You have 14 days to read as many chapter books as possible before the end of the year on May 31st. Here are the rules:
1. You must read each chapter book all the way to the end.
2. When you finish each chapter book you must comment on this post and give a brief summary and write a recommendation. Below is an example of what the comment must look like:
Name: Mrs. Greason
Book Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Author: J.K. Rowling
Summary: This book starts with Sirius Black escaping from Azkaban. The soul-sucking Death Eaters are on his trail and they end up at Azkaban protecting the grounds and causing trouble for Harry and his friends. Harry discovers some powers he never knew he had and by the end of the novel a very unlikely character is now his family member.
Recommendation: I liked how in this book the trio, Harry, Ron, and Hermione, were able to leave Hogwarts and explore Hogsmeade. It was cool to see what the three experienced in a different setting. The Maurder's Map was pretty cool too because when Sirius Black transformed into Padfoot you were able to tell he was on the grounds. A lot of secrets were discovered in this book.
Who's up for the challenge? Get reading!
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Burning Questions
Why were women not allowed to vote in the first place?
Why, as women, should we care about our right to vote? (For the ladies only.)
What did it take for these suffragists to change the laws about women's rights?
Why, as women, should we care about our right to vote? (For the ladies only.)
What did it take for these suffragists to change the laws about women's rights?
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Shad Reads Penny Pollock
When the Moon is Full
By Penny Pollock
Full moons come,
full moons go,
softening nights
with their silver glow.
They pass in silence
all untamed
but as they travel
they are named.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Blake Reads Christina Georgina Rossetti
Who Has Seen the Wind?
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.
Kylie Reads Pablo Neruda
Ode to Enchanted Light
Pablo Neruda
Under the trees light
has dropped from the top of the sky,
light
like a green
latticework of branches,
shining
on every leaf,
drifting down like clean
white sand.
A cicada sends
its sawing song
high into the empty air.
The world is
a glass overflowing
with water.
has dropped from the top of the sky,
light
like a green
latticework of branches,
shining
on every leaf,
drifting down like clean
white sand.
A cicada sends
its sawing song
high into the empty air.
The world is
a glass overflowing
with water.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Eh Wah Reads Sylvia Plath
The Night Dances
Sylvia Plath
A smile fell in the grass.
Irretrievable!
And how will your night dances
Lose themselves. In mathematics?
Such pure leaps and spirals ----
Surely they travel
The world forever, I shall not entirely
Sit emptied of beauties, the gift
Of your small breath, the drenched grass
Smell of your sleeps, lilies, lilies.
Their flesh bears no relation.
Cold folds of ego, the calla,
And the tiger, embellishing itself ----
Spots, and a spread of hot petals.
The comets
Have such a space to cross,
Such coldness, forgetfulness.
So your gestures flake off ----
Warm and human, then their pink light
Bleeding and peeling
Through the black amnesias of heaven.
Why am I given
These lamps, these planets
Falling like blessings, like flakes
Six sided, white
On my eyes, my lips, my hair
Touching and melting.
Nowhere.
Monday, January 28, 2013
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