Angel by James Patterson

This book is a continuation of one of James Patterson's many best selling series Maximum Ride.The first book being The Angel Experiment.In this book it is basically about the many adventures a bunch of mutant genetically modified children save the world, raise awareness about global warming and saving friends.It is an action packed series where one cannot put down after a few pages.It is narrated in such a way that it feels that the main character the "flock" leader Max is telling you their experiences directly (by the way they were given avian genes, which means that they can fly have wings and pretty much other abilities such as mind control or reading your mind,but everyone of the flock has different abilities)

So in Angel,continued from the previous book Fang, Fang had left the flock to start his own flock.Fang found other mutants who had been grafted abilities too by the School (read the series to find out :D) SO Max who had a liking for Fang is missing him and they decided to meet up in Paris, where they uncovered a plan of a bomb which was going to be used on the common folk who had been hypnotized. So they kick butt but did not manage to diffuse the bomb which exploded but the people had been evacuated after breaking the hypnotism. The sad thing is that Angel was thought to be dead as she did not escape from the sewers little did they know that she had been captured.

So basically this the summary of the story with many parts being left out. If you have a taste for science fiction and adventure come on board and enjoy the ride.

How to make your very own banana split!

I will be teaching you how to make your very own banana split in a few easry steps!!

First of all, the ingredients. 1 banana, 3 scoops of different flavors of ice-cream of your choice chocolate and strawberry syrups, marshmallow creme and marshmallow cherries and of course, chopped nuts. Not to forget, a nice bowl that is intensionally made a fit a banana inside.

Firstly, peel the banana skin and slice it into 2 pieces. Next, place each slice of the of the banana into the bowl, leaving a small gap in between.. After that, scoop 3 of your favorite ice-cream in between the bananas. Next, squirt some hot chocolate over the ice-cream. If you find it not enough, you can squirt strawberry syrup on the the ice cream too! Top each ice cream with whipped cream. Sprinkle some nuts over the dessert to give you some extra crunchy taste!

Now your banana split is done! Remember serve it immediately after you are done else the ice-cream will melt.Enjoy!

LA home learning

Part 1

The conflict in the poem is about how children had been forced to fight in a war not given a chance to grow up.He strongly felt for them as it made their life meaningless not having a chance to enjoy their childhood being forced to mature quickly.

PART 2 --- Analysis of the poem
Steps in Analysis

Point

Evidence

Elaboration

1.Point of View
2.Situation and Setting
3.Language/ Diction
4.Personal Response


Point Of View
I think this poem was written in the point of view of a soldier who was fending of rebel forces , and had had to fight these children. The soldier had felt for their plight or it could have been a child who had once also walked down the path of war and was reminiscent about how life was for them then.

Situation and Setting
The setting shows us how children affected by war are forced to go down a path of gloom with nothing but gore and blood spilt around them. Not getting a chance to do what their hearts desire, to settle down and be educated, go to a school.

Language/ Diction
The poem used metaphors such as candles to signify hopes and darkness to signify the hopes and dreams of the children who were in the dark not getting to experience the joy of learning. The poet emphasized on the word "could" to get us to help the children ,showing his desire to educate the children who were implicated by the war when they should be learning.

Personal Response
I feel that war can really change a person from what he is.War affects lives, not for the better but a turn for the worse.If you think that war does not affect you, you are either very naive or absolutely in the dark. War affects everyone from the country, to the babies born. Going through war, fighting for your life, family and loved ones it can really change a person's roots seeing all the gory bloodshed and screams and groans from our fellow humans.

Essay Draft 2

It was the year 2025, our protagonist, Tom has already grown up, and is trying to adapt himself to the age of being thirteen. After all becoming thirteen years old is a new start for every citizen of Singapore.

Singapore was getting along well with the enhancement of technology , the education system level was also increased in order to keep up with the times. Kids these days were good in their studies but now it had become a must to do so in order to live in this society of theirs because everything was expensive and you needed a white collar job to sustain yourself, but with more people competing for those jobs one had to be the best of the best. Parents were training their children to be all rounded to give them an edge in this modern island city.

