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//__**Giuliana's reading comments for the 2010-11 school year!**__//

Good suggestions, Giuliana. I see four good ideas here, so I am awarding your team four house points!
 * Mr. Shaw 6.6.11**

Maddie 6/5/11 That was really creative to make your entry look like a letter.

Dear Fourth Graders (Future Fifth Graders), Wow your experience just got better and Sherwood, walk through those doors on the first day next year and you know what I'm talking about! Now that everyone looks up to you, you need to make choices...Good choices. Its more fun when you know what you are talking about am I right so pay attention don't goof off with your friends and say to the teacher Uh um I don't know. The best part of Fifth grade is clubs, parties, the mixer field trips. My advice to you have fun do your homework [you get a lot more just saying] and you will be set! Have Fun and Good Luck,
 * Giuliana 6\5\11**
 * Giuliana Cunningham -.-**

Giuliana 5\30\11 Sorry about that :D anyways the wiki, The book that I mostly remember was all the Rick Riordan books the reason why is that I think is because those are the books that I really love and I love writing about books that I really love. My play, writing wasn't hard when I started to imagine it I tried to make it funny but also have some sadness in it and like Lily said it was //dramatic.// Percy Jackson stands in my memory and the wiki entries that meant the most to me was the play because I feel like I make someone smile when I write them.

Lily 5.25.11 Haha! I start cring? thats funny! I am soooo dramatic! Who is the Man? BTW: its 2011 not 2010

Very creative, Giuliana. Can't wait to see the movie! (By the way, I changed your date from 5.11 to 5.22.)
 * Mr. Shaw 5.25.11**

Thank you Kayla and Lily. I know I have been doing some writing about Eye-Clops the Bingos and etc. and I left off on a scary event so I think I will tell you more about it! Well thats what happened so even with 95% thank goodness that random person came in to help and oh yeah Eye-Clops when he tries to heal he can kill them so stay tuned for more who is this strange man that helped Furgzee what will he become. I don't (actually I do but I thought I left off at a good spot) stay tuned for the next time when we have a choice week!
 * Giuliana 5.22.10**
 * Skylar**: No, why? Why does this have to happen she is so young!
 * Narrator**: Skylar starts to cry.....LOUD.
 * Bingo-2:** Maybe we can uh take her to a hospital?
 * Eye-Clops**: Yeah and how are we going to tell them oh our cousin got hit with a blast of energy we need help!
 * Bingo-1**: He has a point.
 * Narrator**: Skylar turns to Eye-Clops.
 * Skylar**: You can sense if they are dead right. IS SHE DEAD?
 * Eye-Clops**: Uh sort of she is not dead but 95% of her is dead.
 * Bingo-2**: Well goodbye Furgzee it was nice uh–
 * Eye-Clops**: You know what I can heal her.
 * Bingo-1**: Hmm when was the last time u healed someone oh yeah NEVER.
 * Eye-Clops**: Then what are we suppose to do?
 * Narrator**: Furgzee shoots up.
 * Furgzee**: What did I miss.
 * Skylar**: What the?
 * Eye-Clops**: See I did that.
 * Narrator:** Then a man comes in.
 * The Man:** No **I** did that.
 * Everyone**: Who are you?????

lilyy 5.21.11 awesome! its coming along really well.

Kayla 5.15.11
Awesome play and I liked how you put more into it then before and you how you kept the lines short and that related to your last play!

**Giuliana 5\15\11**
Yes Maddie, we have a lot of information on the Union Army! This week for the choice I am going to continue with the play on trying to stop Evil Mega Bug I think you will enjoy it..... a lot! To be continued........ I hoped you liked it, feel free to ask any questions on what happens next or if Furgzee lives and what will happen to this family of supers will they defeat or die trying to save the world against Evil Mega Bug!
 * Narrator**: The team makes it back to their home but when Bingo-1 presses a button they go underground where their base is.
 * Skylar**: That was can we do it again?
 * Bingo-1**: NO!
 * Skylar**: Why? Come on we just beat a super villain I'm pretty sure we can do it again.
 * Narrator**: Just then Bingo-2 walks in.
 * Bingo-2**: Hey guys I heard what happened.
 * Skylar**: Wait, back up am I the only one that didn't know?
 * Bingo-2**: Yeah that way you wouldn't tell anyone.
 * Skylar**: Wow you're nice.
 * Narrator**: Suddenly they brake of an a fight and Eye-Clops who has been silence all the way home knocks both of them to the other side of the room.
 * Eye-Clops**: HOW CAN YOU TWO POSSIBLY BE FIGHTING AFTER WHAT JUST HAPPENED I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU TWO ON HOW SELFISH YOU ARE!
 * Narrator**: Everyone was so stunned on how loud he was that they thought the whole room rumbled.
 * Bingo-1**: Take a chill pill dude.
 * Bingo-2**: Yeah do you–
 * Eye-Clops**: SILENCE!
 * Narrator**: Eye-Clops goes back to his room and suddenly a group of people fall from the ceiling.
 * Furgzee**: Hey guys missed me! What the?
 * Skylar**: Yeah and are they ev–
 * Bingo-1**: Eye-Clops are they?
 * Eye-Clops**: Um duh, normal people don't fall out of a ceiling for no reason.
 * Furgzee**: I agree that does seem odd doesn't it.
 * Narrator**: The team splits up but there is too many of them.
 * The Bingos:** There is too many of them! [as they dodge two of them]
 * Skylar and Eye-Clops**: Watch Out Furgzee!
 * Narrator**: Furgzee gets hit with a blast of light and laid on the floor everyone got scared and they all combined powers to defeat the evil threats, though they were gone there was still one problem Furgzee.

