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NOTE the change in directions below from APA formatting to MLA formatting. Choose a quote from your D.E.A.R. reading this week. Cite the direct quote below. Include the title of the book you're reading, the author and the page number where the selected quote is located. 1. Briefly summarize the quote in your own words 2. Explore the quote's meaning (your interpretation) 3. State why you think the quote matters to the whole of the story (the implications). After you have posted, respond to one other person's entry. The person you respond to does NOT have to be in your same class period or your same grade. Your initial post is due each Wednesday. Your response is due by Friday. Do NOT WRITE, "I AGREE" TO SOMEONE ELSE. You may write, "Your post made me consider ____," "Your post reminded me of this other _____ I read and how _____," etc. You must write your first name and last initial and class period each time you post. Example: Shelia S, period 1. You must also use academic language. Absolutely NO texting abbreviations. SEE MODEL POST BELOW! Gregory Boyle, in TATTOOS ON THE HEART, wrote, "You stand with the belligerent, the surly, and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear"(179). (This is cited in MLA format.) Say: This says that bad behavior is a way of communicating one's pain and that standing with the badly behaved is necessary until the pain is revealed and understood. Mean: My interpretation of this passage is that it means that when people act out and misbehave that they are doing so because they are in tremendous pain. Either they've been neglected and their own needs are not being met, or they have been abused or hurt in some way, or perhaps they've suffered a loss that is too big for them to bear. Instead of using their words about how much pain they're in, they act out by doing things that are inappropriate and often illegal (This is a book about gangs.) Matter: This passage matters because it offers an explanation for bad behavior and challenges us to see beyond the behavior to the heart of the matter. If we can do that, then we may feel more empathy, and as a result, be able to stick it out with those who are acting badly rather than quickly dismiss, judge and abandon them.
Kristen W. Period 1
10/16/2012 04:17:26 am
"This affliction -hope- is so cruel and stubborn i believe it will kill me." page 136 (Sold by Patricia McCormick)
Jacelyn K., Per 6
10/21/2012 12:54:09 pm
I agree with you about how there are things that we hope for but can never come true. There's a lot of dreams and hopes that are just so far out, like a light at the end of the tunnel, that it may never happen. But, as long as you dare to dream, it's possible for it to happen one day.
Jose F. Period 6
10/16/2012 12:50:43 pm
Ian Fleming in "Casino Royale" wrote "There's a Good Book about goodness and how to be good and so forth, but there's no Evil Book about evil and how to be bad" (161)
Jose F. Period 6
10/16/2012 01:37:47 pm
Ian Fleming in "Casino Royale" wrote "Now, about that little problem of yours, this business of not knowing good men from bad men and villains from heroes and so forth. It is, of course, a difficult problem in the abstract. The secret lies in personal experience, whether you're a Chinaman or an Englishman".
An H., Period 5
10/21/2012 04:51:32 pm
I really agree with the mean part. Because even if one see a person as a hero, the opposition side could think they are the villain and vice versa. Heroism is really what just a group of people consider when a person did something extremely incredible for them, but the opposing side could also see that action as evil.
An H., Period 5
10/16/2012 04:32:51 pm
Julia, in SARAH'S KEY, wrote "I closed my eyes. But I could still see the moment when the policemen tore the children from the mothers at Beaune-la-Rolande. I could not get the image out of my mind" (173).
Dinh T, Period 5
10/21/2012 01:34:43 pm
This reminds me of the time in 8th grade when I got in trouble with my friends. We were sent to the principal's office, but no one ratted me out and when I got home, I got worried and kept on thinking about what she would do to us the next day.
Jeffery W, Period 5
10/17/2012 09:38:54 am
Rick Riordan, in THE MARK OF ATHENA, wrote, "Giants?" Annabeth reached for her dagger, which of course wasn't there. "I thought their army was defeated." "It isn't the giants," Reyna's eyes seethed with rage. "You've betrayed our trust."
Justin Tang Per 5
10/17/2012 09:38:56 am
In MARK OF ATHENA by Rick Riodan, he writes, "Good luck is sham. True success requires sacrifices."
