Wayne Rooney

Now I don’t know much about soccer, but here is my favorite soccer player. is Wayne Rooney. He scored 27 goals  in 157 shots the 2011/2012 Barclays Premier league season, with 4 assists in 34 games. He is 5’ 10”  and weighs 175 pounds, and he is 26. He has been playing since the 2001/2002 season, and since then has had 442 in his career.

Heinz field

My favorite football field is Heinz field. It is the home of the Pittsburgh steelers and the university of Pittsburgh. Heinz field was built in 2001, so it is a fairly recent stadium. It had over 12,000 tons of steel in the design of the field. The grass there is real, but gets lots of citizisiom.It hosted its’ first game in september of 01, and every home game since the start, it has been sold out.

Matt Kemp

Right now, my favorite baseball player is Matt Kemp of the L.A. Dodgers. He is the starting center fielder, he has 484 RBIs, 140 home runs, 146 stolen bases, and 882 career hits. Just last year, he won Baseball America Major League Player of the year, Hank Aaron Award, Golden Glove award, Silver Suggler award, Sporting News’ National League All-star Team, and was second on the National League Most Valuable PLayer Award, only to Ryan Braun. He is one of  the most elite players out there today.But, just this weekend he was injured, I think he might of pulled a hamstring. I am not completely sure it it is true. He will come back and win games soon.

Smybolism and Literary Devices homework

Smybolism

This list of symbolism is from the short story “No Escape(Hero)” by Reader’s Digest- February 2008

1.       In the first sentence they mention it was fall. Fall usually symbolizes Irony, but this story is more of a tragedy. With people almost dying, and a hero emergening.

2.       A whoosh of air before the water came I think is a bad sign like the start of a tragedy. Where the people drown in water.

3.       Niagara-like roar of black water, to me it symbolizes that they will get rushed with water, and might just drown.

4.       The time it took place was again, was a time for Irony. It was nightfall, or I thought so. I think 6’o clock would be night fall at some places or times of the year.

5.       When the cage came down for Swaby, it was like the end for the tragedy, but  then the writing reminds you that there’s 2 more guys stuck down there.

6.       The blackness of the sewer system would be in a tragedy, like most of the symbols. Darkness is unknown and scary.

7.       Storms works into tragedy, showing that when storms are around, something bad might happen.

8.       This last one is not on the list but, I think that a dark swear, is a tragedy. It has a very grim setting and give of a felling for something bad.
     
        Literary Devices homework

Spring DWA

Survival in the Snow

What would you do to survive in the wild? In the book Snow Bound by: Harry Mazer. Where a spoiled boy named Tony and a troubled girl named Cindy, share their story of survival and emotional growth in the wilderness. It shows that you should cherish what you have because, you might wake up one day and have it all taken away.

Snow Bound is about two kids that get lost in the wilderness and have to survive. The kids names are: Cindy and Tony. Cindy is a unfriendly girl that is hitchhiking trying to get home. Tony is a spoiled boy who is trying to find a stray dog he named Arthur. Tony steals his mom’s car to find Arthur. On the way he meets Cindy. So, to impress her, Tony tries to take a shortcut. Which goes horrible wrong and crashes in the middle of nowhere. To survive they burn wood in the car, ration cookies, and fight against frostbite. Tony leaves for a couple days to find civilization. Only to come back with some canned foods. Then, trying to civilization again, Cindy and Tony leave the car. After a little while, they come across a ravine, and Tony falls in it and breaks his leg. Then wolves start to chase them as they try escape.

The character’s changed a lot during this book. Tony changes from a spoiled child and becomes more mature. He even offered to pay his mom for the damages on the car. Because of this life-threatening experience, he has developed into a better person. On the other hand, Cindy was a quiet girl that has a hard time making friends.  As the book moved along, so did Cindy. She starts to have more conversions with Tony. Slowly, she was learning how to make friends, starting with Tony.

Tony and Cindy learn to appreciate what they have at home, after all the challenges of survival. In order to survive Tony trudges though the snow looking for civilization, rationing cookies, and fending off wolves with a broken leg. That shows determination to make it back home. Cindy fights frost-bite on her leg, battles starvation, and helps Tony with his broken leg. The challenges thrown at her tested her.

You might wake up one day and have all that you cherished, taken away. Tony went from spoiled kid, and faced with the challenge of survival, matured and appreciates every thin he has now. Cindy went from shy quiet girl to a true friend of Tony’s after helping him with his broken leg and surviving in the wilderness.

Warsaw Ghetto

Author’s Note: I chose this book because I like learning about World War II and this is one of those books. It sends you back to Poland, when the Nazi were invading.

During world war II 400,000 lived in 1.3 square miles of land. This was the Warsaw ghetto, stacked full of people. Where the chance of living was very low. This is where the book “Milkweed” takes place, as a gypsy turned Jewish, fights to find food and survive. This inspiring story by Jerry Spinelli, will catch the eyes of all read to learn about the Jewish ghettos.

The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest out of all the ghettos during the holocaust. Almost half a million people lived there. They lived in 1.3 square miles in the city of Warsaw. There was the smaller and the larger ghetto, the smaller ghetto was for the rich Jews and the larger ghetto was for the poorer Jews. Conditions over all were really bad and most people died from diseases and hunger. The Warsaw ghetto was larger than any other ghetto during World War II.

Milkweed is about a boys struggle to survive in Warsaw. He starts out on the streets of Warsaw, days before Nazis take the city. He steals food for himself. Then he will makes friends with a with a little Jewish girl. They become good friends over time, the boy will become part of her family. Felling all the sorrows, happiness that she feels.

Reading this book will inspire all to learn about the Jewish Ghetto. It shows that with dietermation you will make it though hard time.

The Book Thief

 Auothor's note: A great book for anybody to read. The book thief made me think, that this would be great to write about. I made so many connections.


What might it be like if you live in Nazi Germany during World War II? In the novel “The Book Thief “ by Markus Zusak, the main character, Lesiel, lives in just that place. What life is like for a child growing up in Nazi Germany during World War II.

In 1939, an 11 year old Lesiel, and her younger brother, were sent off to live with a different family. Their father was a communist, which was in conflict with Hitler’s Nationalist party. Sadly, her younger brother dies of a disease. After a little while she meets a boy named Rudy, who likes her but she only sees him as a friend. At her brother’s funeral, she steals her first book called “The Grave Digger’s handbook”. From that point on, Lesiel rescues books from burnings, steals them from the neighbors, and breaks into the mayor’s private library, with the help of Rudy. Also during the holocaust, Lesiel and her new family protect a Jewish friend, by hiding him in the basement. Lesiel encounters many more challenges during the war.

I thought that this was a great book because; I made lots of connections to it. Lesiel enjoyed reading and so do I. The time frame of World War II is very interesting to me. I enjoy learning about World War II. The suspense was great in this book. There was always something happening and it was real. It was a true story.

Lesiel’s true story of living in Nazi Germany, made me realize what life was like during World War II. I thought this was an awesome book, and I think that everybody should read a true story about World War II. Reading this, you will be able to easily make connection to the book. That’s why you should give this great book a try.