November Reading Log #1: Due November 3rd

10/30/2017

For your third posting, You should have read at least 45 pages of your book so far (if not more). In your writing, please tell us about the following:

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
2. What page are you on?

3. Choose one of the questions below and answer it in an analytical essay body paragraph (CDC) format. Your paragraph should include 1) Claim, 2) Data that is cited in MLA format, 3) Commentary about how that data supports that claim. Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5 sentences.

If you need support with MLA formatting for your citation, visit the Purdue Owl Here.

1. Examine the tone of the writer. What tone is the author using and how does it enhance the literature you are reading?
2. Identify a character in the text that you can relate to another character you have encountered in literature or other forms of fiction. What does this character have in common with the other character you know?
3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?

4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far? (This is nearly identical to #4 in the last one, so if you need help understanding what kind of question goes here, please refer back to the second reading log in October!)

For your comment to a peer, read their post and respond to the question that they pose at the end of #4.

99 Comments

Anthony

10/30/2017 05:57:05 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author? They came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie.
2. What page are you on? I am on page 81.

3. Choose one of the questions below and answer it in an analytical essay body paragraph (CDC) format. Your paragraph should include 1) Claim, 2) Data that is cited in MLA format, 3) Commentary about how that data supports that claim. Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5 sentences.
3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text? Claim: The disappearance of Anna Scheele creates havoc and is the inciting incident of the story. But also that it creates suspense and upbeat to the story .
Data: “We’ve lost Ana Scheele.”... “She deliberately fooled you?”... “You may be a fool— she isn’t!”
C: This gives off the theme that of the embassy being upset that they couldn’t contain Anna Scheele and keep her from trying to leave Baghdad. But also the point is that The embassy and the spiders web choose Anna Scheele for an event that was happening in Baghdad. So she was supposed to be there for the event but Anna wants to leave and is trying to escape.
4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far? (This is nearly identical to #4 in the last one, so if you need help understanding what kind of question goes here, please refer back to the second reading log in October!)
Have you ever hid or avoided something you had to do? If so did you get away with it?

Tony

10/30/2017 06:39:17 pm

Very interesting tony. (Lol) Yes I have his away from something and it was doing my chores. But even though I got away with not doing them once it came back to haunt me and I had double the work to do with chores.

andrea

10/30/2017 06:40:05 pm

your book sounds interesting! and to answer your question, yes i have avoided many thing: chores,Dr, homework..ext. Usually i don't get away with it

Carter

11/2/2017 05:25:35 pm

#4 MANY TIMES. I have done SO MANY things I wasn't supposed to do, and get away with them. At least, half of the time ;)

Sebastian

11/3/2017 11:22:08 am

Yeah I guess have many times. Most of the times though I get away with those things but when I get caught there serious consequences because the things I do I really stupid.

Chris

11/3/2017 04:16:04 pm

I like the book you're reading. My answer to your question would be hiding away from home work because I get lazy sometimes. (lolz)

Daniel Tamayo

11/3/2017 08:24:13 pm

Your books sounds very good and to answer your question yes I always avoid things like class work and chores and never get away with it because somebody is always telling me Daniel you need to do that now.

Ethan Rau

11/4/2017 08:26:32 am

Yes but when I did hide I usually got caught and lectured. One way you could look at this is to remember your responsibilities but not do them because no one else has reminded you.

Cole Leahy link

10/30/2017 07:17:04 pm

I’m currently reading: The Fellowship of the Ring by, J. R. R. Tolkien and I’m on page 361.

This book was not made a tremendous long time ago, 50 years can be considered a lot or a little and I considered it little compared to the way the text is written. The book is given an old timey way of speaking. It's not only the characters that speak in high grammer and what we consider “broken english,” but the narration does too. It gives the book an interesting feel. It makes it feel as if the story truly had taken place centuries ago.

“I did not shoot, for I dared not arouse any cries: we cannot risk battle.” Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel. The Fellowship of the Ring. Pg 336.

When it comes to speaking, we these days do not speak like this. We speak much differently and to some this passage did not make sense. It is like learning another language or trying to understand an accent. It’s just gibberish in the beginning and starts to make sense after awhile. This way of talking or writing is one of many ways to show those who are wise and/or old. They don’t bother to correct their speakings or to learn of new ways to speak. They are focused on other things that are not so insignificant. It gives the book an old feel, as if it truly takes place around the 1400’s. It focuses on those who are smart, making it easier to tell if a character is going to be serious about all he/she says.

“That is not well. We have not had dealings with the Dwarves since the Dark Days. They are not permitted in our land. I cannot allow him to pass.” People hold grudges, you can’t avoid it. There is always going to be at least one person who hates you, or is that my pessimism speaking? Is there a reason to hold grudges for such a long period of time? Do you know of a time where you or someone you knew held a grudge against something or someone for what seemed to be an unreasonable amount of time?

Angela

10/30/2017 10:23:42 pm

yes I have been part of that and it is really upsetting and the worst part is that I am still going thru that which is really upsetting.

Carson Cooley

11/2/2017 09:46:35 pm

yes, there has been time where someone I knew held a grudge against someone for a very long time

Fredo Gonzalez link

11/3/2017 06:33:13 pm

Yeah, there has been times where people have held grudges against me. Sometimes it's for very silly reasons as well, or things I have apologized for.

joseph

11/7/2017 02:57:22 pm

It sounds like a interesting read so far but it also sounds messed up

Andrea

10/30/2017 07:32:41 pm

I chose hunger games by Suzanne Collins because Carol suggested it and I have heard many good things about the book from friends in school and I suppose it’s so good that they even made movies about it. I'm on page 55.
Clam: The biggest moment yet to come in the book is when katniss volunteered to take her sister's place in the hunger games because she could die participating.
Data: ”In shock i had the idea to grad Gail and leave to the woods but who else would volunteer in Prims place?” (25)
Commentary: this shows she scared she wants to run away from the Hunger Games but she knows if she does who would take her sister's place. She loves her sister too much to let her participate and maybe die and while she runs off with Gail to the woods. Katniss cares so much for her sister who is her motivation to stay alive throughout the games. To come home and take care of her.
Have you never ran away from things when they get difficult? (inspired by Anthony's question)

Anthony

10/31/2017 08:56:09 am

This is a very good book Andrea I hope you like it and yes, I have ran away from things when they get difficult like with my homework, or other tasks I have to do.

