All my sons- Reflection Act 3 P.118

Reflection:

1.What I found different about reading a play is that its more detailed than a story, you get connected to the characters almost as close as a movie, while a story is a lot more general.
I did enjoy the play, it was long which I think is a good thing, as it gets slowly more and more interesting.

2.Probably the most interesting character in the play was Joe Keller, the way his character progressed throughout the play was interesting by it self, but he also was a fun and a very smart character.

3.The thinking skill Comparing and Contrasting helped me understand the different character personalities of each two characters, like how Jim and his wife Sue have completely different points of view.
Inferring helped me understand that some characters kept a secret from all the other characters, the way Kate always kept telling Joe to stop with the jail game with Bard, made it clear that the Keller's might be hiding a secret.
Uncovering Motives made me understand each characters motivation in certain acts, for example what motivated George to come all the way to the Kellers.

All my sons- Post reading activity Act 3 P.116

                                                                                                                                 

                                                                 09.28.1947

Dear diary, 


The last few days were hard. I cant think of anything good that happened in these past days, except maybe Ann coming here, but I think that's the reason for all of this pain. If she hadn't came(gr.) here in the first place, maybe none of this would of happen.

I don't know what I'm suppose to do now that my father is gone, he was everything to me. I never saw him as a criminal, only (as) a good man, and I would of(ww.-have) never let him go to prison, I just wish I could of(ww.) told him that myself.

If it wasn't for George and Larry's letter, he would of(מיותר) still been(gr.) here with me, (new sentence) but I cant talk like that about George and definitely not Ann, she's gonna be my wife tomorrow and I have to get prepared for the wedding.

I'll try and visiting(gr.) mother after the wedding, out of us all, she has the hardest time right now(phr.) and she could use some company.

Good work
(87)
Daphna

All my sons- Bridging text and context act 3

The information about Arthur Miller explains the background of the playwright, from his early life, as a wealthy child, to the crisis  in his life caused by the Wall street crash. As Miller's life went on, he eventually became a playwright, a very successful one at that, who wrote over 30 plays as well as a novel, short stories and essays. Miller is also known for his plays to address social and political issues, his major works discuss the importance of personal and social responsibility.

Thanks to the information about Arthur Miller, we can see how Miller brought Joe Keller to life based on his own father, who also owned a well formed factory. The only difference is that Keller was afraid of losing his factory, that factory kept his family in a good position in life, they always had money, (New sentence) not only that, but Joe wanted to give his factory to his son, Chris.(and how did Chris feel about that? Why?) While Arthur's father had lost his factory, he experienced the pain and difficulty of losing a well formed business

The message Arthur Miller was trying to convey to us based on the information about him, was expressed through Joe and Chris, how they behaved and the conflict that was(ww.-developed)  between them. Chris and Joe had conflicting points of view on the social and political issues caused often by the pressures exerted by the family, and social responsibilities.
Joe (was) an irresponsible man, who couldn't take full responsibility for his crimes, (New sentence) he didn't want to go to jail so he made up excuses, first at the(מיותר) court when he told everyone he is(gr.-was) sick, and then when he thought that the shipped cracked cylinder heads wont be placed on the airplanes.
When Chris found out about this, he saw his father in a whole different way, he thought Joe was better than all of that.

Better, but it is a bit disorganized.
(85)

Writing task no.4 A letter of complaint

23 Post Street

Los Angeles, California

77841

November 02, 2013

(Who are you writing to?)
Rockstar Games

67 Avenue Street

New York

86481

Dear Sir/ Madam of Rockstar company(מיותר),

As(מיותר) your company stated that the newly downloadable content for your latest game will be free to download as soon as it will be(gr.) released on November 01, 2013, (Start a new sentence) but I've recently checked the online store for the downloadable content and it said (that) in order to download it the user must pay 30 dollars.I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with your product.

As soon as your company mentioned that the downloadable content will be absolutely free, people world wide were full of excitement including myself. Saving the money could of(ww.-have)  been a good solution, 30 dollars for a content this big isn't a problem and surely worth the money,(New sentence) but regarding the situation at this point in which your company promised the content for free(phr.- simplify this sentence), I wasn't able to put aside a few dollars since I knew the content was going to be free of charge.

