Kaylie's+e-Journal


 * e-Journal Entry 1- Wednesday, January 26th, 2011. **
 * Chapters 1-5. **
 * Pages 11-38. **

// Ms. Carlyle assigned me the book The Shepard’s Granddaughter. The first thing Ms. Carlyle said about this book was that it was banned from certain schools and school boards. Thoughts went through my head wondering how this book would be banned. But once my group finishes the book I would like to discuss our opinions on why we thought that this book would possibly be banned. // // My thoughts on chapters 1-5 were that the book was well written so far but it didn't really jump out at me and say I wonder what will happen next. But my prediction is that once I read it more and talk to my group more about it, it will be a great book that I would suggest to others that are wanting a good book! (: //

The book is starting to get good and exciting the more I read it. I think that the members in my book are enjoying it aswell. I think this because of the amount they read when they go home or during class in their free time. I am enjoying this book because there is a lot of conflict going on and it makes you wonder what will happen next or what other problems will be occuring. Amani, is that main character and she seems to be in all of the conflict and tends to handle it well. Sometimes she will go overboard with things. Her and her family don't like the settlers because they are the ones who mostly cause all of the conflict. I am really keened to read further on in my book and can't wait to find out the other problems and solutions will happen. Also, I am excited how this book will be ending and figuring out why the book was banned and discuss it with my members. This should be good.. :p
 * January 28th, 2011 **

Monday, February 14th, 2011.
 * Hi Kaylie, **
 * Lovely job on your task assignment, I like how you have a definition of the terms as well. Nicely done! I was just wondering where your e-Journal is??? Did you start it or did you lose it? See me if you need any clarification okay? **
 * Ms C :) Sunday February 20th, 2011 **
 * Hello Ms C, **
 * Thanks for your support on my task assignment. I appreciate it. And for my e-Journal I don't wanna say that I havn't had the time, I have had the time but I just didn't update it. If it is alright with you, tonight I will complete it and have it fully up to date. Thanks for your help in everything! **
 * Kaylie (: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 **
 * ﻿ **

Her grandfather, Seedo, is a shepherd, and Amani wanted to be one to. When it was her first day being a shepherd with her grandfather, her mom said it was too dangerous and it would be her last day being one. I think that Amani is a brave girl for her age because she doesn't really care if it is dangerous helping her grandfather with the sheep and also doesn't worry about anything happening to her. Also, Seedo (Amani's grandfather) disagrees with Amani's mom because he thinks that Amani is detemined to be a shepherd someday when he is gone. || A problem Amani has with another character I think would obviously be the Israelis because they are rude people and don't care about what they do or if they hurt someone or something. In my opinion I think that Amani and her family and even everyone is getting a little fed up about them doing whatever they want and taking their land away from them. If I was in Amani's position and they were doing that to my hometown I would personally do what was best for everyone. ||
 * ====** Protagonist- ** The main character. ==== || The protagonist in the book, The Shepherd's Granddaughter is a 6 year old girl named Amani.
 * ====** Antagonist- ** Whoever is against the main character. ==== || I think that the antagonist would have to be the settlers because they are pretty much always against the shepherd's because they want their land and everything on it. Also, The Israelis because they control the Settlers and what the Settlers do. ||
 * ====** Setting- ** Where and when the story is taken place. ==== || The setting in this book is in Palestine. I think that it sounds like a nice place to be in, besides the conflict that sometimes goes on between the shepherds and the settlers. Palestine sounds like a place where there is lots of space and valleys. It would be a good place to live in if you like farming and lots of land. It doesn't say when the story is taken place, but when I get the chance I would like to find that out with my group members, Courtney and Taryn. ||
 * ====** External Conflict- ** When a character has a problem with an outside force (nature) or another character. ==== || In this book, the main character Amani has a problem with an outside force and another character. The problem she has with an outside force is when The Israelis made the settlers build a highway on part of the Palestine part of land. The settlers will most likly do anything The Israelis say.
 * ====** Climax- ** A part of your book when it gets really good or when it reaches a high point. ==== || A part in this book when it gets really good or when it reaches a high point would probably be when ||
 * ==== Resolution- ==== ||  ||
 * ====** Foreshadowing- ** Hints to what comes next. ==== || To be honest, when reading this book I would have an idea in my head to what might be happening in the following chapter. But, I have noticed that when I am finishing a chapter or when I come to the end of a chapter my mind would have totally been changed on what I think would of happend next because it would sometimes tend to be talking about one thing then ends the chapter in a way you would have never thought. It takes a lot of thinking to understand what happens next or to notice the hints that have been giving to predict what happens next. ||
 * ====** Similes- ** A sentence that has a good description using the word like or as. ==== || Tossed like a sack of olives, Amani landed beside the cliff. **Page 20**

His eyes were sunk into his skull like two small caves. **Page 51**
Stumps marked the upper terraces like gravestones. **Page 188** ||
 * ====** Metaphors- ** It is the same as a similie but does not use the words like or as. ==== || ===== The sun was a small red ember on the western horizon. **Page 200** ===== ||
 * ==== **Alliteration-** Words that have the same beginning letter in a sentence. ==== ||  ||

__ Cold War Essay  __ From the summer of 1945 to the collapsing of the Soviet Union in 1991the Cold War was happening. The competition of the war was between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was said to be a ‘global struggle.’ The Soviet planners accepted the possibility of fighting and maybe winning the war from the United States. I think that the war must have been really intense if it was happening for that long. When I think of the world today I would say that we are really lucky to be living in a safe world with no wars going on. When finding research I thought it was interesting so I am excited to share some of the facts I found with out. When finding out more about the Cold War, I found a couple of the methods that they used during the war. One was called the Arms Race. That method was the United States and the Soviet Union would create a large military force to help with the process of the war and build weapons to scare each other. Also because the USSR was annoyed that they didn’t know about the American’s atom bomb in 1945. After the bomb, both sides began to stock up on more weapons. Another was called an alliance. The purpose of an alliance was to protect their loved ones and make sure they are all safe as well as the fighters in the war. The Cold War began as a suspicions that the west had about the USSR. After 1945, the USSR feared a western invasion and the spread of Marxism in the west. At the end of the second world war, the relationships between the USA and the USSR failed. These two powers became rivals and the tension started. This was called ‘cold war.’ outside there was a bloodshed but no official warfare. By the 1990s many of the Soviet republics had wanted their independence, and the rest had continued. The Cold War touched many of the American social and the cultural life. I found out that the bill for the Cold War was around eight trillion dollars! When I read that I was like, "Holy Crap" because I didn’t know that there was a bill for a war and ho much in the end it could be. In the end, it turned out that when Soviet wanted their peace, The USA won the Cold War as well as the Democracy. But I still question why the Soviet Union wanted peace because I always thought that when a war is happening both sides wanna win. But guess not.