Now we come back to our protagonist, Tom, Tom during his primary school days was nicknamed as a pig not because he was dirty or anything but because he behaved like one, but certainly not about the gluttonous behaviour of a pig, just the fact that he was extremely laid back and lazy.

Tom’s parents were very worried about his future ,thinking how could he, a person as lazy as that forge a bright future ,but here is a twist ,Tom was a genius ,he could take any test standing on his head but his daily behaviour cost him his grades. He loved to play, if his parent confiscated his IPhone 8 he would play with his ps7 if not his Nintendo after all games were taken away he still had card games, books etcetera, the list went on, the point I am trying to make here is that he could always find something to entertain himself. This caused him to neglect his homework and get demerit points, which in turn affected his grades and so gave his parent the illusion that their son was not doing well academically.

The children of his time were so focused on their studies, leadership skills and many more in a bid to be the best of the best, that they always stayed at home revising doing homework and they do not go to the zoo at all for tours as they were very concerned about their studies. Tom obviously had not seen a pig before but he had an inkling what it was, from what was in his general knowledge but knowing him he would probably be just too lazy to do any research on it to find out why he was being called a pig. Tom then asked his mother what do pigs do to help us. Well he went off with the answer that pigs provided them with pork which left him wondering “Since pork is so good to eat in what way could pigs do bad? So why was he being called a pig?”

That very afternoon after much heated discussion Tom’s parents decided to take him to the Singapore Zoo to show him the animals and most importantly to see the pig that was being housed there under the farm animals section.

Tom after seeing the pig wanted to observe it trying to understand why he was being compared to it. The pig was smelly, fat and lazy. Tom after seeing the pig did not want to be known as that animal.

After PSLE, Tom achieved exemplary results after much hard work in a bid to get rid of his nickname (which he failed)and got into Hwa Chong Institution, a Secondary School that has implemented measures to keep up with modernization and therefore kept itself at the top of secondary schools.

As we say at the age of thirteen you experience bodily changes, become mature and also you begin a new school life so Tom decide to take this opportunity to begin a new chapter in his life to create a new social image at Hwa Chong to not be depicted as a pig, a lazy bum but as a leopard because of his alertness his speed in doing his worked with accuracy but also to his old classmates to show them a side of him that they were never aware of. Working towards his goal, he amended his bad habits along with his schedule. He cut down on his gaming and started to focus more on his studies.

With his intelligence, Tom easily climbed to the top of his class Tom’s parent were relieved and pleasantly surprised to see the sudden change but they were contented and wanted it to be that way. Tom’s parents felt assured that he would stay like that.

Tom after putting in all that hard work never wanted to be called a pig again, although his primary school classmates still call him that sometimes to tease him.

Dark clouds hung in the overcast sky lolling about refusing to budge from its position.The buildings stood waiting in apprehension for impending disaster.There was a flash of lightning it was anywhere and everywhere,followed up with a hearty "boom" of thunder.Electricity filled the humid air.

Settings of a story

1st story
The Real Durwan by Jhumpa Lahiri

Calcutta, India.

Around the 1950s.

The setting tells me that the story is going to be sad, unhappy.
2nd story
The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Baker street, London, Britain.
19th Century.
In the story, the person has around seventy cases which has studied about Sherlock Holmes, he has only recently made progress, discovery but however was not able to link the cases together. Sherlock Holmes lives in Central London and is a rich and reputable. since its Sherlock Holmes I get the impression that this story will be about mysteries and new discoveries.
3rd story
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Town in England

18th Century

This story is going to be something about a man who is rich and is in need of a wife, however he faces some problems when trying to get her.

In to kill a mockingbird, the first chapter is basically the background information of Jean Louise Finch and both family and friends, the start of her friendship with Dill. It is merely a general chapter of her background.

Telephone conversation

Q1. I think that the colours also represent feelings.
Red represents anger, Gold represents superiority over the persona.

Q2. The converation reveals that the landlady has a rascist mindset about blacks.She assumes that blacks are generally poor ,uneducated and dirty butwhen the persona proves to be otherwise she got scared.

Q3.The persona won in the end he used his witty remarks and sarcasm to prove the landlady wrong and show her the light, that rascisism is wrong and stupid.