Investigative Journalism Blog

THE CUBS CLOSE OUT THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS TO GO TO THE WORLD SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 71 YEARS!

October 25, 2016

     On October 22, at 7:08 2016 the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in Wrigley Field Chicago Illinois. This game decided which team goes to the World Series and, this will be the first time in 71 years the Chicago Cubs are going to the World Series. Also the last time the Cubs won the World Series was in 1908. The Cubs will be facing the Cleveland Indians in a match that both teams haven't won a championship game in decades and decades and, the last time the Indians won a championship game was in 1948.

1st Quarter Reflection Blog

October 27, 2016

In my 10 Book Challenge I think I am doing pretty decent. I think i’m doing decent is because so far I read four books. The books I read so far is A Long Way Gone, The Giver, Summer Ball, and Heat. I think that is decent because if I start reading two books every month, I can finish the 10 book challenge in about three and a half months. The book I am reading now is Called “Million Dollar Throw” by Mike Lupica. The book is about this kid name Nate Brodie he has gotten the chance of a lifetime. He has won a chance to throw a football through a target at a New England patriots game on live TV. If he completes the pass he will win a million dollars and, his parents are struggling to pay the bills, even to keep their home, so this makes Nate even more nervous so the pressure is on for him. After I finish this book it would take me about three and a half months to finish the challenge.

Since August my blogs have been progressing pretty decent. I think that my blogs progressed pretty decent is because, I looked for my grades in Schoology and I saw in blogs and I got 69.44% I don't know if that’s good but I think it’s pretty decent. But I think I progressed a lot since August because I remember that I did kinda bad. I wouldn't capitalized proper nouns I wouldn't write in complete sentences. But now I learned better on run on sentences and use proper nouns. That’s why I think that my blogs progressed since August.

Some of my goals for the next three quarters for ELA is to be better in my roots/prefixes, spelling and have better grades in ElA. I chose those two goals because that is was I usually mess up and if I focus on them I can fix my mistakes and learn from them. The first goal is to be better in roots/ prefixes and spelling. To be better in roots/prefixes is that I can choose a word and practice that word every week and do it again until I get correct. My second goal is to have better grades in ELA. To do that I need to do good on my test and to do good on my test I also have to study. Also to have better grades in ELA I have to turn in complete assignments and do my homework.

The Giver Blog

October 17, 2016
The event I choose from the novel The Giver to compare to the movie is the ending. In the ending of the novel Jonas said that he saw red yellow and blue lights. But in the movie he didn't see lights he saw a cabin and, in the novel Jonas didn't see a cabin. Also in the movie when he reached the boundary of memories the movie shows the characters getting the memories. But in the novel Jonas didn't really see anything, the novel just said that he saw red yellow and blue lights, music, and runners going through the snow, the novel didn't say if Jonas saw the cabin or if he the memories got to the people of the community. The only thing that the novel and  the movie had in common was when Jonas said “But perhaps it was only an echo” (180) Jonas also said that in the movie. Therefore the novel The Giver and the movie are different.

I think the director choice was ok on choosing Brenton Thwaites to play Jonas. I think that because Brenton Thwaites looked a little bit older than the Jonas in the novel. Jonas in the novel was 11, But in the movie Jonas looked like he was 15 or 16. While reading the book I imagined Jonas having pale eyes about 5,1 or 5,2 and have short hair. But when I saw the movie Jonas looked a lot different. The actor I would've choose would be this guy name Asa Butterfield. He would be a good fit for Jonas because he looks young he has pale eyes like Jonas in the novel. That is why I would choose Asa Butterfield to play Jonas.

The novel The Giver most impacted my understanding than the movie. The novel helped me understand more because when we were reading the novel we had to do the sign post and prediction. That help me understand the book because it makes you stop at every page and go over what happened so far. Also the novel is the original and the movie is a remake so if you watch the movie you wouldn't understand as much if you watched the movie. What also helped me understand better is that I had to write a summary every chapter. That helped me because when I write summary I have to go back and remember main things on what happened every chapter.

The Giver Assesment

October 14, 2016
In The Giver Jonas is a dynamic character throughout the book. He is a dynamic character because in the beginning of the book Jonas started of selfish than toward the end he began to be unselfish. In the beginning of the book it says “A mistake. She made a mistake but Jonas knew even as he had the tonight that she hadn't The Chief Elder makes no mistakes.” (57) this shows that he is selfish because before the ceremony he didn't really care about anyone, he only cared about getting what will his job be. This also shows he is selfish because when they skipped his number he was mad and nervous because he didn't get picked. Towards the end of the book it says “He killed it my father killed it Jonas said to himself stunned at what he was realizing. He continued to stare the screen numbly” (150) this shows that Jonas is unselfish because after he saw his father kill the newborn. Jonas wanted to change the community and change the rules because he thought that they were bad mean and, that is showing how Jonas cares for the people in his community.

The theme looking into the past creates wisdom is connected to The Giver. They are connected because without looking into the past there would be no wisdom in anything. In the book it says  “It's called snow Gabe, Jonas whispered snowflakes they fall down from the sky and they’re very beautiful.” (176) This shows how looking into the past creates wisdom because Jonas already experienced the snow from the memories he got from The Giver. So he is telling Gabriel so he can get wisdom. It also says in the book that “He forced the memory of warmth into the thin, shivering body in his arms.” (177) This shows how looking into the past creates wisdom because Gabriel and Jonas were so cold that they couldn't take it anymore so Jonas gave the memory of warmth to Gabriel so he get the wisdom and, so he can feel a little bit warmer.