Thanksgiving Interviews

Many people are thankful for family, love, friends, and are glad to be alive. Out of the ten people I had fill out an interview only one person enjoys turkey with gravy on Thanksgiving. Most of them enjoy mashed potatoes. One person even likes to eat hot dogs on Thanksgiving. Sometimes these people like to help cook Thanksgiving dinner. I found that one person in my house doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving but is thankful to have people that love her. It is very important to the people I interviewed to spend time with the whole family on Thanksgiving to share what they are thankful for and many laughs.

Theme

At first, I thought theme was the author's message about life, but I learned that this was not exactly right. Actually, theme is a central idea or insight about life and human nature that gives a story its meaning. Some themes are universal, which means that they envolve eveyone in its meaning. Themes are can be found in all genres of literature; the five main genres of literature are non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, and myth. Since I now understand theme, I can find the theme of my favorite movie. My favorite movie is Juno. The theme of this movie is that safe sex is important and it can benefit someone if they finish what they started. On my theme pretest, I was below grade-level. On my posttest, I hope that I will at least be at grade-level.

Second Quarter Goals 2008

This quarter, I will try my best to get a high B or even an A in Ms. Priestesr's class. In order to achieve this, I will not slack off. I will start off strong this quarter and try to turn in most of my homework assignments.

This quarter, I will pay attention in class and I won't respond to other people's comments. In order to achieve this, I will keep focused on my work and think about how my behavior can affect my grade in Ms. Priester's class.

This quarter, I will attempt to earn high B's or A's in all of my classes. In order to achieve this, I will study for my tests and I will learn from my mistakes from last quarter. I will bring what I have already learned from last quarter to help me this quarter.