Algenis's Blog

Discrimination - Rasicm

2009-05-12T06:36:00.000-07:00

What I have learned about this topic is that there's a lot of discrimination going on this world, and something should be done about. Back then there was always police brutality, and it had stopped but it's now still going on. A story I found about my topic was the Sean Bell case. He was shot 50 times on the day of his wedding for no exact reason.

My Social Issue - Discrimination

2009-05-07T10:22:00.000-07:00

My Plan for this group "Discrimination" is to explain in my documentary that people shouldn't get discriminated because of what they are, what color they are or what they believe in. Everyone is human and we are all the same just think of things differently, and I will find someone that I can interview someone that has gotten discriminated before. For they can explain to people how they feel. So, the people who discriminate will see how they will feel if someone discriminated them, And I'm positive ill find many people who have gotten discriminated. Thats my plan for now.

Evaluk

2009-04-02T10:11:00.000-07:00

A character from my book The Outsiders I would like to spend a day with is with SodaPop the reason why is because Ponyboy always is talking about Sodapop like if he is kinda of a father in the house since he works and takes care of PonyBoy and Darry, and I would like to spend a day with him and see how he acts around different people.

Short Story Introduction

2009-03-26T09:12:00.000-07:00

“Katrina, remember last summer when you came to visit and we had that party?” I said happily.

“Yeah! Yeah! I do” She said with a grin on her face.

I have known Katrina ever since we can remember, but when she moved away to New York City everything changed. Nothing was the same. She was my only real friend, like the only friend I have ever trust.
I remember the day of that party like if it was yesterday. Everything was smooth. The music was blasting everyone was dancing. The sunshine was coming through the windows. I felt like a rat going through the bottom of a door. The place was full. There were people in the living room, kitchen, other rooms and one of the most excited places the pool. That was crowded too. Cannon balls everywhere. The smell of hot dog’s burning. We all were having a blast.

“Ugh But I can’t believe what happened” She said slowly with a sad tone.

Book Club Novel Characters

2009-03-24T06:00:00.000-07:00

If The Socs and The Greasers were in New York City in 2006, they would not be having rumbles and jumping people. The reason why is because there were other people around back then in 06. They were in a town, but if they come to New York City it wont be the same.
For example, If they were in The City Bob and his friends wouldn't have tried to jump Johnny and PonyBoy. The reason why is because they probably will be a lot of cops roaming the streets, and maybe they would be other people in the streets looking for trouble and would of hit Bob his crew, and maybe PonyBoy and Johnny.

The Outsiders Book Club Response

2009-03-13T09:13:00.000-07:00

Title: The Outsiders
Author: S. E. Hinton

Today I read the book "The Outsiders" So far I find this book very interesting because it's about a group of boys that have each others back there like a little gang. The name of there gang is " The Greasers" They have a rival gang called "The Socs". The name of the One of the boys in the group from The Greasers that they call Pony boy was walking home from the movies. He got jumped by the Socs. He was cut up and they cut his long hair. When he went home his brothers and friends told him to calm down. They went looking for The Greasers but they already left. That is what I have read so far.

Alice Walker Poetic Style

2009-03-03T06:31:00.000-08:00

Her first poem was around 1968. Things that happened in the year of 1968 Japan released Nintendo video games to America, Chernobyl Power Plant Disaster in Russia occurred, Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster kills 6 astronauts and one teacher.

Remember - Christina Georgina Rossetti

2009-02-27T08:52:00.000-08:00

The theme of this sonnet is making someone forget about you. Then thinking about you again.
A Clue that gave away the title is when she says " Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad " meaning the guy or who ever should forget about her and then one day think about her and be sad knowing that they no longer are together. This does connect to my life in some way because someone wanted me to forget about them but its impossible. I can connect this poem to other poems we have read today because there saying that people have left or/and came into there life's.

