5th Term ROAR "With Their Eyes"

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5 Comments
- The title, “with their eyes” gives us hint of what is to come in the book
- The book does not have and author, only editors and forwarders.
- The book does not have an author because it is composed of the stories of many children that witnessed the terrorism on September 11th, 2001.
- I remember the first time I heard about what happened, I was in 2nd grade I think, I was too young to understand it, and I hardly remember it.
- The picture on the front cover exists to set the mood of the book in its entirety.
4 Questions
- Why doesn’t this book have an author?
- Why is the books title not capitalized?
- Is it to enforce the concept that this book was written by children?
- Was the included map in the beginning drawn by one of the students?
3 Vocabulary
-Ovation- A public response of complete satisfaction
-Ground Zero
-canvas
2 Literary Techniques
- if I had to draw you a picture I would have to draw the window frame as well.
-gash in the side of the building
1 Summary Sentence
- This part of the book gives us an introduction of what happened.

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5 Comments
- The poems they write are more like stories than anything else.
-They are set up as poems, but have little to no metaphorical structure.
- I believe the two names next to the story are there because the authors are trying to look through other peoples eyes,
- Some of the stories are really short.
-Some make me feel that I am in the middle of the action, caught up with no where to go, just like them.
4 Questions
- Why do some of the poems have two names next to them?
- Are the authors portraying something else?
- When was this book written?
-How old are the writers now?
3 Vocabulary
-I.S 89
-Psychopathic
-momentarily
2 Literary Techniques
- this was the depths of all depths
- it was happening before my eyes, yet I could not bring myself to accept it.
1 Summary Sentence
- This part gives more hands on experiences about what happened as they watched it unfold,

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5 Comments
- Some of the words are bolded, I think that is to emphasize sayings.
- This book has no real scheme; it’s a bunch of different stories in one.
- Many of the people were in denial.
- One lady said that when the first plane hit, she forced herself to believe it was in accident, and not terrorism.
-Then when the second one hit, she could no longer deny it, not even to herself.
4 Questions
- Why are some of the words bolded or italicized?
- How close is this school to the World Trade Center?
- When was the first time they blew up the World Trade Center?
- Why do some people panic when the lights go off?
3 Vocabulary
-shwag
-Battery Park
-
2 Literary Techniques
- You cant imagine, what was going through my mind.
- Unbelieveably Believable
1 Summary Sentence
- This part gives more stories about what happened at Ground Zero.

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5 Comments
-Some words are spelled wrong.
-Most of the stories have strong dialect and spell things the way they are said.
- For example, in one story, Don’t Know, is spelled “Dunno”.
-Also, there are a lot of fillers, especially “ummm”.
- They give a background of the people, before they present the story.
4 Questions
- Why are some words spelled wrong?
- Why is the picture of the young girl put in the book?
- Why isn’t everyone else’s picture included?
- Why are people in such denial?
3 Vocabulary
-Soot
-Cargo
-equipped
2 Literary Techniques
- Racing against myself but I’m a couple steps behind.
- the gift bag was night, but the present was resentful.
1 Summary Sentence
More of people encounters of first being afraid, the denial, then finally acceptance.

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5 Comments
- When people get really scared, they start to deny the obvious.
- People fail to realize that denying the truth does not make it disappear.
- Sooner or later, it has to be faced.
- The people in this book realize that, sooner that later.
4 Questions
- In terms of psychology, why is this the case?
-Why do people blatantly deny what is scaring them?
-Is it a method of calming down?
- What were the previous minutes like?
3 Vocabulary
-prior
-cluster
- irrational
2 Literary Techniques
- clustered up against the wall.
- was on my way down, in spirit.
1 Summary Sentence
All of the other sections I the book express people’s terror and denial, but the ending tends to express the frustration that they started to feel.

WAITING TO EXHALE MOVIE AND BOOK POST

5 Comments
-Shelia is Bernadines baby sister.
-Denver Brancos, I like that team.
-why does she feel that she NEEDS a man?
-She doesn't like Denver, she wants to go back to Phoenix
-October 14th is Javonna's Birthday
4 Questions
-who's Dick Clark?
-What does Bernadine mean a whole man?
-what makes he go back to the guys?
-what does she mean dead? Boring?
3 Vocab
-cynical
-buppiedom
-transversing
2 Literary Techniques
-Similie- I'm stuck here like white on rice
-twelve-thousand-dollar-a-year, the dashes empahsize the large amount.
1 Sentence
This explains Bernadines situation with her needing a man in her life.