I'm kindly asking your company to live up to they'r(sp.) promise, and set the content to no cost. I would highly appreciate your company for doing so, and I believe people world wide definitely would(wo.) feel the same way.

I understand that you're a well known and responsible company, and I am sure you'v got more important subjects to attend to, therefore you have my thanks for reading my letter and I'm sure you will handle this to my and all people's(ww.) satisfaction.

I look forward to your reply.

Yours truly,

Vlad Vainer(ww.- do not use your own name please).

(78)
Daphna     

Post reading Introdaction to poetry P.5

In my opinion a poem should be taught in a way that the students will understand but at the same time have fun learning it, aproaching the poem with a variety of tools to analyze each stanza.

Some people like the kind Billy Collins describes in the poem Introduction to poety,  they do not analyze the poem, trying to understand each words meaning but they try to force the meaning out of the poem by force which, in my opinion ruins the experiance of learning the poem.

On the other hand, there are few people who really want to enjoy analyzing the poem and in the end understand its meaning, not by rushing through the lines, but just taking the time to see all the little meanings in each stanza.
In the end, I think people should aproach a poem with all of their tools, like Uncovering motives, and Problem solving, to uncover the meaning of the poem and not force anything out of the poem, that way people will actually enjoy reading and analyzing different poems.

Summers reading- reflection

Reflection

1. I didnt really enjoy reading the story, I dont like to be reminded of reality in which people have to take education seriously and the fact that some people live hard lives and each day is just a struggle to survive.

2.Uncovering motives helped me understand why Goerge lied in the first place, Goerge didnt went to school or didnt have any education what so ever so he felt embarrassed thats why he lied telling he is reading hundrad books.
While the cause and effect helped me understand why Mr.cattanzara helped Goerge, at one part of the story Mr.cattanzara said to Goerge "Goerge dont do what i did" meaning Mr.cattanzara has something in common with Goerge and doesnt want Goerge to live the same live and himself,
at the end everything Mr.cattanzara did turned out to be for the better Goerge started reading the books.

3.Awareness of characterization could help me see the characters in a better perspective, figuring their personality imaginating their looks seeing the story in a much better way.

Summers reading- Post reading

Post reading


Dear Mr.Cattanzara.                                                                                                    14.02.1931

Its been so long, ten years. I never got the chance to tell you what happend with me after the summer.
After what happend to me during the summer, I really started reading the hundrad books, one after the other.  I began to gain more confidense and reading books got more enjoyable.

After I finished the hundrad books I promised to myself, I was thinking about going back to school.
Even though I didnt liked to be told what to do, I got over it, and I stopped making excuses about getting things done. In school, I took education really seriusly, and I was really into history lessons, I enjoy reading real facts instead of fiction.

At the end of the year, I graduated with high grades and got a job as a history teacher assistant.
I really want to thank you Mr.Cattanzara,  now i realize you were trying to help me, and I really appreciate it.

But how have you been doing thus far? I really want to hear from you after ten years.
Looking forward to meet you.

Your friend,
Goerge.

Summers reading- Bridging text and context P.49

Bridging text and context
A:
The information about Bernard Malamud and his work reflects exactly in the story A summers reading because Bernard writes about ordinary people, often immigrants trying to attain the american middle class dream and the characters are often isolated from society, just like George who was an immigrant in a poor neighborhood who wanted to attain the american middle class dream, which is the search for hope and meaning in a poor life.
B:
The discription of the information of Bernard Malamud matches the story A Summers reading pefectly, Bernard Malamud information describes the poor life of the middle class people in america, whom are hoping for a better life.
Same goes for the story A summers reading, with George who lives in a poor neighborhood and dreams about a better life himself.

Summers reading- P.48

Thinking skills
F:
1.George didnt liked to be told what to do by the teachers, and he didnt felt respected by them.
2.He allready lied to Mr.cattanzara about reading books so he kept lying about the houndred books.
3.George didnt want to talk about the books with Mr.cattanzara.
4.We can probably guess that Mr.cattanzara saw himself when he looked at george and he dosent want george to live the same life as he is.
5.Because of all the neighbors that were still friendly to George, and George knew his lie was discoverd, he felt guilty that he didnt finish reading all of the books.

