Mystery and Suspense

              Ok so before I start, I'm just lovin break and not being in school! Anyways, I'm enjoying the Mystery and Suspense unit were doing. I liked the movies we watched in class,
"Eisenhower the Illusionist" and "When a Stranger Calls."
               The Illusionist movie was about a guy named Eisenhower and he became in love with this one girl during their childhood. They soon became broken up for a very long time as they got caught together. About thirty years, Eisenhower uses his skill...and becomes a magician, mainly performing illusions. He then recognizes her at one of his shows and she later finds out that it was him. So one day they meet up by talking about the good old days and then they soon fall back in love with each other. There is only one problem, she is supposed to get married soon to the Prince but she tries not too, and attempts to escape but he cuts the side of her neck during the escape and she then dies. Eisenhower then goes into this depression as he "pretends" that he will  never see her again. But at the end when he escapes the head sheriff tries to stop him but he doesn't. He has brought the love of his life back from the dead, sent her to another place where they will never be found together, and live happily ever after.
               The movie "When a Stranger Calls" is about this babysitter that of course, babysits, these two children for these parents. During the time when she is there she gets this phone call from a stranger and all he would say is..."Did you check the children......?" After the fourth call she began to freak out and call the police. Later that movie she had the police trace the call and after she talked to the stranger she got a phone call from the police saying to remain calm, they are on there way to the house, and they traced the call coming from inside the house. She panicked and then we stopped watching the movie there. Gee.......Thanks a lot Mr.Potter!!

Response for 12/17/10

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Mystery and Suspense Unit

               Ok so we started this past week with our new unit for however long were going to be working on called Mystery and Suspense. So far I've enjoyed it! We read this story together in class that was about a women and her dog and a mental man. The dog will always stay alert and lick her hand if something was wrong. And one night a man from a mental institute escaped and news reported he can be anywhere. One when she woke up that night she obviously felt licking and heard what she thought was water running. So checked everywhere and when she got outside she felt a puddle of blood and saw that her dogs head had been torn up and that he....was dead. She then found out that it was the mental man that was licking her fingers.
               We also saw a movie in class that involved a babysitter, the police, and mainly..the phone caller. Every so often she will get a phone call from a mysterious man and all he would say was, "Did you check the children?" She felt creped out and called the police every time he would do it. They later detected that the traced phone call was coming from inside the house, she opened the front door and there he was...arrested.
              Ok so theirs one more week left till break. I swear if we get any homework ill kill myself!! I have a number one soccer tournament in  the country to attend on Christmas day at Orlando, Florida!!!! :)))

Response of 12-10-10

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aka...NikeBoy?????...

Civil Rights Paragraphs from stories we read

               The many chapters we read from Nightjohn talks about events occurring and what had been happening through an eye-witness slave girl named Sarny. She briefly describes/explains what life as a slave is like and how things work around the area (in this case, slave plantation). She works a lot as slave and discovers many things throughout these chapters such as what a penny looks like. Then Nightjohn joins in which his wounded back from all the whipping he's received from his boss, Old Waller. He is the plantation owner. And during the nights, he offers an exchange of tobacco for people to learn the letters of the alphabet. Sarny later on accepts his offer and Nightjohn teaches her to say the letter "A." Sarny's mother, Mammy, later finds out what Nightjohn has been doing and then slaps him. He later convinces her to teach Sarny more letters.
               The reading of a story named "Mascot" is about Malcolm X when he is in his teen age and his childhood is changing. At first he was an unsuccessful boxer and then he got switched school to Michigan because of his bad behavior. During the time he is his so called "Detention School," he realizes something. He is one of the only black people and all the white people treat him nicely, like a "Mascot." At school he becomes popular and wins the election of class president. There is one thing he notices about the whites. They use a lot of bad language as if they wouldn't care. His cousin, Ella, comes to visit him from Boston and suggests that he should go with her. So he does. He then realizes the environment there id filled with people he can relate to, Black people. And he enjoys it a lot. Later on Malcolm has a talk to his English teacher, Mr. Ostrowski, and asks if he is capable of becoming a lawyer. His teacher says no and suggests other careers for him but he declines and stays in Boston with Ella. That sums up the story called "Mascot."
               The Great Debaters has many similarities and differences in both stories we read, Nightjohn and "Mascot." The Great Debaters and Nightjohn mainly focus on location at that time of point. Both stories occur in the South which contain many black people and many are treated kind of the same. Many people are racist but are also punishable for their deeds. The story "Mascot" and The Great Debaters relate to each other because they both share the concept of having equal rights. In "Mascot" equal rights is used when Malcolm X is treated nicely from white people, and in The Great Debaters equal rights is used when James Farmer (The Dad) accidentally runs over a pig. He then has to pay his depth of a price of $25.00 to these poor farmers. James Farmer is a high class man, and a whole lot educated than those guys but he still gave some of his life savings by earning money from working up to the farmers. That is how both stories relate to the movie, The Great Debaters.