Hunger Games Fill In

“Thankyouthankyouthankyou.” Quick pause for _breath________. “Ohmygodohmygodohmygod.”
Amanda Fraass, 18, of South Amboy, N.J., had just become one of the __lucky_______ ones: After a long, anxiety-filled wait, she had received a highly coveted __wristband_______ that would allow her access to an appearance by the stars of “The Hunger Games” at a Barnes & Noble in Union Square in Manhattan. Like hundreds of others, Ms. Fraass, a high school senior, had stood on the street for hours, in the hope of getting a glimpse of someone, __anyone_______, associated with the film.
“I don’t even know who I’m going to meet,” Ms. Fraass said. “But I’m excited.”
The three girls behind her, newly adorned with yellow wristbands, began jumping up and down. “Group _hug________!” one shouted, and they all ____smushed_____ together, screaming.
“The Hunger Games” trilogy, a best-selling series of young adult books by Suzanne Collins, has generated the kind of mania familiar to fans of “____twilight_____” and Harry Potter. The movie version has been astutely _______marked__ to stoke that teenage craze, with a savvy online campaign and a mall tour by the stars, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson.
Ms. Lawrence, in an emerald dress with deep décolletage, and Mr. Hutcherson, in a trim gray suit, arrived at Barnes & Noble shortly behind schedule on Tuesday evening, to deafening ____shrieks_____.
Fans began lining up for the event, a strictly enforced “Hunger Games” book-signing (only two items apiece, and no personal objects, messages or photos, please), on Monday, some as early as 10 a.m., a full 24 hours before wristbands were given out. A few dozen __camped_______ out overnight, complete with tents and inflatable mattresses, on the _sidewalk________ on 17th Street; by dawn Tuesday, the line stretched around the corner. Ultimately, it reached nearly three city blocks, but only the fans from the first two were granted bands, so hundreds of people were turned away, their day ___ruined______. “I literally missed a two-hour math class to get here,” one girl cried. “This is not fair!”
But for those who remained, decked out in “Hunger Games” T-shirts, sweatshirts and blankets, the event was a communal fan fest. The books and the film, set in a _____distopian____ future where a despotic government forces children to _kill________ other children in a televised ___competition______, has attracted a legion of young acolytes, who are especially drawn to its teenage heroine, ____Katniss everdeen_____, played by Ms. Lawrence. Among those hoping to see her, the wait was sort of like a ______slumber___ party, with sweats or pajamas, boxes of pizza and lots of hair-braiding.
A crew of newly acquainted high school and college girls had pride of place at the front, and sported elaborate _____french____ braids by morning. They were line veterans, and they had a system to make the hours go faster. “You meet friends and you work as a team so you can take breaks,” said Kate Allaire, 19, a sophomore at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. (Food and _____bathroom____ breaks were allowed but Maria Celis, the community relations manager and special-events coordinator for the store, advised against longer absences for work, school or showers. “This is a rock ’n’ roll thing,” she said.)
Some fans got ___doctors______’s notes to stay out of school; others made excuses to parents and teachers alike. “I told my professor what I was doing,” Ms. Allaire said. “At art school, they’re really chill. He said: ‘That sounds like something I would do. Go be a ___nerd______.’ ”
Ms. Allaire said she and her friends had devoured the books. “Every chapter is a ___cliffhanger______,” she said. “I don’t know anyone who read them slowly.” She liked the books in part because they were not typical _____girly____ fare. “Katniss, she’s not depicted as some sexy woman in tight clothes,” she said.
Jessica Cruz, a high school senior from New Jersey, identified with the character’s __independence_______. “I, like, drove on the highway by myself for the first time today, took the train by myself, slept on the street — today was a lot of firsts,” she said.
There were some ___adults______ in line, too — fans of the books, like Bree Roe, 39, who came from Webster, Mass., with two friends — but the crowd was largely if not only young women. Frank Costa and Derek Hedbany, 18-year-old freshman roommates at New York University, were subsisting on adrenaline and ___red bull______. Mr. Hedbany said the books featured a lot of action, and Mr. Costa said he liked the pacing and vivid imagery. “It’s not a happy ending,” he said. “It’s supposed to be a teen novel, but I think it’s a clever _metaphor________ for today’s society.”
A police officer with Biebermania experience waved off the “Hunger Mania” hoopla. “This is ____nothing_____,” he said. But even with hours to go, the excitement was mounting, and homemade signs and chalk drawings were proliferating. Members of the French braid crew wondered how they would react when meeting the stars. They did not want to be total fangirls, but ___coolness______, especially after more than 24 hours on the sidewalks of New York City, would be tough to pull off. There was going to be a lot of nervous gasping and breathless gaping, they said. “I’m just going to ___cry______,” one said.

