Comment to Walker Upton:
I'm glad you actually got your blogs mostly finished up, and I'm glad you aren't completely unhappy with your grade for it. Overall, it sounds like you really just need to sit down and take everything seriously. My attitude was sort of similar at the beginning of the blogging, I just didn't want to do it. Maybe you should read my reflection, I feel like it could help you. I basically was talking about how I didn't want to do them, and I also procrastinated, but once you just sit down and focus and get it done, it'll really not that bad. I think at the end if you really put more effort into, you will have an awesome sense of accomplishment because it's really kinda cool looking at all your hard work in one place and saying "this is mine". Keep working at it Walker! I know you have the potential to make a really great blog!! Bring out your true creativity, we all have it in us somewhere.
--Sloan Winters :)
Comment to Richard Ketter:
I'm really happy you got such a good grade on your blog! I sincerely think you deserve it. A couple times when I was complaining about the blog assignments, saying I was having a hard time with them, you sarcastically encouraged me and prompted me to believe that maybe they are not too bad. Thanks! My favorite thing about your blog entries are your humor. I find myself laughing out loud at them often. I think that maybe, though, still you should take your analysis seriously, which I think for the most part you always did. Just make sure you maintain a good, strong, serious note in your blogs! I think it's awesome that you are reading a book of poems this quarter. Poetry can be overall challenging and most kids doing this assignment wouldn't even stop and think to read a book filled with poetry. Poetry is hard for a lot of people to understand so good luck!! You've heavily praised The Great Gatsby, and either third or fourth quarter it's definetly of my list to read!!
--Sloan Winters :)
Comment to Laurel Stewart:
Hey best friend :)I took your advice and am reading the book you read last quarter, this quarter. I think I will enjoy it, especially since you did so much. Sorry that your grade wasn't what you hoped for, but now you know what to improve! The points msised because your vlog wasn't showing up, that's a real bummer, and there wasn't anything you could do! I know you run your own blog on your on time,a very successful one at that. So, I definetly think you have the full potential to run this, new, reading related blog really well!! Good luck with your new book. You are transitioning from a true story to a fictional story, and I'm doing the opposite. This quarter I already enjoy the book you read last quarter much more than my last quarter book, and I can safely assume you will prefer your first quarter book over this fictional one. I hope I'm wrong though! I will be following you...
--Sloan Winters :)
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Reflecting and Moving Onto Second Quarter!
I am perfectly content with my grade this quarter! I got a 100! I was surprised. I am definetly not the most creative and thoughtful person on the planet, but I'm glad that the hardwork that I did put into the blog proved successful. As for organization and focus, all my blog entries were complete and my blog was well organized. For content and ideas, this is coming from my feedback, readers of my blog could understand that I read my book and understood it. My blog provided readers with informational websites, personal vlog, etc. Then, thankfully, my grammer and spelling proved adequate to the criteria. That was one thing I was worried about when doing this blog assignment. I overall have good grammer and spelling skills, but I do have problems from time to time. I think this quarter I can definetly become more creative when responding to blog prompts. Although I still don't know how this will turn out, I can always try. Whenever trying to be creative, unless I come up with an idea right away, there's like a wall preventing me from coming up with a solid, creative, idea or response. Also, I hope that this quarter I picked a more meaningful, interesting book. Three Black Swans was an alright book, but it got repetitive and was just very fictional.
When presented with this blog assignment, I was indifferent. I don't read to often on my own, but when I do get around to it, I enjoy it. Soon enough, I began to dread the blog days. This really is only because it challenged my creativity and it took more effort than I was usually willing to give on a Thursday at the very end of the school day. I soon got behind by putting off the blog prompts. I then decided that I just had to go it, just get through them all. I gave myself a lot of time to do so, and to my surprise I finished them quickly. I had assumed that they would be very time consuming, but once I had the attitude to just get it done, time flew. At the end of the day, and looking back, I do like this project. It's like nothing I've ever done in any class and like I've mentioned a few times now, it challenges my creativity which trust me, needs challenging. Also, one thing I think this blog assignment has taught me is to just get it done, and do my best. I think this will be very beneficial when I get into college. There are going to many things I don't want to do, but have to do. Who knows, I could end up liking it, and I need to learn the discipline to just get to that point.
