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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Semester Final
2) Choose one of your posts. (Your favorite? Your least favorite? The one that surprises you the most when you reread it? Any one you want to pick.) Analyze it in detail, with quotes etc. And link to it, of course!
My last blog post, about Rumble Fighter and other random things, has been the strangest blog post all year I have written. It can be found here. I wrote about Rumble Fighter and about my sophomore research project. I wrote about who I used to play Rumble Fighter with, and why my friends quit on the game...five to be exact. I only play with five of my friends now.
What I forgot to mention that there is two other modes besides regular screens. There are moving screens, and boss mode games. Moving screen games feature a regular map, but the screen moves upward, or downwards. Rumble Fighter has not released a new moving screen since last year. I guess it takes a while to make because the screen has to move, twice as big as a regular screen, and they have to get rid of glitches. Boss mode games are exactly what they are. You fight some enemies, and eventually you get to the boss and defeat it. Boss mode games only allow up to three people to fight.
8) How do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing?
Having a blog really improved my writing this year. It made me want to write every week because it does not require a pen or pencil. I hate actual writing, I prefer to type on a keyboard. Typing also allows me to write faster than writing on a piece of paper. Writing makes my hand hurt if I write too much...especially in math and chemistry. From years of writing, I have developed a bump on my ring finger on my right hand. Hopefully one day this bump will go away. This year in Mr. Sutherland's class, has been a very fun year for English. Last year, I had Mr. Martin. He made us write in-class essays, and I got really low scores on them. I transferred out of his class because of the grades, and I ended up with Ms. Baranyi.
Summer has always been important to me. It's the time where I don't have to write ANYTHING. Well, this year I have two assignments for APUSH and APES, but I get to type it up. I love to type because I get to correct and fix my mistakes with the touch of a single button...the Backspace button <----. With a pencil, I would have to erase with an eraser. To erase with a pen is not possible, I'd have to cross it out. Computers are also eco-friendly, it doesn't use any paper, and computers are recyclable. I may end up keep writing on my blog just for fun every once in a while. It's a lot more fun writing on a blog than using Microsoft Word.
Every week on blogger.com, I have written a blog for the past year. I love writing on blogger because it's fun. I would prefer a word count on blogger though instead of going to Google Documents or Microsoft Word to count the words. Having a minimum of 500 words per blog post, made me write even more than usual. I liked the 300 word blog at first, but then it just became too easy for me to write. In my opinion, we should have moved up 50 words per quarter instead of jumping by 200 words. It was hard at first for the first 500 word blog, but then it became easier for me to write.
10) Where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write?
This semester, I got my ideas for blog posts from my head. It's usually about whatever is on my mind on that day. For example, one day I was thinking about video games, and I decided to make it into two parts because it was too long. My blog about video games can be found here. I could even write a blog about a video game character. I like not knowing what I will be able to write about because it makes me think about what I have written already, and what I can write about later. I made a list of things I could write about so if I didn't know what I should write about, I could just use the list. This list included World War 2, and computers. The list used to be longer, but I wrote about them, some including Witch Hunts.
Blogging has made me think of ideas of what to write about. It made me go deep inside my mind, things I like to watch like Spongebob Squarepants and Phineas and Ferb, or random things like time. I wrote that blog because I was waiting for lunch, and there was about an hour left.
Whenever I don't have anything on my mind to blog about, I blog my quickwrites. I've only used one which can be found here. I usually have a topic in mind every single week. I always finish my blogs on time in the lab.
My last blog post, about Rumble Fighter and other random things, has been the strangest blog post all year I have written. It can be found here. I wrote about Rumble Fighter and about my sophomore research project. I wrote about who I used to play Rumble Fighter with, and why my friends quit on the game...five to be exact. I only play with five of my friends now.
