Narrator Assessment Project - Thanksgiving 2011

Brian B.
November 30, 2011
English 9 - Period 4
Narrator Project

Thanksgiving Dinner

First-Person Narration from Brian’s Point of View
I had a very good thanksgiving. I went with my mentor to his sister house. When we got there, there was a big wooden door and my mentor open it and there was a water fountain and a fire place. When we enter there was a big flat screen t.v. and I couldn’t believe how big the house was. My mentor introduce me to everyone in his family. I was nervous because I didn’t know anyone it felt weird. After that they offered me something to drink and I said “yes”. When the food was ready we sat and a big table with big chairs like the ones in movies. We prayed and then we ate. I ate two plates and I was done.After that we ate desert. Then I watch the game and then left.
Third-Person Narration Focused on Mike
At the Jammer dinner Mike was taking pictures with Brandon. Marcos was hanging out with Bella. Jammer was walking around being shy. everyone was walking, laughing, and drinking soda. There was a man giving a speech about his live and what he did . Lots of people were interesting of what he was saying. After a while you could notice people were getting bored so he finished talking and then the dance group came out. People were cheering for the dancers. Everyone had a good time people went to sleep in the bus and went to bed late. Some people ate too much and got sick.
Narrator Expository Paragraph
A narrator can influence how much a reader understands how a character is feeling. For example in first person point of view you are the main character and you know the thoughts and feelings about the character. Third person limited point of view is where you know the thoughts and feelings about all the characters, you see what they see. The difference between them are, first person point of view is only one character and that the main one and knows his/her thoughts and feelings. Third person limited is where you know everything about all the characters in the book/movies. The third person limited is more credible because you know what every character thinks and might end up doing. Many readers enjoy reading stories written in first person point of view because it gives them more of a one on one experience with the character and makes them feel like they are in the story. I personally like first person better than third person limited.

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"The Cask of Amontillado" Before You Read: Revenge

When I was in my house Rigo was being a smart boy and being mean to everyone. So we decided to wait for Rigo to go to bed so we can mess around with him. When we went in his room he was snoring a little. While we were in there we were thinking of what should we do to him and then we had to go to the other side because his room smelled like feet. When we went back they put shaving cream, lotion, and they drawn on him. When we were done someone decided to throw something and run and they did and everyone left and started hiding. When Rigo woked up he went to my side and said who threw that and I said I don't know. Rigo didn't notice until he came back again into the bathroom and turned the lights on. Thats what he gets for being mean to his housemates.

post "Autobiographical Narrative Final Draft" OR "Biographical Narrative Final Draft."

Brian Balcazar

October 27, 2011

English 9

Period 4

Autobiographical Narrative Final Draft

I always considered myself a good student, until something bad happened in my life. I was living in a foster home in Chula Vista, California. I was there for a year and had liked it so far. When I graduated six grade, I asked to go to Castle Park Middle School because that school was closer than Hilltop Middle School, which was where I was supposed to go. I learned that sometimes you have to be careful about what you do in school.
The first day of school was a boring but short day. A couple of weeks into the school year,  I began to like a girl in my Math class. I sat by her, so every time I made a joke, she would laugh at it. One time I decided to make a farting noise when the teacher bent over, but when I did that the teacher got mad because everybody laughed at her and she was so mad she kicked me out. While she was screaming at me, I was thinking of what I was going to tell the principal and holding on to the door. She wasn’t done screaming at me so I walked away because I didn’t even listen in the first place and she took too long.When I got to the office, I sat there for ten minutes until the principal asked me to go in his office. He told me, “This is your first time in the office” and I said, “ Yeah it is.” He then said, “ Alright since this is your first time I’ll just give you Saturday school.” Saturday morning I woke up and walked to school and waited for the gates to open with other people there. When they opened the gates, we went to a class. There was about ten of us there, and I only knew seven of them. We went in the class and waited there then I saw the teacher that was going to watch us. She seemed mean and had an attitude problem. Time passed and we had an hour left. I was bored so I made an airplane and threw it to one of my friends. Then he dared me to throw it at the teacher so I threw at the teacher. She turned around and asked, “ Who threw that?” No one answered, so we had to stay for another hour. While weeks passed, I kept getting in trouble and going to the office and getting Saturday school. I was getting used to it.