5 Comments
-the urban league, that sounds like the modern version of the freedmans bureau, in a more simpler way.
-she is being very sarcastic about her mothers pay
-a lot people have section 8 and depend on others sympathy
-she seems to have a problem with supporting her mother
-the mother takes money from only her, not any of the other sisters
4 Questions
-why is the mother so irresponsible?
-Why doesn't she have a job, is she disabled or just lazy?
-why does her mother seem so ungreatful for the money?
-so is she emphasizing that she is the only successful sister?
3 Vocab
-jitterbug
-smitten-
-expertise
2 Literary Techniques
-Similie- the day dragged on like a ciggarette
-sarcasm- did I ask you for his resume?
1 Sentence
This explains the past relationships that Bernadine and Savanah experience.

5 Comments
-all of the boxes in Savanahs car for Bernadines kids show a sensative side.
-his house is small and he has a little rusty car.
-she didn't even see the jeep that he bragged about having.
-its funny how some men lie about their belongings to impress a woman.
-his couch was a futon too, he probably didn't even have a legitamate bed.
4 Questions
-will Savanahs new perception of Lionel change because of his car and house?
-most seem to forget, what will happen when that woman comes to their house?
-what was all the air freshener covering up?
-does Lionel need books to teach him to be successful? I believe success can be achieved independently.
3 Vocab
-bachelor
-enlighten
-BWOTM
2 Literary Techniques
-allusion: even in twilight
-vivid description: it was so low that ii almost broke my neck when I landed.
1 Sentence
This explains the relationship between Lionel and Savanah.

5 Comments
-I just don't see how any woman would love a man that has already been married.
-Robin seems to be Flashy and overly dramatic
-what does her panies matter if she's going out with her girl?
-she seemd like she needs company just to be happy.
-robin is one of the woman that are dependent on a man.
4 Questions
- will the wife find out about Lionels affair?
-where is the wife in all this situation?
-why doesn't Bernadine want Robins company?
-why doesn't she just stop smaoking if its affecting her health in this way?
3 Vocab
-companion
-ought
-admission
2 Literary Techniques
-sarcasim-what are you doing for dinner tonight -eating
-Similie- she's like a walking bilboard.
1 Sentence
Bernadine seems to be desperate in some way and Robin comes in the picture and makes it worse.

5 Comments
-There's a lot of swearing in this book, its an adult level book.
-it talks about situations of adults and the struggles they have to face to get out.
-as with the girlfriend, thinkin the husband will leave the wife, its a common situation.
-Savanah says that for years men have been taking advantage of women.
-but what about the woman who let themselves be subjected to those men, the blame is just as much on them.
4 Questions
- why is Herbert so desperate for attention?
-when will these women learn that you really don't need a man to live.?
- why is Bernadine so depressed, the only reason she gets up is to use the bathroom?
-why do some people just clean or eat when they have all that energy bottled up from sitting around, doing nothing?
3 Vocab
-obedience-
-acupuncturist-
-ringleader-
2 Literary Techniques
-similie- she was as quiet as a mouse
-Setting- the walls around he surronder her a a oasis of pink bliss.
1 Sentence
This seems to be the concluding part of the book where the four friends seem to realize that they don't need to rely on a man to live, because they have each other.

WAITING TO EXHALE by Terry McMillan
Movie- Directed by: Forest Whitaker
Produced in 1995
Included Actresses-Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Divine
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Movie

-Fade to black in the beginning
-Prologue of Bernadine talking in the beginning
-Close up on Bernadine
Mid-shot of conversation between Bernadine and Savannah
-Flashback, Bernadine and John
-Mid-shot of John drinking coffee

-There's a fade when they introduce each character.
-There's a fade when Bernadine and Savanah conclude talking in the scence
-There's a fade to white when Savanah leaves Lionels house
-There is an over the shoulder shot in the conversation between Bernadine and Robin
-There is a fade to black at almost every other scene or so.
There is a flashback sequence as Bernadine looks back on her past boyfriends
This movie tells the story of four women that all go through men and marital problems. It identifies a problem and provides a solution, each woman coming up with her own way to deal with things. It takes place in Phoenix and it explores the lives of four black woman, struggling to find themselves.
In a larger sense, the book has way more details than the movie. The way the caracters are potryed in the book is wonderfully depicted by the actors and actressess in the movie. Bernadine is the desperate, sort of strong character. Robin is very dependent on a man. Lionel is the fake bachelor. Savanah seems to be the woman who attempts to hold the group together. The overall theme of the book and the movie is to teach women to be more independent in their own lives.

