Thursday, December 24, 2015
Ameer Ladd 12-23-15
Monument 14 By: Laybourne
The start of this book is a amazing read. It starts with a average teen getting ready for school. And how much they take there mother for grant it, he is late to the bus stop. At a later time missing he would've missed the bus completely. As an eight grade boy him and his six friends have something terrible happen to them and the rest of the world. Him as well as the other six wish they could go back in time to spend those last moments with there mothers differently. They would make sure those moments were shared with love and feelings.
Question #1: Theme? The theme of this book i think might change a little throughout the book it has a very interesting way of showing the reader certain things. Its theme makes me want to read the novel more and more. Unlike other novels it has a unique way of wording and playing the characters.
Question #2: Characters? Its main character Dean Grieber isa unique character in showing depth in the book. He brings the book together as he goes through this unknown obstacle. He is the only character met so far in the book. As his six friends who go through the exact problems as him are not presented. They seem to not play as a big role as he does. He kinda is the leader of the group.
THE BOMB BY THEODORE TAYLOR
Tyler Harrington
In the beginning the people who lived in the lagoon island are native people and don't know a lot of things.But they no what planes are.So they saw planes heading towards them and they panicked but they saw that they were American planes and all the islanders got excited to see them.The islanders waved at the pilots and the pilots waved back and one of them through up a peace sign.But then to find out that they are like prisoners because japan soldiers are stationed there and they are very harsh to the people on the island.The main charcter sorry wants to kill the soliders on the island and theres been talk of them doing it but then they dont do it.They don't becuase the soldiers have to send a message or like a beacon to there navel ship on three days or the japanese planes will go check out whats happening.
In this story i admire them because they are strong people trying to be free and live a life with out being under control.But for them right now to be able to be free they have to kill the soldiers on the island.I especially admire sorry because he has lost his mom and his father but he still holds on and has friends to keep him going.Although he does want to kill the soldiers.
For the islanders their actions are under reason because they want to kill the soldiers on the island and be free again.So its okay if they have to kill bad people who have killed and hurt people in there village.Their actions will be the reason they live or die and its there choice that they are willing to take.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, Fiction
Ermin Alemic
The main character of this book is a 16 year old girl by the name of Katniss Everdeen. In this book there are 12 districts that people live in and, in each of those districts two people are chosen or volunteer to compete in The Hunger Games known as the reaping. The Hunger Games is the biggest event throughout these districts and, in this event people compete for a massive amount of gold and they have to fight to the death for it and, Only one district can be crowned winner.
In the book the district which Katniss Everdeen is living in is a very poor district and, she is in district 12. When the two people from each district are picked they pick anyone that is 12 and over. Each district has to have one female and one male compete in the hunger games. If you are 12 years old or older it is mandatory for you to be in the reaping. Katniss's younger sister Primrose just turned 12 and she is qualified and forced to be in the reaping for the 74th hunger games. When they start picking the two people from each district everyone gathers around the speaker and, they choose names randomly. The first name that is picked sends Katniss Everdeen into shock. The first pick of the 74th annual hunger games from district 12 is Primrose Everdeen, Katniss's younger sister. When Primrose is picked Katniss had no other choice but, to volunteer herself to be one of the two people from her district to compete in 74th annual hunger games to save her younger sister. Peeta is a boy from the same district as Katniss and, is a boy who has been crushing on Katniss Everdeen for a while. Since Katniss volunteered to be in the 74th annual hunger games Peeta did aswell to become closer to Katniss. Katniss and Peeta are the two competitors for the 74th annual hunger games from district 12. Will they both get out alive with the prize or, will they both face defeat and die?
Question 6: If you could ask the author a question, what would you ask? If i could ask the author one question about the book so far it would be why did he think of this big event known as the hunger games and, if there was anything that gave him the idea of it from something in real life.
Question 10: Think of one way that a person in the story solved a problem. Tell or write what you learned about solving the problem that you could use sometime in solving a problem of your own. What kind of trouble was he/she in? What was the problem to be solved? One problem in the story so far was when Katniss's younger sister primrose was chosen to be in the 74th annual hunger games. Primrose was only 12 years old and Katniss couldnt believe that she was picked and she had to do something about it. The only thing that she could possibly do was volunteering and risking her life to save her younger sisters, so that is what she did. One thing that i learned about solving problems in this passage is that sometimes you have to risk your life for someone close to you to save them and, if you know you would have a better job at doing something you should do it.
The main character of this book is a 16 year old girl by the name of Katniss Everdeen. In this book there are 12 districts that people live in and, in each of those districts two people are chosen or volunteer to compete in The Hunger Games known as the reaping. The Hunger Games is the biggest event throughout these districts and, in this event people compete for a massive amount of gold and they have to fight to the death for it and, Only one district can be crowned winner.
In the book the district which Katniss Everdeen is living in is a very poor district and, she is in district 12. When the two people from each district are picked they pick anyone that is 12 and over. Each district has to have one female and one male compete in the hunger games. If you are 12 years old or older it is mandatory for you to be in the reaping. Katniss's younger sister Primrose just turned 12 and she is qualified and forced to be in the reaping for the 74th hunger games. When they start picking the two people from each district everyone gathers around the speaker and, they choose names randomly. The first name that is picked sends Katniss Everdeen into shock. The first pick of the 74th annual hunger games from district 12 is Primrose Everdeen, Katniss's younger sister. When Primrose is picked Katniss had no other choice but, to volunteer herself to be one of the two people from her district to compete in 74th annual hunger games to save her younger sister. Peeta is a boy from the same district as Katniss and, is a boy who has been crushing on Katniss Everdeen for a while. Since Katniss volunteered to be in the 74th annual hunger games Peeta did aswell to become closer to Katniss. Katniss and Peeta are the two competitors for the 74th annual hunger games from district 12. Will they both get out alive with the prize or, will they both face defeat and die?
Question 6: If you could ask the author a question, what would you ask? If i could ask the author one question about the book so far it would be why did he think of this big event known as the hunger games and, if there was anything that gave him the idea of it from something in real life.
Question 10: Think of one way that a person in the story solved a problem. Tell or write what you learned about solving the problem that you could use sometime in solving a problem of your own. What kind of trouble was he/she in? What was the problem to be solved? One problem in the story so far was when Katniss's younger sister primrose was chosen to be in the 74th annual hunger games. Primrose was only 12 years old and Katniss couldnt believe that she was picked and she had to do something about it. The only thing that she could possibly do was volunteering and risking her life to save her younger sisters, so that is what she did. One thing that i learned about solving problems in this passage is that sometimes you have to risk your life for someone close to you to save them and, if you know you would have a better job at doing something you should do it.
The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle, realistic fiction
Laurel is a sixteen year old girl who has spent all of her life pleasing others by being a good daughter, a good person, and a straight A student. She had a good life and a happy family, until her parents and younger brother die in a car accident along with her neighbor Mrs. Kaufman, who leaves behind a son named David who's a year older than Laurel and a husband in a coma. Laurel begins to almost sleep walk through life. Before the accident, David and Laurel were on speaking terms that consisted of awkward "hi's" mumbled through the hallways. Of course they wouldn't be friends before, the designated "bad boy" and the school orientated girl would never in a million years become friends. But after the incident they have something in common, loss. They grieve differently but they always end up attracting each other like magnets. This book is filled sadness and wit, and you might even cry.
Question Answer to #3
This story is a continuous story that follows a direct timeline. It does at a point or two tell a short story of something that Laurel or her family had done in the past as long as it relates to the topic at hand. The view point of view is strictly from Laurel's, making it a first person point of view novel. I think the author chose this point of view so that the reader can truly understand the way the main character feels. This makes it easier for the reader to see what the main character goes through and why she makes the decisions she does.
Question Answer to #4
One of the author's main ideas, I feel, is discovering who you are after drastic change forces you to be someone different. I don't think the author uses symbols throughout the novel to restate the main ideas, but I do think she really locks onto one big event to clearly steer the novel. This big event being the death of her family, which is what enables Laurel to change in the first place.
Question Answer to #3
This story is a continuous story that follows a direct timeline. It does at a point or two tell a short story of something that Laurel or her family had done in the past as long as it relates to the topic at hand. The view point of view is strictly from Laurel's, making it a first person point of view novel. I think the author chose this point of view so that the reader can truly understand the way the main character feels. This makes it easier for the reader to see what the main character goes through and why she makes the decisions she does.
Question Answer to #4
One of the author's main ideas, I feel, is discovering who you are after drastic change forces you to be someone different. I don't think the author uses symbols throughout the novel to restate the main ideas, but I do think she really locks onto one big event to clearly steer the novel. This big event being the death of her family, which is what enables Laurel to change in the first place.
Looking for Alaska, John Green, FICTION
When a, "un-cool" "not popular" junior in Florida moved to a boarding school in Alabama called Culver Creek, his whole world changes for him. Miles went from being a boring child, without many friends, to finding some really close friends he hangs out with a lot. Not many people at the camp go by their real names, Miles roommates nickname is Colonel, who gives him the name Pudge. The boarding school Pudge attends now is where his father went at a child and was a very good student there, this sets high expectations for him. However these expectations don't matter much when he meets Alaska, who he now smokes and gets kicked out of class with.
Question 3, book structure?
The book "Looking for Alaska" is written sort of like a journal in first person by Pudge. Every dad at the top of the section he says "# days before" and the number changes occasionally skipping some days. This is an interesting way to write a story because it leaves you thinking and wondering "that number of days" before what?
Question 4, main ideas?
John Green talks about a main topic of smoking a lot in this book. Smoking is not permitted to the students at the boarding school, making it more thrilling to the kids. John also incorporates the title of the book almost threw every page I think. It starts a section with "# days before" and the title is "Looking for Alaska" so i think it is number of days before either something happens to Alaska or she runs away.
Question 3, book structure?
The book "Looking for Alaska" is written sort of like a journal in first person by Pudge. Every dad at the top of the section he says "# days before" and the number changes occasionally skipping some days. This is an interesting way to write a story because it leaves you thinking and wondering "that number of days" before what?
Question 4, main ideas?
John Green talks about a main topic of smoking a lot in this book. Smoking is not permitted to the students at the boarding school, making it more thrilling to the kids. John also incorporates the title of the book almost threw every page I think. It starts a section with "# days before" and the title is "Looking for Alaska" so i think it is number of days before either something happens to Alaska or she runs away.
Hunger games, Suzanne Collins, Fiction, Nathan Powell
Katniss lives in a district in which there are reaping for the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a battle between all the districts and they fight to the death. Katniss's best friend Gale didn't want them to get pick, so he asked Katniss to run away. Katniss being the smart one says no and ends up going to the reaping. Prim her sister was very scared for the reaping, but what were the odds of her getting pick. Prim was picked for the reaping and Katniss didn't know what to do. For the first time in forever Katniss volunteered to be in the Hunger Games, so her sister could stay a live. A boy and a girl have to be in it and the boy who joined Katniss was Peeta Malark.
1. Katniss right now the main character. She is really brave and helpful for volunteering for her sister. Katniss can inspire many people in real life.
9. The main part of the book so far is the reaping. The reaping was the part were the people are chosen for the Hunger Games which is a nervous thing to be in. First if you get picked you have a chance of dying. Second good people better get picked so your district can win.
1. Katniss right now the main character. She is really brave and helpful for volunteering for her sister. Katniss can inspire many people in real life.
9. The main part of the book so far is the reaping. The reaping was the part were the people are chosen for the Hunger Games which is a nervous thing to be in. First if you get picked you have a chance of dying. Second good people better get picked so your district can win.
When I Was The Greatest By: Jason Reynolds, Fiction
Summary:
In Brooklyn, New York Allen Brooks also known as Ali lives in a rough part of Brooklyn. He meets a new kid named Roland. He moves into the next door of Ali. Ali describes this part that he lives in as the scummy area, because everyone that has lived there has always either trashed the place or moved right back out never to be seen again. They become good friends.
Where in time was this taken and is the setting important...
This book could have been taken at any time period but I would have to say that it was taken around today's time and age, because of the vocabulary that the use in the book. This setting in the book is very important to the story because you, as the reader, need to know that they don't live in the nicest part of New York.
