Literature Circle/Non-Fiction Article blog

The Holocaust affected many people global in a tragical way. Leon Leyson was a young boy with a well through family and a few good friends. Although he never really gets to see his dad he managed perfectly. Even though he wasn't wealthy nor poor, he still was grateful for his belongings. But when the holocaust came everything changed. He survived..? Well yes he did but two of his brothers did not and his dad barely even made by constantly getting beat and thrown in jail.


Leon Leyson was only a pre teen when it started. He and his family were forced to the ghetto and were also saw as peasants, or pests that should not be around. Many people felt bad about this but what could they have done. By this time the nazis were in full power. Leon did not understand that when he and his family may be the nicest family on earth. Thankfully he and his family were saved by a fellow friend of his father's. That's when he felt even more grateful and how precious life is.

In the article “Leon Leyson: The youngest worker to be saved by Oskar Schindler” by David Childs. He explains how Leon and his family went through the Holocaust, as in the book no different. During the reading of his Memoir I found details about his childhood and his life. The book was founded more specific than the article. Even though the article had many different informational texts. I find the book more reliable. Since the topic of the article is told way and the book is a memoir which was also told one way, that would mean they are both equivalent. They both Mention the list that saved his life. “The man I once knew saved my life” article paragraph 4. “If it wasn't for Mr. Schindler I wouldn't be here” book pg 223.

Work Cited

David Childs. "Leon Leyson: The youngest worker to be saved by Oskar Schindler." The 

     Independent. Independent Digital News and Media, 24 Jan. 2013. Web. 11 May 2017.

Leyson, Leon, Marilyn J. Harran, and Elisabeth B. Leyson. The boy on the wooden box: how the 

  impossible became possible ... on Schindler's list. NY, NY: Atheneum for Young Readers, an         imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2015. Print.

Lit Circles Blog

During the past few weeks in My ELA block 2 class, my fellow classmates and I are reading a book called “The Boy In The Wooden box” A memoir by a holocaust survivor named Leon Leyson. So far I’ve more than half of the book. In the book Leon Leyson started off as an ordinary kid. A supporting family and a nice neighborhood with his friends, he has four other siblings and he is marked the youngest out of the five. But some times when certain events take place it's way different. The family visits dads work town as a vacation. Leon was thrilled to see his dad and the town of Krakow. But then the nazis came and terrorized the city. The dad was sent off to jail and the oldest brother was sent off to fight for the freedom they deserve, while the family struggled in fear.

A character I'd like to meet is Leon Leyson because I can make an easy connection to him. Leyson group up with a sister just like me. In the book Leon found hardships growing up into his teens. He found work by helping his mother and the locals in the village. Just like me he also was bullied by other kids. So after all me and him can relate real fast. It would also be nice to meet him because he sounds like a great listener and a very knowledgeable man. I'm sure he came of some experience so he would be able to give some tips on life. Maybe tell me some of his knowledge on the holocaust and how it is to work for a living, like a job.

After reading. I wonder… if this event wore to happen again how it would effect me and my family and friends. Especially the generations to come because no one should go through this. Everybody can understand that a mass murder of our own kind, our own flesh and blood is not acceptable. Especially when we don't do anything to stop until the mid-future. This one of the most awful things that happens in world history. War and violence. This would be the impact on society if the holocaust were to happen again.

3rd Quarther Reflection Blog

During this quarter I recently read a series called 365 conspiracy, it's very well written and very exciting. It was an action packed drama that was actually a film produced in Australia. I love action and I think most Australian stories have more of it. My biggest improvements was catching up on late work and ixl. I have been struggling on them for awhile. Now I understand most of them and I actually caught up on my late work. I am very proud of the fact that I made it. Because it took a lot out of grades when i had missing work so, since I redeemed myself it makes me feel unstoppable.

In my ELA class we had a book challenge. This book challenge required 40 books to be read. I have recently read 26 books my 27 is a sequel to the 26th. Well speaking about challenges the most challenging thing is ixl and blogs. Reasons because is that some stuff I learn in class i forget and, Or don't know how to paraphase.

My blogs have been progressing just fine though.  I some what get the concept of these written pieces. TIQA has helped me with my writing a lot. I prefer not to talk about how I learned about the world so, I will say it's very random and interesting maybe a little mysterious. But most likely because of my research skills have improved. So I find more accurate and very informational content on our world today. Most of the things happening today, I'd rather not say anything because I have my own opinions which may be negative and positive in some cases.

