week 4 post B

"And just to set the record straight, I left him. A split second after he left me."(183)- This quote is a big changing point in the book for the flock. After Max let Ari into the group Fang didn't want to be around anymore because Ari had tried to kill him before. So Fang made the decision to leave the flock and go his separate way. But before he left he wanted to know if anyone wanted to go with him and 2 other members of the flock did. So the flock was split into two, which is not good because they need to stick together to finish their mission that they were assigned. Now Fang and his two other flock members are in california and Max and her three members of the flock are in europe.

week 4 post A

vocab:
redundant- exceeding what is necessary or normal.
dissemination- to disperse throughout.

Figurative language:
"Us.... on a plane. That seemed so wrong, somehow. Redundant."(188)"Isnt that redundant?"(189)- irony because they were thinking the same thing.
"Flying west without Max was like flying with one wing missing."(190)- simile.
"The building was gloomy like a dark cave."(212)-simile.

Quote:
"The opposite of wherever Max was going."(191)- This is a big part in the book because the flock just split up.

Theme:
danger aproching seems to be the rising theme.

week 3 post B

"We're shutting down all of our recombinant-DNA experiments. All of the lupine-human blends have been retired, and it's time to retire you too."(122). - This quote is a huge climax in the book. The bad people are going to terminate the flock. The bad people are the ones that made them the human-bird combination and now that the flock is useless they are going to kill them. The bad people also killed all of there other experiments too. So now the flock is in a sticky situation and they have to get out of it before they end up being killed.

week 3 post A

vocab:
Recombinant(118)- an organism, cell, or genetic material formed by recombination.
conundrums(124)- a confusing and difficult problem or question.

Figurative language:
"My blood turned to icy slush in my veins."(119)- metaphor
"They were hung in rows on metal hooks, like raggedy coats in a closet."(131)- simile
"It was like looking up and seeing a trains headlights coming right at you, and your feet just can't move off the track."(133)- simile

Quote:
"Everything you have experienced for the past five months has all been a dream"(117)- This is significant to the book because they bad people are telling the flock that everything within the last 5 months had been a dream. And that the whole thing had been a test to find out how they would react in certain situations.

An emerging theme in the book is that they will get caught then they will escape and then they will get caught again and escape again.

activities 1 blog

1. Forum snowboards vs. rome snowboards. This debate occurs at snowboard shops and places were you snowboard. The purpose it serves is to find out which board is better. yes it helps arrive at a better decition because you end up with a better board. It is an unstructured debate. It effects the decision process because in the end one of the people will change their minds on which board they are going to perchase.

week 2 post B

"Angel was missing."(67)- This quote is a major turning point for the book. With angel missing they have lost a family member but also there is a problem with this. A few chapters ago the brother of angel (fang) was typing on his blog when he found a comment reading "One of you is a traitor, one of the flock has gone bad."(18). This flock member was angel. with her being gone from the flock the bad people took her 6 year old mind and brain washed her into being a bad guy. They wanted her and not the others becasue angel has a special power to control minds and she is able to make the rest of the flock fly in for termination by the bad guys.

week 2 post A

Vocab:
saccharine (70)- sweetness or sugar like
bemused (71)- to make confused

Figurative language:
"Nudge felt like her own breath had turned to a chunk of concrete in her throat."(58-59)- This is a simile because it is saying her breath is like something.

"Ones wing was broken almost off, and the other appeared to be missing a leg."(49-50)- This is imagery because it gives you an image in your head about what the thing looks like.

"But the thought was gone, sliding away like jell-o off a hot car hood."(83)- This is a simile because it is saying that the thought is sliding away like something.

Quote:
"Angel was missing."(67)- This quote is significant to the book because one of the "flock" is missing and was taken by the bad guys. This later will cause problems for the flock possably.

Theme:
an emerging theme in the book is that the flock is running into more and more trouble.