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Zach's ** reading comments for the 2010-2011 school year! **

Zach 6/7/11 My advice for incoming 4th graders is Always remember to do your homework or you'll get a lot oops slips. And if you get 3 oops slips in 1 month then you get a quiet room. It happened to me but I got 5 oops slips.

jacob 5/29/11 I also like that book. Zach 5.29.11 I think the book that was most memorable was Chicken Trek. That book is probably one of my favorite books of all time. The person who told me about it was Jacob. He said it was a really good book and it was funny to. I checked it out to the next library time I and read it in 3 days. It will also be memorable because it was the first book I ever wrote about on my wiki page or just on a wiki.

Sounds like you had a really bouncy time in California, Zach!
 * Mr. Shaw 5.25.11**

Zach 5/22/11

For free choice week ive decided to tell you about my vacation I went on to California. (Thats why I wasnt at school on Thursday and Friday). We went there to just have some fun. We went wit﻿h one of my dads partners from work. Her name is Jill. She has 5 kids but she only brought 2 on the trip. Their names were Jared and Tyler. I had alot of fun with them. Anyways, when we were there we went to alot of trampoline parks. They were called Sky High,House of Air,and Rockin Jump. Rockin Jump was under construction but they let us jump anyways. We were the first kids to ever jump on their trampolines. We went to I think 4 Sky High's. We went to one in San Francisco late at night when all the college kids from Stanford were there because Stanford University was only about 2 miles away. I played dodgeball with them about 6 times and one of those times I got atleast 7 college people out. That game went down to the final 2 people me and my sister. She threw a ball right to me and I beat her and all the college kids...It was awesome. Before that we went to 2 other sky highs but they werent as fun as this one even know this one was smaller then both of them. The next day we went to House of Air. We got there half an hour early and I really wanted to jump so i snuck on to the trampline and got to jump for and extra half hour. I also played dodgeball with a bunch of second graders and Jared,Tyler,and I all dominated them. My sister was the first one out every time. After that we went to Rockin Jump and as I told you we got to Jump on the tramplines for an hour and a half free while the place was still under construction, and we were the first kids to jump on the trampolines. It was an awesome vacation and I hope to go back there soon.

Jacob 5/22/11 Zach that was very intresting I think you will have a really good report.

Steeve 5-16-11 Nice job Zach you are a good describer.

Zach 5.16.11 Ive decided to tell you about my research project. My topic is **The Battle of Gettysburg.** The war started when a Confederate brigade entered Gettysburg for food and supplies and they saw Union forces. When fighting broke out General Robert E. Lee sent in soldiers to help. In the war the Union army was the more powerful army and they ended up winning the Civil War to.

**Danielle 5.15.11****Good Job, The book The Magicians Elephant sounds very good.** The book I am reading now is called **The Magicians Elephant.** Its about a boy named Petr who goes to a frotune teller to ask him if his parents were still alive. He already new they were dead but he just wanted to check to see if Vilna Lutz is lying to him. (Vilna Lutz is the person who took him in so Peter could live with someone). The fortune teller tells Peter that his parents are dead but his sister is still alive. When Peter goes back to his house he asks if his sister was still alive and Vilna said no. When he said that he new he was lying. The fortune teller also told Peter that to get to his sister he had to find an elephant. That night a magician was performing a show and he made an elephant come through the roof of the opera house he was perfroming in and it landed on a ladys legs. The ladys name was Madame La Vaughn. The elephant crushed her legs and broke them. When word got around and Peter heard that an elephant crashed through the opera house roof he had to find it to find his sister. The story is basically about how he has to find the elephant and find his sister. Zach 5.1.11 My research topic is the battle of Gettysburg. The war started when general Robert E Lee attacked a fort (I dont remember the name of it) and fighting broke out. It was the bloodiest war of the Civil War. The war went on for three days and alot of people died.Zach 4.24.11Ive decided to do a guess that character game on the book im reading now Sardine The characters traits are: 1.His initials are C Y S 2.Hes the captian of the ship the Huckleberry 3.He steals kids from the rulers (Supermuscleman and Dok Krok) orphanage and teaches them to be bad 4.He has a ton of tatoos Who is it? You guess. :)Zach 4.17.11 Well I cant really do a cause and effect for the book im reading now because im only about 2 pages in so im going to do a cause and effect on the book I recently finished called **The strange case of origami yoda.** The cause is Dwight makes an origami yoda and the effect is he gets really popular because people ask him questions and the answers he told them where right.