Zerlinda L., Period 5
10/17/2012 10:08:50 am
Tatiana de Rosnay in SARAH'S KEY wrote, "She wanted to thank him, for his help, for the money, she wanted to hold her hand out to him, but Rachel grabbed her by the arm and took off, they ran as fast as they could through the high golden wheat, straight ahead, lungs bursting, legs and arms helter-skelter, far away from the camp, as far away as possible." (p.92)
Thuc T. , period 6
10/17/2012 11:56:56 am
Philippa Gregory, in THE QUEEN'S FOOL, wrote, " I looked from the red roaring face of the bishop to the twinkling smile of his clerk and shook my head. I bowed my head to the bishop, and to the man I had once been honored to know, and I left them with their bloodstained hands to interrogate innocent people and send them out to be burned" (333).
Aron I. Period 5
10/17/2012 12:13:13 pm
In SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH, Walter Dean Myers wrote " Not over here where the booming goes through you, where explosion in the distance shake your whole body." (Myers 125)
Wei L. Period 5
10/22/2012 12:15:28 pm
This reminds me of the soldiers in movies that would get haunted by explosions throughout their entire life.
Zishan (Angela) T., Period 2
10/17/2012 12:30:37 pm
Anne Schraff, in ONE OF US, wrote "Strangely, he thought the hot water could wash away what had happened to him tonight, with all its fear and horror. He remembered seeing a very old movie once, starring an actor named Kirk Douglas. In the movie Douglas talked about pulling his brain from his head and rinsing away the terrible thoughts that were tormenting him. That's what Derrick wanted to do, but he couldn't" (124)
Tara D., Per. 5
10/17/2012 12:52:46 pm
Dave Pelzer, in THE LOST BOY, wrote, "I now lived in another world of prejudice" (80) .
Brandon Yip Period 5
10/17/2012 01:04:53 pm
Quote in, Shutter Island, says, "She hadn't wanted him to go to work that morning. In that final year of her life, she'd grown inexplicably skittish, prone to insomnia that left her tremor-filled and addled."(125)
Jessica Lai, Period 6
10/17/2012 01:52:26 pm
“So that’s why you brought me here, thought Ender. With all your hurry, that’s why you took three months, to make me love Earth. Well, it worked. All your tricks worked. Valentine, too; she was another one of your tricks, to make me remember that I’m not going to school for myself. Well, I remember. (243)"
Aren Lim
10/17/2012 01:56:35 pm
My quote is from the book "Twilight" by Stepehen Meyer: "In that brief flash of a glance, his face held nothing of interest -it was as if she has called his name, and he'd looked up involuntarily response, already having decided not to answer."
Lika M. period 5
10/17/2012 01:58:39 pm
Kathryn Stockett in, THE HELP, wrote, "My heart racing, I drive fast on the paved town roads, heading for the colored part of town. I've never even sat at the same table with a Negro before who wasn't paid to do so. The interview has been delayed by over a month" (167).
Cally M, Period 5
10/17/2012 01:59:48 pm
Kathryn Stockett, in THE HELP, wrote,"If Miss Hilly know, she know...Stopping ain't gone save us now."
Lika M. period 5
10/20/2012 02:05:07 pm
Your quote made me consider about how brave Skeeter and Aibileen were for continuing the writing of the book. They are brave for knowing the consequences that might come about from publishing the book - arrest, hatred from old friends, and ignorance from her society, and perhaps getting fired from their jobs. Despite those possible outcomes, they decided that they needed to get the word out about how these hardworking, African american maids work and live during times of severe racism and segregation. This quote teaches also might teach one about being scared to do something but doing it anyway, one can learn that courage is something that all types of people can gain if they put their determination into doing it.
Andrew L. , Period 5
10/17/2012 02:16:00 pm
Ingrid Tomey, in NOBODY ELSE NEEDS TO KNOW, wrote "When his father died so suddenly, Webb had told Grampa he wanted to go to Fatty's Funland in Tennessee. He'd seen it on TV. And Grampa had told his mother, "He will never, for the rest of his life, have his father to hang around with, to take him places... " (1999, pg. 138)
Bryan L. Period 6
10/17/2012 02:19:03 pm
Suzanne Collins, in MOCKINGJAY, wrote "I hear my name rippling through the hot air, spreading out into the hospital. "Katniss! Katniss Everdeen!" The sounds of pain and grief begin to recede, to be replaced by words of anticipation. From all sides, voices beckon me. I begin to move, clasping the hands extended to me, touching the sound parts of those unable to move their limbs, saying hello, how are you, good to meet you. Nothing of importance, no amazing words of inspiration. But it doesn't matter. Boggs is right. It's the sight of me, alive, that is the inspiration" (87).
