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"the reason I haven't wanted to go away is because I have wanted to stay here, and the reason I've wanted to stay here is because of you."
Meg's family has been wanting to move to New Zealand after Oscar passed away because Meg has nothing to do anymore without Oscar.
Meg misses Oscar a lot and writes letters to him about what she is feeling and how much she misses him.
But Meg is still not giving up trying to find him

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"they said my positive thinking had made all the difference."
I felt that I could relate to this because many people have said that "if you think positive you stay positive"
Sometimes I could go into a negative mindset but what I learned was that thinking negative ruins your day and your mindset.

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"the air fizzed with a kind of prickly energy"
Meg said this because her parents were "roaring" at each other to answer the phone ringing.
I felt that I could relate to this scene because its always my brothers that are "roaring" at me to pick up the phone.

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in the book the apple tart of hope the author uses a lot of figurative language and they also use a lot of flashbacks. In the text the author says, "Instead, a patchy smudge of condensation was on the window as if someone had breathed on it, and when I pulled the window open the first thing I felt was a tiny familiar gust of cinnamon sweet smelling warm air rising into my face."
another piece of figurative language is when Meg said, "a new feeling settled on the room a feeling that didn't have any resentment or stress in it. And as the pastry melted in our mouths, other things seemed to melt too, like misgivings and doubts the things that had made us grumpy and withdrawn.

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minutes: 35
pages: 8
did I reach my goal: I reached my goal by going through my book understanding it and reading faster.

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I feel that the main idea or theme of my book is Oscar and Meg's friendship and how his bike was found at sea and and everyone in town has decided to accept it but Meg knows that they are wrong and she is trying to prove it.

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In the book the apple tart of hope the one main conflict is when Oscar is missing and presumed dead. This conflict affected the characters because Oscar was a friend to everyone and could always tell when someone is not feeling good. Meg thought it was magic and was always confused how he knew when someone is feeling down. People said Oscar always fixes everything and problems that are happening throughout their lives.
Ever since he went missing everyone was sad and Meg said that people would always go by his locker but would never touch it.

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minutes: 30
pages: 8
how I felt reading today: I felt that I reached my goal by understanding what is happening in my book.
did I reach my goal: yes

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a few scenes I like about my book are when Meg talks about all the memories she had with Oscar and how sweet of a person he is to other people.
Scenes I don't like about my book are when they sometimes move to fast and skips a few parts which could make it confusing

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"You probably can if you concentrate a bit more"
Meg feels lost and some things reminds her about Oscar and then she can't concentrate. It is tough without Oscar and everything is different without him for her.
In school she has been very off topic and has been struggling a lot more. The teachers don't know about Oscar's death and they have been angry with Meg because she is not concentrating and the only thing that she can think about at the moment is Oscar.

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minutes: 30
pages: 7
how I felt reading today: I felt that I was more interested in the book as the book goes on getting better
did I reach my goal: yes

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"he wasn't just my friend. He was a kind of magic."
In this scene Meg feels heart broken that her best friend might be gone forever. She talks about how good of a friend he was and how he would never leave anybody behind.

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An interesting topic in my book is when Oscar went missing and was presumed dead. Meg didn't believe it for a while and thinks he is still out in the sea alive. Oscar's family and Meg's family all went searching for him because they all don't think that Oscar is dead. I am still wondering what really happened to Oscar because no one is fully sure that he is dead. this topic impacted the characters because they are all heart broken thinking if he passed away and it also impacted them by searching for Oscar and Meg's family found Oscar's shoes in the water.

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minute:30
pages: 5
how I felt reading today: While reading today I didn't feel focused neither did I read as much.
did I reach my goal: no I did not reach my goal

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I feel like the narrator of the book is very descriptive. the narrator makes the book seem believable especially when their talking about Oscar and how they are going to find him. I think in the book there are more window scenes because the whole book is based off of trying to find Oscar and where could he have went missing.

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a scene from the book I felt was unfamiliar was when Meg was going to talk in front of everyone and this person stood up and looked like an angel she had golden hair and was gracefully walking to the stage where Meg was. She proceeded to the microphone and Meg wasn't sure who she was so she asked her mom and her mom wasn't sure either.
In the scene I didn't relate to someone looking like an angel walking up gracefully at a serious event

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in one scene Meg felt nervous and embarrassed to go in front of the whole stage and talk. I felt that I could relate to Meg because I always get scared to talk in front of a people.

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"now we're going to ask Oscar's best friend to come forward, please, for her reading." "But I took a couple deep breaths and I told myself I had to keep it together for Oscar."
Meg was the closest to Oscar and they were best friends since they were children. Meg was really impacted on Oscar's death and she had a tough time doing activities that she enjoys.
She did everything with Oscar so looking at the activities she has to do it was hard for her not doing it with Oscar.

