Vianne

= Book Log = The Piano ||  || JR || 10/11/12 || Second Diary of Bathsheba Clarice De Trop || Leila Rasheed || JR || March 17, 2013 ||
 * # || = Book Title = || = Author = || = E, JR, C = || = Date Completed = ||
 * == 1 == || Silverwing || K. Oppel || JR || 11/8/12 ||
 * == 2 == || Turtle in Paradise || Jennifer L. Holm || JR || 9/10/12 ||
 * == 3 == || The Sea of Monsters || Rick Riordan || JR || 9/19/12 ||
 * == 4 == || Harry Potter and the Gauntlet of Fire || J.K Rowling || C || 9/27/12 ||
 * = 5 = || The Ultimate Wierd But True ||  || JR || 9/5/12 ||
 * = 6 = || 2012 Kids Almanac ||  || C || 9/20/12 ||
 * = 7 = || Sarah Plain and Tall || Patricia MacLachlan || E || 8/29/12 ||
 * = 8 = || The Hunger Games || Suzane Collins || JR || 10/1/12 ||
 * = 9 = || Falling in ||  || C || 9/1/12 ||
 * = 10 = || The Sixty Eight Rooms ||  || C || 8/28/12 ||
 * = 11 = || Make Way For Dyamonde Daniel || Nikki Grimes || JR || 10/10/12 ||
 * = 12 = || Lost and Found || Andrew Clements || JR || 10/16/12 ||
 * = 13 = || Moxy Maxwell Does Not Like Practicing
 * = 14 = || Touch Blue || Cynthia Lord || E || 11/1/12 ||
 * = 15 = || City of Ember || Jeanne Duprau || C || 10/4/12 ||
 * = 16 = || Wonder || A.J. Palacio || JR || October ||
 * = 17 = || Savvy || Ingrid Law || JR || January ||
 * = 18 = || Heart of a Samurai ||  || C || December 6th 2012 ||
 * = 19 = || Warriors: Into The Wild || Erin Hunter || JR || January 17th 2013 ||
 * = 20 = || The Same Stuff As Stars || Kathrine Patterson || JR || January 22nd 2013 ||
 * = 21 = || Sunwing || Kenneth Oppel || JR || March 15, 2013 ||
 * = 22 = || Warriors: Fire and Ice || Erin Hunter || JR/C || January 23rd 2013 ||
 * = 23 = || Warriors: Forest of Secrets || Erin Hunter || C || January 30th 2013 ||
 * = 24 = || Warriors: A Dangerous Path || Erin Hunter || JR/C || February 2nd 2013 ||
 * = 25 = || Warriors: Rising Storm || Erin hunter || JR || Unknown ||
 * = 26 = || Warriors: The Darkest Hour || Erin Hunter || JR || Unknown ||
 * = 27 = || Shadow Of The Dragon: Book 1: Kira || Kate O'Hearn || JR/C || March 2nd 2013 ||
 * = 28 = || Shoes, Socks, and Secrets: The Amazing
 * = 29 = || Shadow Of The Dragon: Book 2: Elspeth || Kate O'Hearn || JR || April 6th 2013 ||

Dear Ms. Sellers,

I have started reading the next book of Warriors. It is The Darkest Hour and it is also the last book in the series! So far, ShadowClan and RiverClan have joined together to make a new clan called TigerClan. Tigerstar has told the clans that they would live in peace, but there are some half clan cats living there and they are held as prisoners. So Firestar (The new ThunderClan leader) helps the prisoners escape. If I was Firestar I would tell him that it is too risky. I can't wait to read more!

Vianne W.

January 14th 2013

Dear Ms. Sellers, I just finished reading the 4th Warriors book. It was awesome, I can't believe what happened! Okay, so just a flashback from Forest of secrets. Tigerclaw turns out to be the "Bad Guy" Near the end of the book. And Bluestar is not her normal self anymore. She stopped eating regularly and became sick. She would not take healing herbs or even poppy seeds to ease her mind. The whole clan was worried that Bluestar would die, but only Fireheart and Yellowfang know that she is on her last life. Speaking of Fireheart, he became the new deputy of Thunder Clan after Tigerclaw was driven out. He was having trouble organizing hunting parties, taking the warriors to fourtrees, and setting up dawn, noon, and dusk patrols.

