Literary Blog Number 10

Chapter 5 Questions:

1. Gillespie did not like the way Virgil interrupted him when Mr. Endicott was in his Office talking about Mantoli. That's why he had strong hostility against him at the beginning of the chapter.

2. Virgil Tibbs respected him and acted very calm towards Gillespie as he yelled at him. He did not make a big scene about it, he just got up and left.

3. Frank Schubert is the mayor of Wells. Frank and Gillespie disagree on keeping Virgil in town. Franks wants him to Virgil in town to help with the crime but Gillespie disagrees and wants him out. Frank convinces Gillespie to keep Virgil in town because Frank told Gillespie that no matter what happens with the crime if it is solved or unsolved Virgil will get blamed for it and because he has no police power here Gillespie will get the credit for it.

4. a) "To Gillespie's intense relief, he didn't smell." Gillespie did not like the smell of black people and he thought since Virgil had been walking for awhile in the hot sun he figured he would have a bad odour and smell, but he didn't end up smelling from Gillespie's view.

  b) "If Chief Morris asked me to," Tibbs replied promptly, "I'd go to England and look for Jack the Ripper." I think Virgil responded the way he did because in Pasadena they respect each other very much and would do anything for them. So when Gillespie said his Chief said he would he said that because he would do anything for his chief.

 c) "They had a murder here this morning. They don't know what to do about it, so they're using me for a fall guy." Virgil says this because he probably knows that if anything goes wrong he will be blamed for this. that is probably the meaning behind saying " they're using me as a fall guy". saying he is the they will all blame is nothing good comes out of him staying and helping.

d) " I don't want to be conspicuous." He doesn't want to be noticed by people because if people see him driving the police car they would think he stole it or something because strangers just walking down the street don't know why he is actually there so he doesn't want to make a big scene.   

e) " I can give you some good references," Tibbs answered. "They're in California. San Quentin."
He is saying that he knows people that have had him as a police officer or something and know that he has done a good job and could use them as references.

5. Grace Endicott reacted the same way that Mr.Endicott reacted when meeting Virgil. She reacted very kind and polite, treated him like he wasn't different in anyway. She treated him the opposite way that Gillespie treated him.

6. Eric Kaufmann is Mantoli's associate and manager. Eric's alibi is he was in town for the first part of the evening then he had to leave town around ten to go to Atlanta, he got to Atlanta around two thirty in the morning and stopped at a hotel for sleep. He was awake when he got the call about Mantoli.

7. Sam felt very bad for Duena. They first got outside and just sat their very quietly but then Duena asked Sam some questions. Sam did his best to answer the questions. Sam wanted to answer those question the best he could without causing anymore pain. He wanted to comfort her and put his arm around her but he knew he couldn't. So he tried his best in how he answered the questions without making her more upset then she already was with the death of her father. Some characteristics of Duena are she seems like a very genlte person, example as said in the book " she spoke softly, but her words were clear, distinct, and unafraid". She also seemed very strong because she was handling the death of her father very well because she was OK with answering some questions about it.

8. One big thing that has been added to the plot is Virgil Tibbs staying and helping with solving the murder. For us wondering what is going to happen. Some secondary plots would be learning about the three new characters in the book Duena Mantoli, Eric Kaufmann and Frank Schubert.

Literary blog number 9

1. Sam wood is the police officer that is on the night shift.

2. His character is an average character because by hearing his name it isn't like a name that stands out, it just fits in with everyones. Also, his character is someone strong becasuse the name resembles the characters and the word "wood" is something that is strong and bulk. Also, he is casual and easy going because the name Sam is something that is shortened from a longer name so you can tell he is easy going because his name is shorter. ALso, he has been a police officer for about 3 years.

3. Delroes Purdy is considered ' white trash' in the book because she lives in the poorer end of town. She seems stuck-up and wanting all the attention because hse was standing in her front window naked.

4. The man working at the diner is namede Ralph. He seems like a nice person because he was asking him how his shift was. He also seems to have small hands because when same out his hands down on the counter he said he wished he had solid hands like Sam.