Aulonnie

11/2/2017 06:27:34 pm

Andrea I love how you phrased this, It made me really want to read it! Yes sadly I have ran away from something..when I was little I have always wanted to join a gymnastics team but my parents kept telling me that your not going ready for that its too hard. But I continued to pester them about, until they finally said yes. The first time I did I wasn't experienced like the other girls, so I was have so much trouble that i quit, but I really regret it.

luce Callaway

11/2/2017 07:35:24 pm

I think you posed a great question. I think most of us have ran away from something emotional... wether it being an emotional confrontation, or a simply everyday chore. for me, it's been all of the above. I have been in multiple situations where I wish I had the courage to stay put and confront the issue becuase i know everyone would benefit from it.

maya

11/2/2017 08:27:31 pm

interesting book! To answer your question, when things get emotionally difficult I have a tenancy of sticking my head in the sand about it. Its not good. i usually would run to my room and go on my computer but slowly i have been facing them because i cant hide forever.

Angela

10/30/2017 10:17:14 pm

The title of my book is "Courage To Sour" by Simone Biles. I am in page 99 at the end of chapter 8. The tone of the writer can be identified as a strong woman that goes top different stuff even when being 3 years old. In page 23 it states “Most people might think that at age of three I was too young to know what it meant to be placed into foster care…”. This can clearly prove that Simone was completely conscious of what was happening to her at a really young age. Many kids are going to foster home at a really young age as well as Simone and are able to go into homes that really love them and give them a really good live of what they can be proud of. This piece of text can also prove that her tone is of a strong and standing up to succeed and go for her dreams. How would you think if you want to achieve something but have some problem stopping you? Why?

Angie Carreon

11/2/2017 04:20:37 pm

It sounds very interesting, I really like how your enjoying this book.Good job!

Rachel Hopper

11/3/2017 09:28:55 pm

If I had a problem stopping me, I would either ignore the problem or ask for help.

Sebastian

11/1/2017 04:34:39 pm

1.) The title of my book is The Alchemist and the author of the book is Paulo Coelho
2.) The page that I am on forty seven
3.) When the king shows up and tells the boy about his dreams and what they all meant his journey began. It chagned the course of the story a lot because he went up to a gypsy and the gypsy lied to him and he was doing the wrong thing. Then the kind came up to him and told him the truth
Data:"But maybe I'll never have another chance to get to the Pyramids in Egypt. The old man wore a breastplate of gold, and he knew about my past. He really was a king, a wise king."
Commentary: This proves that he was inspired by the king to go to the journey. He believed the king. Before in the book he realized the gypsy lied to him and was now lost and confused and was going back home. Then the king confronted him and told him the truth and keep going for the journey.
4.) A question for you guys is if you believe in omens and signs?Thats a lot of what the book is about.

Cole link

11/2/2017 02:37:17 pm

Yes and no to believing in omens are signs. I feel that there are signs to everything. There is some things in the world that can vaguely tell us what will happen to the future. Omens are different, it feels as if that have little purpose and meaning. It just a phrase someone speaks. It doesn’t mean it’s going to be followed by them. When has a fortune teller not been vague about what he/she is telling you?

kelly link

11/2/2017 07:08:17 am

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
The title of my book is called The fifth angle by Tim Green
2. What page are you on?
I'm already finished with this book.

3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?

in the book words the last part when Amanda rushed back home to her children because she was worried was an inciting incident when the dad took the children to their cabin to get away from the pursuer.The way she was scared and worried for her children making the kids go with their dad as she took matters into her own hands.
"slowly, the front door begin to open. Amanda backed up. Her hands were shaking badly now. she need more support. She couldn't get Marco out of her mind. She though of the last man she pointed a gun at, Jack Ruskin.she hadn't ben able to hold steady hadn't been able to pull the trigger. But she had to pull it now." This evidence shows just how much she's scared, remembering her parter the one that got killed because, she was too slow to get there on time. The way she new something was going to go wrong if she wasn't close to her children. the way she couldn't pull the trigger when she had the chance again. But as this is going on the stalker saw through her trick and followed the husband instead of breaking ito her house. He injured the husband pretty badly and is about to kill the children, when Amanda and jack show up.

If you're children were held hostage, and you were an FBI agent with the permission of killing a assigned criminal. Would you come together with the criminal to save your children from a psychopath or kill him right on the spot?

Sofia link

11/3/2017 04:15:34 pm

I would come together with the criminal to save my children since there my blood and they would mean a lot to me.

Mafer Guerrero Garcia

11/3/2017 10:13:48 pm

I agree with you sofia if you really love some one you would do anything to protect them and haveing them with you So yes i would save my child in this case .

Ethan Silveira link

11/4/2017 12:09:59 pm

Short answer:yes.

Long answer:
Obviously, this would be killing two birds with one stone.
Killing an assigned criminal and saving my children.

Natalya

11/5/2017 09:02:09 pm

Yes I would work with a criminal to save my children because I would love them t much not to.

Joseph link

11/2/2017 03:21:26 pm

What is the title of your book? The book is called Lord of the Flies.
Who is the author? The author is william golding.
. What page are you on? I am on page 56.
Characterization:What is this character like? Piggy is a self conscious boy who is in particular very plump and has white skin and wears specs. What actions has this character taken so far? So far Piggy has been getting pushed around by the other kids on the island because of his size and the way he thinks so he has been following his friend.
Imagery and Symbolism:Image result for Moon risehttps://www.google.com/search?q=Moon+rise&safe=strict&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS769US769&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9gLDo9aDXAhUL8mMKHfSkApgQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=630#imgrc=9Cg0Wx6Rb7WwVM: I chose this moon rise because its how I feel about this book cause in a way this book is still a mystery to me but Im starting to like it.

Angie Carreon

11/2/2017 04:15:42 pm

A Mango shaped space. The author is Wendy Mass. I just finished this book and it was really good.
Examine the tone of the writer. What tone is the author using and how does it enhance the literature you are reading? The author really put every word in the book in detail, he explained everything in a specific word which i liked because I understood the book and got imagine the happening of the book..

Luce Callaway

11/2/2017 07:32:23 pm

I read a lot of her books a few summers back and she has a very interesting way of writing that you don't completely understand, yet you are incredibly intrigued.

Carter Doan

11/2/2017 05:24:07 pm

1: Snow Crash
2: Neal Stephenson
3: Y.T. (aka Yours Truly) is your standard non-law abiding citizen. Your run of the mill tom-boy. She is a Kourier from RadiKS (Radikal Kouries Systems), that so far in the story, has taken the pizza that Hiro was trying to deliver to the owners, and was then caught by the MetaCops. So far she has been described as a person who seems to get in trouble A LOT. She is your stereotypical skateboarder.
4: What is Y.T's purpose in this story?

Aulonnie

11/2/2017 06:18:05 pm

The title of my book is called Whiskey Words & a shovel by R.H Sin
The page I am on is page 92.

What did you like about this book?Why?

