What Makes a Good Friend?

I have had a lot of friends in my life.  Many I have lost touch with and many I communicate with regularly.  Although they are all different in many ways, they all have the following three qualities:

1)  Trustworthy:  I am an open person and I share personal things with all of my friends.  I know I can trust my friends to not gossip about the things I tell them.  

2)  Dependable:  I am not one who asks for a lot of help.  However, if I do need help, I can depend on my friends to help me. 

3)  A good listener:  My friends value what it is I have to say and listen to me when I am talking.  They disagree with me sometimes, but they will listen to what I have to say first and show that they value my opinions.  

"The Flying Machine" Should we be Afraid of Technology?

little buck wrote:  Yes we should be scared of technology because now of days people can make booms out of there self phones and kill thousand's of people with it. It relates to "The Flying Machine" because if the boy who was flying was using technology and the technology could glitch and he could crash it. 

unknown wrote:    I think one day technology will get so out of hand they we can not control it. I think in the story that was what the emperor was scared of. That the technology will change the way there life was. So he had to do what he had to do to keep it.

wet monkey wrote:   Should we be scared of technology? Yes we should be scared of technology because technology because technology can do a lot of things. Some of the things could be that kids can be bullied, bombs can be drop on countries and or contents. So thats why I would be scared.

pro golfer7665 wrote: Yes because I can see the future with technology getting greater. I would not trust the technology that they are making. What if the technology malfunctions and goes against us. It relates to "The Flying Machine" by us maybe finding it, or it finding us, and "The Flying Machine" technology only getting greater and smarter also.

Good Example of Book Review

ELAASHZZ Wrote:
The Story An American Childhood, is about a girl named Annie. The story takes place in Annie’s and her sister Amy’s room, Amy is sleeping on another bed across from Annie, while Annie, awake and alarmed, sees a luminous light, shining dimly. Annie sees this light every night, and sometimes, multiple times a night. Annie terrified, hears a car engine, when it comes, and leaves. Soon to know, that the light is just a car light passing, reflecting its lights into the window and shining into her room, Annie finally figures out that it is just a light that made the dim scary light appear. She was so relieved to know that it was the car. In my opinion, this is a really interesting story that I’d recommend this to students in middle school, because it’s short and keeps the reader’s attention.

Bad Example Wrote:

the story an american childhood was stupid it was about this girl who sees some stuff at night she is pretty stupid for not figuring it out. She should use a night light i had one when i wuz litl. u should read this.

What was the theme and or message of the story of Dick and Rick Hoyt?

10/29
What was the theme and/or message of the story of Dick and Rick Hoyt?

Slipperyporpoise101:I thought that it was very inspirational and it inspires every body. that nothing holds you back, not age not disables that is what I toke away from rick and dick.

little buck:  We can learn that no madder what you are like  or look like you should be yourself  not what your friend wants you to be and love is a very powerful thing in the world.

bonbeecasanne:  The message the video had given me was that hard work, determination, and incredible stamina can take you a long way. The Hoyt's story is extremely inspiring for those whom feel that they are segregated from the norm just because they might be different. Their story is one of many stories with the repetitive theme that anyone can overcome their differences.

chickenlover23: The message was that Rick is paralyzed and he inspires his dad to do what he does.

Pro Golfer 7665:   Dick would do anything to make Rick happy. It teaches me that it is good to be for your loved ones, because they would do the same for you, and you could change someones life just by making them feel good about themselves.

Blog Post 10/22

Did you like Tom Sawyer?  Give three reasons why or why not. (10/22)

Littlebuck wrote:  Three reasons I like the book is it is funny, cool and different than any book I have read.

Jackson wrote:  When we were reading tom sawyer i did not like it.  One reason why is because it is boring.  The second thing is that it is hard.  The third thing is it was confusing.

Halli wrote:  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer just didn’t seem to captivate me (though I’m partially to blame for not paying enough attention I suppose). I liked the book, but I’d most likely never read it again. It had both positive and negative qualities, but personally for me the actual plot in itself wasn’t interesting. It’s apparently a classic that everyone needs to read, but it just didn’t seem that significant to me. It did have interesting, 3D characters though, so the book wasn’t all bad. (Id prefer to read the Outsiders or Westside Story though :^) )

Julianna wrote:  I disliked the book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” because it was not very appealing, it was written in an ABC little kid way.  It was not very right to the point and it was dry and boring.

Gina wrote: I didn’t really like the Tom Sawyer because it didn’t make sense, I couldn’t understand it and it seemed weird.

Mady w wrote:  The book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is really great and the reasons I really liked the book Tom Sawyer are
1) It’s adventurous and I love adventure.
2) It’s basically a really good life story in the perspective of a boy.
3) It’s just really amazing.

Xander Tuck wrote:  What I thought of Tom Sawyer was a pretty good book by my standards.
Reason 1) It had pretty nice adventures in the book.
Reason 2) It had good taste in a good villain.
Reason 3)  The book had a great ending to it.

The Fate of Injun Joe

10/20

Your task today is to write an epitaph for Injun Joe's grave.  An epitaph is a statement in memory of a person who has died that is usually found as an inscription on someone's gravestone.  Look at some of the examples below, and then post your idea for Injun Joe's epitaph as a comment below.

Quizlet Vocab Review TS 3

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