Amazon Review Ruff Draft, Peer Comment, and Amazon Review Final Draft

Amazon Book Review

This book is amazing. It is a perfect inside look at the agency and is very thrilling. It truly portraits the way some presidents relished their power; as well as some embarrassing moment that created their international notoriety.  Its truly amazing how you can notice the dedication the author put into it to be able t get all the insights and really did exploit her sources for all the information.

In the book, you do really get to see how klutz some presidents have been, as well as the personable under the suit. It also lets the reader see the several plots that have taken place against the nation´s leader and other personnel under the agency´s detail. The author was also able to portrait the way and protocol that the agents need to thwart any kind of threat. It amazed me very much how hypervigilant an agent has to be on this job, but still how many dullards they have placed on the job.

The book is a true insight to how secluded the president is, few people know what actually happens behind the scenes, although many have a cursory. If you have a plan on acting on the president, read this book and think twice because the moment you don’t know, the secret service will pounce on you. Trust me, you don’t want that.

Mathias Kling suggestions:

Overall, Tomas did a very good job. It is clear he put some time into his work and was done with excellent quality. My advice to him in his vocab work is nothing. It is very well done, although he might want to consider choosing different words in the sentences wjere he needs to replace the vocab words. In his amazon review, I really liked it. I think he had to play with the words until they really did fit in. What I advice for the review is to give a final concrete opinion about the book, and then it will be perfect.

Amazon Review Final:

This book is amazing. It is a perfect inside look at the agency and is very thrilling. It truly portraits the way some presidents relished their power; as well as some embarrassing moment that created their international notoriety.  Its truly amazing how you can notice the dedication the author put into it to be able t get all the insights and really did exploit her sources for all the information.

In the book, you do really get to see how klutz some presidents have been, as well as the personable under the suit. It also lets the reader see the several plots that have taken place against the nation´s leader and other personnel under the agency´s detail. The author was also able to portrait the way and protocol that the agents need to thwart any kind of threat. It amazed me very much how hyper vigilant an agent has to be on this job, but still how many dullards they have placed on the job.

The book is a true insight to how secluded the president is, few people know what actually happens behind the scenes, although many have a cursory. If you have a plan on acting on the president, read this book and think twice because the moment you don’t know, the secret service will pounce on you. Trust me, you don’t want that.

Overall, the author did a very good job with investigation for this book. The division into chaprters and their tittles is very cleverly done. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes police and military stories and facts. It does include a lot of protocol explanation, which I like, but most people don’t. The only flaw with this book would be the plot. I would organize the chapters differently, to keep the reader on course of each president and protocol explanation. Rating: 4/5 stars.

Non Fiction Project (1,1.5,2)

Vocab for Non Fiction Project

Grueling: very strict, tiring and demanding (a grueling schedule)

-          Secret Service agent John Adams recalls President Nixon to be very strict with all his staff, not only the agents. (Grueling)

Conundrum: a difficult question, confusing

-          He always tried to puzzle us when driving, I recall because he used to call his questions a confusion. (conundrum)

Adulation: obsessive admiration

-          Agents recalled Ford to be very troubling, since his obsession was collecting guns, carrying them would be a pain. (adulation)

Notoriety: Fame for a bad thing, known for doing something bad

-          His bad fame was for all his visits to the Hilton, non with his wife. (notoriety)

Exploit: make full use of a resource

-          When his wife wasn’t in town, he would abuse of his bathtub with ten girls at once. (exploit)

Dullard: a slow or stupid person

-          The press always considered Ford a slow person and klutz, never taking his power seriously. (dullard)

Klutz: clumsy and stupid person

-          The press always considered Ford a dullard and stupid person, never taking his power seriously. (klutz)

Frenzy: wild excitement

-          Hart always had excitement when we were driving to his summer house, especially when he was alone. (Frenzy)

Wags: non permanent workers

-          Now, because Flagstone replaces the pebbles, interns in the press room call it stone hedge. (wags)

Larceny: fraud of ownership

-          During the administration of George H. W. Bush, a man who was wanted for grand fraud tried to enter the white house with a friend of Bush´s. (larceny)