The book's structure...
This book has a very good flow to it, because it is just like any other good novel, it if formatted with paragraphs and dialogue. The time-line through the story move chronologically through what I have read so far.
In Brooklyn, New York Allen Brooks also known as Ali lives in a rough part of Brooklyn. He meets a new kid named Roland. He moves into the next door of Ali. Ali describes this part that he lives in as the scummy area, because everyone that has lived there has always either trashed the place or moved right back out never to be seen again. They become good friends.
Where in time was this taken and is the setting important...
This book could have been taken at any time period but I would have to say that it was taken around today's time and age, because of the vocabulary that the use in the book. This setting in the book is very important to the story because you, as the reader, need to know that they don't live in the nicest part of New York.
The book's structure...
This book has a very good flow to it, because it is just like any other good novel, it if formatted with paragraphs and dialogue. The time-line through the story move chronologically through what I have read so far.
Make Lemonade,Virginia Euwer Wolff,Fiction
This novel is about a girl named LaVaughn,who is really concious about her grades and wants to do good in school.But no one in her family has ever gone to college.So she needs to find a job to pay for college,because her mom said she would pay for some of it and then LaVaughn would have to pay for the rest.She finds a job babysitting a seventeen year old teen mom,named Jolly.Who needs someone to babysit her kids so she can get a job.But when her LaVaughn starts getting really involved with the family her grades start slipping and her mom said if her grades go down then she would have to quit her babysitting job.
If i were to ask the author one question about the book I would ask why she picked the storyline of the book.Also what inspired her to write a book about a girl almost "adopting" this family.
The main charcater in this novel is a girl named LaVaughn who is a really hardworking teenager just trying to raise money more college,by getting a job,which in this case is babysitting.
Hannah Fogg; Front and Center; Catherine Gilbert Murdock
In the novel Front and Center, the main characters name is D.J Schwenk. D.J is on her schools girls varsity basketball team, but that was really all she was known for. Other than being a great player, she is not really known well in her school. D.J is trying to make the life changing decision on which college to go to, seeing that she was accepted in many. She doesn't want to let her choices let down her friends, family, coach, and team mates, but she is trying to figure out what she wants to do, but is having a difficult time trying not to go in her families foot steps.
Question One: Do the main characters change by the end of the book? Yes, I think that D.J does change by being able to make her own decisions. In the beginning of the book, she always went to her parents or her brother for their opinion on something before thinking about herself.
Question Two: Is the ending satisfying? Yes, the ending was satisfying because it shows how hard it was for D.J to adapt to making her own decisions without anyone else chiming in to her being confident in herself and making choices that will make her happy in the end.
Question One: Do the main characters change by the end of the book? Yes, I think that D.J does change by being able to make her own decisions. In the beginning of the book, she always went to her parents or her brother for their opinion on something before thinking about herself.
Question Two: Is the ending satisfying? Yes, the ending was satisfying because it shows how hard it was for D.J to adapt to making her own decisions without anyone else chiming in to her being confident in herself and making choices that will make her happy in the end.
The Martian By:Andy Weir
Salvatore Stassi December, 22, 2015
Mrs.Welch ELA: Book Blog #1
Mark Watney is on top of the world well on top Mars that is, but now he has established communications with NASA, he has enough food and water until NASA send him a cache of food from Earth. But due to some technical errors the Hab (Mark's home) was destroyed. Even mark's potato farm (his only way of surviving Mars) was destroyed, Mark also lost communications with NASA. Due to these series of unfortunate events NASA has sped up the proceed to send Mark Watney food to survive that red desolate wasteland. Can Mark Watney rebuild the Hab, can NASA be able to send Mark Watney supplies on Mars, Tune in next time to find out.
Question #6
If I could ask the author one question it would be how was he capable of making a book that makes you feel what the charters are feeling. For instance when they are about to send the rocket into space to send Mark Watney some supplies, the characters felt anxiety, the presser, and stress that was building up to that moment because they didn't know what was going to happen to the rocket and they the anxiety, that stress, the presser was starting to get to me as well.
Question #9
One passage from the story that I found was strange was when he a going for his second harvest of potatoes. The story states "It's almost time for the second harvest. Ayup. I wish I had a straw hat and some suspenders."(page 149, The Martian). The reason why I found this to be a strange passage is because who would say something like that in a crucial/serious situation. That passage will also be memorable because this show how Mark Watney deal with stress and presser.
Mrs.Welch ELA: Book Blog #1
Mark Watney is on top of the world well on top Mars that is, but now he has established communications with NASA, he has enough food and water until NASA send him a cache of food from Earth. But due to some technical errors the Hab (Mark's home) was destroyed. Even mark's potato farm (his only way of surviving Mars) was destroyed, Mark also lost communications with NASA. Due to these series of unfortunate events NASA has sped up the proceed to send Mark Watney food to survive that red desolate wasteland. Can Mark Watney rebuild the Hab, can NASA be able to send Mark Watney supplies on Mars, Tune in next time to find out.
Question #6
If I could ask the author one question it would be how was he capable of making a book that makes you feel what the charters are feeling. For instance when they are about to send the rocket into space to send Mark Watney some supplies, the characters felt anxiety, the presser, and stress that was building up to that moment because they didn't know what was going to happen to the rocket and they the anxiety, that stress, the presser was starting to get to me as well.
Question #9
One passage from the story that I found was strange was when he a going for his second harvest of potatoes. The story states "It's almost time for the second harvest. Ayup. I wish I had a straw hat and some suspenders."(page 149, The Martian). The reason why I found this to be a strange passage is because who would say something like that in a crucial/serious situation. That passage will also be memorable because this show how Mark Watney deal with stress and presser.
Katie Roberts---Paper Towns---John Green
SUMMERY--I am in the very beginning of my book, So far in the book the main character's name is Quentin. His best friends name is Ben. Most of Quentin"s friends are in band. His whole social life revolved around band. But he couldn't play because he suffers from a deffness. But all of his free time was spent near the band room. That same night he spent it with Margo, Chuck and Radar The next day when he comes to school he notices that her car is missing. Radar and Chuck are spreading rumors about Margo and Quentin. A lot of the guys at there school is in love with Margo. The late night is finally catching up to him and he falls asleep in class. Not realizing that he raised his hand....
Question
So far I love my book. it already makes me want to keep reading. I love that the book makes me guess what might happen next.
Question
If I could ask the author any question it would be. what gave you the inspiration to write the book. How did he come up with the plot. Plus where he came up with the quote "The town was paper, but the memories were not."
SUMMERY--I am in the very beginning of my book, So far in the book the main character's name is Quentin. His best friends name is Ben. Most of Quentin"s friends are in band. His whole social life revolved around band. But he couldn't play because he suffers from a deffness. But all of his free time was spent near the band room. That same night he spent it with Margo, Chuck and Radar The next day when he comes to school he notices that her car is missing. Radar and Chuck are spreading rumors about Margo and Quentin. A lot of the guys at there school is in love with Margo. The late night is finally catching up to him and he falls asleep in class. Not realizing that he raised his hand....
Question
So far I love my book. it already makes me want to keep reading. I love that the book makes me guess what might happen next.
Question
If I could ask the author any question it would be. what gave you the inspiration to write the book. How did he come up with the plot. Plus where he came up with the quote "The town was paper, but the memories were not."
Shiver, Maggie Stiefvater, fiction by lizzie
Lizzie D'Agostino
Shiver, Maggie Stiefvater, fiction
Shiver takes place in a small town and is about a teen girl named Grace who has a special interest with the wolves in her backyard. It all started when she was little and was attacked by a pack of wolves but one in particular refused to attack her and actually saved her, and ever sense then, that wolf has always kept his eyes on her every winter but suspiciously vanishes in spring and summer. Meanwhile a boy named Sam shares his point of view of the story as well and reveals a shocking secret to the readers… that Sam is actually a werewolf and is the wolf in his wolf form that saved Grace so long ago. But now mysteriously the wolves are attacking again and a boy has been murdered, and after a couple of weeks of still mourning of over the death, the boys sister; Isabel shares to Grace that her family sent hunters to kill the wolves. Of course, Grace tries her best to stop them. However feeling that she was to late and the hunters were already shooting Grace was sent back home, but what she finds is a boy near her deck ...with a bullet wound.
Question 1- One of the main characters is a teen girl named Grace who is an ambitious, sweet and loves an adventure and isn't afraid to say what she thinks. She has a father and an artistic mother who love her but are very busy. I really admire her because she isn't afraid to do what is right.
Question 4- This book is mainly about werewolves and a forbidding love between a human and a werewolf that are trying to unlock the secrets of the werewolf world.
Anton Wood The boy murderer, Dick Kreck, non fiction
So far i have read about a boy Anton Wood who murdered a guy for his pocket watch and he is only 11. It shows how the trials went and how they dealt with the problem.
Question #2: What is the central idea discussed in the book. The central idea of the book was what they were going to do with Anton Wood he was too old to set free but too young to hang.
Question 3: Do the issues affect your life. well that is the reason there is a law in place were if you are under 12 you cant go to jail for a crime and if you are under the age of 16 you are considered a minor so it doesn't affect my life directly but that is something that was caused by these issues.
Question #2: What is the central idea discussed in the book. The central idea of the book was what they were going to do with Anton Wood he was too old to set free but too young to hang.
Question 3: Do the issues affect your life. well that is the reason there is a law in place were if you are under 12 you cant go to jail for a crime and if you are under the age of 16 you are considered a minor so it doesn't affect my life directly but that is something that was caused by these issues.
Jeter Unfiltered By:Derek Jeter- Non-Fiction, Cameron Cronk
Derek Jeter is one of the greatest baseball players to ever live. He was born in Pequannock, NJ, and he has now officially retired from baseball. The only team that Derek played for was the New York Yankees. He was very lucky and got to play with baseball players that he grew up watching such as Don Mattingly and Wade Boggs. Not only that but Derek Jeter has his own organization called Turn 2 foundation. This foundation is a charitable foundation that was started by DJ (Derek Jeter) in 1996. What the overall foundation does is to help kids from drug and alcohol addiction. Overall, DJ is an amazing baseball player and also a great man to idolize.
Question 6- If I could ask the author a question what would it be.
My question to DJ would be "How come you chose baseball to play instead of playing any other sport. Also how did it feel to play with two people that you idolized as a kid.
Question 1- Describe the main characters of the book.
The main character DJ is a 41 year old man who has played 20 years of baseball with the New York Yankees organization. You may also know him from a Gatorade commercial in the mid to early 2015 of him and him in public seeing his fans and interacting with them.
Question 6- If I could ask the author a question what would it be.
My question to DJ would be "How come you chose baseball to play instead of playing any other sport. Also how did it feel to play with two people that you idolized as a kid.
Question 1- Describe the main characters of the book.
The main character DJ is a 41 year old man who has played 20 years of baseball with the New York Yankees organization. You may also know him from a Gatorade commercial in the mid to early 2015 of him and him in public seeing his fans and interacting with them.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, fiction
Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley, who finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, author and illustrator Jeff Kinney introduces us to an unlikely "hero." As Greg says in his diary:
"Just don't expect me to be all "dear diary" this and "dear diary" that.
Luckily for us, what Greg Heffley says he won't do and what he actually does are two very different things.
Question #1: Describe the main characters
Greg Heffley is a rather selfish boy that lives with a dysfunctional family. His older brother, Rodrick is always giving Greg a hard time and whenever Rodrick does something bad, for example he breaks a glass vase, he blames it on Greg, who gets punished. Greg's younger brother Manny is spoiled rotten, Susan and Frank Heffley, the mother and father, are always babying Manny and never ever punish him, because if they do, Manny throws a huge tantrum; this one time when Greg opened the disc slot in his gaming system, he found a giant chocolate chip cookie inside, and of course, it was Manny who had stuffed the cookie into the system, and when Greg told Susan that Manny stuffed a cookie into his gaming system, Susan said:
"Manny is only 3! He doesn't know what he's doing!"
Question #2: Does the main character change at the end?
