Bud not Buddy questions

I think that Bud has a hard time getting through the Depression because it was hard times and his mother died at the beginning of the Depression. He is in the hard times at the home and many kids are joining. He is like the other kids in the depression because many are homeless so is Bud

Bud not Buddy post.

A phrase that Bud repeats throughout the book is, "here we go again" this means that a person has done that thing many times and is used to it. The author choose to repeat this phrase because his life, is a constant moving around and moving into other foster homes. For an example Bud says "here we go again" when he is line waiting for breakfast in the home, like he does each morning.

What can we infer about Herman. E. Calloway based on the fact that he is a jazz musician.

I think that Herman ran away from Bud because the depression had started and knew he wasn't going to make a good living, so he went to be a Jazz entertainer. Even though I predict he loved Bud, I think he cares more about himself and ran away.

Bud has been without a family since age six. What type of survival skills does he learn at the home?

Bud learns that he has to fend for himself and he has no family, so he needs to be very independent and brave. I think that these are the skills because the home is a place that Bud can call home, because he has been their so many times, sent back from foster homes and being lonely and trying to find his father. Bud needs to be firm and brave

How do the flyers in Buds suitcase give him hope

The flyers give hope that one day he might acutely go and find his dad and give him good luck for the future. He thinks the person on the flyer is his dad he might go on an adventure to find him. The flyers bring hope that their is still one family member alive. His mother was looking at them suspiciously when he was six.

1 First Quarter Reflection

1. What did you find easy in reading this quarter? What did you find challenging?                            I found that reading The Kite Fighters was an easy book and I understood it well. I found that not much of the reading this quarter was challenging but the end of my book club book was a bit difficult to understand.

2. What did you find easy in writing this quarter? What did you find challenging?
I found that I am very good at coming up with ideas and it is easy for me. I found personal narratives challenging, it took me many attempts to get a personal narrative done correctly.

3. What has surprised you about fifth grade so far?
I was surprised because I thought their was going to be more homework.

4. I am getting much better at organizing my materials

5.I am still working on being concentrated in class. 

CO2 emmisions chart

CO2 emmisions

The information represents carbon dioxide which is raising frequently  in many countries during a period of time of a couple of years. Lots of countries have increased, but some countries are decreasing slowly. The United States has had a huge decrease in 2009 and now its increasing slowly. China is a country that has increased rapidly over the years.  My prediction is that in 2020 the carbon dioxide might be a lot unless people use less vehicles and make a change, for example in china the carbon dioxide is a lot, because of the population and pollution. Many people might find this chart helpful and interesting. People can realize how much CO2 is in the world and help to try to decrease the amount. For example civilians might find this information shocking and helpful and they would help change there community by using there car less and planting more trees.

How are you like the main character

Im like the main character because I would leave the gang and stand up to myself and save Nipper from the crowd.  Im also like the main character because I would not show out the pigeon to my mom or dad because its a town that murders pigeons.

How does the setting cause conflicts with the characters?

In the park Palmer feels nervous and tenses up because he keeps having a flash back to when he saw a pigeon being wrung for the first time. He feels like he is gonna be called to wring a pigeon at the park. Beans also causes the shooter to almost kill Nipper.

What is the overall theme of the story, give examples of how the author makes you think of this theme as you read?

I think that the overall theme of the story Wringer is to always be yourself and stand up for the things that you believe in. The author gives little tips and hints that the story is that theme. I can tell that by the way that palmer faces his fear at the end of the book.  He leaps out Nipper and is finally brave enough to say that he has a pigeon.