What's 811 Reading? discussion

To demonstrate your understanding of central and supporting ideas, please answer the following:

If you had to title or re-title a chapter or section of your text, what would it be? Why?

Please consult your rubric and models to ensure that you are doing your best work!

For a “4”: Did I….
• Write a topic sentence that provided the title, author, and genre of my text?
• Provide context of what is happening in the text, so my reader understands what I’m talking about?
• Find a direct quote from the text that proves my idea?
• Thoroughly explain the significance of my quote/how it proves my idea?
• Check for correct punctuation and spelling?

In the non- fiction memoir Yello-Oh Girls by Vickie Nam the chapter that I would rename is Family Ties.I would rename that chapter to Before America. I would change it to this title because even though the chapter has lots of stories about an asian child's family, it al talks a lot about how it was because they moved to America. Everything changed and their family got seperated or wasn't how it used to be before they moved. ".... told y mother that she can take care of nt sister and me in America so we could become American citizens in a few year" (61). This quote was from one of the stories in the book and her family was sepertaed but it was because she had to move to America. All the stories were about the family being seperated or something because they moved to America. So instead of the chapter being called Family Ties it should be Before America.

In the non-fiction book Stephen Spielberg by Susan Rubin, a chapter I would change the name of is Jaws. The chapter Jaws is a chapter about Stephen Spielberg's movie Jaws. I would like to change the name of the chapter to "beneath the water". The reason I chose to change the tittle of this chapter is because the tittle Jaws kind of gives away the chapter. "Jaws is a horror story about the great white shark"(36). This quote shows what the tittle of the movie is about, but you would not know that if the tittle was different. If the tittle was something else, some people might not know what the chapter will be about.

In the non-fiction memoir, Lance Armstrong by himself, a chapter that I would change is Encore and I would renamed it The Last Time . The chapter Encore is about how he still rides his bike in places and world tours. The chapter isnt really about the Encore because he doesnt win so it is not really an encore. The Last time fits because he didnt have cancer for a long time and he almost always wins but doesnt make it. He has so many goals that he doesnt make."I had another goal in mind for that summer-winning gold at the olympics- and i wouldnt be succesful at that," This quotes shows that he could had won that gold but he didnt make it. The chapter Last Time would fit that the best.

Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food

In the nonfiction novel, Chew On This, by Eric Schlosser, a chapter title of my book that i would change would be the bugs in your candy. I would change this title to surprises in your food. I would change it to surprises in your food because it doesn't give away whats actually in your food, and its not only found in candy. Its in cookies,soda,yogurts,frozen fruit bars, pink juices,and many other foods that have pretty colors."The female Dactylopius coccus costa likes to feed on cactus pads, and the color from the cactus gathers in her body and her eggs"(121).Thousands and thousands of these bugs are collected,dried,and grounded into a color additive. That is why there is such an attractive color to your foods such as candy.

In the non fiction book The Captin,a chapter that i would change in my book is The Flip an change it to the switch because the flip could mean anything the switch sounds more realistic and formal than the flip."Alex Rodriguez hade made a complete fool out of texas rangers owner Tom Hicks, siphoning $252 million out of his pocket"(178). This qoute shows that the flip could mean someone making a fool out of their selfs thats why I would change the chapter title from the flip into the switch because it sounds realistic and formal and it dosen't sound like someone who is about to make a complete fool out of their selfs like the flip.

In the nonfiction novel, Gifted Hand, by Ben Carson, a chapter title that I would change in my book would be the coming into my own, and change it to a boys life grows. The reason that I would change it to that is because that I feel like that it's mostly about the life of a young man who grew up to be a great man of today. This chapter to my eyes seem to be mostly about the life of a young man who has became an great docter of today and that person who became that was none other than Ben Carson.

In the non-fiction book, Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, a chapter I would change is "The Founding Fathers," and I would rename it "Carl's Fast Food Experience." The chapter, "the founding fathers" is about how they started small with fast food business and reproducing was happening that other companies had ideas to build Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell and etcetera. I think it souldn't be call the founding fathers because all that kind of stuff was back in the old day and it's all about Carl trying to have the best fast food ever.

In the nonfiction novel, My Everest Story by Mark Pfetzer, a chapter I would name is number 1. Mark has been really excited and now he is climbing Mount Everest. But first he had to have an experience. He starts to rock climb. He signs up for a class and learns about ice climbing. When he's climbing, he gets really good and he has the strength to do it. His coach states, " you ought to try ice climbing. You're ready for something challenging"(12)This quote shows how he started his idea. First shows he he began ice climbing and his sport. This quote is located in the 1st chapter because it's introducing him to the subject. It explains how he became interested. Therefore I would rename this chapter the beginning.

In Timothy Dalrymple's non-fiction biography, a chapter I would rename is the first chapter to Brooklyn Nets: The Beginning. Jeremy Lin is a Harvard graduate who made his way to the NBA. He was first picked up by the Golden State Warriors, but was eventually traded to the Knicks. There he hadn't been doing too good, until one game against the New Jersey Nets now known as the Brooklyn Nets. People did not expect Lin to put on a show or do well until Lin proved the crowd wrong. He brought the Knicks back from a near loss to a win. The author states, "When Mike d'Antoni called for Jeremy Lin to enter the game against the Nets with a few mins remaining in the first quarter, the coach was pacing on the sideline and grinding the bitterness of a disintegrating season for the Knicks." This quote shows the energy Lin brought to the crowd on February 4, 2012 and it marked the beginning of "Linsanity." Therefore I would retitle the first chapter to Brooklyn Nets: The Beginning.

In the non-fiction novel Nim Chimpsky by Elizabeth Hess, I would re-name the chapter "Chimps Are Us" to "Nim Chimpsky". I would name it "Nim Chimpsky" because the chapter is mainly about how the scientists found Nim Chimpsky and how they sort of adopted him. The chapter was also about Project Nim, and how the scientists decided to make Nim more "Human" by dressing him in human clothes and teaching him American sign language. "Wanting to find out whether a chimp could learn to use American Sign Language(ASL), the Columbia University psychologist designed an experiment that called for a chimp to be raised in the bosom of a family and taught human language just like any other child"(12). This shows why the chapter should be named "Nim Chimpsky" instead of "Chimps Are Us".

In my nonfiction book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer a guy goes in to the wilderness cause he is not happy about his life.When he gets this he decides that he will change this by he donates $25,000 to a charity.He is a kind and gentaly guy who looses it when his life is not going in to direction he wants it to.So in this brave act he burned all his money.I think I would retilte the tiltle cause it's all about how he came out and survived his life story and I would say it is well it should be call survivall of my life.It states that he didn't like his life so he changed it.I also thought it cause he had to survive to wilderness and life.