Author: Diego D

IRJE#7

Nancy Drew the clue of the black keys this book is a mystery action style short story by Carolyn Keene it is the twenty eighth book in the serious The story is about Nancy and her friends who follow a trail of clues ending up in Mexico and finding important keys. It is a very exiting book and filled with surprises and mystery‘s.

P 111 Juarez Tino gasped in astonishment he stood irresolute then wheeled around and started for the back stairs oh no you don’t Nancy cried with a lightning lunge she was after him reaching for his clenched right hand give me that key she demanded i will not Juan muttered.

This part in the book is very exiting it is when Nancy is chasing the person who has stole the key it is very exciting and keeps you reading fast.

pw#8

I am so exited for the Brookes ski trip it is one of my favorite trips of the year. Last year was so fun i went for the second time so i knew a little bit more on how to ski so this time i will be much more confident going down the big hills. The one thing i am not looking forward to is waking up at five am i hate waking up early especially when yo have to go on a five hour drive on a buss with a bunch of people talking and screaming. It is all worth it when you get up to the mountain and see the beautiful slopes. One of my favorite parts of going skiing is going on the chair lifts it is so pretty when your up in the air and can see all the white snowy mountains. One of the best feelings is going into the ski shaley after a long day skiing and going to eat lunch in the restaurant or going into the coffee shop and getting a nice warm hot drink. And when your done going back to the buss and sleeping until your back in Colwood is what i like to do it passes time and after that long of a day you need it.

Christmas carol response

Christmas carol i enjoyed this story quite a lot i know this story very well because i have done two drama plays on it in my past years of middle school. I love how there is so many versions of this story evetime i read it i kind of know what’s happening but its still knew to me because of all the different versions. I think this book also has a lot of meaning to it the lessons it teaches are great and very true. Another reason this book is so good is because it has a amazing movie so when you read the book you can watch the movie after and have a way better idea of how the author pictured the story. I would defiantly read this book again and i would recommend it to anyone it is perfect in my opinion.

pw#7

My winter break was great i had so much time to relax and sleep but also so much time to see my friends and family. There was so many family dinners  and late nights with my friends so many good memories made. Although i did stuff all day with my friends and relaxed all day i also put time aside for school and working out. One thing i didn’t like about winter break was there was no snow i was so mad and disappointed that it did not snow. If it did snow my whole break would of been spent in the snow either sledding or playing with snowballs. For this reason i am praying for it to snow sometime this January i am very doubtful that it will but maybe a miracle will happen. Another thing i love about snow is when it snows at school i find it makes every won much happier and brings the mood up makes people less stressed.

IRJE 6 Wonder

Wonder is a sad and happy story about a kid named Auggie  who was grown up with a disease that makes his face look different then others. He was homeschooled his hole life up until middle school. His parents eventually decided to send him to middle school and  he goes through lots of hate he gets bullied to the point where he needs to wear a astronaut helmet to school. He ends up making a couple real friends and in the end of the book people accept him for who he is and don’t just judge off his looks. Its a very happy ending which ties the hole story together. “I wish every day could be Halloween,” he says (p. 73). This quotation talks about how he likes to be hidden in a costume because that’s when he feels most confident when people cant see his face and don’t just know him for the kid with the weird face. He fits in with everyone and doesn’t feel different or left out. This book is great i highly recommend for everyone to read it. I feel it is mostly a message for kids to understand looks are not everything. Also that You should not judge a book by its cover.

pw#6

Christmas holiday

I am so exited for this Christmas holiday this year i am staying in Vitoria for Christmas break and i will be seeing my family and friends a lot. I enjoy that we are staying here because i like to relax and not feel to rushed traveling around the world  it is also nice to experience the cold weather and hopefully it snows. My plans for Christmas day and Christmas eve is to go to my grandmas house on Christmas day for breakfast and dinner and for Christmas eve it is going to be at my house i am so exited for all of it. I cant wait to see all my family there will be 15 of us together its going to be great.

