Character Sketch!!!! Turtle Wexler is a three-teen year old girl who lives in Sunset Tower in her closet. Turtle is a character in the “Westing Game” by Ellen Raskin. She loves to wear her hair in beautiful long braids which makes her look older than she originally is, and she usually wears a uniform.…
The main storyline of the westing game is for all the heirs to work together. In the book all the heirs come together with their clues into one sheet of paper and let turtle win the game. In the movie turtle and chris have to work through challenges to let turtle win. From the book to the movie there are many similarities.…
In part 2 of They Say/I Say, authors Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein begin the process of teaching how to present the writer’s counter-argument, the “I say.” The “I say” segment is where you discuss and offer your own argument to what they have said or wrote. The three most common ways of using “I Say” are agreement, disagreement, and a combination of the two. Graff and Birkenstein goes on to explain that when you agree, disagree, or even both, you should not mildly or incompetently do either. Be clear and concise, offer some explanation for your view. The authors present several examples of ways to effectively explain your stance, but it is crucial that you explain why you feel the way you do. Even if you agree with another’s point of view,…
Students watched the movie version. While there are differences there are similarities to. The Westing Game is full of new existing things. The movie is based on a girl named Turtle Wexler who is set out to win the game.…
Have you ever imagined of what people’s lives in the future might look like? Did you ever think about how different or similar they might be? In this book Invitation To The Game By Monica Hughes, the main character Lisse has a very unusual life compared to mine.…
Karen Rosenberg, the author of “Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources” is speaking to students who may have trouble reading and comprehending academic readings. Before Rosenberg gets deep into her article, she makes it clear that her article isn’t intended for the students who can read and comprehend an article well. On the contrary, Rosenberg’s article is full of tips that would help any student who has trouble reading scholarly article. For instance, Rosenberg suggests focusing on the title, abstract, introduction, section headings, and conclusion of an article. Furthermore, the purpose of Rosenberg’s article is to get students in the habit of reading smarter, not harder.…
I read the book Win Forever by Pete Carroll. I chose this book because of the tremendous success that Pete has had in his career as a coach. I wanted to be able to emulate what he has had in his football career into my career as a cheerleading coach. Since this is only by second year as coach this would be the time where I can learn from other peoples mistakes and victories.…
After watching the movie, Get a Clue, and reading the book, The Westing Game, I noticed many significant differences and similarities. These can change how you watch the movie or read the book. The differences that stood out to me the most were that the movie is told in Turtle’s point of view, there are less characters in the movie, and the characters’ personalities were different. The story can be changed by all of these, and these are the reasons why. The first difference I will talk about is the point of view in the movie and the book.…
In Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell uses Rainsford as a dynamic character to show the reader that hunting is immoral. At the start, Rainsford and Whitney are sailing through the Caribbean on a yacht coursed to Rio for a jaguar hunting trip, when they start a heating conversation about hunting. Rainsford clearly stating his opinion said, “The world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the huntees. Luckily you and I are the hunters.”(14) Rainsford starts our story with the opinion that hunting is an activity made for the hunters of the world. Due to the fact that people are the hunters, it is okay to hunt animals. Rainsford uses the word luckily which foreshadows his future as a hunter and…
Throughout the article, West and Zimmerman discuss various different aspects of gender by addressing stereotypes and questions that are commonly discussed. For instance, West and Zimmerman address the topics of a “situated doing” and gender being more than a set role. Not only, but the article takes the case study of Agnes and further discusses it.…
What makes us different from others. People still debate that they are not treated equally in society; even though other people try to convince them, they face day-to-day problems that prove them they isolate from a group of people. Whereas Battle Royal by Ellison and the story of subjection of women are different as Battle Royal reflects how racism rules our life, while the subjection of women is an essay typed document that shows how men used women as their property.…
Personal Response: I read the book, The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. It was a very interesting book and I enjoyed reading it. The book was a mystery and I do not usually read those types of books. It was cool to always be thinking about who the killer could be.…
Many societies have traditions that are questionable. In Spain there is the dangerous running of the bulls and in China there has been the very painfull foot binding, but these traditions are child's play compared to some. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Is about a post war society divided into 12 districts who each send two teenagers to fight to the death once a year in The Capital. The Capital runs the games and reap the fruits of the 12 district's labor. The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson is about a small American town in the 1800s, that keeps order and sanity by selecting one town member to be stoned to death each year. Anyone can be selected, even children. In the end, everyone, including family members join in the killing. In these stories, it is evident that The Lottery and The Hunger Games are different in atmosphere and society, but are similar in the way that they follow tradition.…
In China, there is currently a one-child policy that has been in place since 1979 regulating the number of children a couple is authorized to have in order to keep the population stable. Similarly, in Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, they possess a two-child policy to regulate poverty. In both cases, there are exceptions for special circumstances. For example, Ender Wiggin is the third child in his family only because they have special authorization. He was recruited by Major Graff to go to Battle School when he was six years old. Ender’s job is to vanquish the buggers, but a few obstacles stand in his way. The book better portrays Ender's Journey through discovering himself than the movie.…
In the second video segment, Smith talks about the five elements for a mystery genre and how each of them is used to make a good story. The first element mentioned is the inclusion of high stakes; Smith says that there is a misperception of high stakes and it doesn’t have to be life or death. He says to make characters that people care about and whatever is important to that character the reader will care about it too. The next element is larger than life characters; Smith says to, “Amp it up.” If you change different aspects of a characters life then the stakes will go up immensely. High concept of character, conflict, and conclusion; by having one line that describes the plot with character, conflict, and conclusion the concept will be good. Smith says having multiple points of view lets the reader to be emotionally involved with more than one character at a time and it also allows the writer to build suspense more effectively. The setting needs to be exotic and interesting and exotic doesn’t necessarily mean a foreign country but it could be a place of business. Anywhere that will take the reader somewhere they’ve never…