Alex D. Period 5
10/17/2012 02:41:15 pm
Suzanne Collins, in THE HUNGER GAMES, wrote, “It's hard to hate my prep team. They're such total idiots." (2008, pg. 112)
Dawson W., Period 5
10/22/2012 05:49:29 am
The quote means that when you feel angry about others cause they are dumb or stupied then you feel the urge to tell them. All you could really do is just feel pity like my friend treat a guy one time when he was cruel and mean but all her realy wanted to do is just feel sorry for him.
Lilian D., Per. 2
10/17/2012 02:54:55 pm
In MAGIC SLAYS, Ilona Andrew wrote, "I knew this wasn't how the world worked...I'd seen the grit, savagery, and cruelty." (pg 121) (This is cited in MLA format.)
Alvin O. per. 5
10/17/2012 03:05:34 pm
Kristina, in CRANK, said ," And you want to shout, can't you see I'm here? can't you see I'm brand new? Can't you see me at all?" (188). (This is cited in MLA format.)
Andrew L. , Period 5
10/21/2012 02:43:03 am
This quote makes me consider about the time when I was new to a place and that there was this once young lad who just started to order me around. It sort of created a social hierarchy although it was not supposed to be that way. This quote relates to me in the sense that I understand what it is like to be told to do things even as a fledgling.
Benjamin L., Period 5
10/17/2012 03:13:37 pm
Washington Redskins by Jack Clary, wrote " if you want anything from the old man, today's the day to go in and get." ( 1974, pg.21)
Andy B. Period 1
10/17/2012 04:16:25 pm
Ron Paul, in THE REVOLUTION: A MANIFESTO, wrote, "When we agree not to treat each other merely as means to our own selfish ends, but to respect one another as individuals with rights and goals of our own, cooperation and goodwill suddenly become possible for the first time" (11).
Art Medina Period 1
10/21/2012 04:27:57 am
This quote brought to mind the situation that many in our community face. Many of us have not yet learned to respect one another and come together as a moral, social community, and we have instead only catered to our selfish needs. I find it extremely critical that each individual respects one another so that everyone can live and thrive in a peaceful enviroment.
Bryan L.
10/21/2012 11:48:30 am
I agree that we should treat others the way we want to be treated, and that when we come together and share our ideas, we can work together to create a better and more communicated society.
Qihong C Period 6
10/22/2012 07:30:15 am
your quote reminds me that the teamwork is very important , since team can do more things than individual, and when people work togethter, there will be more ideas come out. however, this works only if we respect each other and trust each other.
Qi Hong C Period 6
10/17/2012 04:40:23 pm
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Justin Tang Per 5
10/20/2012 10:47:46 am
I agree with this quote because if you aren't doing anything in your life, you're wasting it. It is better to always be learning than doing nothing.
Courtney Thong Per 5
10/28/2012 12:47:13 pm
I agree with your quote because I know people who thinks their life is a mistake. When the person wakes up, he/she feels sorry to be alive and doesn't have the energy to do anything. So, I would always help that person out.
Ryan L., Period 1
11/11/2012 02:31:03 am
I completely agree with this quote. Nowadays people are lazy to do the smallest things. If you aren't doing anything in your life, you're basically wasting it. This quote makes me want to go out and do something in my life so I don't end up like those homeless people on the streets. I hope more people encounter this post and think the same thing as me.
James Zhijie R., Period 5
10/17/2012 04:47:42 pm
J.D. Salinger, in THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, wrote,"The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there a hundred times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their pretty antlers and their pretty, skinny legs, and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving that same blanket. Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you." (121)
Joanne W., Period 6
10/17/2012 06:27:38 pm
Tatiana de Rosnay, in SARAH'S KEY, wrote,"Where are you, my little Michel?...The years have gone by and I still have the key. The key to our secret hiding place...It has never left me since July 16, 1942... No one here knows about the key, about you. About you in the cupboard. About Mother. About Father. About the camp. About summer 1942. About who I really am. Michel. Not one day has gone by without me thinking of you...Sometimes, I want to die. I cannot bear the weight of your death...I cannot bear the weight of my past....Coming here was a terrible mistake. I though I could change. I though I could put it all behind me. But I cannot...This life is too much for me to bear. I look at the key and I long for you for the past...I know now my scars will never heal..No one will ever know. Remeber. Never Forget...."
