In the book, Unbound by Ann E. Burg takes place in the 1860's just before the Civil War in 1861. However, the book focuses on the Grace and her family being slaves for Master Allen and the Missus. As well as all the steps they took to get to their freedom in the swamp. However, throughout the book they ongoing theme of regardless of race, we are all human is very significant. Especially in just the first couple chapters when Grace is talking about her story in her own point of view.
In the book, Ungifted, by Gordon korman takes place in Hardcastle middle school, and the Gifted Academy during a hard seventh grade school year. It tells the story of, Donovan krutis, a 12 year old male middle schooler who likes pulling pranks, he wants to pull a giant prank on his school, he must fight against some of his bad friends, the Daniels, In order to achieve this goal, first, His school is doing a play and donovan and the daniels went outside to play around. Donovan then vibrated a statue holding a globe, the globe rolled of and then rolled into a parking lot destroying some cars. Donovan gets caught and has to go to a gifted academy. Later in the story the school has a dance, the dance soon turns into a fight.
"Twisted" by Laurie Halse Anderson was my IRB. The book's narrator is a high school senior named Tyler Miller. He has recently been punished for vandalizing his school. Before his senior prank, he was a nobody but afterwards, he caught everyone's attention, including his fellow classmate Bethany Millbury. He also has a younger sister named Hannah and a best friend named who he calls "Yoda."
Unwind The novel Unwind tells a very intricate story about a society that is currently under war and needs to develop a solution that will complete the needs of everyone. What is the solution to this war? Unwinding, or the dismembering of body parts to be reused to save the lives of others.
The RQ reading level of this book is five point two and it is worth seven points. “Slacker” would be an amazing book to put into the seventh grade curriculum. It has a great plot, the conflict is relatable to seventh graders, and the point of view would help someone understand something new about the book. First off “Slacker” By Gordon Korman has a great plot that is very amusing.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is one of a mustread book for all ages. The book tells the story of a fireman whose life takes an unexpected turn when he meets his new neighbor. Guy Montag, the fireman, then he have to face many challenges and overcomes his own fears. Montag’s society forbids its people to read any kind of books because they don’t want their people to be able to think for themselves. Much like our society today, in a way.
The government is coming to take you away! Many people on this planet fear government control, so it is often a common dystopian theme. Some people, such as the residents of North Korea, already are in complete government control and brainwashing. A recurring idea in government control is the government wiping out a certain percentage of people to keep the population down, which is usually the people with less intelligence than average. In Neal Shusterman’s “Unwind” the parents get to choose if they want to get rid of their child between the ages of 13 and 18, but there’s a catch.
The book I have chosen to review is Boy 21, a fictional read that is written by Matthew Quick. Quick is a New York Times best-selling author debuting in novels such as The Silver Linings Playbook and Love May Fail. To best describe this book, it is a captivating read that is comforting for the mind, as it canvasses the raw and unflinching life of a high school senior who displays love for basketball and life relationships. Furthermore, set in a troubled Belmont city of Philadelphia, Quick incorporates the presence of mobs and violence which is captivating towards the reader and audience. I was intrigued about how the novel was written through Finley the main protagonist, which was Quick’s childhood perspective of life in Philadelphia and his passion towards basketball.
The book I chose to read for my book review was “ Killing Mr.Griffin”. It is about 5 high school students who hate their english teacher Mr. Griffin and come up with a plan to kidnap him. Their main purpose is to just torture and make Mr. Griffin think he is going to die. The plan takes a tragic turn and results in Mr. Griffin's death. The plan simply falls apart in a domino effect of terror and grief.
This book is about a boy outlawed Christopher Creed. He was a young teenage kid that was missing one day. Everyone was very devastated about Christopher. A few of his friends named Torey, Ali, and Bo became unlikely allies in searching for answers. They knew he kept a diary, and they searched for it.
The author of the novel that I decided to read this week is Walter Dean Myers and the name of the novel is Kick. This novel is about a boy named Kevin and he had never been in trouble before, but he did and he went to juvenile hall. He was a good kid, caught between a rock and a hard place when a female friend asks for his help. He got caught driving her in her father's car, after causing a small accident, but cannot explain the why he was with the girl without getting his friend in trouble.
“Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto is about a boy named Victor in seventh grade who has a crush on Teresa, another student. Victor likes Teresa so much, he embarrassed himself while trying to talk to her. “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto is a good book to recommend to middle school readers because it is relatable and entertaining. “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto is a good book to recommend to middle school readers because it is relatable. Since “Seventh Grade” is about having a crush, many middle schoolers would be able to relate to this story since middle schoolers also have crushes.
Troy believes that Cory would being throwing his future away by playing football due to his race. In an argument with Cory, Troy said “I thought we had an understanding about this football stuff ? You suppose to keep up with your chores and hold that job down at the A&P.” Cory ignores Troy’s rules and plays football. ”Cory faces his first major adolescent battle to forge a unique identity
As chapter one and two of Syntactic theory and the structure of English book, by Andrew Radford, were introductory, one would assume that chapter three would go just a further step in explaining syntax for someone with no previous knowledge of syntax, as promised. One is not being sure if the problem is that the audience (me) speaks English as a second language, or if it is just the audience's (me again) slow mind, or if it is simply the nature of the subject of sin-tax which makes it difficult to process and comprehend. Terms are presented in an intense manner, a bunch at a time, with each term's abbreviation and function, along with their definition in the Glossary and Abbreviation section of the book. For someone who has no previous knowledge of syntax, it is not as easy as he makes it seem.
The book I chose to read for Unit 4 was the book, “Everything, Everything”, by Nicola Yoon. The book’s cast of characters is few, the main character who we’re seeing the world through is named Madeline Whittier, but she goes by Maddy for most of the book. The other protagonist besides Maddy is her neighbor, a boy named Olly, who Maddy finds interesting. The book has no clear antagonist, but the implied antagonist is Maddy’s mother, who prevents Maddy from going outside. Besides the three of them, there is also Carla, Maddy’s personal nurse, and Olly’s family, comprised of a sister, mother, and an abusive father.