I really love thing book because the quotes are very inspiring to others that's why probably the author has made more than 1 poetry book. One of my favorite quotes from reading this week would have to be "The downfall of having a good heart is that you find yourself constantly searching for angels inside of demons and they wonder why the good know so much pain." I love this quote so much because I can connect to it in many ways on a personal level. This book mainly talks about relationships between either friends, family and relationships in general. I think the writer is trying to make quotes that people can connect to because that's what makes poetry so inspiring if you can connect to it. (in my opinion)
There arent any characters I can relate too but there are quotes I can relate to at the top. What does this character have in common with the other character you know?
What does poetry do for you? What mood does it put you in?

Julian

11/2/2017 07:18:51 pm

I think poetry makes me want to figure out what the poet is trying to convey, I haven't read a lot of poetry but from what I have read it makes me want to reflect back on the decisions I have made in the past and puts me in a ambivalence. Loved your question!

Bailey

11/2/2017 08:37:29 pm

In my opinion, poetry makes me feel calm. I read it, then I reflect if I have gone through what it’s saying. I’ve always done that. Have fun reading more! xo :)

Gus K link

11/2/2017 09:51:51 pm

Hey Aulonnie,

I really enjoyed hearing about your favorite quotes from this text, I think it is a great text. To answer your question, poetry puts me in a very deep thought process. I think It makes me feel this way because of how much meaning an author can pull from such simple words, and I sometimes struggle to understand their writing on a deeper level.

Good work,
GmoneyMoMoneyMoHoneyzz

Mattia Amoroso

11/3/2017 11:02:44 am

Poetry makes me feel that there are a lot of very powerful people out there, and it makes me want to understand what the poet is saying embedded in there poem. It really depends on what kind of poetry it is, but usually it makes me get goosebumps and makes me feel very calm and wowed.

Giovanna

11/3/2017 08:32:41 pm

Poetry is a way of communicating and twisting it with art. It's putting in metaphors and rhyming it and showing your feelings in an unique way.
The mood that it puts me in is whatever the poetry is about.

Cooper Mitchell

11/4/2017 08:51:41 pm

When I was younger, I would read the Shel Silverstein poetry books countless times over. They were like little stories with simple illustrations. Other poetry books, like Rupi Kaur's "Milk and Honey" puts me in a poetic mood, or a sort of appreciative mood, where I read the poetry and let it settle in my brain as I enjoy it.

Julian

11/2/2017 07:14:21 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
The name of my book is Death Wave by Ben Bova
2. What page are you on?
101

3. Choose one of the questions below and answer it in an analytical essay body paragraph (CDC) format. Your paragraph should include 1) Claim, 2) Data that is cited in MLA format, 3) Commentary about how that data supports that claim. Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5 sentences.
Claim: The main character is uneasy about his situation being separated from his wife
Data: Before he left the World Council offices, though, Jordan asked the woman, “And my wife? Where is she?” Her deep brown eyes widened slightly. … I'm being stonewalled, Jordan realized.
Commentary: The main character is uneasy about the fact that the woman at the front desk of any information of where his wife is. It gives the main character a sense of weariness of the others around him. The main character was uneasy about being separated from his wife seeing that the human population as an alien. It frightened them because of new technology or advancements that they didn't understand. The main character was aware of this which is why it makes him hesitate when being separated from his wife

1. Examine the tone of the writer. What tone is the author using and how does it enhance the literature you are reading? He adds a urgency to his writing that pulls the reader in and interests them with the story
2. Identify a character in the text that you can relate to another character you have encountered in literature or other forms of fiction. What does this character have in common with the other character you know? The main character, Jordan Kell, relates to the main character from The Maze Runner, Newt. They both show themselves as leaders and they’re able to read others.
3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text? “Yet when Jordan got to the luxurious suite, Aditi was not there. Nor had there been a phone message from her.” Jordan was lied to by the World Council. This breaks trust between them because Jordan doesn’t know where his wife is.

4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far? (This is nearly identical to #4 in the last one, so if you need help understanding what kind of question goes here, please refer back to the second reading log in October!)
If you could be the first of a few to travel to a new frontier for humanity, would you?

Allie Lorton

11/2/2017 10:33:48 pm

I don't think I would be the first, because if I screwed it up, or since a group of people that ended up moving there wouldn't agree with all of the policies, I don't think I would be able to live with that many people disagreeing with me. If I was in a group of people and we all went, it might be a different story.

Brenden Phipps link

11/3/2017 07:28:43 pm

I really thought that the name of the story was very interesting and I am very interested in stories like that just like movies about them more.

Luce Callaway

11/2/2017 07:30:46 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
The title of my book is the secret book of frida kahlo the author is F.G haghenbeck
2. What page are you on?
Page 46
3. Choose one of the questions below and answer it in an analytical essay body paragraph (CDC) format. Your paragraph should include 1) Claim, 2) Data that is cited in MLA format, 3) Commentary about how that data supports that claim. Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5 sentences.

If you need support with MLA formatting for your citation, visit the Purdue Owl Here.

1. Examine the tone of the writer. What tone is the author using and how does it enhance the literature you are reading?
2. Identify a character in the text that you can relate to another character you have encountered in literature or other forms of fiction. What does this character have in common with the other character you know?
3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?
An inciting moment in the text was when frida’s mother decides to shut out firda from her life, making her the person she was. An excerpt from the text is “Frida so tired and exasperated her mother that one day her mother disdainfully declared that frida was no daughter of hers.” this helps further strengthen my claim because it shows that after frida was disowning the things her mother valued, like church and praying, it caused her mother to become extremely cold and distant. As frida grew older she had a more progressive way of thinking which I think was caused by her stronger male influence in her life. Frida was a strong woman who was distant from her mother, which made her the strong and feministic person she was.

4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far? (This is nearly identical to #4 in the last one, so if you need help understanding what kind of question goes here, please refer back to the second reading log in October!)

One big picture question that I can provide, from what i have recently read is “ How would you react to your own mother disowning you., Would you eventually turn it into something positive?”

Kelly

11/7/2017 02:51:57 pm

Honestly if my mother disowned me I wouldn't know what to feel. I would just be so dumb founded and after everything had settled in right I would get depressed but really angry. I doubt that I would ever become something positive, I would probably become a cold and emotionless person.

Teia

11/2/2017 07:44:45 pm

My book is The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
I’m on page 48

3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?

The inciting incident of this text is when Ted Lavender is shot under Jimmy Cross’s watch.
“He was now determined to perform his duties firmly and without negligence. It wouldn't help Lavender, he knew that, but from this point on he would comport himself as an officer…”(25)
When Lavender was killed, it came as a shock to the group. He was simply on his way back from relieving himself, “still zipping himself up”(17) as Kiowa described him when he was hit. “Like cement- boom, down.”(17) Another man kept repeating to Jimmy how he had fell. As Lieutenant, Cross looked upon Ted Lavender, the most careful of them all’s death in his hands, he felt it was his fault because he was still so captivated with Martha. He was so infatuated in his love for her that one of his men died under his nose. So he took it upon himself to make sure that never happened again. He burned her photos and letters and set off to be a better captain of his team.

