Who to Choose?

Shall I compare thee to a ruby gem

Whose beauty is greater than the gems color

Whose face I would always want to see again

When she fights she’s a really great brawler

As long as she seen, the world shines brighter

Thus making the world a much better place

Because she is hotter than the fire

She also plays TF2 and gets crates

Her hair isn't as long as Rapanzuls

Or her skin as shiny as a pearl

But she does buy TF2 weapon bundles

And she always pre-orders games early

In the world there are many people to choose

To be with her I might be confused 

ElA Letter

 Jose Cervantes 813

Dear Ms. Berner,

   I know that books in the 6^th grade libraries are being challenge and I that you must decide what is right for the 6 graders to read. I believe that books should be rated so 6^th graders know that the book is challenged so this can help 6^th graders who are not ready for challenged booooks. There are some books 6^th graders can handle certain YA challenged books and other 6^th graders that can’t handle certain YA books.

   In the article “Age-rated books: Right or Wrong” published by BBC News, the article mentions how 86% of adults (heavy and light readers) who buy books say they will welcome age guidance on children’s books as a tool to help them choose fiction. I think that this will also help parents and kids see what books are good for them or their children. This can help prevent certain 6^th  graders who for books that are challenged for example “The Giver” by Lois Lowery a, “To Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee, and “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins are books that some 6^th graders might not be ready to read.

 Children have to be trusted when it comes to what they read. They know how challenged a book is for them meaning how inappropriate it is. But sometimes it might be too early for them to either find out about, or just reading inappropriate language that might be to mature for them. Since there in 6^th grade, they start to realize and go through changes. That’s why sometimes it benefits 6^th graders to limit the wide selection of books that they read.

 In conclusion I believe that books should be rated so 6^th graders can see if a book is too inapropiate for them to read. This can help with some 6^th graders who are and are not ready for them. 6 graders are smart and make smart choices but sometimes it’s better to prevent them from reading or just learning inappropriate actions or language in books.  

Faithful Elephants

  In the book Faithful Elephants by Yukio Tsuchiya, he teaches a lesson to all of us. His lesson is war affects everyone not just soldiers in the war. This is an important theme in the book because the animals were being affected as well as the zoo keepers who worked in the zoo. But most importantly the elephants Tonky and Wanly were the most who were affected by this war.

  The zoo keepers had been ordered by the government to kill all the zoo animals because since Tokyo, Japan was going to be bombed, the government was afraid that the zoo animals would escape and cause more damage to the city. The zoo keepers killed all the animals in the zoo one by one until only two elephants Tonky and Wanly were left. Since they were hard to kill, they thought the elephants should be killed by starving them. As days went by, they got thinner and weaker but they still did there Bonsai trick. Then came a day when their trainer said “Oh Tonky, Oh Wanly”. He ran and got them food and water. “Eat your food, please drink, drink your water”. The zoo keeper was suffering inside because the elephants were so thin that they did their Bonsai trick to be food. Then came the day when the elephants died and all the zoo keepers were shouting at the planes dropping bombs, “Stop the war, stop the war”.

  War will always affect everyone. Tonky and Wanly were innocent elephants that did not have to do with the conflict of Japan with other countries. As well as the zoo keepers and the animals in the Ueno zoo. This is similar to 9/11. The passengers ant their families had nothing to do with the problem yet they were the ones who suffered the most. No matter where and why, our countries conflicts will always involve us to suffer.   

                                                                Reading Response


 In the book The Gift by James Patterson, the characters Whit [Whitford] and Whisty [Wistera] face problems in all around the story. The biggest problem they face is loyalty and trust with the people around them. There major issues in my book. 

Whit has hard time trusting the new kid in the secret force that is made up of kids. He thinks that he might be a traitor working for The One Who Is One who puts children under eighteen into jail to and teaches them "discipline" which in his eyes is destroying everything that has to do with creativity.The new kid always leaves at night when everyone is sleeping. Whit cant trust him because when he followed him, he saw the new kid talk to a guard.

Wisty has problems with trust because in a concert in the abandoned subway she meets a teenager who is her age and sings. She hangs out with him for a while but, he takes her drumstick which is her wand. They meet up the next day but its a trap and The One Who IS One is there ready to kill her as long with the kid Whit couldn't trust. They escaped with their magic wand and book.

Since Whit and Whisty were both about to be killed by The One Who Is One because of some traitors, they both tried to leave and manage alone together. the only one who the could trust is the leader of the secret fore which is made up of kids.