Sonia

Sonia Tariq

Reflection

Meg Cabot
When Lighting strikes
1-800-Where-r-You

I had already read this book. This book is about a girl name Jessica who is struggling in school and gets detention almost every week. One day she got a week of detentions because Jessica punched a guy name Jeff. So she was late so she had to walk home with her friend name Ruth. While there were walking, they were talking about getting into shape so they can get invited to a pool party. While they were talking, the weather was starting so get worse. Thunder plus hail was happening, they had to get a shelter. They were a football bleacher, so they took shelter under that. The weather was getting worse. Jessica was hit by a lightning. She woke up after a 5 minutes. Jessica was feeling better than ever; she was feeling great after the lightning. Ruth was telling her “we should go to the hospital”. But Jessica felt fine.

Sonia Tariq
English Period 1
October 19, 2007

1. The party was awesome.

The house was jumping up and down. The people had too much that they went late at night. My friends and I were dancing all night. The hair was funky and the clothes were getting wet. The party was awesome.

2. I got an A and I felt great.
I had been up all night till 1:00 doing a project that would make me scream. Had 4 hours of sleep. My pillow was hard as a rock. The next day was cold as ice. The wind blew my face and made my eyes scream. I got an A and I felt great.

3. Mr. Stearns is the greatest teacher ever.
Mondays, Wednesday, and Friday are the greatest day to get up early in the morning. Getting ready makes me feel like reading. Coming to school and telling our lives experiences and future feels us welcome to Mr. Stearns class. Mr. Stearns is the greatest teacher ever.

4. My computer is my best friend.

Playing games during class make my keypad black. Mouse getting dirty and hand getting cold. Teachers would always tell us to close our laptops (hehehehe). When they come behind us to see what were doing we make put up a new window. My computer is my best friend.

5. Yesterday I was very bored.

Yesterday was so boring; I was so bored that I was watching Barney. There was nothing to do. I was sleeping the whole time, lying on the bed the whole time. Yesterday I was very bored.

Sonia Tariq
English Period 1
October 17, 2007

“How I learned to pitch”

1.    How did the pitching coach get the author to stop “over thinking” on the mound?

The pitching coach got the author to stop “over thinking” on the mound is that Bryan got him in there by emphasizing a quiet head in the physical sense. Also by worrying only about keeping on gazing steady and the skull centered, and then he stopped over thinking.

2.    Why did Bryan believe it was better to learn a change-up first?

Bryan believed that it was better to learn a change-up first because it would be easier on the elbow and also because it meant that mastering a change is the first step on separating a little thrower from pitcher with craft.

3.    How does one throw a change-up?

One throw a change-up looks to the batter like a fastball and is thrown with all the force and the conviction of a fastball and it would be a good practice for if you keep on doing it.

4.    Why does a change-up work?

A change-up works because of the unorthodox grip, also that helps wrap around the ball. The pitch comes out of the hand more slowly and it would have a lot of force on the ball.

5.    What makes a good pitching coach?

A good pitching coach is a person that has skills on pitching and also had good experiences on the techniques he used and helped. Also that the student is dedicated to learning, it would help the couch to learn form his teaching.

More thoughtful questions

1. What can we learn from the pitching coach that could translate to how we learn in school or with writing?

We can learn from the pitching coach that could translate to how we learn in school or with writing is that they have experienced the learning and the failure. It is also same with teachers who tried teaching in different ways.

2. What would the equivalent of a “change-up” be in writing?

The equivalent of a “change-up” be in the writing is trying to use blazing speed and brute force to wow the people who are watching. Also realizing that it would help it they new how to change speed from time to time.

3. Explain what you think the author means by the following selection:

Failure, in many ways, is the default setting in baseball. A pitcher can be on a roll and cruising through a game, but he is always just one bad pitch, or one fielding mistake, away from a meltdown. The thing Bryan Price teaches is not how to win all the time. What he teaches is how to right your self when you falter or fail.

The author is trying to say is that if you never practice and tried setting your skills; you will never be a good pitcher. But if you know how to set up your skills and practice on your failure, you will succeed in the next game. Then if you can be a good pitcher and then you could help others to learn

The book Fahrenheit and Anthem is the setting in the Dystopian time. The story pretty much tells us the government can brain wash the people and make the people to do something that the people wont want to do. The similarity that the authors talk about in their book, is their Protagonist are struggling because of the government laws that they have to do. Montag and Equality 7-2521 are men who are disagreeing on the laws that they have to follow. Montag had to burn books and Equality 7-2521 is assigned jobs and does know how to use the word I. The similarities are that in anthem are telling the people to not to write and the Fahrenheit telling people not to read. Reading and Writing is against their law because it tells people to its is bad, but the Government is thinking when people start reading and write they are going to have thoughts about the law that the government is making them what to do when they can do it when it doesn’t harm anybody. The others similarity is that people in this story at the end find a way to get away when they have to other idea and also when they caught what they are doing that is against the law. The Anthem is when Equality7-2521 is telling the counselor that they have been making an light glass box in a unmentionable tunnel and than the counselor say that you are going to be in trouble so then Equality has to run away before they catch them. In the Fahrenheit 451 is that Montag is forcing his feeling to do reading because that reading for him that he would find the reason why the government wont let the people read. So the main thing is that both characters are struggling to make a differences and at the end, the both characters new life and they think to start a new community.