Team games can hold up to 8 people, 4 versus 4 people. I usually play in Glacier Cove, one of my favorite maps. It's fun because it's a map where I can fight decently and also edge people if I want. There are two little islands in the map, and I run there when I'm almost dead. It's easier to edger people on the island.I meant to write "It's easier to edge people on the island." I guess I forgot to proofread that part. I also would have to edit "...where I can decently fight and edge people if I want." Little grammar mistakes can ruin a whole essay. Glacier Cove is definitely one of my favorite maps. I like to fight people, and sometimes ram them off the edge for fun. This part of my blog is perfect (to me), besides the grammar errors. It's all that I wanted to talk about for regular maps. I can't put this information in a better way.
What I forgot to mention that there is two other modes besides regular screens. There are moving screens, and boss mode games. Moving screen games feature a regular map, but the screen moves upward, or downwards. Rumble Fighter has not released a new moving screen since last year. I guess it takes a while to make because the screen has to move, twice as big as a regular screen, and they have to get rid of glitches. Boss mode games are exactly what they are. You fight some enemies, and eventually you get to the boss and defeat it. Boss mode games only allow up to three people to fight.
8) How do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing?
Having a blog really improved my writing this year. It made me want to write every week because it does not require a pen or pencil. I hate actual writing, I prefer to type on a keyboard. Typing also allows me to write faster than writing on a piece of paper. Writing makes my hand hurt if I write too much...especially in math and chemistry. From years of writing, I have developed a bump on my ring finger on my right hand. Hopefully one day this bump will go away. This year in Mr. Sutherland's class, has been a very fun year for English. Last year, I had Mr. Martin. He made us write in-class essays, and I got really low scores on them. I transferred out of his class because of the grades, and I ended up with Ms. Baranyi.
Summer has always been important to me. It's the time where I don't have to write ANYTHING. Well, this year I have two assignments for APUSH and APES, but I get to type it up. I love to type because I get to correct and fix my mistakes with the touch of a single button...the Backspace button <----. With a pencil, I would have to erase with an eraser. To erase with a pen is not possible, I'd have to cross it out. Computers are also eco-friendly, it doesn't use any paper, and computers are recyclable. I may end up keep writing on my blog just for fun every once in a while. It's a lot more fun writing on a blog than using Microsoft Word.
Every week on blogger.com, I have written a blog for the past year. I love writing on blogger because it's fun. I would prefer a word count on blogger though instead of going to Google Documents or Microsoft Word to count the words. Having a minimum of 500 words per blog post, made me write even more than usual. I liked the 300 word blog at first, but then it just became too easy for me to write. In my opinion, we should have moved up 50 words per quarter instead of jumping by 200 words. It was hard at first for the first 500 word blog, but then it became easier for me to write.
10) Where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write?
This semester, I got my ideas for blog posts from my head. It's usually about whatever is on my mind on that day. For example, one day I was thinking about video games, and I decided to make it into two parts because it was too long. My blog about video games can be found here. I could even write a blog about a video game character. I like not knowing what I will be able to write about because it makes me think about what I have written already, and what I can write about later. I made a list of things I could write about so if I didn't know what I should write about, I could just use the list. This list included World War 2, and computers. The list used to be longer, but I wrote about them, some including Witch Hunts.
Blogging has made me think of ideas of what to write about. It made me go deep inside my mind, things I like to watch like Spongebob Squarepants and Phineas and Ferb, or random things like time. I wrote that blog because I was waiting for lunch, and there was about an hour left.
Whenever I don't have anything on my mind to blog about, I blog my quickwrites. I've only used one which can be found here. I usually have a topic in mind every single week. I always finish my blogs on time in the lab.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
May Monthly Review
The book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is an easy-read fiction book that is set in present USA. The author tells the story of a young man, Percy Jackson, who prevents the gods from creating a war. He learns he is the son of the sea god, Poseidon. There is a law for one of the Big Three to not have kids anymore because there is a prophecy that one of the Big Three’s children will decide Olympus’ fate. Olympus is the home of the gods, on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building. Percy Jackson goes on a quest with two friends, Annabeth, and Grover. His quest is to retrieve the Master Bolt, Zeus' weapon used to fight his father, Kronos. Along Percy's quest, he encounters Medusa, the Parthenon, water spirits, countless monsters, and the gods. Eventually, Percy finds Zeus’ Master Bolt, and Hades’ Helm of Darkness which almost triggered the war. It appears out of Percy’s backpack which was given by Ares, in which Ares knows who the lightning thief is. Although the lightning thief is not revealed by Ares, Percy finds out who it is. Luke, son of Hermes is the lightning thief. Luke escapes the Half-Blood Hill Camp with his magic flying shoes. Nobody knows where Luke is, not even the gods. But, it is revealed in The Sea of Monsters, that he is working for Kronos, lord of time,
2) For what audience(s) is this book intended, and how can you tell? (In other words, for whom would you recommend this book?)
