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Heroes In One For The Murphy’s By Matt

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Well, this is who I think the hero’s for One For The Murphys are, enjoy!

 I really think Carley right now is a hero in the book because she was there to tell Mrs. Murphy what happened to Micheal Eric when he took the seizure. She was also there to protect all of the boys. Also, Carley has been a hero for her survival of abuse and other things like that.

 I think that Mrs. Murphy is a hero for taking care of Carley when she had nobody who cared at all for her. Also, she takes in kids with no family. Isn’t that just nice.

Well these are the people I thought were heroes in One For The Murphys.

One For The Murphys – HEROES! – By Bastien

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In One for the Murphys, I believe there are two main heroes for me. They are, Carley and Mrs. Murphy. To me Carley is very brave because she took care of Adam and stayed strong when Michel Erik had a seizure. She was strong when Denis beat her, and there are many other times to be found. Mrs. Murphy is a hero because she stood up for Carley in many ways, like she helped her when the police came over. She trusted Carly when Michel Erik had the seizure, helped her kids stay in good moods and convinced Carley to come home when she ran away. She is very nice too, as she brought Carley to go shopping for school clothes, and gave her an Easter basket filled with things Carley liked. These two characters have big parts to play in this story and will help each other a lot.

 

One for the Murphys – Heroes – By Quinn

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In One for the Murphys, I think that there are two heroes.  The first one is Mrs. Murphy because she fostered Carley. Another reason I feel that Mrs. Murphy is a hero is because she bought things for Carley and is taking care of her.  The second hero is Carley, because she gave Michael Eric Mr. Longneck when he was at the hospital for his seizure.  In the beginning of the book Michael Eric asked for Mr. Longneck but Carley said no.  Carley also is a hero because when Mrs. Murphy and Michael Eric were at the hospital, Mrs. Murphy told her to put out the Easter baskets, so she was like a substitute Easter Bunny.  Carley also helped Adam by getting Daniel to sleep in Michael Eric’s bed as Adam was missing Michael Eric a lot.  Carley felt that Adam just needed someone to stay with him overnight. These two characters are heroes in my opinion.

One for the Murphys – Heroes – By Memphis

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I think there are three heroes so far in One for the Murphys. This next piece of writing is who I think those heroes are and why I think they are heroes.

1. Jack: I think he is a hero because he is a fireman. His job is to go into buildings on fire and save everybody who is in there and put the fires out.

2. Julie: I think she is a hero because she rushed her son Michael Eric to the hospital when he had a seizure attack. She also really helped Carley get comfortable in her foster home and foster family.

3. Carley: I think Carley is a hero because she really stayed calm in a really scary moment. She took charge and calmed everybody down as well as taking care of Adam and Daniel and taking care of the house.

I think these are the heroes in One for the Murphys. Do agree or disagree with my heroes and reasons they are heroes?

Global Read Aloud – Nachman

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At Poughkeepsie Day School, the entire middle school has been participating in the Global Read Aloud. We have been reading Out of My Mind, by Sharon Draper. Out of My Mind is about a girl named Melody.  Melody is very intelligent, but has mental disabilities, so that she cannot completely control her body, walk, or talk. Melody cannot communicate, even though she has so much to say.

 After an unsuccessful appointment with a doctor, Melody’s mother decides to send Melody to school, in a Special Needs classroom (Room H5). In H5, Melody is bored, because she is only taught kindergarten level subjects, until one day, inclusion classes begin. In inclusion classes, the children from room H5 take classes with the “normal” children, with help from aids. In the inclusion music class, Melody makes two new friends: her aid, Catherine, and a student, Rose. Unfortunately, Melody meets two other people in music class as well: Molly and Claire. Molly and Claire make fun of Melody, and make her feel out of place in class. Then, one day, Melody gets a Meditalker which says whatever Melody types into it. Then after that, in history class,there is a mock tryout for the quiz team. Melody takes the test, and gets a perfect score, winning the prize (a candy bar). However, the teacher, Mr Dimming, announces that for the real tryout, he will make the questions harder. “If Melody Brooks can get it,” he announces, “then the questions must not be hard enough.” After this, Melody is heartbroken. She wants to try-out for the quiz team, but after the teacher so clearly puts her down, she doesn’t have the heart to try.  After school, Melody goes to Ms. Valencia’s house (who usually takes care of her after school, and has been doing so for many years.) Melody tells Ms. V about what happened in school, and after a little discussion, Ms. V decides to prepare Melody for the quiz. Every day, she works with Melody, giving her tons of information, until the day of the quiz.

  We have only read up to when Melody takes the quiz, and do not know what happens next. I really hope that Melody makes the team. I’m also nervous for Melody because the stakes are so high and if she doesn’t do well, everyone will make fun of her and she will feel even worse.  If I were in Melody’s situation, I don’t know how I would bear the tension, hostility of others, and my inability to communicate. It’s one thing to be unaware and not be able to communicate, but for a person with Melody’s smarts, it must feel unbearable. I felt wonderful when I heard the part when Melody got her Meditalker, and I wonder why nobody thought of getting her one before.

  One thing that we’ve done to talk about Out of My Mind is have a twitter chat about it. We reached classes all around the U.S., and answered questions and replied to other peoples’ posts. I found this experience fun, exhilarating, and interesting. – fun because I can speculate about the book with other people; exhilarating because I can connect with kids around the country instantly, and interesting because I get to hear so many different peoples’ opinions. I never thought that I would get to chat with so many different classes at once.

  Overall, I think that the Global Read Aloud is a great idea. It lets us read great books, and then converse about them with our class, and even with other classes. In this, many minds come together to think about one thing, and to learn. The Global Read Aloud is a great experience.