Reading Details

Mon: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle pgs. 33-46 15 mins
Tues: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle pgs. 46- 57 20 mins.
Weds: Portfolio 1 hr.
Thurs: Portfolio 30 mins.
Friday: Portfolio 30 mins
Saturday: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 10 mins. pgs. 57-63

Reading Times

Mon. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson pgs 182- 209 25 mins
Tue Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson pgs 209- 234 40 mins.
Thurs. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson pgs 234- 255 20 mins.
Sat Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson pgs 255- 278 30 mins.
Sun. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle pgs 1- 33 35 mins.

I went to Life of Pi book discussion and I'm using my passes this week!

Song

http://www.metrolyrics.com/a-ball-of-earth-lyrics-beecake.html

^lyrics^

Ball of Earth by Beecake is one of my favorite songs ever! That's why I chose to analyze it. What I notice in the first verse is the consonance with the letter "t" such as in "night", "light", "still", and "stare". This makes the song sound very clear and crisp and also gives it a little bit of harshness to it- but not much. The theme for the whole song is realization, loneliness, yet with happy moments.

 The words "Steal the night to a light that’s still far away; You’re still further" are at the beginning and the end of the song which, in my opinion, adds drama and emphasis. Also, in that first verse there is an internal rhyme with "night" and "light". Anyways, that was fun! Maybe next time I'll do a Taylor Swift song....

~Emma <3

Reading Times

Last week I picked up the book Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. I started reading it in class and I really liked it. A girl named Lia who just heard her best friend died. It was sad, but I liked it. After first reading it in class, I read at break, at home, and anywhere else. I think Lia deals with the problems of a normal teenage girl in more extreme ways than most. She constantly starves herself and thinks she needs to be skinnier all the time even though she weighs 99 pounds. Her goal is 90 but she is already way too small. Her parents sent her to a therapist and they tried to help her but they could not. She fakes her weight so her parents won't send her back.

I think it's sad that she just wants to be the skinniest possible because she can really endanger her health. There are much better ways to lose weight than to starve yourself, and she doesn't even need to lose weight because she is the skinniest girl she knows, yet is still not happy with herself. Well, anyway, I am enjoying the book even though it seems like I'm not.

~Emma <3

Reading Times

Tuesday: Wintergirls By: Laurie Halse Anderson: 35 mins. pgs 90- 101
Wednesday: Wintergirls By: Laurie Halse Anderson 20 mins. 101- 112
Thursday: Wintergirls By: Laurie Halse Anderson 45 mins. 112- 142
Saterday: Wintergirls By: Laurie Halse Anderson 30 mins. 142- 160
Sunday: Wintergirls By: Laurie Halse Anderson 20 mins. 160- 182