Do you think that love is a distraction? Is it a bad or a good thing that it can overpower things like the lives of other people?

David

11/3/2017 09:59:06 pm

I think loving someone is to have them on your mind all the time and to some that might be a distraction while others a motivation. I think that if it just overpowers yours or others lives it's not that important but what can happen when it happens is more important.

Sami

11/3/2017 11:29:36 pm

If love truly makes you and the person you love happier, I think it is a good thing. If love feels like a distraction, it is not love.

Maya Lewitt

11/2/2017 08:24:15 pm

I am reading The Crown, Volume 1. By Robert Lacey.

I am on page 37 (i am just starting)

Elizabeth and Philip are awaiting their wedding and the author is talking about how the couple first met. “But ‘the first time I remember meeting Phillip,’ wrote Elizabeth-heavily underlining the word ‘remember’- ‘was at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, in July 1939, just before the war.’” (7) They met briefly a few times before that, they are both royalty, but the queen remembers the very first time she met her future husband. They are both far descendants of Queen Victoria. She must have been visiting with her father, the king, the men in the Navy and that is when they officially met.

maya

11/2/2017 08:29:15 pm

my question is how would you like to meet your future partner?

Bailey

11/2/2017 08:42:29 pm

I haven’t really thought of this question realistically. As a kid it was always that prince charming kinda thing. But as I grew older I realize how much better it would be not knowing how it would happen. So I wouldn’t want to know, it’s a better lasting memory I should say..
-Bailey :)

Bailey

11/2/2017 08:31:11 pm

The title of my book is Crazy House by James Patterson. I’m on page 45, chapter 14. The tone of the author's writing is very realistic, as in a form of blogging.

The story goes back and forth between Cassie (the main character) and Becca. Each chapter is reading about each other’s perspective. As an example, Cassie is trying to find her missing twin sister, while Becca is in a “Crazy House” (prison for disrespecting the system)

So the author is telling you two different parts of the story pretty much.

Who would you be in this situation?
Cassie: Trying to find her sister, who suddenly disappeared. With hope and friends with her. Or. Becca: Taken, not knowing why into a Crazy House, constantly abused.

Evan Nazario

11/2/2017 08:46:08 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Among The Imposers. Who is the author? Margaret Peterson Haddix. page # 15. A boy named Luke with the nickname of Lee Grant was getting starred at by a row of people in the room after he whispered, "w-where should I sit? His body and muscles metaphorically wanted him to run and hide from the public for 12 years entire life. He came up with the nickname in page #1 and 2. Page #2 quote, "They were going to take a Luke and make a Lee". "It was safe to be Lee. It wasn't safe to be Luke", a another quote about his nickname in page #2. "He/Luke tried not to stare because if he really were Lee, surely everything would look familiar and ordinary."

Gus King link

11/2/2017 09:46:38 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes

2. What page are you on?
I am on page 56.

3. Choose one of the questions below and answer it in an analytical essay body paragraph (CDC) format. Your paragraph should include 1) Claim, 2) Data that is cited in MLA format, 3) Commentary about how that data supports that claim. Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5 sentences.

If you need support with MLA formatting for your citation, visit the Purdue Owl Here.

1. Examine the tone of the writer. What tone is the author using and how does it enhance the literature you are reading?
2. Identify a character in the text that you can relate to another character you have encountered in literature or other forms of fiction. What does this character have in common with the other character you know?
3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?

In the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, the inciting incident is when Charlie Gordon gets an operation to increase his intelligence. In the story, Charlie Gordan is a retarded adult who has been recruited for a special operation that will increase his intelligence. Daily, he writes progress reports that tell readers the story. Progress report :2 " I thot that was all but when I got up to go he stopped me. He said now sit down Charlie we are not thru yet. Then I dont remember so good but he wan tid me to say what was in the ink. I dint see nuthing in the ink but he said there was picturs there other pepul saw some picturs." On progress report #2 or page 6, which is before the operation, we can see that Charlie is almost illiterate and can't spell very well. But, on page 156, after the operation we can see he is much more intelligent when he says "Contrary to my earlier impressions of him, I realize that Dr. Nemur is not at all a genius. He has a very good mind, but it struggles under the spectre of self-doubt. He wants people to take him for a genius." In conclusion, this textual evidence clearly shows that the operation triples the main character's IQ, which leads us to the climax. Therefore, the operation is the inciting incident.

4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far? (This is nearly identical to #4 in the last one, so if you need help understanding what kind of question goes here, please refer back to the second reading log in October!)

How Important do you think work ethic Is? Will you use work ethic skills in the future? How do you build your work ethic?

Andrew Tran

11/2/2017 10:13:27 pm

In my own personal opinion, I believe that work ethic is very important skill to have, it also depends on the definition of work ethic that you have. To me, it's something that allows you to devote yourself into work diligently, seriously and creatively. It teaches you discipline on whether you can work independently and get work done. This proves useful for me in the future because most jobs require you to work, hence it's referred to as "work", and building work ethic is something that takes a long time, mostly reflecting on what you did, doesn't matter if it was wrong or right. With that, you can take your previous experiences to improve yourself.

Carson Cooley

11/2/2017 10:00:33 pm

1. Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh
2. 157
3. Claim: Author's tone is humorous
Data: “It would be like having a bunch of dead fish, but no one around you to acknowledge that the fish are dead. Instead, they offer to help you look for the fish, or try to figure out why they disappeared.”(Page.132)
Commentary: That quote supports the claim because she is portraying something bad, (depression), and make it funny. I think it’s good to do things like this because it doesn’t make the reader sad or feel bad. It also relates to when people deal with something bad by making it funny in some way. It is good to try to get away from a bad experience with humor so it doesn’t get to you as much. I have had experiences with people using humor to get over loss.
4. Do you know a time where someone has used humor to get over something bad?

Teia

11/3/2017 11:04:06 am

I often, myself use humor to cushion hard topics. There are some circumstances where its inappropriate but in some ways it can be used correctly to lighten a mood. I think the person going through something, making the joke is reasonable, less than the opposite person joking about what another is going through.

Natalya

11/5/2017 09:07:10 pm

Yes I defiantly know about that because I have more than one friend that will do that so it is kinda a normal for me. The thing about them is that there humor is horrible and it will never be think that that will change.

Andrew Tran

11/2/2017 10:02:38 pm

I started a new novel called “ Sovereign of the Three Realms” by Plow Days(犁天) and I have read up to chapter 46 or page 46 barely reaching the standard for this week.

