Reading Response 4/16

             
                                      Reading Response

Book: Summer of Secrets
Author: Paul Langan

     In the book, Summer of Secrets, Darcy Wills is a teenage girl who attends Bluford High School and doesn't live a normal life. After she met a boy named Brian Mason a few weeks ago, everything has changed. He invited Darcy to spend some alone time with her so when she said yes, that's when he attacked her. He pinned her against the couch and started to kiss her and touch her all over her body. After her dad came to save her, she was never the same, she now fears boys! Even though when people face tragedies like this during childhood and are usually scarred, she took this to another level and even attacked another boy named Troy who was being friendly towards her.
     During the story, Darcy and her old friend Brisana went to the mall to catch up and go shopping but as they pass by a group of boys who try to flirt with them, she completely panics. Not only does she quickly leave without an answer but her heart is pounding with fear and she continuously looks behind her to make sure they weren't following them. And that's not all, she has been holding this secret for a long time with only her family knowing. Her friends are wondering what is her problem (especially Brisana and Troy), and all she does is lie. I understand that you're traumatized from that moment but you gotta understand that holding it and hiding is only going to make it worse, especially when it's eating you up emotionally.
     I personally think that Darcy is being selfish with this matter and that she is overreacting, but i don't know what it's like to be traumatized as a child so I shouldn't really be judging her on this. 

                                          Sonnet

Jamaican Chicken Patties

Oh I Love Chicken Patties, oh my god
I usually go to Golden Krust
I even have reggae on my ipod
For me Jamaican patties are a must
My Favorite is the chicken Roti
But them chicken patties come out on yop
Even though I am from the place Haiti
That yellow patty makes me want to flop
There is a Bruce's that sells them all day
With Coco bread it's the best thing ever
It's the only one eighty nine, no, NO WAY!
But it will take you out of the weather
I promise you will not be a fatty
Your life will be changed by this one patty

ELA Comment Responses

I read and commented on Juan Carlos, Naomi, and Hernan's blog posts. I thought that naomi's response had an ok introduction but it was still good and it makes me want to read thee book. I might want to improve my responses a little bit . Swerve.

Reading Response

          The Wednesday War

    by: Gary D. Schmidt


      In the entire book, Holling Hoodhood complains and states that Mrs. Baker, his seventh grade teacher is "out to get him. But really I think that she sees potential in him and makes him work harder just so he can see.
      In the beginning of the book, as Mrs. Baker gives everyone sentences, she gave Meryl Lee: The Brook flows down the pretty mountain, Danny Hupfer: He kicked the round ball into the goal, Mai Thi: The girl walked home (because she doesn't speak english that well), Doug Swieteck: I read a book, and Holling: For it so falls out, that what we have we prize not to the worth whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost, why, then we rack the value, then we find virtue that possession would not show us while it was ours. She challenges him and he sees a vicious teacher but later on she shows she cares.
      Another reason why she isn't "out to get him" is because she gave him a Julius Caesar book to read outside of class and to report the finished book back to her with a very long summary. Giving him and assignment exclusively for him is showing that she cares. She wants to see him exceed outside of school that's why she also told him he should join the shakespear play.
      At the end of the book, she shows that she's proud of him for showing that he is a great student and they got to cooperate. He also realizes too.

unfinished reading reponse

                         Blog Post #3 Reading Response

   book: Death's Shadow
Author: Darren Shan

       

Reading Response (I posted this super duper late sorry ms galang)

                                           Reading Response
Book: PUNKZILLA
Author: Adam Rapp

   Jamie a.k.a Punkzilla, is a fourteen year old boy who is traveling a days-long trip from Portland, Oregon to Memphis, Tennesse. He is Trying to visit his brother who is dying from cancer in Memphis and he writes letters to him frequently but some are so personal he doesn't send them. During his trip, he has gone through some hardships and has met some weird people.
   During the beginning of the story, while Jamie was urinating at a rest stop, he got jumped by a group of guys inside a bathroom. They cracked a bottle of beer against the side of his head and stole most of his traveling money sent to him from his sick brother. Because of that small moment he has had to travel by foot and by hitchhiking with strangers. This moment influenced allot of other moments so this is very important and sad at the same time.
   Also another moment that happened was at the end when Jamie finally reached Memphis, but six days later he discovered his brother died. While Peter was in the passing phase, he visited the hospital unnoticed and read all the letters out loud to him knowing Peter can still hear him. That was the saddest moment of the book, and I could tell that Jamie and Peter had a very deep relationship because, they kept writing back and forth sharing lots of personal stuff.
   This story was very raw when it came to the letters written by Jamie telling Peter about everything that happened during the road trip to Memphis. And, it's sad that a 14 year old boy has to go through difficult situations including during a time like this.

Article Response: Hurricane Sandy

   
          Reading Response 6
Article: Snooki, Jersey Shore cast, and MTV to raise funds for Seaside Heights.

    After Hurricane Sandy hit New York and the east coast, Seaside Heights in NJ, was destroyed with debris left to only leave sadness. But with hope still left, the Jersey Shore cast and MTV have planned to air a fundraising special to help rebuild NJ's destroyed shoreline. It will air on Nov. 15.
    This is very generous of them to do, especially during a time like this. And it sounds like a story out of a movie, a bunch of friends who lost part of their childhood so they work together to help rebuild their favorite place to be when they were kids. It's really cool and shocking because I never, ever expected to se them to do something this generous! I think raising funds is the best way right now to support the rebuilding. But at the same time I think it's a bit selfish because now all of a sudden, you hear about them helping or donating to someone. 
    What MTV and the Jersey Shore cast is doing is wonderful and emotional. Hurricane Sandy was a devastating storm and it triggered some emotional stress so it's great to see Jersey Shore to take part in this tragedy.