This quarter I'm reading From Baghdad, With Love by Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman with Melinda Roth. My best friend read this book last quarter and really loved it. It's written by a Marine with the help of Melinda Roth. Overall, it's about a big tough Marine who's heart had been hardened by the war, and the concept of it, and the death that inevitably follows it who finds a puppy in the midst of this fight-physically the war, as well as his emotional and mental fight- that changes his life. This quarter readers can expect to see a lot of information on the Army, Marines, etc and their psychological dealings that are a direct result of fighting a war. I think that this book is going to give a unique perspective of this, the problems veterans of wars deal with after the fighting is long over. The fact that a puppy "softened his heart", which is how I like to think of it, is just downright precious. I hope this quarter blog is an successful as last quarters!!
When presented with this blog assignment, I was indifferent. I don't read to often on my own, but when I do get around to it, I enjoy it. Soon enough, I began to dread the blog days. This really is only because it challenged my creativity and it took more effort than I was usually willing to give on a Thursday at the very end of the school day. I soon got behind by putting off the blog prompts. I then decided that I just had to go it, just get through them all. I gave myself a lot of time to do so, and to my surprise I finished them quickly. I had assumed that they would be very time consuming, but once I had the attitude to just get it done, time flew. At the end of the day, and looking back, I do like this project. It's like nothing I've ever done in any class and like I've mentioned a few times now, it challenges my creativity which trust me, needs challenging. Also, one thing I think this blog assignment has taught me is to just get it done, and do my best. I think this will be very beneficial when I get into college. There are going to many things I don't want to do, but have to do. Who knows, I could end up liking it, and I need to learn the discipline to just get to that point.
This quarter I'm reading From Baghdad, With Love by Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman with Melinda Roth. My best friend read this book last quarter and really loved it. It's written by a Marine with the help of Melinda Roth. Overall, it's about a big tough Marine who's heart had been hardened by the war, and the concept of it, and the death that inevitably follows it who finds a puppy in the midst of this fight-physically the war, as well as his emotional and mental fight- that changes his life. This quarter readers can expect to see a lot of information on the Army, Marines, etc and their psychological dealings that are a direct result of fighting a war. I think that this book is going to give a unique perspective of this, the problems veterans of wars deal with after the fighting is long over. The fact that a puppy "softened his heart", which is how I like to think of it, is just downright precious. I hope this quarter blog is an successful as last quarters!!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Three Black Swans Animoto
Three Black Swans Animoto
This is a short trailer about the book Three Black Swans by Caroline B. Cooney. I hope this gives you a good idea of what the book is about. I hope you enjoy my blog!! :)
This is a short trailer about the book Three Black Swans by Caroline B. Cooney. I hope this gives you a good idea of what the book is about. I hope you enjoy my blog!! :)
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Three Black Swans Background information: Links to help you better understand
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-cooney-caroline.asp
The author of my book Three Black Swans is Caroline B. Cooney. This is a website leading to her author profile. It gives you her personal background and discusses some of her books.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2296
This is a short biography of Caroline B. Cooney. It discusses her childhood and why she wanted to begin writing. It also includes a picture of Cooney herself.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7295079-three-black-swans
A very short summary of the book. It's sort of what is printed on the back of the book. It doesn't give any spoiling details.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=map+of+connecticut+and+new+york&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADRA_enUS424&biw=1366&bih=555&tbm=isch&tbnid=pimEc00QZvMIuM:&imgrefurl=http://www.wvnj.com/about.htm&docid=mTSywflryUga1M&w=496&h=373&ei=ha6ITq-6KKWNsQKt2ZWMDw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=1803&page=1&tbnh=106&tbnw=141&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=65&ty=63
A picure of a map of New York and Connecticut. Missy and Claire live in seperate towns in Connecticut. Genevive lives in New York.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory
The title of the book is actually a metaphor for the three girls. The metaphor is also discussed in the book. This gives a better explanation.
