Vega,Vanessa Josephine by Xuchilt Perez https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1 For each book you choose, upload an Informal Textual Response Here. If you'd like you can upload links or pics that will add to your entry. en-us 2017-08-29 20:39:26 UTC 2025-11-19 15:23:52 UTC hello@padlet.com SPEAK - Informal Textual Response [9/10/17] vvega17 https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/186379207
Characters - 9. Which character in the book would you choose for a friend? Why?

I would want to be friends with Melinda. To be perfectly honest I've never went through something like Melinda, I can't even imagine it happening to me or anybody. I'd want to be her friend because I'd want to be the person to look out for her and understand her while she is going through her toughest time in life. She learned to cope with her situation through her art work but I feel that if she had just one friend or one person to listen to her so that she could vent she would have felt better and the coping process would have went smoother. I believe that everyone in general needs a friend for shoulder to lean on and someone that will listen to them on a daily basis. Imagine going through a traumatic experience and not having someone by your side. A lot of times that can lead to suicide or self-harm. Melinda and I would have been great friends and my goal would have been to help her recover, I would have make sure that she would be protected and we could have completed an art project together so that she wouldn’t have been so lonely. 

Anderson, H.L (1999). Speak. New York, New York: Penguin

]]> 2017-09-11 14:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/186379207 The Bread Winner - Informal Textual Response [9/17/17] vvega17 https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/188250200 Characters - 1. What problems do the characters have, and how do they solve them?

In the book The Breadwinners by Deborah Ellis the problems that the characters in the story had were that Parvana and her family lived in extreme poverty and violence. Her hometown Kabul has been overtaken by the Talibans and there has been on going war in her life. Parvana is just a child and she already has been exposed to so much in her life. With her father being imprisoned by the Talibans she had to take ownership of her family by being the breadwinner. Parvana’s mother had the idea to dress her up as a boy so that it would be easier for them to walk through areas unnoticed. Since her father’s kidnap it is imperative that she takes over the role, this imposes a great deal of stress for her because as I mentioned earlier she is only a child. In Afghanistan, women are not respected, they are not allowed to leave their home without a man by their side.
Marxist and feminism go hand in hand with this text because The Breadwinner provides a vast amount of cultural background that makes students think about other societies around the world. They are able to compare and contrast this with their own society. Students are able to analyze power, class, ideology, and resistance from the text. Women were severely oppressed in this text to the point where many of them had to pose as men to be able to leave their home, I’m sure Pavara wasn’t the only one. Not every household had a man to be able to provide since the war was an ongoing issue in their society. 

Ellis, D. (2018). BREADWINNER. S.l.: Groundwood.
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create a collage or poster (using artwork, magazine pictures, electronic media, etc.) that can be scanned or digitally photographed for
posting. This collage or poster should combine with the quotes to clearly sell or promote these values to people today.**

The world is something near and dear to us. Natural disasters rage towards us. No matter how careful we try to be to keep it safe, we can't always keep it safe because it is never safe. 
Holloway, M. (2007) Driving With Dead People. New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment.
]]> 2017-09-25 01:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/190645554 Vanessa J. Vega vvega17 https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/195435325 2017-10-10 03:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/195435325 Visual Thinking Strategies vvega17 https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/197587637 2017-10-16 22:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/197587637 Boy Meets Boy - Informal Textual Response [10/29/17] vvega17 https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/201546901 Plot - 62. Create a plot outline of the book. 
In the book Boy Meets Boy the main character Paul goes through several life changing experiences that made him realize who he was. Paul is a 10th grader in high school and is openly gay.
Introduction
1. Paul (Boy) Meets Noah (Boy) in a bookstore.

Climax
2. Paul makes out with his ex boyfriend and Noah finds out. Not only does Noah find out but he is confused about who it actually was that Paul kissed. Noah thinks that Paul kissed his best friend Tony but he actually kissed Kyle the ex boyfriend.

Falling Action
3. Paul tries his best to get Noah back and gain his trust. Paul did a lot of beautiful sentimental things such as, make origami flowers, a scroll of his feelings, small notes, large letters, a serenade, and twenty rolls of film. After all of these things Noah finally takes Paul back and he expresses this through photographs with the caption "wish you were here." Then they got to the dance together.

Resolution
4. Paul and Noah stayed together happily ever after.

Levithan, D. (2013). Boy meets boy. New York: Ember.


]]> 2017-10-29 22:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/201546901 Mind the Gap - What's missing in realistic teen fiction about minorities. vvega17 https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/206382032 The article speaks about students from different cultures often want to read fiction stories that they can connect to personally. The issue is that when kids go to a section in the library they will often find books within the genre but the location is not a text to self kind of book. Multicultural fiction books are lacking big time in our libraries and this discourages students from wanting to read. Student want to be able to make a connection and read a story that feels like it is written for them. Also, they want realistic books that are broad topics for all races. African American is often associated with urban settings and that is not the same for every African American student. Books need to be able to reach every type of race and setting with realistic fiction stories. ]]> 2017-11-13 17:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/206382032 The Fault in Our Stars - Informal Textual Response [11/26/17] vvega17 https://padlet.com/xp29/7q5mpospj7f1/wish/210115713 Evaluation - 45. What did you think was the most interesting part of the book? Why?
This was a difficult book to find interesting parts about because to me there is nothing interesting about cancer. It brought me back to when I was a little girl and first learned that my aunt had cancer, that was the first time that I have ever heard of the "c word". When I became an adult I visited my old high school teacher who was in a calvary hospice hospital for cancer and it was devastating to see her that way. The entire 3 years that i spent in that high school she always has been such a strong woman.
I guess that I would have to say the most interesting part of this book has been that part where Hazel saw Peter Van Houten at Augustus funeral. It was there where she was able to comprehend why he was so irritable. She still didn't like him but it was at that moment that she was able to make a connection with another character that has been feeling the way that she is now feeling. This ties well into the article "Re-seeing (Dis) Ability" by: Patricia A. Dunn, particularly the section that speaks about considering the perspective of  the society for disability studies
(SDS) "many disabling aspects of a person's experlence are constructed by society-by unnecessary barriers." (Dunn) Disabilities and medical issues are often taboo subjects because nobody wants to speak about these things unless they are going through it themselves or a loved on is. If Hazel would have tried to find out the reason why Peter was angry at the world instead of not liking him for it perhaps Peter could have walked her through the steps of this situation with Augustus and helping her cope with the loss of her friend.

1. Green, J., & Remoto, D. (2014). The fault in our stars. Maynila: National Book Store.

2. Dunn, P. A. (2010). Re-seeing (Dis)Ability: Ten Suggestions. EJ inFocus, 14-26. Retrieved November 26, 2017.

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