TERM#3 ROAR POSTS

5 COMMENTS
1. EARAGON IS “DRAGON” REPLACED WITH AN E
2. I THOUGHT EARAGON WAS A PLACE
3. EARAGON IS 15 YEARS OLD
4.16 IS WHEN A BOY IS CONSIDERED A MAN
5. THEYRE IN A LAND CALLED ALAGAESIA

4 QUESTIONS
1. ERAGON IS A PERSON?
2.DOE IS WHAT, A BABY DEER?
3.WHAT WAS HIS WORK, HUNTING?
4.WHY IS THE WORD SPINE CAPITALIZED?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS
1.OBSCURE: shrouded in or hidden by darkness
2.SHEATHED- to put into or furnish with a sheath
3.BODING- FOREBODING

2 LITERARY DEVICES
1. SETTING-“THE SKY WAS CLEAR AND DARK”
2.SETTING- “A SLIGHT BREEZE STIRRED THE AIR”

1 SENTENCE
THIS SECTION OF THE STORY GIVES AN OVERVEIW OF THE OVERALL STORY AND ITS SETTING.

5 COMMENTS
1.HE IS LURKING IN THE DARK WOODS ALL BY HIMSELF.
2.HE DISCOVERED THE DEER, I THINK THEYRE PROBABLY GOING TOO RUN AWAY.
3.HIS FAMILY IS WAITING FOR HIM AT HOME.
4.I THINK THAT HE WANTS THE DEER THAT IS INJURED BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AN EASY CATCH.
5.AN EXPLOSION, THE DEERS RAN, AS I THOUGHT.

4 QUESTIONS
1.HOW MANY TIMES HAD HE DONE THIS BEFORE?
2.WHAT IS HE LOOKING FOR?
3.WHERE IS HIS FAMILY?
4.WHY DID HE WANT THE DEER THAT WAS INJURED AND HOW DID IT GET THAT WAY?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS
1.BREADTH- something of full width
2.TENDRIL- a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support
3.WARILY- marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger

2 LITERARY DEVICES
1. SIMILIE- A STONE AS SMOOTH AS THIS ONE
2.

1 SENTENCE
THIS SECTION OF THE STORY EXPLAINS ERAGONS JOURNEY THROUGH THE FORREST AND MOUNTAINS.

5 COMMENTS
1. HE TUCKED THE STONE INTO HIS BAGPACK.
2.HE BELIEVED THAT THE STONE WAS NOT JUST AN COINCIDENCE AND IT WAS NOT SENT TO HIM BY CHOICE.
3.HE LIVES WITH HIS UNCLE AND HIS COUSIN.
4.HE ONLY SEEN TWO PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS THE WHOLE MONTH.
5.HE FEELS AN UNLUCKY, DARK CLOUD, HANGING OVER HIM.

4 QUESTIONS
1.WHAT WILL HE DO WITH THE STONE HE FOUND?
2.WHERE OR WHAT DID THE STONE COME FROM?
3.WHAT DOES THE DARK CLOUD OVER HIS HEAD REPRESENT?
4. “THIS MONTH” HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN IN THE MOUNTAIN?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS
1. CONFIGRUATION- relative arrangement of parts or elements: as
2.INHOSPITABLE- not showing hospitality : not friendly or receptive
3.URGAL-N/A

2 LITERARY DEVICES
1. PERSONIFICATION- THE MOUNTAINED REVEALED NO NEW DETAILS.
2.METAPHOR- A CLOUD OF MISFORTUNE.

1 SENTENCE
THIS CONTINUES TO FOLLOW ERAGONS TRIP THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AS HE HEADS HOME; WITH NO FOOD.

5 COMMENTS
1.THE SPINE IS THE NAME OF THE MOUNTAIN HE IS ON.
2. HE HAS ARRIVED HOME
3. THE MAN DID NOT TAKE THE STONE FROM ERAGON.
4. GED IS A TRADER, HE TRADES ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
5. I WONDER WHAT ERAGON WILL DO FOR FOOD NOW. HE WAS KIND OF DEPENDING ON THE TRADER TO TAKE THE STOND IN ORDER TO GAIN MONEY TO BUY FOOD.

