Reading  Blog

September  10,  2017-  Reading  log   //  The Hunger Games  by  Suzanne  Collins
Topic  choice  1-  characters 
Katniss  Everdeen  is  the  main  character.   She   is  the  older  sister  of  Prim  Everdeen (her younger  sister).  in  the  book  it  states  that  Katniss  characteristics are, "tuck  my  long  dark  braid  into  a cap". It  also states  in  the  book," striaght  hair, olive  skin,  we  even  have  the  same grey eyes ". are Petta  Mellark  is  another  main  character,   he  is  a  baker's  son.  In  the  book , page  25, it  state that  his  characteristics  are, "medium  height,   stocky build,  ashy  blond  hair that  waves  over  his  forehead.  Both Katniss  and  Petta  have to  compete  in  the  reaping. The  reaping  is  where  you  are  elected  to play  in  the hunger  games.  In  the  hunger  games you   are  imprisoned  in  a  vast  outdoor  area  and  over  a  period  of time  must  fight  to  death  with  the  other  competitors. The  last  tribute  standing  wins. 

September  23,  2017- Reading  log //  Who  was  Alexander  Graham  Bell?  by  Bonnie  Bader
Topic  choice  6:  NON-FICTION  Texts 
​He gave  himself  a  middle  name,  young  man  who  taught  deaf  people  to  speak, inventor  of the telephone.   In  the  article, Alexander  Graham Bell:  5  Facts  on  the  Father  of  the  Telephone​  from  biography. com  states, " Around  the  time  of  his 11th  birthday, he decided to become Alexander  Graham  Bell  instead  of  just  Alexander  Bell.  Perhaps  he  was  tired  of  being  the third Alexander  in  the  family,  sharing  this  first  name  with  his  father  and  grandfather. Whatever reason  for  the  addition,  Bell  drew  inspiration  from  one  of  his  father's  former students, Alexander  Graham,  to  add  "Graham"  to  the  mix."  According to the same article, " He  started  out as  an  instructor  at  a  boys'  boarding  school  when  he  was  only  16.  His  father  had  developed "Visible  Speech,"  a  system  of  phonetic  symbols.  These  symbols  showed  how  to  physically  make  the  sounds  needed  to  say  any  word.  Bell  was  able  to  use  this  system  with  deaf students  to  help  them  learn  to  talk  and  improve  their  diction.  Bell  also  had  some  of  his  own methods,  too.  His  mother  had  suffered  severe  hearing  loss  after   an  illness  as  a  child,  and  Bell  had  used  different  ways  to  communicate  with  her."  He  was  the  inventor  of  the  telephone  and  invented  it  in  the  1876.  

October 16, 2017- Reading Log// Flora and Ulysses by Kate Dicamillo 
Topic Choice 1- Characters 
​The main characters are Flora Belle and Ulysses the Squirrel. Flora is a young girl who likes to read comics. Her favorite comic is " The Illuminated Adventures of the Amazing Incandesto!" as stated in page 5. While Ulysses is a squirrel, who at some point end up having powers. The squirrel was able to hold a vacuum cleaner that had sucked him in over his head, as stated in page 20, paragraph 2. Flora changes throughout the story. She goes from a shy, lonely girl to a outgoing girl. The squirrel helped her with her problems. Flora was always stuck with her mother trying to convince her to get into poetry. Her father supported what Flora decided to do but wasn't around all  the time, so she was with her mother. She didn't have any friends to hang with until she made a friend squirrel. As funny or ridiculous as this may sound she builds a strong bond with the squirrel. The squirrel is always there when she needs someone even though she can't understand him, she has a way to.