Quarter 2- Blog #7 BREAKING DAWN

Over break I have continued reading Breaking Dawn. It is amazing! I am so sad that this is the last book of the series! I really think and hope that she decides to write another one! The thing inside Bella really was a baby. It was half vampire and half human so that’s why it was causing so many problems. Once the baby was removed from her body, Bella was about to die. Edward decided it was time and he injected venom into her to make her a vampire! This was the part I had been waiting to see if it would ever happen! I’m happy it did. Then when Bella woke up she was a whole new her and no one was sure how she would behave as a newborn vampire. Surprisingly, Bella was very in control of herself. The werewolves didn’t attack the Cullen’s because Jacob imprinted on Bella and Edwards new baby girl, Renesmee. Imprinting for a werewolf is when they fall in love with someone and then protecting that person becomes their life. Everything was going well, Bella even got to reunite with her father Charlie, which no one thought would be possible for a few years after she’d been changed. Then one day Alice had a vision. It was of the Volturi coming to attack their family and destroy Renesmee. The reason that they wanted the little girl destroyed was because she appeared to be an immortal child, which was illegal, and the Volturi are like the vampire police, so it was their duty to take care of the issue. Alice told the family to gather all their vampire friends to be witnesses when the Volturi came. Then one night Alice and Jasper disappear with nothing but a note apologizing that they had to leave this way. Bella finds a note in one of her books that says a name, and underneath, it says destroy this. Bella does what she is told and is determined to find out what the name means. I wonder what Alice and jasper are up to and I cant wait to find out more about what the Volturi plan to do.

Quarter 2- Blog #6 BREAKING DAWN

Since my last post a lot has happened in Breaking Dawn! It is so good and suspenseful that I can barely put it down. Her wedding was a success, and just as I suspected, Jacob Black did show up. All was going well until he started to freak out about what Edward and Bella might do on their honeymoon. He almost couldn’t contain himself, but his friends got him away before he could do any damage. Then Edward and Bella set of for their honeymoon. They arrived on a beautiful island, that Edward to Bella belonged to his family, specifically to his mom Esme. The island was called Isle Esme and it was a beautiful, warm, and majestic place. Even though it was very dangerous, Edward had agreed to try to make love with Bella even though she was human and he was a vampire. At first it was fine until Bella felt horribly ill. They went home early to see Carlisle, and sure enough, Bella was pregnant. Unlike a normal pregnancy, this one is killing Bella. The baby is too strong and growing to rapidly for Bella to carry. Jacob’s werewolf pack leader, Sam, hears about Bella and decides that the pack needs to attack the Cullen’s and kill Bella and the creature she is carrying before it kills anybody. Jacob and Seth refuse to do this and remove themselves from the pack, which is a big deal. I’m really curious about what will happen with Jacob and Seth on the Cullen’s side. I wonder if the werewolves will still attack! I cant wait to read more and see what really is inside Bella!

Quarter 2-Blog #5 BREAKING DAWN!

This week I started reading the last book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. I haven’t really gotten into it yet since I’ve only read the first few chapters but I think it will be very good! I heard from others who have read the series that this is one of the best, if not the best. As you know if you read Eclipse, Bella and Edward were engaged to be married. The first chapter starts with Bella being embarrassed from all the stares after she let Edward give her a safe car when her truck broke down, and unsurprisingly, he went over the top. Her wedding day keeps getting closer and even though she hates the idea of marriage in some ways, she is excited for his side of the bargain, which includes her transformation. Jacob Black, her best friend, has been missing for quite a while and she is very worried even though she knows he is fine. She knows this because since he is a werewolf, the other werewolves can hear his thoughts when he is in his wolf phase. The wedding was on the day of the chapter that I stopped reading, and I am very curious as to how the whole thing will play out. Will Jacob be there? I have no idea, but for some reason I feel like he will show up during the service. I’m also curious about her human friends from school, and if they show up how will they act towards Bella? There are so many unanswered questions, and so many things to come in this book! I can’t wait to read more tonight!

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Research Question:

Should Illegal Immigrants be given the same rights as citizens?

Hendricks, Tyche. “Illegal immigrants choice: work underground or leave.”  San Francisco Chronicle 27 Aug. 2007. Edina High School, Edina. 7 Dec. 2008.  .

