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Will's reading comments for the 2010-11 school year!

Nice work, Will. I see three good ideas here, with explanations, so I am awarding your team six house points!
 * Mr. Shaw 6.6.11**

Jacob 5/5/11 Those are reallu good ideas.

Tyler 6.5.11 Great job, Will! I like whe you said "when you have time to talk or chatter take it to your advantage"! Great job!

Will 6/1/11 This week I am going to give advice to the fourth graders who are coming. The first piece of advice I give you is do your homework. The teachers will not be like kindergarten teachers they will not say "O.K" you have to do it. The second piece of advice I would give fourth graders is to pay attention and listen to what they say because, if you miss it their not going to tell you again. The last piece of advice is that when you have time to talk or chatter take it to your advantage because, the teachers will yell at you if you are talking well they are. I hope the fourth graders have a good year in fifth grade.

Will 5/31/11 This week I looked back and the one entry that stood out to me was the one on January 13, 2011. That entry was the one about how you have been doing so far in the school year. That stands out because, It means so much to me about how I have improved. The one book that stands out to me is Percy Jackson and the Olympians because, it is a book with Percy who is a hero in it and does so many brave things.

Will 5/21/11 This week for free choice week i am just going to write a few things that I like about gymnastics.

__Gymnastics__: Parallel bars, Rings, High Bar, Low Bar, Pit, Trampoline. My favorite is probably trampoline because I feel so free on it when I'm jumping.

I think that Google Docs was a good idea because you can share your thoughts that way and make your own documents.

Will 5/15/11 This week I am going to do another game week. This time it's going to be five trivia questions. As you go on down the list they get harder. The questions are based of of the Percy Jackson series. Please send the answer to me in a email. 1. What are the three main characters in the first book? 2. What is Percy's main mission in book 2? 3. What does Percy go into to almost get himself killed? 4. In book 4 who does Percy meet inside the Labyrinth (The Gods worst enemy)? 5. In the last book who does Percy fight with and basically kills?

Chloe 5.8.11 It sounds really interesting learning about the generals from the civil war. It sounds like your group is working really well together. I can't wait to see your presentation!

Will 5/8/11 You know Giuliana I do not quite know but every general there was a good general. This week I am going to talk about my civil war group and our topic. My Civil war group is the Union Army. We have lots of different sources that we use but I think that our best is Wikipedia. My Civil War group has been doing a great job we all share the one page of notes and we all were assigned to a separate page in the notes. My sub-topic is Generals the two generals I have learned the most about is probably William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant. I have read different information about Ulysses S. Grant but I know that he is most famous for his aggressiveness in battles. On the other hand general Sherman is famous for a march I guess I should say which was the March to the sea where he took out everything in his path.

Will, I have one question, Why is Ulysses S. Grant and General Sherman in small font when they are the most famous generals that the Union had?
 * Giuliana 5\7\11 **

Jacob 5/1/11 Those are a lot of names you must be doing a lot of research.

Will 4/27/11 My Civil War topic is the Union Army. I have the sub topic of generals so I have been finding out a lot of the generals names. Some of the names of generals are, Chief Henry W. Halleck, Winfield Scott, George G. Meade, Oliver Otis Howard. Ulysses S. Grant General Sherman

Will 4/24/11 I am just going tell you a little bit about the book I am reading.The book I am reading right now is called Erec Rex by, Kaza Kingsley. In the book there are two main characters named Bethany who is a girl and Erec who is a boy. Erec lives in an apartment with two twins, a boy, and a girl. Bethany has an Uncle who doesn't care at all about Bethany. Erec has a big problem he wakes up one day and can't find his mom. He finds Bethany and they go into a secret lair in the underground. What will happen next. Read to find out.

Will 4/17/11 Guiliana that is actually very funny you asked that because, I just finished the book that's why I am writing this entry on the book Erec Rex. In the book there is a kid named Erec and he has a friend named Bethany who is helping him find his mom. The cause in this book is they have to choose if they are going to go down these secret stairs to the underground world to find Erec's mother or are they just going to wait for his mother to come back if she ever does. The effect that happens in this is that Bethany and Erec go down the steps and try to find Erec's mother but instead accidentally they get lost and can't find her. They try to find Erec's mother in the Keeper's land (the keeper's of magic) but cannot. I haven' t read that much of the book since I started it 3 days ago but I have read that much.