Pathogens: disease producing organism

-          Each year, TSD screens nearly a million pieces of mail sent to the White House for disease and other biological threats. (pathogens)

Brandishing: to shake or wave

-          On December 20, Marcelino Corniel dashed across Pennsylvania avenue toward the White House waving a knife. (brandishing)

Pounced: swoop down quickly and act

-          Every assassin has acted when a president is more vulnerable, outside the White House. (pounced)

Cursory: going quickly over something, no detail

-          In contrast to the overlook given to Kennedy´s planned Dallas parade route, secret service now creates a three dimensional model of buildings in route so they know what to expect and from where. (cursory)

Ruses: a trick

-          As president, Carter engaged with more lies involving his luggage. (ruses)

Grate: a type of tube

-          One day, Carter noticed water gushing out a tube outside of the White House. (grate)

        Flange: a ring of a shaft

-          Which bolt ties to which ring? (flange)

Hollering: cry loudly

-          “I have a note to deliver to the president. I don’t want him screaming at me” (hollering)

Relish: enjoy the taste of something

-          Palmer says Carter seemed to enjoy his power. (relish)

Secluded: enclosed from outside, general activity

-          In Washington, the secret service tried to find isolated routes so that Carter could run. (secluded)

Thwarted: to cross from someone reaching a goal, stopping their success

-          As with most interrupted plots against protectees, this one never appeared in the press. (thwarted)

Exigent: asking for immediate action or aid

-          You are allowed to do that in demanding circumstances in protection because its so immediate. (exigent)

Hypervigilant: extremely aware

-          “You have to be awake” (hypervigilant)

Personable: a nice and happy person

-          He was just a nice man in person. (personable)

How to write a book review

You can talk about a main character or your favorite character
Quotes from the book
Can talk about your favorite parts of the book
Can talk about the theme of the book
Can talk about your feelings Towards the book
Have to recommend yes or now, to who and why

MSND Evaluating

Since it is a discussion, a popplet has been created to represent it. (MSND Creating)

Conclusion:

The conclusion of the MSND discussion was about the theme. We found 4 possible themes we liked and we found a winner amongst them since the play was a romance and it did end in a happy ending. The final theme we chose was that love will always find its way. (see popplet for visual)

Shakespeare Influence Essay

One of the greatest branches of art is acting in theater and plays, one of the greatest writers that has passed through the world is william shakespear, a writer with british origins. He wrote tragedies, comeddies and history plays. Many of his plays still remain and are acted every day like a famous one romeo and Juliet, and also have affected the literature today. Shakespeare is famous for his great creativity and over 50 plays.

Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 54 sonnets from which the queen Elizabeth helped him with, because during the time the queen liked a lot Shakespeares writing. She gave him ideas, characters and other things to make his writing for her. He wrote tragedies, comedies and history plays. The Comedies were known because of the happy endings, his tragedies were about the were about everything except the Royal Family and comedies and last the history was about the Royal Family during the Elizabethan Era. Shakespeare’s writing affected the literature today in many ways.

In his sonnets and poems he used 17,677 words. When William Shakespeare couldn’t find a word to describe what he was thinking about, he invented the word. He invented over 1,700! In his invented words, they include assassination, bloody, critic, lonely etc. He also invented many daily used phrases such as, catch a cold, break the ice, long-haired, naked truth etc. Thanks to the greatest writer of all times, if I may say so, we use much more words and phrases, and imagine, how would we describe some events or places without his inventions? Thanks William.

He is still considered one of the greatest writers of all time. He was able to write so many plays and all of them had a unique touch that you would enjoy again and again even if it was a very similar story. His writing style was fascinating and everybody could enjoy their taste by choosing from his three main categories in which he wrote. Shakespeare did a great division for theater today. He took a step ahead of us and showed us how its supposed to be done, for whom and when, we owe him.

Chezpir ;)

One of the greatest branches of art is acting in theater and plays, one of the greatest writers that has passed through the world is william shakespear, a writer with british origins. He wrote tragedies, comeddies and history plays. Many of his plays still remain and are acted every day like a famous one romeo and juliet. Shakespeare is famous for his great creativity and over 50 plays.