I would recommend this book to almost everybody who likes fantasy books. This book could also be recommended to children with great memory. This book is very easy to read, and I personally really love this book. My dad has actually already read this book; he recommended it to me to read for English class. Now, I love reading about Greek mythology and their gods. Historians who know about the Greek culture should read this book to analyze if everything is correct about the gods. The Greek gods are mentioned many times, and sometimes I get confused with the names. Introducing too many names in a book can be confusing to the reader, just like Bastard out of Carolina. (My monthly review can be found here. Bastard out of Carolina was a difficult book to read and understand at first, but after I remembered everybody’s name, it was a little easier to read.
Greek mythology was not interesting to me at first, but once I started learning about the characters, I began to like learning about it. Some elementary kids may not be able to understand the characters or some parts of the book.
Poor little Percy Jackson wasn't an international criminal after all. He'd caused a commotion on that Greyhound bus in New Jersey trying to get away from his captor...On the news, it said that Ares kidnapped Percy and his mom, Annabeth, and Grover. Percy was actually fighting him. Ares "shot" a gas pipe that caused an earthquake. This fight ended with Percy wounding Ares, and Ares went away. The story is not as complicated as it seems. If I were in elementary school, I think it would be hard for me to read this book.
7) If you’ve read other books in this same genre, how does this one compare?
One book I've read in the same genre as The Lightning Thief is Eragon. This fantasy book was written by Christopher Paolini. In Eragon, Eragon is a simple farmer, until one day, he finds a mysterious blue egg. The blue egg hatches, and it appears that it was a dragon inside the egg. Eragon names her Saphira. His quest is to become a dragon rider, and defeat Galbatorix. Along the way, he meets Murtagh, Arya, and Brom. Only one of his companions survive, Arya. Brom is killed in an ambush by the Ra'zac, and Murtagh was killed in the next book.
Unlike Eragon, in The Lightning Thief, Percy has only 2 companions, Annabeth and Grover stay with him the whole journey. None of the main characters die in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series. Percy Jackson's quest to save Olympus from a war is more interesting than Eragon to me. Eragon just got too boring, too long to read, and the series is still not over. After a point, the author just keeps stretching out the plot, and it is hard to read because he/she tried to extend it.
8) Pick a character that interested you and write about them in depth. You can also analyze a relationship between two characters.
One character I'm particularly interested in is Grover Underwood. He is Percy's bestfriend, and a character who sticks with Percy until the end. Grover was also the one assigned to transport Annabeth, Luke, and Thalia to the Half-Blood Camp. Grover is not human, he is a satyr. He's half goat, half human. Being half goat, Grover can talk to animals, such as dogs.Grover explained that he'd come across Gladiola in the woods and they'd struck up a conversation The poodle had run away from a rich local family, who'd posted a $200 reward for his return. Gladiola didn't really want to go back to his family, but he was willing to if it meant helping Grover.
Gladiola, a pink poodle helped Percy and his friends get money enough to buy a train ticket on the Amtrak. Grover proves to be useful instead of using woodland magic all the time.
Grover's quest is to find Pan, the lord of the wild. Many believe he is dead, but satyrs refuse to believe their god is dead. People believe this because somebody shouted that the great Pan was dead, and that there are not many untouched wild places left in the world. Humans are taking over the world, jungles, mountains, etc.
