Thursday, July 14, 2011

Assignment # 2 - SUMMER READING: BOTH 7th & 8th Grade

Task: Please post or email me (rvergara@elmsd.org) the following information:

1. Title of the book you are currently reading
2. Author of the book you are currently reading
3. Genre of the book you are currently reading
4. The most interesting part of the book
5. The main conflict of the story (and resolution, if you have read that far)

GOOD LUCK

Mr. V

14 comments:

  1. Mr Vergara u didnt reply to my email!=[

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  2. Sorry...I have not had access to my work email unless I'm in my classroom. Post any questions you have on here and I'll do my best to help you.

    V

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  3. 1.How to be Popular
    2.Meg Cabot
    3.Realistic fiction
    4.When Jason admitted to Steph that he was in love with her.
    5.The Problem: Steph is sick and tired of being the most unpopular laughing stock in the school. When she finds a book that can change all of that, her friends (or friend) are totally against it.

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  4. 1. The Scribbler Of Dreams

    2. Mary E. Pearson

    3. Realistic Fiction

    4. The most interesting part of the book was when it was Bram's birthday party and he still doesn't know that Kaitlin(his girlfriend) was his family's nemesis. So when Bram's uncle had saw Kaitlin he had told everyone including Bram which led them into a huge fight.

    5. The main conflict in the story is that Kaitlin has fallen in love with a guy that is her family's nemesis. In the beginning she didn't know who he was but later on when she found out she decided not to tell anyone. Though later on it blew up in her face and her relationship was over until Kaitlin explained that old hatchets should be buried. Then they both agreed that they don't believe in anymore of the hatred and that they want to have a new start.

    ~ Vani Nair

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  5. 1. Ocean of blood
    2. Darren Shan
    3. Horror
    4. The most Interesting part of the book is when Larten and Malora travel to America. Larten tries hard not to consume blood but he can not resist. When everyone finds out that he is a vampire, malaria sacrifices herself for Larten. This gets Larten angry, therefore he killed everyone on the boat.
    5. The biggest conflict in the book is when large runs out of blood to feed on because one of the people he kept to feed off of ate the rest of the people therefore he has to swim to shore to save a baby.

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  6. 1)The Catcher in the Rye

    2)J. D. Salinger

    3)Novel

    4)So far, I was most interested in Holden's description of Allie (his brother) and his old baseball mitt. Allie covered the glove with poems so that he would have something to read when things got boring in the baseball field. Holden's despises almost everything but he admits his love for Allie. He chooses to write about the glove for his roommate, Stradlater, to turn in for his English assignment. Stradlater does not understand the sentimental value and isn't satisfied with the paper. This disagreement escalates into a fight.

    5)Throughout the book Holden attempts to find himself and is unable form connections with people. He struggles while coming to the realization that he can't keep the purity of everything.

    Kristine Rupnarain

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  7. 1) The River
    2) Gary Paulsen
    3) novel

    4)The most interesting part of the book is when three men come over to Brian's house and ask for him to go back to the woods for fifty-four days.The three men work for the government.They want Brian to teach them how he survived,so they can explain to others who may face those consequences.

    5)There are many problems in this book,but the most major consequence is when Derek is hit by lightning.Brian checked on him,but notices he may be in a coma.So then,Brian has to figure something out to help Derek.He decides to follow the river that let out to a village.He had many difficulties while he was in the river,but they were both rescued by men.

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  8. 1.Breaking Dawn

    2.Stephenie Meyer

    3.Romance,and Action

    4.The most interesting part of my book is when the Bella Swan baby is half human and half vampire,and Jacob knows he cant have Bella so he falls for her daughter.

    5.The main conflict in the book is Bella pregnancy. The baby is half human and half vampire so the only thing Bella craves is blood and the baby grows rapidly.Breaking her bones

    -Bianca Arellano =)

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  9. 1)Holes

    2)Louis Sachar

    3)Adventure,Satire

    4)The most interesting part is when they climb god's thumb and they reach the little spring were they take a rest

    5)The Main conflict of this book is that Zero made Stanley go to the Green Lake Detention facility because he these famous basketball shoes at Stanley which were worth a lot of money so the police thought Stanley stole the shoes and he got in deep trouble

    -Adam V

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  10. 1) The Face on the Milk Carton

    2) Caroline B. Cooney

    3) Novel

    4) The most interesting parts of the book are when Janie, the protagonist, always get these daymares.

    5) The main conflict in the book is that Janie Johnson believes that she has been kidnapped as a toddler. One day at school, during lunch, Janie is drinking milk and she finds her missing picture on it. Then she begins to find her real parents secretly.

    ~Cristian Barriga

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  11. 1. Holes

    2. Louis Sachar

    3. Adventure

    4. What I think was the most amazing part was when Stanley and Zero found refuge on a mountain shaped like a thumb.

    5. The main conflict is when Stanley was accused for stealing a famous person's shoes so he was sent to a camp to teach him a lesson.

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  12. 1.Halo: The Fall of Reach

    2. Eric Nylund

    3. Science fiction

    4. The best part of the book was when John-117 finally wore the MJOGNIR armor because thats the best type of armor in the military and discover a ringlike shaped planet called Halo.

    5. The main conflict was when they found out that aliens or "The Covanent" were watching and studying their military to attack earth and Halo.

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  13. 1. Sherlock Holmes and The Baker Street Irregulars: The Fall of The Zalindas

    2.Tracy Mack and Micheal Citrin

    3.Mystery

    4. The best part was when Holmes captured Vile, the person behind the murder, after an exciting chase in downtown London.

    5.The conflict was Mr.Holmes and a group of boys ,named the Irregulars, had to find out who committed the murder on the group of circus performers called the Zalindas.

    Hector Cardenas

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  14. 1) The River and Brian's Hunt

    2) Gary Paulsen (same author for both books)

    3) adventure and action

    4) The most interesting part of Brian's Hunt was when Brian had to fight a bear. In the book, The River, the most interesting part was when Brian had to doge all the rocks in the water, with his raft.

    5)In the novel, The River, Brian must get help for Derek because he gets struck by lightning, and Brain was able to bring Derek to safety. In Brian's Hunt, the protagonist must survive in the woods alone and kill this dangerous bear. At the end he was able to survive and kill the bear.

    Justin George

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