Activities in Learning Network

I think that it should be legal for people to have guns, but once they have been in jail or been caught by the police, they should not be able to carry them anymore. There”s a law on how old you can be to buy a gun, but its not always followed, and some people do the wrong thing with guns. I don’t think its necessary for people to carry guns wherever they go, and there should be more security on people walking into schools, and public places with guns.

Score for daily news quiz is 4 out of 5.

• Woodward Oklahoma is where 100 tornados hit in 24 hours.

• Only a few people were killed and injured because they were warned before the tornado hit because the winds were beginning to pick up, and they were expecting a tornado. 

• At least one hundred and seven people were killed in the round of tornadoes.
• The damage destroyed more than 1,000 homes, killed people, and destroyed 75 to 90 percent of the homes in Iowa. 
• Owen has been in pretty extreme weather, surfing in the ocean with thunder and wind and strong rain.
• The forecast issued their first warning around one day before the storm happened.

Grammer Blast

6th grade unit 1: 80 points
unit 2: 70
unit 3: 75

Whats might be trash, could also be treasure

trash is here trash is there

dirty muddy trash floating in the air

wallets letters and keys are all a mystery

but they all have something to do with Raphael's life history

Olivia's helping out the three trash boys

they all feel the happy, and joy

hungry, skinny hopeless kids

can barley even get enough liquids

plastic, metal, rubber, or tin

you could find it on the ground or in a big trash bin

they learn and live in a world of thrash

but they still love the life, of the horrible trash

Martin Luther King Has a Dream Poster

Trash Response Questions

Trash response questions

1. Describe the conditions in the prison.  Why do you think children would be locked up there? The condition of the prison was horrible. There was no money or barley money put into it so it was really bad conditions for the people in it. There were no fans, or no air conditioning. There were no cells, there were just big cages fit for the size of people. There was barbed wire at the top of the ceiling. I would say that children were in the jail because they stole things or got into fights. In the town with the jail, kids are probably doing anything for food or money, and in that case they probably end up in jail for trying to seal food or money.

2. How were Olivia and Gardo able to get a visit with Olonrriz?

They were able to get to see Olondriz because they wore nice cloths. They went to the cloth store and got high end cloths so they looked like nice and harmless people. Olivia had to pay a lot of fees to get into the jail, and also the biggest one was probably that Gardo said that Olondriz was his grandpa, and he needed to see him and talk to him. Gardo said to the guard that it was very urgent to see Olondriz, and that they couldn't wait a day, or even a week.

3. What were the few things that Raphael learned about Rat that he "had never known and never asked about?"
   Raphael learned that Rat actually had a secret treasure of two thousand three hundred and twenty six pesos, and it was Rats going away fund. He wants to save up to go to Sampalo, where he was born. He cant get there with that amount of money, but Rat thought that maybe he could go on a ferry. Also that Rat loves and can fish. He wants to buy a boat, and go fishing everyday.

4. What does the gardener tell Raphael and Rat?

The gardener tells Rahpael and Rat that he has worked at the Vice Presidents house for twenty two years, and hes only seen him two times. Also the main thing was that Jose Angelico hit the money in a fridge, and that's how he got it out of the house.

5. What would you do with six million dollars?

I would go live in the city somewhere big, like la or new york. And i would buy a expensive car, but not too expensive, like a 200,000 dollar car. Then i would have to buy furniture for my house, and TVs, and food and all of the supplies, then i would get a job that i really want, not like working at McDonald's but like doing something where i make a lot of money. And then have a lot of money for the rest of my life and buy a lot of expensive stuff for the rest of my life.

Toy Story 3, and Super 8 Movie Reviews!

Super 8/Movie

Rating Scale # of 8’s: 1-5

Criteria	Rating	Comments
Plot	888	Easy to follow, fast paced, but too predictable.
Realism	8888	Very real, great actions scenes, looks as real as can be.
Suspense	88	Not too suspenseful, could predict what happens next, but its rated pg13 for a reason.
Special Offects	88888	Suspensful special effect's, they looked like it was in real life, especially in HD.
Character	8888	Some characters were funny and acted like it was real, others, not so much.

