A couple of weeks ago my step sister,Mary Lynn(ML) and her third and final child. My step mom and I had been on edge on the days leading up to the "big day". Every time ML would call we would answer the phone immediately asking "Are you having the baby?!" She would always say "No". She kept telling us not to worry, but of course we worried because the last baby she had she just barely made it to the hospital! She had to have a natural birth.
When she finally did have the baby, of course we weren't expecting it; I was getting dressed just as usual and so was my step mom. My step mom was out the door as soon as she got the call! My dad and I stayed home and waited to go visit a little later, after all the screaming and waiting for the baby was over. They baby's name is Wesley and he weighed 9.2 pounds.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Reading Response- Insurgent
Over the course of this past week I have been reading Insurgent, the sequel to Divergent. I am hooked on this book! I have read nearly the whole thing in just 2 short weeks. I can't put the book down, it's so interesting. I don't even pay attention to the chapters anymore, they all just end up melding together and by the time I'm finished reading I go "whoa I read all of that?!" I can't wait until the third book of the trilogy comes out.
Why do people disagree? That is my personal question I am trying to answer with this series. Divergent and Insurgent are based on this huge conflict between the factions. I don't know exactly what for, yet. I am excited to find out; and let you know what happens.
Why do people disagree? That is my personal question I am trying to answer with this series. Divergent and Insurgent are based on this huge conflict between the factions. I don't know exactly what for, yet. I am excited to find out; and let you know what happens.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Reading Log- Week 2
Insurgent:
8/19- 15 min. 8/21- 30 min 8/22-20 min 8/25- 30 min
Total-95 Minutes Pg. 121-200
Class Work:
Book Chat- 20 Minutes
WordlyWise- 30 minutes
Total: 50 Minutes
TOTAL: 145 Minutes
8/19- 15 min. 8/21- 30 min 8/22-20 min 8/25- 30 min
Total-95 Minutes Pg. 121-200
Class Work:
Book Chat- 20 Minutes
WordlyWise- 30 minutes
Total: 50 Minutes
TOTAL: 145 Minutes
Monday, August 19, 2013
Reading Log- Week 1
Insurgent, Veronica Roth
8/15- 30 min., 8/16- 45min., 8/17- 30min., 8/18- 20 min.
Total- 125 min., Pg. 1-120
8/15- 30 min., 8/16- 45min., 8/17- 30min., 8/18- 20 min.
Total- 125 min., Pg. 1-120
English 2013-2014
Throughout middle school I wasn't the best at English; I barely got by. I'm not a very good writer as you can probably tell, but over the curse of this year i hope that I can get better. I'm very excited to be able to use The Writing Center. Last year in Mrs. DaQuanno's class we went there so they could help us with a paper we were writing. I hadn't even started my paper and they were so helpful.
So far in Mrs. DeGravilles's class I have done surprisingly well. I think that she is very helpful and that I am gong to excel in her class. I have heard that her class is hard and that she assigns a lot of homework. I don't really have a problem with that as long as the work that she assigns has a purpose and she isn't just giving us homework to give it to us.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Reading Response- Divergent
I really enjoyed Divergent. What I liked most about Divergent was that it is like the hunger games, but it had more detail and more drama. A lot of people are saying that Divergent is going to be the next Hunger Games. I don't disagree with that, but i think that Divergent has a lot more details and a better plot. I enjoyed reading Divergent because it's one of those books that you can't put down. In Divergent it was easy to read the book and play a movie in your head of what you think that the movie would look like. Divergent, the movie, is coming out in March 2014. I can't way to go see it. I think that we are going to take a class trip to go see it. That will be exciting.
I wonder if the writer of Divergent got her ideas from the Hunger Games. Divergent and The Hunger Games are very similar in concepts. In Divergent there are "factions" and in The Hunger Games there are "districts". In Divergent there is a war that is started at the end of book one. In The Hunger Games there isn't necessarily a war but there is "The Hunger Games", where kids fight to the death in an arena. In Divergent the Erudite remind me of 'the capital" in The Hunger Games. The Erudite are kind of like the head faction, they develop conflict and they invent most of the things that people use in their lives. The capital is at the head of the districts. They run all of the districts and they have manpower. They can get and do anything they want. In my opinion I think that Divergent is going to be a better movie.
I wonder if the writer of Divergent got her ideas from the Hunger Games. Divergent and The Hunger Games are very similar in concepts. In Divergent there are "factions" and in The Hunger Games there are "districts". In Divergent there is a war that is started at the end of book one. In The Hunger Games there isn't necessarily a war but there is "The Hunger Games", where kids fight to the death in an arena. In Divergent the Erudite remind me of 'the capital" in The Hunger Games. The Erudite are kind of like the head faction, they develop conflict and they invent most of the things that people use in their lives. The capital is at the head of the districts. They run all of the districts and they have manpower. They can get and do anything they want. In my opinion I think that Divergent is going to be a better movie.
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