Mid Summer Nights Dream Discussion Conclusion

After discussing the events and facts in the movie, we found several options for the theme of the play.

1- Fight for your love
2- Never give up*
3- Love will always finds it´s way

*= winner

Conclussion About Shakespeares Writing(Not Time Influence)

Shakespeare wrote in three main categories.  Comedies, Tradegies and Histories. Comedies werent necesarrily funny, just that they ended in happy endings which made the public happy and make them enjoy his plays. Tradegies were anything that didnt end happily without envolving the royal family. Finally, Histories are anything that involves or talks about the British Royal Family. He wrote both sonnets and plays during his writing period. Although, Shakespeare was "helped" by Queen Elizabeth, which gave him different characters or themes to write about. He wrote in a very poetic way, in the English of the time. He is now known as one of the greatest writers and poets of history.

Conclusion About Shakespeare´s Time ad Writing Discussion(Influece from his time)

After our group discussed how the time that Shakespeare affected or influenced the way he wrote, we have reached a conclussion. In his time, Monarchs are great influence on everything that happens and what they say goes. We think that since Queen Elizabeth was a character in many of his plays or many of his plays were about The Royal Family, this was what actually influenced his writing. Shakespeare wrote in three main categories: Comedies, Tradegies and Histories. Comedies werent necesarrily funny, just that they ended in happy endings which made the public happy and make them enjoy his plays. Tradegies were anything that didnt end happily without envolving the royal family. Finally, Histories are anything that involves or talks about the royal family. Since this is what the public liked, this is what and how he wrote.

Shakespeare Project Rubric

Shakespeare rubric

Knowing.      Watch shakespeare introductory

Understanding.    Notes on video

 

Applying.         Take info from video and discuss about his time and how that affected his writing

Analyzing.        Discuss Shakespeare writing style

Evaluating.        Easy about how did Shakespeare contribute to the modern world

Creating.          Create a popplet about his contributions and other things 

Rubrics Time Work Outline

1-  analyzing Aand evaluaring from MSND

2- knowing, understanding and applying of shakespeare

3- analyzing and evaluaring Shakespeare

4 & 5- creativo for both

*MSND: Mid Summer Nights Dream

Mid Summer Nights Dream Rubric

Mid Summer Night's Dream

Knowing.   Introduction video, sparknotes

Understanding        Watch movie in class

Applying.       Movie Worksheet

Analyzing        Movie theme discussion and finding the play's theme

Evaluating.         Criminal minds style theme discussion

Creating.             Create poppet for discusión

Shakespeare Video Notes

NOtes On Shakespeare Video


- Greatest writer ever

- Very Perverse Jokes

- Born 1564 to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden

- Lived in Stratford upon Avon where he went to school until the age 13

- Married Anne Hathaway in 1582

- Had 3 children: Sussana, Hamlet and Judith

- Moved to London in 1591 at the age of 27

- He started his writing carrer with 37 plays and 154 sonnets

- He worked during the Ezabithien Era; named after queen Elizabeth(time she ruled)

- the queen would shut down the play houses and theatres because of diseases

- He was believed to be one of the translators of the psalms for King James

- Public enjoyed themselves by watching people getting executed and hanging their heads on poles around town

- No good sanitation, so the bathroom was the river and the woods

- The queen really liked shakespeare and asked him to write plays about specific topics or suggested characters

- Back then, theatres were in poor neighborhoods so they were sorrounded by pubs and the red light district

- Shakespeare had many mistresses

- Shakespeare retired as a rich and famous man

- all of the actors during his time were men, so even Juliet was a man

- His plays were divided into three categories: comedies, tragedies and histories

- Histories: stories about the royal family in England

- Comedies: known for having happy endings

- Tragedies: Like Julius Caesar, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet; stories with non happy endings that are not about the english monarchy

Comparison Novel Project (4)

http://prezi.com/zjvv5qwhsftk/theme-of-uglies-by-scott-westerfield/

Theme Discussion Novel Project (3)

My Partner, Willy Bergman, and I sat down and had a long and interesting discussion on the theme of our book, "Uglies" by Scott Westerfield. We came up with two themes that had already an origin based on our independent thoughts and reading of the book. I stood with my former decision, even after sharing and comparing ideas and notes. I decided that what I thought was the theme of the book is accepting yourself no matter what. Willy thought that the theme was that you cant let anione trick you into thinking that you dont matter. It is an important theme as well, since it shows to the reader the importance of self value.