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Anyway, back to the 4th book. The clan is in trouble with Tigerclaw on the loose. The new rule is that apprentices have to travel with at least one warrior, and that all kits under 6 moons (Months) must stay in the camp. So there were 2 Shadow Clan cats asking for herbs from Thunder Clan and they were very sick. Cinderpelt (Who used to be Cinderpaw) helped the warriors to heal and return to their camp, while the rest disapprove. In the middle of the book, Tigerclaw and a few Shadow Clan rouges attack Fireheart, Mousefur, and Whitestorm. But Graystripe comes to help. At the end of the book, it is really suspenseful. The last sentence was "There was a rustle coming from the twisted brambles. A dark tabby with amber eyes came stalking towards the clearing. It was the new Shadow Clan leader. Tigerclaw". I like this part of the book because it is one of the best endings I have ever read. I can't wait to read the next book! Happy Valentine's day!===== -Vianne Wood 7-23

January 28th 2013 Dear Ms. Sellers,

Hi Ms Sellers! I am reading LOTS of warrior books and thay are my favorite! I am on to Forest Of Secrets __#|now__. So Fireheart is currently trying to fuigure out the history of a ceartian warrior. Two really. They are Tigerclaw and Redtail. Fireheart is trying to fuigure out the death of Redtail but thinks Tigerclaw killed Redtail. Is it true? Well I am trying to find out just that. And so is he. Ravenpaw is telling Fireheart that Oakheart was killed by rockfall. NOT by Redtail. But when Fireheart tells Bluestar his discovery, she does not believe him. If I could talk to Bluestar, I would tell her to believe Fireheart. See you later! -Vianne Wood

January 24th 2013 Dear Ms. Sellers,

I finished reading Fire and Ice and it was a great book. Graypaw is in love with Silverstream. But Silverstream lives in RiverClan. So there are troubles happening between the two. Then, RiverClan and ShadowClan team up to fight WindClan. So ThunderClan warriors go to help WindClan. The 4 clans have a ferocious battle and it ends up that ThunderClan and WindClan win. If I could talk to WindClan, I would tell them that they and ThunderClan can be allied clans. When ThunderClan returns to camp, all of the warriors congratulate Fireheart for fighting so well. I loved the book and I am getting the next one soon. Bye! -Vianne Wood

January 22 2013 Dear Ms. Sellers, I finished Into the Wild and Started reading the next book, Fire and Ice. There are literally only 20 pages or so left. So, Firepaw became a warrior and earned his warrior name, Fireheart. He got an apprentice named Cinderpaw. Cinderpaw is very energetic and eager. But after She was hit by a "monster" ( a __#|car__ ) and now Yellowfang healed her but Cinderpaw will never become a warrior. Then, Brokenstar, the old ShadowClan leader, attacked with some of his old warriors. ThunderClan wins the battle, but Brokenstar got hurt and they did not kill him. Yellowfang healed him because he is her son. Even though medicine cats are not allowed to have kits. Speaking of kits, Fireheart brought in a kit to ThunderClan because his sister, Princess, wanted to have the kit's fate to be a part of ThunderClan. If I could talk to all of ThunderClan, I would tell them that Cloudkit is not a threat. It will only help the clan. I can't wait to #|move on to the next book! Your Student, Vianne Wood

January 14 2013

Dear Ms. Sellers,

I started reading the book Warriors Into The Wild, and I love it so much that I'm already halfway through the book! The story starts with a cat named Rusty, he wanders off into the woods and a cat named Graypaw jumps on him and starts to attack. Rusty did not know that Graypaw was a member of ThunderClan. The leader of the clan, Bluestar, invites Rusty to become a member of ThunderClan, under the condition that he needs to leave his owners forever. Rusty joins the clan and becomes known as Firepaw, the new apprentice. The warrior named Lionheart along with another warrior named Tigerclaw both train Firepaw to become a warrior. They go off and patrol the ThunderClan territory and protect the boundary lines. Later in the book, Firepaw meets and fights a ShadowClan warrior named Yellowfang. Firepaw finds out that she has not eaten fresh- kill in days. So Firepaw goes off and hunts for her. When Bluestar finds out, she takes him as her apprentice, AND makes him take care of Yellowfang until she is well enough to get back to ShadowClan. If I could talk to Bluestar, I would tell her that ShadowClan is evil, and that Yellowfang should not be able to find out about ThunderClan secrets. I can't wait to read more! __#|Your__ student, Vianne Wood

Dear member of Room 7, I can’t believe that it’s already December and that we are halfway done with our second read aloud of __Sunwing__. You know I love these stories and love the characters- even Goth sometimes! I think the author Kenneth Oppel does a terrific job making you as the reader know the characters really well. We’ve talked a lot about how Shade is impulsive, and that he often “leaps, then looks” which causes many problems for him and others through the stories. One place where we see him do this is most recently in __Sunwing__. On page 164, “From behind him came a sudden and intense flash of light, and for a split second it was as if the night had become day. “Don’t look back,” Caliban snapped. Shade looked.” This is such a perfect example of Shade. We can all imagine how hard it is not to do something when someone tells you directly not to do it- but I would think that Shade would’ve been so scared at all that he had been through and would be afraid to see what terrible things would be behind him that he wouldn’t look as Caliban told him to. Shade however has a hard time following rules, and thinking things through. Although, I think we can already see signs that Shade is “growing up” in this second story.

