Taking sides Written by gary soto

    My class is reading a  8th grade book about a Mexican name Lincoln . A star basket player in his hood with Mexican and American friends. But one day he moves to a new neighbor hood because  the in increase
of gang violence with out saying good bye to his friends they think he betrayed them . Fast forward 2 days later he get to his new neighbor hood  and everything changes better schools better people ever thing . he even made friends on the first day.In his new school he joined the basketball team and made it to the finals.But SUDDENLY his old basketball team show up and if his team win he think he will think he betrayed dim he will lose is friend forever                                   

Guest Speakers

Today we were honored to be visited by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.  Here are some of the things we learned.

• Toni Preckwinkle wanted to be in politics since she was 16 years old.
• She is working on lowering taxes.
• She was a high school teacher
• She is part of the legislative branch of government.
• The county is responsible for public health and safety.  She said 35% of our money goes to public health and 39% goes to public safety.
• She has been married for 42 years and has two children, a son and a daughter.

After the asseembly we went to Room 310 and listened to Navee talk about nutrition.  We learned:
The skin on fruit has most of the fiber.
 Chocolate milk has more sugar than a sinle candy bar.
Too much fat in your blood can stop your blood from running and you can have a heart attack.
Calcium helps you grow tall and boys continue to grow until they are 21 and girls untill\ they are 16.

What i'm reading in class

  My class 312 is reading Taking Sides by two charpers and the book is great. The author is talking about basketball.  I don't really like basketball but I still play it.  And this book  remind me of when I was in Iowa and I didn't know anybody but my cousin showed me around.  I made a friend named Joseph.  He became my bestfriend and is the one who got me out of my shell.

Reading Response

     So far I've read two chapters in Taking Sides.And I'm kind of enjoying the book from the real way's the author wrote it. When I read through a few pages I read some interesting experiences that the main character Lincoln had in his life. from his old neighborhood thing's changed. and his old friend's kind of changed because they thought Lincoln had forgotten about them because he didn't hardly visit his old neighborhood too much. His new neighborhood was better. There was no heavy smoke in the air each morning. I am enjoying the book.

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