Thursday 8 March 2012

Assignment #1 - Prediction

Use your mind-map of ideas/questions and write a prediction of what you think this novel will be about.  Don't forget to refer to your 'PREDICTION TIPS' that we reviewed in class to help you write your response.

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  1. Because of the title and cover, I think this book will be about a boy who has been through a lot of slavery, and finally escapes. Also, I think the boy will try to stop slavery. I believe that the boy's name is Iqbal, because that is the title of the book.

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    1. You did a very great job! But somethings you might want to change is

      1) Try to not start a sentence with because.

      2) try to add more detail.

      3) Also try to predict where he is going to go ?

      Great job I really like how you put transitions also I liked how you said "because of the title I think this book will be about" I thought that was good but overall good job!

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  2. I think the book iqbal is about a boy named iqbal who is put through years of slavery and one day he escapes and tells the people that there are kids out there who are working hard for one man and being slaves.

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    1. I think you have a very good prediction, but you may want to capitalize the title of the book, and the boy's name.

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      I think the book Iqbal is about a boy named Iqbal who is put through years of slavery and one day he escapes and tells people that there are kids out there who are working hard for one man and never get to go home.

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  3. I think the book will talk about a boy called Iqbal who is worked as a slave in his country but he escapes from his work and takes along a couple friends that he knows where he worked as a slave. I think that he will want to free every child thats having to work like he did and will try to do so. But maybe something bad happens that ruins what he dreamed of doing.

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    1. I think your prediction is really good but one thing that u could maybe think of for next time is that u could put a capital in the boys name and say the title of the book over all though great job

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    2. you should think on using not text language.

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    3. I think that you shouldn't use texting language like u and also you need to correct your punctuation.

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  4. I believe that Iqbal is a book about a boy named Iqbal who was sold into slavery. Then one day he escapes to free the other children from their cruel master who treats them terribly and unfairly as if they were animals. But then his plan does not go the way he thought until he realizes he went to the wrong people that would not be as strong about this as one man. Later on he finds that one person who will save all the slaves that have been miserable for a long time. This is my prediction of the story Iqbal.

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  5. I think the book will be about a young boy named Iqbal who is a slave who was taken as a slave along with other children, and they have a cruel master who said that they have to finish their tasks to be able to go home, and Iqbal will try to free himself and the other children.

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  6. I think this book is going to be about a boy named Iqbal Masih who is a slave to a carpet compony that steels kids and forces them to work and they never feed them or care for they just put them to work for the compony. But Iqbal makes a stop to all this and tries to free every one but he does not make it out alive they capture him and sentence him to death. That is my prediction.

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    1. You did a really great job on your prediction but you had a spelling mistake which was you spelled company wrong twice please try to remember that it is an a and not an o so any way great job!

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    2. I think this book is going to be about a boy named Iqbal Masih who is a slave to a carpet company that steels kids and forces them to work and they never feed them or care for they just put them to work for the company. But Iqbal makes a stop to all this and tries to free every one but he does not make it out alive they capture him and sentence him to death. That is my prediction.

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  7. I think that this book will be about a girl who is forced to work in a rug factory. While she is there, she finds a newspaper that tells about the story of Iqbal. Inspired by this story she tells the other factory workers that there is more to life than work. Eventually the factory workers, along with the girl, scheme and finally plan a way to escape from the master. Unfortunately, a flaw in the plan causes fire to the factory. Soon, the ceiling collapses and everyone dies. Everyone except for the girl. Another problem was that the master wasn't at the factory when it collapsed. The girl runs away and finds the police. She reports the child labor she went through and as the man is exiting from the airport, he is arrested. Unfortunately for her, the man twists the girl's words and she ends up with punishment. She is sentenced to a life in jail and during her time, she speaks out for her rights and she ends up with an even bigger consequence. She is brought to the electric chair. By now, she is 49 years old. She sits on the chair and notices a newspaper on the ground. Despite her situation, she smiles. The newspaper read, 'Child Labor Abolished. Man was arrested.' The chair viciously shocks the life out of her. Her last words, 'My work here is done. The slaves are free.' In the end, she achieved her life's goal.

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  8. My prediction for Iqbal is I think its going to be about a young boy and his name is Iqbal and a new store opens and its a carpet shop and this boy has a very mean family and so they sell Iqbal to a carpet shop and he gets slaved to work their. But than the Nazi's get him and than he gets killed.

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