4 QUESTIONS
1. WHY DOESN’T HE BELIEVE THE HEIGHT OF THE BEOR MOUNTAINS?
2. WHO IS RORAN, AN ANIMAL DOCTOR?
3. IS MORN RELATED TO ERAGON?
4.WHO IS GED AND WHY DOES HE ONLY COME YEARLY?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS
1. GIRTH- : a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (as a saddle) on its back
2.RANCID- : having a rank smell or taste
3.WOE- used to express grief, regret, or distress

2 LITERARY DEVICES
1. CHARACTER DESCRITIPN- BIG, HEAVY STATURE.
2.PERSONFICATION- FILLED A CHAIR…HIS EVERY MOVEMENT CAUSED IT TO LOUDLY PROTEST.

1 SENTENCE
THIS SECTION OF THE BOOKS EXPLAINS THE COMING OF TRADERS TO THE HOUSE OF ERAGON.

5 COMMENTS
1.ERAGON WON THE FIGHT.
2.ERAGON FOUND THE SNOWMANE STILL RILED UP.
3.ERAGON IS BECOMING WEAK
4. SAPHIRA IS ERAGONS FLYING DRANGON THING.
5.THE SNOWMANE FLYS AND SAPHIRA WILL FL NEXT TO IT.

4 QUESTIONS
1. WHAT DO THE MEAN BY “SKIRTED DEAD MONSTERS”
2.WHY IS HE SO SURPRISED BY HIS WEAKNESS?
3.WHAT IS THIS SUDDEN WEAKNESS CAUSED BY?
4.WHAT EXACTY IS THE BROM?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS
1. MODICUM- a small portion : a limited quantity
2.GINGERLY- very cautious or careful
3.WRY- Middle English wrien, from Old English wrigian to turn; akin to Middle High German rigel kerchief wound around the head, Greek rhiknos shriveled, Avestan urvisyeiti he turns

2 LITERARY DEVICES
1. METAPHOR- A SCREAM OF RAGE
2. PERSONIFICATION- “KILL THEM” SAPHIRA SAID.

1 SENTENCE
THIS CHAPTER AND PART OF ERAGON TELLS US ABOUT DRAGONS AND THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH THE AIR.

5 COMMENTS
1. THIS BOOK HAS AOT OF DESCRIPTIVE WORDS AND PHRASES.
2.THE SCRATCH ON THE OLD MANS ARM IS GETTING WORSE.
3.HE COOKED THE DINNER FOR THE TWO OF THEM.
4.THEY ATE THE BURNT FOOD LIKE IT WAS THE MOST MARVOLOUS THING.
5. I COULD BEE THE WAY THEY WERE EATING THE FOOD.

4 QUESTIONS
1. HOW DO YOU HAVE A SMOKELESS FIRE?
2.WHAT CONSEQUENCES WILL THE CUT HAVE ON THE MAN?
3.WHAT WILL HIS FAMILY DO NOW?
4.WHAT IS MAKING ERAGON SO NERVOUS?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS
1. HASTY- : rapid in action or movement : SPEEDY
2.RAVENOUSLY- very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification
3.EMBELLISHMENT- the act or process of embellishing

2 LITERARY DEVICES
1. MAN VS WORLD- I FEEL LIKE IVE BEEN THRUST INTO A WORLD WITH STRANGE RULES THAT NO ONE WILL EXPLAIN TO ME.
2. MAN VS MAN- SAPHIRA INTERPTED ERAGONS THOUGHTS.

1 SENTENCE
THIS EXPLAINS ABOUT SAPHIRA, ERAGON, AND THE OLD MANS TIME INTO THE MOUNTAIN AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR JOURNEY.

5 COMMENTS
1.HE HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT LANGUAGE HIS COOK SPEAK.
2.THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOMETHING IN ERAGONS CASTLE.
3.HE WONT LET ANY SETBACKS KEEP HIM AWAY FROM HIS GOAL.
4.IF YOU DON’T PLAY CLOSE ATTENTION, YOU WILL GET LOST.
5. I WONDER IF THE MOVIE IS LIKE THE BOOK.

