Danielle F’s Blog

1. After the funeral, how does Carl Ray show a different side of his personality during a conversation with Tommy? Carl Ray shows a different side of himself while having a conversation with Tommy. Carl Ray is being asked questions by Tommy that will change his feelings. For example Tommy asked him “Did you see the body?” That made Carl Ray sad because he had never really been to a funeral and seen a dead body. He had never touched one either. That made Carl Ray cry.

2. Who is Mr. Briggers? How does he become a part of Carl Ray’s life? Mr. Brigger’s is a lawyer. He becomes part of Carl Ray’s life because there is a man who is giving Carl Ray 5 thousand dollars and he can’t mention the name but Carl Ray spends it for a car, and hopefully the rest for college.

Who were the people that Alex Cheevey made up just to see Mary Lou? Alex Cheevey made up the Murphy’s.

Does Beth Ann have a boyfriend? If so what is his name? Yes, Beth Ann does have a boyfriend and his name is Derek.

Why does Beth Ann get mad at Mary Lou? She gets mad at Mary Lou because Mary Lou confessed to her that she was jealous that Beth Ann had a boyfriend and she didn’t. She told Beth Ann that her sister, Maggie, told her that she was all over Derek and that she thought he was a jerk.

What was the award Carl Ray got? Carl Ray got 5 thousand dollars and he bought a car. Some of the money is for college.

Do you think that Mary Lou going out with Alex Cheevey is a good idea? Yes, I think it is a good idea because they both love each other dearly.

Who sent Alex Cheevey a love phone call? The love phone call is from a girl from their school named Christy. Christy has a crush on Alex Cheevey just like all of the other girls in school.

1. Describe Beth Ann’s new behavior. How does Mary Lou feel about it?

Beth Ann is acting all grown up having a boy friend and dressing up in fancy clothes. She even invited Mary Lou to come to a party with her because her boy friend had a brother and she wanted to hook them up. Beth Ann doesn’t spend as much time as she used to with Mary Lou. Mary Lou isn’t to pleased about that either. Whenever Mary Lou asks how she is or how she is doing she only talks about what she looks like in an outfit.

2. How does Mary Lou react when Mr. Furtz dies?

Mary Lou is in shock when she hears that Mr. Furtz died. She is feeling depressed for his kids that don’t even know he is dead. She also feels depressed about Mrs. Furtz because she keeps crying hysterically. When the kids are playing while Mary Lou is taking care of them, she asks one of them who the present is for, he said, “Its for daddy.” Mary Lou was feeling very hurt and depressed inside for the boy when she heard him say that.

There are a lot of connections I can make from the book and real life. In the book Mr. Frutz dies, in real life, my grandma has seven brothers and sisters and they have all died except for her. Also, I have gotten grounded for going to sleep late. In the story, Maggie gets grounded for coming home late from a party with Kenny. Kenny is her boyfriend. I have a little brother named Christopher just like Mary Lou Finney has a little brother named Dennis. My brother has cut his head on a wall and had to get stiches like the spring in the bed shot into Dennis’ leg in the story. In March, I am turning thirteen just like Mary Lou Finney.

I think being in a group will be a heck of an enjoyable time. I enjoy reading and sharing books with people. I am actually in the reading club and enjoy telling about recent books that I read and encouraging people to read them. I also recently started to read Absolutely Normal Chaos, but Mrs. Fink came and told me I couldn’t continue reading it because we were going to be reading it together as a class. I enjoy reading other books by Sharon Creech such as Bloomability and Walk Two Moons. I know that my group and I will have a great time discussing the book and changing jobs.

The Titanic went on its maiden voyage and in the middle of the ocean crashed into an iceberg and sank.

1. Why was Paul content to be backup goalie?

    Paul was content to be backup goalie because he knew goalies get hurt most of the time and that he would most definetly b able to play goalie.

2. What happened when Paul went into the soccer game for Victor? What was Victor’s reaction?

    Paul went into the soccer game for Victor because Victor was hurt and needed to go to the hospital. When Paul was standing in front of the goal, Maya passed him the ball and he kicked it with all his might and made a goal!

