Fear

Fear shows up a lot during the time of the book. At first, the boys mostly fear the beast, but as the book comes to a close, they start to fear each other. I just want to say, this is one of the best books I have ever read. whenever I come upon an example of fear I make a circle around the page number or put a bookmark there. That is usually how I keep track; and then go back later to put them in the focus tracker.

Fear happens very frequently in Lord of the Flies, and stands out mostly of mention of the beast or at night. The littleuns usually freak out while Piggy, Jack, and Ralph argue, Simon just sits in his little corner, and Roger is planning to kill something silently. Just an inference. Jack says he can kill the beast, but Ralph doubts that and Piggy tries to talk himself out logically of there even being a beast.

Books

I read:
The Princess Bride
Life of Pi
Mark of Athena
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Lord of the Flies
Nation
In Defense of Food

I had a good time reading the books over the semester. All of them I enjoyed to an extent. My favorite books were Life of Pi, Lord of the Flies, The Perks, and Mark of Athena. I know, it's a long list. I just love books. I tend to read fast but sometimes I get distracted so I have to go back and read it again. I just love to read anything really.

I can read 15 books by the end of the semester, I just need recommendations and ideas. I would like to expand and get insight on what other people are reading so we can talk about the books. I would also like a wide variety of genres like historical fiction. I would like to read Les Miserables before I see the movie.

Reading time:
Lord of the Flies: 25 min. Monday
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis: 1 hr. 45 mins.
pgs. 1-117 sunday

Reading Time

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Friday: 1 hr. 30 mins.  pgs. 103- 181
Saturday: 1 hr.  pgs. 181- 207
I finished and it was the best book ever!!!!

LotF

My reading focus is fear in Lord of the Flies. At first, there was little to no fear. But as the book goes on, there seems to be more and more frequencies of fear. The first real occurance of fear was when the boy with the birthmark mentioned a Beastie. He dissapeared later without a trace and did not show up again which increased the fear on the island.

In chapter five, Beast from the Water, fear plays a big part in the events taking place. The boys are really scared and they think that a Beastie is watching them. Everyone is frightened out of their wits at the meeting that they have. Piggy tries to talk sense into them but they will not listen. The boys all go to sleep with an unsettling feel hat something might some out of the sea and eat them all.

Reading time:
lord of the Flies by William Golding
11/23/12 pgs 77-80  -  15 mins.
11/25/12 pgs 80-99  -  25 mins.

Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
11/22/12 pgs. 345-501  -  60 mins.
11/24/12 pgs.  501-513  -  15 mins.

Midterm

After the break, everyone will be talking about exams. Wow, they're already here. For English, i need to go over summer reading for sure, because I don't remember most of it. The literacy narratives need a little it of refreshing too. As we have gone through out thee year, it really hasn't seemed very long at all. Maybe some of the days and weeks have been long, but not the first semester over all. I can't believe it's already Christmas. I think the year flew by.

All of the stuff that we have learned is pretty much new, but some it is review. I think that everything needs just a little review, but, like I said, the summer reading needs some. As well as the literary analysis, because I need help on those. I was wondering, are the short stories themselves going to be on the exam? Do we need to reread them?

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Chaos Among the Classroom

When Dr. D told us the situation of being stuck on an island with first graders, someone imedietly yelled out, "Eat the first graders!" At that point, I knew this would be an interesting class time. As usual, the class did not do anything, and I mean anything, in an orderly way. I don't know about anyone else, but I was trying to problem solve. I suggested that we build small houses with the spare plane parts, and build a boat.

When we 'elected' leaders, I decided, why not? I never really get up in front of the classand I was feeling confident. While the other two guy leaders argued about which sport would be our national sport (fantasy football) I was trying to explain my point to at least some of the class. I'm sure that not everyone herd me. It eventually became so loud hat i could not hear myself think.

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Lord of the Flies

My first impressions on Lord of the Flies are good ones. I thoroughly enjoyed the first chapter. As well as the second through fourth ones... I like to read the book before everyone else so i know what happens in our class discussions. I realize that I got a little bit ahead. Well, the first chapter was kinda like the first episode on any TV show. An introduction to the situation and all of the characters. Pilot.

So far my favorite character is Piggy. He reminds me of Chunk from "The Goonies," and he seems to know what to do, if only a vague idea. He seems to act nicer and cares more than the other boys on the island. If I were stranded on an island, I would not be as calm as they are. I would imedietly start to gather supplies like water, and build huts. Then I would take a census and start to signal for help. I've seen many survival movies and TV shows... I am prepared. (yeah, right)

Hugs and Butterfly kisses,
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