Night john Illiterate

How would my life be like if I was illiterate? I wouldn't be able to read or write letters. I would also not be able to learn new things. For example, I wouldn't know what numbers were. I wouldn't know how to use technology or anything. I didn't know the alphabet. I wouldn't be able to understand what money was. I wasn't able to learn math or any subjects because I wasn't able to go to school. I wasn't able to contact anyone either. 

Summary

Branch Rickey thought that it was unfair that blacks didn't have the same rights as whites had.
At first, Branch Rickey was a coach in Ohio Wesleyan and he had a player named Charley Thomas. He was black and didn't have the same rights. He really couldn't do anything about it so he was planning on doing a "new experiment". He was looking for a black player to be willing to play for the major league . Wendell Smith told Branch Rickey that Jackie Robinson was the one for the experiment. After that Branch Rickey tested him if he was really willing to do the experiment. Jackie Robinson passed and he did it. They succeeded in the experiment and Jackie controlled himself from many names that white people called him.

Theme

The conflict of  I Need My Monster is that Ethan's monster (Gabe) went to go fishing for a week. Ethan was pretty upset that he couldn't find the right monster.  The theme of the story is that no one can replace you or imitate you. It's because no one could replace his monster Gabe.

Paper Reflection

Well, the note cards were pretty easy for me to put together.  The challenging part was paraphrasing the paragraphs. Well, my goal is to do better on paraphrasing better.  I think I'll do better on it by putting more transition words and check for my typos. I'll also reword my sentences.  

Research

Notes:
Habitat

• "They prefer to be in deep oceans."  

• About 300 feet (90 meters) and 3,000 feet (over 900 meters)

• They prefer a temperature about 35 and 43 degrees  

Paraphrasing
The vampire squids prefer living in deep oceans. For example, it has to be at least 300 feet and 3,000 feet deep under the ocean. Vampire squids prefer a temperature at the minimum of 35 and 43 degrees.

Paraphrasing

Title: Miley Cyrus Article


Paragraph 1

Step 1: Notes

• Miley has crazy behavior
• Stars face pressure
• Everything they do= tweeted 

Step 2: Paraphrasing Paragraph
Miley has an insane behavior that makes her act all crazy. Stars face pressure and stress a lot.
Everything Miley does is tweeted.

Paragraph 2

Step 1: Notes

• Parades in ridiculous outfits
• Making a fool of herself
• Sticking her tongue
• Being gross

Step 2: Paraphrasing Paragraph
Miley goes around in ridiculous outfits. She makes a fool of herself by sticking her tongue out. Which people think is gross.

Topic and Main Idea

The topic of the article is that there was a tragedy in Kenya and we didn't really care about it until the attack in Paris. 

The main idea for the first paragraph is that "Several people quickly found an article on the attack by the British Broadcasting Corp." 

The main idea for the second paragraph is that "Many people feel that we react to terrible events differently on whom the victims are."

The main idea for the third paragraph is "People are more likely to care when terrible things happen to people and place to which they feel close." 

The main idea for the fourth paragraph is " It is that closeness to Paris that made so many Americans express their sadness and shock on Facebook and Twitter."