Wednesday, October 16, 2013

We don't want to miss out on being given all these great books because of a grownup not wanting us to read a book but what if we listened to the adult what would we miss or will we thank the adult. For most situations the adult is right. What if we had ratings for books like in the article age rated books: right or wrong they say some publishers are rating their books like Abdo Publishing Company, Forbs Publishing, American Wholesale Book Company, Apex Book Company, and Mark Ziesing Books who rated their books 7-, 1o-, 11+, 13+,18+, (for teen books). In my opinion books like twilight and harry potter should be 11+ but books like crank should be 13+ but I would listen to these ratings if you agree of not but if you feel that your 10 year old is too old for something like a magic tree house and can read harry potter go for it

Monday, October 7, 2013

ELA Blog Post – Leah Shifrel – 803 To be different is to not be alike, or to be unalike – not the same. Tris, the main character in Divergent, taught me that it’s OK to be different but it’s not OK to overuse your difference. For example, when she is with her crush, a boy named Four, she cares. She follows society’s rules -- like valuing “faction over family.” But when she’s with others she is selfish -- only into herself. Tris is stuck. She does not know where she belongs. She is divergent. But because of this she feels free. She is too free. She used to belong to a group that is self-less; now she’s in a group that is selfish. On the other hand, she may be smart for acting selfish so she won’t give away that she is a divergent. Maybe that’s why Four found out that she was a divergent – because she was herself – a selfless human being. I have my own differences like my dyslexia or the fact that I love morbid things or that I am just a strange person but every one is strange and quirky so we all could relate to Tris. What I’m really trying to say is use your difference and your power and your real self wisely. Don’t be a selfish human being