G:
1.George and Mr.cattanzara and different and similar in many ways, they are different on the outside, Mr.cattanzara is bold short and old, George is tall skinny and young.
The way they are similar is that Mr.cattanzara has been through what George is going through right now.
2.The lie George told affected his life for the better, in the end he started reading books even though he felt guilty and ashamed through out the story.
3.Yes i did find the ending satisfying because after all of the lie turned out to be usefull.
4.The story is called because it took George the whole summer to actually start reading.

Summers reading- Analysis and interpretation P.46-48

P.46
A:
At the beggining George's goals werent clear to him, he didnt know what to do with his life.
After the lie he told to Mr.Cattanzara his goals became clear, he had to start reading in the summer and pick up his education.
In order to reach those goals he had to overcome his laziness, his none caring father, hard working sister and the terrible environment made him way too lazy to do anything, not to say read a single book.

B:
Literaly "change maker" is a job in which a person changes money of one country to another for people.
Symbolicly "change maker" in Mr.Cattanzaras case, means that he could change someones life for the better

C:
                  Information we are given          What it tells us about the character
George:      Droped out of school.               Lazy.
Shopie:       Works and takes care              Loves George and takes care of him.
                  of the house.
Mr.Cattanzara: Drunk sometimes.               Likes to escape reality.

D:
1: The information that helped me decide what will happen in the text for the first question P.41 was "go buy yourself a lemon ice, Georgie" .
On P.43 the information that helped me predict was ".. they were still friendly to him" meaning the people in the neightborhood were still friendly to him even though his lie was discovered

2: Talent- a talented person can achive alot of things in life without being so intelligent, good looking or with hight hopes.
Personality- personality is what makes a person so special, each one has his/her own personality, and people with positive personalities will always be welcome.

Summers reading- Basic understanding P.39-40

Basic understanding A:
1.George does Sophie a favor by cleaning the flat.
2.George enjoys the approval of the people in the neightborhood.
3.George approaches his house hoping he won't see Mr.Cattanzara.
4.George doesn't want Mr.Cattanzara to glance up from his newspaper and see him.
5.George's neighborhood is deserted late at night.

Basic understaind B:
1.change booth
2.drunk
3.embarrassed
4.pick up his education
5.smile kindly
6.regarded
7.figured
8.proud of
9.allowance
10.silence
11.uneasy
12.stoop
13.glanced up

Understanding the story:
1.George never disliked his neighbors but he never really like them either, he blamed it on the neighborhood.
2.Mr.Cattanazara is different beacause he asked different questions.
3.George's lie is that he is reading books at home to pick up his education.
4.People around the neighborhood are giving him more attention, people are smiling at him, and he feels approval from them.
5.Sophie becomes softer on George and even gives him a weekly allowance.
6.George pretended he wanted to look at the shop window and crossed the other side of the street to avoid Mr. Cattanzara.

Mr.Kelada Analysis and interpretation P.24

E:

1.Through out the story the narrator couldnt stand Mr.Kelada and wanted to be alone because the name Mr.Kelada wasnt a typical englishman name for the narrator, and that he was a very chatty and friendly person, because of that the narrator thought that Mr.Kelada wasnt english.

Mr.Kelada was a very chatty, friendly, warming person who knew everybody and was everywhere, he is the one that ren all the events onboard.

Mrs.Ramsay had a pleasant manners and a sense of humor, she was dressed always very simply but she knew how to wear her clothes.

2.The information we learn challenge these stereotypes later in the story because each one of them had to somewhat change their stereotype, like Mr.Kelada who wanted to be right about everything had to lie so that someone else could win, Mrs.Ramsay who was a sweet modest woman turned out to be cheating on her husband, and the narrator who disliked Mr.Kelada through out the story, in the end he disliked him less.

3.I think that the author is trying to pointout that sometimes all of us have to change for the better.

