Monday, December 5, 2011

Book Review Assignment


Image of Book:
Your Name: Carlo Mosel
Title of Book: More Bloody Horowitz
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Genre: Horror/thriller
Date of Publication: 06 Sep 2010
Number of Pages: 123
Started (Date you Started to Read): Tuesday (22/11/11)
Finished (Date You Finished Reading):Thursday (1/12/11

Book Rating (1-10):
I would give the book a 8 out of 10.
I really liked the book. (i cant click on the chart above)
Book Review:
My independent reading selection is from a very famous author called Anthony Horowitz, the name is More Bloody Horowitz. It is a book with more than 1 little stories, it has 10 stories. It was published on the 6th of September in 2010. The genre of the book is horror but it also contains a little bit of a thriller. It is very bloody and very catchy because the stories are short but very well written. All of the stories are very good and really stay with the genre horror. One of my favorite stories was were there is a writer and he writes on a horror story for 11 years and then somebody copies the book. He then kills that person and i won’t give out the ending. The book is very good and it reminds me of this other horror book that i read in 5th grade. I would really recommend everybody to read this book because it is very good.

Image of Book:
Your Name: Carlo Mosel
Title of Book: More Bloody Horowitz
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Genre: Horror/thriller
Date of Publication: 06 Sep 2010
Number of Pages: 123
Started (Date you Started to Read): Tuesday (22/11/11)
Finished (Date You Finished Reading):Thursday (1/12/11

Book Rating (1-10):
I would give the book a 8 out of 10.
I really liked the book. (i cant click on the chart above)
Book Review:
My independent reading selection is from a very famous author called Anthony Horowitz, the name is More Bloody Horowitz. It is a book with more than 1 little stories, it has 10 stories. It was published on the 6th of September in 2010. The genre of the book is horror but it also contains a little bit of a thriller. It is very bloody and very catchy because the stories are short but very well written. All of the stories are very good and really stay with the genre horror. One of my favorite stories was were there is a writer and he writes on a horror story for 11 years and then somebody copies the book. He then kills that person and i won’t give out the ending. The book is very good and it reminds me of this other horror book that i read in 5th grade. I would really recommend everybody to read this book because it is very good.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Liza's book review.
My book is called "Mini Shopaholic" by Sophie Kinsella. The genre of the book is romantic comedy. There's about 414 pages in the book. The book was published in 2011. I started reading this book in August 2011 and finished in October 2011. In the rating out of IO i would give it a IO because its rare for me to find a book that i would just LOVE reading. And that book is one of them. I would recommend this book to teen readers or more like 13+ aged people because it describes the life problems and situations of people who are in their 20ies-30ies because its more understandable than. For me that book was interesting because it was so exciting, and also because i love romantic comedy stories. The story is about Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood), who is the main character. She is so happy that she became a mother, and now she has a daughter which is now two. For Becky it was the dream come true, and now she has a shopping friend for the rest of the life. But it becomes harder than she thought. But a two-year-old Minnie has a different approach to shopping. She can randomly hire a taxi, she always screams "miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine" and she can even order bags on Ebay.
And on top of everything else there is a bid financial crisis. People are having to Cut Back including all of Becky's personal shopping clients. And also Becky and Luke (husband) are still living with her parents, which is quite a pain for all of them. And to cheer everyone up, Becky decides to make a surprise party to Luke on a budget, and then it becomes REALLY complicated. When Becky gets fired from her job, the serious finance problems start. The only person that comes to help her with money is Luke's mom Elinor, who Becky and Luke absolutely dislikes. But when Elinor and Becky started working together on Luke's surprise party it all started turning good. All Becky's friends also started helping and finally it becomes a FUROR!!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Holes Paired Readings I

Holes- Voicethread




Grade 6 In-class Task Sheet

What goes around, comes around: how does
what we do today affect tomorrow?

Have a minute to think about how the guiding question relates to our novel.

You will view a series of images related to themes, characters, and events in our novel. You need to analyze how these images relate to the ideas presented by our Guiding Question.

There are three images. There will be three types of responses.

1) Observation- Identify what we are looking at. Who or what is the image of? - Simple, but try to be detailed (Criteria A).

2) Analytical- Identify the image in terms of What goes around, comes around: how does
what we do today affect tomorrow? Identify what significance these individuals or items have had in the narrative (story). More so, identify how they have had an important role in shaping the present and future of the characters in the novel.

3) Creative- Write a first person narrative from one of the characters that you feel directly relate to this image. Personal narratives are told in the first person, so you will use words like “I” and “me”. It is much like a journal. Tell us what they are thinking. Tell us what they might be worried, excited, or happy about.


***All of these responses will be shared on the “Hole” Voicethread. You need to be sure that you have 1 type of response for each image and that you have responded to all three images.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Anticipation Guide



Agree or Disagree

The most important aspect is to justify your response. Be sure to use logical examples. Think as if you were trying to convince someone to agree with your statement.

1) People under 18 should be punished for crimes the same way adults are.

2) It is better for young people to establish trust with their peers than with adults.

3) Someone who can't read is unintelligent.

4) It is good to talk about racism.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Comparing Tell-tale Heart Interpretations

“Tell-Tale Heart”

“Tell-Tale Heart”

We will be reading this classic short story in class and many of you have either already downloaded the audio version and some even downloaded it onto your iPod. COOL!

I found two interesting versions on the internet which might help build up our background information prior to reading.

View the following films of or dealing with the “Tell-Tale Heart”

Obviously the first one is an accurate depiction of Poe’s work as it incorporates a reading of the actual text.

Which media clip do you prefer, why? Which one would best help a reader to understand the actual story? (150 word min)





Tell-tell Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe