"The Summer I was Sixteen"
By: Geraldine Connolly
Part A: turquoise, screaming, sunbathed, dreamsicles, drowned, gobbled, kisses, shadowed
Part B:
1.formality-Middle: plain, simple, detached, featureless, dry
2.connotation-Literal: actual, real, genuine
Part C: The featureless, genuine tone on Geraldine Connolly's The Summer I was Sixteen alludes to the pleasure and liveliness of being young
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Reading Blog
Feburary 27th 2011
Elizabeth Chandler-Dark Secrets 1
Page# 1-97
Im trying a new book, that is completly different than anything that I have read before. It is about an adopted girl Megan that gets a letter from her grandmother saying that she wants her to come and stay with her for a few weeks, she does not know her grandmother very well. She goes and stays with her in the huge house. She arrives and her mothers old friend picks her up at the airport and takes her to the grandmothers house. While Megan is exploring the town she talks to some people that say the mansion that the grandmother lives in has a ghost in it. Megan thinks this is weird because she is told that the gohsts name is Avril and when she was taking a walk one day she saw a ttombstone that was for Avril, she died when she was 16 the same age as Megan. Megan is kind of freaked out by this because she has had weird dreams about a dollhouse and a girl. Also, in the time that she has been living there her grandmothers bible has misterously moved places. Her cousin that she has never met before, Matt, is also living there. He does not like her at all, and she secretly has a crush on him. Megan asked her grandmother about the ghost thing and she freaked out and got very angry.
I think taht this book will be interesting, even though it is not my usual girley books that I normally read it seems interesting to me. I did not want to put it dowm when i was reading. I want to find out who this Avril is and if there actually is a ghost in the grandmothers house.
Elizabeth Chandler-Dark Secrets 1
Page# 1-97
Im trying a new book, that is completly different than anything that I have read before. It is about an adopted girl Megan that gets a letter from her grandmother saying that she wants her to come and stay with her for a few weeks, she does not know her grandmother very well. She goes and stays with her in the huge house. She arrives and her mothers old friend picks her up at the airport and takes her to the grandmothers house. While Megan is exploring the town she talks to some people that say the mansion that the grandmother lives in has a ghost in it. Megan thinks this is weird because she is told that the gohsts name is Avril and when she was taking a walk one day she saw a ttombstone that was for Avril, she died when she was 16 the same age as Megan. Megan is kind of freaked out by this because she has had weird dreams about a dollhouse and a girl. Also, in the time that she has been living there her grandmothers bible has misterously moved places. Her cousin that she has never met before, Matt, is also living there. He does not like her at all, and she secretly has a crush on him. Megan asked her grandmother about the ghost thing and she freaked out and got very angry.
I think taht this book will be interesting, even though it is not my usual girley books that I normally read it seems interesting to me. I did not want to put it dowm when i was reading. I want to find out who this Avril is and if there actually is a ghost in the grandmothers house.
until next time....
Thursday, February 24, 2011
You Tube
So I was browsing on You Tube today and I found a new artist and I think he could be my favorite...his name is Sam Tusi. He has some of his original stuff and he also mixes songs together...check him out hes great!
Reading Blog
Feburary 24th 2011
Sarah Dessen- That Summer
Page# 155-198
This is my last reading of this book! Haven was starting to get really stressed out because her sisters wedding was in three days! She went into work at the kids shoe store, and it was a summer sidewalk sale so there was really low prices on shoes and they were all just thrown into boxes. One lady got very angry because she thought one of the prices were still way too high. The lady was a real jerk, and threw the shoe at Haven. Haven got so angry that she ran after the lady and threw the shoe right back at her and hit her right in the head. She didnt know what to do so she just took off runing out of the mall. She stayed at a playground in the neighborhood and then went home. Her boss must have called her mom becauase her mom asked her what had happened. She just said she didnt want to talk about it. She woke up and it was on e day before the wedding and Ashley had a talk with her about her attitude and being selfish, Haven got very defensive and just left the house. She was walking when she heard Sumners car, he was going to the nursing home. She went there and they danced together for the last song. Sumner said that he needed to take her home but she didnt want to go. She was very emoational and he insisted on taking her home. She refused and got out of the car and ran as it was thunderstorming. She ran and ran and got lost off of the path. Finally, she heard Ashley yelling her name. They were so angry at eachother and Ashley finally came out and told her that Sumner had cheated on her with another girl and broke her heart. They all just went to bed with out talking and at the wedding the next day as Ashley was walking down the isle Haven began to cry, Ashley just hugged her and cried also. And that was the end.
I was greatly dissappointed with this book. I thought it was going to end much diferently. I thought that Sumner and Haven would end up together and I never expected Sumner to have cheated on Ashley!
Sarah Dessen- That Summer
Page# 155-198
This is my last reading of this book! Haven was starting to get really stressed out because her sisters wedding was in three days! She went into work at the kids shoe store, and it was a summer sidewalk sale so there was really low prices on shoes and they were all just thrown into boxes. One lady got very angry because she thought one of the prices were still way too high. The lady was a real jerk, and threw the shoe at Haven. Haven got so angry that she ran after the lady and threw the shoe right back at her and hit her right in the head. She didnt know what to do so she just took off runing out of the mall. She stayed at a playground in the neighborhood and then went home. Her boss must have called her mom becauase her mom asked her what had happened. She just said she didnt want to talk about it. She woke up and it was on e day before the wedding and Ashley had a talk with her about her attitude and being selfish, Haven got very defensive and just left the house. She was walking when she heard Sumners car, he was going to the nursing home. She went there and they danced together for the last song. Sumner said that he needed to take her home but she didnt want to go. She was very emoational and he insisted on taking her home. She refused and got out of the car and ran as it was thunderstorming. She ran and ran and got lost off of the path. Finally, she heard Ashley yelling her name. They were so angry at eachother and Ashley finally came out and told her that Sumner had cheated on her with another girl and broke her heart. They all just went to bed with out talking and at the wedding the next day as Ashley was walking down the isle Haven began to cry, Ashley just hugged her and cried also. And that was the end.