Maddie 5/8/11
As I can see your group must have a lot of information on the Union Army.

**Giuliana 5\7\11 **
I'm going to tell you on where our group is without computers and with computers for the Civil War Research. Our group is the Union Army, we were trying to find books on our topics and I found a book on Weapons and Strategies during the Civil War it has a whole section for Union Army Strategies. The book says //Weapons and Strategies,// Ryan and I thought oh thats such a good book on both our topics but as Ryan was looking in his topic and he only found one thing! With computers I found this website that is a page of how the Union won the war and it has all of their strategies. I'm still trying to find a lot more information on my topic and I'm trying to find resources for my group members, We're are in a very good position right now.

My group and I found most of our resource from Wikipedia, Wikipedia has at least a paragraph or two about each of our sub-topic on the Union Army. My sub-topic was strategies and what I found interesting is that they used telegraphs to tell commands to the soldiers and give reports to the Lead Commander. We all have a good start and we're helping each other out too, when we could not find anything on my topic, strategies Ryan happened to be on Wikipedia and told me there was two paragraphs on strategy, also on World Book there are a lot of topics on generals for Will. Brainpop has some videos on the Civil War and the one called the Civil War explains in good details what happened. The Union Army has a lot of resources and I think we're off to a great start!
 * Giuliana 4\30\11 **

Giuliana 4\23\11 Happy Easter and Passover. For the choice week I am just going to tell you about my book up to what I have read so far. Percy is a freshman in high school and his right before he was going to the orientation his mom said to him now don't blow this up its Paul's school. Paul is his mom's boyfriend. Percy promised but when he saw Rachel Dare he used the side door where he demon cheerleaders! When everyone was in the gym Rachel told Percy to follow her and he did and when they started the tour the demon cheerleaders come in the room, Percy fought them and the police were at him //again// but Rachel promised that she would tell the police a different story so that Percy wouldn't get in trouble (I think Rachel was good friend). Annabeth and Percy make it back to Camp Half-Blood and were going on a quest with Tyson (a cyclopes who is Percy's brother) and Grover (a satyr who is Percy's best friend). Before they went the Sword Instructor Quintus gave Percy a frozen whistle and when you blow it Mrs. O'leary the hellhound will come to you and you can only use it once. When they were in Labyrinth it kept playing with their minds because it is designed to kill anyone who goes in it. They come upon a farm with strange creatures I don't want to ruin that part because it is very interesting and I'm not that far in the book to tell you what is next but you don't need me to tell you, you can read and find out!

Will 4/17/11 I have read that book and enjoyed it very much I hope you are too. I read in your entry that it is freshman orientation day though you could have added another affect to that. It is that the school's band room burned down because of Percy.

Danielle 4.16.11 Great Job Giuliana, I have not read this book.Is it anything like Harry Potter?


 * Giuliana 4\16\11 **
 * I'm reading Percy Jackson the Battle of The Labyrinth. **
 * One Cause and Effect in my book is that Percy is at freshman orientation, he is about to go through the front doors when he sees a girl he saw at the Hoover Dam last year, when he goes around the to the side door there are demon cheerleaders. That had one cause and two effects. Another Cause and Effect is that Percy is a half-blood, monsters chase him. Another cause and effect is that the girl at the Hoover Dam helped him escape, when Annabeth saw him with the girl she got mad. Another one is that Percy didn't save Nico's sister, Percy thinks Nico wants to kill him. The last cause and effect is that there is a quest to go down into the Labyrinth, Percy decides to go on the quest. **
 * I think action\adventure books have a lot of causes and effect because there is usually something always going on that has a cause and it leads up to an effect. **

Kayla 4.15.11 I love the hero that you picked out because in your writing it really shows how Jibby is a hero and I also like how Dizzy gave him earmuffs to help him balance on the tight rope! I also love the name Mr.Chesseman! The last thing that I like about your hero is that you really put details into how he is a hero so great job at supporting your hero Jibby!!

