Percy Jackson and The lighting Thief: Week of 12-16-13

Title: Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages Read: 0-Finish (175)
Prompt: What motivates the main character

     What motivated Percy Jackson was his mother, friends, and bravery. Percy Jackson's mother was taken from him . So he starts a journey to find his mother. He is determined the entire journey not to give up because of his love for his mother. I think for him that was the main motivation because she is the most important person in the world for him. He would stop at no cost. The determination to get his mother is partly what keeps him alive in the story.
     Another thing is his friends. Grover and Annabeth.  They decide to go along with him on this journey. For Grover he feels it is his job because he is Percy's protector. For Annabeth she thrills for an adventure where she faces danger and real life situations instead of just simulations like they have at the camp they live at.
     Percy is extremely brave throughout the book. He learns to use his powers more and more. He figures out how to control the powers and save both his and his friends lives. He faces so many mythological creatures that sound like pure monsters that he must stand up to and kill. I really enjoyed this book because it contains a lot of action so you don't get bored. I like how descriptive Rick Riordan makes everything so that you have a clear picture and understanding of everything that is happening in the book.

Full Moon Horror: Week of 12-9-13

Title: Full Moon Horror

Author: Jason Strange

Pages Read: 1-78

Prompt: Describe the setting’s time and place. List the clues that helped you identify the

setting.

     The place this book takes place in is in the forest. I know this because in the book they say they are in the forest. They also say they are in the middle of know where, and that they are scared.

     First they say they are in the forest. They are driving back from a lake. One of the characters says "We are in the middle of the forest" while they are driving on the road. Another clue I had was that they seemed to be in an empty area. There was no houses except for one very, very far away. They are all lost. And one has been sent to walk back miles to go get gas because the car ran out of gas. It started raining and they took shelter under a little cave area. I know its in the woods at this point because caves aren't in plains or in swamps.

     They also seemed really scared. I could connect this to my experiences because I always feel like its a more scary or creepy environment in the forest or in the open plains. I also know that a lot of scary movies or books have settings in the forest or in an abandoned area. They are extremely scared because they are attacked by a boy that turned into a werewolf.

     So they were almost eaten by the werewolves. One of the friends was scratched and was bleeding. They were able to escape from the pack of werewolves and the people who were trying to feed them to the werewolves. Then as they are driving away the friend says he is hurting. They said they would get hime to the hospital right away. He said it wasn't the cut marks. He said it was his stomach and that he was feeling sick. Then a scream came from one of the friends. The friend had turned into a werewolf.

The Giver: Week of 12-2-13

Title: The Giver

Author: Lois Lowry

Pages Read: 114-Finish

Prompt: After reading, I wonder…

     After reading the Giver I wondered three things. I wondered what happened to Jonas and Gabriel, what happened to the village, and how the village will change in the future. First I wondered what happened to Jonas and Gabriel. I was confused on the ending. Then the socratic seminar got me thinking whether it was a hallucination and he died or thats what elsewhere truly looked like. From my opinion I think thats what elsewhere is. I think it was kind of a hint how they had a special day off and it was snowing, so I thought that it was Christmas and people were celebrating like in the memory Jonas had. 
     I also wonder what happened to the village. I also thought about how many people received the memories. I think that the people were frightened to find the two of them missing. Then I think they went into total panic when the memories began to return. I believe that the Giver was gonna give the elders advice that will change the village so that it is more like Jonas would have wanted it. I also wonder how they get the memories back out of the people who receive them.
     The last thing is how the village will be in the future. How long will they wait for the next receiver? I think that the next receiver will be closely watched and have very strict rules since the past two receivers left the village and returned the memories. I think the elders will decide to not release babies at least, if not get rid of releases unless someone is in extreme pain or it is an old person who wants to be released. I think they will do that because the Giver will tell the elders that part of why Jonas left was because Gabriel was being released and because he felt hatred for the community and felt like they were hiding lots of things from him.