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I am currently reading a book called “WORD NERD” by Susin Nielsen. Ambrose is a twelve-year-old, he calls himself as a word nerd because he loves to play scrabble. He kept on moving from places to places with his overprotective mother, Irene. Until the last school he attended, he was in a near-death experience.There were bullies that bullied Ambrose that he can’t afford to buy a Nike shoe but instead he wore a shoe from a shoe brand called “Ikes”. Ambrose called the three bullies “The three Stooges”. The bullies knew that Ambrose had a peanut allergy, they decided to test if that fact is true or not. They sneakily slipped a piece of peanut into Ambrose’s lunch. Ambrose took a bite of his lunch, he fainted and he went to the hospital. The principal called “The Three Stooges” and Ambrose’s mom, Irene to have a discussion about Ambrose's visit to the hospital. The principal decided to give them the proper punishments to “The Three Stooges”. Irene knew that a normal school would not be proper for his learning environment, she decided to put him into home school.
He had to learn through a computer for his home school. He thought of the pros and cons that he could have for his home school. He thought it will be great because he think that he gets to stay at home and do
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homework since home to him is a very relaxed environment to learn.There were rules that he has to follow when his mom is out working. He later learned that his dad died before he was born from a brain tumor that exploded in his brain at the construction site. Ambrose still stayed positive through the truth. He knew that his dad will watch over him through his life. He learned that he got his name “Ambrose” from his dad’s name. That’s why Ambrose’s mother is so overprotective about him. Ambrose lives in a very friendly owner house, Mrs. Economopoulos. She decided to give them a discount for the rent because Ambrose reminded her of her son that is in jail, Cosmo. He asked Ms.Econompoulous why is her youngest son in jail, she did not answered but cried. Suddenly, a man came into Ms.Econompoulous’s house. Ambrose was about to call the 911 but he stopped, Ms.Econompoulous ran into him and hugged him. Ambrose realized that it was her youngest son, Cosmo. Ambrose's mom asked him to not have any conversation with him since his mom is very overprotective about his son. Also of Cosmo’s background that he was in prison for six months. Ambrose was opposing his mom’s idea because he was curious to find out of why did he get in jail and he believe that he should socialize with other people. He decided to talk to Cosmo when his mom is out for work. He asked Cosmo of how did he get in jail, Cosmo joked that he murdered a kid at Ambrose's age. A boy who asked stupid questions. He knew that was a joke, he asked him again and he said that he committed Break-in houses. The reason why he had to break in into other people’s houses is that he doesn't have enough money to support his drug habits. Cosmo went into a rehab centre for drug use than his drug habits went away. Ambrose discovered that Cosmo also like to play scrabble. It reminded Ambrose of a poster that he saw in the street, a scrabble club. He asked Cosmo could he go with him to the scrabble club, since scrabble is their hobby, they agreed. In the scrabble club, Ambrose faced a lot of tough opponents. Every match he played, he learned something new about the game. It’s you have to know how to play the rules before you place your letters. There in the club, Cosmo met a woman named Amanda. That is so for I’ve read from this book. Something that I liked from this book is the elevation of the characters. For example, Ambrose always listen to her mom but because of the scrabble club, he went out with Cosmo just to be in the club. Ambrose kind of turned into a rebel. Cosmo used to be quiet but he is socializing more and more. I don’t have anything that I don’t dislike because everything in this book exceeds my satisfaction. The level of description of this book is really good. Especially when the author describes the character’s surroundings. For example, “ The sky was bright, brilliant blue- a nice change from the rain earlier in the week. A few clouds hung over the North Shore mountains, but they were far away.” From this line you can tell how far the cloud is far away from the characters and blue is the sky. The setting of this book needs some work because the author did not really change the setting that much yet. The voice and dialogue is very human realistic, I like the author uses real terms that everyday humans use. For example, “ Later, when we were putting away the board , Mom said “What did you do with the book?” “What book?” “ The book we bought for Troy’s birthday party.
The thief Lord.”
Oh that book. “I left it at Planet Lazer.”
As you can see it uses normal human expressions like oh to make actually like human realistic. I would recommend this book to people who like to read humour fiction books.
It made me feel that all the characters are going to change because on one little the problem, going to the scrabble club without their consent of their parents. It made me remind me when I was in Hong Kong, I took the subway alone without letting my mom know. My mom got worried and she called me to make sure that I was
okay.
After the operation, Charly gradually learns to associate the words he writes on the chalkboard to their meaning. Charly is so fascinated with recognizing words that while on a ritual bus trip sightseeing Boston's Historical buildings, he encounters the word school and writes it down on a small piece of paper. Charly checks every letter and corrects himself while writing it down. Soon after Charly arrives home, he does not feel like he has become smarter. He becomes angry with himself and finally sits in front of the chalkboard, and begins to write down his list of words of his activities for the ne...