One day I left my backpack at my house so I called and ask my foster mom to bring it for me and she did. When they called me to go to the office, I saw the principal talking to my foster mom and she looked at me with an angry face while hearing the principal talking about me.  Later that week they said I have one more chance and if  go to the office, they will expel me. So after that I tried my best not to get in trouble any more. Everything was going good until one day in my English class I sneezed out loud because I couldn’t hold it and the teacher got mad at me because she thought I did on purpose. She told me to go outside and sit there. I got mad because she thought I did it to be funny. I started to scream and I said ,“Now I want your attention”. She came out here screaming; she came so fast I felt the wind hit my face. She said go to the office and I went there. I knew I was going to get expelled. A week later I went to school because they said they have to think about what they going to do to me. They said I was expelled and after that I was grounded for a while it was hell. Will I learn that being bad in school is not worth getting expelled. I think school is very important and you should always try your  best and there might be some difficulty's in the ways but always try.

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Academic Language Week 13 - Video Games

Violent video games do contribute kids youth violence. The Reason is because they normalize those behaviors and make them seem socially acceptable. By kids playing violent video games they can get INVOLVED in bad behavior. By having violent video games it can increase kids behavior to a higher PERCENTAGE.

"The Interlopers” Content Paragraph: Another Point of View

My name is Ulrich and I love hunting. Today I am going to go hunt. I love hunting but my neighbore always thinks I'm on his territory. I hate Georg ever since the first day I saw him I never liked him I would kill him if I ever had the chance too. I was walking down threw the trees and suddenly I saw a deer so I grabed my rifle and pointed at the deer right at is neck. When the deer stopped I pressed the trigger and it hit the deer in its chest, after it started running towards Georg territory it jumped over the fence while I was following the deer. When I got to the fence it said "NO TRANSPASSING". I didn't want to jump over the fence nut I had to so I jumped over it. I started looking for the deer until I came across Georg. I stared into his eyes with hatred I just wanted to bap him. Then out of no where a tree falls down and hits us both down. I was in pain for little while and stuck. Then we started talking about how my guys are going to get here before his guys. I lied about my friends coming so I decided to be friends with him. Then I heard foot steps coming towards us but when it got closer it was wolves and they looked at me but Georg was making a lot of noice so they went on the other side and all I heard was him screaming and then I got scare and yelled and the wolves came over to me and........

JCCS Academic Language Week 13 - Video Games Interview

(Alyssa)- Yes I believe violent video games contribute to youth violence because they normalize those behaviors and make them seem socially acceptable
(Sam)- Yes because they desensitize children towards violence
(Carolyn)- Yes because it shows kids that violence is fun and a joke when is really sad and serious.

Third Person Narrator: Plumber, Princess, & Attacking Turtle

Once upon a time, in a castle there was a priness in a castle setting there looking out her window.
Middle:
--Suddenly, she saw a big giant turtle looking at her she gets scare because the turtle looked so evil. She ran in the castle and went down stairs and left the castle. She went into the woods hoping that the turtle wouldn't know. the turlte was behind her and she did not know.
--Later, the princess got tired and she rest. When she woke up the turtle was there she couldn't run because the turlte was there. The turtle said I need you to give me a kiss so I can go back to my normal size. She said what I can't do that maybe your trying to eat me. The turtle force her to give him a kiss and she listen and when she was about to kiss him he ate her.
After that no one ever saw the princess again

First Person Narrator: House Parent/Lead Staff Point of View

As I walked into boys 105 today, I thought we were going to have rstriction in our house.
Supporting Details:
Then, I tlked to the A.M staff and he said no one was on restriction so I was happy
When I looked at the dinner chart it said alfredo, so I started to cook dinner.
Later, I told the kid's it was study time and they left to there rooms and did there homework. I tried to relax but the n I had to help them with there homework.
As I went off shift, I felt happy because everbody was good in the house and didn't give a hard time.

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Academic Language Week 11 - Health Care

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