Mark

=Book Log=
 * # || =Book Title= || =Author= || =E, JR, C= || =Date Completed= ||
 * ==1== || Hero || Mike Lupica || JR || Summer 2013 ||
 * ==2== || I Survived: Hurricane Katrina || Lauren ????? || E || Summer 2013 ||
 * ==3== || Tango || ??????? || JR || Early School Year ||
 * ==4== || Encounter at Easton || ???????? || E || Oct 8 2013 ||
 * ==5== || Year of the Hangman || ???????? || C || Late September 2013 ||
 * ==6== || Silverwing || KennethOppel || C || October 30 2013 ||
 * **7** || Flying Solo || ?????? || JR || October 30 2013 ||
 * **8** || Guardians of Ga Hoole || ??????????? || JR || Halloween ||
 * **9** || **Sunwing** || Kenneth Oppel || C || August 4 2013 ||

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Dear Ms. Anderson

I think i relate to lily because i have a brother just like her. i like lily more because of her attitude. I started the book Other Half Of My Heart recently. It is about two twins one is black named Kiera the other is Minerva or Minni for short the are forced to enter a paegent in their grandmother Johnson Payne. (or as they call her Grandmother Johnson-Payne-In-The-Butt)It is very interesting how they face many challanges and make friends and enemy as the story goes on.

February 23, 2014 Dear Mark,

I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed Jake & Lilly! I always find that when authors put a lot of description in their characters that it helps me to relate to the book more. Did you feel like you could relate to either Jake or Lily in any way? Did you like one character more than the other?

It is ok if you can't remember every book that you have read but do your best to update your book log with the ones that you do (like Jake & Lily)! Have you started a new book since then?

I hope that you have enjoyed your vacation and I am looking forward to seeing you on Monday!

Miss Anderson

Dear Miss Anderson

I just finished Jake and Lily. I love the way the way the author puts emotion into the characters.The book is about two twins who have a special connection where they sleepwalk to a train station in the middle of the night on their birthday. Then a kid named bump ....Lily's worst enemy becomes friends with jake. their uncle poppy tries to help lily get a new life away from jake.

Sincerely, Mark

PS i read lots of books recently but haven't updated them and i cant remember most of them.

October 31, 2013 Hey Mark- Happy Halloween! Are you going trick or treating tonight, what are you being?

Im glad that the class decided we should read __Sunwing__ next. I think it makes the most sense while the characters are still fresh in our minds, and I'm sure that people are dying to know what will happen between Shade and Goth and whether or not Shade will find his father, Cassiel, once and for all! You might remember that at the beginning of __Silverwing__ we had alternating chapters from Shade and Marina's perspective and then Goth and Throbb. I will give you a big hint that things get a little more complicated in __Sunwing__, as we end up having Shade chapters, Goth chapters, and Marina chapters! Lots to keep track of. I will also tell you that Chinook is a much more important character in this book then he was in __Silverwing__.

I know you're reading ahead, so I'm curious to hear your thoughts and i would also love to hear about some of the other great books that you've been reading.

Your friend, Mrs. P

PS- Oh wait, I just saw some of your Sunwing thoughts below. Isn't it interesting the change in Chinook as a character in this book? I like your observation about Caliban- do you think he needs to be tough? do you think he is a good leader for the bats who live at Statue Haven? Can you believe that until a few nights before, Cassiel had been the leader there????

October 5, 2013 Dear Mark,

I'm so glad to hear that you are enjoying fifth grade and especially __Silvwering.__ It's hard to pick a favorite character, but I do love Shade. Sometimes I think he does crazy things, and acts impulsive. My favorite character to do the read aloud voice for is definitely Throbb- he's just so whiny and pathetic! Who is your favorite character?

The author always gets me interested in this latest chapter that we read called "Rats". and Lucas made a really good observation about how rats and bats look alike. This part of the story is really important for Shade and Marina as they will make a friend who becomes important to them in __Sunwing__. Maybe he is the "unexpected ally" that Zephyr referred to.

I noticed that you've been reading the historical fiction book __The Year of the Hangman__. I think it takes place during the American Revolution- what can you tell me about it?

Your friend in reading, Mrs. P

Dear Coach

I am going trick or treating tonight as a grim reaper with no face.I cant belive shade made friends with the owl prince!!!!!!!!when chinook got captured i knew he would become really important. Right now shade is trying to save chinook and **CASSIEL!!! Him and marina just met up in Statue Haven. I think Caliban is mean but smart.**

Dear Coach,

My favorite character is Marina. She is such a show off sometimes! I don't think the rat is the unexpected ally although he might because Kenneth Oppel seems to twist the book all the time so I could be wrong.To answer your question about year of the hangman i didn't think it ended properly although it had suspence and was a good book.PS those dots were a mistake trying to color my leads i cant get rid of it!!!!!!!

Dear Coach

I really like Silverwing it has lots of adventure and intresting details it has so many plots too. I really like this school year because we have so much cool stuff to learn.(like vikings!!!)Silverwing is an amazing book i am really looking foward to sunwing and maybe firewing. Eric and Max are really cool I think they will improve this year by alot. and today when it mentioned goth smelling food and shade feeling something i thought it was going to be Goth.

September 26, 2013 Dear Mark,

I am so excited to be sharing __Silverwing__ with you this year as a read aloud. This is definitely one of my all time favorite books, which is probably why I can’t imagine starting a school year without sharing it with my class. *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. What do you think of __Silverwing__ so far?

Your friend in reading,

Mrs. Palmieri J