anathema- a curse
odious-highly offensive
apathy-lack of interest for things others find exciting
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Reader's Response 27
Hoot 0-91 read for 4Hrs.
Hoot is about a boy named Roy, who recently moved to Florida. While getting his faced smashed against the window of the school bus by Dana, the school bully, he notices a strange boy who is running. He decides to follow the boy but his forts attempt is foiled when he is hit by a golf ball while tailing the boy on a golf course. He also meets other obstacles, like Beatrice the Bear whom, he finds out, is the boys sister and will do anything to protect him. Their is also officer Delinko a kind police officer who is trying to get promoted to detective. But while he is investigating a series of crimes at the future sight of a Mother Paula's Pancake House, his car gets vandalized and he takes the blame. With his hope of promotion pulling farther away, he must solve the crime and figure out how the burrowing owls that have nests at the sight, fit in.
I have read this book before and am currently reading it to my brother, who really loves it. The story line is full of adventure and the tone that is so pro-environment makes the story a great read. i also love it because it is so sweet. The book has clever dialogue and a wonderful sense of humor.
A wonderful book. 5 stars.
Hoot is about a boy named Roy, who recently moved to Florida. While getting his faced smashed against the window of the school bus by Dana, the school bully, he notices a strange boy who is running. He decides to follow the boy but his forts attempt is foiled when he is hit by a golf ball while tailing the boy on a golf course. He also meets other obstacles, like Beatrice the Bear whom, he finds out, is the boys sister and will do anything to protect him. Their is also officer Delinko a kind police officer who is trying to get promoted to detective. But while he is investigating a series of crimes at the future sight of a Mother Paula's Pancake House, his car gets vandalized and he takes the blame. With his hope of promotion pulling farther away, he must solve the crime and figure out how the burrowing owls that have nests at the sight, fit in.
I have read this book before and am currently reading it to my brother, who really loves it. The story line is full of adventure and the tone that is so pro-environment makes the story a great read. i also love it because it is so sweet. The book has clever dialogue and a wonderful sense of humor.
A wonderful book. 5 stars.
Reader's Response 26
The Windwalker Completed Read for 3Hrs.
The Windwalker is about an old man who awakens to find that, due to his extremely old age, he has been tied to a scaffold ( a raised platform on which Native Americans place their dead.) despite being on the scaffold, he is still very much alive. Winter has set in and he is at the mercy of the snow and wind. While he is up on the scaffold he repeatedly asks "Grandfather", who is the name of the Native American's god, why he has not gone west to the spirit world. His bones are brittle, his joints are creaky, his skin is wrinkled and sagging, and he is blind, so he doesn't see why Grandfather has not let him die. He contemplates, and then, being a very pious man, he reaches the conclusion that he has more left to do in life. He struggles and eventually breaks free.
After breaking free he wanders around, falling occasionally, until he hears wolfs. The wolfs eventually catch up to him, but he falls down a hole, and finds, to his dismay, a hibernating grizzly bear. Grandfather gives him courage and he slays the beats, using it for warmth. Now that he became warm, he sets off to find people. he eventually finds his family, but the trails are far from over. At the end of the book and throughout, he learns valuable lessons.
This book is a good read because it is well written, with poems about life and it's lessons, and gives wonderful insight into another culture that, though studied, is not given a lot of detail. After reading this book you just feel good, like what you read was a wholesome book. It teaches great lessons and has an exciting plot. This book is written by the same author as Charlie's Monument, one of my favorite books. The Windwalker has the same sweet heart throbbing story.
I highly suggest this book 5 stars.
The Windwalker is about an old man who awakens to find that, due to his extremely old age, he has been tied to a scaffold ( a raised platform on which Native Americans place their dead.) despite being on the scaffold, he is still very much alive. Winter has set in and he is at the mercy of the snow and wind. While he is up on the scaffold he repeatedly asks "Grandfather", who is the name of the Native American's god, why he has not gone west to the spirit world. His bones are brittle, his joints are creaky, his skin is wrinkled and sagging, and he is blind, so he doesn't see why Grandfather has not let him die. He contemplates, and then, being a very pious man, he reaches the conclusion that he has more left to do in life. He struggles and eventually breaks free.
