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IR Blog Post 13

January7

I just started reading the “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.” The book is written by Frederick Douglass himself. I was very interested this book after we read in excerpt of it in class. Frederick Douglass basically begins the book by talking about his life and where he was born. He […]

Hate List Blog Post 12

January7

I am still reading the “Hate List” by Jennifer Brown. In the book Valerie is still talking about the things leading up to the shooting. Valerie is trying to decipher why Nick did it. Valerie is always talking about “why he did what he did” and she is always trying to say what a shock it […]

Walden Entry #3

January7

Going to be bed earlier for a week was way harder than I thought. I realized  long I stayed on my laptop and how much television I looked at. Going to bed early gave me the energy I needed during the day to give school the attention it needed for me to maintain my grades. […]

Hate List Blog Post 11

December14

This week in my book I read about the times when Nick (Valerie’s boyfriend and murderer) and his older friend, Jeremy hung out. The narrator of my book, Valerie describes Nick as a very good guy with a dark sense of humor at times. Then when Nick hung out with Jermemy she described him as […]

Walden Plan Journal #2

December13

Giving up something is really hard. I have never really had to give up something, so this project is definitely a diffcult one. The day that I made the plan about staring to go to bed earlier I thought it would be a lot easier than it is. The first night I went home I began […]

Walden Plan Journal 1

December11

My rut is going to bed late. I am always so tired in the morning. Going to bed late prevents me from giving my full attention to school because I have no energy most of the time. I am not even staying up late to do homework I mostly stay up looking at television and […]

Hate List Blog Post 10

December10

In my book the main character is named Valerie. Her boyfriend, Nick murdered some people that he did not like and shot Valerie before turning the gun on himself. Before the shooting occured he started “hanging around with this guy, Jeremy” who was a pretty bad influence on Nick (Brown). The book began to talk […]

Hate List Blog Post Week 9

December10

The book I am currently reading is called “Hate List” by Jennifer Brown. The book is narrated by a girl named Valerie. The book is about a school shooting that happened and her boyfriend is the one that did it. Her boyfriend even shot her in the leg.  After her boyfriend shot her, he shot and killed himself. Valerie cannot […]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Week 2

November28

The main character of the book I am reading Charlie is finding his way through High School. Charlie has fit in with a group of friends and he has two best friends out of that group named Sam and Patrick. Charlie has a crush on Sam but she is a senior and she does not […]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Week 1

November28

I just started reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. The book has been really interesting so far. The book’s narrator is a freshman in High School named Charlie. Charlie is the youngest of the children and he has an older brother and sister.  I predict that Charlie will have a very hard […]

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