Yes, Greg changes at the end of the book. In the beginning, Greg had a friend named Rowley Jefferson, who is childish and somewhat short minded, and Greg normally can't stand Rowley, but something about their relationship just "works." Rowley is always visiting Greg's house and whenever he does, all they do is play video games, and at this one point is the book, Greg and Rowley were playing a racing game and Greg tells the reader that the only way to pass Rowley, is to give the vehicle the the player selected some goofy name and when the player passes Rowley's car, he breaks up laughing, which Greg thinks is annoying. But towards the end Greg learns to respect Rowley more and everything turns out okay. That is, until the next book!
Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley, who finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, author and illustrator Jeff Kinney introduces us to an unlikely "hero." As Greg says in his diary:
"Just don't expect me to be all "dear diary" this and "dear diary" that.
Luckily for us, what Greg Heffley says he won't do and what he actually does are two very different things.
Question #1: Describe the main characters
Greg Heffley is a rather selfish boy that lives with a dysfunctional family. His older brother, Rodrick is always giving Greg a hard time and whenever Rodrick does something bad, for example he breaks a glass vase, he blames it on Greg, who gets punished. Greg's younger brother Manny is spoiled rotten, Susan and Frank Heffley, the mother and father, are always babying Manny and never ever punish him, because if they do, Manny throws a huge tantrum; this one time when Greg opened the disc slot in his gaming system, he found a giant chocolate chip cookie inside, and of course, it was Manny who had stuffed the cookie into the system, and when Greg told Susan that Manny stuffed a cookie into his gaming system, Susan said:
"Manny is only 3! He doesn't know what he's doing!"
Question #2: Does the main character change at the end?
Yes, Greg changes at the end of the book. In the beginning, Greg had a friend named Rowley Jefferson, who is childish and somewhat short minded, and Greg normally can't stand Rowley, but something about their relationship just "works." Rowley is always visiting Greg's house and whenever he does, all they do is play video games, and at this one point is the book, Greg and Rowley were playing a racing game and Greg tells the reader that the only way to pass Rowley, is to give the vehicle the the player selected some goofy name and when the player passes Rowley's car, he breaks up laughing, which Greg thinks is annoying. But towards the end Greg learns to respect Rowley more and everything turns out okay. That is, until the next book!
"A Matter of Days" by Amber Kizer, fiction~~Alyssa Woodruff
I'll be honest... I am not very far in the book. This book is a survival story between two kids. Nadia, 16, and her younger brother, Rabbit. They attempt to travel across the country from Seattle all the way to West Virginia! The means for their travels are to go visit their grandfather. Nadia's uncle Bean is a in the military. Maybe he is trying to teach his niece and nephew how to survive in the wild? Since I'm not far in the book, I don't know yet, but I am sure to comprehend if so. But anyway, this story is about the trip from Seattle to West Virginia. It explains all of the obstacles that are established within the amount of time it takes to get to the destination.
QUESTIONS:
6.) If you could ask the author one question, what would you ask?
I think I would ask the author why she wrote the book. Does she have an interest in survival stories? Did she experience a situation like this? I don't know and that's why I want to ask. I don't see how someone could be creative just from their mind. I am not creative, therefore I wouldn't know how. I am just curious about the responses I would get from the author
4.) What main ideas....?
The phrase "A matter of days" sounds like something about waiting. Things take time to develop; just like traveling takes time. It takes time to move.
To kill a mockingbird, historical Fiction
The book is about a family with a lawyer for a father in a southern town.The father takes on a case of a black man and because the story takes place back when racism was a huge problem, the town treats the family differently. Jean Louise Finch is an adult telling the story of her past. She starts the book mentioning an injury her brother had gotten when she was six and how it affected him. She also mentions that her ancestor Simon Finch who fled England to escape religious persecution. He started a new life and started a very successful farm known as Finches Landing. The story is great so far. The book is continuous but is told in the prospective of a six year old girl. The author only uses one view point and that is scouts because it brings in the reader, its interesting to read how the little girl reacted to everything.
Questions:
I think Harper Lee wrote the book in the little girls prospective because it draws in to reader, and the girls reactions are unforgettable.
If the book was written in the voice of someone else it would have been completely different because an adult would not have had the same reactions or seen it the way a child would.
Questions:
I think Harper Lee wrote the book in the little girls prospective because it draws in to reader, and the girls reactions are unforgettable.
If the book was written in the voice of someone else it would have been completely different because an adult would not have had the same reactions or seen it the way a child would.
The Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins, Science Fiction
Every year, an event happens called 'The Hunger Games.' It's where girls and boys that are twelve through eighteen year old get chosen to fight to the death. Two sisters; Prim and Katniss get ready for the event. It's Prim first year attending this event. As they arrive to the event, they have to go through a line where the workers take a prick of your blood. There are many girls and boys attending the event, so the possibility is slim for Prim to get chosen. Girls on one side, boys on the other. Effie, the host for District 12 speaks, she goes in the girls' bowl first, and the name she calls is 'Primrose Everdeen.' Katniss being the overprotective sister that she is, volunteers as tribute for her sister's place.
Question 1: Katniss is a short, strong and brave teen. She has the ability to fight by doing archery. She stands up for what's right and does whatever it takes to protect her loved ones. I approve of them because there are some people that know something's wrong but don't take any action to stop it.
Question 6: A question I would ask the author is how would she tell the story if Prim was chosen and Katniss didn't volunteer. What would Prim learn and do? What interest she would look into, etc..
Question 1: Katniss is a short, strong and brave teen. She has the ability to fight by doing archery. She stands up for what's right and does whatever it takes to protect her loved ones. I approve of them because there are some people that know something's wrong but don't take any action to stop it.
Question 6: A question I would ask the author is how would she tell the story if Prim was chosen and Katniss didn't volunteer. What would Prim learn and do? What interest she would look into, etc..
House of Night The Beginning "Marked", by P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast, Fiction, Kat Vincent
I started a new book series called "House Of Night"! I'm reading it out of a combined book of the first two books in the series, so do forgive me if I somehow got the Title wrong. This series is a fictional supernatural adventure thriller type series from my view. The first book, "Marked", starts with our main character called "Zoey" where she was just a normal teenage girl before a "Tracker" marked her. Zoey had become a fledgling, a person going through the change that makes them into an adult Vampyre or a real Vampyre at all. Zoey arrived at the House of Night, a Vampyre school that fledglings gather to while they go through the change, thanks to her grandmother and met the High Priestess of the House of Night, Neferet. Through her adventures of trying to forget her past life as a human, taking down the leader of the snobby Dark Daughters and Sons, and finding the hidden dark secrets within the school, Zoey RedBird is a special fledgling with great destiny and adventure in her path for magical powers to communicating with the Vampyre's worshiped goddess Nyx and maybe even more. This book really gets you a different perspective on Vampyre you may hear about from folk lore or fairy tale's, personally I think this is more amusing than just biting someone or infecting them with vampyre's blood to turn them.
Alright; Questions!
Question #7:
I guess the book has changed my thoughts a bit on Vampyre's. I would've never thought of there being like apprentice or turning periods for people turning into Vampyre's. It did broaden my perspective on many things about Vampyre's and have given me many ideas from just this one book in the series.
Question #6:
If I could ask the Author a question (Well, I think Author's) it would probably be; "What was your inspiration for Vampyre's?" It's kind of like a question to know what gave the ideas of Fledglings, rituals, a Vampyre school, and the Mysteries around them.
Alright; Questions!
Question #7:
I guess the book has changed my thoughts a bit on Vampyre's. I would've never thought of there being like apprentice or turning periods for people turning into Vampyre's. It did broaden my perspective on many things about Vampyre's and have given me many ideas from just this one book in the series.
Question #6:
If I could ask the Author a question (Well, I think Author's) it would probably be; "What was your inspiration for Vampyre's?" It's kind of like a question to know what gave the ideas of Fledglings, rituals, a Vampyre school, and the Mysteries around them.
Brandon Lighton..24 Hours
24 Hours by-Margaret Mahy
A kid named Ellis is back home after graduating from prep school. Ellis is a great actor. Ellis runs into a old friend from school. His friend takes him into a very different social stratum. They end up in very different places such as a run down motel, tattoo artists, hairdressers, etc. Ellis ends up getting a very big crush on his friend Leona. They end up spending a very long time together. Bizarre things keep happening to them. Jackie persuades jack to drive her to a party where they met two sisters Ursa and Leona. Ellis friend commits suicide and he tries to figure out why. This book is a good book that i think you should try reading sometime.
Question 6- If i could ask the author one question i would ask her how she came up with the idea to write this book. What gave her the idea of this book.
Question 2- Yes the characters change by the end of the book. They become more mature and they all have different feelings for each other.
A kid named Ellis is back home after graduating from prep school. Ellis is a great actor. Ellis runs into a old friend from school. His friend takes him into a very different social stratum. They end up in very different places such as a run down motel, tattoo artists, hairdressers, etc. Ellis ends up getting a very big crush on his friend Leona. They end up spending a very long time together. Bizarre things keep happening to them. Jackie persuades jack to drive her to a party where they met two sisters Ursa and Leona. Ellis friend commits suicide and he tries to figure out why. This book is a good book that i think you should try reading sometime.
Question 6- If i could ask the author one question i would ask her how she came up with the idea to write this book. What gave her the idea of this book.
Question 2- Yes the characters change by the end of the book. They become more mature and they all have different feelings for each other.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Blog #1 Alexis Bufis
Make Lemonade, Virginia Euwer Wolff, Fiction
Make lemonade is about a girl, LaVaughn, that comes from a home with very little money. Her goal is to be the first in her family to go to college, so she gets a job. She begins to babysit for a mother that is 17 and needs some help. She tries to juggle her school work and her job. She's trying to benefit these kids lives knowing that they have it rough. Jolly, the kids mother, looses her job. The try their hardest to figure out a way to get her life back on track as soon as possible.
Question # 1"Describe the main characters..."
LaVaughn is a sweet young girl who really cares about people. Along with caring about other people she is extremely determined to keep her grades up and make it to college. Jolly i a 17 year old mother struggling to get enough money to take care of her kids. Finally LaVaughn's mother cares so much for her daughter and is only interested in that Lavaughn stays on the right path so she can make a good life for herself.
Question #4 "What main ideas does the author explore..."
I think that the main idea is perseverance. I think his because no matter what has occurred in the story so far good or bad the characters are determined to succeed. For example when Jolly is fired from her job she is determined to find a new job and try to get her life on track.
Make lemonade is about a girl, LaVaughn, that comes from a home with very little money. Her goal is to be the first in her family to go to college, so she gets a job. She begins to babysit for a mother that is 17 and needs some help. She tries to juggle her school work and her job. She's trying to benefit these kids lives knowing that they have it rough. Jolly, the kids mother, looses her job. The try their hardest to figure out a way to get her life back on track as soon as possible.
Question # 1"Describe the main characters..."
LaVaughn is a sweet young girl who really cares about people. Along with caring about other people she is extremely determined to keep her grades up and make it to college. Jolly i a 17 year old mother struggling to get enough money to take care of her kids. Finally LaVaughn's mother cares so much for her daughter and is only interested in that Lavaughn stays on the right path so she can make a good life for herself.
Question #4 "What main ideas does the author explore..."
I think that the main idea is perseverance. I think his because no matter what has occurred in the story so far good or bad the characters are determined to succeed. For example when Jolly is fired from her job she is determined to find a new job and try to get her life on track.
In the masters now, tiger has a rough first few holes. He let his emotions get the best of him as he threw a club after a bad shot. He was behind by 10 shots and only 9 holes left, he need to pull it together fast. In the last 4 holes he got 1 birdie and 3 pars he was solidly in the lead, and he went on to win the green jacket.
Question 2: The central idea of the book is how tiger was a young golf prodigy who became a golf pro an is one of the greatest golfers today
Question 3: this affects my life because i would like to be a golfer when i grow up and i want to know how someone else did it
Question 2: The central idea of the book is how tiger was a young golf prodigy who became a golf pro an is one of the greatest golfers today
Question 3: this affects my life because i would like to be a golfer when i grow up and i want to know how someone else did it
Last Summer by Holly Chamberlin Fiction
Summary- In the town, Yorktide in Maine is the best place to raise a family. Another reason why it's the best place is that Jane Patterson's best friend live next door and their two daughters are the closest. Rosie is Jane's daughter and she is about to start her freshman year with her best friend. Since birth both Rosie and Meg have never been apart. Especially since Meg lives next door there is no reason for them to be apart.
