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Using my data I can see that I can read for a long time.

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When Sam and Frodo go off on their journey, they are tailed by Gollum, who wants to kill them and take the ring, when they catch him, this affects the plot by giving them a guide, who will help them travel through the land. This makes the journey quicker for them, making the plot change along the way.

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Response 3: Tell me about the narrator of the book you are reading. What is he or she like? Is he or she believable? Do they seem authentic and real? Do you connect with the narrator? Throughout the story, are there more “window” scenes than “mirror” scenes? Explain.

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Response 3: Tell me about the narrator of the book you are reading. What is he or she like? Is he or she believable? Do they seem authentic and real? Do you connect with the narrator? Throughout the story, are there more “window” scenes than “mirror” scenes? Explain.

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The narrator is believable because they are "all knowing," and they don't have any traits or anything, they just tell the story, through the story there are about equal windows and mirrors because I can relate to a lot.

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minutes 30
pages 50
goal yes
felt good, focused entire time

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When Gandalf chooses to go through the mines as a shortcut, this conflicts him a lot because he knows it's dangerous, but he has to find a path. I can't relate because I've never had to lead my friends into danger.

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Frodo has to decide to take the responsibility to destroy the ring or to have someone else do it, this makes him scared because he doesn't know if he can do it, I can relate because I have been given a big responsibility too.

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Sam and Frodo want to stay in the elves land but they have to leave and destroy the ring, this makes them conflicted, causing stress, I can relate because I have had to leave something when I wanted to stay with my friends.

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When Sam and Frodo go off on their journey, they are tailed by Gollum, who wants to kill them and take the ring, and when they catch him, they have to choose between killing him, or making him work for them, being their guide. This conflicts them because they don't want to have to worry about him hurting them, but they don't want to have to kill him either. This makes them conflicted and angry, because they can't decide.

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Response 5: Think about the author's choices. What has the author done well so far? Have they successfully created suspense? Do they have a good use of dialogue, word choice, or figurative language? Do they use flashbacks/foreshadows?

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Response 5: Think about the author's choices. What has the author done well so far? Have they successfully created suspense? Do they have a good use of dialogue, word choice, or figurative language? Do they use flashbacks/foreshadows?

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The author did a really good job using word choice, dialogue and figurative language, adding something to every page, the author also used a lot of foreshadowing, but not enough flashbacks, only using 1 or 2 in the book. Overall the author did a pretty good job with these topics in the book.

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minutes 30
pages 40
goal yes
felt good, focused most of time, went to library once

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In Mordor Sam has to try to save Frodo from all the Orcs, which is very hard for him, and makes him scared, I can't relate because I have never had to save my friends from anything.

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When Frodo and Sam get back to the Shire they find that their home is invaded and taken over by mercenary's and ruled by another hobbit, this affects them by making them mad and sad that they're home was taken, so they decide to take it back and start a revolt. This leads to them accomplishing their goal, making them content again.

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In the Shire at the beginning, Frodo has to decide to leave the shire or not, this conflicts him because he does not want to leave his home, but he was also gifted the ring so it is his duty to carry it, I can't relate because I have never had to leave my home to go on a big journey.

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Response 2: Tell me about the conflict of the book. Are there many conflicts or one main conflict? Does the conflict affect the characters or plot? How?

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Response 2: Tell me about the conflict of the book. Are there many conflicts or one main conflict? Does the conflict affect the characters or plot? How?

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In my book, there are many conflicts that all lead up to one main conflict or goal. This conflict/goal is to get the ring to mt. doom and throw it into the fire, so nobody can use it again. The different conflict on the way affect the plot and characters by hindering their journey, and causing them to go other ways, do different things, and even lose their friends.

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Minutes 40
pages 70
goal yes
felt - good, focused most of the time, went to library to get new book.

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Frodo has to start rebuilding his town after bandits and mercenary's took over and wrecked it, this makes him angry and unhappy, because of what they did to his town, I can relate because I've had to rebuild or do things when others broke them.

