Jonas' Journal Entry of what is happening so far in THE GIVER

I received my assignment today.

Or should I say I was "selected" today since I was "selected" as the new Receiver of Memory ?

I feel frightened of what the chief elder said, that I would have to experience PHYSICAL pain.

Even though she said that I am still brave enough to go through it all.

I do not know what I would become, or what would become of me.

CLIO advertisment deconstruction

Target Audience

Everyone

Why this advertisement won an award

This advertisement won an award because it showed awareness that not everybody wants the same thing and some people just want a home.

Elements:

Symbolism - The surroundings of the little kid in the box symbolize the horrible places on the street where some people live and how they deserve to have a home.

Body Language - The way the kid is lying down inside the box shapes just like the girl who's on the computer to show that some people get their brand new computer and all that kid gets is a cardboard home.

Camera Angles - The way the camera is pointing at the box is to the side and the reason for that is to show the body language they used for this picture which as I mentioned in the other element of body language, the picture shows how happy a girl is because she got a new computer on the side of the box while it shows the legs of a homeless child who is using that box as a home.

Lighting and Color - The way the lighting and color element was used was like this: nearing the bottom where it said the caption of the advertisement 'NOT ALL KIDS WANT THE SAME THING FOR CHRISTMAS' the color of the font was white while the cement behind the caption was black and as it went further up the advertisement the lighting became brighter so we could see the real point of the advertisement.

Layout - The arrangement of the items in this advertisement was made like this to be perfect. The way the box was put towards the left side so there would be more space for the legs of the child with a small amount of space in which the gate was placed with the graffiti piece right in the middle of the gate next to the worn out brick wall.

English Advertisement - Converse sneakers

Target - Graduating students.
Comfortable shoes for the long graduation
A Unique outfit

What shoes are you wearing to graduation ?
If you don't know and you need some stylish fun shoes to help you relive the memory anytime after your graduation you are reading the right advertisement.
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So come on graduates.

Show 'em what you got. :))

20 word summary on THE GIVER. :))

So far in The Giver Jonas has been talking about his community, how he feels and about his best friend.

Psych

In English class we watch Psych's first episode: Pilot. There we got to look for more elements of a mystery.

Crime: There was a fake kidnapping (they didn't know that until later) and a real murder.

Detectives: Sean and Gus.

Villain: Mr. McCallum

Victim: Mr. McCallum's son

Suspect: Mr. McCallum and the relative (son's accomplice for fake kidnapping)

Alibi: Mr. McCallum saying that his cut came from him trying to commit suicide because he missed his son so much and was sad when he went missing.

Witness: Son's dog.

Evidence: The bodies of the son and relative, the blood and piece of hair on the corner of the table, gun in the relatives hand, coffee mug on the floor, the bag where the ransom money was placed.

Clues: Dog's whiskers covered in blood, Mr. McCallum's sliced wrist, Medication recently prescripted for dog bites.

Red Herring: Katarina holding the same looking bag where the ransom money was placed filled with clothes for the thrift shop.

Suspense: When Sean explained everything to Mr. McCallum.

Surprise Ending: Mr. McCallum was the killer of his own son and relative.

Elements of a mystery. :)

Every mystery has a crime and the crime could be anything. Except the crime usually has a motive. So this picture shows that a crime has happened and that is why they put the tape to prevent people from going there.

Every crime also has an investigator or detective who solves the crime so this picture shows a detective with his magnifying glass ready to solve a crime.

ALL mysteries have villains or as some people call them bad guys. They are always there to start up the crime and do something wrong. Something illegal of course. That's why I picked this picture because he looks like a classic villain.

Every crime has evidence and in the case of this crime the evidence is a knife. The knife is a classic murder weapon because many murders include stabbing with some sort of knife.

Every mystery also has clues. Clues are the things that lead the investigator closer towards figuring out the crime. Sometimes the clues bring suspense to the audience for example the picture of footprints on the floor and they're marked there with blood.

Every crime always has a red herring. A red herring is something that throws an investigator the wrong way or further from solving the crime.

Monk !! :]

In english class we are doing an elements of a mystery unit so we watched MONK. We got the chance to see the elements of a mystery and the mystery was MONK and the voodoo curse.

It was interesting because there was only one crime even though three died and they suspected the owner of the voodoo shop was the murderer. There were also alibis but one of the alibis was a little bit hidden because no one really paid attention to it. Although the REAL victim of this crime was a man who was the uncle of a paramedic who works with a cellphone company. Anyway there was also a red herring in this mystery which were the two other victims (this is where the confusion clears up). The two other victims were an old woman named Martha (who was the first to die) and this other man (second to die) another red herring was that the killer made a voodoo doll for monks assistant/secretary to try and get monk distracted because he cared about her so much (her name was Natalie). There were many clues for example: when monk was at the uncles house he started looking around and realized that they had an upside down horseshoe above their door (upside down: all the luck falls out). All the clues led to the killer (of course) with the evidence which were the voodoo dolls. The old woman and the man were killed just by accident and the paramedic (ding!) was always there at every crime to try and revive each victim (do you get it ? The paramedic: the uncles niece, connection).

Near the end there was a car chase and monk suddenly put all of the pieces together and figured out the crime. The two murders before the uncle were just accidents and Angeline (the niece) sent an empty box to herself earlier and just waited until there was the right accident then she'd paste a new name on the box, decorate a voodoo doll, put it in the box, break into the person's house and placed it there making it look like it was sent 3 days or a week earlier because of the post mark. Then she murdered her uncle to get his money. She pretended he had a heart attack when all along she used an invisible drug to kill him and put lucky charms all over his house to make him look superstitious then when monk arrived she told him that she was upstairs and all of a sudden heard him scream and ran down to find him dead from a heart attack (the alibi that was a little hidden).

