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SpringBoard Assignment

I think Edward Bloor decided to structure the novel the way she did for three main reasons. I think the first reason is that the author could get the reader hooked onto the book and make the reader keep reading for at least another chapter, to create interest, and to set up the book. In my opinion, having the month and day tell you things like what how long since they have moved, when school starts ect. I think that the author didn't put the year because he didn't want you to read the book and think: "So this is what it was like it 1999!" He just wants you to concentrate on what is happneing in the book. The dates in the book lead to the conclusion that Paul writes or tries to write in his journal at least every day. I think Paul might keep a journal because he wants to look back when he is an adult and remeber the things that he did in Florida or when he was a child.

GATHERING BLUE

    For my essay I chose Question # 4. I chose it because it looked like the easiest one to answer. The question was Vandara is an antagonist in the story Gathering Blue. Throughout the village “People whispered about her. She was known, and respected. Or feared.” (pg 15) She is surely a leader of the village, but the question remains whether she is respected as much as she is feared. Examples of her interactions with the women of the village illustrates that the women respect/fear her.

1.      An example of people fearing her is that she was tall and muscular. (pg 15)

2.      Kira saw that she was surrounded by hostile women who had come from their cotts and were watching Vandara for instructions and leadership.

We can see that they don’t always agree with Vandara’s choices. Examples of how we know this include.      

1. Other women emerged from surrounding cotts saying "we need it one called."

2.We’re going to use the saplings to build a pen for the tykes. It was Vandara’s idea. “Kira looked at the woman who was holding the arm of a toddler roughly. I think it could be a good idea.                                                                                    Vandara is a leader. The kind of leader she is can be seen in her actions and her relationship to the others.

Kira replied "If you want to pen your little ones you are not doing it on this piece of land. If you want to build a pen build it somewhere else.(Pgs 15,16)

          

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Review Final

    The book that I was reading and recommend to all who like story's of a modernized Vampire is The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod:Eighth Grade Bights. It is about a boy named Vladimir Tod, he's 13 and he's a vampire. Only 2 people know his secret until his English teacher goes missing... That's when thing's get even weirder by the minute. The English teacher wants him to do a report on Vampires. The sub wants him to eat a clove of garlic. And this weird gut D'Ablo keeps stalking him. What's a guy to do? That's when having a good friend comes in handy.

   The book is written by Heather Brewer. Here are some of the characters, Vladimir Tod;Vampire, age 13, hobby's:drinking blood. Nelly; aunt of Vlad, a nurse, a kind person. Henry; friend, kind, caring, and a little to flirtatious. And lastly Otis; teacher(sub), kind, caring, and a little nosy. I would give this book 5 stars because it pulls you in with every sentence. I like this book because it is a true page turner and makes the reader to wish that it wouldn't end on a cliff hanger. the basic conflict is a Vampire trying to hide his secret from the world and it's not so easy being him. The setting is Bathory, New Jersey.

Scorpions Final

 

 Scorpions

      The book that I just finished reading is Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers. The setting of this book is nine teen eighty eight in Harlem, New York . The main characters in this book is a boy called Jamal his Hispanic friend called Tito, and Jamal's mom and sister Sassy. This book is about a twelve year old boy named Jamal his brother Randy was the leader of his gang Scorpions.  Randy went to jail because he was involved in a murder. They think he killed a rival gang member. One of Randy's friends Mack offers Randy's brother Jamal to become the leader so he can make two thousand dollars for Randy's appeal. Jamal is not sure to join the gang but, he needs the money for his brothers appeal. Jamal decides to join the gang . Mack gives him a gun in case something happens and he introduces him to the other members. He gave the gun to his best friend Tito to hid in his house. One day Tito's abuela (grandmother) found the gun she was freaking out. She thought Tito was involved in bad stuff she told him to leave. Someone was trying to pay Jamal five thousand dollars to kill someone else Jamal doesn't want to kill nobody. Jamal decides to leave the gang for all the problems it caused him and others. Two of the members of the scorpions beat Jamal Tito helped Jamal get out of there. The words came out of Jamal's mouth "you saved me they were gonna stab me". Jamal was scared to even go to the corner because he knew the scorpions would be there. unfortunately he didn't get the money for his brother. I liked that this book is based on real story. From a scale from one threw five I rate this book a four.

Crack back final

In this book, Miles is excited about his junior-year football season. He knows the sport, loves playing defense and even though his father can be overbearing, he's taught Miles basic skills and how to play smart and to respect the coach. Zach, who has been Miles's best friend and teammate, is transforming himself, now. He's not just bulking up, but passing out uppers and advocating shooting up steroids as something all players do. When the regular coach steps aside, belligerent inexperienced Coach Stahl takes over and Miles has to consider carefully how important is the sport to him and how much he wants to risk. Coy obviously knows the gridiron and uses crackback, a football term meaning a block coming from the outside and behind, to symbolize all the ways sudden changes or surprises in life can throw you for a loop. Coy makes fun of the stupid clichés that surround the sport while maintaining a strong love of the game, managing to integrate girlfriends, serious social history and family dynamics seamlessly. I think you should read this book. I give it  5 stars

