How does chapter 6 express freedom?

Well this first paragraph is going to be on the quote that was on Mr.Thomas's blog. From reading this thinking of freedom is quite easy for me. I think that this expresses freedom because well being capped seems to be a way of life there and they are used to it. Its kind of like well school for us its a way of life when you finish elementary then you go onto middle. With them when you finish being a child you move on to becoming a man or a lady. I guess well this is freedom for them. This means no more school and well you're and adult you can do your own things in life. This for them is happiness and I guess well happiness and freedom are 2 different things but well its the way that they live and this is freedom for them I guess. They are happy to be doing it and they know whats going to happen and what they are going to have to do. Also when he says "All the spirit and Gallantry was being wasted." well probably because this would lead to the exact opposite of freedom and peace and thats all you want. You don't want there to be war and people telling you what to do you want to be free so that is why they are just doing what they are meant to be doing get capped. This is good because they are getting what they need and after that they are done and its over and everything will be okay.

Another reason ( now this will relate to everything in chapter 6 ) well it says that they did not want boys to run away and there was a war once and they didn't like it at all. So they decided to just do what they were meant to do. Hopefully they would get used to it and that would turn into freedom for them. Women had some right not all and men were meant to stay strong and courageous. This would then not lead into any trouble. In this chapter it also shows there way of living and what they would do in there normal days. It showed that as I said before the rights and what people had to do. Boys again were not allowed run away from home as it was not accepted with the villagers. They wanted people to have spirit and courage. As it said in the book when a boy ran away from home it was counted as spirit in believing what was right to do and what was best for you. Wars were not allowed there was once and that led to so much trouble they decided that it was not allowed to ever have on again. This was definitely much more peaceful for the society but yet again we are talking about freedom and this well it did help people have freedom because well wars are mainly about freedom. With wars you are not allowed to do things and to go were you want you are stopped from these things. So without them it is a big help.

What I have thought about the last few chapters in the book.

1. How were the Tripods able to control people?

Well tripods are able to control people because well they brainwash them and put a big cap on their head which I think is probably giving them information on what to say and what to do and when to do it. I think that it provides information on what the Tripods want the people to do and since they have a big mettle cap on their head which the tripods are controlling (which again is what I think) they know what to do. I think that the Tripods just take out all of the information that the people knew before away and keep it in a different place and they add in information that the tripods want people to have like; to be happy with the tripods and to try and tell other people what to do so that the tripods will be able to control most of the people in the world. But yet again i'm not really sure what they do to control the people I am just trying to give the best possible answer I can. Another reason why I think that the tripods are able to control people is probably they have little controls inside the cap that when they want the person to do something all they have to do is well either press a button or think it and that will automatically make the person do it. Maybe they might put a different thing in their head they might just take the brain out completely and put in something new. I know that my answers sound kind of wacky but the story is very different from most just by the type of things that he writes about.

2. Find evidence (quotations from the novel) to show that even though Will is comfortable living at the castle, he is frustrated that the Comte, Comtesse, and Eloise have been capped.

" And I had despised them for it-despised even, for all their kindness to me and their goodness, the Comte and Comtesse. But not Eloise. I had thought her free, like myself!" It think that his shows comfort because well he has mentioned their kindness to him and how they have treated him really nice and they have not hurt him in any way. But also it seems like he is frustrated when he is talking about how he didn't want Eloise to be capped and how he wished she could have come with him to the White Mountains so that they could escape the capping. I do think that of course he would have been frustrated because well more people who he really like are capped and well he is basically the only one who isn't. He might feel lonely that all of his new friends are capped and he isn't. I would be frustrated because well I wouldn't really know what to do. Should I get capped? I would wonder or should I just stick to my journey and what I am meant to be doing? It should definitely be frustrating because you wouldn't know what to do.

3.. Find evidence (quotes) to show how Will feels about being capped.