Dr. jelkyl and Mr. Hyde

Personal response Diego

This story is very famous and now i understand why it is a perfect mix of fiction well seeming so real and felling magical at the same time well also having a bit of goth in it to me it is a perfect mix. Another thing i liked was that the story was somewhat short and not to long it was exiting every chapter and not one of those books that takes so long to get to the point. For me i have a short attention span with books so this one was great for me. Something big that this book did was put minimal characters there wasn’t to many people which i liked i hate when books have so many characters that it is to hard to keep track of and you don’t know who half the people are. One thing i didn’t like about this book was the language as this is a old story some of the language was hard to understand Like weird words that i have never heard before or words that i have heard but have no idea what they mean. I do think that it was for the most part more easy to understand then some of the other books we have read this year in English. My favorite parts in this book were the murder of sir Carew Danvers and when Dr. Jekyll turned himself into Mr. Hyde I found both of these parts very exiting and i was hooked the most when i was reading those parts. This book also made me think a lot about how everyone has a evil nature to them and you only realise if people show there evil side but most people tend to hide there evil side this theory really makes you think of society. Overall i can safely say this has been the most interesting and fun book we have read in term one English.

IRJE#5

The Alchemyst The secrets of The Immortal                            Author Michael Scott

This book is series of six other ones this being the first one. The main plot is about fifth teen year old all American twins named Sophie and Josh who had regular life’s until they met a man called Dr. John Dee who flipped there life upside down By stealing a ancient book which causes trouble. A quote that i loved was

“I’m not a magician. I’am an alchemyst, a man of science, though perhaps not the science you would be familiar with.”
? Michael Scott, the alchemyst.

This quote means so much about the book because it talks about how the hole story is so mysterious and about adventure and fantasy also about mystery.

 

PW#5

Fiji

My parents have been planning a graduation trip for my sister for a while we were original going to Greece however the flights were very expensive. So then we found Fiji it was a fourth of the price for a flight and very pretty and nice. We are going to the amazing beaches there and it is going to be so relaxing we are planning to go in the summer for 2 weeks. We are going to snorkel and rent a boat and much more. My hole family is planning to come there will be 13 of us all in the same house it will be amazing. The weather is going to be around 30 degrees which is so hot and the water will be very crystal clear and perfect for swimming.

IRJE 4

The Kite Runner is a very interesting book by Khaled Hosseini about  the life of Amir, a young boy from Kabul, Afghanistan. The story is about  the country’s tumultuous history, including the fall of the monarchy, the Soviet invasion, and the rise of the Taliban. The plot is mainly about Amir’s relationship with his best friend Hassan and how there life’s both go in very different directions.

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.” ~ Chapter 7, Page 124

This quote refers to Amir’s life and the invasion of Russian forces and how he was told lies to comfort him but then when the truth gets out it is so hard to take it in and understand.

Pw Writing 4

The mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight. On the weekend i watched a boxing match between mike Tyson and jake Paul mike Tyson being a legend who is a 60 year old man and a jake Paul being a young social media star. This fight was very hyped up everywhere there was millions of people watching and the two boxers were making 20 to 40 million for taking place in this fight. The fight ended up being very boring and possibly staged it was a big disappointment to me and many people watching. Everyone also thinks it is very messed up that someone so young is fighting a old man it seems so unfair to Mike Tyson and it was sad to see him get beat up and have so many struggles in the ring just because of his age.

IRJE 3

The Lord of the flies by William Golding

The lord of the flies is a amazing book that talks about the dark side to humanity it is very interesting as well as very depressing. The story line of the book is about a group of British boys that are stranded on on a  deserted island they try to start there own society and make there own rules however it gets hard because there is no adults there and the kids start to become violent and brutal.

“Maybe there is a beast maybe it’s only us.”

This quote is very deep and means a lot it is trying to say that the boys did believe in the beast but that the beast is actually the evil in each one of them this has lots of sense to it and is a very wise quote. I suggest to read this book if you enjoy sad and intense plots.