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minutes:30
pages: 9
how I felt reading today: I felt really focus and my book stated getting more interesting as I was understanding
did I reach my goal: yes

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minutes: 30
pages:12
how I felt reading today: I didn't feel as focused but I felt that I got farther into my book and understood it more
did I meet my goal: yes

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date started: November 29th 2021
date finished:

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goal 2- to try to understand my book more and read more pages.

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goal 2- to try to understand my book more and read more pages.

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i chose this goal because it is really important to understand the book you are reading. I think I accomplished my first goal because I felt that I was focusing on the book more and not getting as distracted.

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minutes: 25
pages: 7
how I felt reading today: I felt interested in my book

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"everything is waiting to explode like Christmas." (house on mango street, page 73)

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"everything is waiting to explode like Christmas." (house on mango street, page 73)

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connotation: what they mean by "explode like Christmas" is that something is going to happen and Christmas is where most people get really excited.
the mood or feeling that is shown is angry because when they used the word "explode" it usually doesn't mean something good.
this is a negative impact because it was more like an angry tone.

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a personification in the family of little feet "the grandma's feet were lovely as pink pearls and dressed in velvety high heels that made her walk with a wobble, but she wore them anyway because they were pretty." (mango street, page 39)

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a personification in the family of little feet "the grandma's feet were lovely as pink pearls and dressed in velvety high heels that made her walk with a wobble, but she wore them anyway because they were pretty." (mango street, page 39)

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someone that inspired me was my aunt who was in college for more than four years because she studied to be a doctor.
I will accomplish this dream by getting good grades and putting all my effort in.

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something that inspired me was my aunt having two dogs and saying that they make her day much better.
Since I can't get a dog now I really want one when I finish college.

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someone who inspired this dream was my dad because he also loves animals and he told me all the great stuff about being a vet and how much I would like it.
I will try to accomplish this dream when I am older by studying about it

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something that inspired this was getting an a good GPA.
I will try to accomplish this goal y putting my best effort in my assignments, tests, and quizes

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a hyperbole from the vignette ¨And some more¨

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a hyperbole from the vignette ¨And some more¨

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¨there ain´t thirty different kinds of snow, Lucy says.¨

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a personification from the vignette ¨Darius & the clouds¨ 

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a personification from the vignette ¨Darius & the clouds¨ 

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¨here there is too much sadness and not enough sky.¨

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a simile from the vignette ¨There was an old woman she had so many children she didn´t know what to do¨ 

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a simile from the vignette ¨There was an old woman she had so many children she didn´t know what to do¨ 

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¨the kids bends trees and bounce between cars and dangle upside down from knees and almost break like fancy museum vases you can´t replace.¨

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¨tables with their feet upside down and rows and rows of refrigerators with round corners and couches that spin dust in the air when you punch them and a hundred T.V.´s that don´t work probably.¨ (mango street, p. 19)

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¨tables with their feet upside down and rows and rows of refrigerators with round corners and couches that spin dust in the air when you punch them and a hundred T.V.´s that don´t work probably.¨ (mango street, p. 19)

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the figurative language they are using are metaphors.
it is effective because the author made it more detailed and explained what each item was like
i think the author included this because he could make it into a descriptive way.
it helps me understand what each item he is describing is like.

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¨their clothes are crooked and old¨ (mango street, p. 14.)

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¨their clothes are crooked and old¨ (mango street, p. 14.)

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denotation: their clothes were old and out of place
connotation: what they mean by crooked is out of shape, bent, and twisted.
the mood or feeling shown in the phrase was sad because there clothes were all messed up and out of place.
this is negative because their clothes were messed up
I think the author used this phrase or word because it made it more descriptive then saying their clothes were old and bad but saying their clothes were crooked and old made it more descriptive.

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FORMAT- ¨sentence from the story¨ (mango street, p. #)

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FORMAT- ¨sentence from the story¨ (mango street, p. #)

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what type of figurative language is the author using? explain how you know this.
why is it effective? why did the author include this piece of figurative language? what does it help you picture or understand?

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¨windows so small you´d think they are holding their breath¨ (mango street    p. 4

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¨windows so small you´d think they are holding their breath¨ (mango street    p. 4

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these piece of figurative language is personification because the author is giving human qualities (holding their breath) to an understand just how small the windows are by using something everyone can relate to. we all know what it looks like when someone is holding their breathe or sucking in to look smaller. we can relate this to windows and better visualize the windows.

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¨Sentence from the story¨ (mango street p. #)

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¨Sentence from the story¨ (mango street p. #)

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denotation:
connotation:
what mood or feeling is shown in this phrase? Positive? negative?
why did the author use this phrase or word? what did it add to the story? what do we learn?