" I almost hope it doesn't work. I'm not sure I would rather be a Vagrant."

Will seems well to me he sees like he is nervous and scared about it. He seems unsure what really to do until he comes to running away. But when he meets Eloise it all seems to change like he wants to be capped and he doesn't at the same time. He seems a bit confused in what to do and what he should do. If I were him I would just go with it and get capped I wouldn't want to but it would be a lot more trouble to run away from home. He still seems pretty determined to get to the White Mountains though so that he doesn't have to be capped. But I guess that, that is just his personality. But coming back to the question I think that he probably feels nervous, scared and really unsure what he should do. In the end of course he ends up running away. But when he meets Eloise it seems to change a little bit just because well since she has been capped you can kind of see it in the way he now acts really well yeah frustrated and unsure what to do. But he is so determined to get to the White Mountains this is making it really hard for him and really confusing.

How do I think BeanPole will help Henry and Will?

Well I think that he will help Henry and Will just because well he is actually really smart. Well the reason why I think that he will help Will and Henry on their journey is because well he is a really smart person and he seems to know his way around everywhere and he knows things that well the boys wouldn't have thought of. I think that he will help them when they are going through hard times just because he is very intelligent and gets really cool ideas. I think that is what they would need because whenever they are stuck they have somebody who is smart to come up with a good plan instead of them coming up with a bad idea. I'm not saying that they are not smart I am just saying that it would be better for them to have someone who knows what they are doing with them. Also he seems to know his way around and all of the short cuts to get places. So I think that will help them get to the White Mountains easier with a lot less trouble.

Since he knows short cuts and easier ways to get there I think that, that will make the journey a lot easier for Will and Henry. Just because he knows like people and he knows like transportation devices like when he got the horses and that was a lot easier than them having to walk and run. They would have taken a lot longer. Also that gave them a chance to rest. So that definitely makes their journey easier for them. He might even know things about the White Mountain that might help them. I think that he has a really nice personality and if Will and Henry get into a fight he will help them get back together and focus on what they are trying to do. Also he seems to have quite a determined personality which I think is what they need to keep them on track.

Belfast Presentation

1) What you believe you did well on the project?

I think that I did quite well with my eye - contact because I didn't just look in one area the whole time I would look at people and not just one person. I would look around the room at different people. Also if I needed a little help I would look at my script or up at my presentation but not for a long time only if I had totally forgotten where I was. But other than that I would look at everyone to make sure that they got attention from me. I also think that I did quite well on my information. Well I wasn't here so i'm not quite sure if I had the correct information needed but I did have some quite good information. I think that I did quite a good job finding it on all of the different sites and putting them down. I made sure that I didn't put down information that was not needed because that would just have been a waste. On every page I made sure that I had a bullet point with information just in a short sentence and when I was explaining it I would give a little more detail than what I had written down. Those are the two things that I personally think that I did well at but i'm not sure if everyone else appreciated it.

2) What you would improve for future presentations/projects?

I think that I could have been a little more prepared because on one of the slides I had no images at all. These images were indeed needed and there where none on it. This slide gave information about the Titanic and where it was built. I think that if I had a picture it would have helped the audience see where the location was and how close to the sea Belfast was. Also I was acting a bit silly but I do that when I am nervous but next time I think that I should act a bit more serious about what I am talking about. Because I can distract people sometimes. I do this when I am nervous to tell myself that I am ok talking in-front of the class but next time I definitely think that I should be more prepared and focused.

3) What did you learn from your preparation (for your presentation) in addition to the presentations of others?

Well I noticed that most slides had an image on at least every page I did not. Also they talked really loud and where more serious than I was. They would just stand up there and talk about their topic wheres I would stand up there and say things that were not needed such as " Well I don't think I did this correctly." I think that was not needed and should have just got on with my presentation like the rest of them did. I also noticed that many of them had fancy features and pictures in which I did not. I think it would have been nice for me to have decorated my slide a bit. I also think that it would have been nicer for the audience to see it decorated.

4) What is your analysis of your performance?

I think that I did ok in my performance. It wasn't the best I have done in my life but I think it didn't go bad. I think that I could definitely have done better but for next time there is always room for improvement. I think that my eye contact was definitely one of my strong points in the presentation and then my presentation on the slides was my low bit. I think that when I spoke my voice wasn't loud and wasn't too soft it was loud enough to be heard so I do think that people could hear me ok. But yes I definitely think that this was not one of my strong presentations and I think that I definitely could have done much better but like I said there is always a next time and from learning from this presentation I definitely have to do better in my next one :)

https://docs.google.com/a/iskl.edu.my/present/edit?id=0AYER2mbzGPBBZGc0NHAzM21fNDFnNW1nMzdmdw&hl=en

Working with a Partner

Well working with a partner was yet diffecelt and easy at the same time. One definit benefit was that you did not have to do as much work as you would useually have to! That also made it a whole lot easier! Plus it also helped me with my team work skills because useually I don't normally work with other people that are not my friends! So I think it was a good experience for me to work with new people who had different learning abilities than me. Like Isaid we didn't have to do that much work which was a big plus for me! Sometimes I took it as an advantage! But I also found it good because we could both help each other with what we needed help with and what we didn't understand.

   One of the down sides was that we needed to communicate with each other more often and also we had to work a bit harder to make sure that it was good. Because we were sharing our grades and it would no be fair to get there grade lower because you did not try your best. Another down side to this was that we had to make sure that the other people had done their work. So it made me come online more often to check on what Nick had done. Also we also got a bit worried if the other person did not finish there work or wasn't as good. Because we were both worried about our grades.

   Well some understnadings I gained from the novel were diffinitely that Charlotte is very determined. Also in Nicks passage it made me learn a whole new side of Charlotte that she is a very sweet loving girl but yet very courageous at the same time. I think I learned that because Nick had brought up a whole new side in his passage that I did not see or ever think of. So I definitely think that this has helped me learn a whole new side of the book.

Literature Circles Reflection #1 Charlotte Doyle

Well from my title you know I have been reading the book True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. We also had to do a lit circle on it. In our lit circles we have a sheet that we have to complete. We also have a dead line when we have to be done with it and bring it into class. When we bring it into class finished and completed we are supposed to share with our group what we wrote. We have to have a disccusion on it and ask questions and share our ideas. So this is mainly what these paragraphs are going to be about.

     The disscusion helped me understand the novel because we get to hear other peoples ideas on the book. Any parts I am confused on when other people share their ideas it helps me understand more because they put it into simpilar words and then I have a better time understanding. Also it makes me see some interesting parts that I had not even realized in the book and some very important parts too. Sometimes I miss some parts that are really important to the book and whenever it comes to the interesting parts I never really understand. Also some questions that I have had other people have had too so then we can see some of their answers and compare and find new answers that might just be the right one. It is also quite fun because some answers that we have are actually completly wrong and it is really funny because they are not even close. But it is alright because we all have great fun!

   Some connections I have made during the discussion is that sometimes we have the same passage that we find interesting. It is really cool because it shows that our minds think alike. Another connection is that we sometimes have the same questions and it is cool because then you don't feel like you are the only one who doesn't understand and have a question. We sometimes have the same answers to question and ideas.

   Some predictions I have are that Charlotte might have a longer journey than she expected. Also maybe she might not even make it to see her father in America she might be put into prison because she was accused of murder. I think this only because of the infomation on the back of the book. Also I  think the knife Zacharia gave to her might just have something to do with the murder. Maybe he gave it to her for a reason. Maybe he is trying to get her accused of murder. Why else would he give her a knife? Well maybe that could be a question for my lit circles. But I definitely predict that something bad is going to happen to her. These were a couple of ideas I had for the book and the questions on Mr. T's blog.