Courtney T, Period 5
10/21/2012 02:05:28 pm
I can relate to this because I would always remember the past, even though I am trying to move pass it. There are still somethings I can't move pass by, but as days pass by, I am trying my best to move on.
Eric Lo, Period 5
10/18/2012 10:50:42 am
Craig Lesley, in STORM RIDERS,wrote," I'll tell you the truth. i was afraid he might run over somebody, I've been kind of glad to have him in jail. that keeps people safe on the street."(298)
Cergio Angel Period 5
10/22/2012 11:36:27 am
This quote relates to me because I've known or heard two people that have gotten runned over. When one was walking and another when he was riding his bike. This is terrible because people should be more careful cause its not the guys fault its the drivers fault
Wei L. Period 5
10/18/2012 01:23:30 pm
Alan Lawrence Sitomer in HOMEBOYZ, wrote, "He began to feel admiration for this man, for standing up for himself regardless of the potential physical peril he might face." (2007, pg. 20).
Aron I. Period 5
10/21/2012 01:02:15 pm
This quote reminds me of the reason why people decide to be followers or supporters of one a certain person.
Alex D.
10/21/2012 01:38:56 pm
I will always feel admiration for people that stand up for themselves. People that never quit, go against all odds and try their best, those are the people that i admire. Even if you fail or make a mistake, if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger. I admire people like that and want to be like them.
Jason Tran Period 1
10/18/2012 03:39:51 pm
Ray Bradbury says in Fahrenheit 451, "She didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing. You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off dead." (pg 60)
James Zhijie R., Period 5
10/23/2012 01:30:49 am
I find my self doing this to myself a lot of times. That is I keep censoring my self from real life suitations to keep myself in a positive mood. I agree with how othe characters in this book always seek for pleaure. Its one of the most important things to do in one's life.
Lisa Z., Period 2
10/19/2012 06:32:01 am
Judy Goldman, in THE SLOW WAY BACK, wrote, “There were long spaces between Thea’s breaths. Whatever all that had been about, she felt sad to have missed it. She pictured her sister’s fingers picking at the fibers of the blanket- as if she could trace the shape of something, their relationship maybe, their years together, the ridges and dips of the bed linens setting everything in bas-relief” (251).
Jenny Yik, Period 2
10/19/2012 07:17:04 am
Lesley Kagen, in WHISTLING IN THE DARK, wrote, "Right when the sun was going behind the trees, Daddy made everybody else go out of the hospital room and asked me to come lie down next to him in his bed that he could make go up and down whenever he wanted. "Sally?" He had all these tubes coming out of him. And next to him was a machine that ping ping pinged just like the submarine in the movie Troo and me had seen at the Uptown Theater called '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."(2007, pg. 207)
Jeanette F., Period 5
10/19/2012 11:36:12 am
In the book, DIZZY IN YOUR EYES: POEMS ABOUT LOVE, Pat Mora writes:
Art Medina Period 1
10/21/2012 05:06:26 am
Patricia Mccormick, in Sold, wrote,"If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words”(145).
Alvin O. per. 5
10/21/2012 12:42:52 pm
I feel like I can totally relate to this a long time ago, since I would always feel acknowledged when talking to someone, but feel unknown when interrupted.
Berlin T, Period 2
10/20/2012 12:59:24 pm
Sarah Dessen says “Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future.”
Eric Lo, Period 5
10/22/2012 11:23:53 am
I favor this quote because this happens to me sometimes. When i am playing tennis and i would look back on all the things i could have done but didn't. There are so many things i would like to redo and want to get a new start to. This quote is what i feel when i am having a bad day and would like to start over.
Yen T., Period 1
10/25/2012 04:19:30 pm
I agree with this quote because we often try to "erase" our mistakes, regrets, and history, but what we do not realize is that it is nearly impossible to do so because our past is imprinted into our memory, and it also plays a huge role in who we are today. Do not dwell on the past, but rather learn from it, because sometimes it isn't the experience that matters, it's what we can take from those experiences to better ourselves.
