how one bad day can trun your whole life around

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Pages read 150

just when Taylor's life was going right it turned around and turned in to a line of bad days!between the popular girl in school liking him and getting ask to go to parties it all turned around In one day!all the kids in school hated hates him and all his teachers think he took nude pics of Bethany the popular girl and putting them on the Internet!he also is getting in trouble with the police again!he cant even go to his classes he has to it in a little classes room and do work his teachers send him!I'm sure things will get better for Taylor if he just keeps his head up!


Q:What would you do in Taylor's situating would you give up or would you look for better days???

How Brothers Can Realy Be

Twisted by Laurie Hasle Anderson
Pages read 100-150


Like Hannha Taylor's younger sister i know how if feels to have a brother that thinks he has to protect me and tell me what to do just because he's older!for example on the first day back to school taylor felt his sister was showing off her boobs and he said little sisters should not have boobs and that exactly what my brother would do!And trust me it never ends not even when u think you can take care of your self because I'm 18 and my brother still tells me what to do!As you get older it becomes easy to understand where your brother is coming from they are just looking out for you!so even tho your brother gets on your nerves and you don't think hes right half the time or what he says remember its because he care so really you should thank him!


Q:Ever feel like your brother ruins all of your fun because he claims he's looking out for you explain how you felt then and how your feel now!

How I Can Relate To The Charters In My Book!

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Pages read 20-60

I think i can relate to Taylor because high school is ruff enough without having to take extra class just to impress your dad and mom!Then you take on to much and they get mad when u tell them you cant do it all and you don't want to fail so you want to drop some of your classes!We can all understand that our parents want the best fro us but sometimes they just put to much on us!it seems like they don't understand just how high school is any more!They should understand and respect our dession but sometimes it does't seekm like they do!for example when tayol tryed to talk to his dad about droping a class because he has to much on his plate he told him he had to stay in all his class abd he better not slack off!Taylor still tryede 2to explain him self his dad just kind of shoed him off and said he had work to finsh!


Q:Ever feel like your parents dont understand uyou explain you sistutaion and what you felt like!

Reacting to a Characters Situation

That Summer by Sarah Dessen
pgs.63-94

Do the characters react the way you think you would in a similar situation? Do you find their actions troubling? Are their actions consistent with their characters? If not, perhaps ask yourself if it is reasonable for anyone to be expected to act consistently in character!

Some of the situations that are similar to the character's would make me react the way they did. Such situation was when Haven ran into an old blast from past, Sumner, when having an outing with her father. Sumner reminded Haven not all people are perfect, they may look like they are but there truly not. Not only did this make Haven realize she was not the only 15 year old that was nearing 6Ft. and still growing, but that Sumner would bring back memories and begin to make new ones. A situation like this one reacts to me in a way that no matter how long a friend is gone, is always the best part. They can give advice, or remind you, your not the only one dealing with such problems.

There actions to situations like this are not so troubling. Other situations, they can be. A situation that is, is when Haven's friend Casey got caught smoking, her parents were furious. The actions the characters make are consistent to them because they are all things we deal with during our younger years, or during life in general.

In what situations or actions can you relate to that the characters have in any reading or in a book you've read?

Telling The Truth May Get You Nowhere.

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
(pages 125-150)
Did the plot pull you in,or did you have to force
yourself to read the book?

I didn't have to force myself to read the book at all.
The plot was pretty good and it indeed pulled me in .
It made me want to keep reading even though i would get tired
just to find out if Melinda would tell anybody what happened or
if she would stay wrapped up in her own little world of
blaming herself for what happened,trying to forget
but can't. What really pulled me in was when the boy, Andy (who
she referred to as IT) acted as if he didn't do anything to
her and made her believe she was going crazy.
I was excited to read on to see what or how she
would react to that. Then
by trying to tell her once best friend that
she's dating a rapist she thinks that everything
would go back to being the way it was
when in fact it just made the matters worse
and she was made out to be a liar.
Do you feel Melinda was doing the right thing
by telling someone even though she knew they
wouldn't believe her?

Alone

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

(pages 92-125)

Do the characters seem real and believable?

The main character Melinda does seem real and believable

just because of the situation

Anderson puts her through in the story. She reacts the way any

other rape victim would ashamed,embarrassed,quiet and afraid.

Ashamed because shes feels like it was all her fault it happened.

Embarrassed because she thinks people would judge

her if she said anything. Quiet because she thinks no matter

who she told they wouldn't believe her. And afraid because

if she told the wrong person it might

get back to him and he might come after her

again.Another way she seems believable is because the

book is set mostly in her first year of high school and is going through

the typical freshman "vibe",which is trying to make/find friends , finding a seat at lunch and talking about what happened

over the summer which in her case she doesn't want to relive.