5. He was talking to Sam and told him that black people act like animals with all the food that they eat when they come into the diner.Saying white people are more like the actual humans on this planet adn black people to aanilmals. He is using a metaphor comparing black people to animals. He is comparing them because he is probably saying black people come in and eat all of his food and eat as much as anilmals do.

6. The big event that is coming into the city is the Orchestra.

7. The name of the city that takes place in the book is called Wells.

8. The person that was killed was named Manolie.

I am done Tori by Design and I am onto a new book that was suggested to me by Jessica called L.A Candy By: Lauren Conrad. I am only on the first couple of chapters but so far it is a really good book. Their are two main characters Jane and Scarlett and they have just moved two L.A and they are living together in a little apartment. If you like Drama Romance kind of books you would like the LAuren Conrad series.

Literary Bolg Nuber 8

I am partners with Sahmara and during our brainstorm session we came up with some ideas. Some of our ideas are:

1) You follow a bunch of different types of schools without them knowing and have a bunch of hidden cameras and their is someone who is disguised and they take a walk through the school and see which school helps them out the most and give them a good time, every week a school gets disqualified and the school at the end that wins gets a choice of renovations, money, school supplies or so gym equipment. We chose it because we have never really seen a reality TV show about schools.I think the TV show would probably be on a channel like TLC. This show would probably be shown on a Monday night during Prime Time. I think more moms would find this show interesting because then they can see what kind of schools are out there.

2) There is a group of teenagers that get chosen and they have to design outfits of the judges choice for their model and the models have to wear exactly what the teenagers chose, the teenager then has describes the outfit to the  judges and the judges give them a mark out of 10 each so a total mark out of 50 and the teenager with the lowest score gets disqualified. The show would start off with 15 teenagers either girls or guys. The show would probably last about a couple months. The winner would win a cash prize and a chance to meet their favourite celebrity. This show would be targeted towards more teenagers and be on probably on a Sunday night also during prime time.

Literary Blog Number 7

    The TV show that I relate to Tori by design is "90210". IN the show "90210" Annie moves from Kanas to the big city of Beverly hills just like Tori moves from a small place to New York. Tori and Annie are alike because they both start of as friends with these boys and then starts to fall in love with them even though they are both already dating people. A difference between them is the drama, in Tori by design the drama is more with her family about the baby coming but in "90210" the drama is more about their relationships as friends. I think Annie and Tori are very alike because they both over react about stuff they find out about that is a shock to them. Both "90210" and Tori by design are full of drama but "90210" is more of the adult drama and for the teen ages but Tori by design is for teenagers but not for adults to read. It is more for just teenagers to read but "90210" can be for teenagers or adults to watch. Some more differences of the two are Tori by design has fewer characters then "90210". Also, in "90210" all the characters have different relationships and all know each other cause they all go to school together and have the same group of friends, but in Tori by design all the kids don't know each other and they all don't have relationships with each other.

How google docs can help you

     Google Docs can help us because if people are busy and can't get together as a group then when they have free time they can do their part and everyone can see what they did. Also, you never know what people's comfort level is about going to people's house that they don't know. This way everyone can do their part of the work and it is visible for everyone in the group to see it. you can write comments and chat with them so if you make a change in the project you can write them to the rest of your group and let them know what you did so they are aware. Also, it would help us communicating with our teacher. If you need to show your teacher something you can attach it to Google docs and send it to your teacher and if they have any advice to give you they could write it and you could see it.. It is one way that also helps save paper. It would help me personally because it is a very easy way to work with your group without actually getting together. It's easier then getting together because you need to find times that you can get together and a place you could go. With Google docs you can do your work whenever you have a free time and you can see what everyone else is doing and give them some tips or if you see a spelling mistake, they could do the same for you.

New Book

I have finished reading Dear John and I have moved on to a new book called Tori by Design by Colleen Nelson. Its about a girl named Tori and she makes her dad apply for a job in new york because she wants to live there. Her dad gets the job and they move from Winnipeg to New York.. but it is really different from what Tori imagined it to be. Colleen Nelson is from Winnipeg so in the book she keeps going back talking about Winnipeg.. Colleen had an assignment that she had to do for school and it was to write a chapter of a book. Later she had her first book published. I like the book because when she talks about some of the tourists places in Winnipeg I know what she is talking about. Anyone that likes drama kind of books would really like Tori by Design.

