Thursday, October 11, 2012
Reading - 1st Blog post!
Hello 5th hour! Today is your first time commenting on our blog! For your first post, I would like you to talk about a book that you have read this year or are currently reading. Please explain why this book is so good. What does the author do (author’s craft) that makes it so great? Do you have an example from your book that you could share? Let’s hear some of your responses to this book. (I think… I wonder… I predict… If I were the character I would…, etc.) Why should others read this book? Remember to only use your Pen Name and to write in complete sentences! Happy blogging!
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I am currently reading The Maze Runner by James Dashner. I absolutely love this book! James Dashner has a way of writing that pulls you into his story and makes you want to keep reading. For example, at the end of a chapter, there is always a cliff-hanger moment. “”He just started the Changing.” As if brought on by the words, a blood-chilling scream erupted from a room down the hall” (pg. 145). It’s hard to put the book down at a point like this! Another thing that this author does really well is his word choice. For example, on page 256, he says, “Gally’s eyes raged with lunacy; his clothes were torn and filthy.” When he writes like this, it helps me visualize the characters in the book. If I were Thomas, the main character in the book, I would not have as much courage and bravery that he has. He is in a place that is super scary and unknown events are happening constantly. I just don’t know if I could handle it in the same way that he does. I would recommend this book to everyone! It is a captivating book that will keep you interested and keep you reading!
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading Pretty Little Liars. This book is very amazing! I love the part in the book where a girl named Ali goes missing. I personally hate mysteries, but this book is really good. The author quotes “three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” So far in my book Ali so far has died and a new girl named Maya, has just moved in and she has fallen in love with a girl named Emily there were 5 friends Aria, Spencer, Emily and Ali. They are now on a journey to find there dear friend Ali! I encourage you my fellow bloggers to read the series.
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading The Scorch Trials. The book is so good because, it leaves you want to read more. The author puts small chapters so you say 1 more chapter and you don’t have to read 10 pages you only have to read 3 to 4 pages. People should read this because, I believe that if you read a few chapters will read the book.
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading Among the Hidden. This book is amazing! It is about a guy named Luke. Luke is a third child so he has to hide his whole life, right now he is 7 years old. He’s never going to school before. He’s never had a friend. Then one day new neighbor the sports family. He saw a shadow. It might just be his imagination? The next day he tries to find a way to go to the sports family’s house without being seen. He finds a way, but the first day it rains. Then the day it rains too. Finally, it was nice and Luke escaped… then when he arrived there it was a huge house. He heard a be-be-be-beep. He found a girl named Jen. Jen was a really nice girl her dad is the government.
ReplyDeleteI’m currently reading Planet Middle School written by Nikki Grimes. I absolutely love this book! Nikki Grimes has the way of expressing the voice in the charter. It actually sounds like someone in the book (the character) is talking/ reading the book to me. I also like this book this because all the pages and the chapters are one page long and written in a poem. The girl in the book is telling about one specific thing per poem. I REALLY like this book because it is really short and an easy read. It’s all about a girl and how her life runs, so boys this book might be for you but might not be for you. She is a total tom boy and loves to play basketball with the boys. She is right up with them when she plays, but one game outside she gets distracted by one of the boy’s looks. She has no idea what is going on and why she is noticing these things. If you want to find out how and why she is noticing these things you should read the book
ReplyDeleteI read a book named Smile. I love this because it is a comic book but it is still some challenging word like orthodontist and other harder words. The book is about a girl Riana who was coming home from girl scouts when her friend raced and Riana tripped and fell, she lost one of her two front teeth and her other tooth got jammed up in her gum. Her mom rushes her to the dentist, the dentist pulls the front tooth out of her gum, then replaced it back in place. When she woke up in the morning she saw she had a cast on her teeth. If I was Riana I would be in so much PAIN! This book is an auto biography book.
ReplyDeleteI was reading My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian it’s a funny book about a boy named Derek is on his summer vacation, and goes to find out about an old newsletter how a girl died on a beach. What I like about this book is that the boy tells the story and on the side of the pages he puts vocab that his teacher gave him and tells him to draw his vocab words. Something very Interesting to me is that Derek doesn’t like to read and he rights his own book that’s just really interesting to me.
ReplyDeleteA book that I recently finished is Among the Hidden by Margret Peterson Haddix. I liked this book because it is a mystery and it makes you want to keep reading. This book is about a boy named Luke and Luke is known as a shadow kid and has to hide in his attic because the government he lives in only allows two kids in each family and Luke is the third. Luke thinks he has the worst until he meets Jen. Jen is also a shadow kid but gets more privileges. Jen is more daring then Luke has ever ben and Jen wants to fight for freedom until something bad happens. I would recommend this book to people that enjoy mysteries. I think the author does a good job with helping you visualize what is going on. I also think the author uses good word choices and that also helps you visualize what is going on. If I was Luke I would go fight to not be hidden anymore with Jen. I wonder why Luke did not go with Jen he just let her go with all the other shadow kids.