Life is beautiful blog

In the movie “Life is Beautiful” life goes on until one day when Dora returns to an empty house on Joshua's Birthday, and everything changes. Guido and Joshua with many other Jews, have been brought off to a Jewish concentration camp, but Dora requests to be brought along as not to be separated from her family. Guido wants to keep his son from being scarred by all of this, so he tells his son that it is all part of a game, and if he does what his father says, he will win a prize. ( even though he starts to not believe him )

But let's rewind the story for a minute Guido a very bright headed man whose brain is where his heart is and his heart is where his brain Is. This made the movie a very interesting turn of events, so I'd have to say the tone of this was to be very inspirational and grateful about life, and the mood is the same thing. From the countryside to the big town in Italy he has always dreamt about Dora and him being very successful in the real world to him and her life really was beautiful.


One part is when they finally kiss, because Guido has been waiting along time for it and she has too. It was absolutely perfect for them it was a dream come true then later it shows a time lapse of the future and it was those two with a young boy. Now this young boy is a son of a married couple ( Guido and Dora ). They finally had a bookstore and a successful family. This really shows life is beautiful because it shows what it means to be young and old in a bright perspective so it gave the beautiful feeling to the story.

In my ELA class we studied the holocaust for quite some time now. And this movie made me have plenty of connections with some of the research. During our research we found a group called the black shirts that ran Italy which took over Ethiopia. As in the movie the scene around the scene wee Guido and Dora kiss. When they announce the original leader of Ethiopia and the black shirts hail to the little decoration that is being brought out. The other one i connected is that when he was working in the camp he did the mining and carrying of metal to the fire. Which was one of the Laborite qualities the camps had. But the only off thing is that he was able to run around like that and there would be more guards. There was also a very sad discovery about the gas chambers Aka the showers. They still had the children and elders take the “showers” and killed them.

Night blog

Throughout  the book Wiesel changes a lot. For the most part his faith was questioned until there was no more faith left inside of him. In the beginning of his journey he was just an average teenage boy in Sighet. In the text Wiesel claims to be really involved and interested in his religion. Wiesel  states “One day I asked my father to find me a master who could guide me in my studies of Kabbalah. "You are too young for that. Maimonides tells us that one must be thirty before venturing into the world of mysticism, a world fraught with peril. First you must study the basic subjects, those you are able to comprehend." (4) This quote can reassure you on what I said earlier how Wiesel is devoted to his religion and is concerned on it. But now he questions his existence and how he would do fine without him like these words that Wiesel states, “The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed in the flames.” (The spiritual person that Elie once was is gone.) (34)



In the concentration camp Wiesel had only three values left for him, his father (which in the readings there should be some questioning to him and his actions), and his shoes and golden tooth. The doctor threatens him with the sake of taking his gold tooth. But since it's worth value, Wiesel would not be so foolish to do so. The shoes that he had kept him from infections and damage to his feet. This was the only thing that remembered him of his childhood. But now with those gone he loses faith and hope more times than ever.




In time Wiesel has changed he never really Wanted to get in trouble with the nazis cause if he wanted to survive that would not be good for him. In the text it states “My father suddenly had a colic attack. He got up and asked politely, in German,"Excuse m e ... Could you tell me where the toilets are located?"
The Gypsy stared at him for a long time, from head to toe. As if he wished to ascertain that the person addressing him was actually a creature of flesh and bone, a human being with a body and a belly. Then, as if waking from a deep sleep, he slapped my father with such force that he fell down and then crawled back to his place on all fours”. --- “I stood petrified. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked. I had watched and kept silent. Only yesterday, I would have dug my nails into this criminal's flesh. Had I changed that much? So fast?” This shows how he changed his personality all he cared was about surviving is key. Even he did not know why he did this…. not at all. (36-37)


Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York: Bansom Edition, 1960. Print.

Butterfly project

MY BUTTERFLY PROJECT      









I'd Like to Go Alone

I'd like to go away alone.
Where there are other nicer people,
Somewhere into the far unknown,
There, where no one kills another.

Maybe more of us,
A thousand stromg,
Will reach this goal
Before too long.