Our Town Response

Diego

MY personal response to our town

I thought that the book Our town was pretty good i enjoyed that the book was talking about a play and a story at the same time for example in the book they had a stage manager and a Narrator and a stage that they would keep talking about however at the same time there is a actually story line like any other book has. The book was very simple and easy to follow it doesn’t take a lot of thought to understand which is nice to read when your tired or when you want to calm yourself. There was still a nice plot twist at the end which was surprising and sad i felt that the plot twist added a nice surprising touch to it and made the book a lot more interesting. Our town as a movie i also really enjoyed i liked reading in the book and then watching what i just read on a tv it makes it so much easier to really picture and understand what’s going on. Overall i really enjoyed this book and it is my favorite out of the other English books we have read this year i would rate it a 8.5 out of ten.

Personal Writing #3

My Basketball Tryout

Last week i had my tryout for the Brookes Westshore senior basketball team there was 23 people there and 15 people could make it. Me and archie were the only grade 9 there everyone else was grade 11 or 12 i was doubtful of making the team. so i went to the tryout at around 7 pm and i played horrible one of my worse games i would usually play much better however on that day i played horrible. I went home doubtful and prayed to of made it the next day i walked into the cafeteria  and saw my name on the list of people that had made it i was so happy and proud of my self me and archie had both made the team.

Diego Pw#2

Outer Banks is one of my favorite shows that i have watched. The show is about a group of friends that live a beachy kind of living off the lands life and they go on a adventure to find gold. The film is filled with drama action and cliff hangers. There was originally  3 seasons but on October 10th they dropped a season 4 this made me so happy and i am so excited to watch it. My plan for the weekend is to have my friends over and watch three or four episodes with them or until we get cant watch anymore. I have waited almost 1 and a half years to watch it that is why i am so exited to see it.

 

IRJE#1 Diego

Cant Hurt me

The Author of this book is  David Goggin’s the book is a Memoir about a young black boy  who grew up in new York he was a only child and had a abusive father. Through out the book it shows how he is effected by his father and how hard it is to grow up in a household with that kind of environment. He would have to watch his mother get abused and he couldn’t not do anything about it because he was too small and young. After all of his trauma growing up he made a promises to himself to one day be bigger and stronger then his father. However when he started to grow up he forgot about his goal and lost control of his life he was depressed over weight lazy and not happy until he realized what he had said to himself as a child. The book showcases his life and journey on how he succeeded with his goals and went on to become a ultra athlete Navy Seal who became a huge inspiration to thousands of people around the world. He is now know as one of the hardest and toughest humans on the planet. I really enjoyed this book because it is a big motivate for me and it gave me lots of inspiration as an athlete. I also felt that the book has a perfect mix about his life trauma and his successes. One quote i enjoyed in the book was on page 6

” Even the best pep talk or self-help hack is nothing but a temporary fix. It     won’t rewire your brain. It won’t amplify your voice or uplift your life. Motivation changes exactly nobody. The bad hand that was my life was mine, and mine        alone to fix.”

This quote has lots of meaning to it and it really says how David Gogings personality is and how he was as a person.

 

PW #1: Why I Want to go Back to Europe

About one year ago me and my hole family went on a 2 week Europe trip there was 13 of us traveling around. We went to France Italy and Swisserland all of which were dream places for me to visit. One of my favorite spots we visited in Italy was Venice. It was beautiful there  the architecture was perfect and it was so cool to see everyone in boats rather then cars the food was amazing everything about Venice was perfect. The only thing that was bad was the millions of tourists in your way. Another amazing place we went to in France was Paris it was magnificent walking down the streets going to amazing Bakers to buy croissants and other amazing pastries. The people of France are also very lovely and all of them speak beautiful French. One of the most beautiful pieces of architecture in the world is in Paris and that is the famous Eiffel tower, it is a beautiful tall tower that overlooks Paris. It was amazing to see in person. I wont forget that sight ever. These 2 places were the highlight of my Europe trip I went to so Mutch more, but Venice and Paris were my two favorites. I wish to go back to Europe again and visit it all again it was amazing experience. 

 

Master and Man Diego

After reading the book i found it a little boring because i found that in the plot it was very simple that he goes gets lost in a snow storm trying to make a trade there was noting that really stood out to me. All the way up to near the end, However at the end of the book i found that it taught good lessons. Such as to not be greedy and the importance of family and life. So even though i found the plot boring. In the end i kind of enjoyed it. I think this book has great meaning to it. My rating would be a 5 out of 10.