The rose that Grew from concrete by Tupac Shakur

2009-02-24T06:20:00.000-08:00

The theme on this poem is that Tupac is the rose and he is saying that while he was growing up life was hard and he was struggling. Also, that no one really cared about him while he was growing up so thats why he probably expresses him self with poems. For example when he says "Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared." hes saying that he was on his own.

Brown Hands - Lupe Algarin

2009-02-13T08:14:00.000-08:00

I think what makes this poem such a great love poem is that he is trying to say that the girl is his other-half. This poem makes me feel honestly kind of weird because he is trying way too hard to make it sound nice. What I learned about Lupe today is that Lupe has a some part in his heart that he is very sweet or is trying to be sweet.

Hyperbole

2009-02-12T09:44:00.000-08:00

One Hyperbole the poet used was "If only a bomb would explode you to bits.". I Think the poet used this Hyperbole this way because he wants to show that he really hates homework and he wants it to blow up and disapear. Another Hyperbole the poet used was " I wish I could wash you away in the sink." I think he is saying that he wants to wash the home work down the sink for it can go to a sewer.

Take me as I am

2009-02-06T11:25:00.000-08:00

The mood of this poem is like if Mary J. Blige is depressed and she is trying to move on but something is trying to get in her away. A inference I can make about this poem is that she probably is trying to move on. The meaning of this poem is that she doesn't want anything to hold her back from doing what she wants to do.

Poetry Response Bronx Masquerade

2009-02-05T09:12:00.000-08:00

What I think of this characters so far is that they all know whats going on in the streets of Harlem and about all the violence that is going on. I have learned that most of them do not have a lot of money. A inference i can make about this characters is that they all have a talent.
The poetry reveals about them a lot of things like that that most of them don't have a lot of money. Most of them are very confident with there poetry.
The meaning of Tyrone's poem is that he knows whats going on about the violence and the drugs but he still wants to live there because he loves living there. One thing is that he isn't very confident when it comes to life. He thinks he will be lucky if he makes it to the age of 21.
I do not connect with this poem because I know what I want to do with my future and I don't take school as a joke.

Alice Walker Poem

2009-02-04T07:18:00.000-08:00

The main idea of this poem is that she is accepting people dead because she know that people are born to die they don't live for ever.
A inference i can make about this poem is I think someone died in her family.
A word that best describes how the poet is feeling is depressed and sad.
I do connect with this poem because no body lives for ever unless your some type of super hero.

Stopping by the woods

2009-02-03T06:30:00.000-08:00

This poem creates a boring mood. The reason why is because I do not like this poem even though its my opinion that's what I think the mood poem creates.
Frost used repetition in this poem.
The reason why he repeated the same line was to show people how he feels and he is trying to open out to them.
The speaker is feeling old and tired the reason why is becaus he sounds like he can hardly talk.

"Changes" - Tupac Shakur

2009-02-02T09:43:00.000-08:00

A inference i can make about this poem is that Tupac is living in a racist time.
Words hat best describe this poet the way he is feeling are "War, Racist, N----, Police, Crack, Drugs, and much more
The reason why is because he is explaining out people were so racist and there was always drugs and violence.
The message that Tupac is trying to send is to everyone! that is living with racism and drugs and violence
because he is living during while all of this is happening he is explaining how the blacks can't rest because they need
to live there life looking behind there shoulder because probably cops will try to kill or beat them.
I do connect with this poem because he went through this and If I was living while this was going on
I would feel exactly the same way.
But some of it is still going on not like it was going on before.

O Captian! My Captain

2009-01-29T09:52:00.000-08:00

The meaning of this poem is why Lincoln died. The ship is being compared to the country. I think the poet does repetition because he wants to show how he feels. What he repeated a lot was "O Captain! My Captain!" The captain of the "ship" is Abraham Lincoln. So what that means is he is the President of the United States of America since thats what the ship is being compared to.