The main character in my current book, named Jiang Chen is the son of the almighty Celestial Emperor, born with a constitution so strong making him unable to cultivate, but relied on his knowledge to plow through the universe. Unfortunately is reincarnated into a person of low power in a lowly place, only retaining his mass amounts of knowledge. A character who is quite similar to this in another piece of fiction or book would be the world spirit of the main character in the book “ Martial God Asura”. This world spirit not revealing her name is referred to as Eggy or Milady Queen, forced to be the main character’s companion by his unknown parents. “There’s actually only a hundred and seven,” Eggy shook her head in disappointment. At that moment, an ice-cold killing intent suddenly flashed through Eggy’s eyes. She said, “With merely this many, it’s simply not enough for this Queen to kill.” Also, in my current book the main character uses his vast amounts of knowledge to cure a difficult disease but receives doubt, so he replies with “ If I can’t cure her, I’ll go down with her.” These characters are relatively similar in the aspect that they look down on others most of the time, with what Eggy says in the chapter she obviously looks down on those 107 world spirits who are stronger than her on the power scale, but she is confident in her abilities which gives her the right to look down on them. The main character of my book is similar because in the conversation he immediately resorts to that sentence of “ If I can’t cure her, I’ll go down with her” to put it simply, he believes highly in his abilities, and doesn’t want to waste anymore time than he needs to. This is what makes these two characters fairly similar in the fact that they are quite unfriendly and look down on others.
Days, Plow. “Sovereign of the Three Realms.” Edited by Aruthea.
Translated by Etvolar, Wuxiaworld, 28 Oct. 2017, www.wuxiaworld.com/mga-index/mga-chapter-2214/ www.wuxiaworld.com/sotr-index/sotr-chapter-5/.

A big picture question that I can pose is:
If you could reincarnate with your memories what would you do with your new life?

Katie V.

11/2/2017 10:32:09 pm

1.Book Title: Percy Jackson and The Olympians; The Lightning Thief
Author: Rick Riordan
2.Page #: 15
3. C)The author wrote it in first person. He gave us a view that Percy is the person explaining and expressing his thoughts to the world he is living in. It tells us more about what he thinks of people, the way he is different from the other kids, and how he is kind of a little weird. D)Not really in a bad way but he has dyslexic and he has this blackout he misses moment like a missing piece of the puzzle. But the doctor says it normal because he has deficit disorder and that it was normal but the doctor didn’t really seem sure.C) Like in the end of the 15 pages it was about how he was getting attacked by Mrs. Dobbs but she ended up being a weird monster thing. Then Mr .Brenner came and passed him a ball point pen and once Percy caught it ,it turned into a sword,and then Percy cut her with the sword and she vaporized into yellow powder. After that everything turned weird , Mr. Brenner wasn’t there and the no one remembered Mrs. Dobbs and then to be continued.
4.Have you ever gotten in trouble for something you did do?If so how did you react to it and how did you prove it wasn’t you?

Allie Lorton

11/3/2017 10:58:46 am

1. I am reading The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi.
2. I am on page 100.

3.
A moment in the text that is an inciting incident is when Cardiena’s dad becomes ill and she realises she will become essentially the leader of the universe. On page 85, it says “You want to get to know your father,but you have to focus on getting ready to rule the universe instead.” This piece of the text shows that because it represents how Cardenia is just the daughter of the experox, but since he is so sick, she can’t be with him and keep getting to know him. Instead, she is attempting to get ready to rule the universe. Without this occurring, Cardenia would have never had to fight for her father, and for the people. She also would have never realised what kind of job her father had, and what people he has worked with. Overall, her father dying gave her a better understanding of what he has done, and what she needs to do when he ends up leaving forever.

4. If someone who was close to you was dying and you had to follow in their footsteps, could you do it?

Ethan Rau

11/3/2017 11:39:34 am

Ethan Rau
The title is the Hobbit. The author is J.R.R Tolkien I am on page 45.
Bilbo is the character I can connect to another book is Michael from Eye of Minds.
Michael after he overcomes his first challenges in the first book all he wants is to go home and not be bothered. Bilbo throughout the part of the book i've read he keeps referring what he'd do if he was home, and how he lusts to be home.
Bilbo was sort of forced into this journey. Michiel was also forced into the situation into he had to overcome. Bilbo and Michiel both were forced into the journey but have also grown from their journey.

3. Have you ever gone on a journey or adventure that has changed you in some way, good or bad? Do you believe going on a adventure is good or bad?

Aidan Tally

11/3/2017 06:04:27 pm

Heyo!

Cool to see that people still read the hobbit! really cool book. I would be leave that adventures are good, because they give you experiance and make your life feel full.

Mattia Amoroso

11/3/2017 03:31:04 pm

Im taking a break from my personal book and reading Cooked and I am on page 25.
Claim: In the book Cooked, the inciting incident so far is that the author feels that most of the people in the world don't cook and don't know how to cook.
Data: He stated in his book “Survey research confirms we’re cooking less and buying more prepared meals every year¨
Commentary: When people don’t cook, or don’t enjoy cooking, it leaves them one easy choice, which is buying prepared food. This encourages those people to lose their ability to cook. I think this is mainly for that cooking takes way more time than purchasing prepared food, so people don’t have or want to spend their time cooking a homemade meal.
Question: What does cooking do for you and your family?

Evan

11/3/2017 04:16:25 pm

This seems like a pretty interesting book I can connect to how the author thinks most people cannot cook because I can't really cook either.

yamileth flores

11/3/2017 08:04:51 pm

What cooking does for my family is bring us a bit close together. Especially when my sister's in town she asks my mom to cook what she want to eat for dinner and we all eat at the dinner table, just having everyone's presence there helps us bond.

cadayzia

11/3/2017 04:33:12 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
The book i resently finished is called An Ember in the Ashes
by Sabaa Tahir.

2. Identify a character in the text that you can relate to another character you have encountered in literature or other forms of fiction.
In the book there is a character named Laia and she was sold into slavery after 12 men came into her house and murderd her grand father and grand mother, then took her brother into custody for the illeagal pictures he had, and burned the house down. (not those kind of pictures). She wants to find her brother but shes wanted for escaping the 12 men. I think she relates to another character named Elias, he is a soldier that plans to become part or the empire that runs the community him and Laia live in so that he can leave like he wants to. He gets challenged and has to kill Laia in order to live but he chose to let her live and him die instead. He escapes ddeath and tries to leave the town so that he can find a new / better way to live. Moral of the story they both aren't free and are suffering and getting through their issues.

4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far? (This is nearly identical to #4 in the last one, so if you need help understanding what kind of question goes here, please refer back to the second reading log in October!)
In the story Laia's brother gets taken into custody, Laia went to find him and got help from an alliance that is trying to rise up against the empire to save her brother. She doesn't know if he's dead or alive, my question to who ever chose to read this is
Do you think he's alive? What do you think the pictures are and will
Laia ever find her brother?