Post-reading Mr.Know-all

3:

Even though Mrs.Ramsay had that desperate appeal in her eyes, which Mr.Kelada saw clearly enough to understand that she didnt want him to say that those pearls were actually real, he told at that table that the pearls were real none the less.
"I'm an expert at what I do, and quite good at it too, and I can tell you that these pearls are most certainly real and definitely worth more than eighteen dollars".
After that Mr.Kelada got up and went to his cabin.
The narrator was shocked, he went to the cabin as well and left Mr and Mrs Ramsay to discuss their situation.
"Have you no shame?" said the narrator, "the lady desperatly needed your help and you still went your own way?".
"I can't let something like that ruin my expertise, it was hard saying those pearls were real, but it would have been even harder saying that they aint" said Mr.Kelada.
"I was right about you from the beginning" said the narrator and went up to the deck to get some fresh air.
The narrator couldn't believe what Mr.Kelada did back at the table, "I hate Mr.Kelada".

Mr.Know-all -writing assignment no.3

The story "Mr.Know-all" starts of on a cruise boat from San Francisco to Yokohama.
The two main characters of the story are the narrator and Mr.Kalade, which are placed in a position where the narrator dislikes Mr.Kalade in every way possible.

The narrator is a very proud, arrogant british man, who wanted nothing more but to share a cabin with another british man. The narrator was thankful he got to share a cabin with only one more person, because back then some people had to share a cabin with three more people they didnt know.
But after the narrator found out he had to share a cabin with someone named Max Kalade he couldnt accept the fact that Mr.Kalade wasnt british thanks to his name, and right then the narrator began to dislike Mr.Kalade before even knowing him personally.

On the other hand, Mr.Kalade is a very warming, giving and friendly person that really wanted to be friends with the narrator, after all they had to spend fourteen days onboard. Mr.Kalade was always present near the narrator, in the cabin, in the dining room, on deck and he was very chatty.
Because Mr.Kalade was so friendly, he knew everyone on the boat in three days, he ran all of the events, so there were planty of stuff to do for the next fourteen days, and eventually he was named Mr.Know-all by the passengers.

In conclusion, I really think Mr.Kalade is a great person, always being giving and friendly, and that the narrator was overconfident saying he dislikes Mr.Kalade before even meeting him, if he could of giving Mr.Kalade a chance, the narrator probably whould of thought otherwise.

count that day lost- post reading activity

                                                                                                                                                   27.9.2012

Dear diary,
Today, after school I was on my way home.
Just an ordinary day, walking back home after a long day at school, with my earphones, listening to music.
When all of the sudden, I saw a man sitting on the ground with his head down.
I walked up to him and asked him what happend.
He said he had a very hard day and he couldnt find he's lunch bag.
Tired and starving, I offered him some of my own food that I had saved from school.
With a wide smile he thanked me, took the food, and ate with joy.
At the end, I was happy I made that person feel alot better.


                                                                                                                                                   28.9.2012
Dear diary,
Today wasn't much of a great day.
First off, I got up late so I didn't really made it to school on time.
Also, I got up kind of sick, I didn't really felt that good when I was in class.
I didn't talk much with my friends today, honestly I wasn't in a good mood to talk to anyone today.
So I got home, to write this down and go to bed, hoping tomorrow it will be much better than today.

count that day lost- bridging- activity 2

The information that was given to me about Eliot and what she went through out her life really made me understand the poem alot better than before.

First off, the information that I received about the poet's life is that Eliot isn't his real name, also he's not a male actually, she's a famale who tried to make a difference in society because, at that age, female writters were not taken seriously by the society. Her real name was Mary Ann Evans, and along with other writters of that age she wanted to improve society.

Mary Ann Evans often wrote about the differences between the wealthy landlords and the poor.
Same goes for the poem, Count That Day Lost, which talks about a good, well spent day, in contrast to a bad and a ruined  day. She really wanted to point out the responsibilities people have in their everyday lives and the option to choose which path to take.

In conclusion, I think, the given information about the poet's life could make us understand the poems of the poets alot better and see the reason behind each poem, which we didnt see before.

count that day lost- bridging- activity 1

The poem that was taken from the net relates to Eliots poem in a way that they both show us how to spend our day, how you can spent your day in a good way, or how can you completely ruin your day. In other words, we can choose how to spend our day, either in a good way, or a bad way.

It reflects the issues that Eliot worte about, by telling us that even though we have a choice, and even if we are choosing to ruin our day, its our day afterall, at the end of the day, we will feel sad or unhappy by making someone else out there sad or unhappy.