Deadly Reigns: The First Of A Trilogy

Where do I even start? Oh my, this book is amazing. “Deadly Reigns,” by Teri Woods is an urban suspense thriller. I could not put this book down at all. The plot, characters, the writing style, everything about the novel made me just want more. “Deadly Reigns,” is one of three books based on the Reigns family. The setting of the book takes place in Texas. The Reigns family consist of Princess, Damian, and Dante Reigns. Princess Reigns, ruthless, dangerous, and conniving, & does anything to get what she wants. Damian Reigns, intelligent, humble, too dangerous, and knows what he wants. Dante Reigns, dangerous, manipulative, murderous, and gets what Damian wants. Overall, this book gave me what I was looking for. The description, the characters being relatable, the plot itself being captivating, it all engaged me as a reader.

The Reigns family has been targeted by many groups, such as the local police, CIA, and FBI, but all have failed. The Reigns Family is drop dead gorgeous, wealthy, educated, closed off, and protected. As far as anyone is concerned, The Reigns are impenetrable. Damian Reigns, is the head of the family. Damian is a Harvard graduate in Business and own the family enterprise worth billions of dollars. Damian is handsome, mild mannered, and strategic. Dante is his brother. Dante is a Princeton graduate with a degree in psychology. Not only is he handsome, but he’s hot-headed. Their older sister, Princess. She’s beautiful and smart, too.  You might be wondering, if these siblings are educated, come from a good home, why are they being targeted by the CIA & FBI...Well to answer your question, not only does the family own most of Texas, due to the number of restaurants, laundromats, local business, and buildings they own, they are the largest drug distributor in the South.

The FBI has been trying to take down the Reign’s Cartel for years, but have failed miserably. As their last resort, they send in one of their finest agents, to penetrate the family. Grace Moore. Grace is young and beautiful and believes that she can get the job done. Grace is sent in to seduce Damian, as Jonel. In addition to the FBI, their sister, Princess is gunning for Dante and Damians head. She wants the Empire, and will stop at nothing to get it back. As far as Grace is concerned, can she get the job down, without falling for the Head of the Cartel himself?

Teri Woods did an amazing job writing this book. I could honestly not put it down. Her writing just captured me. I felt like I became a character in the book. An expert from the book read,

Dante emerged from the black H2 Hummer. WEaring black sunglasses, a black suit, a long, black, trench and black, leather gloves, he looked sorely out of place in colorful, sunny, south Florida. He didn’t give a shit.

His business here today would be brief, as he had come to Florida for one single purpose: to kill the man who had sent the assholes on jet skies. It was business, but at the same time, it would be a pleasure.

Reading this, I could see exactly what I was going on. I could imagine his facial expression and his surroundings. Everything about the book just said yes. I had to keep reading until I was finished.

As far as the rest of the story and plot is concerned, you have to read it to find out what happens. The Reigns family is powerful and has an endless amount of resources. However, as the war between the FBI & The Reigns, the FBI become desperate when agents start to go missing. Therefore, resorting to Grace to finish the job, and take down this family. But Damian and Dante are no fools, but neither are the FBI. So, can the Reign brothers outsmart their sister, the FBI, and Grace?


Deadly Reigns, Teri Woods, Teri Woods, September 4, 2012, 344, Urban fiction

Videos 1 (Telling time) & 2 (Asking questions)

Situation: Madison is always late to class. Today she is rushing to get to her next class. Along the way she asks her friend the time. When she gets to class, she asks another friend the time and she figures out she isn't late at all. 
Topic: Telling time
Situation: Aniya and Madison are chatting. Their annoying friend Israh joins them and gets in Madison's personal space and asks too many questions. They then walk away from Israh.
Topic: Questions, greetings, goodbyes

Spanish Q1 BM Videos:Cuffey,Camara,Harris,Abuhartieth

In Spanish class we have learned the Spanish numbers. In this video,Fatoumata is at an auction and Laith and Isaiah are bidding on how much money they would pay for Fatoumata's computer.
In this video,Isaiah is talking about the weather in Panama in the afternoon.
In this video,Fatoumata is studying at the library and she meets this boy named Luis. He asks her where she's from and her phone number.
In Spanish class this quarter,we learned about the months of the year. In this video,Madison asks her teacher about the months in order.

Spanish Benchmark Videos

In the first video we show the alphabet because it was a big part of our learning. Quran is the teacher asking the class to say the alphabet in Spanish.

In the second video, we show how we learned the greetings in Spanish. In this video Quran crashes and Gil as the cop comes and introduces to him and asks for his name.

In the third video, we learn how to tell the difference from usted vs tu. In the video, the president is asked in the form of tu and the first lady gasps in shock.

In the final video, we teach the way of using phone numbers and age. The video shows a boy getting rejected and then the girl goes to another boy.

(Two of these videos are bad quality, sorry for that couldn't help it)

Our Script- 

Script 1-

greetings,how are you?, goodbyes

setting:street

Quran is speeding

(sirens go off)

Quran pulls over

Polic officer Gil walks up to car

Quran opens window nervously


Gil: !Hola! ?como esta?g

Quran: (confused) mas o menos ?y tu?

