Casey at the Bat Response

In the poem “Casey at the bat” by Ernest L. Thayer, Casey is the batter and the best player on his team in a baseball game and if he struck out he would lose. But he struck out and lost the game. Clearly, Caesey was overconfident.

Casey is over confident because he thinks that he can’t lose. According to the text, Casey ignored the first pitch and said, “That ain’t my style”. He also ignored the second pitch but he struck out on the third pitch. This evidence proves that Casey was so confident that he thought he didn’t need to swing at the first two pitches. When Casey said “That ain’t my style”, it proves that he didn’t swing at the first two pitches on purpose.

Even though Casey was losing, he still became overconfident. He didn’t swing at the first two pitches and said that they weren’t good enough for him. The main message for readers is that even if you are good at something and you are confident that you can do it, you should still try your hardest.

Innovation Day Reflection

On February 11 our school had something called Innovation Day. Innovation Day is when all the kids at school have to build something and their parents come and look at what their kids did. The theme for grade 5 was Bionic Implants.  In Science, we were learning about the human body which is probably why we had that theme.

My partner Harel and I chose the Bionic Arm. We chose it because it looked like the easiest thing to do. But it wasn’t. We learned that the Bionic Arm has little Sensors that pickup signals that your brain sends, and send these signals to a computer outside of the Bionic Arm. These signals tell the computer how to move the hand. The computer tells little monitors on the Bionic Arm how to move the hand. I liked that we got to build a Bionic Arm and hand. The hard part was trying to find some information that we understand. If I would have had a chance to do this again I would have chosen something that isn’t so hard.

Auggie’s helmet

Auggie

For Auggie the astronaut helmet is a present that he can use to cover his face.

 

Miranda

For Miranda the astronaut helmet is a present that Auggie really likes.

 

Auggie’s Mother

For Auggie’s Mother the helmet is a toy that Auggie carries around everywhere he goes so he won’t get bullied.

 

Auggie’s Father 

For Auggie’s Father the helmet is a thing that covers Auggie’s face everywhere he goes. 

Wonder plot diagram

Exposition

Auggie is a 10 year old student with Treacher Collins syndrome and is going to a school called Beecher Prep for the first time.

 

Rising action

Auggie meets 3 friends named Jack, Summer and Charlotte and a bully named Julian.

 

Climax

He goes on a school field trip and gets into a fight but some of his former bullies help him fight. 

 

 Falling Action  

Auggie survives the fight and Julian leaves the school

 

Resolution

Auggie gets some kind of award and almost everyone stopped hating Auggie