Moulton English

Celine Nguyen Ms. Asuncion English 9 Honors, Block 6 20 November 2015 Hope Is Always Here              In your life, there are some good days and there are some bad days. You might have a day when something amazing has happened to you and you jump for joy. You might have a day when something bad unexpectedly slaps you across the face. You might feel like you can't handle what has happened to you and you start to lose hope. To everyone who has lost hope, I am here to tell you that you will have hope again.              In the book Hope Was Here , Joan Bauer writes about a girl who gives hope to people. Hope Yancey is sixteen years old and she works as a waitress at a restaurant every time she moves to a new place. She lives with her aunt, Addie, who is a cook. Hope has been through a lot in her life and she has a lot going on in her life. When she was a baby, she was born too early and too sm...

Emma Franks  Asuncion English 9 Honors 16 November 2015 The Fault in Our Stars             The Fault in Our Stars is a about a sixteen-year-old girl named Hazel who has lung cancer, and a boy named Augustus Waters who had osteosarcoma  which caused him to lose his leg. They meet at a cancer support group and they quickly fall in love. This is a book that shows the reality of young people living with, and dying of cancer, and still manages to convey a sense of humor and romance. This book had me crying one minute and laughing the next, as I believe every good book can make you do.             There are many deep, metaphorical thoughts in this book, and some rather silly ones. I think this helps the book appeal to all ages. “ There was a time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be a time after. And if the inevitability of human oblivi...

Jennifer Colucci Mrs. Asuncion Block 6 14 February 2016 Reader Response For my reader's response essay, I chose to write about the book Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper. I read this book in seventh grade and I loved it! The main character Melody Brooks has cerebral palsy, a disease that limits her abilities. She can’t walk, talk, move and do simple tasks, such as feeding herself.She can’t communicate with anyone so nobody understands her. All her life she has been in the same specials needs class at her school, learning the same lessons each year. Melody however has a photographic memory and she is probably the smartest person in her whole school. Nobody thinks Melody knows anything, and assumes she is mentally retarded. One day Melody and her classmates were  invited to come join some 4th and 5th grade classes. She gets to participate in Music class, History, and Language Arts.While in music class Melody meets Rose, a girl in most of her inclusion classes. They instantly beco...

Karan Nair Ms. Asuncion English 9H         14 February 2016 “What We Plant, We Will Eat”             “What We Plant, We Will Eat” by S.E Schlosser is a Korean folk tale.  This story is about a father passing away, telling his two sons that family means everything.  After their father’s death, the sons had disagreements.  The older son took the land he lived on for himself and left the younger son broke.  The younger son started a family and barely could manage his life.  A miracle occurred after the younger son saved a bird, and in return the bird helped him.  The younger son thrived in wealth by the gift of magic seeds.  As an affect, the older son got jealous and karma hit him by tearing down his crops and wealth.  The older son came back to the younger brother in sadness begging for acceptance and forgiveness.  The story ends the two s...

Ha Vuong Ms. Asuncion English 9H/Block 2 11 April 2016 It’s Not Funny Have you ever been bullied? Many of us would say yes to this question because it’s always happening around us. There are many reasons why a person or group would bully others like there are many types of bullying. An everyday occurrence can also be seen through movies, TV shows, books, stories, commercials, and anything we see or read. Some groups of people and organizations show the world about bullying, the effects from being bullied, how to spot the signs and symptoms, and try to get people to understand the message across. They are doing to try to limit or at least prevent bullying from occurring. In All Summer in a Day , by Ray Bradbury, he tells a story about a girl named Margot how she gets bullied because she’s different from all the other kids (Bradbury 2). “Margot is being judged and bullied because she was born on Earth and remember about the sun while the other students were born on Venus an...

Tasnia Chowhdury Ms. Asuncion English 9H Block 3 7 January 2016 Wonder: An illusion of Life             “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio tells the story of a ten-year-old boy called August Pullman. He isn’t born with a normal face like everyone else. He has the type of face that scares kids and makes people stare at him. He was born with a craniofacial disability. He has been homeschooled due to health issues and countless surgeries. Now he is going to Beecher prep for fifth grade. August only agreed to go to Beecher Prep because his parents think that it is time for him to interact with other kids. August has a sister named Via, who is very caring towards him and she supports Auggie as he struggles with the changes in his life. August has to check out his new school before attending it, so he meets some students named Jack, Summer and Julian, who tour him around the school. He becomes friends with Jack and Summer but Julian turn...

Nicolas Amselle Ms. Asuncion English 9H Block 3 13 February 2016 Reader Response to Ready Player One Ready Player One is an action adventure book, centered on eighties pop culture. Taking place in a distant future where everyone spends all of their time in a virtual reality call the oasis, if they can help it. The world is so taken by poverty that people starve in the streets and entire cities are constructed of welded together mobile homes in massive towers. The main character is a teenaged boy who attends school on a government provided VR rig, and spends all of his free time researching in an attempt to fulfill the quest written in the creator of the oasis’s will, that the one who can find all three “Easter Eggs” will receive his fortune. Working alongside two other much better equipped players he has nothing but his extensive knowledge of trivia to aid him in his quest to reach the will before the creator’s business competitors can get it first. The overall feel of the ...

Poojitha   Tanjore   Ms. Asuncion    English 9H   February 3 2016   "Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock"  Reader Response   Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock,   By Matthew Quick, is  quite possibly  one of the most important and influential books of this generation. Leonard, a neurotic and impulsive high schooler, brings the reader along on a day in which he plans to kill an enemy in his school, and later himself. Calling this adventure a murder-suicide, Leonard shows us the heartfelt, raw  point of view  of a boy in severe need of help. Matthew Quick creates a compelling main character who speaks  to  many peoples deepest fears and scariest thoughts. Not only does Matthew Quick write in manner that  reaches all five senses , he writes in a way that creates an immediate need to  evaluate priorities,  he  urges the reader to  be kind ,  and he  truly allow s  the r...