GIL: !bein! ?como te llama?

Quran: Quran

gil: !mi nombre gil!

(pause)uhhh adios!

Quran: ??como??

gil: !adios!


Script 2- difference

how are you?

president of mexico is in town with his wife……

setting: press conference

reporter: !hola presidente!

presidente: !hola! ?como esta?

reporter: !bein! ?como esta y tu?

first lady gasp’s

reporter: lo siento! lo siento!

first lady: !por favor salga!

presidente: no



Script 3-Numbers, phone numbers, age

Boy: ¡Hola, chica!

Girl: ¡Hola!

Boy: ¿Qué tal?

Girl: ¡Bien!

Boy: ¿Cuantos anos tiene?

Girl: Quince, ¿y tu?

Boy:Tengo catorce años. ¿Cual es tu número de teléfono?

Girl: ¿Como?

Boy: ¿Cual es tu numero de telefono?

Girl: Ummmm. No habla español. (Girl walks away toward another guy) Laughs:) tehehe!

Boy: ¡Ay, Dios Mío!


Script 4-

Teacher: ¡Hola clase!

Class: ¡Hola Senor!

Teacher:¿como se dice ¨Q¨ en español?

Class: Q (in spanish)

Teacher: ¡Muy bien! Now lets do the whole alphabet!

Teacher & Class: ¡A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z!

Teacher: ¡Hace Calor! ¿Si chicos?

Class: ¡Si!

Teacher: Sale Clase, ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?

Class: Hoy es el veinticuatro de octubre

Teacher: ¡Si clase! ¡Aidos Clase!





Jessica Kay Kenna Jamal

Kenna, Jamal, Jessica, and Kawthar (Kay)


Courtesy phrases (thanks, excuse me, please) skit:



Bus driver (Kenna), Passenger (Jessica), random background people (some classmates in Spanish 1), and Jamal (camera guy)


Kay: Just got on a crowded bus.

Random background people: Standing in the way and talking.

Kay: Trying to walk through saying ¨Pérdón¨ as she bumps into people, while finding a seat.

Kenna: Yells ¨¡treinta calle!¨ for the next stop.

Random person: Yells at Kay saying ¨¡Con Permiso!¨ at Kay as trying to get off the bus.

Kay: Says ¨Lo siento¨ to the random person for being in the way.

Kenna: Yells ¨¡treinta y uno!¨ for the next stop.

Kay: Yells ¨¿Que? ¿cómo?¨ at Kenna (the bus driver).

Kenna: Repeats it.

Kay: Yells ¨¡Ay dios mios!¨ then keep telling people thats in her way ¨¡Con Permiso!¨.

Random background people: Still standing in the way and talking.

Kenna: Drives by the stop.

Kay: Says ¨Que lastima¨.



Numbers, phone number, age, name skit:



Person 1 (Jamal) and 2 (Kenna) will be chatting on computer screens through facebook messaging, make sure to include the pictures of each. While Jessica is filming, Kay will be helping Kenna and Jamal with their roles.


Person 1: ¡Hola!

Person 2: ¡Buenas Tardes!

Person 1: ¿Como te llamas?

Person2: ¿Me llamo Sofia Y tú?

Person 1: Soy Nocho.

Person 2: ¡Mucho gusto!

Person 1: Igualmente.

Person 2: ¿Cuántos años tienes (tú)?

Person 1: Tengo setenta-dos años. ¿Y tú?

Person 2: No, tengo veinte-tres.-

Person 1: ah Cuál es tú número de teléfono?

Person 1: Es el uno dos tres-quatro cinco seis-siete ocho nueve diez

Person 2: Mi es dos uno cinco-seis ocho seis-cuatro uno dos siete

Person 2 Gracias te llamo luego.

Person 1: ¡Adious!

Person 2: ¡Chao!



Days of the week skit:


Person 1: Hola amigo!

Person 2: Que pasa! ¿cuál es la fecha?

Person 1: Que es Sabado hoy.

Person 2: No

Person 1: Si

Person 2: No

Person 1: Si, Viernes era ayer. (Starts to get annoyed)

Person 2: Quedia calendario dice  Lunes, Martes, Miercoles, Jueves, Viernes, Sábado, or Domingo

(They walk to the Calendario)

Person 1: ... oooohhh.

(The clanderio says that que es Domingo)

Person 2: Es la Domingo.

Person 3:(Comes out of nowhere) Menyanna es lunes

Person 1&2: NO, LUNES!!!!!!!!!! (Look at the  camera)



Weather skit:


Kay: ¡Buenos Días!

Jessica: ¿Qué tiempo hace

 (hoy)?

Kay: Hace (bastante) sol.

Jessica: Gracias

Kay: De nada

Jamal: ¡Hola! Jessica, ¡Hola! Kay.

Kay & Jessica: ¡Hola! Jamal

Jessica: ¿Qué es máxima temperatura?

Jamal: La temperatura máxima es 26 grados C.

Jessica: Gracias

Kay: ¿Qué es temperatura para mañana?

Jessica: La temperatura es 12 grados C.

Kay: Gracias.

Everyone: Adios




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