Friday, May 27, 2011
Final Blog Post!!
This year in Etymology I have read a total of 1790 pages, I never thought that I would ever read that many pages in my entire life. All of the pages were fun fiction books. I don't think that I would have been able to read all of those pages if they would have not been fiction. Before this class I did not read at all. I hated reading I did not even do it for fun. This spring break when I was on the beach I had a book in my hand almost the entire time. I love to read and I know I will continue this summer reading for fun. I did not have trouble finding a book that I liked, I always asked people for recommendations since I did not like to read. I started reading the girley types of books, and I ended up reading ghost stories. I never ever thought that I would read a ghost story. When I read it is hard for me to concentrate because I have my phone with me and I have so much going on. I really tried to work on having no distractions when I was reading for etymology. I can not wait to go to the pool this summer and have a good book to get lost into. Before this class I had probly read about five poems in my life. Now I find myself searching poems that remind me of the day that I am having. I really enjoy good poetry today.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Reading Blog
May 16th 2011
Elizabeth Chandler- The Back Door of Midnight
Page#276-299
The story had a very dissapointing ending to it. Basically if ended with us finding out that Marcy was the one that killed Uncle Will, and Marcy and Iris getting in a huge fight. Anna tried to stay out of it but ened up in the middle because she has to tell the police everything. The only happy part was at the end when Zack very cleverly told Anna that he had a big thing for her! And guess what....they kisssed :) precious. I think that over all the book was a dud except for the ending when they told eachother they like eachother. I would deffintantly not recoment this book to anyone I should have just stopped reading it half way through.
Elizabeth Chandler- The Back Door of Midnight
Page#276-299
The story had a very dissapointing ending to it. Basically if ended with us finding out that Marcy was the one that killed Uncle Will, and Marcy and Iris getting in a huge fight. Anna tried to stay out of it but ened up in the middle because she has to tell the police everything. The only happy part was at the end when Zack very cleverly told Anna that he had a big thing for her! And guess what....they kisssed :) precious. I think that over all the book was a dud except for the ending when they told eachother they like eachother. I would deffintantly not recoment this book to anyone I should have just stopped reading it half way through.
until next time....
Prom :)
Prom for me was this weekend. We had so much fun! The theme was a Night in Central Park. The school was decorated beautifuly, it did not even look like a high school! I had a great time except for the fact that I did not go to bed till 6 in the morning!!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Anthology Project
My theme for my project is going to be "First Love"
POEMS:
1.Celebration for June 24th- Video
by:Thomas Mcgrath
2. First Love
by: John Clare
3. Adam and Eve
by:Marjorie Pickthall
4."I wish I could remember that first day"
by: Christina Rossetti
5.Fate
by: Carolyn Wells
6.When I was one-and- twenty
by: A. E Housman
POEMS:
1.Celebration for June 24th- Video
by:Thomas Mcgrath
2. First Love
by: John Clare
3. Adam and Eve
by:Marjorie Pickthall
4."I wish I could remember that first day"
by: Christina Rossetti
5.Fate
by: Carolyn Wells
6.When I was one-and- twenty
by: A. E Housman
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
May 3rd 2011
Elizabeth Chandler- The Back Door of Midnight
Page# 259-275
The story is deffintnatly picking up! Anna went outside to explore around the mansion. She was going around at night and exploring. She found many similarities to the poem that her birth mother had written before she died. When Anna was exploring she found a little door in the floor of the gazebo. She opened it up and saw a leg, she was so scared to see what it was. Then her Aunt Iris popped up and said, "Get in!!". Anna got in and asked her aunt what was going on, she told her that Marcy was coming. Iris went out of the door and talked to Iris about killing her mother and Will. The way that Marcy was talking it made her seem so crazy and delusional for killing so many people. Anna knew that she had to get out of there, she she asked her aunt to distract Marcy while she ran into the mansion.
This has been the most exciting reading so far. It was weird to find out that Iris is Marcy's mother. That makes me wonder so many things. I think that alot will unfold in the next few chapters
Elizabeth Chandler- The Back Door of Midnight
Page# 259-275
The story is deffintnatly picking up! Anna went outside to explore around the mansion. She was going around at night and exploring. She found many similarities to the poem that her birth mother had written before she died. When Anna was exploring she found a little door in the floor of the gazebo. She opened it up and saw a leg, she was so scared to see what it was. Then her Aunt Iris popped up and said, "Get in!!". Anna got in and asked her aunt what was going on, she told her that Marcy was coming. Iris went out of the door and talked to Iris about killing her mother and Will. The way that Marcy was talking it made her seem so crazy and delusional for killing so many people. Anna knew that she had to get out of there, she she asked her aunt to distract Marcy while she ran into the mansion.
This has been the most exciting reading so far. It was weird to find out that Iris is Marcy's mother. That makes me wonder so many things. I think that alot will unfold in the next few chapters
until next time....
Wired Families
The article about the families being so intrigued in their gadgets that they do not even talk to each other is so true. Electronic devices have completely taken over the lives of Americans. Between I pods, laptops, and cell phones there is no hope for families. Sometimes when I am driving I look over and I see people that are driving and texting at the same time it makes me sick. I want to tell them to put the phone down before they kill themselves or someone else. Families are falling apart because instead of playing board games together they are all on their electronic devices separately.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Nike Video
This ad for Nike is really cool, I love to watch interesting commercials and this is neat. I really love the part at the end with all of the runners. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPCWP9I9q78&feature==
Reading Blog
May 2nd 2011
Elizabeth Chandler- The Back Door of Midnight
Page#233-258
The story line has picked up alot since the last time that I read. Anna was in her uncle's den trying to get some help from paper work to figure out his death. She was reading papers when she heard a loud bang, she went in to another room to find her Aunt Iris with a hammer smashing the mirror infront of her. She yelled for her aunt to stop, but she did not. When she finally stopped her aunt said that she was smashing the faces of the voices that were in her head. Iris retreated to her room to take a nap. Anna needed some air and took a long walk. When Anna returned she found that Iris was asleep, so she decided to explore somemore in her uncles den to get information. She found a poem that her birth mother had written. She was reading it and other things when her aunt came in, grabbed the papers went to the kitched and lit them on fire. Anna was upset because that was the only clue to some help to figure out why and how all of this happened.
Im really glad that the plot is beginning to form! Aunt Iris really freaks me out though. If I was Anna I would be scared for my saftey living in that house with her and thats it. I think that even though the papers were burned Anna will be able to figure out the death of her uncle on her own.
Elizabeth Chandler- The Back Door of Midnight
Page#233-258
The story line has picked up alot since the last time that I read. Anna was in her uncle's den trying to get some help from paper work to figure out his death. She was reading papers when she heard a loud bang, she went in to another room to find her Aunt Iris with a hammer smashing the mirror infront of her. She yelled for her aunt to stop, but she did not. When she finally stopped her aunt said that she was smashing the faces of the voices that were in her head. Iris retreated to her room to take a nap. Anna needed some air and took a long walk. When Anna returned she found that Iris was asleep, so she decided to explore somemore in her uncles den to get information. She found a poem that her birth mother had written. She was reading it and other things when her aunt came in, grabbed the papers went to the kitched and lit them on fire. Anna was upset because that was the only clue to some help to figure out why and how all of this happened.
Im really glad that the plot is beginning to form! Aunt Iris really freaks me out though. If I was Anna I would be scared for my saftey living in that house with her and thats it. I think that even though the papers were burned Anna will be able to figure out the death of her uncle on her own.
until next time....
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