http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/archives/the-black-swan-metaphor/
This is an article also discussing the Black Swan Theory. It gives other examples of "Black Swan" occurances. It gives you a better idea of the metaphor.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1101746/A-truly-unbreakable-bond-Twins-separated-birth-lived-miles-apart-30-years-came-twist-fate-.html
An article talking about the true story of real identical twins seperated at birth. It is similar to the book not only for that fact but because they lived very close together but never knew each other. This is like Claire and Missy to Genevive.
http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-03-04/news/17480641_1_friend-adopted-birthday-celebration
Anothe true story about twins being seperated at birth. It discusses their similarities when they met, such as how Claire and Missy and Genevive were so similar. It also discusses their different upbringings.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23431996-shock-for-the-married-couple-who-discovered-they-are-twins-separated-at-birth.do
I just found this article interesting and somewhat relevant. It's about twins seperated at birth discovering each other. The twist? They married each other before they realized it.
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20077622,00.html
This true story about adult triplet's finding each other is similar to the book. First, two of the three met each other, then the third one found them by media ways. In the story, he found out from a newspaper. In the book, Genevive found out through the internet.
http://letsrollforums.com/9-11-triplets-separated-t22106.html?s=bb370ac21448adc0c59c3959e56eb579&
This story gives you an idea of what could have happened if the triplet's never found out they were triplets. This is a story about adult triplets who had never met each other all dying on the same day in the attacks of September 11th. It's crazy how fate works sometimes.
http://www.tripletconnection.org/
This is parenting website offering help to parents with multiples. Genevive's parents were the biological parents of the three girls. This website could have been something their parents would have looked at that led to their decision to have adoptions for the two other girls.
http://www.scienceupdate.com/2007/01/identical-triplets/
An interview with a scientist discussing identical triplets. They discuss the odds of it happening naturally. It also includes the radio interview.
http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/a/identicaltwins.htm
This article includes general information about identicals. It discusses the process by which the egg splits. It also discusses similarities that multiples inevitably will have.
http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/tp/10thingsabouttwins.htm
This website is a collection of frequently asked questions about twins, therefore it would apply to triplets. Very informational and answers many questions you may have about twins and triplets. Some of these questions were the same questions Claire, Missy, and Genevive asked themselves when finding out about each other.
http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/a/twintelepathy.htm
Many times Claire and Missy had weird occurances where they thought they were thinking the same thing. This article discusses whether of not twins have telepathy. It gives a scientific explantion for the weird occurances that Missy and Claire had.
http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/a/twinbirthrate.htm
This link gives statistics about twins and mulitples. It talks about how many times multiples have been born. It also gives statistics about the death rate and race factors of multiples.
http://www.theadoptionguide.com/process/
This is a link to the adoption process followed in adoptions today. It gives a timeline of what should be happening from the baby's development to its birth and after that. It also gives advice to adoptee's. Claire and Missy were adopted.
http://family-law.freeadvice.com/family-law/adoption_law/illegal_adoption.htm
This link discusses what makes an adoption illegal. Missy was adopted illegally in the terms that her papers granting legal guardianship were never filled out. On the other hand, Claire's papers were somewhat legit.
http://www.emkpress.com/rollingsguide.html
This is a true story about how an illegal adoption impacted a family. Many times Missy's legal papers were needed to start school or for security purposes and Missy's family always had to make up excuses. This is an example of what could have happened to her and her family if their illegal guardianship ever surfaced.