Literacy Blog Assignment #6

Today I commented on the following blogs:


Sarah Baxter's Library- Sarah Baxter
Jessica's Blog- Jessica M
Kylagymnast- Kyla D
SydneyMoreau98- Sydney M
Infinity- Emily H
Marial Arts98- Sahmara F

Literary Blog Number 5

     My favourite scene in the book is when Savannah is with all of her friends at the pier during the day and her guy friend knocks her purse into the ocean and she starts freaking out. So, John dives into the ocean to retrieve her purse for her. John had just came back and he is on leave from the army and he is visiting is dad, Savannah is in Wilmington working with a group of people on a house while she is on her break from University. I like this scene because we get to meet Savannah and John together and see how they act around each other. At first John isn't sure whether he should or not but then Savannah starts yelling at her friend that knocked it in saying all of this valuable stuff that she has in it so at the moment John decides to jump in. While John and Savannah start talking I could tell that at that moment they would fall in love. I like that because then right away the book gets better because it starts right away not 10 chapters into the book but the first chapter so you get an idea of how the book will play out and you can make better predictions because you know more about the character. Making predictions for a book once you read the first couple chapters is hard because you don't always know all of the characters but in Dear John their are 3 main characters that we follow through the story and those characters are John, Savannah and John's Dad, we meet all of the characters and learn about them all in the first couple chapters.

Literary blog assingment number 4

     The author of my book is Nicholas Sparks. Sparks uses different kind of styles, depending on the character some of them use slang when communicating with each other but most of them speak more business- like. For example John and his dad speak more in formal when talking to each other, because John's dad speaks in very short sentences like only one word answers " I'll probably be sleeping." " I didn't mean it literally ". ( Sparks, 104 ) When you see Savannah and all her friends talk they talk in short sentences but more of a high vocabulary of words. Sparks chose to write Dear John in first person point of view. The book is organized into chapters but with three parts, Chapters 1-12, Chapters 12-16 and 16-20. I am just finishing Part 1 so I think that their would be a reason for splitting it up into 3 parts but I have not gotten their yet. I think Sparks decided to write it how he did so far because he doesn't think and love story is written in formal and because he wants to get it across to young girls to read it. I think it helps people understand love and the many ways it can go. The way the Sparks wrote the book really got across to me, I like love story and romantic novels but not all authors I like. I thought Sparks did a very good job of writing the book, it doesn't go into to much detail but enough detail for us to understand.

Literary blog assignment number 3

     The quote I chose is: " I think my dad was happy. I phrase it like this because he seldom showed much emotion. Hugs and kisses were a rarity for me growing up, and when they did happen, they often struck me as lifeless, something he did because he felt he was supposed to, not because he wanted to." ( Sparks, 11 )

     I chose this quote because I felt it had a good a good meaning toward life. I also chose it because it really made me think because as I grew up my life was the completely opposite of his life, i had both of my parents growing up and they always wanted to make conversation with me. I really wonder what it feels like to only have one parent he doesn't even really talk to you, so in the book i was really able to see how certain people react to it.  As I was looking through the book for I quote I really got drawn to this one because it had a good word and that you really shouldn't take things or people for granted, because some people don't have the same things as you or just like that you could lose someone. The quote is important to the plot because it lets you know how John's relationship is with his dad so you can understand the story more and not always get lost or not understand what they are talking about and how they are towards each other. One literary term that the author uses would be Imagery but focuses more on the Synaesthesia part of Imagery, because in the book their are lots of different emotions going around between different characters but mostly between John and his dad. Another one would be mood because just at this part John is starting to realise his relationship with him and his dad, it is just the moment of the book.          
                                                                                                     

