Reading Log Blog due Friday Sept. 16

9/10/2016

THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE MAIN CHARACTER: DESIRES AND OBSTACLES
Readers, as you read your own books, think deeply about the main character. Figure out your character’s wants, his (or her) desires. Think also about your character’s struggles, or what stands in the way. How does the character respond to those obstacles? Does your character have a hidden strength? Develop a solid, grounded idea about your character. As you read on, gather more evidence to support or develop your theory. Then stop and jot your ideas in your reading notebook. Be sure to write long and strong, filling the page. Then post your response on the reading log blog. Refer to our anchor chart below to help you.

30 Comments

Anna

9/13/2016 03:26:35 pm

I am reading a book called Trumpet of the Swan. The main character is a boy named Sam. His strong strength is exploring. He found a swamp deep in the woods. There are two swans that live at the swamp. Right now the Swan mother just had her first baby. Others are hatching right now.

Ava:)

9/15/2016 05:47:43 pm

I think there is a movie about that story.

Sam

9/15/2016 07:58:30 pm

He thats my name!

Ms. Holden

9/15/2016 08:11:34 pm

Anna, tell me more about Sam. You said his strength is exploring and that he found a swamp deep in the woods. What does Sam want? What are his struggles? How does he deal with the struggle? What does this tell you about him as a person? Use the character trait chart to help you! : )

sophia9/13/16

9/13/2016 04:12:30 pm

hey guys! I just started reading Charlie and the chocolate factory! The character I chose is charlie. I chose him because he is thankful for all that he has. He is thankful because he only eats cabbage and cabbage soup and he does not wine that he is hungry. He is also thankful because he has to sleep on the floor mattress and he does not wine that he is cold.

addison

9/14/2016 01:58:46 pm

one time that koda has had struggles is when he moves with his herd. A struggle that he has had was that he lost his mom and he kept trying to have a groth mindset and not to give up. Another time he has had struggles is when he is movung to oregon he is tired and he is having to keep trying to work though and he can not find Jasmine.

Addison

Molly Dorighi

9/14/2016 08:34:42 pm

What book are you reading? It sounds like Koda is having a lot of troubles!

Ms. Holden

9/15/2016 08:13:11 pm

Addison, how does Koda deal with these struggles? What does this tell you about Koda as a person? Use your character trails chart to help you.

allison

9/14/2016 02:00:23 pm

The main character in my book is two people they are twins named Alex and Conner from the Land of Stories. So far they do not have any weaknesses. They will go on a lot of adventures and will be scared but they do not have a specific weakness. They will have streangth when they win a battle but again not a specific.

Bennett-3PO

9/14/2016 06:42:21 pm

STAR WARS-absolutely everything you need to know
Free Agent is the pages about Ahsoka Tano.

Molly Dorighi

9/14/2016 08:29:24 pm

I am reading a book called Rules. The main character is Catherine. She wants to have a normal life because her younger brother David has autism. Catherine's struggles are making friends because David makes other kids think he's weird, so Catherine might be weird too. David goes every where Catherine goes, except for when they are in school, but they do ride the bus together. She can draw really well. She also tries to teach David words and appropriate social rules. I think Catherine is a kind hearted girl.

Bennett-3PO

9/15/2016 03:20:54 pm

Allegra always stands between Jack and danger. To quote The Accidental Hero, "There it was: the symbol of a true Valorian. All it took to bring it out was friend in need. This brings up questions. How did the Valorians, an alien race, come to Earth? Why? And why do female Valorians have the power to liquify their bodies and change shape?

Wills

9/15/2016 03:29:38 pm

Hi! This is Wills. I am reading a book called Miss Peregrine's Home for Pecuilar Children. The character I chose was Jacob. What he wants is to find out how is grandfather died. People think he is crazy because he claims that his grandfather was attacked by a monster. To find out exactly how his grandfather died he has to go to Wales but his parents don't want him to go to Wales by himself.

jake fritzel

9/15/2016 04:07:23 pm

Hi, guys I am currently reading magic tree house. My character is Jack He starts looking in a forest for something then he finds a tree house this tells me that he wants to go see and he does. When he gets in there he finds books, books every were. He finds a book with dinosaurs he opens it up and he goes to that place he was really scared. I would be scared too. his desire is to explore and go back home. that is my book that im currently reading.

Jeremy

9/15/2016 05:25:32 pm

Hi I am reading a book called Spy School and my character is Ben. I think Ben is very secretive about his investigations with Alexander and Erica about who the assassin is that came into his room and asked him about Pinwheel and he doesn't even know what Pinwheel is and said "If you don't tell me what Pinwheel is I will kill you.". Ben doesn't want anyone to find out about the investigations

Ava :)

9/15/2016 05:46:37 pm

The book I read today is Bunnicula. I think that the bunny is not that mean I think he is nice but still looks creepy. He is a bunny with fangs and red eyes but I think that when Bunnicula saw the family he probably was scared, confused, and frighten but at lest he found a family which is good thing to have. But they think he might be dangerous because he has fangs and red eyes so that is how far I went to the book and I hope I like it but I have read the book but I forgot about it so I will found out of what the book is about and more about the bunny.