Aidan Tally

11/3/2017 06:02:10 pm

1) I am currently reading The Shining by Stephen King.

2) I am on page 102

3) Stephen king sets a tome of fear and normality. "My best friend sometimes takes me to a new place... i don't like it." There's this hint of horror but the shell is just a normal life. A kid with imaginary friends, a mom and dad who have hardships but still fall in love, yet fear and horror is constant. Just hidden with normality.

4) If you saw horrifying things that no-one else could see because to them it looks like a normal situation. How would you describe it?

Fredo Gonzalez link

11/3/2017 06:31:27 pm

The name of the book I am reading is called Graceling by Kristin Cashore. I am on page 120, and a lot has happened since the last reading log I made.

An inciting incident I noticed in this book is that the main character, Katsa, learns an underlord of her uncle is in love with her. She is angry and confused about this, leading me to believe she will get asked to be married by the underlord and refuse, causing anger and confusion for many of the characters.

My data to support this is that Katsa says, "Oh, this is dreadful. Whatever shall I do?" while clutching her hair.

This will shake up the book a lot. It is already explained that one of Katsa's friend's grandfather was kidnapped and put in a dungeon, but little does anyone know who or why. They are still trying to figure this out, and with extra emotional conflict mixed into the story as well, they will have a lot of trouble solving conflicts that have previously arisen.

My question to the reader is "How has an emotional problem affected other things in your life, such as school or sports."

Brenden Phipps link

11/3/2017 07:24:58 pm

November Reading Log #1: Due November 3rd
10/30/2017 53 Comments

For your third posting, You should have read at least 45 pages of your book so far (if not more). In your writing, please tell us about the following:

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?My book is Serpent by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos
2. What page are you on? I finished the book at 474 Pages

3. Choose one of the questions below and answer it in an analytical essay body paragraph (CDC) format. Your paragraph should include 1) Claim, 2) Data that is cited in MLA format, 3) Commentary about how that data supports that claim. Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5 sentences.

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1. Examine the tone of the writer. What tone is the author using and how does it enhance the literature you are reading?
2. Identify a character in the text that you can relate to another character you have encountered in literature or other forms of fiction. What does this character have in common with the other character you know?
3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?
I really exciting moment is when the main character is getting The "Talking Stone" from a sunken ocean liner called the Andrea Doria. The operation was going fine till the antagonist group The Brotherhood who want to control the world and the only thing standing in the way is NUMA the National Underwater Marine Agency. From getting the treasure that would make him have enough money to speed up his plan. So when they show up Kurt and Zavala have to improvise and they end up fending off the attackers and getting the stone and they got the treasure and the archaeological discovery proving that Columbus was not the first to explore and sail to America.
4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far? (This is nearly identical to #4 in the last one, so if you need help understanding what kind of question goes here, please refer back to the second reading log in October!)

Rachel Hopper

11/3/2017 08:13:43 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
The title of my book is "The Secret of the Forgotten City", and the author is Carolyn Keene.
2. What page are you on?
I am on page 98.
3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?
Claim: One moment in the text that is an inciting incident is when six stone tablets of petroglyphs are stolen.
Data: "'Is Mrs. Wabash still there? Yes? Tell her I have her stone tablets and papers and won't give 'em up. As for you, Miss Drew, don't try to help her. You're quick, but you're no match for Fleetfoot Joe. My spying on Mrs. Wabash has paid off. Now the Great Flying Bird is carrying me away.' The man hung up."-Page 8
Commentary: This is an exciting start to the book because we have no idea who has the stone tablets, and no idea how they will be found.

Giovanna

11/3/2017 08:26:47 pm

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I am on page 106.

2. Claim: Colin Cloud, a contestant on "America's Got Talent", is like the character Sherlock Holmes.
Data: " What data could he expect from an unclean watch?" "For example. I began stating that your brother was careless. When you observe the lower part of that watch-case you notice that it is not only dinted in two places but it is cut and marked all over from the habit of keeping other hard objects, such as coins or keys, in the same pocket."

Commentary: Sherlock can gather much data by looking at things and people. Colin asked people in the audience to think of a memory and he was able to guess it without knowing the person. Sherlock looked at a watch and was able to tell who owned it, how their personality is, and that the clock was not treated well by the owner.

4. If you knew someone with the skills of Sherlock, what would you do?

Dani

11/3/2017 09:42:23 pm

I personally LOVE all of the Sherlock short stories, and tv series. So if I knew someone with his talents I would immediately befriend him and try to learn as much as possible from him.

Dani

11/3/2017 09:40:15 pm

1. Dark Tower 2, Stephen King (new book)
2. 108
3. I can connect the Man in Black from Dark Tower 2, to the Others from the book Hunter by Mercedes Lackey. Both of these characters are chaotic evil. The Others come from a different realm and are running out of food, so they come to earth (the main characters realm) and the start killing innocent people. They are just thinking of their people, and how to provide for their people. The Man in Black is trying to fuel his organization by obtaining a special gift that often rarely occurs in young children, this gift is called “the shining”. He doesn’t realize that using these children hurts them and their families. Both of the characters are working for an organization that is bigger that they are, it has a deeper meaning to them. They don’t realize that what they are doing has a lasting affect on other people, that is why the come of as mean, or evil.
4.Have you ever wanted to do something knowing it is harmful or bad, but wanted to do it anyway?

Mafer Guerrero Garcia

11/3/2017 10:06:14 pm

1. Th1rteen R3asons Why By Jay Asher
2. I'm on page 197

3. In this book the other is telling us that this girl was emotional and didnt get along very well with people in her school she went through lots of hard time and bulling and she was full of thoughts and was comfuse. In pages 174-175 she explaned how the way she though "Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don't even understand. Thoughts that aren't even true that aren't really how we feel but they running through our heads anyway because they're intrsting to think about,Whats true? What's not? million ideas but what do they mean?"
4.If you were one of the reasons why she comited suiced How would you feel ?

David

11/3/2017 10:22:49 pm

My book is cooked, and I am on page 21 (I started today) and the author is Michael Pollin

The tone of the author used in this book is informal. This author talks about the event of food on pretty much everything and how it does. He talks on about the effect certain foods have on our society life fast food or what healthy food does. He talks about how all food is related to the four main elements in a way. He also talks about how he came to these findings by studying under accomplished chefs, bakers, brewers. One part I like is how he talks about how cooking is one of the main reasons we evolved and the reasons he listed were written in a very deductive way.

One question I have for everybody is what do think the element is of the food you enjoy the most.

