this article is to inform the reader about what the animal shelter has to do to check the animals behavior.
The author’s perspective in this article is objective/subjective (not biased) because it doesn't talk about any of their opinions.
The pattern of organization of the article is flashback.
The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is because it talks about what they did to an animal then what they are doing to animals now.
The text features included in the article are: Quotes, and they help by expressing the animal shelter employees. Examples, and they help by letting the reader know what they are talking about more clearly.
This article is about (a summary in your own words) dog that have to be put down just because of their behavior. Animal experts try to train them, but if they can't they have to kill the animal.
The significance (importance) of this article is that animals die just because of their behavior.
What I learned from this article is that 7,400 dogs and 11,000 cats are killed every year because of their behavior.
What I liked about this article is that it is very informative. They do this by putting an example in the beginning.
What I did not like about it is that their are no
Who should read this article and why animal owners should read this article because it is about animals in animal shelters.
This article reminds me of (text-to-self) when I had a kitty , but gave it away to a person because I didn't know how to take care of it.
(text-to-text) This reminds me of a story in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul. They had to leave their dog at home but came up with the idea of letting different people bring it to them.
(text-to-world) Many animals will go through this process.
New vocabulary I learned
Word Context Clues Meaning
1.euthanized- to put down/kill
2.triage- to try
3.acclimate- get used to
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Reader Journal's #14 12--16-11
Dear Julio,
I have finished the fantastic book, Eragon. The book is by Christopher Paolini. He was a bestselling author at nineteen years old. I will try to shorten the RJ because the rest of the book is 400 pages. You may not understand what I am talking about until you read my last RJ.
Continuing my last RJ, Eragon woke up in the town healers room. His went to visit his uncle, Garrow. When he saw him, he asked about his condition. The healer replied not well. A day later Garrow died. Eragon was bent on revenge when he overheard them say that. The next day he went to the leather store and stole leather even if he felt guilty about it. He put them in a treeline away from the town and went to go steal meat from the butcher, Sloan. When he came back he saw Brom, the town storyteller, waiting for him. Brom knew a lot about dragons and their history. Brom told Eragon to bring him with him. After a few declines Eragon just let him come.
They left and went for a area to camp. Brom then made a sattle for Eragon's dragon, Saphira. They went to a little town and bought horses there. They then went to various cities trying to find the Ra'zac. Brom told Eragon who killed his uncle. He told them that it was a monster called the Ra'zac. They were half bird half human. He had to know this because he was a Rider. A Rider is a person part of the Riders(notice the S). The were a group of people who had dragons and used them to keep peace. The were betrayed by one of their members and he is now king of the land.
They arrived to one village and saw that there was a massacre. All the people of the town were dead and staked in the town square. Brom saw Urgal footprints and commanded Eragon to exit the city. But before they could reach the gate, two Urgals jumped out and attacked. Eragon ran into a ally way with a dead end. He thought about the dead people in the square and there was a power in him that he wanted to force out. he pulled out his bow-and-arrow, yelled Brisngr, and fired the arrow. The arrow caught on fire and killed both Urgals. Brom told him he used magic and could have killed himself if he used too much energy. Now, on the trip Brom taught him how to use magic and the ancient language that was spoken when casting it.
They went to many places until finding a bottle of oil that burned and living organism. Brom told him that the Ra'zac usually carry this oil. When he heard this he asked where does it come from. Brom told him another island and is shipped here. Eragon then came up with the idea of looking thought the shipping records. Brom also said his friend in the city where the records are,Jeod , can help us.When they arrived, they wen tto see Jeod. They made a plan to see the records without letting people know.
Until that day, Eragon wandered around the city. He went to the herbalist shop next door. He found out that the owner was actually a witch. She told Eragon fortune and it was good and bad. It said that a friend will betray, your life will be long( Riders will have a ling life), a friend will die, you will chose what road you will go down, but only one will lead to happiness, and you will be banished from these lands. After Eragon left he pondered these words.