What would your reaction be if you were

Rachel (Melinda's ex- best friend) and she told you that

the boy you are dating was the one who raped her?

To Believe Or Not To Believe? That Is The Question.

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

(pages 56-92)

Sometimes we are pulled towards one or

more characters in the story ,we identify with them or

feel sympathy for them.

I do feel sympathy for Melinda because she was

raped,didn't know how to handle the

situation and going into high school knowing

her friends are mad at her and don't want anything to do

with her has to be very hard and upsetting for someone.

Going to school everyday and seeing her ex best friend Rachel dating the

boy who raped her and knowing she can't say anything because

she feels like Rachel wont believe her must drive her insane because I

know it would if I was in her position. On top of that

she didn't tell her parents what happened and that really

makes me feel bad for her

because it's like she cant trust her own family to believe

her either.If you were in Melinda's position would you tell your parents or friends what happened thinking to yourself

would they believe you or not or

would you handle the situation yourself?

Poetry Prodigies

Freedom Songs by Yvette Moore
pages:137-160
Sometimes we are pulled towards one or two characters in the story.We indentify with them or feel sympthy for them, which characters do you identify in the book and why do you believeyour indenify to them.

The character I can related to is sherly.In this book she has to grow up so she can help her uncle before he dies for protesting on the behaves of the way blacks are being treated.And I have to grow up faster then what i was suppose to because i wanted to do adult things that lend to me having a baby.I had challenges to face and still to come.



Do you ever wonder about being a teen parent and thee challenges you have to face?

Poetry Prodgies

Thin about tee book as if it had taken place in your neigborhood in this time period. What would have to change abouth the setting or the characters or anything else about the book?
The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold
Pages 32-76






If this book had taken place in my neighborhood it would have to be alot more urban and the characters would probably be more outspoken than the characters in the book are and the characters in my neighbor hood would most likely be more agressive than the characters in the book

poetry Prodigies

Think about the main character, what is his or her motivation in this story?
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
pages 32-76




Susie Salmons motivation in this book is to keep leaving behind clues to lead her mother father and the police to who her killler is so tat they can all sleep at night knowig that the terrible God awful man that did this to their daughter is in jail where he belongs. Its as if Susie was still alive but she didnt know how to tell her parents or she couldnt so she had to leave them clues so that everybody could just breathe easier.




Have you ever had something to tell somebody but didnt know how so instead you played a game with them by leaving them clues to discover what you were trying to tell them.

Poetry Prodigies

Do the characters react the same way they would in a normal situation?
The Lovely Bones Alice sebold
Pages 32-76





Yes the characters react the same way in the book that they would as if it were real when susie gets raped her mother is automatically worred about her and her well being because she couldnt find her daughter and of course like all fathers her father is also concerned but is mot trying to show it because he is a man and he is supposed to be strong not only for himself but also for his family.





Has there ever been a tme where you felt you needed to be strong for someone else besides yourself but you just knew that eventually you would crack??

Do the characters react the same way they would in a normal situation?

Looking For Alaska by John Green p. 166-212

One character in Looking For Alaska that I sympathize for is one of the main chracters Alaska. In the beginning when the Alaska is first introduced she seems very happy and wild. She also had the perfect relationship and was in love. It seemed like she had a perfect life.

But as I continued reading I realized that Alaska had alot of problems and that she was really depressed, even though in the beginning she came off as very happy with her life. As I read I discovered alot of the problems Alaska was facing and the many problems she had to face in her past. I deffinently sympathize for her, even tho I can't relate to the problems that she was facing.

did you or did you ever have a friend who seemed happy, but was really having alot of problems?

Poetry Prodigies

How Does This Book Relate To Your Life????
The lovely Bones Alice Sebold
Pages 32-76



This Book relates to my life because I can relate to alot of the thngs that susie is saying and doing in her life and I can also relate to some of the things that happened to her in this book. Susie is a young teenage girl who is curious and she trusts the adults around her and she expects them to lead by example and when this adult that she expects to lead by example doesnt she does not know how to react.





Have you ever expected someone to lead by example and they didnt? If so how did you react?

Poetry Prodigies

Freedom Songs by Yvette Moore
Pages:114-136
What was unique about the setting of the book and how did it enhance or take you away from the story?