Courtney T, Period 5
10/20/2012 02:48:40 pm
Cornelia in THE POWER OF FIVE said "Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
Kristen W. Period 1
10/23/2012 03:59:09 am
This quote says walk beside me, as in be there with me till the very end. I need to know thaty you will always be there me, beside me, supporting me. Walking in back of me, is different because I cannot see you. I cannot see if you will stay or run away with me. You could run away from me and leave me and I won't even know because my back is turned against you.
Dinh T, Period 5
10/21/2012 03:07:58 am
Rick Riordan, in THE LAST OLYMPIAN, wrote,"I looked out at the fires of Harlem, wondering how many sleeping mortals were in danger right now because of Luke's bad choices"(232).
Jacelyn K., Per 6
10/21/2012 12:51:03 pm
In the story, A Child Called It, Dave Pelzer once said,“My two brothers and I were blessed with the perfect parents. Our every whim was fulfilled with love and care.” (17)
Art Medina Period 1
10/21/2012 01:59:40 pm
Patricia Mccormick, in Sold, wrote,"If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words”(145).
naomy cueva period 6
10/25/2012 07:05:11 am
For some everyday is a struggle. They deal with a lot and sometimes they do not talk about making matter even worse.People should just learn how to take each day as it comes.
Kemberly Molina 6
10/25/2012 07:06:49 am
I agree with the post, because we should take everyday as it comes day by day. Rather than stressing about what is going to happened or has happened
Cergio Angel Period 5
10/22/2012 11:52:18 am
In Gullivers Travels the author wrote, "My gentleness and good behaviour had gained so far on the emperor and his court and indeed upon the army and people in general, that I began to conceive hopes of getting my liberty in a short time. I took all possible methods to cultivate this favorable disposition. The natives came by degrees to be less apprehensive of any danger from me."
Dawson W., Period 5
10/23/2012 06:32:38 am
Chanda Hanh wrote in UNECHANTED., "When life feels empty you feel dead"(189).
Brilliant H., Period 2
10/23/2012 03:21:44 pm
Andrew Tobias, in THE ONLY INVESTMENT GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED, wrote "But time heals all wounds. When the New York Stock Exchange celebrated its 200th birthday in May 1992, it could report that a person who bought shares in all of the companies on the exchange on any day in its history would have made a profit over any 15 year stretch and would have beaten bonds and savings accounts over virtually any period exceeding 20 years" (127).
Tara K., Per. 6
10/24/2012 03:10:00 pm
Frances Burnett, in THE SECRET GARDEN, wrote "She said that very often-"It was the custom". The native servants were always saying it. If one told them to do a thing their ancestors had not done for a thousand years they gazed at one mildly and said, "It's not the custom" and one knew that was the end of the matter. (1911, 29)
Kemberly, Molina. period 6
10/25/2012 07:01:27 am
Jodi Picoult, in CHANGE OF HEARTS, wrote, "You know how I see it? There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing - light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light."(130)
naomy cueva period 6
10/25/2012 07:02:55 am
George McGovern in ABRHAM LINCOLN wrote "in life he was underappreciated and often misunderstood.In death he was transformed to martyl. to legend, and to myth."
Yen T., Period 1
10/25/2012 04:13:37 pm
Suzanne Collins, in CATCHING FIRE, wrote, "The only time I really get to see Gale now is on Sundays, when we meet up in the woods to hunt together. It's still the best day of the week, but it's not like it used to be before, when we could tell each other anything. The Games have spoiled even that. I keep hoping that as time passes we'll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows it's futile. There's no going back." (5).
Courtney Thong Per 5
10/28/2012 12:59:59 pm
hay in THE POWER OF FIVE said "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it" (pg 208 2006)
Jacelyn K., Per 5
10/31/2012 02:50:35 pm
Katniss, from Mockingjay, said, "Fire is catching. If we burn, you burn with us!"
raymond morales
11/8/2012 06:26:34 am
Patricia Mccormick, in Sold, wrote,"If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words”(145).
Ryan L., Period 1
11/11/2012 02:23:52 am
Sue Monk Kidd, wrote in THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, "There is nothing perfect, August said from the doorway. "There is only life." (p 256) Comments are closed.
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