Kaden Dusharme

11/6/2017 09:16:15 am

I very much enjoy white rice

yamielth flores

11/3/2017 10:23:48 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
The title of my book is Paper towns by John Green
2. What page are you on?
I am on page 60
3. Choose one of the questions below and answer it in an analytical essay body paragraph (CDC) format. Your paragraph should include 1) Claim, 2) Data that is cited in MLA format, 3) Commentary about how that data supports that claim. Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5 sentences.
3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?
Claim: During the book I see the author foreshadowing. But before,the main character Q was picturing things could change between him and Margo.
Data: “I thought maybe if I could be confident, something might happen between us. I was wrong.” (59)
Commentary: This data is supporting my claim because Q wants Margo to be more involved and an impact in his life than before. He also wants things to change between them, he wants to get closer to her. Towards the end of page 6o the data that was giving was the ending to the last chapter in which I saw some foreshadowing in. In the book Margo says “..you're cute when you're confident. And less when you're not.” (57). This explains that Q might have been willing to change himself a little bit so that Margo could take an interest in him.
4. Would you ever change yourself to impress someone else?

sienna

11/3/2017 10:53:58 pm

Answering your question, I would hope my automatic answer would be no. Although, in real time I feel that mostly people would change themselves to impress somebody else. I would never want to change me or who I am, and would definitely stop if I found myself altering who I am.

Alana

11/4/2017 12:04:16 pm

I have such mixed feeling about this book it has such an interesting plot but the end is just disappointing. But to answer your question I feel like I wouldn't change myself, but me personally I tend to develop peoples characteristics if i'm around them enough so i'm not sure if that counts as changing.

Kaleah

11/4/2017 12:11:29 pm

To answer your question I would not change myself just to impress myself to someone. I think it would take so much work, and some people change because the way they are now. I think that you shouldn't be ashamed of who you are and be who you are to others.

Litzeth

11/9/2017 11:22:09 am

I would never change myself to impress somebody else. If the person is actually influential they'll slowly change you and you'll be comfortable with who you are. For example, when you make a new friend you don't change who you are to be friends with them, you become friends with them and adapt each others habits.

Sienna Dudas

11/3/2017 10:50:10 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
I am reading Cooked by Michael Pollan.

2. What page are you on? Page 23

3. Choose one of the questions below and answer it in an analytical essay body paragraph (CDC) format. Your paragraph should include 1) Claim, 2) Data that is cited in MLA format, 3) Commentary about how that data supports that claim. Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5 sentences.

The tone of the writer is a personalized opinion based, yet is very factual. The author states, “I’ve come to think cooking is too important to be left to any one gender or member of the family; men and children both need to be in the kitchen, too, and not just for reasons of fairness or equity but because they have so much to gain by being there.” This shows how the author is using his personal opinions and feelings, but incorporating real life things into it. This tone enhances the writing by creating a diverse mixture of different, or similar opinions. Cooking should not be subjected to one gender or individual, but something that everyone should feel open and invited to do.

4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far? (This is nearly identical to #4 in the last one, so if you need help understanding what kind of question goes here, please refer back to the second reading log in October!)

How can people begin to feel more open and optimistic to cooking, rather than store buying?

IAN RUTGER WILL

11/3/2017 11:00:46 pm

I feel that one way people can start feeling more open and optimistic about cooking is to tax store bought meals at a higher rate. This would decrease the amount of people buying pre-made meals and increase the number of people preparing their own food just for economic reasons. This could also be applied to meat, so the amount of green house gases released into the atmosphere would decrease.

IAN RUTGER WILL link

11/3/2017 10:55:19 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
Cooked by Michael Pollan
2. What page are you on?
Pg. 32

Examine the tone of the writer. What tone is the author using and how does it enhance the literature you are reading?

In Cooked, Mr. Pollan is very animated and pensive at the same time. “ How, in our everyday lives can we acquire a deeper understanding of the natural world and our species’ role in it?” Page 2, Paragraph 1, Lines 3-6. “ The skylight inn is in a cheerfully ridiculous building” PG. 28, Paragraph 2, Line 4. The evidence presented above shows that Mr. Pollan is looking for the deeper meaning of cooking, and he is trying to connect humans to nature by this very unique experience that humans only understand. Mr. Pollan is also incredibly excited by the Skylight Inn and he is eager to go in and learn more about it based off his comments describing the exterior. I believe that since Mr. Pollan is very animated and pensive, the book becomes much more intriguing since Mr. Pollan can take something that is just as natural as sleeping and make it interesting.

In your opinion, how has cooking influenced the history of modern humans?

Sami Cormack

11/4/2017 12:41:10 am

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

2. Page 47

3. The writer writes in the form of letters in first person. The writer always ends the letters with “Love always, Charlie.” (Stephen Chbosky, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”) Just like a letter would end. This enhances the writing a lot more because you learn that the main character loves to write, so the writing seems more genuine. Also, you learn more about the character in the way they write. So if the character had a hectic day, you would notice that there was a lot of run-on sentences.

4. What does the perfect high school experience look like to you?

Grace

11/4/2017 12:16:56 pm

The perfect high school expierence to me is being able to go to football games. I think because we don’t have a football team it would be nice to experience that along with an actual homecoming.

Alana

11/4/2017 11:58:22 am

My book is ‘a beautiful composition of broken’ and currently i’m on page 81.

3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?

A common theme or event I find in r.h. Sins poems is heartbreak and pain also more of love, and appreciation towards women. Such as the poem the, the thought. “i like to think that all the pain and heartache is simply preparing me for a love that heals.” The poem supports my claim of heartbreak and love, saying to find the right one you must go through enough pain and heartache.

4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far?

I have found a poem called the women. “Thank you to the women, who never get a thank-you, thank you to the women, who never get acknowledged, thank you for your softness, thank you for your toughness, thank you for your strength, your endurance, your ability to take pain, and transform it into powers.” and I like to think this poem is taking appreciation for women who aren’t noticed every day, the ones who have to stay strong and help themselves because they don’t get the attention from men as pretty girls do.
Question: What is your opinion on women and how they are treated? and how do you think they should be treated?

Ethan Silveira link

11/4/2017 12:04:52 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
Astrophysics for people in a hurry, By neil Degrasse Tyson

2. What page are you on?
Page #121

3. Choose one of the questions below and answer it in an analytical essay body paragraph (CDC) format. Your paragraph should include 1) Claim, 2) Data that is cited in MLA format, 3) Commentary about how that data supports that claim. Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5 sentences.

If you need support with MLA formatting for your citation, visit the Purdue Owl Here.

1. Examine the tone of the writer. What tone is the author using and how does it enhance the literature you are reading?

2. Identify a character in the text that you can relate to another character you have encountered in literature or other forms of fiction. What does this character have in common with the other character you know?

3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?

4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far? (This is nearly identical to #4 in the last one, so if you need help understanding what kind of question goes here, please refer back to the second reading log in October!)

Claim:
What is the nature of space time? We know how it works but how does time move. Where there other universes before our universe? Where does dark energy and dark matter come from?

