Friday, February 13, 2009

Highlights/Lowlights of reading this year...




Highlights of reading this year that I got to read some cool books like "Hole In My Life" by Jack Gantos it is a very good book and I enjoyed reading it. Another good book I got to read is "Nickel and Dime" by Gary Soto I liked that book but unfortunately I had to do a reading journal on it which is one of my lowlights of reading this year. Another lowlight of reading this year is having to do assignments on a book that I did like reading which was Heroes,Gods and Monsters of the Greek myths. We had to so much on that book that I got bored of Heroes and Gods from Greek myths. So far I've had more lowlights than highlights this year for reading but I still enjoy reading books that I pick.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

I am reading.....



Right now in the class we are reading a book called the Alchemist about a shepherd named Santiago who has a recurring dream that's about a young kid who always takes him to some treasure in the Egyptian pyramids but right when hes gonna see the treasure he wakes up. So he goes to some gypsy lady who tells him that he has a slight chance that he will get the treasure. So he decides to go on an adventure and leave his sheep and as hes in a bar of some kind he meets up with an old mysterious guy that tells him hes a king and gives him stones that will answer Santiago's questions. So Santiago is now going on a search for his treasure based only on good omens. So far Santiago has had his money stolen but he realizes that he will make decisions on his own from now on.