I was greatly dissappointed with this book. I thought it was going to end much diferently. I thought that Sumner and Haven would end up together and I never expected Sumner to have cheated on Ashley!
until next time....
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Reading Blog
February 23rd 2011
Sarah Dessen- That Summer
Page# 95-154
The family all went to the dress place to get fitted for the dresses for Ashley and Lewis' wedding. Of course the lady commented about how tall Haven, and said that the dress would not be able to fit her. After the dress fitting, Haven and her mom went to lunch and her mother told her that she is going to be selling their house. Haven and Casey, her best friend, were watching T.V and heard the her father and Lorena are expecting a baby. She was shocked. The next day Casey and Haven went to the mall to watch the fall preview fashion show. The clothing was very unexpected and gaudy. Ashley had her bachlorette party and got wayyy too crazy! Haven found her on the front step drunk with underwear around her head. Lewis was so angry at her and said that he could not even be with her at the moment.
Alot happened in these chapters, the incident between Ashley and Lewis was crazy and defiantly not a positive in their relationship, I will be interested to see how they work things out. And how the wedding goes
Sarah Dessen- That Summer
Page# 95-154
The family all went to the dress place to get fitted for the dresses for Ashley and Lewis' wedding. Of course the lady commented about how tall Haven, and said that the dress would not be able to fit her. After the dress fitting, Haven and her mom went to lunch and her mother told her that she is going to be selling their house. Haven and Casey, her best friend, were watching T.V and heard the her father and Lorena are expecting a baby. She was shocked. The next day Casey and Haven went to the mall to watch the fall preview fashion show. The clothing was very unexpected and gaudy. Ashley had her bachlorette party and got wayyy too crazy! Haven found her on the front step drunk with underwear around her head. Lewis was so angry at her and said that he could not even be with her at the moment.
Alot happened in these chapters, the incident between Ashley and Lewis was crazy and defiantly not a positive in their relationship, I will be interested to see how they work things out. And how the wedding goes
until next time....
2-23 Diction Exercise
Part A- cruddy, bubbles, kill, take-backs, mercy, concentrate, shut up, bash
Part B-
1. formality=low- abrupt, tense, homespun, dull, chatty, vulgar
2.connotation=poetic-figurative, obscure, grotesque, symbolic
3.sound=cacophonous- discordant, jarring, caterwaul
Part C- Lynda Barry's homespun, jarring diction depicts the bleak, disheartnenment felt by Roberta Rohberson.
Part B-
1. formality=low- abrupt, tense, homespun, dull, chatty, vulgar
2.connotation=poetic-figurative, obscure, grotesque, symbolic
3.sound=cacophonous- discordant, jarring, caterwaul
Part C- Lynda Barry's homespun, jarring diction depicts the bleak, disheartnenment felt by Roberta Rohberson.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Reading Blog
Feburary 21st 2011
Sarah Dessen-That Summer
Page# 63-94
These chapters start out with Haven going out to dinner with her dad, which is something that she has done every thursday night with him since her parents have gotten divorced. Her father works for the news station so everyone in the town knows him so she dosent get to spend that much time with him cconsidering people are always walking up to him saying hi. Someone walked over to grind pepper on Havens food and she recognized the voice. She looked up and realized that is was Sumner, Ashley's ex boyfriend. They sat in a booth and talked about everything, Haven even told him that he sister was going to be getting married to Lewis. Sumner was so happy for Ashley and he sent her congrats. When Havens dad took her back home after dinner, they saw Lewis and Ashley sitting in his car and Haven knew they were in a fight. Later she found out that Lewis had not been very nice to her when she was having dinner with his family. She told Lewis to leave she just needed some time. Haven saw Sumner again at the mall where she worked the next week. He picked her up on the golf cart and they sped around the mall together.
Im not sure what the outcome of the book is going to be yet, but I predict that Haven is going to start to like Sumner. Even though she is alot younger than him and he dated her older sister, I can still see her liking him alot.
Sarah Dessen-That Summer
Page# 63-94
These chapters start out with Haven going out to dinner with her dad, which is something that she has done every thursday night with him since her parents have gotten divorced. Her father works for the news station so everyone in the town knows him so she dosent get to spend that much time with him cconsidering people are always walking up to him saying hi. Someone walked over to grind pepper on Havens food and she recognized the voice. She looked up and realized that is was Sumner, Ashley's ex boyfriend. They sat in a booth and talked about everything, Haven even told him that he sister was going to be getting married to Lewis. Sumner was so happy for Ashley and he sent her congrats. When Havens dad took her back home after dinner, they saw Lewis and Ashley sitting in his car and Haven knew they were in a fight. Later she found out that Lewis had not been very nice to her when she was having dinner with his family. She told Lewis to leave she just needed some time. Haven saw Sumner again at the mall where she worked the next week. He picked her up on the golf cart and they sped around the mall together.
Im not sure what the outcome of the book is going to be yet, but I predict that Haven is going to start to like Sumner. Even though she is alot younger than him and he dated her older sister, I can still see her liking him alot.
until next time....
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