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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this. Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you learn or understand about the characters, plot conflict, etc?

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Connotation:
What mood o feeling is shown in this phrase?  Positive? Negative?
Why did the author use this phrase or word? What did it add to the story? What do we learn or understand about the characters, setting plot, etc?

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Include the image of the dialogue above. Explain what is happening in this section of dialogue. What does the reader learn or start to understand? Why is it important to the plot? Does it:
* revel characters' personality traits, felings, thoughts, and/or motives.

* move the plot forward by motivating the characters to make decisions or take action.

*reveal important details or secrets.
What can the reader infer?

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In the short story, Home, Elena was annoyed by her younger brother Hakeem. I learned that you shouldn't get angry if a little kid that doesn't know a lot, makes a mistake because that lets them learn about what they did.

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In the short story, Hakeem was being annoying to Elena, and Elena was mad but later learned that Hakeem was learning. I also was annoyed by a little kid and learned to not get mad.

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Minutes: 20
Pages: 21
How I felt Reading today: I felt like I read a lot today, but I can do better.

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"It was oval shaped, like a flying manta ray." SYLO p.14

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"It was oval shaped, like a flying manta ray." SYLO p.14

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The type of figurative language the author is using is simile, because the main character is comparing the flying object to a manta ray. This is effective because the description of the object tells us that this isn't normal, and is very alien like, and about investigate this mysterious object that Tucker and Quinn encountered.

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In the book, Tucker and his friend Quinn go out for a midnight ride when they are supposed to be at home, to talk about Marty's death. I never had someone I know die, and I learned that people have different ways of coping.

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"I was trying to perfect the art of becoming the human chameleon." My Immigrant American Dream p.5

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"I was trying to perfect the art of becoming the human chameleon." My Immigrant American Dream p.5

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The author is using a metaphor in this sentence, because she is saying that she was being a human chameleon, by trying to fit in with Americans. This helps me understand that she is discriminated a lot for being different, and wants to be like everybody else, and doesn't feel comfortable having a darker skin.

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"Why don't we all go!" he declared with a touch of desperation. "You know, a group thing like you see on TV." "That sounds like fun," Olivia said with genuine enthusiasm Quinn beamed. He had successfully derailed the express. "Sorry, Rook," Kent said. "Your father agreed to finish the lawn today and you're not even halfway done." he lifted up the lemonade pitcher and added, "Too many breaks I guess" And the train was back on the tracks."
This dialogue between Kent, Olivia, and Quinn shows that when things are not going well for Kent, he acts desperate. Kent wanted to go to the movies with Olivia but Quinn didn't like that and wanted to derail Kent. And whenever things go right for Kent, he gets back on the rails and acts like a jerk again. This shows that Kent only likes it when things go well for him.

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"She puts her arm around Brooke, like a big sister would." Half A Moon Page 4

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"She puts her arm around Brooke, like a big sister would." Half A Moon Page 4

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Connotation: Big sister is a older female sibling
Denotation: She is taking care of Brooke as if she was her little sister.
The mood is positive because Natasha is hugging Brooke to comfort her. This helps me understand that Natasha cares for Brooke, and that Natasha is a kind person.

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Connotation: A type of flower
Denotation: Miss Vera Brown is kind and gentle like a flower.
The sentence has a positive mood, because the kids like Miss Vera Brown because she is kind and gentle, and not boring like the other teachers.

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"This Is...this is wrong," I said. "Wrong?" Feit said with a scoff. "What could be wrong about unlocking your full potential? Now you can show the team what you've really got... and Olivia too." I snapped back at him. How did he know about Olivia? My blood was racing and I didn't think it was only because off the Ruby. It was like the salts had increased my brain power as well as my physical ability... which was probably why a thought came to me. A horrible thought. "Did Marty take this stuff?" I asked, though I feared the answer." SYLO pg 49
This dialogue between Tucker and Feit shows that Tucker doesn't feel proud of taking the salts. He feels ashamed for using an item to increase his physical and mental ability. He's also not sure why Feit knows so much about him, since for some reason he knows Olivia. Since the salts are basically drugs, Tucker fears the worst. He asks if Marty, the kid who died on the football field took the salts. This conversation creates more details to what exactly happened on the day Marty died, and who exactly Feit is.