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Berlin Memorial Activity Blog

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During the Berlin Memorial Activity I learned many things, these things seem ordinary but others do not. For example a peace of history I learned was in the year of 1939 and this quite ordinary and may be very reasonable. The note states, “Jews not allowed to leave their home after 8:00pm, 9:00pm in mumiser.” This caught my eye, because if we look in the nazi perspective they see Jews as a threat to economy and can't let them wandering off without supervision, so my guess is they took precautions and decided to make a schedule. One that was out of the ordinary is that in the year of 1939 the Jews were not aloud music or entertainment, “Jews to turn in radio” I mean music brings hope and allows us to get threw tough times and hard work. Some may say all hope is lost but that may not be the case.


I think the monument was built because it shows the reactions the Jews had to face and how we should be thankful about what we have now. I think that the laws being passed over the years were getting weaker because as Hitler's rose to power others quickly regain strength and brought him down to size. The restrictions I would  have trouble with is the whole music issue and entertainment, bc gives me another thing to hope for and have cause if I go down I'll have a pleasant face because if I died listening to my favorite song, or something like that.

Book talk blog

Book talk blog

Hello everyone I'm here to talk to you about a book that I'm reading called “conspiracy 365” by Gabrielle Lord. Well hope you enjoy my book talk.


  Fifteen year old Callum Ormond is still on the run for “attacking” his uncle Rafe and leaving his younger sister in a coma. And he’s still not any closer to solving the riddle of the “Ormond Singularity.” He’s still being aided by Boges, possibly his last friend left in the world as police forces throughout Australia are on the watch for him. Cal has a mysterious girl about his age helping him, or using him for her own purposes, he’s still not quite sure. This girl has helped escape from a group of people who put him into an oil tank. The girl helped him get out but on page 174 she said something really interesting. “You’d better hurry up if you want to stay alive,’ she added. ‘I’m serious, Sligo will be back any minute, and if he sees me—’ she paused and slung her bag over her shoulder, ‘he’ll know it was me who got you out.” She is clearly hiding something.  Now they have made it out of the territory of Sligo and made a run for it but with Sligo on their back things will become more difficult. Just by reading this there is a way to find the setting, the characters, conflict, mood, and a possible theme.




  The setting is based in the suburbs, in Australia. The characters are Cal , the Mysterious girl, Mom , his little sister Gabi, and Uncle Rafe. The conflict is that Cal has a big family secret which killed his father or at least had something to do about his father's death. So he is on the run always and every day. He only has 1 more year to find out the truth. He is being blamed for putting his sister in the hospital attacking his Uncle Rafe and trashing and breaking into his house. The mood of this book would be very intense, adventurous, and maybe a little mysterious. I have not figured out the theme. I thought this book was pretty amazing and very action packed, which personally made me like it. It has all of these mysterious moments but so many intense scenes that it like pictures the scene for you in your head. Which is actually pretty cool, and hey double deal the book is good and you can actually picture these scenes good (to understand the story). Plus speaking about  doubles and 2 and what not… this is actually the 2/12 book, yeah there is a series. I recommend this book to people who love adventurous and action packed books, maybe even mysteries and fugitive story based books too. But to be honest this book can go with anyone. This is also why you should get this book because of everything I just said. Plus when you read the series the whole story comes together and forms very good hooks, endings, story lines, and many questionable scenes in the book.

Non-fiction blog

In the book the Hindenburg disaster I have learned many things and I have found out how it all went down. So in the book it basically talks about how people were amazed about how it was a “flying hotel” because it was able to stock up people staff and cargo. The nazis probably thought this was a good idea to have their symbol on the tail of it. But when it nursed up in flames I think it was a suicide mission because recent incidents in the past may lead to this. People actually had jump out of the aircraft to survive. Many said it was horrifying.

A passage from this article I thought was interesting was how hitler said this willl increase his naval prestige. I thought this was him attacking America. Hence what is said about in the first paragraph.

I found out that they luxury and games there. It could be named flying cruise ship of wonder because many said it was like a dream just hanging out in the bar looking ou the window and etc. I feel like this would hurry up and become a world wide attraction, and believe me yes it did.

Gratitude blog

I am grateful for my mom and dad because they put food in my stomach and put a roof over my head and a bed to sleep on, and clothes on my body. Im grateful for my mom working three jobs and still being there when we needed her. And when my dad left my new dad came, unlike most men he did not abandon our family because it was just me my sister and my mother. He has been paying bills for us and been showing love too.


I am grateful for my siblings because they make me laugh and put a smile on my face. They are always there for me. Because every time i come home my little brother screams and cries until i hang out with him. My sister she is alway there for me even though we're always in each others hair, but sometimes it's meant to be because we look out for each other. And there is many others I don't know about but i'm sure there good too.

