If you have questions on your literary analysis, you can post them here. Other students may also give an alternate perspective on your issue. Let's help each other and let's talk about books. I was happy to see that some students challenged themselves with classic writers such as H.G. Wells, Agatha Christie, Louisa May Alcott, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Jane Austen, Jack London, Jules Verne, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Contempory writers like Gary Paulsen, Lois Lowry, Robert Cormier, S. E. Hinton, Walter Dean Myers, Jerry Spinelli, and J. K. Rowling continue to be middle school favorites. The newest author to entice middle school students such as yourselves is Suzanne Collins. I look forward to reading all the literery analysis papers, especially those written on The Hunger Games. I know Suzanne Collins' books are rich on thematic ideas.
Anyone who is looking for a nonfiction novel that keeps you turning pages should read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. It is a heartwarming novel about the author visiting with one of his favorite former college professors. Throughout the story, the professor gives Mitch numerous valuable life lessons. If you would enjoy an emotion-filled book, I recommend this novel for you.
ReplyDeleteMrs.Prisbell- Do we have to have someone in class read our literary analysis and story?
Harry Potter isn't the children's story we were all led to believe. This seven book series is filled with action, lessons, and romance. It has a little something for everyone. Whether your just getting into thicker novels or used to longer pages, this series is a pure thriller. ( I always have to go for Potter!)
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Gone series is an amazing read. The five book and growing set is sure to please anyone with a taste for an action packed survival story. It features a group on kids trapped in a force field surrounding Pedrio Beach, California with no parents or way to communicate with the outside world. Dive into this book and find out how they all survive. You never know what's going to happen next. It is truly a great read.
Oh, and I didn't win the speech competion. The competion was CRAZY! There's always next year though!
~ Alanis
Thanks Devony and Alanis. Alanis, we are all proud of you anyway. You are a dynamic speaker. Devony, do not share your literary analysis with classmates. This one should be all you. :)
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Thank you Mrs.Prisbell.
ReplyDeleteI read Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The book is about boys stranded on an island and trying to survive and get rescued. The book is full of adventure and mystery. At first, it is a bit confusing, but once you start to read it you can't stop. The book is also full of symbolism and the theme is pronounced.
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Thank you Emma. I wonder why my last book cover does not show up on the blog.
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I think that you should read The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks because it really explains the meaning of symbolism. A marine named Logan Thibault while on a tour in Iraq found a photo of a woman named Beth. Beth's brother, Drake, who was also a marine lost the photo during the war and Logan found while waiting to see if the other side was going to attack one day. 5 years after he found the photo, he set out on a journey to find this woman because he thought he owed her something because the day he found it, his life was saved because of the photo. He eventually finds her in the Hamptons in North Carolina and they get to know each other well after he applies for a job at their kennel for dogs. He thought by applying for a job at their kennel would be owing her. They eventually fall in love and they really enjoyed each other's company. She eventually finds out that he had the photo of her and she becomes very angry and upset with him. She eventually lets him tell his side of the story after Beth's son, Ben, told her that it was Logan's friend, Victor, who told him that the photo was his good luck charm. The photo has something to do with the whole novel and it is a really great book. The photo is the object that symbolizes something throughout the whole story. I really enjoyed reading The Lucky One and I hope you will too. Hi Mrs.P! I haven't been on the blog in such a long time. Well, see you tomorrow! :)
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Thanks Courtney M. It does sound like a very good book. See you soon.
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I read the Hunger Games and her writing made you feel as thought you where actually there. I could picture the whole thing in my head. It was really good. Also, I am now reading the Wizard of Oz. It is really good because it explains a lot of things that the movie did not. It is also a very good book. I would recomend them both.
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Thanks for your comments, Jenna. WIZARD OF OZ is one of my all time favorites :)
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Ok Mrs.P!
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One of my all time favorite books is Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. It one the Newberry Award medal and is a really cute book. It's about a quarry village on a mountain that is untouched by the city. So when the prince is destined to marry a girl from this rural village, a tutor is called to teach these young girls how to be "civilized". In a village where people scarcely knew how to write their own name, a princess is chosen. Yet, before the people can celebrate, bandits attack the boarding school that the girls attend. It is up to little Miri to find a way to save all the girls before they are killed by the bandits. This is a really sweet book that isn't too short but not overwhelming. It's about the same level of advancement as the 3rd Harry Potter book.
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