The hero that I picked from the book A Whole Nother Story is Jibby, even though he is not one of the main characters he saved the Cheesemans quite a few times. They met Jibby and his sideshow circus when their bus broke down Mr. Cheeseman pulled over and went to help him. Jibby thanked them and gave them his card and Jough gave Dizzy his ear muffs to help him balance on the tight rope. The first time is when these villains who were hunting down Mr. Cheeseman and his family and when they saw Dizzy's ear muffs and asked him where he had gotten them and they threatened if they would not tell them and Jibby wouldn't let Dizzy tell them or they would've gotten to the Cheesemans and he told the villain leader to never threaten him again. I think Jibby cares for the Cheesemans because they helped him he said that if you ever needed help just call us. The second time was when Gerrard and Mr. Cheeseman were kidnapped by the villains and Jough and Maggie called Jibby and his sideshow circus to come and help them, at first they didn't come, but when they needed desperate help they showed up at the exact time when help was needed! This showed me that Jibby was a man of his word! Those are reasons why I think Jibby is a hero!
 * Giuliana 4\4\11 **

Joni 3.23.11 I loved your play! I thought that everything in it was very creative. I like how you started the play with dialogue and how that dialogue was a question. It really grabbed me as the reader and made me want to keep reading. Great job, Giuliana!

Kayla 3.22.11 Okay and Your correct that it is Earthquake Terro!!

Lily 3.20.11 Haha! Its so funny so far! great job. very creative!


 * Giuliana 3/19/11**
 * Thanks Kayla I will.**

Hi guys I'm going to write a PLAY that I'm writing so far (on a piece of paper, seriously). It's about these kids who have super powers and are trying to defeat Evil Mega Bug! **Skylar**: How did you do that? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Eyeclops**: Uhh. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Narrator**: Eyeclops looks at Bingo-1 for her to help. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Bingo-1**: Luck I guess. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Skylar:** No it wasn't just luck you guys are hiding something! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Narrator**: All of the sudden Skylar starts floating. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Bingo-1**: Oh no that can't be good. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Eyeclops**: Well that gives a clue on her power but I don't think– <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Evil Mega Bug**: HAHAHA I finally have you. Now all I need to do is take your power! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Narrator**: Skylar starts yelling. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Skylar**: What do you mean power? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Evil Mega Bug**: You haven't told her yet? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Eyeclops:** Why would I. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Narrator**: Eyeclops takes off his glasses and a purple beam hits Evil Mega Bug Then turns to Bingo-1. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Eyeclops**: Your turn! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Narrator**: Bingo-1 starts making an earthquake and captures Evil Mega Bug! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Bingo-1:** Look Skylar we didn't want you to find out this way but we're in danger. Oh and you can fly. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Narrator:** Skylar screams happily. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">That is the end of the first scene, I'm still working on it!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kayla 3.19.11 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I love how you name the evil guy, very creative. I also love all the charters names and how you said that you are writeing it on as piece of paper seriously. I think when you said for Evil Mega Bug is I finally got you, I think you should say I finally got you now. Just a suggestion you don't have to us it if you don't want too. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Giuliana 3/18/11 **

Maddie it means that the girl or boy is either Zeus' Poseidons' or Hades' kid.
 * Giuliana 3/14/11**

Maddie G. 3/13/11 I have not read PERCY JACKSON AND THE TITAN'S CURSE. The book sounds good. What is children of one of the big three?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Danielle 3.13.11 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Great job explaining how Thalia and Percy are alike and different.

I am going to start Fresh from a different book that I am reading **Percy Jackson and The Titan's Curse.** I am going to do Thalia and Percy. They are alike because they both have black hair except Thalia has her hair spiky. They both are children of one of the big three. They both want to be the one telling the orders on what to do. They are different because Percy has Sea Green Eyes because he is son of Poseidon and Thalia has Stormy Blue eyes because she is daughter of Zeus. Thalia wears punk clothes and Percy wears a T-shirt and Jeans (it said in the book Zoë and Hunter bought Percy a shirt and jeans six sizes to big). They are also different because Thalia is turning 16 and Percy is only in 8th grade. They are also different because in the book when a monster was trying to capture two half-bloods Percy ran to go save them without getting help and Thalia got really mad at him and started yelling. Those are reasons how Thalia and Percy are alike and different.
 * Giuliana 3\12\11**

Kayla 3.12.11 I loved how you put detail in your book like you put them into two things, like you put in bold how they are alike and then you put how they are different in bold to and that was really good.

