Theme/ Main idea of Hoot

Theme/Main idea of Hoot

Author’s note: I wrote about this to tell people that confidence can lead you down the right path almost all the time in life and with almost everything else.

 

In life you will encounter tough situations and you will need the confidence to overcome it but you will never really get anywhere in life if you don’t have confidence to do it. In the story “Hoot”, written by the author Carl Hiaasen, the main idea is confidence.

 

In the story Roy (one of the main characters) makes some very tough decisions, some of which can mean getting arrested. In the story Roy and one of his friends Beatrix lie to Roy’s parent’s and say that they are doing a science project, but instead they went out and snuck into restricted property. They met up there with Beatrix’s step brother that Roy barley knows and fed some owls inside the property.

Later on in the story Roy and Beatrix went to see Beatrix’s step brother in an abandoned ice cream truck,  but when they found him he had some really bad and infected dog bights. They knew that they had to get him somewhere fast or the bight marks would get really bad. Roy took Beatrix’s step brother to the hospital but in order to protect his identity he used Roy’s name instead and lied to the doctor. Roy said that his name was Tex His plan was going perfectly well until Roy’s parents showed up and then he got in some big trouble.

At school Roy gets bullied a lot but it is mostly on the bus. One day on the bus to school one of the biggest bullies in the school sat right behind Roy when the bus stopped. Once the bus started moving again he said to Roy that he was going to kill him after school because about a week ago Roy had punched him in the face and broke his nose. Roy turned around and said that he seemed a little stressed out and that he could take out his anger out on him right now. Roy was confident and in a way stood up to him but he just got punched in the face and head like three to four times.

Another story that has confidence as its main idea is Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian. In this story Percy has to lead and army of demigods into battle and to protect the Empire State building from monsters. Confidence was  key here because without it he wouldn’t be able to lead and army into battle, or battle an army of monsters, and even battle titans by himself. 

Prediction piece

By: Jeff Kinney

  Greg Heffley, a kid that doesn’t always make the best decisions. There are times in his life when he has the opportunity to do something good but then tries it his own way but then messes it up and then someone will hate him for it. In this book he will mess things up to.

  I think that at the end of the story Greg will mess things up with his date by saying or doing something and then she will just go to the dance with Rowley instead. I think that that will happen because in almost every book Greg will do something and it will mess everything up. Also because when Greg, Rowley, and Greg’s date were at the restaurant and in the car Rowley and Greg’s date were laughing and having a good time while Greg was just sitting there doing nothing.

 

 

  It was probably the worst day of my life so after the dance I went into my room and thought about my life for a while. I never realized it till now but I always mess things up when a good opportunity comes my way. I don’t know why but for some reason everything that is given to me is never enough and I have to change it.

  I thought about this and decided to make an apology letter to all of the people that I remember doing something mean to or messed something up that affected them or that was there’s. I worked on the list for about two weeks and then I just forgot about it and dropped the idea because there were just too many people.

  Later the next day at school I found out that Rowley was going out with my X-girlfriend. I was still pretty mad that she dumped me for Rowley I mean no offence to Rowley but I mean he is like still a little kid. I am just happy that nobody found out that she dumped me for Rowley otherwise almost everybody in school would find out and my life would be ruined forever.

  It was finally Saturday and no more school so I decided to play some video games for awhile . That awhile turned into four hours of just video games and no brakes. When I was finally finished it was 9:30 so I decided to go to bed and I fell asleep like five seconds after I laid down.

  The next day I called Rowley to see if he wanted to hang out but his dad said that he wasn’t in the mood to play so I had to wait until Monday to ask him what was going on. I thought that it was really weird that he didn’t want to tell me what was up but it’s not that big a deal.

  It was Monday my most hated day of the week because it was back to school. The first thing I did was ask Rowley what was wrong. He told me that he would have to tell me after school because it was a long story.

  Me and Rowley met up after school and he looked a little nervous. He said that he was going to make it short and to the point, his girl friend dumped him. I wasn’t too surprised but still I thought she really liked him. I asked him why and he said that she came over to his house and when she saw the stuff that he had like clothes and toys she said that she couldn’t date someone like him anymore. She just couldn’t be with someone that still acts like a little kid and then she left.

  It sounded pretty harsh especially for Rowley. I felt kind of bad for trying to get I out of him but oh well it done and over with.

  Today is the last day of school so I asked my mom if I could just skip and she said yes. This was a little weird because my mom never lets me stay home from the last day of school. I thought that this was a pretty good year of school. I just hope that next year is better.

Character Development

Character Development

By: Zach Maderski

  I am going to tell you about a kid named Percy Jackson. He starts out as an average kid with a normal life with a few problems that most kids don’t have. Over the years at Camp-Half Blood, he becomes smarter, a better fighter, makes lots of friends, and becomes one of the biggest heroes that ever lived.

                                   

  Percy’s life had been very hard because his dad left them (Percy and his Mom) when he was very little and never got to meet him. His mom married a guy named Gabe. Gabe is really mean and treats his mom like a slave. Percy always asked his mom why she married a guy like him. Percy and Gabe never get along well because Percy would stand up for his mom and yell at Gabe to stop acting so mean to his mom.

   Percy had a hard time at school mostly because he has ADHD so it’s hard for him to read. He didn’t have many friends because he was shy and almost a loner but, he did have his best friend Grover who he knew for a long time. Also weird things always happen to him, like once his teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him and once two cheerleaders turned into monsters and tried to kill him too.

