James+MC

Book Log = Aloud = ||  ||
 * # || = Book Title = || = Author = || = E, JR, C = || = Date Completed = ||
 * = 1 = || = Silverwing = || = K. Oppel = || = Read =
 * = 2 = || = The Golden Ghost = || = Marian D. Baure = || = E = || = 1'st week of school = ||
 * = 3 = || = Scumble = || = Ingrid Law = || = JR = || =3rd week of school= ||
 * = 4 = || = Wait till Helen Comes = || = Mary D. Hahn = || = E = ||  ||
 * = 5 = || =The Hunger Games= || =Suzanne Collins= || =Jr= ||  ||
 * = 6 = || =Whatever Happened to Janie= ||  || =Jr= ||   ||
 * =7= || =The Sixty Eight Rooms= || =Marriane Malone= || =Jr= || =October= ||
 * =8= || =Sunwing= || =Kenneth Oppel= || =Jr= ||  ||
 * 9 || Found ||  ||   ||   ||


 * || Book || Author ||  ||
 * 1. || The Other Side of the Island ||  ||   ||
 * 2. || City of Ember || J. DuPrau ||  ||
 * 3. || People of Sparks ||  ||   ||
 * 4. || Chasing Vermeer || Blue Balliet ||  ||
 * 5. || Among the Hidden- Shadow Children || Haddix ||  ||
 * 6. || Found-The Missing || Haddix ||  ||

January 28, 2013 Dear James- I've been very excited to hear your thoughts on __The Missing__ series! Over the years, Margaret Peterson Haddix has become one of my favorite authors- for her creative and clever storylines and use of genre. __The Missing__ is such a cool series, as I never imagined turning a Fantasy/Sci Fi series into Historical Fiction! I wonder where she gets some of the ideas for who the kids turn out to be in history? If you could talk to any of the kids from the series, who would you talk to and WHAT would you ask them?

I'm curious about what book you might want me to read after __Sunwing.__ I would like to read an MCBA. Is there one that you haven't read that you would particularly like to hear? One of the ones I was thinking of doing was __Because of Mr. Terupt__. This was probably one of the favorites I read over the summer. The book is about a fifth grade class, maybe a little like ours. I made a text to text connection between this book and another favorite old MCBA called __Flying Solo__. Both of these books are setup the same way so that every chapter is told from the point of view of a different character. I like this setup because it lets you as the reader know what the different characters are feeling. Sometimes I find this format hard to follow too as you have to keep track of a lot of different characters instead of just a couple.

Have you ever read a book with this kind of format?

Your friend in reading, Ms. Sellers

January/22/13 Dear Ms.Sellers, Right now I am reading the missing series the two most recent books I have read are sabotaged and torn wich both of them relate to stuff you have been teaching somewhat recently sabotaged is about the roanoke village when there is a girl stolen from history (her name is andrea/virginia dare) by time travelers now since they dont want to ruin time they have to return her to her original time to fix time.in torn the book is about henry hudson when jonah (the main charecter) gos back in time to try to fix severely damaged time while there he loses all contact with earlier time.

December 20,2012 Dear Ms.Sellers, The Same Stuff as Stars is a very sad book it's about a girl and her little brother being deserted with her old grandother on a farm then something interesting when she meets the star man and is told she is made of the same stuff as the stars. If I had to describe Angel with one word it would be brave one example is on page 48 "it' be ok Berie she said and as she said the words she almost believed them herself."

The book that I am currently reading is Moon Over Manifest I found this book hard to follow when the story just took off and didn't tell you about the character it just started in a train. Since then the book has explained a little more and I enjoy it. The book is about a girl who is sent to a town called Manifest where her dad grew up while he works on a railroad. The books time takes place around the great depression while there the girl goes on a spy hunt because of some map she finds.

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 **


 * November 18, 2012**
 * Hi James,**


 * Thanks so much for your first letter. I'm not exactly sure which book you're talking about in your letter. because you forgot to tell me! Is it __The Sixty-Eight Rooms__? This is one of the MCBAs that I would love to be able to read over Christmas vacation. Like so many other great fantasy/adventure books, this appears to be the first in a series. Do you think you would like to read the other books?**


 * I was very excited back in September when you and Matt both wanted to read __Sunwing__. You probably see now why I wanted you to have the background of the first book before you moved on to the second. 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. 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!" **


 * Talk to you soon, **
 * Ms. Sellers:) **


 * Dear Ms.Sellers,**
 * I'd like to read other books by this author because you can really visualize what he is writing because he really describes what he is talking about like when he writes The stopwatches metal casing hung over his index finger, stretched out and bent.The other thing I liked about this book was all the genres like magic and action.These are the reasons I liked this book.**
 * your student,**
 * James M.**


 * 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:)