Speak final Assignment (kyle)

Speak Final Assesment

1.) One time when i was in a baseball game i was on second and my inner voice was telling me to go steal but my outer voice was saying not to steal. This wasnt due to peer pressure. I didnt go beacause i deceided that the catcher had a good arm. I felt that if i did go then i would get out. But if i went and made it i would be ninety feet away from scoring. The catcher had thrown people out earlier in the game and i didnt want to become apart of the thrown out club. I chose not to steel third because if i got thrown out i would end the inning. Later that inning the batter got out on strike three. This made me regret not stealing. I regreted this because something else could have happened if i stole. But we ended up winning the game so in the long run i couldnt regret what i did because we won. I didnt change my mind beacuse of peer pressure i would say i changed my mind by not wanting to stand out by getting thrown out. If it was a good way of standing out i wouldnt of cared.

2.) A time when my inner and outer voice were in harmony was when i had a homework assignment and i didnt want to do it. I was thinking that i wasnt going to do it. I knew that if i didnt do it , it would bring my grade down. I had so many activities that i had done and still had to do that i was so tired and didnt want to do it. It was a social studies assignment which makes the situation so much worse. To me social studies is my hardest class. If it was any other class i probably wouldnt have had a problem. I already had a bad grade so i knew i had to do the assignment. i was being what is called a procrastinator. This means that i knew i had to get something done but was putting it off till the very last minute. The moment i grabbed my paper in anger and said i have to do this. So i did do the paper. I agreed with my inner voice and outer voice. This was a time when my inner voice and my outer voice was in harmony. This means that i agreed with my to voices.

3.a.) In the book SPEAK Melinda is in art class and she is thinking all these things but she is not saying them.

Mr. Neck: “ We meet again”.

Me:

Would he listen to “ I need to go home and change,” or “ Did you see what that bozo did”? Not a chance. I keep my mouth shut.

Mr. Neck: “ Where do you think You’re going?”

Me:

It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say. (pg. 9)

The Hand in Review

1st quarter reading book review

Free Baseball By Sue Corbet (fiction) Published in 2006 Published by Scholastic

FREE BASEBALL: WORTH IT OR NOT

    This story is about a baseball team that is not that good seeing they have one really good player. They have some ups and downs but you cant ever give up and that is the moddo they took and stuck with. They reach the biggest game of their lives and hope that all their hard work has paid off. Read to see how they did.

Quote: “ Terrific book”. Says Julia Bogart

    I thought the book itself was a very good book if you like baseball. If you like baseball then this will be a book for you. It is a book with a lot of baseball action. I could compare the book to the Matt Christopher series which is also a very good sport series.

Quote: “ I LOVE this new book by Sue Corbet”! Says Tracie Vaugn Zimmer.

    I was affected by the book by realizing that it was about baseball. Baseball is practically my life so i knew it would be a good book for me. As i was reading i started to notice that the fantasy team was kind of like my AAU team. I can relate to the book because it is about baseball so i knew what they were talking about. I felt it was a great book to read.

I would give the book Free Baseball a solid 4 Paws - Meaning to pursue it.

melinda is clandestine

Speak Reflective Reading Quiz

1.) quiet, clandestine, shy, lonely, arcane

2.) I chose quiet because when the art teacher called on her he couldnt hear her when she spoke. I chose clandestine because it means secret and she is secretive. I chose shy because she doesnt like to talk to anyone one anymore. I chose lonely because she doesnt have any friends or anyone to be with. I chose arcane because it means to be obscure and she is obscure.

3.) I think the word that best describes her is clandestine because it means secret and she is living one right now.

4.)    I think clandestine is the best word to describe Melinda. I think this because clandestine means secret. Melinda is the one living and keeping a secret. In other words, Melinda is clandestine. Throuout this whole story she is secretive.

    Another reason is because no one knows that she was raped. That is why it is a secret. Another reason is because she doesnt want anyone to know about what happened to her. Plus the word is a good juicy word and makes sense to me.