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"I don't know yet," he said with total sincerity. "I'm being honest. I don't know. But I'll tell you something I absolutely believe: One day I'm going to leave this island and do something that people will remember me for. Something important. Bet on it, and don't laugh. I see you starting to laugh." SYLO P. 55

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"I don't know yet," he said with total sincerity. "I'm being honest. I don't know. But I'll tell you something I absolutely believe: One day I'm going to leave this island and do something that people will remember me for. Something important. Bet on it, and don't laugh. I see you starting to laugh." SYLO P. 55

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This dialogue shows what Quinn truly wants, and that he is confident about achieving his goal. I now know that Quinn is very optimistic, and is always sure that he will succeed.

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"Only puzzle pieces spread across the dining room table, homemade everything, and grandma’s gospel music filling the house." p.1

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"Only puzzle pieces spread across the dining room table, homemade everything, and grandma’s gospel music filling the house." p.1

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Connotation: Something holy
Denotation: Nostalgic to the character
The sentence is a positive mood, because the main character is having nostalgia from things like her grandma's gospels.

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"During the game, I couldn’t stop staring at Brooke, thinking how much she looks like Dad and wondering how it is that I came out looking just like Mom" p.2

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"During the game, I couldn’t stop staring at Brooke, thinking how much she looks like Dad and wondering how it is that I came out looking just like Mom" p.2

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The figurative language shown here is a simile, because Raven is comparing Brooke to her dad. This is important to the story because Raven's dad left and Brooke is giving her nostalgia.

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Why do you think the author started the story by describing Terry's problem? What effect does this have on the reader? 

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Why do you think the author started the story by describing Terry's problem? What effect does this have on the reader? 

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I believe the author started the story with Terry's problem, so we can get context on what is going on in the story. The effect on the reader is that I understand how Terry feels about his dad.

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In paragraph 2, the author writes that what really bothered Terry was when his father's eyes went away, what do you think this phrase means? 

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In paragraph 2, the author writes that what really bothered Terry was when his father's eyes went away, what do you think this phrase means? 

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I think this means that his dad started to get PTSD on the war, and it bothered Terry because he had no idea what his dad was thinking about.

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What theme is seen throughout the story? Support your answer with one piece of evidence. 

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What theme is seen throughout the story? Support your answer with one piece of evidence. 

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The theme throughout the story is that you should better understand someones problems and not be embarrassed by them. "He would try to understand, and the
trying would have to be enough. He would try hard from now on, and he would not be
embarrassed when his father’s eyes went away. He would not be embarrassed no matter what
his father did."

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In the book THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, the main character's brother got made fun of for saying something in Korean. This is familiar to me because in elementary school people would be racist to Asians.

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Minutes: 30
pages: 13
How I felt Reading today: I wasn't very focused on my main book and later switched to a online e comic.

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To stay focused and read more

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Minutes: 30 minutes
pages: 16
How I felt reading today: I think I did good on staying focused today, but I want to read more pages next time

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read 30 pages

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read 20 pages

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Minutes: 35 minutes
pages: 10
How I felt reading today: Today we came back form spring break so I was super tired, and I could barely pay attention to the book.

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In the book, THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, the main character's brother is ashamed for being Korean and his mom thinks that he is a failure. I learned how much it can hurt someones parents when their child is failing.

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Minutes: 30
pages: 21
How I felt reading today: I read more pages than usual

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Minutes: 30
pages: 15
How I felt reading today: I couldn't concentrate very well today

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In the book, THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, on of thr main characters, Natasha, has her headphones broken when Daniel saves her fro getting ran over. Shes upset that her headphones broke because they meant a lot to her, since her dad gave them to her when she first came to America. And these headphones remind her a lot of things from her past.

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Minutes: 30
pagesL 18
How I felt readingL I was very ivested

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Minutes: 45
Pages: 18
How I felt Reading Today: I read a good amount of pages today

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In the book, BRAVE NEW WORLD, Mr. Foster is a scientist that is obsessed with making artificial humans, and doesn't actually think about his experiments as human. His motive for making artificial humans is to have a better society. Mr. Foster kills his subjects if they have no use. I learned that people can be super insane and go as far to kill other people that they don't think are useful to them.

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In BRAVE NEW WORLD, we get to see the pain the artificial babies go through. They get tortured by electricity and were forced to hate certain things, so they can be useful for the scientists. For example the scientist showed a baby pictures of flowers and electrocuted him and made him terrified of flowers. The scientists even made different subjects hate each other.