"Yes We Did"

2009-01-23T09:02:00.001-08:00

He did drugs got made fun of.
Big ears, Big Head, Little body.
Threats and Disrespect.
His life was a struggle With both of his parents dead.
He just kept hes head up like if hes nose was bleeding.
He hit the senate in Illinois People cheered others laughed.
Then ran for president with a lot in his ears.
Came with Honesty and Hope.
And a wonder full quote "Yes We Can"
African-American
Kenyan And Hawaiian.
On January 20th 2009 everybody opened there ears.
Just to hear "Your new President Barack Obama"
Made history and I was apart of it.
Coming with Hope and Change.
A new future is in this game.

Inaugural Poem Response

2009-01-23T08:30:00.000-08:00

Pray song for the day Bye Elizabeth Alexander

This poem relates to Obama's life and the inauguration. Because, its talking about how theres a new light at the end of the tunnel for this nation. A theme in this poem is hope. Also, its sending out a message that a new president will bring a new beginning. This poem makes me feel very proud because I was apart of history. This poem reminds me of things that Barack Obama has said during hes campaign. Like "Yes We Can" and like he promised "Yes We Did"

Reading Response #6

2009-01-22T10:02:00.000-08:00

Title: To Kill a Mocking Bird
Author: Harpet Lee

To Kill a Mocking Bird is very interesting. I recommend this book to many people. The reason why is because the book has you waiting for whats gonna happened so it makes you wanna read more and more. The mysterious person in this book is Boo Radley. Eventually at the end of the book he comes out the house and saves Jim's life.

Letter to the New President

2009-01-20T06:36:00.000-08:00

Dear Mr. President,
Congratulations on becoming the first African-American president of the United States of America. There's History in a making and it's coming with a change. Today I feel excited because I'm being a part of history. I think the things you should handle in the first (100) days is bring the
troops back from Iraq, and Afghanistan. Also, handle the poverty in the United States. It's bringing the country down a little bit.
My opinion on how people feel in New York and people in other states or/and world wide is that they were not shocked but excited because you're the first African-American president in the United States. I think Martin Luther King Jr. would of been one of the happiest men in the world to see you become president. He did a lot of hard work. One of his dreams was probably being alive to see the first African-American President of the United States.
Today in your speech I hope you talk about the main topic you talked about from the beginning of the campaign which was Change. Also how you will make United States a better place to live in. Now that your our President hopefully a lot will change. Good Luck with the speech in your Inauguration. Again Congratulations.

Sincerely,
Algenis Ramos.

Readers Response #5

2009-01-09T11:53:00.000-08:00

Title: Bone
Author: Jeff Smith

Today I read "Bone" The book was very interesting I read about 37 pages.
Bone the main character is taking bets from people that are betting
on a " Mystery Cow " But the cow is really a person in side
a hand made cow jacket. Bone and hes friend are going to
try to scam the people that are betting them.

Themes in to Kill a Mocking Bird.

2008-12-22T10:09:00.000-08:00

One Major theme in To Kill a Mocking Bird is how racist some people are in Maycomb. The way the other reveals this theme is For Example, Atticus says in the book it is wrong to kill a mockingbird because all they do is sing beautiful songs and never harm anyone.What he means by that is you shouldn't kill a black person if they haven't done anything wrong.

Another Major theme is when Atticus tells Scout and Jem that we never really know a man until we stand in his shoes and walk around in them. What he means by that is you don't really know who somebody is till you meet them.

Test Prep Action Plan

2008-12-15T10:18:00.000-08:00

My goal this year is to get a 3 or higher on both the ELA and Math test. On the ELA Test my plans to get a 3 or higher are to do all my work in class and ask Ms.Johns for help on things I need help on. I will also study I don't really like to study but I'm trying to achieve my goal so I must do what I need to do to get a 3 or higher on the ELA test.

To my Parents.