Maddie G. 3/3/11 What book where you talking about? The characters sound really interesting. I wonder what it is about. Great Job!

The two characters I'm picking from my book (the same one as last week) are Reynie and Kate! • They are both orphans. • They both have friends. • They are both are taking a gifted and talented test. • They both are the same age. • They both have a sense of humor! (like me) Those are how they are alike. • They are different genders. • Kate has blonde hair and Reynie has brown. • Kate always carries a bucket with her everywhere. • Reynie actually passed the test. • Kate helped one of the teachers escape the parents and thats how Reynie met Kate. Those are how Reynie and Kate are alike and different! My favorite Dr. Seuss book is the Sneezles because I keep laughing whenever I read it!
 * Giuliana 3\3\11**
 * How they are alike.**
 * How they are different.**


 * Giuliana 2\27\11 **
 * Thank you Joni. The book I'm reading right now is the Mysterious Benedict Society. Its about a boy named Reynie who lives in a orphanage. He already read all the text books the orphanage has so they hired a tutor for him and every morning they drink tea and read the newspaper! Miss. Perumal (his tutor) found an add that said if your a child that is gifted and talented come to Monk Building with ONE pencil and ONE eraser! Reynie was driven by Miss. Perumal. The first test Reynie was the only one that passed, he also was told to be back at 1:00 p.m. As Reynie was on is way girl dropped a pencil down a storm sewer. Reynie stopped and helped but then she said she had another pencil and she had all the answers and asked if he wanted to cheat! Reynie said no and figured out the test was a puzzle and passed but the girl didn't! Then when he went in the waiting room for the third test he met Sticky who met the same girl and the same thing happened to him, then he met Kate and a similar thing happened with the same girl. **
 * So far I think the book is very good. I don't think it's my favorite book though. but theres a second book and I maybe read that one too! **

**Joni 2.27.11** __//**Treasure Island**//__ sounds like a great book! I like how you described what happens in the book and not just why you like it. I also like how you ended your entry with a question.

The book that I really love is Treasure Island (I read that on 9.23.10). I love it because it is full of adventure because Jim goes on an adventure to find treasure but than finds out most of the crew mates are pirates and there are a lot of battles that happen. My second reason I love this book is because its funny. In the book there is pirate named Captain he sings in the book, the funny thing about that is I sing the song in my head and I can't get it out of my head whenever I listen or read it. My last reason is because you really have to read the book to find out what happens to Jim and the rest of the crew that aren't pirates. Will they get the treasure or would the pirates get there first? Find out yourself!
 * Giuliana 2\19\11**

I read War comes to Willy Freeman and Number the Stars. They compare by having heroines Willy and Annemarie. Willy is trying to find her ma. Annemarie is trying to save Ellen and her family from going to a concentration camp (I'm visiting one when I go to Germany). They are alike because they both saved someone Willy saved Uncle Jack and Annemarie saved Ellen. Also there was a war going on. They are also alike because the nazis and the British were taking people away. They are different because they are in different time zones.
 * Giuliana 2.14.11 **

I forgot to do it so I'm doing it right now. **MAYBE A GIVE AWAY**.I'm reading Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters. Percy is at school and is in gym class with his friend Tyson and they are fighting giants. Annabeth brings Percy and Tyson to Camp Half-blood and they find out Tyson is a cyclopes and is a son of Posieden. They go on a monster cruise ship where they meet Luke and have a big discussion and they jump off the boat. They meet Clarrise who was on the same quest but she actually got chosen and their ship blows up with Tyson in it. They are at the Sea of Monsters.
 * Giuliana 1.24.11 **
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Will 1/17/11 I also get that picture in my head when I read a book it's really neat.

Nice job! I really like how you organized each idea in a section so that the reader of your entry would not get as confused than if you would have if the whole entry was a paragraph. I also want to read **The Genius Files.**
 * Liam 1/13/10**

Joni 1.12.11 I really liked how you separated each idea into its own paragraph in your last entry. Great job, Giuliana!