When the day came to take the records, they went at night, bribed the guard, and went in. They copied everything, but they were found outside the room leaving. The guards checked the door but it was already locked because Brom used magic to lock it. They left feeling accomplished.They found out that the most likely place where the Ra'zac are is in another town farther south. Brom and Eragon went there and no sooner than a few days Eragon found the Ra'zac. He was in a hallway when he looked back and saw them. He ran because he also heard soldiers coming. He knew the soldier were with the Ra'zac. He ran all the way to where he stayed and told Brom that they had to escape the city.
They ran all the way close to the desert. They camped but the Ra'zac found them and clained them and Saphira. All of a sudden, they were being attacked by arrows. They fled but threw a knife that Brom jumped in front of the save Eragon. Eragon then fainted. He woke up seeing a stranger named Murtagh. They both wanted to kill the Ra'zac. They found refuge in a land of hills and Brom showed that he was a Rider, too. He then died after telling Eragon his name in the ancient language.
After that, they went to a place where Brom's friend stayed but Urgals attacked and Eragon was captures. He then found an elf he keeps seeing in his dreams and rescued her when Murtagh rescued them. The elf was in a coma but Eragon read her mind and found our where the Varden are. The Varden are the rebels against the Empire( Not Starwars Empire). They found them hidden in a mountain. The Elf was healed and she was the one that was thought to be killed during first chapter. Her name was Arya.
Eragon was sleeping one day but was woken up to and urgent call. He was snt to the king of Varden, Ahjiad. There was going to be an attack by the Urgals. They prepared and waited. When to attacked started, they fought gallantly. They were fighting but Eragon had to go back because they were making a tunnel to trap the troops. He went to the tunnel and saw the Shade. He read his mind which caused the Shade to feel pain but Eragon couldn't stop the flowing images and the Shade got up and sliced Eragon in the back with a sword. Eraogn fell to the floor. When the Shade was about to deliver a death blow, the roof above broke and Arya and Saphira were attacking. Eragon saw that Saphira was breathing fir her first time but the Shade was about to use magic to kill Saphira and Arya. Eragon got up yelled brisingr and stab the Shade in the back with the flaming sword. Eragon fainted after that( again).
Eragon woke up in the healers place after having a dream that had a person saying meet him where the elves are. He learned that they had won the battle and when the Shade's spirit went away the Urgal clans started fighting each other. Eragon then remembered the dream and promised that he would go to the person.
My favorite part of the book was when Eragon knew the battle was won. I liked that part because it was a great ending for the book. My least favorite part was when Brom died. It was very sad after he had been on the journey with Eragon after all those months. Hoped you liked my (very long) RJ!
Your friend,
Alexander Yan
I have finished the fantastic book, Eragon. The book is by Christopher Paolini. He was a bestselling author at nineteen years old. I will try to shorten the RJ because the rest of the book is 400 pages. You may not understand what I am talking about until you read my last RJ.
Continuing my last RJ, Eragon woke up in the town healers room. His went to visit his uncle, Garrow. When he saw him, he asked about his condition. The healer replied not well. A day later Garrow died. Eragon was bent on revenge when he overheard them say that. The next day he went to the leather store and stole leather even if he felt guilty about it. He put them in a treeline away from the town and went to go steal meat from the butcher, Sloan. When he came back he saw Brom, the town storyteller, waiting for him. Brom knew a lot about dragons and their history. Brom told Eragon to bring him with him. After a few declines Eragon just let him come.
They left and went for a area to camp. Brom then made a sattle for Eragon's dragon, Saphira. They went to a little town and bought horses there. They then went to various cities trying to find the Ra'zac. Brom told Eragon who killed his uncle. He told them that it was a monster called the Ra'zac. They were half bird half human. He had to know this because he was a Rider. A Rider is a person part of the Riders(notice the S). The were a group of people who had dragons and used them to keep peace. The were betrayed by one of their members and he is now king of the land.
