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Current Events

"Toyota Recall" My source was various web sites. There has been over 5.3 million recalls so far since the first couple of gas petals stuck. Some people have gone into ditches, hit telephone poles, ran into rivers, and even caused car accidence. People are not very happy with Toyota. Toyota is trying their best to fix the problem but its hard so there are still accidence going on. People are still buying cars from Toyota even though they know about the gas petals stick. I am really worried because people could hit us and I really don't want to be in a car accident. I am also worried because people I know and love own Toyotas and i don;t really want them to die or get hurt in any way. I would really like it if they would just take off all of the Toyotas on the road so it would maybe be a bit safer.

__**//The Giver//**__ Feb 9th, 2010 1. - After analyzing the books appearance, what clues does it give you? - The tone of the book after listening to the first page? - What do you think this book is about? Predict! I think the clues that the book gives me so far is an old man that likes to give and also having to do with the forest. I think the tone of the book so far is scared and freaked out. I would say scared because the people in the community always stop when every they hear the loud jet go by. I would pick freaked out because they have never had a jet go over the town before. A boy that gives everything he has and goes to war so he can prove that he is a give and a fighter so he wont give up.

Feb 11th, 2010 2. Why do you think, “Mirrors were rare”? I think they were rare because they didn’t want people to think that they were different just because they didn’t look the same as their friends or their community people. Also because they didn’t think they needed them. So they couldn’t think badly on how they look or what they wore they just had to go to school thinking that they looked good even though they didn’t have a mirror. In the book it says, “There was no real need of them”. I think they said this because of what I said above. They didn’t want people to think that they were any different then anyone else and they wanted everyone to be the same/equal. I also think mirrors where rare because they only got all the needs that they needed by plane and a mirror was more like a want but it wasn’t a need so they just didn’t get any.

Book Journal

By: Myia Rychyk

Why did I pick the book I am reading? January 6, 2010 I picked ‘Young Indiana Jones’ because I have always like the Indiana Jones movies and I thought that the book might be good too. In the book it isn’t Indiana Jones it is his son and his friend so I think that that is really cool. I also picked this book because I though it might be really interesting because people that have read this book told me that it was good. I also picked this book because it was something that I wasn’t used to reading, cause I used to only read vampire books but now I have been reading this book and my friend’s book that she is writing. Does it meet my expectations? January 8, 2010 So far I think it meets my expectations because I am learning something that I never knew before and because I like books that I can make a picture in my mined with. So as I have said before this book is so far meeting my expectations (the ones that I have). I also think it is meeting my expectations because it is not too difficult [hard to understand] and not to easy as well.

Select a Character and state their goal. Discuss their thoughts, feelings, and motivations in relation to their goal. January 11, 2010 I would pick Indy because he wants to be just like his dad. Indy has a friend that does lots of stupid things sometimes and Indy doesn’t know why he does these things. I think Indy’s feelings are happy because he made a friend even though no one else liked him. Outgoing because he does lots of things that his dad did/does and because he goes with his friend even if he doesn’t want to. I would say his motivation would be his dad because his dad does all the cool tricks and actions that he wants to be able to do. Also because Indiana Jones is his dad, so I would think he would admire and look up to his dad as if he was the world’s biggest role model/famous person. 1. Who else should read this book? Should anyone not be encouraged to read this book? Why? Would you recommend the book to a friend or fellow classmate? January 13, 2010 I think people that like action and likes the Indiana Jones movies should read this book. No because you can learn lots of cool things that you might not have known before and also because it’s full of different adventures things. I would also encourage people to read this book because it is different from what they would normally read. I would recommend this to someone that doesn’t have anything else to read or just wants to learn with adventure. I would recommend this to a fellow classmate because I know that people like Indiana Jones movies and books so I think it would be cool if they read a book about his son. I would also recommend this to a friend or family member because I know that lots of them like adventure and action. 2. Would you like to read more books by this author? Have you already read other books by the author? Why or why not? January 15, 2010 I would definitely like to read more books by this author because I find that this book has a lot of things that I didn’t know before and I find that the hunting and adventure that the characters do are very interesting. I haven’t yet read any of the other books that the author has done but I think it would be interesting to read the other ones in the series. I haven’t read any by this author yet because this is my first time reading a ‘Young Indiana Jones’ book. I think I also might not want to read all the books in the series because they don’t really appear to meet my standards or they just don’t sound interesting but I normally read the first chapter and if I don’t like it then I put it back. 3. Would you like to be one of the characters (acquire a personality trait)? Which of the characters would you become, if you could? Why? If there's something about the character that you'd want to change, what is it? January 18, 2010 I think I would be one of the main characters because you get to go on adventures and do different things that the other characters don’t. I would like to be Indy (main character). I would like to be Indy because he is really smart and adventures just like his dad. I would also pick Indy because I think he is more like me in a lot of ways: funny, smart, doesn’t have many friends, adventures, self-motivating, and self-confidence. If I could change anything about the character I wouldn’t because he meets all of my expectations. I think the only thing I would change is how he thinks he knows almost everything (even though he does). I would also change how he likes to eves drop so much but it is for important business. 4. What emotions did the book invoke: laughter, tears, smiles, anger? Or, was the book just boring and meaningless? Record some of your reactions. January 20, 2010 I thought that all of my emotions that I have had so far are: Laughter, smiles, anger, happiness, excitement, and question. I don’t think that the book is boring and meaningless I think it is full of life, excitement, and adventure. I think this book would be good for people that like to go on adventures. Everyone that has read this said that it was boring and wasn’t very exciting but I think that that is just his or her point of view about the book. I think some of my reactions to this book have been putting it down for a second and thinking about what I just read, throwing the book across the room, and smiling whenever something good happens. 5. Write down your thoughts--after reading the opening chapter(s) of the book. How do your impressions change (or do they) after reading half the book? Do you feel any differently after finishing the book? Would you read the book again? January 22, 2010 I think the opening chapters where every interesting to me. I think my impression about the book didn’t really change after reading half of the book. I don’t think I feel any different but I think it taught me stuff that I didn’t know before and I thought it was very interesting to read. I think I would read this book again in a year or so because I really thought it was interesting. I liked this book because I thought that it was very different and interesting from what I usually read. 6. Are you confused about what happened (or didn't happen) in the book? What events or characters do you not understand? Does the use of language in the book confuse you? How did your confusion affect how you liked the book? Is there anything that the author could have done to make what happened (or didn't happen) more clear? January 25, 2010 I am not confused so far on what happened/happing in this book so far. I think I understand all of the characters that I have been introduced to so far in the new book I am reading (Chocolate Fever). I haven’t got stuck on any of the use of language that is being used in the book. If I had a problem with this book I think I would have put it down and got a different book that would be a bit easier for me or I would just try and think of what I just read. I think the author did his/hers job well and I don’t think I wouldn’t change anything if I was the author of this book. I also think that what I have read so far makes sense and is very clear. 7. How have you changed after reading the book? What did you learn that you never knew before? January 27, 2010 I think i have changed a little bit because it has made me learn and look at things in a different way. I also think it changed me because I had read new things that i want to do now. I think it has changed me in a few ways but I can't really explain them because they are hard to explain. I learned that there are more things in life then technology and other things. I learnt different things about mines and hill type things. 8.