 

Tyche Hendricks is a staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. His article “Illegal immigrants choice: work underground or leave,” discuss’ the struggles that illegal immigrants are having with holding a job and the different laws that could make it impossible. It is very hard for all illegal immigrants to find a job to support themselves, but especially hard for immigrants with children. It is sad because most of the people just want to create a good life for their children where they can be educated. Jorge S. is among the immigrants with a family. He has three kids that he is trying to provide for everyday. He found work at a grocery store in East Bay grocery store as a clerk and is very nervous that he could lose his position. The law that the Bush administration was trying to put into effect was to restrict employers from from hiring undocumented workers. They say that illegal immigrants come to the United States for work because it pays better and that if they want to decrease the number coming, they have to make life miserable for illegal immigrants so that they want to leave. This is very cruel and would probably work in decreasing the number of illegal immigrants. The worst part is that it says it takes up to 17 years for those who want a citizenship to get it. This article really shows the discrimination in the workplace against illegal immigrants.

Research Question:

Should Illegal Immigrants be given the same rights as citizens?

Canedy, Dana.  “Hospitals Feeling Strain From Illegal Immigrants.”  The New York Times 25 Aug. 2002. Edina High School, Edina. 7 Dec. 2008 .

 Dana Canedy is a staff writer for the New York Times. In her article, “Hospitals Feeling Strain From Immigrants,” she talks about how Hospitals are struggling and losing money because they are caring for illegal immigrants who can’t afford the medical care they are requiring. In the article she has evidence from lawyers and people working at the hospital that shows what is happening. The hospital has people, like illegal immigrant Mr. Jimenez, showing up in need of emergency medical attention. In Mr. Jimenez’s case he needed care for his severe brain damage that was the result of a head on car collision. All of the treatments he needed cost the hospital nearly 1 million dollars that they will probably not get back since he is unable to pay. He has made the hospital his home at no cost to him, and Canedy talked to lawyer Michael banks who said, “The hospital is saying that he’s occupying a bed and we need to get him out.” Immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid, which also causes a lot of issues in the problem of what hospitals will accept them. This is an especially great problem in the Border States like Texas, and Arizona where the number of illegal immigrants is constantly rising. People like Mr. Austin feel that there needs to be a national program that would insure these individuals, or repay the hospitals when they are losing great deals of money. At this time the hospitals aren’t turning the ill patients away, but are instead being more aggressive in trying to find ways to release them. Mostly this article is showing how hospitals are being greatly affected because our country won’t allow the immigrants the rights to Medicaid and other insurance.

Quarter 2-Blog #4- CLAIRE

Since I finished Eclipse, the third book in the Twilight series, I had to find something new this week. Instead of reading a huge book again right away, at the airport I grabbed one of the summer collection Clique books. They aren’t really my age group but this one was an easy read for the plane to keep me occupied. The summer collection has five books, one for each character. The one I read was about Claire. Claire moved to New York in the first book, The Clique, from Florida and was constantly trying to be Massie, the popular girls friend. Now in this book they are friends but it is summer and Claire is back in her hometown of Kissimee, Florida. She is excited to see her old friends but things go haywire when the girls decide to compete in the annual Miss Kiss pageant. At first its all fun and games but the Claire is appointed to be a judge, since she had a role in a movie, and all of the sudden her friends seem to be using her. Then out of nowhere, with no warning Massie shows up! This is hard for Claire, because even thought she doesn’t want to be, she is two totally different people when with the different groups of friends. Massie decides to compete just to prove that she is always a winner, which makes things harder and more complicated for Claire. Claire decides to give her friends some pointers for the competition, but on the actual day everything goes wrong. After two of her old friends are eliminated, it comes down to Claire’s NY best friend, Massie, her Florida best friend, Amandy, and a local girl named Gracie. Trying to be fair Clair votes for Gracie, which makes both of her friends furious. In the end Massie forgives her but her other friends kind of part ways with her. As much is Claire is sad about this she knows NY is her home. This book was obviously more childish but it was still fun to read on the plane and I am planning on starting the last Twilight book, Breaking Dawn, very soon! I can’t wait!