Week 4, 4/27/11

After analyzing your main character in a closer manner, you should now be able to compare and contrast that character with the main character from the class read. In an H-chart or in paragraph form, compare and contrast these two characters. Determine which one you identify the most with and why.

       The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is what I am still reading.Tom Sawyer and Ben have almost no similarities. They are completely different people. But they do have some similarities. One similarity is they both make an impact on people, for example, Ben has created a new method of teaching and it has made an impact on his students so much that they are starting to take this method seriously. Tom has made an impact because when he ran away from home to become a pirate his aunt and his brother missed him very much. Another similarity

Week 3 4/19/11

Week 3 RR? - Understanding my character(s)

(Be sure to include quote and page number!!)

You must use at LEAST 2 quotes from the book.

Understanding your character is a good way for you to really get into your book and see from another person's perspective. In your response this week, describe your character. Think about and discuss:

-1. your main character's personality

- 2. how they act/behave

- 3. what they look like

- 4. how old they are

- 5 what sort of education do you think that they have

- 6 who their friends and family are

- 7 what their financial (money) situation is

- 8 and what their job is (if they have one).

       I am sill reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. My character is a lazy person and he also hates to do any work. He seems ambitious to go on adventures, he is also very emotional at times, "Tom's mind was made up now. He was gloomy and desp

 

 

Week 4 #2

Week 4 11.29.10 - 12.3.10
We've been looking and studying how we relate to our characters and the real world around us. Now it's time to put yourself into your character's shoes. Thinking about the main character of your book, consider what you would do in their situation.  1. What would your reactions be? 2. How would you handle the situation? 3. What would you do differently?

    My book is Houdini by Clinton Cox

If I were in my characters shoes I would react differently to peoples responses to challenges that I have requested, for example, When Houdini asked a medium to join him on the stage and she refused, he blew up!, where as I would instead comely ignore the reply and move on. Another thing I would do is when Houdini damages himself and starts urinating blood, I would retire right away, but instead he just kept on going with his shows tell he died.

Week 2 4/8/11

Review the book description found on the back cover of your book. Using the information, and this information alone, construct two alternate titles for the book that appeal to you.Pick one of the two titles and create a catch phrase and movie poster. Describe (using language that will explain what you are talking about so that we can "see" it) the movie poster to sell the new titled novel.

I am still reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The book description is just a paragraph from the book but I can still work with it.

Alternative tile 1: The whitewashed fence. 

Alternative tile 2: Melancholy upon his spirit. 

The catch phrase that would fit my book is: "The boy who hates work". 

For the movie poster I would have a partiality whitewashed fence in the front with some of the characters of the book whitewashing it as Tom Sawyer is sitting down on the right side of the poster with a cat and other objects such as a marble around him. There would be a house in the background behind the fence in witch you can see in a window and you can faintly see Tom's aunt reading a book in the background. You could see the sun beaming light down on to the ground and could see the grass behind the fence. the words for the poster would be over the house and would also be a mustard green color in the title. The catch phrase would be in the same mustard green color and in the same font as the title but would be in the bottom middle of the poster and it would be much smaller then the title as well.

The tile I would choose would probably be Melancholy upon his spirit because it fits the poster best.

Week 1 - March 17-18, 2011 Qtr4

Give the title, author, publisher, copyright date, genre (how do you know the genre - from the back of the book, the title page, the text?), a description of the cover of the book, and the main character(s) you have met so far and on what page you first met them. 








     I am reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. This was published by Hartford, Conn. The copyright date was 1876 and the genre is realistic fiction. I know this is the genre because it is about something that could have been done in real life but has  fictional characters. 

          The cover of this book seems to be a nice day with a lake or pond and some books laying next to "Tom Sawyer" who is relaxing under a tree in the daytime, and the book says Tom Sawyer in big letters where as "The Adventures of" are a little smaller. It also says "with connections" on the front as well.

           The main character so far is only Tom Sawyer who I met on the very first page of the book. There are other characters that come close like Huckleberry Finn who I met on page #42. "Say, Hucky, when you going to try the cat. Another main character is Tom's aunt who I also met on page #1.

Week 8

Week 1 10.18.10 - 10.22.10It is important for readers to understand what is happening in their books, who the characters are and what the theme is. In your response, outline the following: Plot, Setting, Characters, and Universal Theme. Provide evidence to support your thinking from your book.

