Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Giver Chapter 7-9

at these poin in the book jonas is in the celebration of 12. Jonas and the other Elevens line up by number based on his or her name, each child has a number that was given at birth, showing the order in which he or she was born. Jonas is 19 and his friend Fiona is 18. they recive there deplomas one by one at jonas turne he gets skip so he is nurvesrt because he feel he didnt make it with the others he feels nervest at the end of the Ceremony, the Chief Elder apologizes for causing the audience concern and causing Jonas anguish.She tells him that he has been selected for a very special position to  Receiver of Memory. Jonas reports to the Annex of the House of the Old for his first day of training. An Attendant admits him to the Receiver’s living area, which is locked to ensure the Receiver’s privacy even though no one else in the community locks their doors. He get told he can break the ruals to protect his training and he cant talk about his training with no one.

The Giver chapter 5

In these chapter jonas has a dream, he dreamed that he was in the steamy bathing room at the House of the Old, trying to convince his friend Fiona to take off her clothes and allow him to give her a bath. jonas told his mother about he drea and how it made him feel her mother told him that its okay that at his age he was going to have weird dream like the one he had then his mother hgaved him a pill that made him forget everything he dreamed of.On the first morning of the Ceremony, Jonas and his mother and Lily discuss some of the milestones that children achieve each year like at age seven they get a jacket that they can button themselves at Eight they begin to volunteer an at nine they get bikes and girls no longer need to wear hair ribbons.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The Giver chp3-4

Lily wants to be a birthmother because she likes the feel of little children. While Lily thinks that its this really nice thing to be a birthmother, her mother tells her that its not all that to be  a birthmother. Jonas in this chapter you learn a little bit more about who he is. Jonas is slightly troubled by the strict rules that govern him. Also Jonas is more laid back, he enjoys and takes advantage of freedom of speech unlike everyone else in his community.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

The Giver chapter 1-2

these book talks about a eleven-year-old boy name Jones and how a  unidentified aircraft flew over his community a weird and unusual event because Pilots were not allowed to fly over the community. As Jonas remembers the community reaction to the event, we learn more about the society in which he lives. for example orders transmitted through loudspeakers planted all around the community, they cant not have anything feelings and they cant have any twines family's only can have 2 kids one female and one male and they cant cheat, lie, or steal. the others. In the book the family sit at the table in discuses each other days and feeling about the day. Lily Jonas sister says she was angry at a child visiting from a nearby community who did not observe her childcare group’s play area rules. Her parents help her to understand that the boy probably felt weird and out of place, and she was less angry. Jonas’s father, who is a Nurturer or take care of new born baby's describes his struggles with a slowly developing baby whose weakness makes it a candidate for release. The family considers taking care of the baby for a while because they are not allowed to adopt.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Tithe a modern faerie tale by Holly Black


"And pleasant is the faerie land
But an eerie tale to tell,
Ay at the end of seven years
I am sea fair and fu o flesh,
I'm feared it be myself."
                         -"Young Tam Lin"
Pages 1-8 talk about a young girl name Kayne and her life is different from  a normal kid. Her mom is a musician who plays in a rock band and every night she is there with her mother in every show she play but one day her mothers boyfriend kicked her out and they had no were to go, they had to call her grandmother in order to live anywhere. Kayne was happy because that meant she was going to see her best "friend"! her mother gave her that look were she knew that her daughter was crazy because her best friend was an imaginary friend.......

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Twilight 3-4

After Bells and Edwards first dance Edward has a surprice for her. Bella is wonduring what it could be and she is left there to wonder untill edward bring Jacob in to the dance floor and to Bella. Bella was shock and happy she couldnt believe that Edward did that for her she had a dance with Jocob they talked wild dancing and after they Jocob got mad becaese he couldnt beleieve the fact that she was still going to be one of them so he shock her and Edward ask to leave so he does. Bella feel bad but she knew thats it had to be done.

Twilight 2-3

In this chapter Bella is nerviest to get marry but she is ready to do it to be with Edward and be one of them.She was nerviest she couldn't sleep the day before she was Mrs. Collen. she was happy and felt nerves but the day came and she got ready to get marry her mom gaved her something old and Elias gaved her something borrow and her dad gaved her something old. when the time came she was nerviest she couldn't believe it was going to happen she only wanted to not fall or trip but she made it next to Edward and and then the ceremony started and they go marry. When they were in the reception they had there first dance.