The author of my book Three Black Swans is Caroline B. Cooney. This is a website leading to her author profile. It gives you her personal background and discusses some of her books.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2296
This is a short biography of Caroline B. Cooney. It discusses her childhood and why she wanted to begin writing. It also includes a picture of Cooney herself.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7295079-three-black-swans
A very short summary of the book. It's sort of what is printed on the back of the book. It doesn't give any spoiling details.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=map+of+connecticut+and+new+york&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADRA_enUS424&biw=1366&bih=555&tbm=isch&tbnid=pimEc00QZvMIuM:&imgrefurl=http://www.wvnj.com/about.htm&docid=mTSywflryUga1M&w=496&h=373&ei=ha6ITq-6KKWNsQKt2ZWMDw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=1803&page=1&tbnh=106&tbnw=141&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=65&ty=63
A picure of a map of New York and Connecticut. Missy and Claire live in seperate towns in Connecticut. Genevive lives in New York.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory
The title of the book is actually a metaphor for the three girls. The metaphor is also discussed in the book. This gives a better explanation.
http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/archives/the-black-swan-metaphor/
This is an article also discussing the Black Swan Theory. It gives other examples of "Black Swan" occurances. It gives you a better idea of the metaphor.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1101746/A-truly-unbreakable-bond-Twins-separated-birth-lived-miles-apart-30-years-came-twist-fate-.html
An article talking about the true story of real identical twins seperated at birth. It is similar to the book not only for that fact but because they lived very close together but never knew each other. This is like Claire and Missy to Genevive.
http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-03-04/news/17480641_1_friend-adopted-birthday-celebration
Anothe true story about twins being seperated at birth. It discusses their similarities when they met, such as how Claire and Missy and Genevive were so similar. It also discusses their different upbringings.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23431996-shock-for-the-married-couple-who-discovered-they-are-twins-separated-at-birth.do
I just found this article interesting and somewhat relevant. It's about twins seperated at birth discovering each other. The twist? They married each other before they realized it.
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20077622,00.html
This true story about adult triplet's finding each other is similar to the book. First, two of the three met each other, then the third one found them by media ways. In the story, he found out from a newspaper. In the book, Genevive found out through the internet.
http://letsrollforums.com/9-11-triplets-separated-t22106.html?s=bb370ac21448adc0c59c3959e56eb579&
This story gives you an idea of what could have happened if the triplet's never found out they were triplets. This is a story about adult triplets who had never met each other all dying on the same day in the attacks of September 11th. It's crazy how fate works sometimes.
http://www.tripletconnection.org/
This is parenting website offering help to parents with multiples. Genevive's parents were the biological parents of the three girls. This website could have been something their parents would have looked at that led to their decision to have adoptions for the two other girls.
http://www.scienceupdate.com/2007/01/identical-triplets/
An interview with a scientist discussing identical triplets. They discuss the odds of it happening naturally. It also includes the radio interview.
http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/a/identicaltwins.htm
This article includes general information about identicals. It discusses the process by which the egg splits. It also discusses similarities that multiples inevitably will have.
http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/tp/10thingsabouttwins.htm
This website is a collection of frequently asked questions about twins, therefore it would apply to triplets. Very informational and answers many questions you may have about twins and triplets. Some of these questions were the same questions Claire, Missy, and Genevive asked themselves when finding out about each other.
http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/a/twintelepathy.htm
Many times Claire and Missy had weird occurances where they thought they were thinking the same thing. This article discusses whether of not twins have telepathy. It gives a scientific explantion for the weird occurances that Missy and Claire had.
http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/a/twinbirthrate.htm
This link gives statistics about twins and mulitples. It talks about how many times multiples have been born. It also gives statistics about the death rate and race factors of multiples.
http://www.theadoptionguide.com/process/
This is a link to the adoption process followed in adoptions today. It gives a timeline of what should be happening from the baby's development to its birth and after that. It also gives advice to adoptee's. Claire and Missy were adopted.
http://family-law.freeadvice.com/family-law/adoption_law/illegal_adoption.htm
This link discusses what makes an adoption illegal. Missy was adopted illegally in the terms that her papers granting legal guardianship were never filled out. On the other hand, Claire's papers were somewhat legit.
http://www.emkpress.com/rollingsguide.html
This is a true story about how an illegal adoption impacted a family. Many times Missy's legal papers were needed to start school or for security purposes and Missy's family always had to make up excuses. This is an example of what could have happened to her and her family if their illegal guardianship ever surfaced.
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