The Wave

1a. The Wave occurred in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969.

b. Amy was smoking at school. They used typewriters instead of computers. They used film projectors.


2) "How could the Germans sit back while the Nazis slaughtered people all around them and say they didn't know about it?" pg. 13/paragraph 2.

I think this is interesting that the Nazi Party were able to kill tons of people in an organized way without the rest of the Germans not trying to stop them. And to say that they didn't know about it. I don't understand why a group of people would listen to what one crazy man would say.

3)Why do the students pick on Robert Billings and why do they think that he is weird?

Betty Ann

1) I thought it was sad when it said " She came to our school from another planet. She was our little moron, our Polack, our village idiot." I thought that was sad because they made fun of her that might not even be true.

2) I would of probably been mean to Betty Ann on the first or couple of days and then realize that she is a great person and I would probably make friends with her. It is really selfish for people to talk about people behind their backs.

3) "Sticks and stones only break bones. Words can shatter the soul. A little, quiet, 10-year-old runs away because kids on the bus laugh at him. A sensitive ninth grader flips out because a group of self-rising girls decide to throw her to the wolves. We tell our selves it takes more than that to send someone over the edge. Maybe so, maybe not.
But there are no erasers.

I think what the last paragraph means that if you are being selfish and teasing people you cannot always fix what you have done. Because there is no erasers in life.

Response to Seveth Grade

1) My favorite sentence that I chose was "Great rosebushes of red bloomed on Victors cheeks." I picked that sentence because it had great adjectives and I also liked it because it told me how Victor felt.

2)The part i can relate to is when Victor raised his hand to speak french and then he ended up feeling awful. I can relate to that because when I was taking piano lessons I played a song that I was supposed to practice but I didn't. So I played some parts that I knew and it ended up being terribly awful. I also felt awful that I didn't practice piano, and that's how i can relate to that part.

Response to the "Test"

I like the sentence that said "And they dragged Robert Proctor out the door, knees stiff, feet dragging, his rubber heels sliding along the two grooves worn into the floor." Because there was a lot a detail into it, and gave me a picture of what the uniformed man did to Robert Proctor. I can tell that Robert Proctor was trying hard to stop the uniformed man from dragging him.

I think that hypnosis is a bad idea because they can control the persons mind into getting a car wreck. They can also kill someone if the car wreck was very bad and would be all the governments fault. Also I wouldn't do hypnosis is because sometimes the hypnosis can be to strong and they can forget or be confused of what happened. Like in the story he thought he was dreaming and then everything started to get confusing.

The sentence "How do any of us know". I thought that the uniformed man was telling him to find the answer on his own. That he could still be thinking he is in his dream or to be facing the real world. That's what I think is whats happening.

Planet Earth

What we learned about planet earth is about grass and animal habitats. To start off grass covers 1/4 of the planet earth. Also grass is indestructible. If you burn or freeze grass there is always away for grass to reproduce. Grass is the most common plant on the earth. Besides speaking of grass, lets start getting into animals. The first animal that I am going to talk about is the snow geese. Snow geese live in the Arctic Tundra. They lay there eggs in the summertime and wait for them to hatch. The bad part is, is that they have to keep a very good eye on there young when the hatch because predators such as the Arctic fox can steal there young to eat or to give it to there young. Another animals that lives in the Arctic Tundra is Yak. Yak live in the Himalayas where it is cold, dry and the air is thin. Now I am going to talk about African animals, such as the elephant. Elephants live in tall grass called elephant grass. Elephant grass gets very high. Elephant grass gets taller then an elephant. Elephants don't only live in elephant grass. Rhinos and other animals live in elephant grass to. Elephants need water daily to help them survive. Elephants also travel at night because the weather is a lot cooler for them to travel in. But also they have to be careful for predators like Lions. And that's all I will get to now. I will right more later. So keep posted. Bye!

My Favorite Book

My Favorite Book is called The Wringer. Written By: Jerry Spinelli. The Wringer is about a boy named Palmer LaRue. He is not looking forward to the day he turns 10 years old because, at his town when you turn 10 you would be called a wringer. Palmer LaRue would have to strangle pigeons on the annual Pigeon Day. He must either accept this task or find the courage to say no. What do you think he is going to, accept this task or say no. The only way to find out is if you read the book The Wringer. I think it is a remarkable book and also very sad. If you like sad stories then this is the book for you.