I have grown becoming a better reader. I started to read a lot faster. I read what people write on the wiki and I sometimes read those books. In the beginning of the school year to tell you the truth I didn't really like reading. It used to bore me in some sort of way. Now I love reading. Some people watch T.V to entertain them, but as I read I create a movie in my head about the book. I think its a lot better than T.V. I have to say it was The Lost Hero because I loved that book I know all most every scene, who the characters are and what they do. I'm thinking of it right now. I think it was so well written. Percy Jackson, the new book by Dan Gutman that comes out on my birthday. I don't have much I'll just read anything that seems interesting or if someone recommends a book to me.
 * Giuliana 1.12.11**
 * How I changed or grown as a reader**
 * How do I feel about reading?**
 * Which book has been the most memorable to me**
 * What's on my future reading list**

I'm back to reading Warriors:Moonrise (I got bored and now I'm back). The Brambleclaw, Twanypelt, Squirrelpaw, Stormfur, Feathertail and Crowpaw are all in the mountains. They were on their way home when they ran into tribe cats. They escaped but then they ran into rouges who are now talking about Sharptooth (Which I think is a mountain lion I'm not sure). They have a lot of problems because back in the forest their clans are having trouble they are starving and twolegs poisoned rabbits so they can't eat them. Riverclan is fine because they can fish. I have about 150 pages to go. So I am almost done then I will start on Percy Jackson!
 * Giuliana 1.5.11 **

It is number 1. The first book I would give is the Spiderwick Chronicles. I would give it to Annie because it is similar to Harry Potter except no wizards. Its about these three siblings and their mom who move into a new house. They find all of these old books, you just don't know what will happen.It has and magic made up creatures. The next book is Warriors. I would give that book to Ryan because it is like an adventure/action and I think he would like it. Its about these four clans that live in the forest and learn how to survive. They fight, hunt prey and of course sleep. **HAPPY NEW YEARS, See you in 2011!**
 * Giuliana 12.30.10 **

12.12.10 justin Is it number 1

I know it! The lie is number one.
 * Liam 12/11/10**

Molly 12.9.10 Is the lie number 1?


 * <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #da3eda; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chloe 12.9.10 **
 * <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #da3eda; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is it lie number 1????? **

Maddie G. 12/7/10 Is the lie number 1?

<span style="color: #09f609; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hmm.... I think that number 1 is a lie.
 * <span style="color: #09f609; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Joni 12.7.10 **

Will 12/7/10 I think number 1 is a lie.

Ryan 12/7/10 is 1 a lie? The book I'm reading right now is **__The Lightning Thief.__** NOTE: I THINK A LOT OF YOU READ THIS BOOK! 1. //Percy Jackson loves his step dad.// 2. //He has been kicked out of six schools.// 3. //His best fiend is a satyr and can read face emotions.// Which one is the lie have fun.
 * Giuliana 12-7-10 **

<span style="color: #610000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Giuliana 12.5.10 <span style="color: #610000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Time for me to give out the answer! <span style="color: #610000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> BING-BING-BING <span style="color: #610000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> if you said the Lost Hero you are the winner!


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Liam 12/3/10 **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I have read this book too! I think that it is __The Lost Hero.__ **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kayla 12.3.10 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is it **__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The ____<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">lost hero __**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Joni 12.1.10 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is your book **//__The Lost Hero__//** by Rick Riordan? I think it is!

**(I already read this book) NOTE:Some of you already read the book.** 1. It starts in the grand canyon one character with amnesia one that has to do something with his hands at all time the other doing nothing. 2. They go to this strange summer camp. 3. Son of Zeus=Jason Son of Hephaditus=Leo Daughter of Aphrodite=Piper. 4. Went on a quest to save Hera.
 * Giuliana 12.1.10**

To answer Liam's question not really only the first book because I already know what is going to happen!
 * Giuliana 11.21.10**

The Spiderwick Chronicles series is a very interesting book series. Great job describing how the boggart got Jarred in trouble. Are you reading the whole series of books?
 * Liam 11/20/10**

Thanks for telling us about Jared in **The Spiderwick Chronicles**. Think about Jared's goal or goals in this story. Then think of the reason why he wants to reach that goal. That would be his **motive**. If his goal is to capture the fairies, what is his motive?
 * Mr. Shaw 11.20.10**


 * Giuliana 11.16.10**
 * The book I'm reading is The Spiderwick Chronicles book 1 The Field Guide. The character I picked from the story is Jared. Jared and his family (his mom, his older sister Mallory and his twin, brother Simon) moved to a new house a victorian type. Before they moved and after their father left Jared started getting in fights (at his old school he broke a kids nose) and is a trouble maker. When Jared went in a dumbwaiter he finds a riddle which leads him to the attic where he find a book. The book contains many drawings which of course now puts his family in danger. No one in his family believes him they think he is making it up but Arthur Spiderwick who wrote the book is actually their Aunt Lucy's dad. **
 * The traits of Jared are that he is determined, he really wants to capture the faeries. Another trait is that he sometimes is sad because when his father is brought up he thinks of his dad who left. The last trait of Jared is that he can be mean in a part of the book he threatened to give a black eye to his sister and in the previous paragraph he broke a kid's nose in a fight at his old school. A motive that Jared did was when he was trying to capture a boggart (a type of fairy) he sprinkled flour on the kitchen floor because he was trying to show his family that they are real the next morning the place was a mess and there were tiny footprints in the flour. His mom saw him at night and he was blamed for the mess when it was the boggart's fault. **