Data/answers:
1.)What is the nature of space time?
I don't know anything about quantum physics so the first question is hard to try and backup with data.

2.)Where there other universes before our universe?
This can’t be completely proven but this is based off a theory known as “the big bounce theory” which states that due to quantum tunneling (something I kind of understand, I think) The universe dies and restarts over long periods of time.

“Big Bounce Theory is much less depressing as it means we could have been back to the beginning”

3.)Dark energy and dark matter started with the force of gravity and the expansion of the universe. Dark energy acts unto gravity pushing things away rather than pulling things towards each other.

“Dark matter makes up 70% of the universe's mass and is responsible for the blackness of space.”

kaleah

11/4/2017 12:08:47 pm

The tittle of my book is called Shadow on the mountain by Margi Preus and I'm on page 92. Claim: A moment where the event took action was when The german Nazi's came into his village and so he ended up selling illegal newspaper to people. Support Evidence: "It incorporates a norse myth about odin to shed light on what it means to be wise, the possibility of knowing too much and how to resist shadowing the mountain of hope". Commentary: The norse myth to odin is that whenever he goes out he sees the norwegians wearing red hats. Espen thinks its foolish, but then the Nazi occupation drags on, and Espren grows up both physically and emotionally. He learns not to hate his occupiers, but to "move toward the light", to shun the emotions of hatred, anger and bitterness. Epson had to make a hard decision of him staying in Lillbey his village and risk things with others or leave and go to Sweden to have his own freedom. My question is, Is Espen going to leave and leave everyone he loves?

Grace

11/4/2017 12:11:22 pm

The title of my book is “The Hate U Give” by Maggie Tomas.
Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?
Starr goes on television to explain the shooting from her perspective. She defends Khalil and herself and it shocked everyone. Starr said in the interview that after the cop shot Khalil, the cop then pointed the gun at Starr. This really shocked people because they then went on social media and it’s all everyone was talking about. It also caused many rumors to break. I think what Starr did was right.

Grace

11/4/2017 12:13:46 pm

Also to answer question #4,
Have you ever stood up for something and regret it? Have you ever stood up for something or someone and know you did what you needed to do?

Kaden Dusharme

11/4/2017 08:32:12 pm

1. I am reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
2. I am on page 53

Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?

Santiago's talk with Melchizedek lead to him follow his personal legend rather than stay a shepherd. "What he had to be concerned about was his treasure, and how he was going to go about getting it. The sale of his sheep had left him with enough money in his pouch, and the boy knew that in money there was magic; whoever has money is never really alone. Before long, maybe in just a few days, he would be at the pyramids." This changes the course of the book because rather than continue on about his life Santiago believes in what Melchizedek had to say about personal legends and omens, which makes him start traveling towards the pyramids of Egypt.

4. Do you believe in omens and/or signs?

Cooper Mitchell

11/4/2017 08:35:56 pm

1. My book was The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

2. I just finished it on page 215.

3. The inciting incident of The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy is when the Vogons blow up the earth. This event shapes the rest of the book because it sets Arthur on the adventure he has with his friends throughout the book. The explosion of the earth led them onto a Vogon ship, which they were then ejected out of. They were then picked up by a the Improbability Drive and then flown around the galaxy. This supports the fact that the earth's demolition was the inciting incident because the whole adventure had happened because of it. If the earth hadn't blown up, then Arthur would've stayed on earth trying to protest the demolition of his home.

4. Question: do you think that, given the rapid environmental destruction that humans have given the earth, people will have enough time to create the kind of spectacular technology we see in this book, such as extremely fast-traveling spaceships or a customizable planet building service?

Natalya

11/5/2017 08:25:55 pm

1. I am on page 45
The author of my book is Karen Blumenthal
I am reading a biography about Steve jobs

I am gong to be talking about Woz. He is very relatable to Draco Malfoy. This is because he was not focused on school because he was focused on something else. He has a fire for something other than school and I totally get that message from him even when I am just reading about him. He has a very strong and courageous personality for a 17 year old.

natalya

11/5/2017 08:55:51 pm

For got to ask a question my question is what would you do if you got put into a situation where you could not pay for something you really need?

Daniel C

11/6/2017 05:50:46 pm

The title of my book is The Masculine Mandate and the author is Richard D. Phillips.
I am on page 45

The way that the author is trying to tell the story it’s like he trying to convince you and change the way you think and also he talks about the bible a lot to. In the story he says “God made man his own image”.
So far the author is just saying things that can make you feel that you are living your life like god didn’t want you to. Also he telling more about the bible along with quotes.

Daniel C

11/13/2017 07:07:53 pm

The big picture of my book is God and how he crated us to be these perfect people and do everything in harmony but because we have grown smarter we have lost the harmony factor and separated our self's from each other and we also have conflict such as war and other things.

Josh Baker

11/7/2017 03:04:31 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?

the book is called: the art of war by sun tzu

2. What page are you on?

I´m on page 5 (just started)

3. Examine the tone of the writer. What tone is the author using and how does it enhance the

the tone of the book thus far is a pretty serious one, as you would expect from a book with a title like that. as well a being a little vague

“Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

I feel like this is the perfect quote to bring light to the serious tone with ¨thereby you can be the director of the opponents fate¨ but maybe no so much for the vagueness however it should give you a pretty good idea as to what the book is about

4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far?

if you´ve read the book how much of this book would you use to run an army?

Chris

11/8/2017 09:38:35 pm

1.What is the title of your book?
The title of my book is Orbiting jupiter
Who is the author?
The author of my book is Gary D. Schmidt
2. What page are you on?
I am on page 95
3.Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?
C: In the book of Orbiting Jupiter Joseph has been Expelled from many schools and people claim that he almsot killed a teacher. At age 13 he had a chiled that they named Jupiter and all he wanted to do was see his daughter that was already adopted. Joseph was also adopted and had a brother named Jack.(D): “Sometimes it’s like that. You know something good is coming, and even though it’s not even close yet, still, just knowing it’s coming is enough to make you snort and nicker. Sort of.”- Gary D. Schmidt

1. Examine the tone of the writer. What tone is the author using and how does it enhance the literature you are reading? : he mostly uses love and words that desceibe lovw in josephs point of view.

2. Identify a character in the text that you can relate to another character you have encountered in literature or other forms of fiction. What does this character have in common with the other character you know?: They both love learning new things. And they both have eachothers backs.

3. Identify a moment or event in the text that is an inciting incident. How does this moment or event change the course of action in the text?: one incident was were Josphes real dad came to his parents who adopted him and his dad wanted him to come back and he didn't want too.

4. What is one big picture question you can pose based on what you've read so far?; Would you give up your life for someone you love?

November Reading Log #1: Due November 3rd

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