4 QUESTIONS
1. WHAT DOES “READING AND PLOTS” MEAN?
2. HE HAS A COOK NOW?
3.WHY DID HE THANK HER SO MUCH?
4.WHAT WERE ERAGON AND THE SERVANTS WAITING FOR?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS
1. PARCHMENT- the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
2.MAGISTRATE- an official entrusted with administration of the laws: as
3.RUDIMENTARY- consisting in first principles

2 LITERARY DEVICES
1. MAN VS HIMSLEF- ERAGON WOKE…FOUND HIMSLEF CRYING UNCONTROLABLY.
2. MATAPHOR- “THE PAGE WOULD APPEAR COMPLETELY BLACK”.

1 SENTENCE
THIS SECTION GIVES AN OVERVEIW OF ERAGONS CURRENT LIFE?

5 COMMENTS
1.ON THE BACK WHERE MOST AUTHORS HAVE A PICTURE, POALINI HAS A DRAWING.
2.THE COVERED 60 LEUGUES IN 5 DAYS.
3.THEY ARE ON THE RUN AND CONSTANTLY HAVE TO AVOID TOWNS.
4.HE IS FREE FROM CAPTURE BUT HE STILL HAS TO RUN.
5.HE WANTS TO WARN ARYA’S FAMILY OF THE DANGER THAT APPROACHES THEM.

4 QUESTIONS
1. WHAT PATH WILL BE REVEALED?
2.HOW LONG IS ON OF THE LEAGUES?
3.WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY GET CAUGHT?
4.WHAT IS VARDEN?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS
1.HAGGARD- wild in appearance
2.HAVOC- wide and general destruction
3.SNUFFED- to crop the snuff of (a candle) by pinching or by the use of snuffers so as to brighten the light

2 LITERARY DEVICES
1.METAPHOR-“FADED INTO THE GLOOM BEHING THEM”
2.FORESHADOW- GIVEN TO VIOLENT FITS AND INSANITY.

1 SENTENCE
THIS SECTION OF THE STORY DEALS WITH DRAGONS AND ENTITIES APPROACHING ARYA, ERAGON AND OTHERS.

5 COMMENTS
1.THEY ARE CAMPING AGAIN WITH SARIA AND THE OTHER DRANGONS.
2.MURTAGH WILL WANT THEM TO DIE BECAUSE THEY POSED THREATS.
3.HE ASKS “WHAT NOW” KNOWING THAT HE DOESN’T CARE.
4.THEY SAY THAT ARYA WILL CERTAINLY DIE.
5. THE URGALS ARE GOING TO CATCH THEM.

4 QUESTIONS
1. WHAT IS MAKING ERAGON SO ANGRY?
2. WHO IS MURTAGH?
3.WHY DOES HE WANT THEM TO DIE WITH EXHAUSTION?
4. WHY DO THEY THINK THAT ARYA WILL DIE?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS
1. EVADE- to slip away
2.INEXHAUSTIBLE- not exhaustible: as
3.ERODED- to diminish or destroy by degrees

2 LITERARY DEVICES
1.SETTING- HIS HEARTBEAT QUICKENED.
2.PERSONIFICATION- “AS FATIGUE ERODED”

1 SENTENCE
IN THIS SECTION ARYA DIES. ERAGON RELIES ON HER MEMORIES TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.

5 COMMENTS
1.ARYA ISNT DEAD, IF ITS EVEN THE SAME ARYA.
2.ERAGON ENJOYED HIS CONVERSATION WITH ARYA AND MISSED HER WHEN THEY PARTED.
3.ERAGON DOESN’T WANT HIS FREEDOM.
4.”ERAGON AGREED” THAT’S A SHORT SENTENCE.
5. ERAGON AND MARTAGH LAY DOWN TO GO TO SLEEP.

4 QUESTIONS
1. DID SHE COME BACK FROM THE DEAD OR SOMETHING?
2.WHAT IS A SAPPIRA?
3.WHY WOULD HE STAY IN HIS ROOM IF AJIHAD SET HIM FREE?
4.”DOESN’T SHE LOOK LIKE A PRINCESS” WHAT IS THE RELATION BETWEEN MARTAGH AND NASUADA?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS
1.NOBILITY- the quality or state of being noble in character, quality, or rank
2.BURLY- strongly and heavily built
3.INQUIRY- examination into facts or principles

2 LITERARY DEVICES
1. MYSTIC- WARDEN AND THE DWARVES.
2. SETTING- COLLAPSE ALL THE TUNNELS.

1 SENTENCE
ERAGON FINALLY REACHES THE DESTANATION HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO REACH THIS WHOLE BOOK.