Thursday, September 19, 2013

Character Changes - Due Monday September 23rd

Choose a character from your Guided Reading text.  Try to choose a character you haven't chosen before.  I then want you to list three major problems that character has faced during their life, and then identify which one has been the most life changing, and why.

Example:

Hermoine Granger - Harry Potter:

  1. People make fun of her because she is smart.
  2. She sometimes gets stuck in the middle of her two best friends, Ron and Harry.
  3. She is a 'Muggle-Born' and a lot of people give her grief about that.
I think the problem that has been most life changing for Hermoine is dealing with her friendships with Ron and Harry.  I think this because she feels she has to continue to keep things smooth between the both of them, while also dealing with her growing feelings for Ron.  She also knows that their friendship staying strong, is essential for taking on Lord Voldemort and saving Harry's life. 



20 comments:

  1. Mrs.Oliski is being called a cripple.Mrs.Oliski got in a car accident and now she is paralzed from the waist down. Another promblen is that she is in a weelchair. I think the most important one that changed her life more is that she got in a car accident and she is paralyzed from the waist down.

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  2. Julian View From Saturday
    He gets picked on for the way he dresses.
    He also gets picked on for his leather book bag.
    He doesn't have many friend that like him is school

    The problem that has been most life changing for Julian is that he doesn't have many friends at school because he only feels comfortable around some people.

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  3. Nadia Diamondstein- The View from Saturday

    Parents getting divorced.

    Dad injured his ankle.

    Ginger getting Tranquilizer shots and being dizzy.

    I think that her parents getting divorced is the one. She would have to get used to going back and forth between houses.

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  4. I pick David
    and some of his challenges are that he has autiam and hes trying to be normal.
    David has a challenge also with thearpy and he said its to much work.
    David also is challenging with chathrine because chathrine just wants a normal brother.

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  5. I picked David form Rules.

    David has some problems like Ryan is a problem because he is very mean to him. One more problem for David is that he has alot of trouble rolloing the rules.

    The most difficaulted one is the one with Ryan because it is had not to tell there mom of how Ryan ackted because then that will cause more grief.

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  6. I chose Catherine-from Rules
    1. Catherine has an autism brother so it is hard for her to do things.

    2. She tries to be friends with Kristi but she is friends with Ryan and Catherine does not like Ryan.

    3. Catherine makes rules for David doesn't follow the rules.

    I think David is Catherine's biggest problem because he has autism and he doesn't listen to Catherine.

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  7. Maniac Magee Grayson I chose grayson.
    1.He didn't make the majors.
    2.He spent most of his life as a baseball player and didn't make it.
    3.He lives in the park mainly.

    The problem is that he had this one chance to make the triple a's but he had a bad game. He had scouts watching him and let them score 12 in the 3rd inning.So he blew his chance.
    Then he met Maniac and he has a best friend and they laugh and have fun.

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  8. Nadia:
    1. Margaret is taking her father over.
    2. Margaret helped her mom get the job in New York.
    3. Margaret and her grandpa didnt tell her about Eathan coming.
    i think the biggest problem is that she went there to see her father and her father, at night ended going on tutle walks, and first Nadia liked it then she didnt cause no one payed any attenton to her so she would stay home after that.

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  9. Maniac Magee = Maniac Magee
    1. His parents died when he was 3.
    2. His aunt and uncle never got along so he ran away and now he lives at a park.
    3.He doesn't have much of anything.
    I think the most life changing problem has been that his parents died because that caused it all. That is why he lived with his aunt and uncle. But then his aunt and uncle never got along so he ran away and now he lives in the park and everything happened because his parents died. If his parents were still alive he would have a home and have good food to eat and he would have a good life.

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  10. Freak the Mighty = Max
    1. He has a learning disability.
    2. His dad is Killer Kane.
    3. He lost his mom.
    I think the one that has been the most life changing is having a learning disability because he has trouble learning and stuff doesn't process as fast to him unlike the others in his class.

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  11. Max/Mighty
    1. He gets bullied about his dad "Killer Kane"
    2. He is not very smart (also bullied about that)
    3. His mom died
    I think the most life changing problem is that his mom died. I know from my dad that it turns your whole world upside down. I am guessing his dad killed her because people call him Killer Kane. If his mom was still alive he would have someone who can really comfort him, not that Gram and Grim don't but it's just something that moms have and grandparents don't.

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  12. My character is Freak from Freak the Mighty.1. He has dwarfism. 2. His father deserted him and his mom. 3. He can't walk by himself. I think the most life changing problem that he has dwarfism so his insides are outgrowing his body, which makes it hard for his body to function.

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  13. I chose gram because
    1 her grandson is humoungus
    2 her and grim are fighting because grim wants to get a gun
    3 maxs dad is getting out of jail.
    I think that the biggest problem is that killer kane is getting out of jail.

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  14. I'm reading Freak the Mighty I'm choosing Mighty.
    1. His father is in jail.
    2. he doesn't have his mom.
    3. He doesn't have his mom.
    I think the hardest thing for him is that his father is in jail. Every boy needs a Father to learn from and since he doesn't there's a hole in him and he doesn't even have a mom to partly fill it. The only boy that he has is freak and most of the things he says he doesn't understand. but it does help a little bit plus his grandpa that he sometimes talks to.

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  15. I am reading Maniac Magee. I am choosing Maniac.
    1. Manic had to deal with Grayson's death.
    2. Maniac is heart broken again because he lost 3 people who he cares about.
    3. He has to find away to live without Grayson and live a long life.

    Grayson's death is the most life changing thing maniac had to deal with. Because Grayson kept him alive through the winter.

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  16. I am reading "Freak the Mighty." I chose Freak.
    1.Freak's internal organ are growing faster than the rest of his body.
    2.Being short so short must be annoying.
    3.Freak choked on "gruel". I don't think that would be good.
    Freak could die if he doesn't get surgey. He probaly reach evverthing easly. He could have died when he choked.

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  17. I am reading Maniac Magee.I am choosing Maniac.
    1his parents died .
    he had to live with his aunt and uncle who hate each other and will not share the the same toaster.
    3.he had to deal with Grason dieing.
    He had a tragic life I thing Maniac must be so mad.

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  18. The book is Freak the Mighty. I am choosing Max.

    1. He has a learning disability
    2. He's really tall, and bigger than most people.
    3. His dad is Killer Kane.

    The biggest problem is that his dad is Killer Kane. This is because he kidnaps Max, and killed his mother.

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  19. Catherine

    1. She has to help her brother because he has autism.

    2. Ryan making fun of David.

    3. A neighbor moved in next door by Catherine and she didn't want to be enbarrasst because of her brother.

    I think that because her brother has autism people think he is weird and David doesn't know Catherine shouldn't tell the person that is bothering him or her to stop. Just because a neighbor moved in next door she shouldn't be embarrass until she can see David doing something embarrassing.

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  20. I am reading The Veiw From Sauterday.

    The charicture I am choosing is Mrs. Olinski.

    1. She has been in in a car crash

    2. She is in a wheel chair so she has limited mobility.

    3. most inmortently she is parilized from the waist down. I wounder how many weird looks she gets?

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