REVIEW

Super 8 is an action packed, tough, and thrilling story about a group of kids who witness a crazy and catastrophic train crash. Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams. Joel Courtney “the main character” and his buddies were making a movie next to the train tracks in a small town in Ohio, when someone in their car stops on the tracks and waits for the train to come and hit it. They figured it was not an accident, and shortly after, unnoticed deaths were happening, and no one knew who it was. Was it a monster in the train? Or a killer on the loose?

This was a great movie. It really represents the olden days with the cars, and what people in the movie wear. The storyline is easy to follow and really realistic. It makes sense, and for me even if you started the movie half way in you would still understand what its about. Ryan Lee, Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning did a great job playing the kids in the movie. It was a really realistic movie, in which the train crash what was the main accident was really well put together, and had really good special effect's. As well as the rest of the movie. The movie wasn't too scary, and I think littler kids could easily handle it. The monster in the movie was also very real looking. It must of taken a lot of time to do that. The information that the story puts out is easy to understand for me. Spielberg and Abrams did a great job putting together the movie.

Overall, the movie was a joy to watch. The special effect's were great, the characters had humor, but at the same time were serious. The storyline was clear and easy to understand. And the movie wasn’t too scary, but it got you on your toes in some parts of the movie. I would rate this movie a 8 out of 10 because of how good of a job they did. I would also recommend this movie for all ages except toddlers, because of the scariness factor.

Toy Story 3

Rating Scale # of 3’s: 1-5

Criteria	Rating	Comments
Plot	33	Plot was so-so. To much like the other toy stories. But it made sense, and was easy to understand.
Animation	3333	Great animation. The animator really made it stand out.
characters voice	333	The voices really connect to the characters in the movie.
meaningful theme	33	Theme wasn’t meaningful. Should of changed it up a little from Toy Story 2.
funniness	3	Funny for little kids, but not for the adults.

Review

Toy story 3 is a kid friendly movie about a group of friends named Woody (Tom Hanks) Jessie (Joan Cusack) Buzz Light year (Tim Allen) and last but not least, Rex (Wallace Shawn). Andy, the kid that owns all the toys is leaving to go of to college, so he dumps all the toys off at a daycare center. The toys meet all sorts of other toys like barbies, and even the lots-o-hugging bear. They soon grow to hate their surroundings, and have to make an escape plan. Will they use their plan wisely, and escape the daycare center with no harm? Or will they get caught, leaving the daycare center?

    The plot and mood of the movie was gray to me.. From my perspective it was too much like the other toy stories. But they did add new characters and change up the scenes and where the movie was based, and I like that about the plot. I think it was a smart idea to kick Addy out of the movie and send him off to college, because he’s had the toys for as long as the first Toy Story. They plot was easy to understand, but you would have to have watched the movie from the beginning to get what its all about. I think the best part of the movie was the animation. It really connected to the scene, and the makers of the movie did a clever job on making the animation one of the best things about the movie. The animation almost looks like it’s being filmed in real life, especially in the HD aspect.

    On the opposite side of the plot, I’m glad they did not change the characters voice of the movie, because if they did it wouldn't be as powerful. I think they should of changed the plot of the movie, but not the characters voice. The director really thought it up when he kept tom Hanks as Woody for all 3 movies. And Tom really did a fantastic job on connecting to who woody was, and trying to act the best as he could as a cowboy. I think that goes the same with all the other characters, and it was hard to tell that that it was even them because their voice connected to the characters in the movie. I think that they should of put some more humor into the movie, because for me, it wasn't too funny. But I understand because it’s a kid movie, so kids would laugh more than adults, for the jokes. Also the theme. To me the theme was’t meaningful at all. In other words, it didn’t really have a meaning to it, and it was kind of “here comes this, here comes that.” They made this movie for kids, and kids don't really care about a meaningful theme. But if i was going to put something down about this movie, it would be the theme.

    If the goal for this movie was to make kids laugh, and make them like it, then the director and the characters did a pleasant job. Not as good as some of the other animated movies out there, but good enough to make kids laugh. Also the movie was very real, and the animation was intriguing. But the theme didn't mean as much as it should to me. To sum things up Toy Story 3 is a kid friendly movie, and is enjoyed by kids all around.