English 11B – 4th Hour Book Project Posting Spot
FOR YOUR book project this term, in addition to the paper and the reading logs, you are required to post to this spot twice. You must fill the box to get full credit, and if you have numerous errors, I will not approve it, and you will have to redo it. I recommend typing it in a word processor first and pasting it into the box. Use only your first name and last initial. The criteria for the postings is as follows.
1. In the first post, tell people what you think of your book. Do you like it? Would you recommend it? Why do you think it has literary merit? Tell us something interesting. These are only suggestions, not a formula for an answer. Use details, examples, and explanation to support your opinion. Most of your posting should express your thoughts about the book, not just a summary of the plot.
2. In your second post, respond to another student’s posting. What do you think about his or her book? Would you read it? Why? Why not? Address your comments directly to the person.
Have fun!
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Since we had a snow day yesterday–and today!–I decided to pick up a book that was recommended to me by a student a couple of years ago. It’s called “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn. It’s about a man looking for a teacher to guide him in life. He finds one, but the teacher is a bit odd…he’s a gorilla named Ishmael. Ishmael begins teaching the narrator about human culture the way he sees it, that there are Takers and Leavers in our world, and the Takers are threatening the world and human beings’ existence. I’m about half way through; so far it’s really interesting the way Ishmael is pointing out humanity’s flaws. He says we have not learned the rules of how to exist on the planet, and we are causing our own destruction. Instead of an actual story, the book is more of a philosophy, but it’s very readable and thought-provoking.
I read Warrior Girls by Michael Sokolove and I thought that it was an ok book. It is pretty much an informative book on how to protect yourself from knee and other injuries in women’s sports. It’s pretty good but at times it can get confusing with all the doctor terminology. Also sometimes it can get confusing because there are a bunch of little stories within the book, so I get confused about whom they are talking about. I would recommend this book to mainly to girls because the book is aimed towards girls completely. I would also recommend this book to girl athletes.
Ok the book I chose to do for my report is “Flags of Our Fathers” by James Bradley with Ron Powers. The start of the book has the author trying to discover the identities of all of the men who raised the American flag over Iwo Jima. At first the book seemed quite boring because nothing exciting was happening but as I read more into it, the story became more exhilarating. However so far I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about WW2. Also as I read further into the book the author described how the Japanese would treat their POW’s and I felt a little bit of anger rush through me to the point where my hands were shaking because my great grandfather was over in the Pacific theatre of the war, and I couldn’t even imagine the terrors that he witnessed firsthand.
My first blog is about a pretty thick novel I picked up in the school library. The title of this novel is The Echo Maker, by Richard Powers. And I will say, he is a intricate and detailed author. He also wrote The Time of Our Singing. The Echo Maker is about a brother and a sister surviving all of the effects of a major car crash. Her brother (Mark) is the one who was physically injured and affected by the car crash, and the older sister (Karin) has taken and suffered an emotional toll from the accident. Mark was thrown into, as the doctors were calling it, an irreversable and very fatal coma. In the meantime, Karin was forced to quit her job and revisit her past neighborhood which she’s been trying to avoid this entire time, so she can rehabilitate her brother. She managed to get him on his feet and speaking again. Which is an awestruck miracle! Now there are only two other serious problems to deal with. The fact that everything Mark says is like an impression of a parrot. He echos everything he hears, and the other issue is that no one has any idea of how the car crash came about. It’s easy for me to get into and emotional with this book. It’s enticing, and I highly recommend reading it.
I am reading the book “Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. It’s real easy to read. I like that about this book. The narrator is thirteen or fourteen year old boy so he’s easy to relate to. I also like how he explains things. He doesn’t take forever and when he tell the reader how he feels about some thing. “What’s the use you learning to do right, when it’s troublesome to do right and ain’t no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?” That’s one of my favorite ones. I honestly don’t know what kind of person I would recommend this to. I guess to anyone who likes reading the classics. I think it’s literary merit because it uses some vocabulary words that are very confusing to me. Also because the reader has to really think and interpret what the narrator is trying to say.
I found this book called “Burning Marguerite” by Elizabeth Inness -Brown in the school library and it didn’t look very interesting to me. Now that i’m about done with it it has totally changed my mind about it. I love the way the author describes in deep detail the past of the characters, it makes me feel like i’m there imn person whenever something good happened. The book was very enlightening on the real facts of life and how ordinary people may not be so ordinary after all. All I have to say is that I like my book so far and I cant wait to finish it and see what’s coming next.