Giuliana 4\16\11 I agree Percy is //very// brave and he doesn't think for himself all the time. How far are you on the book?

Will 4/5/11 This week I am going to write about my hero Percy Jackson from the series Percy Jackson & the Olympians. I admire Percy because, he is brave. When he goes into a battle he always would say to himself "If I'm going to die I might as well die fighting". I also admire him because, he is thoughtful. He always cares about someone whenever they get hurt. His friend Annabeth gets hurt in the last series and he was visiting her a lot. Which I think was thoughtful of him to visit her.

__** Lexi 3.22.11 **__ I am guessing 1. But if not then 2. If I get them both wrong then whatever because I have never read them!

Will 3/20/11 I am going to play a game "which one is a lie". I am telling this out of the book called __**The Battle Of The Labyrinth**__ by: Rick Riordan. There are two truths and one lie.

Here are the three hints: 1. There are 3 kids who go on a quest to go threw the Labyrinth and stop the Titan Lord Kronos. 2. The main kid's names are Annabeth, Rachel Dare, and Percy Jackson. 3. There enemy is Luke.

Will 3/13/11 I'm going to start on a new entry with a new book but in the same series the book is called __**The Battle Of The Labyrinth.**__ I'm going to compare and contrast the two characters named Grover and Tyson who is a cyclops.. In the story says "I-I will go with him" says Tyson. Which means that they kind of will trust each other. That means that Tyson and Grover don't like each other but Tyson will both help each other to do something.. One way they are different is that they both literally hate each other. In the text it says "Goat boy smells" said Tyson. Grover is a satyr which is half goat half human. This means that they obviously really hate each other.

Jacob 3/13/11 Nice details will. What is camp Halfblood? Why did they go there?

Lexi 3.5.11 That book sounds like a mystery. I am guessing that is a Percy Jackson book. I like that book to, Green eggs and ham.

Will 3/2/11 Liam just telling you I just started The Battle Of The Labyrinth. I'm going to tell you about the last book I read which was The Titan's Curse. The two characters I will tell you about are Annabeth and Percy. Percy and Annabeth are a like in many ways. One way they are alike is that they both go to camp half blood. Another way how there the same is they both have the same belief to defeat the evil Titan Lord. Some ways they are different is that they go on different quest except Percy goes on a quest to find and save Annabeth when Annabeth was lost and with Luke there enemy. One other way how Percy and Annabeth are different is that Percy and Annabeth both liked Luke at Camp Half Blood but now Percy and Luke are enemy's when now Annabeth still has a connection with Luke. My favorite Dr. Suess book is probably Green Eggs and Ham.

I haven't started been reading the Percy Jackson books lately but after I'm done I'm going to start again!
 * Giuliana 2\27\11**

Will 2/23/11 I have'nt gotten to those books yet. I will read them though once I'm done.

I agree with you Will, __The Titan's Curse__ is a very good book. Have you read the last two books in the series? You should read the next two books in the Percy Jackson series, __The Battle of the Labyrinth__ and __The Last Olympian.__
 * Liam 2/21/11**

Will 2/21/11 This week I'm going to write about the book **//__The Titans Curse__//** by Rick Riordan. This is one of the best books that I've ever read because, it brings me into the story. It makes me get a picture in my head of whats happening. It's just the same as watching a movie, but better because you are reading well at the same time getting a movie in your head. Another reason I enjoy reading this book is because, it has so much action and I never want to put the book down. My last reason for why I enjoy reading this book is because, there's a series and at the end of the book they just leave you hanging with no answer to if somebody dies or something like that.

Some good ideas here, Will, but I don't remember a grandfather in Number the Stars. Do you mean Uncle Henrik?
 * Mr. Shaw 2.16.11**

Good job comparing the books!
 * Giuliana 2\14\11**

Will 2/13/11 I was reading the book War Comes To Willy Freeman for this novel study and for the last novel study I read the book Number The Stars. I could compare these two novels by in the book Willy Freeman there is a lot more people that die. I also realized that Willy took a lot more of an adventure than Annemarie did in their book. Another think that was different was the same was that Willy had Aunt Betsy and Uncle Jack and Annemarie had her Grandfather. So in both of the books they had relatives that they had to go to in order to survive. There were many different settings in both of the books but I think that Willy had the most settings because, she was all over in Conneticut in Canvas Town and lots more places.