2008-12-15T10:14:00.000-08:00

Dear Madre,

What I have accomplished so far in ELA so far in this year is learning how to make smart decisions while doing a multiple choice question test. Also, how to figure out what a word means by using context clues. We have been using the laptops in our ELA Class this helps me more
because typing is better then writing in my point of view.
My goal this year is to get a 3 or higher on the ELA test. Reading and writing is important in my life because I'm going to use in my everyday life.
Your Son, Algenis Ramos

Reading Journal #4

2008-12-12T11:48:00.000-08:00

Title: Runaways
Author: Brian K. Vaughan
Today I read runaways. It was very interesting a lot of things happened. The reason why I Say this is because The pride split up many parents died. Now the runaways that were left are now on there "own" now they are trying to be "superheroes".

Readers Response #4

2008-11-24T10:14:00.000-08:00

Title : Runaways
Author : Brian K. Vaughan

So far in my book the runaways one of them is a Mole. Meaning that the mole will turn back on the group and get with The Pride. So The mole is Alex He attacked almost everybody and told Nico if she wanted to join Alex, And leaving everybody else behind. I just started the fourth book.
I predict that the rest of the Runaways will get strong and get Alex back for what he has done.

Mona Lisa Listening Passage: Q2

2008-11-24T09:54:00.000-08:00

Question:
Explain why people today are still fascinated with the Mona Lisa. Use details from the article
to support your answer.

Answer:
The reason why people are still fascinated with Mona Lisa is because she's still a mystery no body know who she is. Also, because the painting is so old and people wonder how it's still around because the painting was drawn in 1503 and took Da Vinci about 3 years to finish.

Mona Lisa Listening Listening Passage: Q1

2008-11-24T09:53:00.000-08:00

Question:
The article "Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa" offers several theories about who the real Mona
Lisa was. Based on information in the article, name one possible identity of Mona Lisa. Use
details from the article to support your answer.

Answer:
One possible identity of Mona Lisa can be that the portrait of Da Vinci's wife.
The reason why is because she was some one very special in hes life, And wanted to have something to remember her by. Or maybe because he taught he could of made a lot of money out of the portrait and he did.

Readers Response #3

2008-11-19T07:23:00.000-08:00

Title: Run Aways
Author: Brian K. Vaughan

Today during Ms.Johns class we were independently reading for the 30 minutes. The book I read was Runaways. I got to finish the book and I like the way the book finished at the end because it left me wondering with what is going to happen in the next book, Kinda Anxious. I Also like the way the book finished because everybody in the city are mutants or apart of The Pride. The pride is a group with mutants and other weird things.
I predicted in the beginning of the second book that Alex "One of the main characters" was going to make a plan and save the "Club" The club is the children of the Mutants, Aliens, Time Travelers and much more. So that's what Alex did he took everybody to a Cave and there they hid because there parents framed them and told the police that they committed a crime which they did not do it was there parents. They killed a innocent girl.
The title of the book goes with the book because it actually makes sense, Since the children all are "Running Away" from the parents. So there for the title of the book is "Run Aways". I Think the author made this book the way it is and made people do the things they do because it makes people anxious for the next book since it's so interesting.

Election Reflection

2008-11-05T07:04:00.000-08:00

This election is historic because Mr.President Barack Obama an African-American was elected has President of The United States of America. This election means a lot to me because we got rid of George. W Bush also because Obama made history. To the country it also means a lot because hes going to make a "Change" to the USA and that's what we need. Today I feel refreshed because we are starting all over with Barack Obama. I predict that Barack Obama will do good in the next 4 years and hopefully the next 8 if he gets elected again.
The issues I hope he takes care of first is the war in Iraq. The reason why is because there's a lot of soldiers dying in Iraq for no reason. We need to get out of there as soon as possible and finish Afghanistan and then get our soldiers ready in case Russia plans to attack us or does attack us. I Don't think he will have a lot of pressure on him because hes a good president and a lot of people are supporting him as president of the United States of America.