I am responding to LeeAnna’s book. Your book was titled The Echo Maker. It sounds like a very good book and it actually sounds like something that I would want to read. I tend to like books that have some drama in them, and it seems to me like that book would have just enough. Thanks for the recommendation; I will probably use it for my next book project.
i read the book Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. It was originally written in Russia and also written in Russian. Well, I of course didn’t read it that way, it was translated into English. I really really enjoyed this book. I liked that even though it was placed in a time a while ago it still had the same plot as what any book written today would. I would only recommend this book however, to some choice people. The book is rather large, and even being translated is still hard to grasp right away; even I had a hard time in the beginning with the language.
I am writing in response to Linsye’s book called Warrior Girls. i think that the book sounds pretty good. I think I would like it mainly because I likke to read about medical things and she said that there was also a lot of medical terminology. I think that she is right though about recommending it toward girls only, I dont think guys would like to read about women-only injuries. I also think that it would be a great book for wmoen athletes because it might help prevent a lot of injuries. Maybe I should read it too!
My response is to Linsye Hann’s book, Warrior Girls. The book sounds like an interesting book. Like a Chicken Soup book for athletes. I love Chicken Soup books! There’s a lot of medical terminology in The Echo Maker too. It’s a real irritation trying to catch up and act like you know what they’re talking about. But I learned to deal or even look deeper into the facts and learn some new things. I’m not good with remembering names, (even if I met them personally) so I’m not so sure the book would be my favorite. I’m also athletic though. I enjoy running, diving, soccer, and tennis (lol I’m not sure if band or shopping count). And as you may have noticed, I am a girl, so this book might work out. I think I’m going to look into it. Thanks for the new resourse.
I’m responding to LeeAnna’s book, The Echo Maker. I believe I would like reading this book because I enjoy reading how the characters find their way to work through tragic events that has taken a toll upon themselves. This book seems to be intriguing.
I am responding to LeeAnna M’s blog posting. Her book was called The Echo Maker, by Richard Powers. This posting was very good and well thought out but the word “detailed” scared me away. I’m not really into those kind of books where the author goes on and on about one single room. This book does look interesting in someone’s eyes who likes the uplifting type of book, or the type of person who’s into family books. The person is just no me I guess.
I am responding to Lee Anna M’s blog posting. I would have to say that book sounds very interesting, it sounds like it gives great detail to what it says if it is a long book. Which most long books give plenty of detail as to what your are reading about, and she says that she got in to the reality and the emotion of the book, which to mean is the type of book that I would read. I really am considering to read this book soon if she says that it is that good.
For my second posting I will be responding to Jessica H. book “Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. I don’t know exactly what the book is about, but I do like what she has to say about it. I think that this book would be a good one for me to read. What attracted me to this posting was they idea of it being easy to read and relate to, but also having a harder vocabulary. Jessica H. tells us that the narrator of her book is a teenage boy, so I think that will really help me relate to his conflicts he might face in the story. I like that she was able to pull a quote from her book. This showed me that she is learning from reading this book, which is important or me to know. Jessica H. said, “I honestly don’t know what kind of person I would recommend this to.” Well Jessica I think this sounds like a great book for any teenage boy looking for an adventure, I can’t wait to pick it up.
I am responding to Jessica H. and her book Huckleberry Finn. I had to read that book last year for english and I didnt really like it because it took forever to read. Other than that it was a good book. To me the main focus was about morals and what you would do in situations that asked you to go against them. Although the book is a classic I think that anyone should read it, especially if you like books you can put to lessons in today’s world. I think that you understood the book well, it is sort of hard to understand without reading it with a group. This gives you opportunities to have discussions. But other than that it sounds to me that you liked it and so did I.
I read the book Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. The book is kind of hard to read. The book was written a long time ago, so the language is much different. This book was very long, but it was worth reading. The narrorater is telling his story of becoming a vampire, and all the compicated things that happened to him. There are a lot of sad, funny, and scary moments. If you want a good thrill, I recommend this book.
I’m responding to LeeAnna’s book. the book sounds very interesting. To me it shows that brother and sister can get along. I would hope that if I got into a car crash with my brother, he would take care of me if I was like mark.