Will 1/24/11 Right now I'm reading the book the __**Sea Of Monsters**__ By: Rick Riordan. First the story starts of by Percy Jackson son of Poseidon is going to go to school but his mother talks to him about the camp and that he is'nt supposed to go back to camp half-blood. Next he goes to school and it's his last day and he has'nt had any monsters try to kill him the whole school year. So now in his last period visitors come to play dodgeball, then they get bigger and become monsters and try to kill Percy but then annabeth came and struck one of them in there back. After that Annabeth took Percy to camp Half-Blood to help the camp. Later Percy, Annabeth and Tyson go on a Cruise ship that is haunted by Monsters but they find Luke on the ship and he has controll of all the monsters. Wher I am now is that they escape from the Cruise ship and get into a cave that annabeth put stuff in when she was younger.

Sebastian 1/15/10 Thanks for telling us about how you have been reading and so on. Will 1/13/11 I guess no one commented on my last wiki response. Well here's my new one. I looked back at my first wiki on August 29th, 2010. I think that I have improved a lot on writing my wiki responses. HOW I HAVE CHANGED AND GROWN AS A READER: My responses have gotten much longer when the year is going on. My longest response was on November 17th, 2010 so far. I think that I have been reading a lot more than I was on my reading log, and I havebeen getting more into my books and more interested. I have been reading mostly 40 minutes this year, and I think that is a lot more than last year. HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT READING? IS IT A BORE OR A CHORE? I think that I'm beginning to like reading as a joy and more instead of a bore and a chore, which I was thinking at the beginning of the year. My Mom (a.k.a. Cyndi) is telling me that I am becoming a stronger reader. MEMORABLE BOOK: The most memorable book that I can remember will probably have to be Dragon Rider. It was the longest book that I've read so far in my life. I read that book when I was in third grade my Dad and I read it together. FUTURE READING LIST: My future reading list is to finish the //City Of Ember// series and try to read all of the //Lightning Thief Series//.

Will 1/10/11 I'm reading the book **//__The City of Sparks__//** (which I'm pretty much done with). **__WARNING KIND OF A GIVEAWAY!__** In this book there is a big argument and a war going on at Sparks. The main characters in this book are probably a girl named Lina. The person who brought them to this city in the first place, because she found a paper that had a way to get out of this city she thought. The other main character is probably a boy named Doon. He helped Lina because he worked in the pipe works, and that was the way out. The conflict in this story is that the town of Sparks is not giving the Emberites enough food to keep them well. The Emberites solve this problem by having a war with the Town leaders of Sparks. The people of Sparks though have a secret weapon but the Emberites don't know what the weapon is.

Liam 12/23/10 Thank you for 'giving' me the book **The People of the Sparks.** The first book in the series was very good, and I want to read the second book once I am done reading battle books.

Will 12/14/10 This week I'm still reading the book **//The People Of Sparks.//** I would give this book to Liam because it is ongoing, you would want to pick up the book and never put it down. I think Liam you would want it because, there are so many characters in it that you get to hear about. Another book that I would reccomend is the book //**Found**// by Margeret Peterson Hadix. I would reccomend this book to Tyler because, it also is a book where you pick it up and never want to put it down. It also is kind of lond but you go by it so fast because, you never put it down. Both of these books would put a lot of minutes on your reading log.

Will 12/13/10 Joni, Liam, and Ryan you guys are all correct!!

Is number one a lie? Is number 1 a lie?
 * Liam 12/11/10 **
 * Joni 12.7.10 **

Ryan 12/7/10 Is 1 a lie?

Will 12.6.10 I'm reading the book //**__The People Of Sparks__**//, here are 2 truths and 1 lie tell me the lie number is.
 * They are normal people from outside on the earth.
 * They came from an underground town
 * There is a boy named Torren.

Will 12.05.10 Liam and Joni you are correct ding ding ding!!!!!

Joni 12.3.10 Is it the second book in __//**The City of Ember**//__ series?
 * Kayla 12.4.10**
 * Is it __The City of Ember?????__**
 * Liam 12/3/10**
 * Is it __People of the Sparks?__**

Will 12.02.10 Giuliana you're correct of the series but what book is it?