I am grateful for my freinds because they are the best friends ever. They have always been there for me. And always cheered me up. We all look out for each other. We would always make the best out of everything we had together. One time we made a band. And now we're set on YouTube. I really don't know why but it's just what we're set out for next.

AoW impresssions

During my gallery walk i have noticed many worldwide conflicts,depression, and mysteries. One of these things are based in ohio. Students in Ohio  are trying their best to break the cycle of bullying. 4 out of 8 children who enter early adulthood have experienced bullying in their past or in their current life. They are hoping to put this plan into action as a worldwide thing. Another  article states that with trump winning the election and our education in his hands, school boards districts and the Board of Education is on the case. Trump says during his campaign he would give a twenty billion dollar check to private schools. Instead of public schools. In the article it states that public schools would need the m only for the education of the communities.



Another interesting topic is the 600+ creepy crawlies  that live in your home. Some say these creatures help us humans to survive. There form is like crabs but they are too small to be seen with a naked eye. Some are possibly freaked out of bugs living with them in their everyday lives.. I mean I would be. Speaking about animals there is yet another man mysterious problem. Based in Miami Bonnet bats Rome the land. Now most people are afraid of this creature because of what it does… survive? These creatures can go after humans animals insects and plants whenever they feel like. Most people also believe that they help farmers from their plants getting ruined from bugs who feast on the crops, luckily the bats get the munchies and go for snacks. These bats are not ordinary they live in trees no are not nocturnal. These bats a very unique

What are your thoughts on this election in general?

What are your thoughts on this election in general?

There is no worthy candidate in this debate but only a small percentage do they qualify to be the president. The 2016 election went a little to the opposite direction because of the candidates attitudes and background. There was many violent protests and more reasonable too. Because many did not love Trump because of his ignorance and his hatred to certain people and many did not love Hillary because of her deleted emails they may lead to the case of a few American soldiers and their deaths along with screwing over the US army.



Now even though that they both were not good candidates one of them still won and it was Trump. See personally i think that they both are gonna screw America over and it has already began. Young children are bullying their friends because they say it's right if the president says it's right. But not only that many people are getting harassed and profiled because of Trump and some Clinton because feminism and women's rights.



Well we are set for a long journey. This means most of our freedom is done for and our world's human rights is just bizarre. Our world is filled with hatred and difficult times but if we work together we would be able to fix our problems. And sadly these past hundreds of years show that we are the problem. Many people would say yes others will say no, and some may stay neutral. So overall we're screwed either way but we may get through it if we work together.

Veterans poem

The Fallen Grace


Some made fun
of the men who hold a gun
Some may not have one though
Some may also will never let go
There were many freedom fighters who have fallen
But the love and thx is still callin
Forever our country will stand tall
So our free souls will never fall.

Rvised news cast

                                           “ Infinite War Rage ” 





         In a little town called Justice a publical tragedy occurred. On october 24th, current teenagers Jordan T. And Joey O. played Infinite Warfare the newest Call of Duty. Many people looked up to the new Call of Duty game because “COD is life”. There was a lot of hate before the beta came out reasons why is because, some were tired of exo suits but somehow they are called something else. Another reason is that cod did not stick with the storyline and just added random stuff in. Good reasons are that they have explosive throwing knifes and very good snipes rifles. But many say that it's just rip of halo.



         During the game play the two boys figured out that it was just a rip off on Black Ops 3, they raged, they screamed, they even through their controllers at the tv. They thought this would be a better improvement than the previous COD's… but they were wrong. The boys decided to just watch Youtube and forget about it but it was not worth it… the thought of it bugged them and bugged them even more. Plus they added a robotic Harambe…. the boys would soon be confused. The reason why they even played was because it’s a new COD game and they are majestic at COD. These boys hope that COD will justify the gaming of the people and the COD community. Because most of the COD's now of days are horrible and really ruin your hype for COD in general.

Reflection on Q1

Recently i've been able to enjoy reading, many books that are hard  and easy. Because of this I only need one more book for my reading challenge. This is because I got caught up in series of books. For example diary of the wimpy kid and warriors.since there is more than 70 books I moved on to the percy Jackson series. I feel more opened minded when I read because it lets our imagination work harder and better. In movies it helps us imagine things too… it's just that we can visualize more by reading.