Danielle 4.16.11Good Job Zach. I have not read that book but it sounds very good.

** A hero from a book I recently read (The Hunger Ganes) is Katniss. Katniss is a hero to me because her little sister Prim tells her to come back because she has to go to an arena in the capitol to fight other kids to the death. Shes a hero because she comes back alive and thats exactly what her sister wanted. **** Jacob 3/20/11 Is the book **** Chicken Treck **

Zach 3.19.11 Ive decided to do a game. Its guess that book.

My book has: A pickle mobil in it 2 people go around and eat chicken for a contest If you eat at all the chicken resturants in the world you win $999,999,999 The books initials are C T

Zach 1.13.11 2 Characters from the book I recently read ( The Lightning Thief ) are Percy and Annabeth. They are alike because they are both great fighters. Percy is a great fighter because he cut off madussas head and kills alot of other monsters and Annabeth is a good fighter because she also kills alot of monsters with Percy. They are diffrent because Percy is the son of Poseiden and Annabeth is the daughter of Athena. P.S. I couldnt do author says because I dont have the book =)

Z ach 3/8/11 Two Characters from the book im reading now ( The Hunger Games ) are Katniss and Peeta. Katniss and Peeta aare alike because their both in the same disrtrict. In the story the author says " someone pinned number 12 to our backs." This tells you that they are in the same district because they pin a number 12 to their backs and thats what district their in. District 12. A way Katniss and Peeta are diffrent is Peeta goes against Katniss and Katniss doesnt go against Peeta. In the story the author says " He's teaming up with a wolf pack to get me." Katniss was up in a tree when she heard all this so when they left she jumped out of the tree she was in and ran away. She didnt go after them to kill them because she isnt against Peeta. This tells you that Peeta formed an alliance with other districts to try and kill Katniss but when she hopped out of the tree she didnt go after her to kill them she just ran away wich shows she is'nt aginst Peeta.

Zach 2.16.11 The book I probably love the most is The Old Willis Place. 3 reasons i like it are 1 its very actiony. It has alot of action in it. Number 2 because its a ghost story and i like those kind of books. And number 3 its a good book. I mean really good.

Zach 2.17.11 My holocaust book ( Number The Stars ) is like my revolutionary war book ( My Brother Sam is dead ) because they have to both go through somethibg tradgic. Anna merie goes through something tradgic because shes in the holocaust. Anna Merie has to help Ellen because Ellen is jewish and she doesnt want Ellen getting put in a concentration camp and killed. And Tim goes through something tradgic because hes in the revolutionary war and his brother sam, and his father Life both die.

Zach 1.23.11 The book I am reading right now is called The Lightning Thief. In the beginning Percy ( son of poseiden you probably already know that though ) gets sent to Camp Half Blood because all of Hades minion guys are after him and Camp Half Blood will keep Percy safe from Hades minions. At Camp Half Blood Percy meets Annabeth daughter of Athena ( if you read the book you already know that ). Anyways Percy ends up going on an adventure to bring the Zeuse's Master Bolt back to him because he suspects that Percy stoll his Master Bolt. On his adventure before Percy goes to return the Lightning Bolt back to Zeus Percy takes a little pitstop in the underworld to tell Hades he doesn't have the Master Bolt. So he goes down there thinking that if he tells him that he doesnt have the bolt he'll give him his mother back. But Hades is'nt an idiot so he doesnt believe him. Percy gets lucky because all Hades wanted was some thing for his throne ( I forgot what its called). But when he tells him he does'nt have that either he gets really mad and throws a tempur tantrum like a baby when his mom won't give him his passifier you know what im saying. Then Percy runs out of Hades castle and fells his backpack is very heavy. So he looks inside and Zeuse's master bolt is in there. He met Ares alont the way and he gave them a backpack so he knows Ares stoll the Bolt and put it in the backpack. So Percy gets out of the underworld as quickly as he can. Well thats all I can tell you because thats how far I am into the book. But im almost finished. I only have like 40 more pages or something like that. P.S. The Bears are going to lose because right now its 14-0 Green Bay. And the Bears D is sucking so there going to lose I know it.