Is it //The City of Ember?//
 * Giuliana 12.2.10**

Will 11.01.10 This week I'm reading the book. Clues: 1. They get out of an underground city just three of them(first). 2. They go into a town were people call them non-humans. 3. They have to work to stay in this town. 4. They live in a pioneer hotel. GUESS THAT BOOK!!!

Will 11/17/10 This week I'm still reading the book City of Ember, the Character I chose for this week is Lina. Lina is very ongoing and mysterious she wants to keep going to find out what the way out of Ember is. Another trait that Lina has is that she likes running all over town delivering messages and exploring the houses thats why the job messenger was a good job for her. I think that she keeps on going for the way out of Ember because, she is a very mysterious girl and wants to get out because almost every dinner she has beef stew or something that I don't really like. Lina wants to get out of Ember so she is working with Doon (read in my last report about Doon) to get out with the paper they found. What Lina does with her actions tells me that she really is a person that does'nt give up easilly without a fight, unlike Doon.

Zach 11/15/10 Ive read that book before and your right Doon does get mad very easily

jacob 11/14/10 Doon sounds like a person who gets agrovated easily. Will 11/11/10 This week I'm reading City Of Ember, the charater I chose was a 13 year old boy named Doon Harrow. Doon wants to be a plummer and work with the generator because he has a plan to fix it. Doon can get very upset when he gets something he does'nt want like on choice day he picks messenger and throws it on the floor and gets all frusturated. He did that because, he did'nt think that that was a good job at all but obviousally his friend Lina does like that job. His actions have told me that he gets frusturated very easy. Another trait that he has is he thinks that right when he looks at something he knows how to fix but that does'nt happen when he looks at the generator. That tells me that he's kind of an easy giving up kind of person.

I agree it must of been hard for Ellen.
 * Giuliana 11-4-10**

Will 11/4/10 In number the stars I admired Ellen the most I think that it was hardest for her to be brave in the story, because she had to sit in Uncle Henrik's boat and stay quiet for a long time I thought that related to a video I saw at the meusuem about a little boy who had to wait on a train for a long time.

Will 10/26/10 I'm not that much into scary stories but I have read one before it was called Scary Stories (I do not know the author). One of the stories in there kind of creeped me out it was about a man who went into a house something grabed him and pinned him up against the wall and started chopping of his body parts I was reading it to danny in a very scary voice.

Will 10/26/10 Chip is'nt my favorite character Jonah was you can read about him in my 10/7/10 paragraph.


 * Liam 10/26/10 **
 * Nice job Will! Is Chip your favorite character, or not? **

Broblem don't you mean problem?
 * Giuliana 10-20-10**

Will 10/17/10 Chip wants to get down to the bottom of there broblems thats why he's meddleing in peoples business.

Joni 10/16/10- Why does Chip always meddle in other people's business?

Cool, I like Chip.
 * Giuliana 10.14.10**

Will 10/13/10 The book I am reading is still Found, the charcter I decided to write about is Chip. He is a very on going kind of person. I think Chip looks like a normal 8th grader but also kind of mysterious. Chip seems to always get into the middle of everything and other peoples buisness. Chip has the same problems as jonah he also has been getting mysterious letters but he dose'nt know were there from either but he's been getting more since he just moved and whoever sent him them sent some to there older address also.

Jonah sounds like an interesting character. What is he doing about all the letters he is receiving? How has he shown his creativity?
 * Mr. Shaw 10.10.10**

Will 10/7/10I am still reading the book Found the first one in the series. The main character in the story is Jonah, he is kind of afraid about what is going to happen so he does'nt really want to listen to peoples disscussons. Jonah is a 13 year old boy, He gets all of these mysterious letters from someone that has not put a return address. He decids just not to look at them and put them at the bottom of the stavk of his papers. He pretty much just goes to school with his friend chip and sister kathreine. I think Jonah is very creative and mysterious. He keeps on thinking up plans of what to do when he meets with people or has to face some obstacle.

Will 10/7/10 The genre of Found is non-fiction.

What type of genre is Found?
 * Giuliana 10.7.10**

I know, you forgot a capital in you sentence!
 * Giuliana 10/5/10**

Will 10/4/10 You should put the book on hold.