My ORB Book Report

  My book report is on a book called "Artemis Fowl, The Opal Deception". It is by Eoin Colfer.The link for the title of the book is right here. There are two main characters in this story. One of them is Artemis Fowl. The other is Captain Holly Short. Artemis Fowl is a criminal mastermind who is obsessed with money. His  main hobby in to plan well, you got it. Crime. But he wasn't always like this. he was getting better after he met the fairies. But after he knew too much, they had to mind-wipe him. In the beginning, he is using his genius criminal mind to steal 55 million from a bank in Germany. Holly is a police in the "Lower Elements" who has a temper and a bad record with Artemis Fowl. At the start of this book,the pixie genius Opal Koboi is in a hospital, in a "deeper sleep". This is really a mental state in which your mind can go to sleep for months, even years at a time. She is in this sleep after  her revolution in which she tries to seize power in the fairy world. And she almost succeeded. Her plan was destroyed after Artemis Fowl stopped her by thinking in seconds.So, she is in a "deeper sleep" in which she has been thinking of a plan while two of her best employees, Merv and Scant Brill work in her hospital as "guards" at her door to make she that if she wakes up the hospital is told. They, when the time is right, replace her with a brain-dead clone, exactly like Opal. I think what I enjoyed most about this book was the suspense. I think a good reader who enjoys page turners will absolutely love this book. All in all, I would give this book a rating of 4 and 3/4 out of 5.

The Hoopster book review final

The name of the book I want to discuss in this bog is The Hoopster, written by Alan Lawrence Sitomer.  This book is about street basketball players who play on a basketball court on the street in their neighborhood.
Andre is the main character in the book, he is the best player on the team., he is black.  Shawn who is white is a good player too, but at first Andre and he are not friends because Andre is black and Shawn is white. 
During their first basketball game together, they feel like they were about to rip each other’s heads off.  But during that game, Andre saw that Shawn was not a selfish player but a team player and he started to like him.  After this they sorted out all of their problems and that is how they end up being great friends.
Cedric is Andre’s cousin. Cedric is always at talent shows and events.  He is known as the last comic standing. In one of the shows he comes out and he starts talking about black women and how they are always beating their children.
By the way, Cedric is black. Cedric is going on and on about black people and pretty much giving black people a bad name. In the middle of him going on Andre feels very uncomfortable because here we have Cedric just putting down black people.
After the show Andre is really disappointed with his cousin because he thought that was something that a white or Spanish person would do but he absolutely wouldn't expect that from his cousin. 
Cedric would always beat people up over words that were said against blacks.
Shawn is an average white kid. He is the only kid on the team who is not black.  He and Andre like the same girl. Because of this Shawn and his best bud have found them selves in a pickle. Both of them like the same girl and they both kissed her but she does not know whom to choose. In the long run Susie ends up with Andre because her gut feeling was to go out with him. This was her gut feeling because they were both black and she thought her dad would have a serious problem with her going out with a white guy. Shawn ends up finding another girl so every one ends up another girl who is great for him
I recommend this book to anyone who loves to read about sports.

Merry Go Round Final

If you could go on the magical merry-go-round of Venice would you? And if you would, which way would you go? What are the advantages and disadvantages of your answer? These are some questions that pose a challenge. I think I wouldn't go on immediately but when I was 60, I would go to the age I thought was funnest. I think the advantages would be that I could experience  a normal person's life, I could also visit the age I thought was the funnest. The disadvantages would be that I would have to wait 60 years to go on the merry-go-round. You might also have an accident that results in death before you every get to ride the merry-go-round.
    But if I had to ride it immediately or not ride it at all, I would go to the age of two. I would do this because I think I would look cute, but I would bring all that I know with me, making the smartest two year old in the world. But, I wouldn't be able to do the things I normally do. Such as play basketball. The disadvantage to this is that I would get teased. So, if you could go on the "Magical Merry Go Round of Venice" what would you do?

Merry go round blog final

I would ride the merry go round when i'm fifty. I would ride when im fifty because I would want to get off all my wrinkles. I would only go back thirty years so I wont be old. But when I turn seventy again I wont use the merry go round because I wouldnt want to live that long. The reason I wouldnt use the merry go round beacause I dont want to be a baby again and I dont want to be a grown up to fast because I like my child hood but if I had to use it I would get older. I would get older because I would be able to go partys. Also I would be able to have a job and live on my own. I would only change my age to twenty.

Adrian Peterson final

Adrian Peterson was a star on his high skool team. As a senior he rushed for 2,960 on 252 rushes, an average of 11.7 yards per carry, and 32 touchdowns. He won the Hall Trophy which is like the Heisman for high school players. Adrian comes from an atheletic family. His mom was a college track star, his father was supposed to play basketball for Oklahoma Universit, but went to jail. When he got out he went to the University of Southern Idaho. In college he was on the first team All-freshman.He was a freshman finalist for the Doak Walker Award which is the award for the best college running back and the only freshman in college history to be in second place for the Heisman award Now Adrian Peterson is the starting running back for the Minnesota Vikings. He leads the Vikings in rushing yards and touch downs this season. He has 1,200 yards. He averages 6.1 yards per carry. He has 10 touch downs this season. Which Sport player should I do biography on next you pick put it in your comment