ReplyDeleteThe book I am reading right now is The Maze Runner by James Dashner. The book is about a boy named Thomas and how he wakes up in an elevator the next morning. He also is in a place called the glades; he chose to be a maze runner and so he is training right know to be one. I like the way the author uses words. He uses good words like rumbling, scattering and a lot more he has good words that he uses and I like that. He also makes books fun to read by always leaving suspense word after word after and I like authors that do that, because it makes you want to keep reading, well me anyways. I can predict that the author will have Thomas do something really bad or good in the book. I think he will do something bad by killing someone because right now Thomas is talking to someone that has been there for a while, and Thomas is asking the guy if after a while kids will kill other kids because either there mad at them or they are just getting tired of them being annoying. But the older boy that Thomas is talking to said no it’s just because some of the boys kill others because they are just getting tired of seeing them every day that they are there. I think that Thomas might do something good in the book by being the first one to solve the maze.
ReplyDeleteI read the book Girl Stolen by April Henrey. I loved this book because; April Henrey used outstanding describing words in the book. It’s one of those books that makes you wonder at the end why did that just happen? Or how could that be? There’s one part in the book that is a twist. Also the main character Cheyenne has Pneumonia and she is blind. When you find out how she gets blind you will be terrified! Cheyenne fights her way to escape away from this place where she has no idea where. This book is Great!
ReplyDeleteI finished reading Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key By: Jack Gantos
ReplyDeleteIt’s a great book it made me imagined what happened some I didn’t want to but I thought about it. You’ll love the book it’s kind of funny it actually made me laugh when he thought his grandma fell down the sewer. But some I thought it was disgusting it made me feel like I was going to puke because when Joey cut off someone’s tip of their nose.So try to see if you like the book.
I am currently reading Sabotaged by Margaret Haddix. This book is so good because it has a ton of voice and very addicting I spent almost a day reading this book. This book is full of time traveling and future electronics this is a great book in the beginning there is an amazing hook and pulls you in. and has a ton of word choice. There are a bunch of parts where its really suspenseful and it switches between action and suspense and mystery. I chose to read instead of go outside and hangout with my friends. This is a terrific book and probably is the best book I’ve ever read
ReplyDeleteI am reading Swindle. This book is about a boy that wants a sleep over in a haunted house. To get in the haunted house he has to get away from a guard dog and get past an electric fence. It is asleep over with no TV or phones or video games. It is haunted because a man killed his wife
ReplyDeleteI am reading A Child Called It. It is by Dave Pelzer. I love this book it is so sad!
ReplyDeleteIt is about a little boy who gets beaten by his mother. I love this book so much its hard to put it down. For example on page 57 it says that his mother shoves his face in a poopy dipper I almost cried and barfed at the same time. I am now on page.60. And that’s all I read so far. I also almost cried when his mother stabs him. The mom changes big time from the begging of the book to the middle. In the beginning the mom is all nice by the end she is mean and beats her kids.
I am reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians the battle of the labyrinth. What I really like about the book is that there is action in every chapter. What the author Rick Riordin did really good is telling the story in first person for example “the last thing I remember before losing consciousness was flying so high Zeus would never have forgiven me and then beginning to fall smoke and fire and water streaming from me”. On page 206 chapters eleven. Would defiantly recommend this book to everybody because of the author’s word choice he used and if they really like greek storys
ReplyDeleteI am reading The Witches by Roald Dahl. The author makes this book great by adding lots of details. For example, this one “She had on a rather stylish long black dress that reached right to the gloves that came up to her elbows.” (pg. 65) One part of the book that is really good is when one of the witches transform a child into a mouse. You would have to read the book to find out more about it. I would recommend this book to others because, it’s an adventurous book with lots of details in it.
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading Maze Runner by James Dashner .I love how he makes everything sound like it’s a fairytale that could come true. One thing that happened in the book that I liked was wean Alby was casing Tomas was running for his life. And one thing liked was how Tomas rated chuck out and Alby went straight to him. I recommend this book because it is vary descriptive and it is action adventure.
ReplyDeleteI read MIDDLE SCHOOL THE WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE by James Paterson. I loved the book because it was funny, interesting, and full of details. The author uses good action to. Like for example bear the mom’s boyfriend pushed her down the stairs because they were fighting about Rafe (the kid). And Rafe wants to be the first kid ever in his middle school to break all the rules.
ReplyDeleteI am reading The Scorch Trials by James Dasher, the second book to the maze runner sequel. It’s about what happens after the “maze”. I can picture Teresa a betrayer because it says… “Teresa Agnes. Group A, Subject AI. The Betrayer.” On page 15 chapter 4. I really wonder how Thomas and Teresa can talk though their minds. I also wonder where Teresa went because everyone from the “Maze” is look for her. Thomas is freaking out because Teresa is missing and Thomas cant get a hold of her through their minds.
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading Benched by Cristy Watson. I really like this book. Cristy Watson is a great author. She makes you not want to put the book down. Here’s an example “I saw a guy leaning on a bike rack and he looks like hes in dylans gang and there walking towards me
ReplyDeleteI’m reading the maze runner .I love how James Dasher makes the story sound like a fairy tale. One part in the book I loved is when Thomas entered the maze to find Mino and Ably because they were lost in the maze. I would recommend this book the maze runner cause it is very description in the action and adventure.
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading DOUBLE IDENTITY by Margaret Peterson. I love this book because every chapter makes you want to read more. The main character is Bethany and she thought she was an only child, but she was wrong. I can picture Bethany because the author explains herself so well. I like how the author uses big words for example "illuminate and deliberates" to help me understand the story better. Every sentence leaves you wanting to read more for example " The phone rings in the middle of the night I am running to answer it before I even know where i am." (pg.60) This sentence wants you to say, who is it? I definitely recommend this because its a book where you will not be able to stop reading it. I give this book a 5!
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