Question One- If I could ask a question to the author i would ask "Why did you make the mother so over protective to Rosie since she was very quiet and shy?" After reading this book it made me want to read her other books. I like the way she writes her books and they are modern scenarios that are likely to happen.
Question Two- The story is taken place in modern time. The book was written in 2012 so the plot was probably fitted to that point in time. If the time and history was changed the whole plot would be different. Rosie would probably been bullied in a different way or not as much.
Question One- If I could ask a question to the author i would ask "Why did you make the mother so over protective to Rosie since she was very quiet and shy?" After reading this book it made me want to read her other books. I like the way she writes her books and they are modern scenarios that are likely to happen.
Question Two- The story is taken place in modern time. The book was written in 2012 so the plot was probably fitted to that point in time. If the time and history was changed the whole plot would be different. Rosie would probably been bullied in a different way or not as much.
make lemonade, By Virginia Euwer Wolff, fiction
Summary:
14 year old lavaughn dreams of going to college, but her family is poor and the only way she can go is by working part time and still going to high school. Her family never really went to college so she wants to have this experience. Everyone is kind of doubting her because there saying how hard it is to babysit and to take care of kids.
6) If you could ask the author one question, what would you ask? Have you read books by the same author?
If i had to ask the author one question i would ask what inspired you to write this book? Was there someone with the same problem?
8) Where in time and history did the story take place? Is the setting imperative to the story? If changed, how would the story be impacted?
This story was taken place in a small town and this girl wants to go to college but her parents dont have the money to go and so she has to make the money in order to go. So she finds a babysitting job and gets the money that way. If the setting was changed i dont think it was change the story because its focusing on Lavaughns career and how she wants to live.
14 year old lavaughn dreams of going to college, but her family is poor and the only way she can go is by working part time and still going to high school. Her family never really went to college so she wants to have this experience. Everyone is kind of doubting her because there saying how hard it is to babysit and to take care of kids.
6) If you could ask the author one question, what would you ask? Have you read books by the same author?
If i had to ask the author one question i would ask what inspired you to write this book? Was there someone with the same problem?
8) Where in time and history did the story take place? Is the setting imperative to the story? If changed, how would the story be impacted?
This story was taken place in a small town and this girl wants to go to college but her parents dont have the money to go and so she has to make the money in order to go. So she finds a babysitting job and gets the money that way. If the setting was changed i dont think it was change the story because its focusing on Lavaughns career and how she wants to live.
Jacob Buell- The contract by Derek Jeter with Paul Mantell. Realistic fiction
This book so far is about baseball superstar Derek Jeter when he was just a little boy. He was one of the hardest working kids in his class along with on the baseball field. One day his teacher gives his class an assignment to write about what they want to be when they are older. Jeter obviously knew what he was writing about, a mlb baseball player. But once he started to write he realized he had nothing to back it up. All he knew was wht his goal was. This put things in perspective for Jeter. He now knew he had to create goals to get where he wants to go.
Q1. Derek Jeter is one of the most hard working kids around. He always gets his work done befor playing games outside. He is also very encouraging, since he helped his friend become a better baseball player.
Q6. If I could ask the author any question, I would ask " Are you thankful for how your parents made you work harder in school?"
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Divergent, Veronica Roth, fiction
Divergent is about a distopian society where society is split up into five factions based on personality. Theres Erudite, Amnity,Abnigation, Candor, and Dauntless. Beatrice Prior is of abnigation decent, but now has the ability to choose her own faction. If she stays with Abnigation, she will live her own life how it is, but based on her personality, she must choose which one best fits. Erudites value intelligence, Amnity values kindness and nature, Abnigation values selflessness, Candor values honesty,And Dauntless values fearlessness. Since Beatrice is 16, she must take an aptitude test to see which one best fits. She is very nervous because if she gets other than abnigation, she may have t choose to leave her family. if she chooses a faction that doesnt actually fit, she will be forced to be factionless, and live on the streets.
Question 1-describe the main character: Beatrice is a sixteen year old girl, who doesn't think she may belong in abnigation. Shes very confused on who she really is.
Question 3-book structure: the book is from beatrices point of view, and i like how it explains whats going on in good detail
-Elizabeth green
Question 1-describe the main character: Beatrice is a sixteen year old girl, who doesn't think she may belong in abnigation. Shes very confused on who she really is.
Question 3-book structure: the book is from beatrices point of view, and i like how it explains whats going on in good detail
-Elizabeth green
Monday, November 16, 2015
Tiger Woods-Jack Clary:Ryan Walsh
From Amateur to A pro. He enrolled at Stanford University and played at NCAA events and Amateur events. His success came as a surprise to no one as he was predicted to be sports next great star. Tiger embraces challenges say thats what makes the gem fun for him. His swing is perfect almost down to a science. He is mentally tough as golf is much an mental sport as it is athletic. When he transitioned into being a pro golfer he won his first tournament at Sawgrass he came from 6 strokes behind and won. He wanted to be a PGA golfer and still learn a quality business education at stanford.
Question 2: The central idea talked about in this section was the fact that he was always a star, if he didnt do good at golf he still wanted to have a decent education if he ever got injured. he was winning in junior tournaments and then went on to win PGA tournaments.
Question 7: i learned that i will always need an education no matter how good i could be at golf because i could always get injured
Question 2: The central idea talked about in this section was the fact that he was always a star, if he didnt do good at golf he still wanted to have a decent education if he ever got injured. he was winning in junior tournaments and then went on to win PGA tournaments.
Question 7: i learned that i will always need an education no matter how good i could be at golf because i could always get injured
Thursday, November 12, 2015
It's the day of graduation for Q, Radar, Ben, and Lacy, but after much cyber snooping Q finds an online comment telling where Margo is. The only problem is, she's in New York and is leaving the destination at 12pm the next day. The drive will take around 23 hours, so in order to get there in time they must skip graduation and leave right away. Ben and Radar are still in their graduation gowns, with nothing underneath. After 22 hours of driving, getting in a crash, and peeing in beer bottles they get off the highway. Sometime later they see Margo's car, and soon find her in a barn writing! The book ends with Margo continuing her adventure to N.Y.C., Q was supposed to come, but he has a life, a family at home.
Q2 Does the main character change by the end of the book?
Yes, I do think Quentin has changed through out the book. Quentin started off as a very quiet boy who wouldn't like or do the things (adventures) that Margo does, but by the end of the book Q, likes the abandon minimart that MArgo has lead him to.
Q5 Is the ending satisfying?
I don't think the ending of Paper Towns was that great. It ended with Q and Margo kissing then leavin Q, back to Orlando and Margo, to finish her adventure in New York City. If i chose the ending I would have had Q= Margo finish their ending, together, like planed
Monday, November 9, 2015
"The Half Life of Molly Pierce"--Katrina Leno--Katie Roberts
Summery-
Molly and Sayer have been together for a while now, she has figured out what has been happening during her blackouts. She is now getting help, she has put everything together. Thats how she knew Lisle, that's how she met him. She still has to tell Sayer, but she doesn't want to. She is very scared go see what he to going to say. she took him to a forest near by, because she didn't want anyone to tell him before she did. By now a lot of people know what happened too her. They call her crazy because of what happened and because she didn't remember anything. Molly was scared to see if he wasn't going to want to be with her, but he was worried. He wanted to know if she was okay, she told him that she was getting help. All he needed time to let it sink in. Off course he wanted to be with her. She went to his house that night, they talked more about what happened. That night they became really close.
Questions-
I am very close to the end and cant wait to see what happens at the end.
2) I think that my main characters have changed.In the beginning of the book she was very depressed and did not like to talk to people about any of her problems, but now she wants to tell people. Over all she seem much happier and she has a boyfriend so I think that helps a little bit. Before she didn't really want anything to do with her friends. Now she loves her friends.
4) The authors theme is very serious and is showing it through the diolge of the book. She is giving a theme of mental health and many other things that just happen in a lot of peoples life.
Summery-
Molly and Sayer have been together for a while now, she has figured out what has been happening during her blackouts. She is now getting help, she has put everything together. Thats how she knew Lisle, that's how she met him. She still has to tell Sayer, but she doesn't want to. She is very scared go see what he to going to say. she took him to a forest near by, because she didn't want anyone to tell him before she did. By now a lot of people know what happened too her. They call her crazy because of what happened and because she didn't remember anything. Molly was scared to see if he wasn't going to want to be with her, but he was worried. He wanted to know if she was okay, she told him that she was getting help. All he needed time to let it sink in. Off course he wanted to be with her. She went to his house that night, they talked more about what happened. That night they became really close.
Questions-
I am very close to the end and cant wait to see what happens at the end.
2) I think that my main characters have changed.In the beginning of the book she was very depressed and did not like to talk to people about any of her problems, but now she wants to tell people. Over all she seem much happier and she has a boyfriend so I think that helps a little bit. Before she didn't really want anything to do with her friends. Now she loves her friends.
4) The authors theme is very serious and is showing it through the diolge of the book. She is giving a theme of mental health and many other things that just happen in a lot of peoples life.
Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins, action
Hannah Fogg
Katniss and her friend, Peeta, had just retuned home after winning the 74th annual hunger games. Thinking that their lives will finally settle and they will be safe and sound, they are called to join a victors tour, meaning they will travel to the different districts, because of their glorious victory. Katniss and Peeta began the tour when Katniss begins to sense tension over the districts. Katniss and peeta were then called to return and fight in the 75th annual hunger games, along with many other victors from different districts. After fighting harder than they ever had before, Katniss and Peeta break through the Dome and is held hostage by president Snow.
Question One: Do the main characters change by the end of the book? Do they grow or mature? Do they learn something about themselves and about how the world works? Yes, Katniss really matured throughout the book because she learned more about how to take care of herself and defend herself and others, which also answers the second question about her maturing. And Katniss learned a lot about herself and the world because she learned her strengths and weaknesses and she learned about how selfish or giving people in our world can be.
Question Two: Is the ending satisfying? Is so, why, and if now, why not......and what would you do to change it? The ending of the book was actually pretty satisfying. Although others may disagree, I really enjoyed the way the author left her readers at a huge cliffhanger, making them wanting to read her next book I the series.
Katniss and her friend, Peeta, had just retuned home after winning the 74th annual hunger games. Thinking that their lives will finally settle and they will be safe and sound, they are called to join a victors tour, meaning they will travel to the different districts, because of their glorious victory. Katniss and Peeta began the tour when Katniss begins to sense tension over the districts. Katniss and peeta were then called to return and fight in the 75th annual hunger games, along with many other victors from different districts. After fighting harder than they ever had before, Katniss and Peeta break through the Dome and is held hostage by president Snow.
Question One: Do the main characters change by the end of the book? Do they grow or mature? Do they learn something about themselves and about how the world works? Yes, Katniss really matured throughout the book because she learned more about how to take care of herself and defend herself and others, which also answers the second question about her maturing. And Katniss learned a lot about herself and the world because she learned her strengths and weaknesses and she learned about how selfish or giving people in our world can be.
Question Two: Is the ending satisfying? Is so, why, and if now, why not......and what would you do to change it? The ending of the book was actually pretty satisfying. Although others may disagree, I really enjoyed the way the author left her readers at a huge cliffhanger, making them wanting to read her next book I the series.
