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Entry 1
Today we learned about Wikipedia. We learned how to create a sandbox and how to create and add citations. I learned a lot about Wikipedia today how it works, and I learned about Pseudonyms. I was taught how to create a Wikipedia account and how to add Reflist and ref name to sandbox. I also learned how to make edits to Wikipedia. I learned about a User Talk page, where other contributors can leave messages for you. I learned how o insert citations and how to display citation footnotes.

Entry 2
March 13, 2015

Today we received a copy of the “Paraphrasing Quiz”. We also learned the difference between quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing. Later, we were asked to define Wikipedia and we learned who created Wikipedia and the meaning of Wiki.

Entry 4
Today we learned about the difference with Summaries, Paraphrasing, and, Quoting. I also learned how to rewrite quotes in my own words by paraphrasing. I also learned the difference between paraphrasing, summaries, and quoting. Paraphrasing is a more detailed restatement than a summary. Quotations must be identical to the original, they must match word for word. Summarizing is putting the main idea in your own words. I'm with team 2 and I learned that we need to paraphrase our themes that we were assigned too. We did not discuss much of the book Fledgling, I'm sure we will discuss more of the Fledgling in our next class.

Entry 5
April 17, 2015

After reviewing Octavia Butler's Biography, we began to develop a rough draft. There have been many different sources that we have looked at. I was assigned the Audience section. This is where I talked about how Butler didn't like to be branded as a science-fiction writer. I used some quotes and paraphrased the rest of the paragraph. This is just the rough draft we are going to upload the revision next week.

Entry 6
After reviewing our rough drafts of Octavia Butler's Biography, we began to edit each theme in order to publish it onto Wikipedia. My theme was "Audience" this sub section focused on how the critics would label Butler's work as science fiction. Butler refused to be branded as a genre writer. In this sub section I mentioned that her narratives have drawn attention of people from varied ethnic and cultural backgrounds. After I edited the sub section I published my specific section in Wikipedia.

Entry 7
May 1, 2015

Today we started with a game in class. We worked as pairs and had 5 minutes to paraphrase or rewrite to sentences as many times as we can in five minutes. We we able to use theasaurus to help with paraphrasing. After we worked in our groups again. We updated Octavia Butler's Wikipedia page once again. This time we edited Octavia Butler's Wikipedia page by order of sections.

Entry 8
May 8, 2015

Today we got into groups working on the readings we were assigned a few weeks back. We had to edit whatever we found on the class talk page in Wikipedia. These readings were related to Themes in Fledgling. We as a group had to go in front of the class and talk about the section that we were assigned. Overall my group did well we answered every question.

Entry 9
May 15, 2015

Today we voted on groups to enter for our next assignment. I am in team 3 and we were to write about Construction of Race. First we had to come up with a topic sentence and than write anywhere from 150-500 words supporting the topic sentence, but no more than 500 words. We also had to write a topic sentence about a subject that we picked randomly from the index cards. My group's topic was Mutualistic symbiosis. We as a team developed a good topic sentence about how that relates to Fledgling. The first draft of our section is due Wednesday May 20.

Entry 10
May 22, 2015

Today we worked in our groups and paraphrased paragraphs that we were assigned. I was in group 1 we worked on Draft 3 and in the next class we will revise and finish the final draft. We were also assigned the Research Reflection Essay that is due May 29th, and the Final Draft is due June 8th. Group 1 also worked on the Biography's of each character and the Hybridity section. In the next class we will revise each section.

Fledgling Summaries
Chapter 1-6

This chapter began with the woman lying on the ground, injured, naked, and fighting for herself. She eventually would find clothes after being on her own for several days she found a village with burnt houses where she would get some clothes. She would than meet a man while walking down a paved road, this is the first time she’s met a man since waking up alone in the forest. The man picked her up in his car and introduced himself as a hard working construction worker named Wright Hamlin. When she first got into the car she was very nervous about where he was taking her, she even tried escaping. Wright wasn’t letting her escape she than bit him and starting tasting his blood. She doesn’t recall her own name so he would name her Renee. They would go back to his cabin where she can be seen by other people. Renee went into the bathroom and sat in front of the mirror this is where she would see herself for the first time. Wright was questioning her gender until she would pull down her pants and remove her shirt. Renee would than tell Wright she wasn’t so sure of how old she was but she knows that she’s old enough to have sex. Wright would finally get into the mood and as she undresses him Renee would bit him and he would later collapse. Renee would exit the cabin in search of more blood providers. She found and elderly woman a few houses down this is where she would get more blood. Soon after Wright would wake up and tell Renee to use his laptop to find some useful information. He had to show Renee how to operate a laptop step by step even showing her how to connect to the internet. The following evening they would be in bed together and Renee started sucking his blood little by little. She would than head back to where they came from in the village where they discover armed men in the area. She was there to drink their blood. Soon after they got into an altercation where Renee actually got shot. Renee was biting the man who shot her and sucked his blood until he became unconscious. The man that she had bitten name is Raleigh. The man that she had bitten name is Raleigh.

