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Blog #8
I just finished reading I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You, Ally Carter.
1. The main charcater, Cammie's nickname is a Chameloan because she is a spy. She relates to me because Cammie is very good at being "unseen" and sometimes I wish I could be that way! However, that is the main reason she is able to go uncover and is a great spy, is because she is good at being hidden.
2. I can relate the scene when Cammie ditches her best friends, Bex and Liz, during a mission, but in the end they forgive each other. I can see how this same thing happens at school in or our everyday lives, when one leaves you that you trust and then you have to learn to forgive.
Blog #10: The book that I am still reading is My Life in Pink and Green by Lisa Greenwald and I am on page 223. One figurative language that appears regularly in my book is similes. An example is, "'This girl is like businesswoman of the year!" This simile means that Lucy, the main character is doing very well with her makeup business and making lots of profit single-handedly. It relates to my novel because Lucy's family run a localy-owned pharmacy but it's not doing so well finiacialy so Lucy tries to help out. She forms her own little business in which she does girl's makeup for special events, basically anything, and once that's done people tip Lucy and then they buy the product. The character in the book that says that simile was just given one of Lucy's information brochure and that's why she said that.
Lena~ I can see that to, of how we have to forgive one another no matter what happened.
Blog #12 I am reading “The Color of Water” Page 60.
In one part of the book they say; “…or one of those young black militant leaders…” The word I did not know was Militant. I think it means a really powerful leader. However; the actual definition is; “extremely active in the defense or support of a cause, often to the point of extremism” I was somewhat close because I used the context clues.
Lena - that sounds like a really interesting book, in the sense of girls being well, girly. Maybe i shoukld read it!
Oh and the Author of my book is James McBride.
Blog #10
I am reading Stoneheart by Charlie Fletcher and I am on page 113.
One example of figurative language I came across while I was reading was a simile. The sentence was, "The girl twisted her head like a snake and bit the conductor neatly between his thumb and forefinger." This means the twisting motion of the girl's head towards the bus driver preparing to strike was similar to that of a snake's as it moves or rotates its head, in preparation to attack or when it is alerted based on a noise. This is very important in this scene of the story. While the Gunner-statue dragged George, the main character, through the park, George informed the statue that nobody could see him, or any other statue awoken. Actually, a girl on a bus was the one person that could witness the scene and immediately yelled for the bus driver to stop and allow her to exit the bus. However, the driver reluctantly instructed her to sit down and wait patiently for the next stop. In response, the girl rapidly turned her head and bit the driver, as stated in the simile. Therefore, the driver was caught off guard, the bus slowed down, and the girl was able to jump off of the bus and sprint towards George.
Lena-
I completely agree with how you connected that scene to the world. That is an instrumental lesson for many people to learn because knowing the act of forgiveness speaks so much about a person. Great work!
Blog #7
The two books i read was Rangers Apprentince Book #3 The Icebound Land and Book #4 The Battle for Skandia. I did not enjoy book #3 as much because it was more as a setup book for the next. Book #4 was very enjoyable because there was nothing but action and it kept you turning the page and want to keep reading. The book i am looking forward to read is Wizard by James Paterson.
Cbasset5-
Is that book good.
Blog #8
I am on page 120 of Old Magic by Marianne Curley.
1) Kate has a very interesting personality that I think resembles mine. She can be the nicest girl in the entire world, but sometimes she makes comments that are sarcastic and sound worse than meant to be.
2) Many of the places in the book are historically similar to those in real life. The author does not directly mention this, but you can recognize famous places. For example, there was a place where she mentioned "the tallest mountain in the world" where "only the bravest rest among its peak," which was just like Mt. Everest.
Jared- I never wanted to read Wizard just because it sounds a lot like Harry Potter, which really bugs me. If you read it/have read it, are they similar?
Blog 8
I am reading The Thunder of Angels by Donnie Williams and Wayne Greenhaw, I am on page 95.
Self to text: In my book people are discriminated because of their skin. I feel this connects to me because I have once been left out of a group or never got to do what I wanted to and this is how the African Americans feel in my book
Text to world: This book cannot really relate to the world because it is facts from Montgomery in 1955. But without the boycott that happened then, we might still be very racist today.
Jared- A lot of people I know have read those books, I am wondering if they are good.
Blog #8
I finished reading Ranger's Apprentice book 9 by John Flanagan.
Text-self: I think the main character Will is partially like me because his personality is mistaken for by the way his looks are. Also, he grew up being pick on but as he got older changed that.