Literary Blog Number 2

     This is my first post of my novel. I am reading the book Dear John by Nicholas Spark. There are two main characters in the book so far that I know of, Savannah and John. Savannah drops her purse off of the pier and at that moment John dives into the ocean to get her purse. We can then get a feel for how John and Savannah`s relationship would start. John and Savannah start to hangout a lot, John meets Savannah's family and does things with Savannah. The two of them start to date and then John brings Savannah over two meet his dad. Savannah then realizes that John's dad has autism and she wants to help him live life to the fullest. John is surprised with how good of a surfer Savannah is on just her first try. John and Savannah really bond over surfing. Savannah really is interested in talking about the army so whenever they have a minute to talk they will start off about something else but they will always end up talking about the army. The summer ends and Savannah goes back to college and John goes back to the army, they promise to write each other every month while their away. While John is away Savannah always goes over and makes sure that John`s dad is doing ok and sees if he needs anything. The letters go back and forth and seems like it is going good between them.  A devastation occurs and John has to choose between Savannah or continuing with the Army.

Dear John By Nicholas Sparks

     One of the Protagonists in this story is John Tyree. He was born in Wilmington, North Caroline in 1977. John's Mom left them when they he was very young. His dad says that she changed her mind about being married, he always was told to keep her in his prayers. John and his dad didn't have a very good bond. John taught himself to do most things on his own. His dad had an interest in collecting coins but John wasn't very interested in coins so that is why their bond wasn't very good. John spent most of his nights alone because his dad would always be working on his coins, until he was fourteen, then he was never home cause he was out with friends. John has brown hair and green/ hazel eyes. During his late teens John didn't care about anything, he started smoking, sneaking out to parties and skipping school. During the two years after graduation  John had many jobs, he worked as a busboy, taring ticket stubs, loading and unloading boxes, cooking pancakes and working as a cashier at some tourist places. Later he enrolled in the army, when he was in the army he started to change and he cared more for life, also when he is with Savannah he is a different person then he was when he was younger. John then starts to have a different relationship with his father. John has a deep love for Savannah and you can see it in the book by the way he talks and acts.

                                                 I think Zac Efron would be able to be John
                                                 in the movie because to me they have some
                                                 of the same Characteristics.


     The book takes place in North Carolina. I got the feeling that it takes place in 2000 because he was born in in 1977. The story takes place more in the Summer because they are always surfing or tanning on the beach or at Savannah's house. One night John goes over for supper and they have a bonfire with all of Savannah's friends and family.The next night John takes Savannah our for supper on the pier, later that night Savannah tells John that tonight she is going to come and meet his dad, so John takes Savannah to meet his dad and his dad shows Savannah all of his coins and she is really interested. This setting reminds me of another book I read, it was called the last song, they meet and then start to hang out and eventually start dating. The setting of Dear John reminds me of when we go to my cottage with our friends and have a great time, we go to the beach and go swimming and sun tan and eat our lunch, then we normally go out for supper or have a BBQ and then we have a bonfire with S'mores. I saw the movie Dear John and I think they did a good job of both, they described everything and everything in the book was just like the movie, when I was watching the movie I felt like I was reading the book.
                                               

All about Me

I'm 13. I have a mom, dad, brother and a dog. I was born in Vancouver BC and moved to winnipeg when I was 1. My favourite subject in school would be English. I have always liked writing and making up stories when I was little. Some of my hobbies are, going to the mall with friends, going to movies and hanging out outside! my favourite movies are The lucky one and new years eve, some of my favourite TV shows are 90210, big brother and glee! My favourite songs are we are never ever ever getting back together and some nights. When im older I would like to become a teacher, i would like to teach english or math and teach middle school. I am going into my 10th year of dance, I take tap and jazz. for 2 years I took hip hop. my favourite dance that I ever did was when I was 8 and we did a mickie and minnie dance. If I could anywhere in the world I would want to go to Dinsey World. When I grow up I think I would like to just stay and live in Winnipeg. When I was in Grade 1, I played the piano till I was in Grade 5. I don't play the piano anymore but we still have the piano so I can still play some songs. One thing I am looking forward to in my life is getting my license and being able to drive myself anywhere I want to! One of my favourite things to do on weekends or during the summer is going shopping. Some places i like to shop are garage, hollister, aeropastle, lulu lemon and bath and body. My favourite place to eat is Serentos or Boston Pizza, my favourite kind of food is ceaser salad! I like to watch hockey not play it. My favourite NHL team would probably be the Vancouver Canucks! That is a bit about me!