Since Mrs.Larson's block 2 class started investigative journalism unit i am now able to write magnificent stories. In my stories I use different content on every scene. I have also been improving on my vocabulary tests. Reasons why is because of my word choice grammar and opened minded thoughts to match the categories. My speech  is very impressive as well as my comprehension.. and it's from my word choice and my opened minded thoughts ( by reading books, and practicing ).

Giver compare and contrast

In the movie the Giver the story is basically the same as the book with slight errors. In the movie it showed, Jonas and Fiona make physical contact and With asher too. He takes Gabe with him when he leaves the community. The reason of this is because he is feeling all of these emotions and all of these memories. He has also been skipping his ejections. I also think that the director wanted more action and twists instead of going of the book. However in the book it made more sense and more seeable than a actual movie. In the book it shows, how he never really got into any physical contact with others. He is much younger and takes time to process his powers. This is because of it all flowing in gently. Why would we rush everything when we still need to think about the readers.


In the book the Giver they have Jonas as a 12 year old boy but in the movie they have as a young adult. I think movie should have him at least have flashbacks when he was younger so we know how he got there. This means the viewers would actually understand the movie. This also might help the viewer understand the book a little more. I have no clue i would choose to be Jonas but we should not have to. This movie should make sense.



 In the movie the Giver and in the book the ending was bad because they rushed in everything and just left us hanging. In the book it shows that “it was only a echo” p.180. But what does that mean. And in the book they leave Jonas by a cabin… again what does that mean. Maybe they would make a,part 2. Sure enough many would not be interested because of how bad this one was.

Giver theme

 

      In the book The Giver  Jonas whom is one of the main characters has a dynamic based character, which means through the story he evolves. In the book Jonas has a very plain perspective,” i can't really think of a word to describe my feeling” pg.3 He has no words to describe his feeling because he has know perspective on this “feeling” that he has revealed. However, now since Jonas has started his training he has unlocked many different features. In the book it shows “ Days went by, and weeks. Jonas learned, through the memories, the names of colors; and now he began to see them all, in his ordinary life (though he knew that his life is no longer ordinary)... Jonas began to think he if everything is the same that would mean little choices ‘I want to wake up in the morning and decide on things’ he said”. This means that since Jonas is now noticing a new perspective he will soon notice that the old is basically miserable and that he is happy he was evolving from that, because it basically helps shape his new perspective and his character itself.




       In the book The Giver  the theme is basically about importance of memory, the past basically shapes your future and makes your decisions wiser. In the book it shows, “He then pressed his hands firmly on the little one and transferred the memory of exhaustion so he can sleep” p.168, “It's just without memories life would be meaningless.” Pg.105, and “The worst part about keeping memories is that the Lonely ones you must share them or else they cause you pain” pg.154. This shows that without his memory and him knowing the past, he would blinded to the fact he is not expressing his individuality and creativity. His own thoughts are just the thing that expresses as a real life human.

The giver

  In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, you will come across a main character called Jonas and he is experiencing many things in life, many emotions are flowing through his body. Like on the first page Jonas said, “Jonas was beginning to be frightened when a unidentified flying object appeared  overhead He saw it twice when it had overflown the community back and forth.” First of all, This affects him deeply because if he can recall this palpable moment. The Giver is basically about emotions that are being unlocked through life. Also, Fear is a very powerful characteristic, being fearful can sometimes push you of the edge so when Jonas was witnessing this, he felt like something horrible was about to happen.




    However in page 31 Jonas starts thinking about what is normal and abnormal in his life. This is not just about him anymore now he is speaking for the whole community. The text says, “Jonas was glad of the nuance of nudity. This case does not stand with newborn and elders. But others... you’re crossing the line. Even if you glimpse at it is still awkward silence after the requested apology” First of all, This affects Jonas because if there are set rules to his lifestyle that everyone follows he would obviously pick up on others behavior while locking his away. Also, This may be why everyone is dependent on the community leaders and rules, they don't even know how to do what they want.

Welcome to my first blog

 Hi fellow readers... My name is Joey and this is my blog. This is my first blog so I will make it my best. I hope you think these words of wisdom are entertaining. Hope you enjoy.

 I am a 8th grader at Heritage Middle School. I like skateboarding and paintball. Anime is life and parkour is awesome. I am top ranking in many diff. Games but even though I'm master prestige in games it dose not mean I know all.

Well my fellow people I hope you enjoyed so I'll see y'all later.