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Frodo has to leave all his friends behind to go to a new world, this makes him sad and scared, and I can't relate because I have never had to leave all my friends and family behind.

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Frodo has to leave all his friends behind to go with his uncle to a new land, this creates a conflict in him, making him want to stay with his friends and his home, but he also has a duty as a ring bearer to leave. This makes him sad that he has to go but he know what he has to do, and that it is the right thing to do.

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Minutes: 30
Pages: 40
Goal: yes
felt: good, focused the entire time I read.

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Response 6 - Give me a review about your book. So far, what do you like about your book? What do you not like? Who would you recommend this book to? Why?

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Response 6 - Give me a review about your book. So far, what do you like about your book? What do you not like? Who would you recommend this book to? Why?

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I rate my book a 4.5 out of 5 stars because the book is very interesting and has a lot of good action, but at some points in the book it gets a bit boring and these bits can go on for a bit. I would recommend this to people who like fantasy and adventure books because it is mostly fantasy and it has a lot of good action in it.

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Frodo has to make a decision between destroying the ring, and keeping it and it shows how conflicted he is, wanting to do the right thing, and having power. He chooses to keep the ring, but it is taken and destroyed, and after he realizes his mistake. This affects the characters and their travels because is slows them down and makes become discovered by their enemies, leading to the ring getting taken and destroyed, which is what there main goal was.

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In the end of the book Frodo has to choose to stay with his uncle or go with his friends, I can't relate because I've never had to do something like that.

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On Mt. Doom, Frodo has to throw away the ring even though it means a lot to him, I can relate because I have had to throw away things that mean a lot to me.

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Response 1 - Make a prediction about what you think will happen next. Use information from your story to support your prediction.

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Response 1 - Make a prediction about what you think will happen next. Use information from your story to support your prediction.

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I predict that Frodo and Same will throw the ring into the fire and destroy it, I predict this because it is their whole mission, and they are right at the mountain where they will destroy it.

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Minutes: 30
Pages: 80
goal: yes
Felt: good, focused entire time

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Sam has to choose to stay with Frodo after he is assumed dead, or push on, carrying the ring himself to the mountain. This affects him by making him choose to stay with his friend or finish their journey, conflicting him. This affects their travel by slowing them down a lot because Frodo is then captured and Sam must go after him, costing a lot of time. This affects each character by showing how much they care for each other.

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In a mine Frodo sees his mentor die, this makes him angry ad sad about his loss, I can't relate because no one I was close to has died, but I've had pets die and that has also made me sad.

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In a mountain pass Sam has to choose to leave Frodo to save himself, I can relate because I've had to make make hard choices concerning friends too.

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Min: 30
Pages: 40
felt: good focused entire time
goal: yes

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Using my data I know I can read uninterrupted for a long time

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Minutes: 30
Pages: 60-100
Felt: good, focused most of time, took short break to do question
Goal: yes

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Minutes: 30
Pages: 50
How did I feel: good, focused whole time
Met goal: Yes

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Minutes: 60
Pages: 100
How I felt: mostly good, no looking up or around, a little boredom.

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Minutes 25
Pages: 115
How I felt: good, not getting bored or looking around.

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The girls get scared when a homeless man talks to them and tries to get them to kiss him. I can't relate for obvious reasons.

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Explain what Esperanza means based on the following section: “Not this way, every evening talking to the trees, leaning out my window, imagining what I can’t see” (p. 73).  

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Explain what Esperanza means based on the following section: “Not this way, every evening talking to the trees, leaning out my window, imagining what I can’t see” (p. 73).  

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Esperanza means that she wants to be free when she's older not stuck where she is, not being able to do anything or make her own choice.

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Based on the following section, compare Lois and Esperanza: “She’s got big girl hands, and her bones are long like ladies’ bones, and she wears makeup too. But she doesn’t know how to tie her shoes. I do” (p. 73). 

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Based on the following section, compare Lois and Esperanza: “She’s got big girl hands, and her bones are long like ladies’ bones, and she wears makeup too. But she doesn’t know how to tie her shoes. I do” (p. 73). 