Well Jason son of Jupiter (Zeus) can fly and Piper daughter of Aphrodite can charmspeak!
 * Giuliana 11-12-10**

__** That sounds like a great book! I think its cool that leo is a fire keeper. does anyone else in the book have a cool power like his? In my book many of the characters has a special power also. **__
 * Chloe 11/11/10**

My favorite part of the is how "Chef" Leo makes the tofu tacos and tofu burgers just from his tool belt. (He has to make tofu because Piper is a vegetarian).
 * Giuliana 11-10-10 **

Joni 11/10/10- I am also reading that book. What was your favorite part so far? Mine is a give away mabye even to you!

__**WARNING IT MIGHT HAVE A GIVE AWAY!**__ I'm reading //**The Lost Hero**// by Rick Riordan. The character I chose is Leo Valdez. He is the son of Hephaestus the god of Blacksmith and fire. Leo is a fire keeper which means he can control fire. He and his two best friends Piper and Jason are on a quest to have to save Hera the queen of the gods and goddess of marriage. They have to fly all over on a bronze dragon which Leo fixed and named Festus in latin that means happy. When Festus crash landed the first time Leo fixed him but the second Festus was in pieces he got really mad and sad at the same time I felt sorry for him. Only the head was remaining and that part is for something else (If I tell you it will give away the book). I really like this book and I recommend it to anyone.
 * Giuliana 11-10-10**

Will 11/4/10 I like Uncle Henrik to and I like the words you used to describe him

Henrik is my favorite character in //Number the Stars//.
 * Giuliana 11-4-10**

Joey G. 11/3/10 Giuliana I like the way you described Henrik I admire him a lot I think he is a major up stander.

Joni 11/3/10- I agree that I admire Uncle Henrik even though I wrote about Annemarie. I also think that you did a very good job of describing Henrik and comparing his personality traits to the from game at the Holocaust museum.

Maddie 11/3/10 I think that was a very good point Giuliana.

Chloe 11/3/10 I agree with everything you said and thats what I wrote on my page also. I think you did a very good job describing what Uncle Henrik did.

I read Number the Stars by Lois Lowery. The character I mostly admire is Henrik (Uncle Henrik) because he shows heroism and is an up stander. He took the Rosens and some other Jews to Sweden... He didn't have to. At the Museum the frog game (love that game) showed in example of an up stander you and your group had to keep the green frogs from hurting the red frogs (my group beat the green frogs). I really enjoyed the museum yesterday I told my mom about it and she said my family and i can go when we have time.
 * Giuliana 11-3-10**

Mwahaha. The most scariest book I've read is Where the Wild Things are! Ha just kidding I haven't read that much scary books this book I'm naming now is not that scary but it has some events that might seem scary the book is The Old Willis Place by Mary Dowing Hahn. It is about these two ghost kids and their body is in The Old Willis Place and there is another ghost that is dead in the parlor. There is also a caretaker who takes care of the old house and he has a daughter and she finds the ghost children and one day the daughter ad the ghost child (the girl) go into the Willis Place and the daughter of the caretaker opens the parlor door and the ghost of Mrs. Willis comes out. Now I don't want to tell you what happens next but I know most of you read the book so you already know what happens. Mwahahaha.
 * Giuliana 10.27.10**

Mr. Shaw it is a plot event that leads to the resolution I forgot to add that in my writing.
 * Giuliana 10.25.10**

Good connections between the two books, Giuliana ! In "Lost Hero," you say that the resolution is that Hedge brought reinforcements. That doesn't sound like a resolution to me; could it be a plot event that leads to the real resolution?
 * Mr. Shaw 10.25.10 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Giuliana 10-20-10 **
 * __WARNING ITS A GIVE AWAY____.__** The book I'm reading right now is The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. A connection in Number the Stars and The Lost Hero is that Coach Hedge is trying to protect the three demigods and in Number the Stars the Johansens are trying to help the Rosens. Coach Hedge is just like the Johansens because they are both trying to help people who have a different religion (that is only in Number the Stars) or is half blooded. The resolution in the book is that the Johansens get the Rosens with Uncle Henrik so he can bring them safely to Sweden (Sweden wasn't occupied during the Holocaust) and Hedge brought reinforcements . The setting so far in The Lost Hero is the Grand Canyon and in Number the Stars it takes place in Denmark.