Last, Grover proves to be loyal to Percy. He is willing to go in the Underworld, which no satyr has done before. Only three have escaped from the Underworld, Hercules, Houdini, and Orpheus. Although, Annabeth, Grover, and Percy all escape from the Underworld by crushing three marbles which allow them to go where ever they desire.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
May Literature Circle Letter #3
I finally finished the book Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. It was a really good book, and it's easy to read. I really enjoyed the part when they went to the Underworld to visit Hades. The master bolt was actually in the backpack Ares gave to them. That means Ares knew where the master bolt was, and didn't return it to Zeus. It turned out that Luke is the lightning thief, the person who stole the master bolt from Zeus. The prophecy said that one of the Big Three's children would be the lightning thief, although Luke is a son of Hermes. Hermes is the messenger god, god of thievery, and more. The Big Three consists of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades.
Overall, I think this book was a very fun book to read. It is one of my books I'd actually read for fun. I usually do not read for fun, nor will it be in the future. I actually really hate reading, but this book was just so entertaining with Greek mythology, and I really like history. One question I have is why did Zeus not try and kill Percy when he was in the air because Zeus hates Percy. Zeus believed that Percy stole the master bolt at first.
Live well, Percy Jackson. Become a true hero. Because if you do not, if you ever come into my clutches again...This is when Percy Jackson fights the war god, Ares. Percy remembers Annabeth's saying "Ares has strength. That's all he has. Even strength has to bow to wisdom sometimes." With that said, Percy Jackson changes up his fighting skills. He has wounded Ares, and ichor, the golden blood of gods, was visible. Ares got pissed off and left. Mrs. Dodds, one of the Kindly Ones, said the quote to Percy Jackson. She realizes that he did not steal Hades' Helm of Darkness, and Ares was in possession of it.
Overall, I think this book was a very fun book to read. It is one of my books I'd actually read for fun. I usually do not read for fun, nor will it be in the future. I actually really hate reading, but this book was just so entertaining with Greek mythology, and I really like history. One question I have is why did Zeus not try and kill Percy when he was in the air because Zeus hates Percy. Zeus believed that Percy stole the master bolt at first.
Quickwrite: The Rules of Love...?
Today, guys are expected to pay for dates, meals, etc. The guy has to also open doors for the girl, and allow her to get in first. Way back when, guys used to ask girls out by asking "Would you like to study with me?" My mom told me that, I thought it was so funny. Now people ask "Do you wanna go out with me?" instead. During lunch, it doesn't really matter where you sit as long as you sit with somebody. I have never eaten at the school cafeteria, but I plan to eat there one day. It seems like everybody in there is asian and speaking some asian language. Also, they stared at me when I walked in...so I thought it was sort of creepy. So, I never go in there because I'd be left out, talking to nobody. Possible consequences of breaking the rules are getting pregnant, getting STDs, going to jail, and being hated at home. It sounds really bad, but they don't have to happen.
People all over the world can go out with somebody. Parents don't have to know about it. People can talk online over the internet, use the phone, etc. Some consequences of getting caught by your parents could be no more phone, internet, or even going out. People can even just say they're going to the movies and everything, but go off to see their loved one.
One funny commercial I saw a month ago said "Life is too short, have an affair." I thought it was so funny because it was real. People have dating sites, which is pretty sad I think. Which of these relationships actually work out? I think in order for a relationship to work, you have to live near the person, and see them often. In Dear John, their relationship didn't work out because John was always off in Germany for the army.
People all over the world can go out with somebody. Parents don't have to know about it. People can talk online over the internet, use the phone, etc. Some consequences of getting caught by your parents could be no more phone, internet, or even going out. People can even just say they're going to the movies and everything, but go off to see their loved one.
One funny commercial I saw a month ago said "Life is too short, have an affair." I thought it was so funny because it was real. People have dating sites, which is pretty sad I think. Which of these relationships actually work out? I think in order for a relationship to work, you have to live near the person, and see them often. In Dear John, their relationship didn't work out because John was always off in Germany for the army.
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