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13-21 Reading Review

1. They plan to take out the careers food supply by blowing it up. It unfolds by after Katniss blows up the food she goes back to the meeting spot and Rue isn’t there. She starts to look for her but she finds her trapped under a net with a spear in her.

“Today we take out the careers' food.” I say. pg. 210

2. They meet up when the announcement is made and Katniss goes out to find him. Katniss follows the blood trail and she finds him camouflaged under the mud by the river. When she finds him his leg is badly hurt and she has to help him. Once she cleans his leg they go to a cave to sleep. The star crossed lover act is still going so they can get gifts from the sponsors. When they act like lovers they get gifts that help them survive.

“Remember, we’re madly in love, so it;s al right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.” pg. 253

3. When Katniss gets to the bag Clove tries to kill her. When they are fighting Clove tries to cut her, but Thresh rips Clove off Katniss because she was talking about how they killed Rue. Thresh killed Clove to get revenge. Katniss gets away with the bag. In the bag is a thing of medicine to help fix Peetas leg.  

“Just this one time, I let you go. For the little girl. You and me, we’re even then. No more owed. You understand?” pg. 288

4. At first Katniss goes to look for Peeta so they both can live, and she thought that if she didn't look for him the people watching would be mad because they are supposed to be the star crossed lovers that are in love with each other. When she finds him, he is badly hurt and she needs to take care of him. “Let’s get you in the stream, wash you off so I can see what kind of wounds you’ve got.” When she finishes cleaning his wound they go to a cave so they can have shelter and protection. There she gives him food to eat and takes care of his wound even more. “Maybe I’ll put some of the burn ointment on it. I think it helps with the infection anyway. Wrap it up?” Katniss genuinely cares while taking care of Peeta, only the love act is fake so they can get supplies they need. If she was only doing it for the game she probably wouldn’t have given Peeta her burn ointment, she would have saved it for herself. 

Air Conditioner Protest Project

Dear Moanalua High School, 

 We propose that air conditioners are needed in all classrooms on the Moanalua High School campus. With air conditioners in all classrooms, students will have better concentration while doing their school work. Studies show that concentration and cognitive abilities decline substantially after a room reaches 77 or 78 degrees according to the New York Times. With Hawaii’s temperature ranging around low 70 degrees fahrenheit and high 80 degrees fahrenheit in Honolulu according to gohawaii.com. Though some days during winter and certain rainy days air conditioners are not needed because temperatures are already in perfect learning temperature. However the rest of the school year students have to go through the school day in uncomfortable overheated classrooms. “It has been found by research that in the comfort conditions the working capacity of the human beings increases. If the room temperature is very high, not all the heat from the body is released and the person feels uncomfortable from deep within that causes irritation of mind and lack of concentration.” according to the Bright Hub Engineering. Some students on campus might have allergic reactions to dust or pollen. Also with our global warming issues our earth’s atmosphere has a lot pollution. The air conditioners have filters built into them, so they filter out the unclean air so the students in the classroom will breath in clean air. “One in five Americans spends at least part of the day in a school building. In February 1995, the U.S. Government Accounting Office released a survey indicating that more than half of U.S. schools have deficiencies that adversely affect indoor air quality. In addition to triggering asthma attacks in susceptible children, poor indoor air quality causes drowsiness, inability to concentrate, and lethargy. Whether poor air quality forces students to actually miss class because of asthma attack, or whether it simply reduces attentiveness, learning is compromised.” said the http://sdpl.coe.uga.edu/articlesandpapers/lyons.html. Our plan of action is to spread the word about our protest through flyers and social media. This protest will be in front of the our administration building because this is where the principal and top administrators have their offices.  This protest will be peaceful because we want to be civil people in our community. Also we feel that we don’t need to be destructive in order to get our point across. The protest signs will have slogans and facts about air conditioners and the positives of having them. Due to cost and the budget that our school has from the Department of Education (DOE) “roughly $1.4 billion” we understand the difficulty of adding something like this in your budget. However our group would really appreciate that you understand why we are going to protest. We are standing up for the students at the Moanalua High School so we can make a change in the our learning environment. 

 Sincerely, 

Jessica Kalen, Erin Kobayashi, and Skyler Yamamoto 

Grade 10 

Protest Poster #2

Protest Poster