After breaking free he wanders around, falling occasionally, until he hears wolfs. The wolfs eventually catch up to him, but he falls down a hole, and finds, to his dismay, a hibernating grizzly bear. Grandfather gives him courage and he slays the beats, using it for warmth. Now that he became warm, he sets off to find people. he eventually finds his family, but the trails are far from over. At the end of the book and throughout, he learns valuable lessons.
This book is a good read because it is well written, with poems about life and it's lessons, and gives wonderful insight into another culture that, though studied, is not given a lot of detail. After reading this book you just feel good, like what you read was a wholesome book. It teaches great lessons and has an exciting plot. This book is written by the same author as Charlie's Monument, one of my favorite books. The Windwalker has the same sweet heart throbbing story.
I highly suggest this book 5 stars.
Reader's Response 25
Because of Winn-Dixie Completed Read for 2Hrs.
Because of Winn-Dixie is about a girl, who's father is the preacher, who finds a dog. She names the dog Winn-Dixie after the store she found it in. She and the dog go on adventures together. They meet new people and while they do so, they learn important lessons about life, such as: Life is full of sorrow and sweetness. And Don't judge people until you know what they are feeling.
I know this book is way under my level, but I am pretty much out of books to read and I don't like going to the library currently. Besides, it is a very sweet story. I really like this book because it is very heartfelt. As you read you are reminded of those Life Lessons that you've been taught. I also love the symbols in the book, like the tree with the bottles hanging from it that represent the ghosts of people's pasts.
This book is written very simply with no hard vocabulary words, as it is for children. But the organization is wonderful and the sentences flow very nicely.
A good book for children 3 stars.
Because of Winn-Dixie is about a girl, who's father is the preacher, who finds a dog. She names the dog Winn-Dixie after the store she found it in. She and the dog go on adventures together. They meet new people and while they do so, they learn important lessons about life, such as: Life is full of sorrow and sweetness. And Don't judge people until you know what they are feeling.
I know this book is way under my level, but I am pretty much out of books to read and I don't like going to the library currently. Besides, it is a very sweet story. I really like this book because it is very heartfelt. As you read you are reminded of those Life Lessons that you've been taught. I also love the symbols in the book, like the tree with the bottles hanging from it that represent the ghosts of people's pasts.
This book is written very simply with no hard vocabulary words, as it is for children. But the organization is wonderful and the sentences flow very nicely.
A good book for children 3 stars.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Reader's Response 24
The Collected poems of Emily Dickinson 218-227 read for 1/2 hr
I read the time and eternity poems. These are mostly about death and coping with death. They are also about the afterlife.
I love these poems. They are so deep, its amazing. Especially when you see the truth in them. There is something about the way emily writes poetry, it just moves me. I think it moves alot of girls. I read a poem to my friends,
" I died for beauty, but was scarce,
adjusted in the tomb
when one who died for truth was lain
in an ajoining room
he questioned softly why I failed
for beauty i replied
and i for truth the two are one
we brethren are he said..."
They all absolutely loved it. I don't even really get the message, yet I have memorized that poem.
These poems are a work of true beauty. 5 Stars.
I read the time and eternity poems. These are mostly about death and coping with death. They are also about the afterlife.
I love these poems. They are so deep, its amazing. Especially when you see the truth in them. There is something about the way emily writes poetry, it just moves me. I think it moves alot of girls. I read a poem to my friends,
" I died for beauty, but was scarce,
adjusted in the tomb
when one who died for truth was lain
in an ajoining room
he questioned softly why I failed
for beauty i replied
and i for truth the two are one
we brethren are he said..."
They all absolutely loved it. I don't even really get the message, yet I have memorized that poem.
These poems are a work of true beauty. 5 Stars.
Reader's response 23
The westing game completed
The wetsing game is about 16v unrelated people who find that they are all heirs to samuel westing's, a millionare and owner of westing paper products, fortune. But what they find in the will is a game, a tricky game that has them convinced one of the heirs is a murderer. Will they ever beat Westing and get the fortune?