Scott (the awesome for the second week in a row)

9/15/2016 06:16:23 pm

Hey guys, Scott here. Today I was reading The Hunger Games, and I was thinking about this blog, and I was like I should totally do Cato! But they give no facts about Cato. So I should do Glimmer! They give nothing about Glimmer. And then I found the perfect character. Rue. Rue is a twelve year old from District Eleven. Even if she gets speared through the middle by some random guy in District 1, she is still very interesting. She is a great tree climber and very fast. This is what keeps here from getting slaughtered early on. I'm not sure if she went into the Cornucopia bloodbath at the start of the games, but she would probably have died. It is sad to think her dead body was turned into a dog at the end of the book. She was with Katniss in the tree on the night when the tracker jacker attack happened. She pointed the nest out to Katniss to get her to cut it down. I think she meant to kill more than just Glimmer with the tracker jackers, like Katniss, Cato, Peeta, or the boy from District 3, but I'm not sure.

Ms. Holden

9/15/2016 08:09:43 pm

Scott (the awesome), what do all these actions tell you about Rue? What is she like? What are her wants? Her struggles? How does she work through them? What does this tell you about her?

Scott (the awesome for the second week in a row)

9/17/2016 06:25:32 am

Rue struggles to maintain her safety when she is on the ground. Even if she is quick, by the time she and Katniss formed an alliance, she was getting weaker. This means if the Careers found her on the ground, they would have a good chance of killing her, just like they did.

Bennett-3PO

9/16/2016 11:26:39 am

(the awesome for the second week in a row)? Wasn't one week enough?

Scott (the awesome for the second week in a row)

9/17/2016 06:26:37 am

No.

Sam

9/15/2016 08:08:01 pm

I am reading a book called Land of Stories the Wishing Spell it is about whole kingdom that wants to kill the queens step mother right now I am at the point were the queen is talking to her step mother about her crime she did and that it shocked the whole world that knew about her know every one want's her to be dead because she almost killed the queen and her friends.

Reese Bernstein

9/15/2016 08:22:32 pm

Story Thieves
Character : Owen

Owen is not a very good actor. I know this because Charm notices Kiel (Owen dressed up) is not acting himself. Keil usually doesn’t listen to anything Charm says but Kiel (Owen) listened which made her think something suspicious was happening. So she whips out her ray gun and says “Tell me the truth or else I will shoot you.” She says that because she wanted to know if it was the real Kiel. So Keil (Owen) says “I’m Kiel.” This shows Owen is not a good actor and it also tells me that Owen likes to lie. I notice that Owen lies every time Charm asks a question which tells me Owen is a good liar which is not a good thing. Owen desires to keep Charm from finding out it is Owen, not Kiel.

To be continued...

sean

9/16/2016 06:15:25 am

Stosh wants to help people. I know this because whenever he travels back in time he tries to save someone from dying. What gets in his is when he travels back in time he always has to find the person who he trying to help. He always perserveres through it but he doesn't end up saving the person. This tells me he wants to help people a lot

Sophia (the awesome, not Scott the awesome) white ( that is my full name)

9/16/2016 03:31:06 pm

This week I read the book buried alive. My character is Nicky. Nicky wants and desires his father to come back from his hometown to be with him. He has not been with his father in seven years. His obstacles are to stay safe, and to stay away from the CIA.

Scott(the awesome for the second week in a row)

9/17/2016 06:28:15 am

You are incorrect.

Sophie klein

9/16/2016 03:42:04 pm

HI, so my character is Meledy and her desires are her family and friends. Her struggles are having people saying mean things about her. She responds to those people by not believing in herself. She has a few hidden stregth that nobody would expect.

9/20/2016 08:04:50 pm

Hello people of earth right now I'm reading I EVEN FUNNIER by James Patterson. My character is Jamie. Jamie is funny no matter what happens. Whenever Jamie is getting bullied by Stevie he says a joke to get on Stevie's nerves. Personally I think that's a horrible idea because Stevie is huge, and Jamie is handicapped. Jamie is also calm because he almost never gets mad at people and if he hates someone such as cool guy he would tell a not so funny awkward joke. The last time Jamie was with cool guy, and cool girl Cool Guy asked, " Do all the comedians in this competition have motor skill issues". Then Jamie said, "Maybe the monkey he might have a motor or a wind up key". Jamie is still a little sad about what happened to his parents. Jamie's Parents died in a car crash accept Jamie that's why Jamie is handicapped.

JJ link

9/20/2016 08:19:17 pm

cooper

2/6/2017 07:04:37 pm

My main charter is conner and alix! i think this because they are the ones that are trying to figure out the mystery!

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