  Percy basically has two homes . One of his homes is Camp-Half Blood and the other is his old home which is the one he doesn’t go to anymore. Camp-Half Blood was for demigods like him where you learn to fight and protect yourself from monsters. Percy makes lots of friends there and becomes a great fighter. He influenced lots of the other campers throughout the book to never give up and to try their hardest.

  Percy does lots of things besides school. He trains very hard almost every day at camp and almost once a year he will go on dangerous quests to fight monsters or to save someone or something. Percy’s god life is hard because he is the son of Poseidon so he is a big target for monsters. Poseidon is one of the top three gods. When Percy turns 16 he can chose whether or not he wants to be immortal and be a god or stay the way he is. Percy decides to remain the way he is because his relationship with would change greatly. The gods were upset that Percy turned their offer down because they feel that humans think that they don’t need the gods anymore.

  Percy changed a lot from the time he was a regular kid to when he found out he was a demigod. He went from a kid that didn’t have many friends and had trouble with a lot things, like school and getting along with his dad, to a kid that was a leader and almost everybody knew. Also he saved the world, defeated titans, and became a hero to the demigods and the gods.

Patriot's Pen

  Hey you guys I think that you did a wonderful job starting up this country. Mostly everybody is doing good in their life or have jobs. Although you did a great job I think that there could be some things that you could have changed or rules you should have made.

  Some things that I think you have changed are how to make a law. I think that you should let the people vote on whether or not you should have a certain law so it is fair for most of the people. I also think that you should make a law on how kids act in school. I mean I came from an elementary school were everybody was respectful to the teachers and to the other kids. Then when I went into middle school kids were sleeping in class and talking back to teachers and bullying and they get detention and when that is over they just do it again. So I think that you should have made a law about school behavior.

  I would now like to tell you some of the things that I think that you did well. I think that one of the best things that you did was let us have freedom. I mean if we didn’t have freedom then we would really be struggling with life. I also think that you did a great job with the constitution. I mean it is the frame work of the entire country, we basically live by it and it works for us though.

  There are some things that I would like to ask you. Where did you get the idea of having a president? How long did it take you to write the constitution? Were there any problems when you finished the constitution? Those are some of the questions that I would like to ask you.

  These are some of the things that I wanted to tell you and I really wish that you can answer my questions but your dead. If there was one thing that I would say to you face to face is that you did a great job founding this country.

Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

By: Zachary Maderski

  I am going to do my cause an effect on Diary of A Wimpy Kid. In this story a kid name Greg Heffley who doesn’t really make the smartest choices. I am going to do my event on a game that Greg and his best friend Rowley were playing. In this game one person which was Rowley would have to ride down a hill on a plastic tricycle and another person would have to try to hit them with a football and knock them off their bike which was Greg. The cause in this story was that when Greg through the football at Rowley he flipped of his bike into a pile of snow and broke his arm. This was both good and bad for Rowley because he became very popular but he got a broken arm.

  The effect of this was both good and bad for Rowley because he became very popular but he got a broken arm. It was only bad for Greg because Rowley got mad at him and didn’t want to be friends with him anymore. Now if Greg wouldn’t have thrown that football at Rowley then he wouldn’t have lost his best friend and people at school wouldn’t have hated him for braking Rowley’s arm.

personal narrative

I was a hot day at Six Flags and we (my family) were so excited to have some fun. We had no idea which ride to ride first. Wanted to go on some rides that get you wet but my brother and my dad wanted to go on the American Eagle. We were all kind of scared but we went on it anyway. When we were waiting in line we talked and teased each other about what we were going to be like during the ride. As we got closer to the front we got more and more nervous.

When it was our turn to go my brother right away said that he was sitting by my dad so I had to sit alone. When we started to move up the ramp I was super scared because I always feel like I’m going to fall out of my seat. When we got to the top it was really cool but a little scary. Then we when down the drop it was super fast, my heart was racing so fast I couldn’t breathe. We were way ahead of the other team(we were the red team).

We finished the ride like 20 sec behind the other team. It was so much fun. The funniest part of the ride was that every time we would go down a drop my brother would scream But it was still really fun.

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Battle of the Labyrinth

  In this story a kid named Percy Jackson (a demigod) son of. Now if you don’t already know the Labyrinth is a giant maze that will play tricks on your mind.

  

  This story is about a kid named Percy Jackson who goes on a big and dangerous adventure into the Labyrinth. Also Percy has to stop the evil lord Kronos from coming into camp and killing all of the demigods.

  It has action and mystery and lots of mythical creatures from Greek Myths. It is a god book for people that like myth.  

Conflict/Resolution piece

  In this book the gods and the demigods are battling the evil Titans Kronos and Typhoon and 2 others. They also have to battle an army of evil creatures/ Kronos’s army. The conflict is that they have to protect the Empire State building because it is an entrance to Olympus. Now if Kronos get to the Empire state building then he will destroy Olympus.

    

  The conflict is resolved when Percy defeats 2 of the titans but then he sees that Kronos has gotten to the Empire state building and then he hurried up to Olympus and half of it was destroyed. Mean while an even bigger threat was Typhoon. He was coming across the country to destroy Olympus to, but the gods were slowing him down to give the demigods time. When Percy finally caught up with Kronos he was mad and he wasn’t going to let Percy stand in his way. After he said that he destroyed Poseidon’s throne then that is when Percy and kronos started to fight during the fight Percy got cut with Kronos’s scythe. This was bad because you can die very quick if the cut is bad enough. Percy thought to himself that he would not let Olympus fall and he can’t give up. He fought through the pain and he beat Kronos and the Gods stopped Typhoon and all of Olympus was saved.