Text-world: Like in this book people who are in power in a place without strong government they will kill those who challenge them. Also, the only way its changed is by having a group that will do almost anything to change it.
Jared I agree that book 4 is a page turner but I like book 3 better due to the suspense and the many questions you have.
Blog 10
In my book The son of Neptune I am curretlly on page 72
A simile is on pg.26 it states "He looked lie a toddler who had taken steroids and joined the marines." In this simile it is describing how Franks baby like face does not fit In with his burly frame and marine corps style hair cut. They added this description to give a humourous explanation of how this guy looked. They did this because it is closer to the beggining of the book and they needed to set some characters and set upthe plot.
Connor I have heard of that book but never really tried reading it is it any good?
Connor I have heard of that book but never really tried reading it is it any good?
Blog #10
I just finished the book The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan. An example of figurative language that I found in this book is a simile. The sentence it is in is "Purple snowcapped mountains marched off in either direction, with clouds floating around their middles like fluffy belts." This sentence also has personification. This sentence means that the characters were in a mountainous region and most likely cold.
Tucker-
I just finished that book! How do you like it so far?
Blog 12:
I am on page 22 of the book The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood.
The word I do not know is the "tenaciously" at page 22. The sentance is "I clung tenaciously to the saddle frame and kicked assailant, but it was no use."
The sentance before talks about the main character, Widge, struggling against a man grabbing him to the ground. The sentance the word is in also sounds very agressive. So I think the word means desperate in almost a vicious way.
I came to the Longman Dictionary Online and it says:
determined to do something and unwilling to stop trying even when the situation becomes difficult
So even though my guess was at the same idea but I do not think the word does not have as strong as a meaning as my guess. The word almost the same meaning as a word like persevere or not giving up hope.
Lena-
Spy books are my favorite! Why is the title the way it is though? Is there romance in it?
Blog # 9 We have practiced a lot with characterization and the five forms of indirect characterization.
1. Choose ONE of the forms of indirect characterization. Tell which indirect characterization method you are using (no numbers, be specific with which form of indirect characterization).
2. Give a specific example from your book of that indirect characterization.
3. Tell us the character trait that this shows about the character (remember, this should be an adjective).
I am reading The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer and Im on page 130.
Through comments made about the character by others.
"Greg was quite possibly the coolest guy in existence and the only person, besides Henry, who ever make Vlad wish he had a brother… He set the standard for what cool was at Bathory High.” Pg 29
Social, I think Greg is a very social guy whom everyone seems to like.
Charles- is the rangers apprentice a good book? because i think i saw that Jared and some others also read that book!
Jared- is the wizard book anything like harry potter? because it seems like it wold be, and though the Harry Potter series is good if wizard is the same concept i probably wont want to read it.
Blog #11
I am reading Eona by Allison Goodman, and I am on page 324. There is a scene in my book where Eona is put to the test of strength and loyalty by the eastern tribe leader. They are in a large teepee like tent that can hold many people. There is a brazier in the middle of the tent. She must force Lord Ido to put his hands in the coals for 10 seconds. She does it and then in her anger and display of true power heals him and her crippled friend. The problem is when she heals people with her dragon's power she also gains control over their will. I believe the author included this in the story because it shows how Eons is slowly losing herself to her power and need to show people her strength. Before, especially when she was crippled, she would have never taken someones will for healing them without asking them and would have considered for a long time the consequences of doing so.
LSakalla6-
That book has an interesting title, is it an actual spy book or more like a play on words kind of thing? I like spy books, but generally not books about everyday teenage life (since I go through it everyday and currently am one).
BLog #1
I a reading the book Into the Wild. I am on page 6. THis book is a sic-fi fantasy. This is about a 12 year old girl named Julie. She and her mom have a big secret they have to keep hidden. She has plants and vines under her bed and they refer to the plants as "The Wild" This plant is very dangerous and can not spread. THe plant gets out and the town is in trouble. So far she is deciding what to do about her town, does she let the while destroy her and pull her in or does she let the ten die and get to safety?
Blog 8 I am reading The Thunder of Angels by Donnie Williams and Wayne Greenhaw, I am on page 95. Self to text: In my book people are discriminated because of their skin. I feel this connects to me because I have once been left out of a group or never got to do what I wanted to and this is how the African Americans feel in my book Text to world: This book cannot really relate to the world because it is facts from Montgomery in 1955. But without the boycott that happened then, we might still be very racist today.
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