In Freedom Songs the setting is down south its hot alot of people and its alot of races going on down there.When i first start reading this book it caught my attetion on the first page i love to read about my history and thats what this book is about.When Sherly started to talk about how she traveled back and forth with her parents it made me think about myself.I mean this book never made me want to put it down its a very good book.The setting is so unique because she never stayed in one city Sherly is doing something that i always wanted to do when i was about her age and i can put myself in her shoes also.

Can you think about traveling from city to city just to visit your mother or father?

The plot of That Summer

That Summer by Sarah Dessen pgs.35-62

The plot of That Summer happens with Lydia Catrell (neighbor) knocking at the back door to Haven's house only wanting to discuss the guest list and invitations to Ashley's (Haven's older sister) wedding to her fianc'e Lewis Warsher, over a cup of coffee.

Then Lydia changing Haven's mother's wardrobe to this hip and laid back mother, who goes out ever Thursday. Haven only dealing with wedding reminders everywhere and her mother's new look. Ashley needs to pick out a dress to her first sit down dinner with Lewis's parents, the Warshers.

With a plot like this it is only bound to pull you in. Not only is their commotion but twisting things happening around every corner.

What do you think about this plot? Would it pull you in or make you stop reading the book thus far?

Looking For Alaska by John Green p.131-165

The characters in Looking For Alaska deffinently seem beliveable. The story takes place in a high school boarding school and most of the characters are teenagers. The way that the characters talk and act is alot like how really life teenagers act.

Alot of people would disagree with the book and think that it should not be read in schools because it will encourage teens to do some of the things that are mentioned in the book. I think that the characters in the book act like alot like how teens today act. So by reading this book its not going to change the way teens act or what they do because for some people its pretty the way they act anyways

Do you think that reading this book will change the way that teens act?

Looking For Alaska by John Green p. 41-130

So far as I read my book one character that I noticed that changed alot was the main character Miles. Miles was always the kid at his school with no friends, but when he moved to his new school, he sees the opportunity to change his popularity. He starts doing things that could get in exspelled such as drinking, smoking, playing pranks on people, just so he can fit in with them.

I think that this change happened partly because Miles wanted to change his social life so much that he was willing to do things that he didn't really want to do. Another reason that I think brought on this change was Miles interest in his friend Alaska. Miles really liked Alaska and I don't think she is really interested in him because she has a boyfriend. I think that he liked so much that he was willing to do alot of things that he didn't want to do.

Have you ever changed or tried to change who you are to make friends or get someone to like you?

Jillian E.

POETRY PRODIGIES

Freedom songs by Yvette Moore
PAGE:20-30
Do the character's experiences cause them to grow? If so, how?

Sherly is forced to grow up when she found out that her uncle Pete has begin a protest to agaist the blacks how they are being treated down south. When she find out about this she consider helping her uncle this makes her go up and folow in her uncle shoes.Sherly's uncle was getting closer to be killed for thr protests so when she left with her dad back to her town she started them there and got more blacks to join.sherly has made me relate to her cause if i was put in that situation I would do the same for my family.


Do you remember the first time you had to grow dur to a experience in your life?

Poetry Prodegies

The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
Pages 1-31






Do The Characters Seem Real and Believable?
Yes the characters in my book seem real and believeable because susie salmon is a young gir about 12 or maybe 13 years old and in the story Alice sebold is making her seem to be that age, because when your just becoming a eenager or you are in your preteenage years you are still a little curious and you still trust alot of the people in your neighbor hood enough to go some where where no one can see nor hear anything that is going on in that place. Alice Sebold makes Susie Salmon seem as if she was too real in some of the things that she says and does in this book I dont think the book is based on a true story i think this book is a book more about what happened in the authors life .

Can you relate to their problems?
Yes I can relate to some of the problems that he characters in the book are having like growing up getiing into boys and make up trusting people too much and allowing myself to be mislead to do something I knew I shouldnt have been doing but i did it anyways because I wanted to.







Have you every been in a situation in which you felt you were doing something you should not have been doing but you did it anyways because you didnt think anything bad was going to come of it???

That Summer by Sarah Dessen (pgs.1-34)

My impressions on the book thus far are very good. The book is about a girl named Haven, she has so many problems dealing with her parents divorce. With her father, Mac-McPhail whom is getting remarried to his co-worker Lorna Queen also known as the "Weather pet" according to her mother. Lorna is meteorologist and Haven's father who is a sports anchor both for channel 5.
Haven and the rest of her family (mother and older sister Ashley) thought their was something going on between them when they sat together whispering and giggling during the credits.

Haven's other main problem is she is fifteen and is growing each day. As Haven looks at Ashley it makes her realize how tall she is. Ashley is twenty-one, petite 5'4, with a curvy body Haven wishes she had.

How would you resolve these problems if you had them?