For my quick read I chose The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. This was one of my favorite books growing up, it came in a book my sister and I got for Christmas. We used to bring it everywhere with us which is why half of it is missing and it has fallen apart. The Lorax is about the Once-ler, who comes and finds the Truffula trees. He cuts one down to make a Thneed, and out of the stump of the Truffula tree comes the Lorax. The Lorax tells the Once-ler that he can't cut down any more trees, but the Once-ler continues. Eventually all of the inhabitants that depend on the trees have to leave. When the last tree is cut down, the Lorax leaves too, and the Once-ler is left all alone in his factory, in a barren land filled with smog. The Lorax left a stump that said UNLESS. I like this book because it shows that UNLESS people take action, the world is not going to change. You have to take things into your own hands, and remember that your actions have consequences.

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In the Secret Life of Bees, May has just died. She found out that Zach was in jail and it was just too much for her to handle. Now that Lily can't tell August about her mother because of the mourning, that is all she wants to do. After they mourn, it is Mary day, and again Lily can't talk to August. I can't remember what happens and am excited to find out.

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Lily has just met Zach, the boy who helps August with the bees. The two teens hit it off right away. Zach tells Lily he wants to be a lawyer and she can't see that because he is african american. He tells her you have to believe stuff before you can see it. While they are going on a "bee run" to pick up honey Lily realizes that she likes him and will never have him and starts to cry. He comforts her, and tells her he likes her too but they just cannot be together. Lily is struggling with the fact that at some point this all has to end. She has to come out and tell August who she is, and she knows she has to do it soon.

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In the The Secret Life Of Bees Rosaleen and Lily have arrived at the "Calender Sisters" house. Lily loves it there and hopes that they will never be found. I remember the book, but reading it now has definately opened me up to many things I missed before. I am excited to continue reading and get a better understanding of the book that I couldn't before.

Disney movies are full of heroes. A dashing knight, a beautiful princess, all contribute to the story and adventure. While compiling information about disney heroes I found there are two groups, men and women.

MALE HEROES:



Hercules was a scrawny little boy, he became a hero and everyone loved him.


Simba returns to Pride Rock, kills Scar and assumes the throne as rightfull king, saving the kingdom

I know you!

I walked with you once upon a dream

I know you,

The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam

Yet, I know it’s true that visions are seldom all they seem

But If I know you, I know what you’ll do

You’ll love me at once

The way you did once upon a dream

Prince Philip falls in love with a peasant girl(who is really Aurora) and rescues her from Maleficent. He realizes it is really Aurora and they live happily ever after, having saved the kingdom.

In "A Troll In Central Park" Stanley is a troll with green thumb. When central park is turned into a concrete mess, Stanley uses his power to turn it green and lovely again.

FEMALE HEROES:

Emperor [taking off his pendant]: Then take this, so your family will know what you have donefor me. And this [handing her the sword of Shan-Yu] so the world will know what you have donefor China.
Mulan saves China by fighting even though she wasn't supposed to, she is strong and the emperor rewards her.

Pocahontas saves John Smiths life and creates peace. Even though she's going against her father, she saves her people in the proccess.

Annie saves the orphanage by exposing Ms. Hanigan for the evil women she is.

Elizabeth Swan becomes the Pirate Queen and saves Jack and Will.

CONCLUSION:

In Disney movies there are two different kinds of heroes, male and female. They are both strong and fulfill there role as a hero. Both the male and female heroes are selfless and perform their tasks for the good of others, that is why they are heroes.

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I just started reading The Secret Life Of Bees last night. Although I have read it before I want to reread it before I see the movie. I am not very far but already feel that I understand more then I did when I first read it. It should be interesting to see how many things I missed the first time, I enjoyed the book and am excited to read it again.

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Over MEA I went to my cabin with my dad and two sisters. My five younger cousins were up there too. Last night I read them Peter Pan, I haven't read that book in so many years. It is a great book, it is still one of my favorite. All of my cousins love it because it has adventure, magic, and a happy ending. Peter Pan is a classic that I will always enjoy.

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Recently we read an article for english about a boy who lives with locked-in-syndrome. It was very sad. The boy cannot move except for his eyes, up and down, which he can barely do. It must be extremely frusterating living like that. I would absolutly hate it. In the article they were talking about this new technology that the doctors are using. They have inserted rods into his brain and can create sounds. I hope that this technology will advance quickly and that soon the boy will be able to comunicate clearly.