This book is a classic. It is an awesome puzzle. When i found the solution I thought, wow you should have seen that. Your so stupid. This book is amazing because it doesn't follow any stereotypes. The ending is amazing. I also like that even though the book could be dark at time sit had a wonderful happy ending.\
An amazing book that everyone should read, 5 stars.
The wetsing game is about 16v unrelated people who find that they are all heirs to samuel westing's, a millionare and owner of westing paper products, fortune. But what they find in the will is a game, a tricky game that has them convinced one of the heirs is a murderer. Will they ever beat Westing and get the fortune?
This book is a classic. It is an awesome puzzle. When i found the solution I thought, wow you should have seen that. Your so stupid. This book is amazing because it doesn't follow any stereotypes. The ending is amazing. I also like that even though the book could be dark at time sit had a wonderful happy ending.\
An amazing book that everyone should read, 5 stars.
Reader's response 21
Tales of beedle the bard completed read for 2 hrs.
the tales of beedle the bard is the stories from the book that first appeared in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It contains the stories of Babbity Wabbity and her Cackling Stump, about a witch who takes revenge on a king, The Warlock's Hairy Heart, about a man who locks away his heart. The hopping pot, about an evil wizard who is haunted by a cauldron. The Magical Fountain, about a fountian that people adventure to, and the most famous one, about the Deathly Hallows.
This book is okay. It is written very simply and is somewhat boring. The insights it gives from dumbledore are very interesting, but the book doesn't have the writting that the Harry Potter's have. Reading it more than once in a period less than a year can make the book seem very poor. So it is a book to read sparingly.
A good read for Harry Potter fans. 3 stars.
the tales of beedle the bard is the stories from the book that first appeared in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It contains the stories of Babbity Wabbity and her Cackling Stump, about a witch who takes revenge on a king, The Warlock's Hairy Heart, about a man who locks away his heart. The hopping pot, about an evil wizard who is haunted by a cauldron. The Magical Fountain, about a fountian that people adventure to, and the most famous one, about the Deathly Hallows.
This book is okay. It is written very simply and is somewhat boring. The insights it gives from dumbledore are very interesting, but the book doesn't have the writting that the Harry Potter's have. Reading it more than once in a period less than a year can make the book seem very poor. So it is a book to read sparingly.
A good read for Harry Potter fans. 3 stars.
Reader's Response 22
the giver completed read for 5hrs
The giver is about a boy living in a utopia who is guven the job of reciever. The Reciever recieves memories of the world that once existed and still exists outside of his perfect world. With these memories comes pain, choices, and secrets. Jonas, the reciever has to make a choice and decide if he wants to change his community.
I like this book because it is well written. The whole idea of the book is very intresting to me. I rember, when i first read the book, ( this is my second time reading it) that I was very sup[rised when I found out how the releases worked. It was just so awful, the thought of them doing that. i was very happy when Jonas took Gabriel to save him from being released.
I never really liked the ending, because it left something more, but I like to think that Jonas makes it to Elsewhere and the GIver come too. And that the community got released. Perhaps it really does end that way, because in LA in fith grade(when i read the book) we talked about how it related to the wall that seperated Germany and how it all came crashing down.
A good book 4 stars.
The giver is about a boy living in a utopia who is guven the job of reciever. The Reciever recieves memories of the world that once existed and still exists outside of his perfect world. With these memories comes pain, choices, and secrets. Jonas, the reciever has to make a choice and decide if he wants to change his community.
I like this book because it is well written. The whole idea of the book is very intresting to me. I rember, when i first read the book, ( this is my second time reading it) that I was very sup[rised when I found out how the releases worked. It was just so awful, the thought of them doing that. i was very happy when Jonas took Gabriel to save him from being released.
I never really liked the ending, because it left something more, but I like to think that Jonas makes it to Elsewhere and the GIver come too. And that the community got released. Perhaps it really does end that way, because in LA in fith grade(when i read the book) we talked about how it related to the wall that seperated Germany and how it all came crashing down.
A good book 4 stars.
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