Feathertail is a girl and Feathertail is Stormfur's sister.
 * Giuliana 10.18.10**

Will 10/17/10 Who is Feathertail you never wrote about him?

After she gave birth to Stormfur and Feathertail she died.
 * Giuliana 10/14/10**

Will 10/14/10 How did Stormfurs mom die?

I'm still reading Warriors:Moonrise. Another character in the book is Stormfur. Stormfur is half clan (his dad is in Thunderclan and his mom is in Riverclan but she is dead, Stormfur is in Riverclan). Stormfur is dark gray with amber eyes. He is very strong like Brambleclaw, he is also one of the six cats. He has a strong heart he fish's and patrols. He follows the warrior code (every cat has to). Stormfur's problems in the story is that he stuck in the mountains his sister likes another cat from Windclan and his friends think he is going to stay with the tribe cats! I think Stormfur is smart, strong and gets along with a lot of cats (except Crowpaw because he thinks he is annoying).
 * Giuliana 10.12.10 **

Will in my previous entry I said that there are at least 19 or 20!
 * Giuliana 10.11.10**

Will 10/7/10 How many books are in the series?

Brambleclaw is just loyal he doesn't argue with his leader. The warrior code is just a code that every cat in the forest except rogues follow. It's hard to explain there is a lot of details.
 * Giuliana 10/7/10**

Chloe 10/6/10 That character sounds like a cool character. What does Brambleclaw do to make him so loyal? And what is the warrior code? Is it hard to follow the warrior code?


 * Giuliana 10/6/10**

I'm still reading Warriors:Moonrise, my favorite character is Brambleclaw, he is in Thunderclan. Brambleclaw looks like a tiger (his father was named Tigerclaw and he looks just like is father) he is dark brown tomcat with amber eyes. Brambleclaw is very loyal, he follows the warrior code, he patrols and hunts. His problem is that he is on a mission and he is with five other cats and they are in the mountains and his sister his hurt and even worse they meet this tribe of cats and they don't know what to expect. Now I don't want to tell you what happens next! I think of Brambleclaw is very brave strong nice and very helpful.

Well, no one really can trust their leader and in the past Shadowclan was always messed up.
 * Giuliana 10-3-10**

Will 10/2/10 Why can't they trust shadowclan did they do something wrong?

Shadowclan does sound cool but no one can trust them I would want to be in Riverclan or Thunderclan.
 * Giuliana 10/1/10**

Will 9/30/10 Shadowclan sounds kind of cool I would want to be in that one.

Right now I'm reading __//**Warriors:Moonrise by Erin Hunter.**//__ It's about cats that live in the forest and they hunt to survive. There are five clans, Thunderclan, Shadowclan, Riverclan, Windclan and Starclan (Starclan is where the cats go when they die). There is a conflict in my book the conflict is that the Twolegs (humans) are building new thunderpaths (roads) with monsters (cars) and when a patrol saw the enormous monster they have to tell the clan who has to warn Shadowclan.Starclan sent 6 warriors to hear about a bad prophecy that the Twolegs are going to destroy the forest and every single cat has to leave the forest or they would die. I think this book is great because I'm reading the 8th book out of 19 or 20 I don't know but the reason why I love them is one they are action and adventure and 2 because there is a cat named Heavystep and I annoy my brother by calling him Heavystep.
 * Giuliana 9/30/10**

Yes Will thats what happened.
 * Giuliana 9/29/10**

9/27/10 Peyton I have read that book and I thought it was really good. In response to your question to me my favorite dragon David has is Gadzooks.

will 9/26/10 Oh now I get it so hes sick and passed out.

Kayla 9-26-10 Cool details. To follow Will's question again, the book didn't say.
 * Giuliana 9/25/10**

will 9/25/10 What was he sick with? To follow Will's question Jim's dad past away because he got really sick!
 * Giuliana 9/25/10**

will 9/23/10 Guiliana why did his dad pass away? **Giuliana 9.23.10** The book that I'm reading right now is __//**Treasure Island By Robert Louis Stevenson**//__ an old classic. It's about a boy named Jim Hawkins and his family owns an inn and there was a pirate who came to the inn with a strange looking chest. He always sings sea songs and told Jim to look out for a sailor that has missing fingers and a missing leg. Jim's dad got sick and past away. A year came and the pirate that stayed at the inn (they called him captain) was found dead and Jim found a piece of paper that said you have four hours. When Jim went to the captains he found a key he opened up the chest and his mom was with him and insisted to take what the captain owed them but noises came and they took everything and Jim found a map with clues to a treasure.Jim got a crew with a boat and the doctor was the ships doctor (they got the ship because a friend of theirs new a guy who a ship. They met a man named Long John Silver who went on a voyage with them. Now I'm not going to tell you what happened on their voyage that is for me to know. The only way you would find out is to read the book!The word that I don't really know is squalls. The meaning of the word is a silent gust of wind.

