Salem Witch Trail

Being tried as with would have sucked. Really once you were accused it was just a guessing game whether you lived or not. If not guilty to being a witch you were sure to die, but if you pleaded guilty then there is 50/50 chance to live. In order to stay alive you had to plead guilty and then testify against someone else being tried. I pleaded not guilty and went straight to jail and then hung. During my trail my son brought up a petition that he got 40 other people to sign. The judge took this into consideration and it looked like my case had hope. The judge announced that I was NOT GUILTY. This was until the possessed women began shrieking. The judge rethought his decision and the re-announced that I was GUILTY. After my trail I went to jail to await my hanging. Four people were being hung on the same day as me and I was the last one to get hung.
During the Salem Witch Trails 25 "witches" were prosecuted and died 19 of them were hung at Gallows Hill in 1692. The others died in prison. In May 1693 Governor William Phips pardoned all those who were still in prison on witchcraft charges. They were free but only if they could pay their jail bills. To make up for all the torment the accused went through in 1711 the legislature passed a bill restoring the rights and good names of some of the victims awarding restitution to their heirs, and the city of Salem and the town of Danvers (originally Salem Village) dedicated memorials to the slain "witches" in 1992.

In Class Lit-Circle

Today in our lit circle it was just me and Rachel. Even though Autumn and Deana were not there we got alot done. Both me and Rachel had good connections and questions. Our book is Shattering Glass and its good. Hopfully next time our whole group will be there and we can get alot more done.

English 11 Q1

This first quarter has challenged me. In my opinon the easiest thing i have done this year is reading six books. I enjoy reading so that has probally been the best part of this class for me.
I have felt OVERLOADED with material for this class. I have struggled to turn in assignments and hopfully i will do better the second quarter. I have enjoyed that we have used so much technology in class with Blogger and Goodreads. Next quarter i hope class is just as much fun I just hope that i can stay ontop of my work better

Cut

Over ten percent of teenagers in America are thought to have at least experimented with self-mutilation. Almost 5 millon Americans suffer from and eating disorder. In the book Cut by Patricia McCormick Callie and the other girls at Sea Pines suffer from mental illnesses like cutting and eating disorders.

Callie enter Sea Pines after a nurse at school discovers that she has been cutting herself. When she gets to Sea Pines or Sick Minds as the residents like to call it, Callie will talk to no one. She is refusing treatment by not talking to her doctor. When Callie begins to speak you finally hear the story of why she keeps on doing this to her self. She feels responsible for he brothers illness and thinks because her brother got sick under he care that she is pulling the family apart because her mom is now scared of everything and her dad has to work 24/7 to pay off medical bills.

I conected this book to the book Silent to the Bone by E.L. Koningburg. In Silent to Bone, the main character blames himself for what happened to his baby sister. Once his sister goes into acoma he stops talking just like what Callie does when her brother Sam gets sick. Both Callie and Branwell from Silent to the Bone share the same struggles because the both blame theirselves when really neither of them were at fault