By Shane
1. I am able to write essays over 5 million times better than last year
2. I am more creative and use more humor in writing
3. Mrs. Burns has taught me how to write dialogue
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MY READING
My reading has improved dramatically. Partly because I am reading bigger
and more advanced books. From last year with ,“What If?” to, “Angels and Demons”
and, “The Da Vinci Code” which are shorter, but are not 100 page sections about if one
thing happened differently, as with What If? Also, the books are more complicated and
use stronger and longer words. Lastly, I have read a little bit more than last year.
I have liked this year more than last year, SO FAR. One reason I
liked it more is I have read better books than last year. Then again, this
year’s sticky notes program has been the worst idea ever. Lastly, this years
papers and assignments have been more fun, as in our I Wonder and the
fictional paper we had to write. This year was a lot better.
I have a few goals for the rest of the year. One is to maintain
an A in language arts. Also, to do sticky notes on at least some of my
books I read. My third goal is to read bigger books than I have so far. I
think these goals are sufficient for my skill level.
Angels and Demons
Robert Langdon is awoken in the middle of the
night by the French version of the FBI while he is
in Paris. They have called him to investigate
Jacques Sauneir’s sudden and random murder.
Before Jacques bled to death, he wrote down
seemingly random lines and numbers. But, he
also wrote down a line that the chief of French
FBI took a picture of it then erased the line. The
line said, “P.S. Find Robert Langdon.” Because
of that, they think he was the murderer. He has
to go on an adventurous journey to find the Holy
Grail with Sophie Nevue, granddaughter of
Jacques, while evading the police.
(2nd book in the Robert Langdon series)
I like this book since
1.
Mystery
2.
Police trying to kill people
3.
Acts like these new things are true and if they are
true they would shake the church to it’s core
4.
Cool characters
5.
Great plot line
Angels and Demons
Before the Da Vinci Code, there was
Angels and Demons. Robert Langdon is
suddenly called in the middle of the night
to a scientific research lab in Switzerland.
CERN, the lab, has one of it’s highest
members killed gruesomely, he was killed
and then his eye was ripped to get access
to his lab. In his lab is a drop of antimatter. Anti-matter destroys matter
when they come into contact. That drop
is equal to enough TNT to wipe out the
Vatican City, and worse, the Pope was
just murdered and Conclave is set to
begin. Can Robert Langdon solve the
mystery before millions of innocent
praying people are killed
(1st book in the Robert Langdon series)
Why I like this book
1.
Same people as the Da Vinci Code
2.
SUSPENSFUL
3.
Heart POUNDER
4.
Good plot line
5.
Great idea for a book
What If?
•What
is Hitler won World War 2
•What if the USA dropped Atomic
bombs on Berlin and the rest of
Eastern Germany
•What if the Japanese invade
Hawaii during World War 2
All these questions and many more
are answered in WHAT IF?
Why I like this book
1.
Really makes you think
2.
Mind blowing
3.
Descriptive
Legend
In the near future, America has
broken up into 2 warring nations.
The Republic, where this story
takes place, and the Colonies. They
have broken out into war. Day, the
Republic’s most wanted criminal, is
framed for the murder of the
brother of June, the Republic’s most
prized prodigy (nice names). June
goes on a manhunt for Day. In a
book that gets you rooting the
supposed bad guy, who will come
out alive??????
Why I like this
1.
Descriptive
2.
Good plot line
3.
Future America
4.
Good vocab
Unwind
In a world where a troublemaker
can be unwound. Unwinding is
when all of your body parts are
removed, but kept alive, so you
don’t actually die, but are divided.
Connor, is a troublemaker who
makes too much trouble to be kept
alive. Risa is a ward of the state,
who is being unwound because of
budget cuts. Lev is a tithe who’s
whole life has been leading up to
being unwound. Together, they try
to run and escape the police and try
to find a safe haven.
Why I like this
1.
Mind blowing
2.
Makes you think
3.
Great idea
4.
Good plot