It sounds like you are enjoying **Mudshark**. Who's the author? How old is Mudshark? You mentioned a couple of little problems in the book, but is there a main conflict?
 * Mr. Shaw 9.21.10**

Will 9/20/10 I think I'm going to read that book sometime. Who is the author?

Kayla 9/15/10 <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">﻿I might want to read it some day when I am finshed with the book am reading.

Giuliana 9/15/10The that I'm reading know is called __//**Mudshark**//__. It is about a boy named Lyle Williams who got the nickname Mudshark because when he was playing deathball (a mixture of football and soccer) he was on the ground covered with mud not moving when a player on the other team came up to him Mudshark grabbed his leg so fast you couldn't see it coming, the people who played deathball kicked Mudshark out because they were afraid that someone can get hurt! Mudshark can see things that other people can't, when Markie Mckorkin asked Mudshark I lost my homework he told her it was it was in a bush and he was right! Than came along this parrot that had the samething that Mudshark has. When someone came to ask Mudshark a question the parrot would answer and then Mudshark would say he is right. Mudshark wants to get rid of the parrot but there is a problem someone took the erasers from a lot of rooms!I love this book it is mystery (I'm not really into mystery) but it is still good! When Mudshark has the answer sometimes you have no idea what the answer is! Joni 9/10/10- Why is Colton doing research on pumas? Why is the book called **Smoke**? Does Colton make some new friends?

Kayla 9/10/10 <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Good jop telling us what your conflict and connection.

Giuliana 9/9/10 I'm reading a new book called __**//Smoke//**__ and a conflict in that book is that Colton (the main character) moved to California and he wants to make friends but worst of all he lost his cat, Colton is doing a research on pumas with Manuel (a new friend) and they live in California! A connection with the the book **__//Smoke//__** and __//**Rope Burn**//__ is that Colton and Richard move to a new school and they want to make new friends.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ryan 9/9/10That book sounds cool I met a fortune teller who was right it was weird Thanks, Giuliana, for telling us about The Magician's Elephant. You've earned 3 house points for your comments!
 * Mr. Shaw 9.6.10**

Molly 8/20/10 Sounds like a good book, I have read some of her other books and they were really good I think I'll try to read it.

<span style="background-color: #404040; color: #ffff00; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">will 8/30/10does he win? <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Kayla 8/30/10 I like your details about the book. The actives are water siking and I can't rember what else.

<span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Zach 8/30/10 yes Giuliana hed did win the $999,999,999 dollars

<span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hesther 8/30/10 Back at my old school the book seires Warriors was a massive hit.During recess people would pretend they were the cats in the book.It made me crazy!

<span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mr. Shaw 8/29/10 I read The Magician's Elephant to my class last year and I really liked it. I don't think my class enjoyed it as much as I did, though. I love the ending and the way everything comes together; I won't say any more since you're still reading it. I do think that DiCamillo is a very talented storyteller, as in Edward Tulane and Winn-Dixie.

<span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By the way, please remember to put your name and date before your entries, just like I did on this one. I see your name at the end, but I think it's better if the name and date come first. Thanks! Will 8/29/10That sounds like a really cool book I like Kate Dicamillo also The book that I have read from her is Tale of Desperaux. Giuliana 8/29/10The book that I'm reading is called //__**The Magician's Elephant**__// by //**Kate Dicamillo.**// Its about a boy named Peter and he went to a fortune teller who said his sister was alive and an elephant will help him find her, The person he is staying with, Vilna Lutz an old soldier that said that Peter's sister is dead. Is the fortune teller right and is Vilna Lutz lying or did the fortune teller make it up, I don't know I haven't finished the book you will just have to find out p.s. According to Vilna Lutz soldirs never lie. When I read and its not a good book (on my opinion) I don't really want to read. But when I'm reading a great book (also my opinion) I will sit there and read. The Magician's Elephant is one of those great books that I love because its really entertaining. I love to read adventure/action books those are my favorites. I don't really have a favorite author but my favorite book series is Warriors.

10/12/10Marcothis book sounds <span style="background-color: #000080; color: #fe8906; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">REALLY cool!!!!!!!!!!!!! 20/25/10 like the book from ryan ryan nice book from ryan please write back