They arrived to one village and saw that there was a massacre. All the people of the town were dead and staked in the town square. Brom saw Urgal footprints and commanded Eragon to exit the city. But before they could reach the gate, two Urgals jumped out and attacked. Eragon ran into a ally way with a dead end. He thought about the dead people in the square and there was a power in him that he wanted to force out. he pulled out his bow-and-arrow, yelled Brisngr, and fired the arrow. The arrow caught on fire and killed both Urgals. Brom told him he used magic and could have killed himself if he used too much energy. Now, on the trip Brom taught him how to use magic and the ancient language that was spoken when casting it.
They went to many places until finding a bottle of oil that burned and living organism. Brom told him that the Ra'zac usually carry this oil. When he heard this he asked where does it come from. Brom told him another island and is shipped here. Eragon then came up with the idea of looking thought the shipping records. Brom also said his friend in the city where the records are,Jeod , can help us.When they arrived, they wen tto see Jeod. They made a plan to see the records without letting people know.
Until that day, Eragon wandered around the city. He went to the herbalist shop next door. He found out that the owner was actually a witch. She told Eragon fortune and it was good and bad. It said that a friend will betray, your life will be long( Riders will have a ling life), a friend will die, you will chose what road you will go down, but only one will lead to happiness, and you will be banished from these lands. After Eragon left he pondered these words.
When the day came to take the records, they went at night, bribed the guard, and went in. They copied everything, but they were found outside the room leaving. The guards checked the door but it was already locked because Brom used magic to lock it. They left feeling accomplished.They found out that the most likely place where the Ra'zac are is in another town farther south. Brom and Eragon went there and no sooner than a few days Eragon found the Ra'zac. He was in a hallway when he looked back and saw them. He ran because he also heard soldiers coming. He knew the soldier were with the Ra'zac. He ran all the way to where he stayed and told Brom that they had to escape the city.
They ran all the way close to the desert. They camped but the Ra'zac found them and clained them and Saphira. All of a sudden, they were being attacked by arrows. They fled but threw a knife that Brom jumped in front of the save Eragon. Eragon then fainted. He woke up seeing a stranger named Murtagh. They both wanted to kill the Ra'zac. They found refuge in a land of hills and Brom showed that he was a Rider, too. He then died after telling Eragon his name in the ancient language.
After that, they went to a place where Brom's friend stayed but Urgals attacked and Eragon was captures. He then found an elf he keeps seeing in his dreams and rescued her when Murtagh rescued them. The elf was in a coma but Eragon read her mind and found our where the Varden are. The Varden are the rebels against the Empire( Not Starwars Empire). They found them hidden in a mountain. The Elf was healed and she was the one that was thought to be killed during first chapter. Her name was Arya.
Eragon was sleeping one day but was woken up to and urgent call. He was snt to the king of Varden, Ahjiad. There was going to be an attack by the Urgals. They prepared and waited. When to attacked started, they fought gallantly. They were fighting but Eragon had to go back because they were making a tunnel to trap the troops. He went to the tunnel and saw the Shade. He read his mind which caused the Shade to feel pain but Eragon couldn't stop the flowing images and the Shade got up and sliced Eragon in the back with a sword. Eraogn fell to the floor. When the Shade was about to deliver a death blow, the roof above broke and Arya and Saphira were attacking. Eragon saw that Saphira was breathing fir her first time but the Shade was about to use magic to kill Saphira and Arya. Eragon got up yelled brisingr and stab the Shade in the back with the flaming sword. Eragon fainted after that( again).
Eragon woke up in the healers place after having a dream that had a person saying meet him where the elves are. He learned that they had won the battle and when the Shade's spirit went away the Urgal clans started fighting each other. Eragon then remembered the dream and promised that he would go to the person.
My favorite part of the book was when Eragon knew the battle was won. I liked that part because it was a great ending for the book. My least favorite part was when Brom died. It was very sad after he had been on the journey with Eragon after all those months. Hoped you liked my (very long) RJ!
Your friend,
Alexander Yan
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