self select reading

1. What is the title of your book?
A life in the spotlight.

2. Who is the author of the book?
Philip Dodd

3. What type of book have you chosen (i.e. fiction, non-fiction, graphic novel)?
Non-Fiction.
4. Does this book connect to your interests? Explain.
Yes this book connect to my intrest because he is my favert musican ever.

5. When you are reading this material do you find there are: many, few, or no problems with comprehending the text?
There are few problems comprehnding.

Daliy blog

Im sick to day i didnt come in to school butt i can still do my daliy blog from home thats cool. Tonight Canada faces Russia we are going to kill them GO CANADA GO. I hope Im at school tomorow so i can get cought up.

Writing Conventions

Fix these sentences:

1. she claims she was playing Frisbee with her Friends at the park when the flying dog of doom assaulted her out of no were. The police and paramedics believe the dog was attracted to the blue of her jacket and was enraged by it.

2. Today I finished my News Report , that i did on Thursday. But now im workin on this.

3. It didnt change my mind but I think of high school better.

4. I did not watch the hole movie.

5. I do not like to read books or paragraph.

6. Actually I found the movie very entertaining cause I understanded all of it.

7. I think theyre targeting people who would thing what it is like to be hang over and people who loves comedy.

8. Pilot ejected him from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank, California, saying he didn't fit properly in a single seat.

9. I write good enough that you can read it with perfectly grammer.

10. I dont write that much but im prety confident about my ability.

11. The reason why I think Mrs. Martin and Mr. Pierce chose this film because it show us that anyone can write.

12. Yes because its show that anyone can do what they want if they try and different ethnic groups can be friends with each other.

13. I did start it Thursday afternoon , but then I ran outof time. so just a few minutes ago I just finished it.

14. I hope I have a better english experience using the computers.

15. The movie I enjoy most is The Hang Over it was histarical.

Free write

hey its me Tyler I'm just going to write whats on my mind OK. Me and my Friend's are starting this this thing wearing suites every Friday to school just for fun and to try to make it a tradition in the years.
I have this athere idea me and me skater Friends are all going to were clown wigs when we skate just for fun.

-key information comes at the beginning

who: Tigger Woods
what: tigger woods sex addiction
where: MARANA, Ariz
when: thangs giving night
why: he was texting when he was driving
how: his wife cought him cheating on her

-the most important information comes in the first sentence or two (the lead)

Tiger Woods will speak publicly Friday for the first time since his bizarre Thanksgiving night car accident,

-the information is presented most to least relevant

admitted sex addiction
Ian Poulter, who went extra holes to win his opening match, was among those curious to hear what Woods had to say. His only hope was to hear about it later.

-the reporter is not part of the story (the reporter writes using 'he,' 'she' or 'they' NOT 'I' or 'me').


"Hopefully, I'll be on the golf course and not listening to it," he said
-the reporter gives as many facts and details as possible.

-reporters try to include either direct or indirect quotations
"Hopefully, I'll be on the golf course and not listening to it," he said

Me as a writer

Questions:

1. Describe yourself as a writer. How confident are you about your ability?
me as a writer is a bad thing im nat a good writer. if i work at it i can be better.

2. What is your favorite type of writing to do? (e.g. stories, song lyrics, poems or emails) What is it that you like about that type of writing?
lyrics because they are fun and u can be your self when u writ them.

3. What is your least favourite type of writing to do? What is it that bothers you most about that type of writing?
i do not like to writ books or paragraph.

4. Tell about a piece of writing that you have really enjoyed. This could be a story read to you by a teacher or a movie you think is really funny (remember, a good movie comes from a good screenplay--which is writing).
the driver educations book i liked it because it was informational and will help me get my lisence.

5. Give your thoughts and opinions about the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. What do you know about it? What would you like to know about it?
i dont like it.