Kayla 1.21.11 Nice job!

Zach 1.18.11 The book I am reading now is called The Lightning Thief. Im on the part where their in the underworld talking to Hades about how percy never stoll Zeuses' master bolt. Hades does'nt believe him but hes trying to convince Hades he did'nt steel it. Im also going to tell you how I feel about reading and and wich book has been most memorable to me. Ok, this might be a little offensive to people who like reading but in my opinion, I think reading sucks. Its the worst thing on earth. The only time i like reading is when I have a good book to read, and i hardly ever have a good book to read. The book Im reading right now is good so i think im reading more then I usually do. But if i have a bad book like Savvy, its torture to read. I think the book that has been most memorable to me is The Old Willis Place because its the best book I read. It was so good that I would read every day wich I normally dont. I dont think any book could ever match the goodness of that book. On a scale 1 to 10 its off the scale.
 * __ How do I feel about reading: __**
 * __ Wich book has been most memorable to me. Why?: __**

Cameron 1.4.11 His father is poseidan, i have seen the movie but a way long time ago i don't really remember!!

The book i am reading now is The Lightning Thief 1. Percys real name is percy 2. It is written by Rick Riordan 3. His father is Poseidan

Steeve 12.6.10 is it All About Sam?

Maddie G. 12/5/10 Is it All About Sam?

Molly 12.5.10 Is it All About Sam?

Is the book All About Sam?
 * Tyler 12.5.10**
 * Is it all about Sam?**
 * Liam 12/3/10**
 * Is it __All about Sam?__ One clue makes it really obvious.**
 * Giuliana 12.2.10**

Zach 12/1/10 Ok, the first clue is. It is about a little boy, the second clue is he has a sister named Anastasia. the third clue is the front cover of it is blue,well the outside and other parts of the book. the fourth clue is I think it written by one of these authors beverly cleary or lowis lowry. And the last clue is he doesnt like brocoli so he hides it under a rug in his house. So who is it? Nobody knows.

Lexi 11/21/10 I read the first book of clues. Wow a big prize he gets to win. Especially if it is very powerful.

Zach 11/15/10 A character from my book I am reading ( 39 clues book #2 ) is Dan Cahill. In the book he wants to win this big prize in a around the world contest that their grandmother put together before she died. The prize is to be the most powerful family in the Cahill generation and in the world. Dan wants to win that prize really bad and is very mean and greedy to his siter and babysiter Amy, and Nellie. His actions tells me very obviously that he really want to win that prize.

Sebastian 11/13/10
I would also agree.

miles 11.8.10 I did the same

Maddie 11/4/10 I did the same person for the wiki question.

Zach 11/4/10 The character I probably most admired in my book Number The Stars is Annamerie. She is the character I admire because she seems very brave and bold and is willing to do anything like her family. Like when her family took Ellen in and had her act like on of their daughters. Annamerie saved her life when the soldiers came into her house and she ripped a necklace Ellen was wearing off of her neck and the necklace was a symbol that meant she was jewish. Some things I thought connected to the book that I saw at the holocaust museum where a lot of necklaces that jewish people wear. I remembered when i saw a necklace and it was the star of david and Ellen was also wearing a necklace and i htink it was the star of david symbol.