Over #|vacation, I’m getting ready to read the third book in a Sci Fi series that I’ve really enjoyed. This book is called __Reached__ and it’s written by Ally Condie. The reason I am planning on reading it is that I’ve asked Santa to bring it for Christmas, and there’s nothing I enjoy more on Winter Vacation than curling up with a great new book. There are three main characters in this series- Cassia (the main girl), Ky and Xander. ***The genre of this book is definitely Sci Fi as this book takes place in the future where the government- called “The Society”- gets to make a lot of decisions for you. They pick a job for you, and they even recommend who you should marry. You don’t have to marry that person, but they “match” you with the perfect person. (The first book in the series was called __Matched__.)They also tell you that you may only keep a certain amount of special items or artifacts- and paper is a very special thing which most people are not supposed to have. Can’t wait to hear what you’ve been reading about- write you back after vacation! Love, Ms. Sellers J

December 18, 2012

Dear Ms. Sellers,

In the book __The Same Stuff as Stars__, I think Angel and Bernie are independent. For example, Verna has abandoned the two kids and left them to stay with their great grandmother. Angel shows a lot of responsibility by looking out for Bernie AND for their great grandmother. If I could talk to Verna, I would askher why she abandoned her kids. But, Angel did find out why she left. As stated on page 112, Angelk remembers what Verna said " going to put it behind me and get on with the rest of my life. Now their family is starting to fall apart. Litterally.

I am also finished reading the book __Confectionately Yours__. The main character, Hayley, is not getting along with her ex-best friend, Artie. Hayley's dad invited her and her sister, Chloe, to his girlfriend, Amy's house for thankgiving dinner. I think the genre of this book is realistic fiction because it could happen. Hayley's mom is not completely ok with the idea of not spending thanksgiving with the kids. I really liked that book. See you after vacation! Your #|student, Vianne Wood

December 6th 2012 Dear Ms. Sellers, I just finished __Darkwing__ an it was the best book I've ever read! My favorite part was when Icarus leads the colony away from the island. The felids were murdering the chiropters on the island, so they had to get away. They don't fly, they glide, but Dusk (The main character of the book) made a change so he can fly. The colony found a place where tree runners lived. They invited the chiropters to stay. But, it ends up that they were just trying to feed a hungry Dyatriama. Dusk led the colony to a tree that was not occupied, and he knew about this tree because he had met a bat there. It was mean that Nova abandoned Dusk. She just sent him away and left without him! Only two elders stayed with the rest of the colony. A cool part was when Dusk and his sister, Sylph, went underground and found a nest of saurian eggs. And by the way, Dusk is a bat too. I wonder if chiropters were (or are) real and acctually evolved into bats! From, Vianne Wood

November 14, 2012 Dear Ms. Sellers, Do you think Zephyr could be in the tube? I mean, it could be Goth, but how did he fly and get in there so quickly? I thought he was badly injured as the book stated. I am confused. Could it be another bat, a new one? I think it might be Zephyr. It kind of makes sence because in __Silverwing__ he was the one with the creepy voice in the first place. I hope I didn't ask too many questions! Sincerely, Vianne Wood

November 13, 2012 Dear Vianne- Thanks so much for your first letter. Were you surprised by the ending of __Silverwing__? Can you believe that Goth didn't die when he got struck by lightning. I think the author, Kenneth Oppel, makes the stories more interesting by keeping Goth- the bad guy- alive. Someone else in our class wrote to me that they wondered why Goth wripped off Marina's band? Do you think he had a reason, or was just trying to attack her? I'm so glad that you are loving this series- I'm excited to share __Sunwing__ with you all as well. The author got me interested in the part that we just left on- when Shade flew right in to the giant human building because he heard bat voices calling to them- but were they real voices, and should Shade have just flown in without being a little more cautious? I loved everyone in our class's reaction- could Goth be inside? could he be calling out? I kind of love it as a teacher when I leave people hanging at the end of the chapter and kids say, "Don't stop reading Ms. Sellers!"

Your friend in reading, Ms. Sellers :)

Dear Ms. Sellers, I feel bad for Marina because she got her band ripped off. If I were Shade and I was in the storm, I would probably keep flying up and go as fast as I could Using as much energy as I could. I think Kenneth Oppel is a very good author and he really knows how to make a picture in your mind. I hope Shade finds his father soon. I would really feel sad if I never succeded in finding my father. Also, In Sunwing, I was wondering who was making the voices. It is so suspensful that whenever you read it, I am at the edge of my seat. Literally!

__#|Your__ Student, Vianne Wood

September 26, 2012 Dear Room 7, I’m very excited to hear all your thoughts about what you’re reading on your individual wiki pages. I’ve really enjoyed all your enthusiasm about Silverwing. Even though this is my thirteenth time reading it, I still get really excited about sharing it every year. ** *The genre of this book is definitely fantasy since I don’t believe that bats and owls have wars or detailed adventures together. I also consider this to be a genre of my own invention- called Animal Adventure **. I love the character Shade; he’s one of my all-time favorites. ** *If I could talk to Shade, I would ask him if he thinks it was worth it to break the law and see the sun, especially after what happens to his colony as a result. **

Your friend in reading, Ms. Sellers:)