We had a long talk and at the end, we decided that the most important theme was accepting yourself no matter what. First of all, to think you matter you have to accept yourself, so this one won like being a first step. Second of all, it is the most presented point in the book and we interpreted it as the stongest message that the author tried to send.

Universal Theme Examples (1.5)

Novel Project (Uglies)

1. Man vs. Man: This is war; FDR against The British Guy
2. Man vs. Nature: Tarzan
3. Man vs. Society: iRobot
4. Man vs. Himself: Agent Salt
5. Man vs. Supernatural: Hancock
6. Family is important: "Bajo el Mismo Techo (This is life; I think)
7. Humans have the Same Needs: The Pursuit of Happiness
8. Sacrifices bring rewards: Mission Without Permission
9. Death is Part of the Life Cycle: Narnia and Prince Caspian
10. Love Conquers All: The Holiday
11. Overcoming Adversity: Ant Bully
12. Friendship depends on Sacrifice: This is War, Dug´s sacrifice

Theme and Why (2.5)

Novel Project (Uglies)

In my opinion, the theme of this book is caring about yourself, accepting yourself no matter what. Tally and Shay showed something very important throughout the book, the one wanted to change and be pretty while the other didnt care what others thought and just wanted to adventure the lands, break the rules and enjoy her life. Later, David appears and shows looks dont matter.

I think what most shocked Tally and caused her to be so obssesed with the surgery was the fact that she was pretty behind the rest of her friends and she just wanted to meet up with them again. That, other with the impulse of society, I think is the main reason for her obsession. I think this is the theme of the book because this is what the book is about. It shows the life of a young girl in a society into which everyone is born ugly and later transformed pretty. Tally and Shay´s ability to overllok and toggle that no matter what is what the author is trying to communicate to the reader.

Notes of Book Theme (Novel Project 2.0)

Clues of Theme: (Uglies)

- Tally desperate of growing up to get surgery and become pretty
-  Despites herself, thinks is SOO ugly
- Author making reference strongly to surgery and Tally´s urge to change into pretty
- Authors introduction to Sha so close to the surgery and how she changes Tally
- The way that te author enfacieses that there is no being prettty and ugly, just the samewhere  David lives
- Importance of being pretty in that ilustrated world

What does it mean to make an inference?

An inference is an educated guess, based on facts and clues that you are able to add up to form a sort of conclusion. These can be while reading, watching TV or even in real life when your friends are having trouble and maybe you think by what has previously happened that they will get in a fight.

Theme notes

Theme notes > Novels

Theme is the central idea of anything in literature. It is bigger than just one character. The subject is what the story is about and the theme is the lecture or a lesson about the conflict in the story or the subject of the story. A theme is an opinion, example: love stinks or friendship is the best thing ever. It also isn't supposed to be very obvious. You have to actually analyze what you learnt to be able to truly find the theme that the author tried to present. With this, to prove it, you must have supporting evidence from the book, this is where analyzing is important. To find the theme, you should 1. Look at the main character and find the positive changes he does, and take that the theme might be to do something like that, but if he changes is a negative way, the theme may be NOT to do what he did. 2. Watch for meaningful statements that usually show the theme clearly. 3. Look at the title for clues. 4. Look at the conflict and see what is going on. Like in Mobby dick: mam vs nature is a very clear theme.

The basics of theme:

-Theme is the moral of a story

-Theme is bigger than just the conflict.

-Literary works can have many themes

-The meanings belong to you, not the author

Theme in literature:

Man vs himself (a character with doubt or love against himself