3. Why didn’t Maya need Mrs. Fisher’s encouragement?

    Maya didn’t need Mrs. Fisher’s encouragement because Maya is the top scorer in the county.

Monday, September 11 Paul Fisher and other students of Lake Windsor Downs Middle School were trapped in a sinkhole. Paul was heading to the portables when he heard a crack, crack, cracking sound. He then saw all the kids with their teacher’s running out of their portables. Rain fell heavily as the students and teachers tried to escape. Kids started yelling and screaming as they leaped from the portables to the ankle deep mud.  

Paul noticed that portable 19 was trapped in the sinkhole. He screamed to Joey and said that portable 19 was his math class being buried alive. Paul and Joey ran to portable 19 and helped the students that were trapped in the portable get out. Once all the students and teachers were out, they ran to the main building in a tight clump. The Mrs. Gates, the principal, told the students to go to their bus stop and let the bus take them home safely.  

When Paul got home safely as promised he told his parents what had happened in school that day. They were shocked to hear what had happened. They were happy that he was safe. Later on in the afternoon, Paul’s grandparents called and said that their school was on the news on CNN. His grandparent’s were also happy to hear that Paul was ok. At night, Paul got a call from Joey saying that he heard portable 18 was buried alive in the sinkhole. Paul felt terrible just thinking about it. 

Friday, September 15 Paul and his parents went to the school at night and were ready to hear about the emergency relocation plan for the school. While they were waiting for the principal, Paul’s mom started telling Paul that he might have to go to a Catholic school but Paul reminded her that they were not Catholic. Paul’s mother responded and said that she talked to the principal Sister Mary Margaret and said that you didn’t have to be Catholic to go to that school. Soon after that Mrs. Gates went on stage and apologized for standing-room-only conditions. She said that there is zero chance of a sinkhole ever harming them again. People were curious and at the same time happy that Mrs. Gates announced there would never be a sinkhole harming their school again. Next, she announced that all students and teachers would be able to go back to school the next Monday. Everyone was surprised to hear that they would be returning to school on Monday.  

After all, Paul thought it was going to be a major disaster going back to school on Monday because in the meeting they said the eighth graders would squeeze into the high school and the seventh graders would have to squeeze into the middle school. On their way home, Paul starting telling his mom that she had ruined his life in LakeWindsor middle school because she turned in an IEP. He yelled to his dad that he would never complain about his brother Erik. That was his last chance. He told his parents he just wanted to go to Tangerine Middle school without an IEP so he wouldn’t have to be water boy, he could finally be goalie.

If i were going to make Tangerine into a movie the music i would have to choose scary music because the things that are happening are getting creepy. For example in his past, Paul was riding on his bicycle and heard a car starting up from far away. He heard as it approached up next to him the the car was going about sixty miles an hour. When he picked up his glasses he saw a boy putting a black mask on. In the boy’s hands was a baseball bat. Paul ducked so instead the boy hit the mail box. Another reason would be because of the muck fire that happened every day in Tangering, Florida. Paul and his mom were frightened the first day they moved there because they thought there was a fire. So they called the Fire Department and demanded they got over there. When the Fire rescuer arrived they had noticed that there was only one man in the car. The man got out of the Fire Truck and walked over to Paul and his mother. The man had told them that all new comers had to be told about the muck fires. That is why i would have scary or creepy music in the movie Tangerine.

The safe exposure limit for noise is 85 decibels for eight hours a day. Every time the volume level increases by three decibels, the safe exposure time drops by half.

1. Why would a car stereo be used in for the snapshot?

A car stereo is one of the things that people use the most and the loudest. 

2. Why is the “100″ more to the left than the numbers above it?

The 100 is more to the left because not as many people use it that use a stereo or an iPod.

3. Why are the lines wavy? What does it represent?

The lines are wavy because they represent sound waves going into the ear.

4. What is the purpose of the ear on the right?

The purpose is that the sound waves go into it and rock the eardrums.

5. Do you need to know what a decible is in order to understand theis snapshot? Explain your answer.

No, you do not need a decible because it shows the amount of volume coming from the stereo, iPod, and boom box.