Chapters 7-15

In this section, Renee and Wright pick up right where they left off in the previous chapters. They head back to where they were last chapter. Wright parks his car right out in front of the gate. Renee scoped out the area checking for armed strangers. After searching for a few hours they Renee made her way back to the car and they drove through the gate to reach the ruins. They both would search through all the debris, trying to bring back Renee’s memory. Soon after a tall pale, blond man came approaching them he would call out Shori. At first, Renee did not realize the man was speaking to her until he kept coming closer and closer. The man was unaware that Renee had lost all of her memory until she mentioned it to him. The man says he is Shori’s father while introducing himself. Wright asked him what is Shori’s age since he has been curious since she had body of a 10 year old and maturity of a 20 year old. Shori’s father said that Shori is 53 years old. The father started to sense something wrong with Shori and she later confesses that she had ate and killed a man when she was first found. Losif than asked Shori and Wright to come back to his community so that Shori can meet her brother’s. They ended up going back and meeting the family in Losif’s mansion.

Chapters 16-21

In this section, the story continues with Gordon community being attacked by unknown people. In the morning three vehicles drove through the community. Everyone was asleep except for Shori, who was on guard all night. Shori called all the houses and neighbors to alert them that the community is being under attack, she than went and got Wright and told him to follow her. The attackers didn’t even notice that Shori was nearby because, they were used to attacking while everyone was asleep. Shori came up on one attacker and snapped his neck. After that kill, she than just when on a spree to where every attacker was either severely injured or killed. Those who weren’t killed became prisoners. Shori would than take one prisoner to her house his name was Victor. She inivited him to stay the night. Early in the morning Shori woke up Victor and bit him. After she bit Victor, she decided to treat him and get rid of all his memories before sending him back home to California.

Chapter 22

This is the last section to the novel, the story picks up where it left off last section. In this section Shori was given the council. During the council meeting Theodora was found dead. It was confirmed that Theodora was last seen with one of the council Katherine. Katherine is than removed from the hearings and placed on trial herself. Shori became furious and started to hunt down the person responsible for Theodora’s death. Through further investigation Shori found that Katherine had sent out someone to kill Theodora. On the final day of the trial, most of the families voted in Shori’s favor. Shori would eventually reach Katherine and a fight would break out between the two and later Shori would wake up to news that Katherine was beheaded. After all this Shori would go back and learn about her Ina culture over the next few years.

Research Assignment 4

1.	 Self-Determination is a specific characteristic of a person that helps them make decisions and judgment based on their own desire and decision. 2.	Bildungsroman is another word for a classical fiction novel. 3.	She also would try to instruct herself on the past. 4.	After defending herself she finally realized who she was and where she belongs after so long of trying to figure out more about herself. 5.	 6.	She was always trying to learn and teach herself new things. She would always try and learn more about who she was. 7.	He actually started a relationship with a black child of another species. 8.	Ina can injure the ones they love and don’t live normal, humans are the complete opposite for the most part like to live normal happy lives. 9.	Ina are the ones taking charge. Human's die without Ina's. Humans lose person liberty. 10.	Wright is content and happy with Shori, he does not like to share her and most feel the same way they feel they wouldn’t be able to make it without Shori.

Entry 4
Today we learned about the difference with Summaries, Paraphrasing, and, Quoting. I also learned how to rewrite quotes in my own words by paraphrasing. I also learned the difference between paraphrasing, summaries, and quoting. Paraphrasing is a more detailed restatement than a summary. Quotations must be identical to the original, they must match word for word. Summarizing is putting the main idea in your own words. I'm with team 2 and I learned that we need to paraphrase our themes that we were assigned too. We did not discuss much of the book Fledgling, I'm sure we will discuss more of the Fledgling in our next class.

My Impressions of Octavia Butler
My first initial thought is that Octavia is a very smart girl. Octavia knew what she wanted and had goals set at a young age. Butler talks about her life growing up and all her experiences. She describes where she grew up and tells us what her mother does for a living. Butler lost her father so her mother had to work as a maid. They didnt have nowhere to live so they had to live in the home where her mother worked. I was also impressed how smart she was at the age 10 she was reading writing and carrying around her notebook so that whenever she was bored and had downtime she would start writing. She also discovered the local city library at the age of 5. In the library she would listen to stories and read books on her own. Octavia later would make the library her second home. Octavia however had self esteem issues as well as being shy and afraid. Octavia wasnt a great speaker and bleieved that she was ugly and stupid. From all that I read about Octavia Butler I'm very impressed with how she was able to overcome all that she went through growing up to still accomplish her goal of becoming a writer. I admire the way she never stopped chasing her dreams especially after all the she went through growing up.

Citation Practice
Encyclopedia of the science fiction