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This piece compares how Lois is older, prettier, and is like much more, but Esperanza is more practical, and knows more.

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When Esperanza asks about a house, the witch lady says, “Ah, yes, a home in the heart. I see a home in the heart” (p. 64). Explain what you believe this means. 

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When Esperanza asks about a house, the witch lady says, “Ah, yes, a home in the heart. I see a home in the heart” (p. 64). Explain what you believe this means. 

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I think this means that Esperanza will find her own home, even if it isn't physical, in her heart and in her mind(set).

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The witch lady sees jealousy and sorrow in Esperanza’s cards. Why do you think these showed up for Esperanza fortune? 

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The witch lady sees jealousy and sorrow in Esperanza’s cards. Why do you think these showed up for Esperanza fortune? 

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I think this showed up in her cards because she is jealous of the older girls, and has experienced many sad/hard to deal with things in her life.

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My school teachers and my uncle and his brother in-law Mr. Landerman, inspired me to teach because I love working with younger kids.
I will achieve this goal by studying and work hard in school so I can do what I like.

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My parents inspired me by taking me on lots of vacations to new places, and I would like to explore.
I will accomplish my goal by saving money to go to new places.

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My uncle and my cousin inspired, my uncle because he is a teacher, and my cousin because she went there.
I will accomplish my goal by getting good grades and studying being a teacher.

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Dream #1 - Get High Honor Roll/Good Grades

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Dream #1 - Get High Honor Roll/Good Grades

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My parents inspired me to do this by giving me incentives and saying I will get into a good college if I get good grades.
I will accomplish this goal by studying and doing my homework and tests.

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Alicia does all the house work, I can't relate because I don't do everything, only a little bit of chores.

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Cisneros does not use quotation marks in the dialogue between the four girls. Why did the author use this technique? What message is portrayed based on the structure of this vignette? What mood is portrayed? 

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Cisneros does not use quotation marks in the dialogue between the four girls. Why did the author use this technique? What message is portrayed based on the structure of this vignette? What mood is portrayed? 

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The author used this technique because the whole vignette is dialogue and it would look odd with quotations. Also, this style is good for reflecting with the characters. The mood/message is playful and to play around with your friends.

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"Everything is waiting to explode like CHRISTMAS." (p. 73) HOMS

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"Everything is waiting to explode like CHRISTMAS." (p. 73) HOMS

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Denotation: the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25 in the Western Church

Connotation: A big festive event of happiness and joy.
The mood portrayed is nervous but positive, because of the association with Christmas.
The author used this to show how a big or festive, maybe happy outburst of sorts.

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Is the name ­calling serious, meant to hurt each other's feelings, or is it just joking? Explain your opinion and use evidence. 

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Is the name ­calling serious, meant to hurt each other's feelings, or is it just joking? Explain your opinion and use evidence. 

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I think that the name calling is just joking around, because their tone and the way they talk. An example is "I'm saying your mama's ugly like.......... um....... like bare feet in September!

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Complete your response below using evidence and multiple sentences.

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Response 7 -  Discuss what you believe the theme or main idea of your book is. Use information from your story to support your theme.

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Response 7 -  Discuss what you believe the theme or main idea of your book is. Use information from your story to support your theme.

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I believe the theme of the book is persevering and over coming challenges, even if they scare you. Like in the scene where Frodo and Sam have to leave their friends to get to their destination, it scared them and they didn't want to, but they had to.

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Marin is living in the U.S to make money for her boyfriend, I can't relate because I was born here.

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Meme breaks his arms while playing, I can relate because I broke y arm while running around.

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Personification because human/animal traits given to inanimate objects.
This piece helps you picture the light bulb being empty or naked.

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"It is like the number 9. A muddy color." (HOMS, p. 10)

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"It is like the number 9. A muddy color." (HOMS, p. 10)

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Simile, the author uses like to compare her name and the number 9.
It is effective because it makes you picture the feelings associated with her name, you can picture nine, or muddy colors.

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“Uh-oh, Nenny. Better get the broom. Too much TRASH in our yard today” (p. 37). 