Oh I've been wanting to read that book and check it out at the IMC but I never had time.
 * Giuliana 10-3-10**

Will 10/2/10 This week I am reading the book //Found//, the book is about a boy named Jonah. He has a sister named Kathriene and his best friend (who just moved in) is named Chip. Jonah was adopted and he has been getting mysterious letters from somewhere and they have NO return addres the letter said you are one of the missing The next day Chip comes running over to Jonah's house and was breathing hevily. Chip said "I got the same letter that you got the one that says you are one of the missing". Jonah had thought that it was just a prank letter from someone in his grade. Oh ok.
 * Giuliana 9/30/10**

Will 9/29/10 He is not good at math home work or any homework.

What do you mean not good.
 * Giuliana 9/29/10**

Will 9/23/10 No, Hank's teacher gave him the homework but he struggles because he is not that good.

Wow Hank's dad is strict! Did you say 700 page homework?!
 * Giuliana 9.23.10**

Will 9/23/10 The book I am reading right now is called How I survived my family road trip. In the book a family (Hank, Emily, Dad, Mom, and 2 friends Frankie and kathriene) is going on a road trip. Hank is so anxious to go because there is a rollercoaster park that he picked for his special place. Emily picked the science muesuem, Frankie picked a sports place, Mom picked a deli and Dad picked the crossword puzzle tournament.

Hank has a problem with this road trip, he gets a 700 page homework packet from his teacher Mrs. Adolf. His dad is very strickt about hamework so he said "if you don't finish that packet by the time we get to the rollercoaster park no rides for you!"

will 9/19/10 I am reading __//Hank Zipzer the curtains go up my pants fall down//__. The book is about a kid (hank) who isn't that good at math. There is a girl (heather) who is doing peer tutoring with Hank. When into the middle of the book a play opens up and Hank is trying out for the part of the king. Heater is trying out for the part of anna. Hank makes a deal with his Dad if he gets a B+ or better on his math test then he can stay in the play if he gets worse then he has to drop out. Hank's conflict in the story is he isn't that good at math so he can't get a B+. I think that this book is very funny I would recommend it to anyone who likes funny books. Tough I would start with the first one of the series I'm on number 12.

Tell more, Will! What story are you commenting on this week? Who is "he?" What connections to Rope Burn can you think of?
 * Mr. Shaw 9.12.10**

will 9/7/10 This week I am reading Hank Zipzer curtuains go up pants fall down. In my story the conflict is Hank Zipzer doesn't know what yoshi would be like. There is another conflict in the story he does'nt know if he put in to much hot sauce or tjust the right amont. The one connection I can think of is he can't read very well. So while he is looking at the script for the Play but insted of reading it he is trying to memorize it so he does'nt get humiliated in front of everyone. I think that is like how Richard can't climb the rope at the beggining and he does'nt want to get humiliated.

Mr. Shaw 9/6/10 Thanks, Will, for describing Hank Zipfer and your reading habits. You've earned three house points!

Kayla 9/5/10Brooke does not like Jemma because Brooke is jealous of Jemma being Tammy best friends togther. Hope that answer's your qustions.Kayla will 8/30/10Yoshi was a cool skateboarder totally what Hank did not expect. I don't know yet if they get along. Giuliana 8/30/10 what did Yoshi turn out to be did he get a long with Hank? Mr. Shaw 8/29/10 Thanks for telling us about Hank Zipfer. Did you know that the author of that series, Henry Winkler, used to be a popular TV star? He played "Fonzie" on Happy Days. I'm not sure how he got into writing books for kids. By the way, don't forget to put your name and date at the beginning of each entry. Thanks!

will 8/29/10 I'm reading Hank Zipzer, Holy Enchilada. Right now I'm not very far in the book but it's about a kid who is going to school and it's multi-cultural day. They have a prince from Japan coming too the school too see how a normal fourth grader lives. THe kid's name is Yoshi He is staying with Hank for a couple nights and Yoshi does not turn out to be what Hank expected. I usually read at night or in the morning I like reading on the couch or in my bed. I usually read about 30 minutes each day I'm trying to do more and get up to 40 minutes each day. I like reading books about other kids my age. My favorite series is what I'm reading right now the Hank Zipzer series.