Zach 10/31/10 The scariest book i have probably evr read was goosebumps. Thats a whole book of scary stories so it has to be kind of scary right. Anyways it has all thes freaky stories like a guy that puts on this old man mask and cant get it off and has to do all this scary stuff to get it off. Or when a dummy ( the kind that people control I dont mean it literally ) but then he tries to kill this girl witch is probably the scariest story in the book. Another scary storie ive read was 39 clues The Maze Of Bones but it was on the playaway. It was scary because the book always had scarry parts. Like when the main characters Amy and Dan almost got buried alive in cement. It made me scared and exhilerated at the same time because i didnt want to hear what happened and then i wanted to hear what happened. The scariest part in that book though is the end because its weird and scary I dont want to ruin the book so im not going to tell you the ending. Oh and also happy holloween everyone.

Good job, Zach! Please remember to put the date on your entries.
 * Mr Shaw 10/25/10**

Zach 10/23/10 My holocaust book Number The Stars is like the book i'm reading 39 Clues on the playaway because bad things always happen. In Number The Stars Ellen and Annamarie get caught by the soldiers when they where running down the street and when the soldiers broke into the Johansens house looking for Ellen and in 39 Clues Dan and Amy's favorite grandmas house catches on fire when their in it and when they were in a library and they got bombed but they survived both of them.

One of the characters from the book im reading ( 39 Clues on a playaway ) is Dan. He doesnt act like a normal 11 year old kid though. He runs around doing crazy stuff like whenever he see a graveyard he has to go scrape some of the stone off of one of the tomb stones. If they pass one and he doesnt get to go he goes all balistic on his grandma. Some of his problems are his favorite grandma grace dies and they have a funeral and after the funeral she talks about something where you have you could take 1 million dollars or go on a 39 clue scavenger hunt and become one of the most powerfulest people in their family. He and his siter end up taking the challenge and have this whople adventure and the adventure is basically Dans problem in the book. I think of Dan as a very unique character in the book because he goes crazy over every single thing especially over his collections like his baseball card collection, his tombstone scraping collection and his quarter colllection.

I think Tim is one of the best characters in the book!
 * Giuliana 10.11.10**

What is the book you're reading, Zach? What do you think about Tim?
 * Mr. Shaw 10.10.10**

Zach 10/10/10 A character from the book im reading ( The Willoughbys ) is Tim. He is a 12 year old kid the oldest one in the family. He is very bossy to his brothers and sister by telling them what to do in a mean and nasty way. Some of Tims problems are his families parents have just sold their house and basically has to take charge with the families nanny who is taking care of them to. I think Tim is a very mean character in my book and will be for the whole rest of my book.

Hey you know those awesome device that they have in the IMC I wish they would have the Wiloughbys.
 * Giuliana 10.7.10**

Cameron 10.3.10 Hahahaha that actually sound like a good book Zach i think i will try to read it and check it out!

I love that book I can read it all day!
 * Giuliana 10/3/10**

Zach 10/3/10The book I am reading is called The Willoughbys. Its about 4 children who dislike their parents and want to get rid of them but the parents want to get rid of the kids. The parents end up going on a cruise and put the house up for sale with the kids still there.Thats all i know so far because im only 75 pages in and its a pretty long book. I think the willoughbys is agood book. On a scale 1-10 its probably a nine. Its a very good book and I enjoyed it the first 10 pages I read. I reccomend it to everyone. Even people who dont read alot this book will want you read alot. Your reading Who was Daniel Boone. I started reading that I finished now I'm starting to read Who was Mark Twain.
 * Giuliana 9/26/10**

Zach 9/26/10 The book I am reading is called Who is Daniel Boone. It is about a boy at young age who loved the the woods and adventure. He lived in a poor family and he hunted to keep them warm and to keep them alive. He also loved hunting. They say he was such good of a hunter when he was a teenager he could shoot a toothpick off a bears nose 300 feet away with his rifle. Some of the characters in my book are indians, Daniel, his wife Rebecca, and his kids. The settings in this book are Daniels home, the woods, the Appalachian Mountain, Pennsylvania, Virginia< and Kentucky. Joni and Sebastian 9/21/10- What is a savvy? Why is Missy's dad in the hospital? If you like action books you should read the Percy Jackson series if you haven't yet. They're really well written with full description of every little detail.

