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**INDEPENDENT NOVEL: PRETTIES**
Scott Westerfeld was born in Texas and now lives in New York and Sydney, Australia. He has written many other science fiction books including Uglies, Specials, and Extras, all related to Pretties, the Midnighters Series, Peeps, and The Last Days, both vampire books, Leviathan, and So Yesterday. Scott wrote the Uglies series because of all the surgies people are having now, but the main reason is because while he was on a dentist trip the dentist offered him different models of teeth he could choose from. This inspired the idea of a society with a plan of how everyone should look.

Bibliography:

Amazon: Pretties.2010. Amazon Inc. March 26, 2010.[[]]

Scott Westerfeld. April 11, 2010. WordPress. March 26, 2010.[[]]

Amazon:Pretties. 2010. Amazon Inc. April 13, 2010. 

AOW 3/12
1. This article is about how much sugar Americans eat as opposed to how much sugar we should eat.

2. The audience for this piece is general. I know this because it gives information for men and women and does not have a specific age group mentioned. Plus, it was published in a general newspaper article or magazine.

3. The writers primary purpose with this article was to inform people.They gave many facts about Americans general diet and sugar intake.

AOW 3/4
1. This article is about a 12 year old boy who is facing grown up murder charges for the suposed murder of his pregnant step-mother to be.

2. The audience for this piece is more general. I think the auidence is for anyone who reads the news and has an intrest in crimes. I know this because it was published by CNN.

3. The writers primary purpose was to inform people. It gives facts about what happened and doesn't have personal comments or feelings.

AOW 2/23
1. This article is about how Sherman Alexie learned how to read and how that has helped him in life. It tells about his hardships and how he has overcome them.

2. The audience for this piece is more specific. It is geared towards kids who may have academic problems or who may not like reading. I know this because this article shows the benefits of reading and getting an education and this story is told by someone who came from a place where they don't get an education as much.

3. The author's purpose of this article was to entertain. Though it does have a persuasive element to it it's main purpose is to entertain it's audience with a fun tale of overcoming problems.

Utopian
11/3/09

I would not enjoy an utopian society for many reasons. The first of these would be the fact that no one would have their own personalities. In some of the utopian ideas they stated that people wanted the abolishment of money. If everyone agreed to this law we would have no troublemakers which would be getting rid of a type of personality. Another reson is that it is practicly impossible to live in certain types of utopian societies like the relgious ones where you are ruled completly by faith. We are all sinners and will always have bad thoughts and cheat and be greedy. It is just the nature of the human being. My last reason for not enjoying the concept of a utopian society is that it may not be suitable for me. While I may think a utopian society should include world peace and no hunger someone else may want freedom of speech and no death. As the saying goes, "One persons trash is anothers treasure."

SYMBOLIC STORY REPRESENTATION
a.The main characters kept following the river throughout the story. The supporting characters would point out that the main boy, Todd, could not kill. The author would always put the characters "noise" is bold letters and the more powerful thoughts in a bigger font.

b. The author pulled the readers attention to all three of these ideas because they are all crucial to the story. The river led the characters to their destination, because Todd was unable to kill the mayor was denied a complete army, and the "noise" has historical importance and reveals a mans thoughts. The author's take on the river is that at the end of every journey there is always hope no matter how bad the situation starts out being. His take on Todd's inability to kill is that one person's difference could deny a whole army. His take on the "noise" is a negative one because all the characters despise it except for the ones that use it as a weapon.

c. I do agree with the authors take on things. I believe that there is always hope in every situation, that one person can make a difference and that the "noise" was an awful thing. I believe that he expressed his thoughts well and I easily saw his point of view and agreed with it. I will express the river in a cutout by making a winding, blue river. I can show the "noise" by writing the word thoughts in big, bold, underlined letters with powerful written under it. Todd's choice not to kill will be represented by the word kill with a circle slash through it.

media type="custom" key="4617492" Cortes is saying "My name is Cortes. I sailed for Cuba in 1519. I defeated the Aztecs and took their gold. Three cheers for Cortes!"

Social Studies
This voki represents Cortes in many ways. His hair is bright red. This played a big role in the acceptance of the Aztecs.It also serves a dual purpose of represting how he fueled the flames of exploration. He is wearing a military uniform and a gold chain. The military outfit symbolizes his wars against the Natives he encountered on his voyage. The gold chain represents his accomplishment of finding gold. The background is a Cuban flag; this shows that Cortes sailed for Cuba. His accent andd language are Spainsh to show that he was born and raised in a Spainsh home and heritage. His words tell that he sailed in 1519. He affected Texas by fueling the flames of exploration, the red hair, and encouraging other explorers to come explore the new land.

Bibliography

"Hernán Cortés." //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. 19 Oct 2009, 08:17 UTC. 23 Oct 2009 <[|http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s&oldid=]Rocha, Rodolfo, et al. Celebrating Texas __ 320760601 __>.

Rocha, Rodolfo, et al.//Celebrating Texas//. Texas: Lone Star Publishing, 2003