Mia's Marvelous Moments

Monitor and Revise Assessment

2012-01-23T12:07:00.000-08:00

Monitor and revise means to pay attention to what your brain is thinking when you read and figure out whatever questions you have. I monitor while reading by using sticky notes to write down what I was thinking. I revise my reading by using context clues to figure words out that I don't know, I reread if I get lost, and I summarize each chapter after I am done. By monitoring and revising my reading I can be a better reader because I will better understand what I am reading.

What's in my tool box

2012-01-11T12:27:00.001-08:00

When I am reading I ask myself questions about the book. Also if I am reading and I don't understand something I go back and reread it. If I don't know a word I ask my friends, teachers, use context clues, or I use a dictionary. I use connections with my reading.

Death Penalty

2011-11-29T12:07:00.001-08:00

The Star Spangled Banner

2011-11-09T09:13:00.000-08:00

I learned that The Star Spangled Banner was a poem with four verses. Later on they made the first verse into a song. The tune to The Star Spangled Banner is a popular British tune. Francis Scott Key wrote the four verses. The original name of the poem was 'Defense of Fort McHenry'. It was written after the British stopped firing on Fort McHenry. Francis Scott Key went to get his friend Dr. Bean. They had to stay on the ship because the British were getting ready to attack.

Poetry connections to The Giver

2011-10-18T12:26:00.000-07:00

Pain Pain Pain

Sometimes I am in so much pain. All I want to do is cry. And sometimes the pain is so bad. I just want to die. I would be better of dead. Then to have to bear the pain. So if you have pain. Then you can understand how I feel. That the pain I am in is very very real.

Susie Sunshine

I think that this poem relates to Rosemary because she released herself because of the pain. It was just to much for her so she injected her arm to die and release the memories to the community.

What I think about the entire book

2011-10-17T12:10:00.000-07:00

I think that the book was cool but weird. It was really good until the ending. I didn't like the ending because it didn't explain things very well. It left me wondering what happened to Jonas and Gabriel.

What I think about The Giver

2011-10-12T08:23:00.000-07:00

I think that The Giver is confusing and strange because they are so different. I don't think that I would want to live in their community. It seems like their community is really boring and plain.

The Giver

2011-10-05T14:55:00.000-07:00

Something that surprised me is that the community was so strict and organized. You couldn't really do anything fun.

Digital Citizenship

2011-09-19T12:19:00.000-07:00

Digital citizenship is basically always doing the right thing online. You are responsible for what you put online.