March 30, April 2, 2009

Monday, March 30
Title of Text: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Minutes: 45
Summary: Once after school, Rowley and Greg were on the blacktop when a bunch of teenagers started grabbing Greg and Rowley. Some of the teenagers actually made Rowley eat the cheese that was sitting at their school for a year. Rowley was disgusted but Greg found a way to get away from eating it. A couple days after that, Rowley has been hanging out with his new friend. Then, on the blacktop at recess, a bunch of kids noticed the cheese was gone. Rowley started to shake because he was scared of what would happen. Then, Greg decided to say that he was the one who touched the cheese and that he had the cheese touch. Everyone ran away because if Greg touched them, they would get the cheese touch. Rowley was so thankful and they ended up becoming friends again. A connection I have with Greg is how he saved Rowley. I may not have done it the same way Greg did, but I would certainly try to help a friend. My opinion on this book is a 10 out of 10. It definitely had a lot of laughs and each page was fun to read. I recommend this book to everyone.

Thursday, April 2
Title of Text: The Best School Year Ever
Minutes: 70
Summary: This book started off introducing the Herdman family. This family is full of kids who are mean and who smoke. One of the kids was bad because he put his cat in a washing machine! When it came out, it growled at everyone while wearing a tablecloth. It later caused another problem by crawling up trees and making people call 911. Awkwardly, the child barely got in trouble. The kid only got a talk with his parents. Another kid named Leroy had a weird story. He got bit by a snake once and then kept the snake which eventually died. He pulled a prank on a teacher because he sneaked the snake into a closet. When the teacher opened it, she and the kids burst into screams. The principal had to come and calm everyone down. Then, Leroy went at it again by sharpening the dead snake! It made everyone afraid to get near the sharpener. The next day, he skipped school to bury his snake underground as its funeral. He later ended up being Student of the Month. His mother seemed highly confused and he didn't get in trouble at all luckily. A connection I have with Leroy's mother is how she reacted to Leroy's whole incident. If I learned he earned Student of the Month, I would be proud, just like his mother. A question I have is what caused them to be so bad? They are young but they smoke and they make a lot of bad choices. A prediction I have is that they will share more about the Herdman kids. It's just that they have not explained all the kids but they already mentioned two. My opinion on this book so far is an 7 out of 10. Not much action yet so I can't give it a 10. Action is what I love in a book.