The Martian, Andy Weir, Science Fiction
In my book "The Martian" by Andy Weir, there is a mars exploration where there are 6 humans sent up to mars to research the planet, it is called the Aries III mission. On Sol. 18 there was a dust storm. During the dust store a part of their lab was destroyed, forcing them to come back to Earth. While frantically racing back to their ship to take off, back to Earth, one of their crew members, Mark Watney, was blown away by the dust storm and lost. Without him, the rest of his crew took off. On Sol. 19 6:36 AM, Watney wakes up, with a metal rod stuck in his lower abdomen. Fortunately, the metal rod saved his life..now he goes back to one of their Labs on the Aries III base and pulls it out and stitches himself back together, then goes into his room. Now he must figure out a way to contact back with Earth, figure out how to grow food on a planet that doesn't have any form of life on it, and figure out how to save his life.
sparrow hawk red part 2
Once again the title is Sparrow Hawk Red author is Ben Mikaelsen and genre is fiction. and now that i'm deeper into the story Ricky has found out that the drug cartel has a plane that Ricky thinks he can be able to fly and take to his house. he has spent allot more time roaming around mexico as a "ratero" Spanish for street rat and he is slowly developing a plan to steal the plane. the only reason he wants to take the plane is for his mom who got killed by the drug cartel. for my first question i'm doing has the book changed me and i would say that it has changed my perspective on a few things. for example i didn't think Ricky would go and almost get shot down just so he can get revenge for his mother. so many times has he almost died for revenge. and for the second question if i could ask the author anything i would ask him why is the DEA always in his business because it seems like they never leave him alone. most of the times they are at Ricky house talking and questioning his father.
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Ghost Hawk By: Susan Cooper
Since Little Hawk has died a lot has changed. In the ending part of the story John has grown up. John is a white mans son. His dad was crushed by a tree and his friend shot and killed Little Hawk in spite of him trying to help. He didn't know Little Hawk was helping Jon's father as he is being crushed by this tree. As Little Hawk Dies Leaping Turtle runs as fast as he can back to his village. As he's in utterly confused and in despair he trips over a pricker bush running. It doesn't phase him as all he can think is what happened and how is he gonna explain it to Quickbird, Little Hawks sister. Upon his arrival back to the village he is greeted by Quickbird and asked where is Little Hawk? He couldn't answer. He sat down to catch his breath, and then took a deep breath to tell her what happened. After telling her she wanted to go back there to get him and bring him back. But Leaping Turtle insisted it was to late. Later that day she went after him anyway to set him free. But faintly knowing where she was heading she had to follow the blood From leaping Turtles Prickled body. As she arrived she started to cry. She couldn't take it. As she sat there she said "Fly in Peace Little Hawk". To her his spirit was set free.
Question 1: Do the characters change by the end?
Yes. Mostly all the characters grow in some sort of way. From the four boys set on the journey to manhood. To Little Hawk dying. Leaping Turtle having to witness his best friends death. What he felt the author couldn't put into words.
Question 2: Is the ending satisfying?
No. I would of liked more out of it instead of Little Hawk dying in the beginning. If he would of stayed through it to the end, even thought the author was still telling it through his eyes. I would've added more characters to the book as in more main characters. As Little Hawk died the book kinda got boring.
Friday, November 6, 2015
Gone, Lisa Mcmann, fiction, Nathan Powell
This book actually turned out to be a book I would recommend to people. It starts off slow but gets good as the story goes on. Well as you know Janie is a dream catcher. While she was in one of her dreams she found out that her dad was also a dream catcher. It really shocked me. Throughout the rest of the book Cabel and Janie kind of drifted apart and didn't talk as much which really surprised me. At one point in story Janie was about to die. She was getting choked and the squeeze was getting tighter and tighter and everyone thought it was over, but it wasn't.
5.) I thought the ending was actually pretty good I thought it wasn't gonna be the best ending on how things were being placed, but at the end it turned out to be a good ending.
6.) If I could ask anything about this book I would ask how Janie and her father got this like power of going into peoples dreams and seeing what they are. I just think its interesting on how they can do that and I want to find out how they got it.
5.) I thought the ending was actually pretty good I thought it wasn't gonna be the best ending on how things were being placed, but at the end it turned out to be a good ending.
6.) If I could ask anything about this book I would ask how Janie and her father got this like power of going into peoples dreams and seeing what they are. I just think its interesting on how they can do that and I want to find out how they got it.
Cover Up By John Feinstein - Ermin Alemic
The story ended up with a big twist, and something i doubted that would happen, and i was very surprised. The story wraps up with Eddie introducing Susan and Stevie to an orthopedic surgeon for the dreams who did not know anything about the "cover up", and he gives them drug tests from the players so Susan and Stevie can write a news article about the "cover up". Then Meeker goes on interviews on CBS talking about the "Cover up" that Don Meeker the owner of the dreams football team was hiding. Don Meeker starts lying about the "cover up" and tries to get away. Will Don Meeker get away with the "cover up" and the dreams team end up being successful and not getting caught using HGH, or will Don Meeker get caught and get a huge punishment by the NFL commissioners???????????
Question 5: I believe that the ending is satisfying and I would not change it at all, It ended with a big twist and it was very enjoyable reading and very unpredictable.
Question 10: One way that Stevie in the story solved a problem is that he would go from one person to another. He would Gather information from one person and go ask the people who were involved with the previous information he gathered. At the end he would have a massive amount of information and can solve a mystery, and achieve his goal.
Question 5: I believe that the ending is satisfying and I would not change it at all, It ended with a big twist and it was very enjoyable reading and very unpredictable.
Question 10: One way that Stevie in the story solved a problem is that he would go from one person to another. He would Gather information from one person and go ask the people who were involved with the previous information he gathered. At the end he would have a massive amount of information and can solve a mystery, and achieve his goal.
Thirteen Reasons Why By: Jay Asher Mystery-3
Summary:
On the 9th slide from Hannah Baker it is for Clay Jensen. The tape talks about the one night at a party that they had together where they actually talked for once. The other sides talked about how she talked to he counselor about how she was feeling and all her life stories and why she had ended up killing herself in the first place was because she felt that she had no one.
Is the ending satisfying...
The ending of the book kind of left my hanging a little bit because she just left the counselor without him trying to go any help. If she would have tried getting help she could have nit wound up killing herself.
Where in time and history did this take place...
This book could have happened at anytime in history, however if i had to make a guess I would have to say around this time frame in history. This took place in your average town, but the book did not say where specifically where it took place.
Rogue, By Gina Damico, Fiction
This is the third and final book of the series, and boy did it twist things up! From beginning to end, this book had action, some humor, and romance mixed in. Death and emotion text could get you pulled right into the story. Imagine having you boyfriend die and dating a ghost? You'll have to read it to know what I mean. Zara gets what she deserves with the afterlife is crumbling beneath everyone's feet! Can Lex and her friends and her Uncle save the day? You'll just have to find out about all the death, mystery, hilarity, and sadness that comes from this twisted tale on your own.
There's some many answers you finally get in this book along with a new power Lex learns aside from Damning which can cause some sort of reset for all souls and, presumably, fix the afterlife which is falling apart. Lex and the gang, along with the knew rookies, are labeled as fugitives as the new 'mayor' of croak goes insane with power, he's already been a douche I'm not surprised, and tries to capture the group as Zara continues her rampage on the innocent. A prophecy comes true, a sad love is torn apart then reunites in the nothingness, and the Grimsphere crumbles as the Grim powers are taken, ungrimed, from all the citizens of the grim world. The last Grim, Annihilation, Damning, Love, Adventure, and Death, this has been one crazy ride ladies and gentlemen! Hope you look at the book, it's worth the try!
Anyway, Questions!;
Question #3:
The books story structure is good, sometimes there's a few flashback here and there but not many, and the characters grow with the story. We even got a glimpse at Grotton's past in one of the books. I think the view points of our usual Lex was shifted some but rarely. I think the author did this mostly to give hints in the story on the upcoming events, adding more mystery or spookiness to the plot. I like the way she used it, giving me hints but they were subtle to not confuse or irritate me.
Question #9; (WARNING SPOILERS!)
The scenes that most struck me in the book were two scenes that were both sad but solved the problem they were in. Pip, one of the two new rookies, had given his life to make his spark glow enough for the group to see in one of the training rooms they were put in to kill their targets in order to save the afterlife by destroying the portal in Necropolis. Then there's the scene at end of the book with Lex. She had gone through so much through the story and for her to just disappear at the end to 'Fix' everything, it's just sad. She had done it herself to honor Uncle Mort's words, yet I just get annoyed when I know she wanted to do the right thing and probably did it better than I imagined but I just didn't like it that way. I wanted to see Lex and Driggs with a happy ending, yes for once, and instead I get a unsolved dark mystery if they're together or not in the end!
Mocking Jay
I have read the whole book, the story is about a man named President Snow he is the antagonist of the story. Snow has a way that everyone has to live and anyone who doesn't agree gets murdered. Every year he puts 24 people ( 12 boys and 12 girls) well in the second book ( Catching Fire) a girl named Catniss Everdeen ( the main character) destroys the hunger games arena. With furry Snow goes on a killing spree and destroys Catnisses home. Catniss then leads a place called direct 13 a place that is hidden from snow to fight back against Snows laws and rules. The main characters are Catniss, Gale, Peeta, President Coin, Finnick, and a few other less important characters. Catniss is a strong women that experienced the hunger games twice and lived through them both she now leads district 13. Gale was a character from Catniss's home district and when district 12 was getting attacked he got Catniss's family to safety. Peteta was in both hunger games with Catniss, unlike Catniss he was captured at the end of Catching fire and was then saved by district 13. President Coin was a worker for the capital but then abandon them to create district 13 and protect against the capital. Finnick was in 2 hunger games like Catniss and Peeta but was introduced as a character in Catching Fire. Other characters like Johanna and Annie were captured by the capital and then saved just as Peeta was.
i hunt killers, Barry lyga, Fiction
In the last few chapters jasper is interviewed in jail. they found a note from an unknown person saying: "under no circumstances are you to go near the dent boy". the handwriting wasn't his fathers nor his. jasper asks the police to deliver a message to his father for him that he is onto his father and that he is hunting him and using everything his father ever taught him to help his hunt. He then explains that hes never killed anyone but if he gets a hold of his father that he'll kill him. Jasper then gets a tatoo in gothic writing that says "i hunt killers"
i hunt killers, Barry lyga, Fiction
As bodies keep appearing in jasper dents' hometown he starts to suspect it has something to do with his dad, billy, who is in jail. He combines forces with the towns police department and uses his knowledge he learned from his dad to help catch whoever is killing these people. He starts breaking into morgues and cemetaries to try to find something about the killer or to somehow catch him in the act of killing.
3) the books structure is very strange, the author does not explain the characters well at first but as you read you find out more and more about the characters but it takes a long time to really understand the past lives of the characters.
6) if i could ask the author of this book one question, it would be where did he get the idea to have the main character combine forces with the police because it seemed strange at first because the main character was doing things that you would normally get arrested for to catch the killer.
3) the books structure is very strange, the author does not explain the characters well at first but as you read you find out more and more about the characters but it takes a long time to really understand the past lives of the characters.
6) if i could ask the author of this book one question, it would be where did he get the idea to have the main character combine forces with the police because it seemed strange at first because the main character was doing things that you would normally get arrested for to catch the killer.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
The Martian:By Andy Weir, Book Blog #3
Salvatore Stassi November, 5, 2015
Mrs.Welch ELA: Book Blog #3
Mrs.Welch ELA: Book Blog #3
Mark Watney is your typical every day man who is stranded on a rusting desert that is 249 million miles away from Earth, but now he has a greater chance of survival and getting home.
Mark Watney had to travel 22 sols (1 day with a extra 40 min) to receive a broken lander which is a basically a radio and he need this to get contact with the people in NASA. The only problem is that the lander was used in a failed Mars expedition, so no one is going to be listening to it. But Mark Watney does have a small chance of someone picking up the signal and his best bets are The Deep Space Network or SETI (Search For Extra Terrestrial Intelligence). So will Mark Watney get in contact with NASA or will he perish in the rusting desert before then, read and find out.
Question #7: This story has enlighten me, the reason why is because it show that people have this characteristic to help one another. Like in the story the people in NASA spend countless hours and millions of dollars just to help one man that is 249 million miles away.
Question #10: In the story Mark Watney need to cultivate Mars. The thing is he didn't have any fruit or vegetable seed and only had a limited amount of water and had no fertilized dirt. But Mark Watney eventually cultivates Mars and he can makes enough food for 500 sols. I will never ever, ever have a problem like this but this taught me no matter how big the problem is it can always be solved, you just try a little bit harder to solve it.