           I am reading Houdini by Clinton Cox

           
           The plot of my book is about the life of Harry Houdini and his dream to become famous. When Houdini was a young boy, he wanted to become vary famous, so he decided to learn how to pick locks for food. When he was older he studied how to open hand cuffs and kept getting better at it. Eventually for a job he worked at dime museums performing with his brother, and throughout the years Harry Houdini kept getting bigger. Houdini also extols his mother.

             
             The setting of my book takes place in a lot of places such as the dime museums, Houdini's house and the Mississippi river.These are just a few places that the book takes place at. The book also takes place in countries such as Germany, France, the U.S, the U.K, Turkey, Russia, and some parts of Mexico.

             
              The characters in my book are, Harry Houdini, Mayer Samuel Weiss, Cecilia Steiner Weiss, Bernard Drachman. etc...

              A Universal Theme in my book is, Houdini is one of the most famous magician of his time and he keeps trying more challenging tricks that are "taking a toll on his body". 





           

Week 6

9.27.10 - 10.1.10 Week 6
It is important for readers to understand what is happening in their books, who the characters are and what the theme is. In your response, outline the following: Plot, Setting, Characters, and Universal Theme. Provide evidence to support your thinking from your book.
                                              The book I am reading is Houdini by Clinton Cox.
     
         The characters in my book are magicians who work for money. They are vary loquacious and vary talented. The story takes place in a lot of places including, dime museums and other places.

          The plot is that a young boy named Ehrich later named Harry Houdini.

Week 2

The book I am reading is Storm Thief by Chris Wooding.


The characters in my book are expressing themselves by what they say, it makes me think that the way I express myself is completely different. They express themselves different in the way they move, talk, react to something, etc.
I don't usually say anything at any time except for when I have to. So I have different thoughts about expressing myself and the way I communicate.

Week 3

The connections I can make to my book (Storm thief by Chris Wooding) are that in most countries around the world are in a communist state. Like in the book, on pieces of land like Cuba the people are not allowed to leave their country and in the book they live on a piece of land that they cannot sail out to far. In some countries people live in fear of their government and in the book the people life in fear of the "Protectorate" The party that rules over them. Also in some countries the people will have an uprising and fight for their rights, While in the book the people are having an uprising and secretly trying to get out of the island. Finally the island has ghettos and in America their are ghettos.

Week 6

9.27.10 - 10.1.10 Week 6
It is important for readers to understand what is happening in their books, who the characters are and what the theme is. In your response, outline the following: Plot, Setting, Characters, and Universal Theme. Provide evidence to support your thinking from your book.
                                              The book I am reading is Houdini by Clinton Cox.
      
         The characters in my book are magicians who work for money. They are vary loquacious and vary talented. The story takes place in a lot of places including, dime museums and other places.

          The plot is that a young boy named Ehrich later named Harry Houdini. 

Week 5

9.22.10 - 9.24.10 Week 5In your book, what are some of the ways that your character(s) expresses themselves through their emotions? How do they show love? Anger? Hate? Why is this important to you as a reader?

The book I am done reading is Storm Thief by Chris Wooding.
   
        The characters in my book show love by keeping with that person and always making sure they are by each others side.  They seem never to want to leave that person and when they are missing they do their best to find the person they are with. When a person stops showing love for someone or something else, they usually betray that object or person for another one.

        The characters show hate by going after the person they hate then they try to kill that person. If another person is or has done something that that person dislikes then the other person will be hunted. So in other words, they must always make the other person happy. In the book one of the thieves named Fulmar abandoned his post to let other thieves in. So when one of the other thieves found out, Rail told Fulmar that he would tell the thief-mistress that he did that. In the book it states, "Fulmar didn't deserve the kind of punishment the thief-mistress would deal out". pg #36.
   
        The characters also show anger by ether trowing things, taking it out on someone, "cursing beneath their breath". they aether cry or rebel and don't fallow orders if they are angry.

Moral attitudes are not vary common in this book.

Week 7

Week 1

The book I am reading is Storm Thief By Chris Wooding,the place the characters are at are on an island called "Orokos". The people on the island are told that the island they are on is the only piece of land on earth. The island is built into districts witch have ghettos in them and the people living in the ghettos are not allowed to leave the ghettos. Each person in the ghettos have tattoos so they can't get out of the ghetto they are in. The main character's name in Rail, he must wear a respirator because of a storm called a probability storm, the storm made his lungs not work right. The probability storms are storms that have beams of light that are multi colored and when one touches something or someone that object or person will ether have something random changed or nothing changed at all. Rail also dose not believe there is another piece of land other then Orokos. Moa is Rail's closest Friend and she was born in an underground piece of land.