Giuliana & Cameron 9-21-10 Savvy seems like an awesome book. We might read it sometime. What kind of power did her family have?

Mr. Shaw 9.21.10 Thanks for the update on **Savvy**. You say there's not much action in it. I don't know (because I haven't read it), but it sounds to me like there's plenty going on to keep you interested. A 13-year-old girl jumping into a truck with no idea where it's going? I'd want to keep reading to find out if (or how) she makes it to her dad in Kansas. By the way, Zach, don't forget to put your name and date before each entry. (I fixed the latest one for you.)

Jack (9/20/10) Savvy sounds very good and I will read it when I am done with my book.

Miles 9.19.10 Savvy sounds good I might read it when I am done with my current book.

Zach 9.19.10 The book I am reading is called **Savvy**. Its about a girl named Missy who is just getting her savvy but cant figure it out and she feels that she has to go to her dad. But her dad is in a hospital in Salina Kanasas and she has to figure out a way to get there so thats basically what the book is about. The main characters in my book are Missy, Bobbi, Fish, Will, Samson, and Lill. An important conflict in my book is that Missy cant get to her dad in Salina Kanasas and has to figure out how to get there. And m y rating of the book on a scale on 1 to 10 is probably a 6. I dont think its a very good book because its just one of those books that are boring and you dont enjoy theres no action in it so i dont really like it

Giuliana 9-16-10 What kind of Savvy did Missy get?

Zach 9/13/10 The book i am reading is called **Savvy** //its about a girl named Missy who is just getting her savvy ( wich is a special power you get when your 13 ) and she has to go to her dad to get her savvy. There are a couple of conflicts in my book the first one i just told you is that she cant figure out what her savvy is and she feels she has to go to her dad to figure it out. The second conflict is that her dad is in the hospital and she has to find a way to get to Salina,Kansas to get to him so she goes church in the morning and sneaks out gets on a delivery bus and and thinks the bus is going to Kansas but it isn't. The final conflict is that the bus she got on is actually going all over the state of Kansas so she cant get to her father for a couple of daysto figure out her savvy.// //A connection beetween Rope Burn and Savvy are they both have problems Missy cant figure out her savvy and Richard couldnt fugure out how to climb a rope until James taught him how to at his house in his treehouse.//

9/7/10 Marco AWSOME I will try to read it!!!

Thanks, Zach, for telling us about Chicken Trek. It sounds like a funny book. Is Daniel Pinkwater the author? You've earned 3 house points for your entry!
 * Mr. Shaw 9.6.10**

will 8/31/10 Did he get the money?

Kayla 8/30/10 Good details.

Cameron 8/30/10 That seems like a interesting book zach cool have a good time reading it

8/30/10 I like your book ZACH from RYAN

Giuliana 8/30/10 Wow that sounds like an awesome book that I would read. Did Oscar get the $999,999,999 dollars?


 * Zach 8/30/10**
 * The book i am reading is called Chiken Trek. Its about a boy named Oscar who for the summer gets sent off to his cousins house in New Jersey and thinks that its going to be horrible but its really a crazy summer. Like Oscars cousin Dr. Prechtwinkle makes him try to win a grand prize of $999,999,999 dollars by eating at all the Bagthorpe chicken resturants in the United States driving around in a time traveling pickle mobile that Dr. Prechtwinkle baught. I thaught it is a really good book and you should try reading it sometime you would definently enjoy it. Also my reading habits are almost everday ( except for summer ) i usually read most of the school year if i have to i take a little break somtimes but not often. And my favorite book is The Old Willis Place so far in school and i dont really have a favorite series because i dont think ive read one.**

9/21/10 yulissa This is sound's like a fun book I hope I read it