Blurr, Steven James (fiction) blog post #3
Kyle begins to wonder if they should go to the graveyard to see Emily's grave, maybe they'll be more clues? The next day Daniel, Mia, Kyle and Nicole all go to the graveyard. When they encounter her grave not far in front of them was Mr. McKinney's wife's grave. At both graves they had the same flowers, coincidence? They eventually go back to Kyle's house and do background checks on Mr. McKinney and his wife's death. Kyle and Daniel feel that McKinney is the murderer and that they should check out his house for some clues. When they got there, there wasn't anything out of the ordinary until they went into his bedroom. Three cells phones covered in girly decorations. McKinney shows up at his house early asking if anyone was there. The two boys sprint out of the house as fast as they possibly can and keep running until they are out of sight. Once everything was settled they got in contact with Emily's brother, he told them one of the phones was Emily's. Later Daniel is encountered with Nicole where she thanks him for the necklace. Although he never got her one, it was the same one Emily was wearing when she died. The principal stopped them and asked for Daniel to follow him. His father and the coaches stood waiting at the gym locker. Inside they found Emily's missing lens. Daniels father asked for Daniel to follow him as the leave the school but Daniel manages to get away because he realized Nicole was missing. He went to the cave where "she" texted him to meet her. Walking through the cave he encounters Emily's killer and Nicole. Although it wasn't Mr. McKinney. The killer and Daniel get into a huge tussle until Daniel ends up getting injured and the killer flies off the edge. Nicole and Daniel were left almost unharmed and returned home safely..
Question #2 "Do the main characters change by the end...."
In a way I think they all changed in some way, kind of grew up more because of everything they encountered. I feel like they realized how easy it is for someone to just die and how short life is so the should live it to the fullest.
Question #5 "Is the ending satisfying? If so why?
I honestly thought it was very satisfying especially since it wasn't a cliff hanger. It ended leaving a message that says that people die, everyone dies so you should just live. It also showed what happened to the main characters after the murderer died before the book ended which was pretty cool.
Kyle begins to wonder if they should go to the graveyard to see Emily's grave, maybe they'll be more clues? The next day Daniel, Mia, Kyle and Nicole all go to the graveyard. When they encounter her grave not far in front of them was Mr. McKinney's wife's grave. At both graves they had the same flowers, coincidence? They eventually go back to Kyle's house and do background checks on Mr. McKinney and his wife's death. Kyle and Daniel feel that McKinney is the murderer and that they should check out his house for some clues. When they got there, there wasn't anything out of the ordinary until they went into his bedroom. Three cells phones covered in girly decorations. McKinney shows up at his house early asking if anyone was there. The two boys sprint out of the house as fast as they possibly can and keep running until they are out of sight. Once everything was settled they got in contact with Emily's brother, he told them one of the phones was Emily's. Later Daniel is encountered with Nicole where she thanks him for the necklace. Although he never got her one, it was the same one Emily was wearing when she died. The principal stopped them and asked for Daniel to follow him. His father and the coaches stood waiting at the gym locker. Inside they found Emily's missing lens. Daniels father asked for Daniel to follow him as the leave the school but Daniel manages to get away because he realized Nicole was missing. He went to the cave where "she" texted him to meet her. Walking through the cave he encounters Emily's killer and Nicole. Although it wasn't Mr. McKinney. The killer and Daniel get into a huge tussle until Daniel ends up getting injured and the killer flies off the edge. Nicole and Daniel were left almost unharmed and returned home safely..
Question #2 "Do the main characters change by the end...."
In a way I think they all changed in some way, kind of grew up more because of everything they encountered. I feel like they realized how easy it is for someone to just die and how short life is so the should live it to the fullest.
Question #5 "Is the ending satisfying? If so why?
I honestly thought it was very satisfying especially since it wasn't a cliff hanger. It ended leaving a message that says that people die, everyone dies so you should just live. It also showed what happened to the main characters after the murderer died before the book ended which was pretty cool.
Throw like a girl by Jean Thompson, fiction blog 3
As of right now im reading throw like a girl by Jean Thompson. Currently in the last chapters it was talking about how Melanies mom missed her husband and wanted him back. He did pass away after having a heart attack. This book is full of mysteries and her friends and mother speaks her piece about the world and womens places in it.
Question 2: Do the main characters change by the end of the book? Do they grow or mature? Do they learn something about themselves and how the world works?
-I think that the characters did change because Melanie did mature at the end and she started not to care what people thought about her and i think she learned how to not care about what people think also to kind of look past things
Question 5: Is the ending satisfying? If so, why? If not.. and how would you change it?
-I think the ending wasnt really that interesting because there was no really excitement throughout the book. If i could change it i would put a little twist at the end like have her dad actually be alive and then maybe there could be a book 2.
Dear Bully, 70 authors tell their stories
As I finish the book, I cant help but feel like I have to reach out. Although these events happened years ago and they are all in the past, I feel these authors are still damaged. Just one word can ruin a self image, and we don't realize that. It seems like when schools say "bullying will not be tolerated", I think its a lie. Sure a teacher will stop students when they see it happen, But I don't think the stop bullying campaigns need to go further. everyone Should be able to hear the other side of the story like I did in this book. I think it should be read in schools across America to stop Bullying for good.
Question 1: has the novel changed you?
yes. no questions asked. This book made me take a good look at the other side and make me want to help. Next time I see it, Ill stop it
Question 2: is the ending satisfying?
Definitely. the end shows how much little has been done and how we have to take the extra step to stop bullying
Question 1: has the novel changed you?
yes. no questions asked. This book made me take a good look at the other side and make me want to help. Next time I see it, Ill stop it
Question 2: is the ending satisfying?
Definitely. the end shows how much little has been done and how we have to take the extra step to stop bullying
Crow Planet
Lizzie D'Agostino
Crow planet nonfiction Lyanda lynn Haupt
Imagine its 5 on a early summer night and all of a sudden you here a shriek and on top of that more you wake up with a startle and you rush outside to see what made that awful sound. When you head out there you can barley see anything except a giant black figure fly by your head to join the other black figures fighting off something even bigger. You wonder what the #%@*$ is going on!? What you probably saw were crow parents trying to fight off an animal to defend their fledglings (babies learning how to fly). Early summer is fledgling season where you will see them leaping out of their nests,but just because they are ready to fly doesn't mean they will fly right away they will most likely flap wildly as they crash to the earth, and unlike there parents the baby birds are very curious even though very vulnerable, so the parents will stay close by until they can at least lift off the ground, and that was fledglings taking off!
Question 7 nonfiction- I have learned so much from this book I learned from how smart crows are to how they live and how they grow up I loved this book!!!!
Question 4 fiction - They main idea of this book was…CROWS! How they live how smart they are stories from funny to mysterious and how misunderstood they are.
Crow planet nonfiction Lyanda lynn Haupt
Imagine its 5 on a early summer night and all of a sudden you here a shriek and on top of that more you wake up with a startle and you rush outside to see what made that awful sound. When you head out there you can barley see anything except a giant black figure fly by your head to join the other black figures fighting off something even bigger. You wonder what the #%@*$ is going on!? What you probably saw were crow parents trying to fight off an animal to defend their fledglings (babies learning how to fly). Early summer is fledgling season where you will see them leaping out of their nests,but just because they are ready to fly doesn't mean they will fly right away they will most likely flap wildly as they crash to the earth, and unlike there parents the baby birds are very curious even though very vulnerable, so the parents will stay close by until they can at least lift off the ground, and that was fledglings taking off!
Question 7 nonfiction- I have learned so much from this book I learned from how smart crows are to how they live and how they grow up I loved this book!!!!
Question 4 fiction - They main idea of this book was…CROWS! How they live how smart they are stories from funny to mysterious and how misunderstood they are.
Paper Towns By John Green Fiction
Summary- On the day of Q's graduation he left with his friends to go find Margo. They found out she was in a town that was called Agloe. They had exactly 21 hours to get there before she would leave to find another paper town. When they finally found Margo in Agloe she was supersized that they actually came. she had left Q clues to where to find her but she thought that it was going to take him longer to figure it out. Q found out that Margo used to like him when he was younger. After finding this out he wanted her to to come back home with him. If she came home she would of never been able to leave again. She also wanted Q to come with her but he wanted a future that was there. The book ends with her getting in the car crying while Q is standing there.
Question #2 Q has changed a lot by the end of the book. At the beginning of the book he was scared and didn't have many friends. But by the end he was very out going and had more friends. Also he was very confident and proud of himself. At the beginning of the book Margo is very reliant on others. Also she acts on what others do. By the end she is very independent and confident of what she can do.
Question #7 This novel has changed me about how I think about people. The book has changed my perspective about people. Everyone can be a paper person. They can be there physically, but mentally they can be lost in there thoughts. I think the book will change me because I have never thought of the term paper towns like that.
Question #2 Q has changed a lot by the end of the book. At the beginning of the book he was scared and didn't have many friends. But by the end he was very out going and had more friends. Also he was very confident and proud of himself. At the beginning of the book Margo is very reliant on others. Also she acts on what others do. By the end she is very independent and confident of what she can do.
Question #7 This novel has changed me about how I think about people. The book has changed my perspective about people. Everyone can be a paper person. They can be there physically, but mentally they can be lost in there thoughts. I think the book will change me because I have never thought of the term paper towns like that.
Josh Hamilton- beyond belief by Tim Keown nonfiction ... Jacob Buell
4. Some of the language the other uses in the book, allows me as the reader to understand the pain josh is going through in this stage of his life. It's not as much as the vocab, as it is more of tone in the sentences. It makes you feel depressed. This is a good way for the author to write this story, because it allows you to start to feel how Josh has felt.
7. I am not completely done with this book, but so far I have learned that depending on the people you hang with, it could effect your outcome in life. This helps me for when I get older, because I will now what some of the consequences may be if I allow myself to be around certain people too often.
Navy Seal Dogs by-Mike Ritland
Tyler Harrington
In this chapter mike is still telling about his operation and that it took over six hours to search and sweep the hole facility.Then after that was over he started to wonder if he had a dog for the operation would of it have been easier for them even though they had no causalities.So after his time in the navy he started to train dogs for the military.For mike when he trains dogs he looks for special qualities in the dog.Mike wants the dogs he trains to be a certain age to be trained and when hes done with them he wants the dogs to have courageous spirit in them.
1)The main character in this is Mike for now because its about him mostly.The information i have is that he talks about himself and the of the operation he Did in Iraq.So that's why he is the main character in this and he is a true hero for protecting his country.
2)I like mike in this because what he has done in the passed to make him a great person now.The reason why i like Mike is because he helps people and loves dogs.Also when he was done with the navy seals he went to go train dogs for the military.
Blog #3 schooled by Gordon Korman
Summary: As time went by, Cap has started to get how things work in C average middle school, there is a big long wedge in between the puny kids and the tough kids, and Hugh Winkleman was pretty much the only puny kid in the school, and Cap's only friend. Well... Cap starts to get better with his job of being class president, and Hugh is pretty much left in the shadow of Cap's popularity, which leaves Hugh furious with Cap. After that popular day at school, the school bus is driving everybody home when the bus driver starts having a heart attack, then Cap rushes to the driver's seat and starts to drive the bus! He then says "where is the nearest hospital?" But everybody is dead silent from fear, "Hospital now!" Cap yells, then Naomi, Cap's "girlfriend", rushes up to Cap and directs him to the hospital. Cap, once again, is arrested but later bailed out by Ms. Donnelly, who isn't furious with him at all. Like what was said earlier, Hugh was furious with Cap and decided to pull a prank on him, with the help of Zach Powers; they decided to put Cap in some other school's football uniform and have him enter the playing field while football practice is going on. So the prank ends up being successful, but Cap was tackled by every football player on the team, leaving him injured. Cap is then rushed to the hospital, fixed up, and everything turned out okay. A few days went by and everybody was starting to get worried about Cap because he wasn't showing up at school, then a rumor started up that Cap was dead which made everyone even more concerned because with Cap gone, that means no Halloween dance, plus Cap was the best president the class has ever had. However, even though Cap was no longer at school, the Halloween dance still went on only it was different. It was more of a memorial service to honor the life of Cap (even though he wasn't dead). At the "funeral" everybody was dressed up in tye-dye and listening to 70s music while holding up candles, that is until Cap arrived. Everybody cheered and shouted with glee but when Cap said that even though he showed up, he could no longer go to C average middle school but he did say goodbye to every student in school which made everyone rejoice again and Cap knew every students name.