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¨As if she were a fancy chandelier (mango street p. 11)

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¨As if she were a fancy chandelier (mango street p. 11)

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Denotation- a decorative hanging light with branches for several light bulbs or candles.

Connotation- valuable, elegant, delicate, expensive, desirable

Using the word chandelier adds a positive and sophisticated mood to this section of the story.
The author used the phrase fancy chandelier so we can learn how Esperanza's great-grandfather views her great-grandmother. We learn that he loved her and really wanted to marry her. He values her and sees her as a delicate, elegant, desirable woman. The message would have been significantly different if the author said, “As if she were a sack of potatoes.”

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she wasn´t happy with her self like she didnt like her hair, her house, and her name.

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esperanza does not like her name at all I felt that I could relate to this because I also did not like my name at all for a while but I learned to accept it.

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minutes: 20
pages:8
how i felt reading: i started a new book
did i reach my goal: yes

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he is scared to try a new activity but after he tried it he liked it a lot.
i can relate to this because i also get anxious to try something new but after i do the activity i usually like it a lot.

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the conflict in the book is that Caden refused to go try out for some activities and he also refused to reconnect with people. Caden realized what he is doing and how it is not good for him so he told his dad that he wants to try out for the cross country team to reconnect with people

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annotation question: how does Caden get convinced to go try out for new things?

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annotation question: how does Caden get convinced to go try out for new things?

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caden realizes that he lost connections with lot of people and he wants to reconnect with people again because he realized that he doesn´t do anything at all.

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annotation question: why does Caden feel that he has no friends

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annotation question: why does Caden feel that he has no friends

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after a point of time Caden stopped talking to a lot of people and the only thing he did was draw. his parents were trying to help him reconnect with people but he refused to. after a few months passed Caden said that he is going to try out for the cross country team so he can reconnect with people.

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date started: October 15th
date finished: November 17th

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minutes: 40
pages: 17
how i felt reading today: i was reading a lot more then usual and i was very concentrated on my book.
did i meet my goal: yes

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what i like about my book is it is very interesting learning about Caden and what he is feeling like in the inside
what i don´t like about this book is that it moves topics really fast so sometimes the book gets confusing

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when he was on the ship he was nervous to jump into the water

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something I found confusing was that Caden wants to sit with his best friends but he is not social so in his head he pretended to sit with them but he didn´t actually sit with them

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the author puts a lot of dialogue in this book and he puts some flash backs in the book. the author is very descriptive and detailed in this book.

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minutes 30
pages: 7
how i felt reading today: i did not read as much as i usually do.
did i meet my goal: no

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the scene is how Caden draws everything out that he is thinking.
his parents think that it is unfamiliar that he draws everthing on his sketch pad.
he took his sisters peanut butter and  started drawing with it.

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In the book I am reading an interesting thing is how when Caden thinks of something he will draw it. for an example when Caden kept thinking about all the gross flying bugs he drew it out because he hates bugs and he just wanted to get the thought out of his head. whatever he has in his mind when he is thinking he draws it out on his sketch pad.

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minutes: 35
pages: 10
how I left reading today: I felt not as focused as other times
did I meet my goal: no

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does the conflict affect the characters or plot?

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does the conflict affect the characters or plot?

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yes it affects the characters or plot because the main character Caden feels threatened in his class because of this one person who thinks that he is going to kill Caden. Caden is having nightmares now and something is bothering him but he is not saying what is bothering him

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Caden is scared and he is having nightmares but we don´t know yet why he is scared and what is bothering him

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minutes: 28 minutes
pages: read 13 pages
how I felt reading today: today I think I reached my goal I felt focused and I read more then I usally
did I meet my goal: yes

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Caden feels threatened in his class and he told his dad that he feels threatened but he didn´t tell the reason even though the dad kept asking why.
after a while Caden told his dad and his dad says, ¨what do you mean he wants to kill you?¨ Caden stayed in silence and his dad wished he had opened his mouth to talk. Caden´s dad said it serious and he has to tell him who is the person that wants to kill him.

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in the scene it said that in his class he thought that there is something threatening in his class and he told his dad and his dad was really confused why he thought that there was something threatening in his class.

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in the scene it said that they were bored out of their mind. I think that we can all relate to this because sometimes when were with our friends at a point we get bored and then try to find something to do.

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I chose this goal because sometimes I could get distracted or I am not so interested in a book and then I get distracted.

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minutes:33
pages: 12
how I felt during ready: I read more than I did yesterday and the book got more interesting as I kept reading

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minutes: 22
pages: 10 pages
how I felt reading today: I felt focused on my book.

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9/16/21-10/5/21

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-fish in a tree
-wonder
-scat

-Lauren Tarshis
-Katherine Applegate
-Lynda Mullaly Hunt

-realistic fiction
-fantasy
-mystery

things I look for when I go pick out a book is what genre is it and what is the purpose of the story