In 1776, David McCullough gives a vivid portrayal of the Continental Army from October 1775 through January 1777, with sharp focus on the leadership of America’s greatest hero, George Washington. McCullough’s thesis is that had not the right man (George Washington) been leading the Continental Army in 1776, the American Revolution would have resulted in a vastly different outcome. He supports his argument with a critical analysis of Washington’s leadership during the period from the Siege of Boston, through the disastrous defense of New York City, the desperate yet, well ordered retreat through New Jersey against overwhelming odds, and concludes with the inspiring victories of Trenton and Princeton. By keeping his army intact and persevering through 1776, Washington demonstrated to the British Army that the Continental Army was not simply a gang of rabble, but a viable fighting force. Additionally, Mr. McCullough supports his premise that the key to the survival of the American Revolution was not in the defense of Boston, New York City, or any other vital terrain, but rather the survival of the Continental Army itself. A masterful piece of history, 1776 is not a dry retelling of the Revolutionary War, but a compelling character study of George Washington, as well as his key lieutenants, and his British adversaries, the most powerful Army in the 18th Century world. When I read this book, I went from a casual understanding of the hero George Washington to a more specific understanding of why Washington was quite literally the exact right man at the exact right place and time to enable the birth of the United States.
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In the case study, Jim Colbert, a third grade teacher, struggles to help a boy named Carlos. This Public School 111 was located in a metropolitan, run down neighborhood. The school was surrounded by drug dealers and trash. However, the inside of the school was bright and welcoming. Here the students were placed according to their abilities, and Jim had a 3-A class for the high achieving students. Jim had a routine that he followed every day. He would take the learning and apply it to the student’s lives with practical examples. To begin the day Jim would go through the homework with the students, and here he began to notice that Carlos was misspelling many of his words. Carlos comprehended the readings, but he was behind in his spelling. Jim talked with the other third grade teacher, Paul, about Carlos. Then, he talked to Carlos about the problem, asking him if he could get help at home. Here Jim discovered that Carlos would get little to no help at home. Jim sent home a dictionary with Carlos so that he could check his spelling, and he saw
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Ten year old August Pullman --or as his friends and family call him, Auggie-- required several reconstructive surgeries as a young child because he was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a rare craniofacial deformity. Because of this, Auggie has never been able to go to a public school and has been home schooled up until fifth grade. A month before school, Auggie and his mother go on a tour of Beecher Prep, where he meets three students; Charlotte, Jack Will and Julian. On Auggie’s tour with student’s, Julian makes very rude comments regarding his face and the other kids chide him for that. On the first day of school, Auggie realiz...
The teacher walked to the front of the room with her book in hand and as she got closer to the front, Paul got lower in his seat. He knew what was coming next; it was time for the class to read the next chapter. The teacher would start reading and then call on different students to read as they moved through the chapter. This scared Paul right down to his toes. He had read in front of the class before, but it was what followed after class that worried him the most. The taunts from the other students like “retard” or “are you stupid or what?” This type of relentless teasing would continue until gym class where he could hold his own ground again. He did not have any problems in gym; class he was good at sports and liked to play. The reason that Paul has so much trouble reading is because he has Dyslexia.
COMMENTS: The overall premise of the story is good, but the storyline was difficult to follow. Numerous elements slowed the pace of the story or seemed out of place. At some points the dialogue was on the nose and repetitive, while at other points it seemed to depart far from the storyline. The dialogue is overly burdened with catch phrases, clichés, metaphors and similes, some of which are dated and would have no meaning to a vast majority of the audience. The biggest issue is that many of the usages are jammed together and have no real purpose in advancing the story.
How will it turn out? Well seeing that he has his books layed out and we got the supplies, along with the paper. We work together to complete the assignment. It’s not so easy because he has seen most of his friends do the opposite of that and their parents do the work. However when I explain why we are doing it this way he understands. Reluctantly he goes about the project and we complete it together. In reflection was it the right decision yes. Because he has learned some valuable lessons here. One is that he can accomplish anything when he puts his mind to it. And his imagination and independence has grown. However when he needs help he doesn’t have to be afraid to ask for it. Which is a good trait to have in my opinion. I know this was a scenario but it is one that I have lived through, and valued so much because not only did I teach something, but I made long steps in the problems that eventually help me overcome a lot of things. Problem solving is one thing I have had to learn outside and on my own. Thank you for reading my little bit of excerpt from my life as it is applied to problem