Questions:
2. Does the main character change at the end? Do they learn how the world works?
Yes, towards the end of the book Cap learns about real life physical violence, advanced technology,
use of money, pizza, and the television. I think that it was a good thing that Cap learned about how messed up the world really is, because this isn't the 70s any more and if Cap never learned that, then his adult hood could have been tough and confusing.
Questions:
2. Does the main character change at the end? Do they learn how the world works?
Yes, towards the end of the book Cap learns about real life physical violence, advanced technology,
use of money, pizza, and the television. I think that it was a good thing that Cap learned about how messed up the world really is, because this isn't the 70s any more and if Cap never learned that, then his adult hood could have been tough and confusing.
The Running Game, by Wendelin Van Draanen-realalistic fiction
"The Running Dream" is a book that portrays strength and faith. Jessica, the main character, is on the track team for her school. She is a runner, more specifically. 400 meters... how far she ran to break her personal record of 55 seconds. Jessica is so proud of herself! While on the bus going home, a tow truck tumbled down the hill, smashing into the school bus. The truck driver, along with one other high school girl, were killed on sight. Most of the other students had cuts and bruises, but what happened to Jessica? Is she okay? Jessica personally thinks that she is going to die. The doctors amputated her right leg, from the knee-down, and she thinks that she will never be able to do anything ever again. The doctors, her mother, best friend, classmates, all say that she will be just fine. With all of the encouragement from her family, why doesn't she think that she will make it? Physical therapy is helping her legs get stronger but recovery is slow. Running is what she does. It's who she is. After this accident, Jessica is devastated. What will change that? I have yet to get to that part of the book.
QUESTION #8--When did this story take place.....
This story was written and taken place in the 21st century. This setting impacted the story because the first conflict that happens is a car crash! I know that there were cars in the 20th century but today, people are careless. They, sometimes, don't look where they are going and end up crashing. Cell phones play a huge role in today's car crashes too. Texting, talking. Everything that has to do with a cell phone while behind the wheel can cause serious damage.Anyway, if there weren't cars, then car accidents wouldn't happen. That is how I look at it. But please give me your own input on this topic.
QUESTION #9--Talk about specific passages.....
This story has already shown many different mini-events. I saw that Jessica's sister,Kaylee, loves her sister. Many siblings love their other siblings, but some don't show it as much as Kaylee does. Jessica was in the hospital. Kaylee has been dying to see her ever since the crash. I guess it was one of those "Have to see it to believe it" moments. Kaylee didn't believe her parents when they said that Jessica was alright. She also looks up to Jessica. She is her big sister.
Unstoppable- Tim Green, Fiction, Cameron Cronk
Harrison, Harrison, Harrison. This foster kid is just tearing it up in modified football. They ended up winning the championship. And yes, Harrison scored the game winning 80 yard touchdown to win the game. All of his teammates were so happy for him and he felt like the only person in the world. He saw Becky in the stands and gave her a wave and she didn't just wave, she blew him a kiss that Harrison would remember for the rest of his life. They started dating and sitting with each other at lunch again. Oh yeah and Leo Howard, still doesn't like Harrison. But on the bright side Leo has smiled at Harrison in the halls and Harrison smiled back. After a stretched period of time Leo Howard and Harrison Kelly ended up becoming best friends. Coach and Mom, are Harrison's #1 fans.
Question #1 (Has this novel changed you?)
In my opinion, I don't think that this book changed me as a person, but it changed by point of view of things. Such as being helpful to other people really does pay off in the near future.
Question #2 (Is the ending satisfying?)
Yes I think that the ending to this book couldn't have been any better. Tim Green (The author) is just a great writer and it's one of the best endings to a book I've ever read.
Question #1 (Has this novel changed you?)
In my opinion, I don't think that this book changed me as a person, but it changed by point of view of things. Such as being helpful to other people really does pay off in the near future.
Question #2 (Is the ending satisfying?)
Yes I think that the ending to this book couldn't have been any better. Tim Green (The author) is just a great writer and it's one of the best endings to a book I've ever read.
Drugs & consequences The truth about prescription drugs by Basia Leonard and Jeremy Roberts
Most prescription drugs are bad especially if they are overdosed. You can not find these drugs over the counter because they are a lot more dangerous and can cause more harm to your body especially if you don't need them. When you get prescribed any type of medication it is important to read the label and follow the directions, if it says take one everyday only take one. And with some medications if you stop taking them it messes with your brain. Some of the drugs are addictive, The most addictive and overdosed drugs are antidepressants and drugs for ADD and ADHD. I know a lot of people who have been through this and they have misused prescription drugs.
Most prescription drugs are bad especially if they are overdosed. You can not find these drugs over the counter because they are a lot more dangerous and can cause more harm to your body especially if you don't need them. When you get prescribed any type of medication it is important to read the label and follow the directions, if it says take one everyday only take one. And with some medications if you stop taking them it messes with your brain. Some of the drugs are addictive, The most addictive and overdosed drugs are antidepressants and drugs for ADD and ADHD. I know a lot of people who have been through this and they have misused prescription drugs.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
The Ghetto Cowboy - Brandon Lighton
The boy met a cowboy in the city of where his dad lives. The boy found a horse and happened to be the mans horse. So the man told the boy to name the horse for him cause it did not have a name yet. The man tells the boy to ride the horse. The boy doesn't want to do it but the man forces him and tells him he's going to teach him how.
1) the central idea is that its okay to learn something new
2) if I could ask the author one thing it would be how he cams up with this idea of the book.
The boy met a cowboy in the city of where his dad lives. The boy found a horse and happened to be the mans horse. So the man told the boy to name the horse for him cause it did not have a name yet. The man tells the boy to ride the horse. The boy doesn't want to do it but the man forces him and tells him he's going to teach him how.
1) the central idea is that its okay to learn something new
2) if I could ask the author one thing it would be how he cams up with this idea of the book.
Paper Towns- By John Green
Margo, a mysterious high school girl runs away after spending the last night with Quentin. Margo is leaving little clues to find her or so Quentin thinks. Radar, Ben and Lacey are all Quentin and Margo's friends. They decide to help Quentin find Margo. Desperation and panic set in when the clues lead them to believe that Margo will kill herself if they don't find her soon. Margo's clues give them a time limit and if they don't race to find her it will be too late. They all go on a road trip to upstate New York and they have to speed or they wont make it there in time. Faster, faster and faster they went along the roads until they finally reached Margo.
8. Where in time or history did this story take place? This Novel takes place in modern day Orlando. Although we see Orlando as a beautiful and tropical place, Margo cannot stand it. She thinks of it as a paint chipped tourist trap. She even describes it as being so fake that they are "Paper Towns". When they kids go on a road trip to find her in upstate new York they imagine it being like New York City. But when they get to upstate New York they find it isn't anything like New York City. When they finally reach Margo and they talk to her they learn that she doesn't like life anymore here than she did in Orlando.
10. Think of one way that a person in the story solved a problem. Quentin in the novel has the problem of finding Margo. He finds Margo and solves the problem by getting friends to help him. It shows that if you have fun with friends along the way it makes things better and easier.
Margo, a mysterious high school girl runs away after spending the last night with Quentin. Margo is leaving little clues to find her or so Quentin thinks. Radar, Ben and Lacey are all Quentin and Margo's friends. They decide to help Quentin find Margo. Desperation and panic set in when the clues lead them to believe that Margo will kill herself if they don't find her soon. Margo's clues give them a time limit and if they don't race to find her it will be too late. They all go on a road trip to upstate New York and they have to speed or they wont make it there in time. Faster, faster and faster they went along the roads until they finally reached Margo.
8. Where in time or history did this story take place? This Novel takes place in modern day Orlando. Although we see Orlando as a beautiful and tropical place, Margo cannot stand it. She thinks of it as a paint chipped tourist trap. She even describes it as being so fake that they are "Paper Towns". When they kids go on a road trip to find her in upstate new York they imagine it being like New York City. But when they get to upstate New York they find it isn't anything like New York City. When they finally reach Margo and they talk to her they learn that she doesn't like life anymore here than she did in Orlando.
10. Think of one way that a person in the story solved a problem. Quentin in the novel has the problem of finding Margo. He finds Margo and solves the problem by getting friends to help him. It shows that if you have fun with friends along the way it makes things better and easier.
I AM A SEAL TEAM SIX WARRIOR By Howard E. Wasdin
It is 1991 during the gulf war. Howard participates in many missions during the war. He learns how difficult it is to operate where the soldiers do not care abouts their ranks. He hold out because of his training. Howard did so good he got the chance to try out for the SEAL team six. He realizes the importance of working with an elite team. It is so difficult for people many have dropped out already. He powers through doing his best making the elite team. The seals only work on special operations though howard figures out.
1) It controversial because some think the work is right and some think the work is wrong
2) The central idea is power thru and try your hardest
1) It controversial because some think the work is right and some think the work is wrong
2) The central idea is power thru and try your hardest
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy Seal by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer. Genre: Biography
In the 2nd half of chapter 3, the main character is about to parachute out of a plane. He gets the one minute warning, and the green light telling him to jump. On the descent, the character pulls the cord for the main chute too early, leading him into an uncontrolled spin. His only option was to cut the main chute and pull the reserve. The reserve chute opens, and the character makes it to the landing site.
Question 1. If you could ask the author one question...
If I could ask the author one question, it would most likely be, "What inspired you to write a book like this?"
Question 2. Describe the main character.
The main character is determined, brave. His whole life, he has wanted to be a Navy SEAL, and he is now. He is brave, because some of the things he does would scare me half to death.
Question 1. If you could ask the author one question...
If I could ask the author one question, it would most likely be, "What inspired you to write a book like this?"
Question 2. Describe the main character.
The main character is determined, brave. His whole life, he has wanted to be a Navy SEAL, and he is now. He is brave, because some of the things he does would scare me half to death.
Wonder,R.J. Palacio,Fiction
The novel had a really great ending to it.In the final parts of the book it kinda brought everyone together,because they went back to the "Pullmans" and had ice cream together. In one of the other parts of the book Auggie and one of his best friend Jack had a fight because when they went back to school Auggie stopped talking to Jack which made him feel not too good.But in the end they made up and are now friends again.But the "turning point" of the book was when the students go on a camping trip and everyone calls Auggie a freak.But then some of the kids realize that it wasn't a good decision to call him that and they apologize and his friends start to except him for who is.
Question #1-Does the novel affect your life?
Yes,I think the story affects my life because it kinda taught me that know matter what a person looks like that you should always be nice to them because you don't know what the person is feeling inside.So by being nice to them and making friends with them will make them feel good about themselves.
Question # 2-Have the characters changed?
Yes,I think the characters have changed from the beginning to now especially Auggies friends and people he goes to school with.They have changed because they now except him for who he is and dont call him a "freak".They have all changed in a positive way.
Yes,I think the story affects my life because it kinda taught me that know matter what a person looks like that you should always be nice to them because you don't know what the person is feeling inside.So by being nice to them and making friends with them will make them feel good about themselves.
Question # 2-Have the characters changed?
