Speak Final Assessment

Speak Final Assessment

Response 1: Trust me, there are many times where i have to say something that is the opposite of what i really want to say. Most of them are with my family of course. Like, one of the worst ones was when i was discussing with my mother about my grades. I was doing really bad in one of my favorite classes. My mom said i was missing a lot of assignments in that class and i said that i wasn’t. I knew i had turned them in but my mom didn’t believe me. She always trusted what the website said over me. I was really angry. I wanted to tell her that sometimes teachers make mistakes or are slow when they put up grades on the website but i knew that arguing with her would just make it worse than it already was. So what i did was i just nodded my head and ill talk to her tomorrow When i went against my inner voice it just made me get angry. Angry because i couldn’t speak up about how i really felt. But i had to do it or else i would just feel more guilt than anger about fighting with my mom.

Response 2: Sometimes i speak what's really on my mind. Whenever i do i feel really proud of myself when i do. For example in my math class i was sitting there listening to my teacher when he called on my brother to come up and solve the question he put on the overhead. So he went up and made a really stupid mistake but because it was so early in the morning he didn’t notice and kept on going. I started hearing whispering about that mistake from the people around me and eventually it turned into laughing. At this point he was already sitting down and people were laughing at him. I was so angry that people would do this. My brother also encouraged me to stand up for him because i knew he would do the same for me. I pretty much told them to stop and after a couple failed attempts they finally listened. It felt great that i stood up for him.

Response 3: During speak Melinda suppresses her inner voice a lot. It makes her shy, hateful, and she always pushes people away. Luckily she makes friends with heather on the first day of school. She isn’t hateful, or shy on the inside. Its just that she doesn’t want to have any sort of interaction with anyone in that school except her Art teacher Mr.Freeman. Her main problem in the story is the fact that everyone in the school already hates her even though none of them even know her on a personal level. THe worst part that makes her who she is in the story is that her best friend is dating the man who raped her at the party and she doesn’t have enough courage to speak up.

1st Quarter Outside Reading Book Review

Metro 2033

Dmitry Glukhovsky

Gollancz 2011

The story of Metro 2033 is about a young man named Artyom.Artyom is a 20 year old man originally from pre-apocalyptic Russia. He lived through the bombs but only just as a baby. Metro 2033 is about a post-apocalyptic Russia. The last remnants of humanity hide with fear down in the bowels of the metro. Above ground is wasteland infested with irradiated creatures and is covered with radiation. Most people fear what is up there and won’t leave there shambles in the tuut vnnels. Some people are brave enough to go up ground but most of them are apart of 2 of the 3 main factions of the Metro: The Nazis or the Reds, which are both ruled by power hungry fools who are trying to take sections of the tunnels from the other faction. These factions in general don’t care much for the civilians just trying to hide from this fool war between the two. But the last faction cares as much for the people as they do themselves. These people are the Rangers. Artyom is a part of the rangers and his goal for this story is to stop the most dangerous creatures from destroying the last remnants of civilization.

“The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. a few thousand live on, not knowing if they are the only survivors on the planet. They live in the Moscow Metro -  the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is Humanity's last refuge. It is a world without tomorrow, with no room for dreams, plans, hopes. Feelings have given way to instinct - the most important of which is survival. Survival at any price.”

The writing style of this book is very weird. I haven’t read anything like this before. I can’t even compare this book to another book because its so unique.

“He was rushing through a dark tunnel with head-spinning speed,lying on a section car that was no less than two meters long. There was a light smell of burning in the air and Artyom thought with astonishment that it must be fueled with petrol.”

This story was very unique and thats what i enjoyed about it. It had a lot of description and detail which just made the book more creepy than it actually is. He described it in a way that made me connect with the main character’s fear, anger, sadness, and happiness.

I give Metro 2033 4 Paws - Pounce on it

Speak Reflective Reading essay

Speak Reflective Reading Essay

1.Quiet: I Feel like quiet is a good word to describe Melinda because she never really talks out loud during classes or anything. Even when she does she isn’t very loud.

2.Outcast: Outcast is possibly the best word i have for her. Ever since she called the cops her old friends haven’t talked to her. No one really likes her anymore.

3.Frustrated: I think she is frustrated because she can’t tell anyone what happened at the party. It is eating her up inside that she can’t tell anyone. Not even her parents.

4.Alone: In the story she doesn’t really have anyone to talk to other than Heather, Mr.Freeman. and her conscience. She feels like she can’t even talk to her parents.

 

5.Pessimistic: Ever since the beginning of the book Melinda hasn’t really been positive about anything. She has always just went along not enjoying anything about life.

The best word that describes Melinda to me is outcast. It perfectly describes who she is in the story. She goes to school everyday talking to no one there except Heather. People just don’t avoid her either. They throw food at her too. “Thwap! A lump of potatoes and gravy hits me square in the chest.” (8)

The thing about Melinda and this word is that she kinda is making herself an outcast too. She isn’t trying to make new friends or anything. She is just accepting being an  outcast. They dont want to talk to her and she doesn’t want to talk to them. Thats just the way i see it.