Reading+Reflections

Reading Refletions on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Why are the girls called the "Brodies"? -How did they get that name? - Im confused atwhat subject the Miss Brodie teaches becausse she talks about everything, she talks about math with them and social studies as well. - She talks more about her life with her students then she does actual teaching to them

In the book why does mrs Brodie only talk about her love life and doesnt cover any material? - is there other hatred toward Mrs. Mckay because when im reading i feel like it would be very tense whenever she walks in to the classroom - what do the students parents think that there children are learning about? - For such young students they seem to know alot about everything, and most of it is coming from mrs brodie is this normal for that time period?

I like how mrs Brodie keeps telling the students that she will make them the creme dela creme, cause then it makes the students feel that they can be the best of the best. i think mrs Brodie forms them to much with "if you give me a child at any age i will form them into their prime" cause she didnt do that with every student it was only for the brodie clan that she did that with. What does the other teachers think about miss brodie? _

When miss brodie talks to the other 2 different teachers the one that has the art studio and the one that they go on the boat with, she knows what she has and that they both want something from her so she plays them a little bit i think. Were the students allowed to go to the teachers houses on the weekends with their own teacher? Until the point where miss mckay heard about that miss brodie was bringing her students to the boat and the excuese she made of why they were there what was mrs mcaky thinking that they were doing

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=2nd Quarter=

-The other day we went on our Scavenger Hunt for the supplies for a project that Mr.Brunelli gave us. We went to A.C. Moore. We found so much stuff there. We got many different things that we could teach math, reading lessons with. We also got some items that would teach manners. One item was a handkerchief, it would be used as if someone was holding it they were the only one that would be able to talk. This taught manners and patience. We got pompoms and bells and other things that we would be able to use to teach they students about textures, colors, and different feelings and sounds that they would make. We were very happy with everything that we bought. Adriana and Laura were in my group. We think we did a good job and bough very useful things that would help a lot in the classroom.

-After reading Psychoanalysis and Moral Development and having our discussion in class. We talked about that if i was a teacher that I would need to explain to her that it is okay to get angry sometimes, it happens to everyone. Ways to vent and express your feelings are writing in a journal and making stories. They can draw pictures and explain how they feel to the teacher. They need to do something that will make them think postively in a controlled and calm way.

- We had a project that we needed to pick a movie clip and put it on our wiki pages. We then presented it to the class and we all watched it.The the person that was in the front of the room they were put on silent and the rest of the class explained how we thought that this movie related to them. I picked the Happy Feet movie the song that i chose from the movie is "The Song of the Heart". Everyone said that this song described me as a happy go lucky person, that i didnt care about what other people thing, i liked to kick back and enjoy my time. I was motivated as a person. I liked what everyone had to say becasue it does describe me as a person i think and that is my favorite part of the movie. I really liked this project because everyone got to see what and how we thought of ourselves as a person and for the most part everyone was able to pick up on who we were from the movie. I liked this project we should have more like this one!

- In class we had to read Fairy Tales and pick a book of Fairy tales. So I chose to write Hans Chrsitian Anderson. The first fairy tale that i read was The Ugly Duckling. He started off as the forgtten child and the odd one out becasue he was different from everyone else becasue he looked different. Hans Christian Anderson wrote all of these books about adolescents that everyone was trying to figure out who they are. If this was a picture book it would reveal who they would become at the end of the book since at the end he turns into this beautiful swan that is so pretty. "You see it doesnt matter whether you're born in a ducks yard as long as you've lain in a swans egg!" It doesnt matter where you come from you can grow into this beautiful swan. All the kids that teased him when he was this ugly duckling were so shocked and suprised when he turned into a beautiful swan. This story i think is about growing up and figuring out who they are and who they are going to become, Just like the Ugly Duckling did.

- In class we are reading Fairy Tales, I picked Fairy tales by Hans Christian Anderson. The other story that i read was The Little Mermaid. The youngest mermaid is very interested in learning about the above world, like human life she is so curious about knowing everything she possibly can. She turns 15 and is able to rise to the top to see what it is like. She saves a prince and falls in love with him. She asks all these questions about how long they live she says "I would give all the three hundred years i have to live for just one day as a human and then to share in the world of heaven!" The grandmother said "You musn't think about that" "We are much happier and much better off than the people up there" She is willing to change everything about herself to fall in love with a man she doesnt even know. She is willing to give up her life/family to go and take the chance to meet this man and have him fall in love with her so "He would give you a soul and yet keep his own."

-In class we have been reading Fairy Tales, the last one that i picked was Thumbelina by Hans Chrsitian Anderson. Thumbelina is a tiny girl who was born in a flower. She has a lot of adventure and will power in her. She met a lot of different animals through her travels a toad, moles. They all wanted to marry her and for her to be their wife. She was able to avoid all of that, until she met a prince that was just perfect for her just her size and shape. They are a perfect match. Thumbelina was brave little girl who was small but she did a lot of traveling and she didnt stop for anything. She showed a lot of courage by traveling so much and it shows that it doesnt matter the size of someone it matter how much heart they have and the dertermination.

-For the past couple of weeks we have been reading Flowers for Algernon; by Daniel Keys. This book is very interesting; it is all journal entries from the man that is being tested; he is being compared to a mouse about his mentality rate and IQ. They go through various tests seeing how smart each one is.
 * 3rd Marking Period**

-We are still reading Flowers For Algernon, I am beginning to see that they are trying to get the man smarter and the mouse dumber. Both the mouse and the person were selected for this test to test the IQ. I personally didnt like the book becasue as the man was realizing that he was being compared to the IQ of a mouse he began to realize that he wasnt smart and he really couldnt do anything; compared to the things the mouse did. He then stopped doing this experiment; and went back to work and lost his job there also.

- We then started out next book. We started reading The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon. This book is a murder told through the eyes of a child with autism. The child Christopher is on the Ausitm Spectrum; even though he never stated that himself in the book it is known. He is a boy who lives with his father. His mother Judy died 2 years ago; according to what he writes. In the very beginning of the book he is walking and he comes across a dog in a garden with a pitchfork sticking out of the dog. Chris is a dog person. He loves dogs. He went over to the dog and saw if it was okay; moved it around felt its heart. He quickly realized that this dog was dead. After investigating the dogs death; he realizes that his dad didnt want him getting involved in other peoples business.

-We are still reading this book. We get some time in class to read also so that is helpful. The story ends with Ed getting Christopher a pet dog, which he names Sandy after his color. Toby, Christopher's pet rat, had died, and promising that he will rebuild trust with Christopher slowly, "no matter how long it takes". Christopher asserts that he will take further A level exams and attend the University. He completes his first mathematics A-level with top grades and, despite previously wanting to be an astronaut, his ultimate goal is to become a scientist. The book ends with Christopher optimistic about his future, having solved the mystery of the murdered dog, gone to London on his own, found his mother, written a book, and achieved an A in his A-level maths exam.

- We have been working on Modules and going over notes as well. We have been doing Module 4; this one was extremely long; becasue we needed to make graphs and insert the graphs into the document; make formulas and do math for the problems. We also filled out a survey on what occupation that we would closey march out interrests. I got Education so I was happy considering thats what I am going for; so good thing it matched. We also have been doing notes for Economics and things about Taxes.

- We started a new book Amusing Ourselves to Death Public discourse in the age of show business by Neil Postman. We have only gotten to the first couple of pages. It seems pretty good though. We are partner reading so every one has to read certain chapters and then we split and divide the rest of the work. Not a bad way to read the book have to say.