Yes,I think the characters have changed from the beginning to now especially Auggies friends and people he goes to school with.They have changed because they now except him for who he is and dont call him a "freak".They have all changed in a positive way.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, Sam Robinson
Blog #3
Summary: I had just gotten done reading the 2nd part of the book. This part of the book is about a boy named Benjamin Thomas Parish (but known as just Ben Parish in the story). The part starts out with Ben laying down on a cot, in a tent, slowly dying from the "Red Death". While laying on the cot he starts to hear odd gunfire and giant explosions, he does not know whats going on and starts to fill up with fear. A man dressed in a uniform runs into the tent and yells "there inside us". This man was taken away by another man who had come into the tent right after him. Another man picked up Ben and carried him to the basement of the big building right in Write-Patterson (the "safe camp" that I mentioned in my second blog). A nurse comes in a examines him and states that he is "clean" but very sick. He is taken to the "zombie ward" where all the people who have the "Read Death" go to be treated. Ben is put on morphine and many other drugs to try and get rid of the virus. It works and the virus is no longer detected inside of him. He is then taken to another examiner to get a tracking device placed inside the back of his neck. He then goes with the doctor (Dr. Pam) to an underground level and is brought to a room to be shown what "an Other" looks like. When he see's who it is he is shocked. The man (or whatever he is) was named Chris, he was Ben's "tent-mate". Dr. Pam orders Ben to execute Chris because its the only way to get rid of them. Ben hesitates then firmly pushes the button...
Question #5: Is the ending satisfying?
Yes, the end was satisfying because it ended with Cassie, Ben and her little brother Sammy all together sitting watching the sun rise over the horizon. This is satisfying to me because they are all together and there is no worry about being killed at any moment, they are just enjoying each others comfort and the sun rise.
Question #3: What is the structure of the story?
The author wrote this story in interlocking short stories. Each part of the book is a different characters view point of the story. This makes the story more interesting because you can see how each character feels and what each of them go through to try and survive the invasion. I think the author picked this form of writing because he knew that it would make his "audience" enjoy the book much better. Like in the first 23 or 24 chapters its all about Cassie and she mentions her little brother Sammy and a guy she liked named Ben Parish, and the reader sits there wondering what happened to Ben Parish? Did he die? Is he alive? Then in the 2nd part of the book you find out that he's alive and well. Then with Sammy when he gets taken away on the bus, the reader wonders if Sammy is actually being taken to a "safe place" or if he's just going to be killed like all the people in the refugee camp were. The book in reality is a question and answer. You question whether that character is dead or not and then later in the book it answers your question.
Summary: I had just gotten done reading the 2nd part of the book. This part of the book is about a boy named Benjamin Thomas Parish (but known as just Ben Parish in the story). The part starts out with Ben laying down on a cot, in a tent, slowly dying from the "Red Death". While laying on the cot he starts to hear odd gunfire and giant explosions, he does not know whats going on and starts to fill up with fear. A man dressed in a uniform runs into the tent and yells "there inside us". This man was taken away by another man who had come into the tent right after him. Another man picked up Ben and carried him to the basement of the big building right in Write-Patterson (the "safe camp" that I mentioned in my second blog). A nurse comes in a examines him and states that he is "clean" but very sick. He is taken to the "zombie ward" where all the people who have the "Read Death" go to be treated. Ben is put on morphine and many other drugs to try and get rid of the virus. It works and the virus is no longer detected inside of him. He is then taken to another examiner to get a tracking device placed inside the back of his neck. He then goes with the doctor (Dr. Pam) to an underground level and is brought to a room to be shown what "an Other" looks like. When he see's who it is he is shocked. The man (or whatever he is) was named Chris, he was Ben's "tent-mate". Dr. Pam orders Ben to execute Chris because its the only way to get rid of them. Ben hesitates then firmly pushes the button...
Question #5: Is the ending satisfying?
Yes, the end was satisfying because it ended with Cassie, Ben and her little brother Sammy all together sitting watching the sun rise over the horizon. This is satisfying to me because they are all together and there is no worry about being killed at any moment, they are just enjoying each others comfort and the sun rise.
Question #3: What is the structure of the story?
The author wrote this story in interlocking short stories. Each part of the book is a different characters view point of the story. This makes the story more interesting because you can see how each character feels and what each of them go through to try and survive the invasion. I think the author picked this form of writing because he knew that it would make his "audience" enjoy the book much better. Like in the first 23 or 24 chapters its all about Cassie and she mentions her little brother Sammy and a guy she liked named Ben Parish, and the reader sits there wondering what happened to Ben Parish? Did he die? Is he alive? Then in the 2nd part of the book you find out that he's alive and well. Then with Sammy when he gets taken away on the bus, the reader wonders if Sammy is actually being taken to a "safe place" or if he's just going to be killed like all the people in the refugee camp were. The book in reality is a question and answer. You question whether that character is dead or not and then later in the book it answers your question.
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Crow planet, Lyanda Haupt, nonfiction, by Lizzie Dagostino
For some people this may be hard to believe but as hard as it is for us to pick a location, material, and furniture for your house it is the same way with the crow! For example, in spring a crow pare will not just build a nest just anywhere they will think thuroughly on the exact location on the tree like if there in a suburban/urban where its busy and may contain many threats such as dogs or kids they will nest higher, or if there in a rural area they may pick a lower branch to easily reach food or easier on their fledglings(young birds ready to learn to fly). When they pick the right spot then its time to build it but it takes a lot more time than many think. Yes crows can be so picky that it can take 20 minutes just to find and pick 1 stick!!! And just like when the husbands turn their backs for a second is when the women take over and "fix" the nest the way they want to, and hope that the husbands don't notice. And that was building a home with crows!
Question #7 fiction- This novel has changed me a lot. Before I had read this book crows to me have always caught my curiosity and I felt that they were shrouded in mystery and a bit odd. However I realized that crows are kind intelligent creatures that are misunderstood and should not be symbolized as a bad symbol like death or bad luck.
Question#6 fiction- If I could ask the author a question I would ask if she changed her mind on crows after writing a book about them because in the beginning of the book she clearly states that crows are not her favorite animal unlike most authors that usually write about why they like whatever the main ideas about.
Friday, October 30, 2015
A Lesson Before Dying
"A Lesson Before Dying" By:Ernest J Gaines, Realistic fiction
It's the late 40's, your an uneducated black man living in a small, predominately white, Cajun community in the deep south this is reality for Jefferson; (the character the book is based around)
The story starts in a grocery store Jefferson was forced to go in with his older brother and his cousin; (Bear), they got every thing they wanted, then went to the register to check out their groceries, They then found out they didn't they didn't have money to pay for the liquor they wanted to purchase. They tried to get the clerk (Mr. Grope) to give it to them and they would have the rest of the money later but he wouldn't, he said that lost of people don't pay him back. that was when Bear sent behind the counter and started towards the cash register; (keep in mind he had been drinking) Grope told him to "go back" but bear kept going when bear was still nearing closer after two more warnings from grope ran to the register and pulled a 38 special he started shooting, a few seconds later their were gunshots from another direction. When it was quiet again three bodies lay on the floor Bear, brother And grope who was still able to talk. Jefferson was trying to make sure that Grope knew he had no part in the shooting but, it was of no use; Jefferson was talking to a dead man. Still he didn't run his head was spinning, he didn't know how he got there, what to do, or even recall what had happened.
In court Jefferson's defense attorney didn't help his case much he tried, but failed. Even through the prejudice statements he made about his client "this isn't something that's smart enough to plan a robbery or a murder this is just something to pick your corn or bail your cotton" (Jefferson is a black man of low intelligence). Even after lots of this type of arrangement from his layer Jefferson was still found guilty of robbery, and murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death by electrocution.
Questions
Question #1.
-Jefferson does what he knows to do, he never received a proper education he doesn't have much common sense if any, he knows how to work in the field because that was the trade he learned on the plantation farm he was born on and lives on.
-his actions are absolutely justified; as I said above he's a black man of low intelligence in a predominately white town and he just does what he knows.
-the past is everything in the terms of Jefferson's life, especially seeing he was sentenced to the death penalty, (in the forties this would give him (at the most) a couple months to live). his past determined the path of his life which is the death penalty.
-While I don't necessarily admire him, I believe that Jefferson is simply a victim of circumstance, I also believe that he is very negatively effected by something that is beyond his control, I almost sympathize with him
-Jefferson dos not remind me of any one I know; I feel that this is mainly because of the difference in setting of the story and modern day their just is enough similarities between the two worlds.
Question #8
The story takes place in a small Cajun town, in the deep south, in the late forties, and the character the story is based around is black, . so yes the setting is most certainly imperative of the story. I believe that if this story was written about modern day America than their wouldn't even be a story. Their are numerous reasons for this; today everyone is educated regardless of race, or any other quality in which prejudices are based upon, racism is still a problem today, but much less prevalent today than in the forties, and just as a closer; today the store would have had security cameras in it which could have proved Jefferson innocence in the whole case.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Navy Seal Dogs by-Mike Ritlands
Tyler Harrington
So where I left off Mike was beginning to talk about the different divisions dogs are in and how important dogs can be in missions.So he talks about chopper and choppers specific breed of dog he is Belgian malinois that is a good (SOF) division dog.Also that chopper was about two when mike got him and chopper was trained when he was a puppy.so before military can recruit dogs have to go through training before they can go.Mike then tells a a special seals missions that he went on and tells how they planned for weeks for it and practiced for the operation.The missions was in Iraq and they were post to protect the oil Riggs because they got Intel that Iraqi guards were going to plant explosives and blow it up .
1)So i believe that mike works for the seals is to protect anyone or anything.Also willing to put his life on the line for his country to protect and serve.So that's why i believe why he does what he does.
2)Also i believe that the main character for this passage is chopper and Mike.The reason i think is because in the beginning of the chapter Mike talks about chopper and the different breeds of dogs and training they go through for preparation.Also Mike because he talks about his mission in Iraq and how he was in a dangerous situation.
The Maze Runner
The book follows the path of a kid named Thomas. One day Thomas wakes up and he's in a weird place. He can't remember anything except for his name. The place only has boys in it, it's a square. In this square is a couple buildings that were made. All around the square, there's giant walls that touch the sky. Past those walls, a massive maze, the only way out. Not only is the maze gigantic, but there is a threat in it unlike anything Thomas has ever faced.
Q5: Is the end satisfying? I don't think it is satisfying, but since the series continues past the book I guess that's the point.
Q6: If you could ask the author something about the book what would you ask? I would ask what made them think of this story, was it something in real life that happened or was it just creative thinking or anything like that.
Q5: Is the end satisfying? I don't think it is satisfying, but since the series continues past the book I guess that's the point.
Q6: If you could ask the author something about the book what would you ask? I would ask what made them think of this story, was it something in real life that happened or was it just creative thinking or anything like that.
A Child Called It.
So far into the book i've gotten far enough to learn and discover some other terrible games David's mother plays on him. By now things have gotten worse David's mother doesn't even call him by his name she refers to him as " the boy". At first David thought he could escape his mother's beatings through his father and just his dad of being around him at first it did make a difference but not for long, it changed it didn't matter if his father was around or not his mother had gotten even more careless. David learns quickly a better way to distract his mom in ways that could save his life. He buys time until his brothers come home because he knows if they are home his mother won't hurt him.
1. if i could ask the author any question i would ask how he survived and what was the real cause of his mother insane strange unexpected behavior real reasoning. I would ask him this because in the book i know he was a very young kid and at the time he didn't understand why his mother just snapped and became this different person out of no where but now that hes older he probably knows the real reason.
2. one way my main character solved a problem is buying time to save his life he had to do this several times he continues to out smart his mother hes always trying to be one step ahead of the game so he can stay alive. i learned that if you use your brain to get you out of problems such as instead of fighting you will most likely win.
So far into the book i've gotten far enough to learn and discover some other terrible games David's mother plays on him. By now things have gotten worse David's mother doesn't even call him by his name she refers to him as " the boy". At first David thought he could escape his mother's beatings through his father and just his dad of being around him at first it did make a difference but not for long, it changed it didn't matter if his father was around or not his mother had gotten even more careless. David learns quickly a better way to distract his mom in ways that could save his life. He buys time until his brothers come home because he knows if they are home his mother won't hurt him.
1. if i could ask the author any question i would ask how he survived and what was the real cause of his mother insane strange unexpected behavior real reasoning. I would ask him this because in the book i know he was a very young kid and at the time he didn't understand why his mother just snapped and became this different person out of no where but now that hes older he probably knows the real reason.
2. one way my main character solved a problem is buying time to save his life he had to do this several times he continues to out smart his mother hes always trying to be one step ahead of the game so he can stay alive. i learned that if you use your brain to get you out of problems such as instead of fighting you will most likely win.
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