Ghost Story; The Sheriff

2008-10-31T08:51:00.000-07:00

There was once a guy called Osafo Blue Luis. He was a sheriff in a town in Amarillo,Texas. He was successful in life. He was married and had triplets. They were boys and they were only 7 years old. He was a Captain in the Police Department. He also loved playing football. One day him and his friend went to a bar and drank and drank. They then decided to go to the border and cross it to get to Mexico which was a bad idea.
When they crossed the border illegally and in some strange way, They were seen by border patrol and chased for a while. Osafo decided to pick up a object that looked like a gun. It was really dark out side and windy. Osafo came up with the dumb idea and point it at the police patrol so the patrol shot him and killed him right on the spot. The rest of hes friends left and were never seen again. People say they died or got killed. Osafo's family were terrified. Osafos ghost haunts the border so any body that goes near the border gets hurt or killed just by hes ghost and spirit.

Readers Response #1

2008-10-17T09:14:00.000-07:00

Title: Make Lemonade.
Author: Virginia Euwer Wolff

Today in class i read The book Make Lemonade. In class we all read for 30 minutes. During those 30 minutes i read about 35 page. The book is not boring but at the same time not interesting. Before I started reading the book I asked my self question's. One question that I asked my self was why did Verna Lavaughn become a babysitter Verna is one of the main characters in this book. Today while I read I found out the answer to my question. She became a babysitter because her mother didn't have enough money to pay for all her college tuition. She only could afford half of it. So Verna looked for a job as a babysitter for she can pay the rest of her tuition when she goes to college

RAFT This Land is your land.

2008-10-15T07:19:00.000-07:00

How does the information in the box " A day in the life (of me!)" help the reader understand the article?

The information in the box in " A day in the life (of me!) helps the me understand the article because it explains what she's doing in her life mostly every day. For example, in the text it says that she Stretches from 1:30 till 2:00. Theres more things she does and its timed, its a schedule.
So, everyday she works and does things that the schedule says.

Readers Reponse 2

2008-10-08T07:39:00.000-07:00

Make Lemonade
Author: Virginia Euwer Wolff

Today in class I read Make Lemonade. Ms.Johns told us to read for 25 minutes so we did. The book at the moment is very interesting. The reason why is because the main character LaVaughn. She wants to go to college so she talks to her mother about it constantly. Her mother says that she doesn't have money for that at the moment. Then later on she said that she had some money for the college. So LaVaughn's Mother made a bank account for her. In the mean while LaVaughn is babysitting and were she is babysitting she pretty much hates it. Theres cockroaches always on the walls and every were else. Also that theres a mess in the house and she can't even place a book any were to study. She is also very very more a school girl because she loves to go to school and she loves to study and do all her work. In the book i ask my self why is there like a different chapter after almost every 2 pages.
I Think that the author named this book Make Lemonade because LaVaughn has to squeeze her way through everything. Like babysitting and saving money for she can pay for her college. Also i think that LaVaughn is going to quit babysitting because she just can't hardly work there babysitting in house that is so dirty. But it's going to be difficult for her to find a new job if she quits because she has a lot of stuff on her. Because she has to worry about good grades, Save money, and always talk to her mom about college.

Readers Reponse 1

2008-10-07T06:37:00.000-07:00

"A Chilled Called It"
Dave Pelzer

One day i read the book " A chilled called It" This Book is very Sad. I Say this book is sad because The boy "It" is really Dave Pelzer, But hes mom calls him by "It". Dave Gets Abused by hes mother and there was even one time when Dave's Mother made him eat hes little brothers feces. She treats him like her own personal slave. She makes him starve for days. She even sometimes made him sleep outside on a Cot. In the second book he ran away cause he got tired of not eating and tired of getting abused by hes mother. He then was in a found by a guy in a store. The guy questioned him and then called the police. When the police arrived they called hes mother. He then ended up back in to hell. Dave's mother made him wear the same clothes to school almost for a month. Dave would steal lunches from kids in school because he would always be hungry. A lot of kids made fun of him. A counselor in hes school noticed he had a lot of bruises on hes body. She talked to the other teachers about it and she knows that he gets abused and Dave was scared that they called hes mother because she didn't want any one to know about this. He ended up going to a foster care.