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In "The Wednesday Wars" Holling has been picked to be in a Shakespeare play. He is a fairy, and is not happy about it at all. Mrs. Baker tells the whole class that he is in and that if they go see it they will get extra credit. On the same night as the play, a famous baseball player is coming to town to sign autographs. Holling plans on going to see him as soon as the play is over. Three kids from Hollings class go to the play, and even though Holling is in yellow tights they don't laugh. Holling goes to see the baseball player, still in his tights, and the player refuses to sign his ball. Holling is heart broken. But then Mrs. Baker has two other famous baseball players come and play with Holling and two of his friends. They get new mits and balls, and the players give them their hats and Holling gets a jacket. Mrs. Baker is a very interesting character, I cannot tell if she likes Holling or not, I am excited to find out.

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I am currently reading "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt. Its a book about a boy named Holling Hoodhood who spends his wednesday afternoons with his teacher Mrs. Baker. He is sure Mrs. Baker hates him and that she is out to get him. So far, he has had to clean all the erasers in the school, carry twelve trayloads of cream puffs up three flights of stairs, wash the chalkboar, windows, coat room and rats cage. Now they are reading the books of William Shakespeare. Im interested to find out what happens with Holling and Mrs. Baker, why is she "out to get him"?

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I recently read the following poem out of the book "The Best Poems Ever",

IN A STATION OF THE METRO
Ezra Pound
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.

I think it is interesting that it got into the book "the Best Poems Ever" because although it does capture the feeling of people passing in a metro station it is so short. Had the author Ezra Pound gone on and made more comparisons I feel it would have been a much better poem and then may have earned the right to be in "The Best Poems Ever."

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Recently I finished the fourth book of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. It was amazing! The story line was really interesting and took lots of twists. My favorite character is Bella. I like her because she is an average girl who stumbles into this extraordinary life. Her whole life she has felt like she is so boring, but in reality her life hadn't even started. She now has this amazing family, something she was destined to have all along. This last three books of the series were so enticing, once you started reading them you just could not stop. The last one was no different, and I loved every minute of it.

A Civil Action Paragraph Response

What we do to the earth reflects back onto us. By polluting our earth, we pollute our food and water source, and make it an over all more difficult place to live. In the film A Civil Action, John Travolta's character, Jan Schlichtmann, comes across a case where children are dying of leukemia. He finds that one of the reasons they are getting it is from the water supply to the town. There are plants all around that have dumped chemicals into the water. People don't think of the effects that they have. If there is an easy way out, like dumping chemicals instead of properly disposing them, people will tend to take it. If we are not careful, pollution is going to take over, and earth will no longer be a place where we can live.

Animal Dreams

So far my favorite quote from Animal Dreams is, "Its one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another to always go looking for it somewhere else". This is said by the character Loyd Peregrina to Codi Noline. This is my favorite quote because Loyd is telling off Codi, which needs to be done. He tells her so she will hopefully snap out of her selfpity and live her life. Codi doesn't know how to respond to this, but it makes her realize what she has been doing. This quote helps her figure out what her sister was talking about.

My favorite character in the book is Loyd Peregrina. He so down to earth. I like Loyd the best because he is very opinionated, but so open minded as well. He isn't afraid to tell people, like Codi, what he thinks. Loyd is helping Codi get over her "I don't fit in" attitude. He does this by showing her all of the things that make his life, his. It doesn't matter that he works on the railroad, or his hereitge, its about making the best of what you have.

I think the most important scene in this book is when Loyd and Codi are on the roof of Loyds mothers adobe. This is the most important scene because they go over so much. Even though Codi is trying to sabotage the relationship her and Loyd share, she ends up seeing connections. The things she critisizes, she realizes she believes in them. Through watching the culture and learning about their beliefs, she understands what Hallie was saying about how its what you do that makes your life.

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I recently read a book called 13 Reasons Why. I read it because I wanted a short read while i was at camp. The book was so good that my friend and I read it out loud in two days at her cabin right before camp. The book is about a girl, Hannah Baker, who commits suicide. One day these tapes arrive on the step of Clay Jensen, he places them in the tape player and hears Hannah's voice. The tapes tell the story about why Hannah Baker chose to tell her life, the 13 reasons, and the 13 people. Right from the start the story pulls you in, peicing together a mystery you already know the result of. The book is by Jay Asher and I highly recommend it.

Favorite Book

I do not have a favorite book. I do how ever have a favorite series. That series is called Twilight. There are four books, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. I am currently reading the fourth and and final book, Breaking Dawn. The Twilight series is about a girl named Bella who moves to the town of Forks, Washington to live with her dad. There she meets and falls in love with Edward Cullen, who is a vampire, and has a best friend who is a werewolf. I love this series because it surprised me. My younger sister Hannah bought it and told me about it. When I first heard what it was about I laughed, thinking that it must be a very silly book. That weekend we went to my cabin and it rained, I had nothing to do, so I started reading. I instantly loved it. Bella is such and easy character to relate to, and the plot is so up and down its hard to stop reading. The Twilight series is one of a kind.

Sisters Comparison

Here is my double bubble map of Hallie and Codi.

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