So in the end that was all cleared and we learned the elements of a mystery:

• Crime : murder of the uncle
• Problem solver/Investigator : Monk
• Villain/Bad guy/girl : Angeline (niece of uncle)
• Alibis : Angeline saying she was upstairs
• Suspects : Shop owner (but before the movie ended they prove he's innocent)
• Red Herring : other people that were murdered
• Evidence : voodoo dolls
• Clues : Angeline was at every crime scene (because she was a paramedic)
• Steps/Procedures : Monk arrives at the crime then the police and him investigate
• Surprise Ending : It was Angeline all along.

Vocab List 7

1. Mildew

When you leave something wet behind in a cool place then finding it a week later when it smells bad and has dark spots in places where it was dark.

2. Out of the Blue

Thoughts that pop up from nowhere that have nothing to do with the subject.

3. Hesitantly

When you can't say something right. Ex. When you have to answer a question and you're stuttering.

4. Hatch (verb way)

When there is an egg that starts cracking and a baby chick comes out.

5. Orientation

When you are looking at things you know or you don't know. If you don't know you figure it out by attending an ORIENTATION where people show you where you are (what building etc.).

6. Chateau

A big beautiful home.

7. Thunderous

When somethings noise is very loud or booming.

8. Contradiction

A statement or sentence that starts an argument.

9. Fault

When you do something wrong. Ex. Fault in tennis.

10. Preserve

When you keep something in its original condition. Untouched, same color etc.

Vocab List 5

Exhaustion

Methodically

Swoon

Fettered

Prophet

Mimicking

Incredulous

Abruptly

Muttered

Inflamitory

Word-Picture

Placid

Devotion

Brisk

Wrath

Ambivalent

Jellyfish Stew

This is a video of me reading a poem called Jellyfish Stew. I really enjoyed this poem and I hope you enjoy it too. :)

Reader: Me (Elise Bunag)

Camera Woman: Alona Beloussova

Elevator

ELEVATOR
By: Elise Bunag


On a normal afternoon my family and I were in the mall walking around just looking through the windows and seeing if we liked anything. We looked through the whole mall, did some shopping and walked out of stores mostly empty handed. We ate, and after looked some more.
We looked through the 1st and 2nd floor and didn’t find much there. My sister, mom and I absolutely loved shopping but just couldn’t find lots of things. We walked around, my mom and dad bought my sister and me some toys and we shopped for clothes and everything we needed. We couldn’t find much that got us interested, eager to buy. We decided to go up to the 3rd floor. We were planning on going up and checking the whole floor for the things we needed. We headed toward the elevator.
My sister and mom were already inside urging my dad and me to get in so we can go up to the 3rd floor. I was just walking in an OK pace but maybe we were just too excited to see what we found there. I was walking in the elevator with my dad behind me and suddenly the elevator started CLOSING. I was panicked so I turned sideways, you know so I could make it out easier. But the elevator was faster. It closed on me and I was half-half. Half way in the elevator and half way out. I was standing there with the elevator attached to my back and front because of its recent attack of closing on me. My head was sticking out so I could see my dad and half of my body too. If half of my body was facing my dad it meant half of my body was in the elevator with my mom pushing the buttons frantically. I was there trying my best to keep it cool and not to freak out in front of everybody. The elevator was squeezing me like I was going to be it’s messed up, squished up dinner. All of a sudden I felt my body relax. THE ELEVATOR OPENED! It was a miracle! I quickly ran inside to the back of the elevator. I sighed and turned around. I waited for the elevator to open to the 3rd floor with my heart pounding heavily and my brain locking in what happened, never forgetting the day the elevator almost squished me.

Book Interview

This is me interviewing Nora Goode from the book The Burning by R.L. Stine. It's a great book and I really enjoyed it and I hope you do as much as I did.

Nora Goode: Jane lee

Interviewer: Elise Bunag (Me)

Camera Woman: Kayleigh Baker

Vocabulary (2) Meanings

Rowdies: People who break the rules but aren't really bad.

Resurrected: Brought back to a new life.

Pledge: Like a promise but stronger.

Brazier: An iron thing where you can roast marshmallows and hotdogs.

Spontaneous: Acting without thinking or planning.

Discreetly: Almost a secret, without attention.

Martyred: Someone who dies because he/she believes strongly.

Preposterous: Totally out of what is expected.

Scouring: Doing something correctly, looking strongly.

10 sentences using class vocabulary

1. That strong fetid smell filled the room as we entered.

2. I stared as she entered the room conceited because she got the lead part in the play.

3. In the science room I held the vial very carefully.

4. In school it is intolerable to wear a tank top without covering your shoulders.

5. In class we experimented on the corrugated metal.

6. Quite a few people wanted the part of the nefarious person in the school play.

7. The sprite was frothing when I opened it a few seconds after I dropped it.

8. They were marooned in the desolate island for days.

9. I started gagging because I drank my milk too fast.

10. The other day in the mall I saw someone buy two pairs of the pink shirts and I thought they were being so frivolous for buying a second of the shirt.

I and Me. (CLASS WORK)

1. On Saturday September 19, 2009 my sister and I went ice skating.

2. On Friday my friends and I went to pacific place and walked around.

3. Yesterday Eddie and I studied for a test.

4. The other day I had to get something so Ann and Gacy went with me.

5. "We had a brown out yesterday" Alona told me.

6. "Where are you going?" Eddie asked Valeria, Hyun Jin and me.