Excersise # 3 Teen Reads Book Reviews

http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/black-boy-white-school
http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/curveball-the-year-i-lost-my-grip
http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/chomp
 Requirements
    *Summary Of The Book
    * Evaluation Of The Book
    *What To Like About The Book
    * Talk About The Type Of Book It Is (Sometimes)

Note# 1

Mosquito

By J. Patrick Lewis                                                 But a minute later Archie Hill

I was climbing up the sliding board                        And Buck and Theo Brown

When suddenly I felt                                               Were horsing on the monkey bars,

A mosquito bite my bottom                                     Hanging upside down. 

And it raised a big red welt.                                    They must have looked delicious

                                                                                 From a skeeter's point of view

So I said to that mosquito,                                       Cause he bit 'em on the bottoms,

“I'm sure you wouldn't mind                                    Archie, Buck and Theo too!

If I took a pair of tweezers

And I tweezered your behind!”                               You could hear 'em goin' HOLY!

                                                                                 You could hear 'em goin' WHACK

He shriveled up his body                                         You could hear 'em cuss and holler,

And he shuffled to his feet,                                      Goin' smack, smack, smack.

And he said, “I'm awfully sorry

But a skeeter's got to eat!                                          A mosquito's awful sneaky,

Still, there are mosquito manners,                            A mosquito's mighty sly,

And I must have just forgot 'em.                               But I never never never

And I swear I'll never never never                            Thought a skeeter'd tell a lie

Bite another bottom.”

In the poem Mosquito by J. Patrick Lewis, the narrator describes what almost seemed to be a blissful ordinary time at the playground just sliding down the side, however all of a sudden there was a mosquito bite that "raised a big red welt." At first the narrator lost and confused, only wanted that welt to disappear thought that if he took a pair of tweezers he could "tweezered your behind!" away. Funny enough the "skeeter" discuss with the narrator that he was sorry and forgot about his the mosquito manners, plus he explained how " I'll never never never Bite another bottom.” Even though this was stated the skeeter will not "bit another bottom" he repeatedly is forgetting because he strikes again and bites Archie Buck and Theo. Now the narrator at the end of the poem has gained this feeling of  shameful aggravation what he or she views a sinful act for this mosquito to be "awful sneaky" and "mighty sly" which had destroyed and altered his perception of mosquito's, due to the narrator ever thinking that a "skeeter'd tell a lie"... Disappointment and Failure is what the narrator senses.

Exercise #1

In the opening chapter of "Cruddy"written by Lynda Barry expresses an outspoken enthusiasm that exemplifies or suggest the childish hostility type of personality. The literal content of the passage and the use of describing everything with the word "Cruddy" can be evidence for the maturation of character, which allows the passage to be easy to read and understand. With the repetition of the word Cruddy is illustrate the aggravated "Cruddy" frustration within the world. The person writing cruddy is writing about "the cruddy girl named Roberta" because she "was writing in her cruddy book of her cruddy life". This was about a girl who sees her life as cruddy and everything in her life is cruddy. Her life is cruddy to her because she has a difficult time to "concentrate to write" due to her sister not being quiet, which she explains by writing "she will not shut up,she will not shut up," over and over again. This demonstrates the frustration and/or cruddiness of her life to the point where she wants to "Bash her..Head"

Quarter 4 Reading Goals

Reading Goals
1.Read outside-but only on nice days.
2. Finish 3 books by the end of the Quarter.
3.Re-Read a book that I started but never finished.
4.Have a different location to read each week but only twice a week.
5. Read 20 min. of all my books that i am reading currently.

Anthology Theme!!

Dissapointment & Failure

Hard Times~Michael Ryan

FootSteps~ Fanny Howe

The Darker Sooner~ Catherine Wing

Bad People~ Mark Halliday