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“Uh-oh, Nenny. Better get the broom. Too much TRASH in our yard today” (p. 37). 

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Denotation: discarded matter; refuse.
Connotation: Something bad or thought lowly of.
The mood shown in this sentence is negative because trash is meant to be harmful.
They used this phrase to show a joking way, calling Lucy and Rachel trash, joking around

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"My papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air." (HOMS, p. 6)

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"My papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air." (HOMS, p. 6)

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Simile, the author uses like to compare the hair to a broom.

This helps you picture her dads hair like a broom, the author in included this to show how they look.

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"limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes" (HOMS, p. )

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"limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes" (HOMS, p. )

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simile, uses like to compare
it gives you a picture in your head of what is happening and that is why its effective

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"Windows so small you'd think they are holding their breath" (HOMS, p. 4)

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"Windows so small you'd think they are holding their breath" (HOMS, p. 4)

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This is personification because she is giving the windows human traits. It is effective because it makes me picture the windows with mouths and how I would look holding my breath.

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FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (HOMS, p. #)

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FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (HOMS, 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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"They are wearing shiny sunday shoes without socks" (HOMS, p. 15)

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"They are wearing shiny sunday shoes without socks" (HOMS, p. 15)

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Denotation: the day of the week before Monday and following Saturday, observed by Christians as a day of rest and religious worship and (together with Saturday) forming part of the weekend.
Connotation: church, or fancy things
The mood is pity or sorrow and it is negative.
They use this to show how some people are poorer than others.

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"Their clothes are crooked and old" (HOMS, p. 14)

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"Their clothes are crooked and old" (HOMS, p. 14)

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Denotation: bent or twisted out of shape or out of place.
Connotation: weird or bent and broken.
The mood is negative and mean to the wearers of the clothes?.
The author used this to describe how beaten up their clothes were. it added pity or unwelcome to the story.we learn how kids are treated bad.

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FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (HOMS, p. #)

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FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (HOMS, 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” (HOMS p. 11) 

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“As if she were a fancy chandelier” (HOMS 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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In the story the main character does not have a best friend, I can relate because I have a bunch of friends and really good friends, but I can't chose a BEST friend.

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The main character was named after her grandma, I can relate cause my middle name is my grandpa's middle name.

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In their neighborhood boys and girls are separated, I can't relate because my area is not like that.

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The main character lives in a small shabby house in a poor neighborhood, I can't relate because my house isn't like that.

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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

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Date started: Oct. 15
Date finished:

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The main character has to leave his home land to have a safe haven to raise the next race of dragons, but doesn't want to leave his home and all his friends behind. This affects the main character by giving them self doubt and bias towards his friends, even though he has a duty.

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The main character has to hide a lot because if they get spotted they will get capture because they're a fugitive. I can't relate because I have not broken laws or had to hide.

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Using my reading data, I know I can read for a long time, in my goal I hope to read for a half hour.

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Minutes: 90
Pages: 150 ish
Focused most of time looked up 3-4 times
Goal: Yes

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The main characters best friend is captured and turned against him so that they'll have to fight. The conflict affects him by making him have to fight his best friend after he was captured and tortured.

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The main character has to leave the land where they're from and they're not allowed to come back. I can't relate because I've lived here my whole life.

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Minutes: 40
Pages: 70 ish
Focused most of the time, got up once.
Goal: No

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The main character gets different titles of power bestowed on them making them stronger and stronger. I can' relate because I don't have any powerful titles (King, Earl, Queen, etc.)

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A topic presented in my book is power. Through the story positions of power keep being presented or claimed by the main character. I've learned it can be dangerous, but can also help you, it affects the plot or/and characters of the book by giving them different traits and changing them.

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Through my series I think my author did a very good job, they used foreshadowing, flashbacks, tons of dialogue, good word choice, and lots of suspense. They used a good amount of figurative language, but it could have used a little more.

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The main character loses their mentor who helped and taught them how to live their new, changing life. I can't relate because I have not lost a teacher/mentor.

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The main character has to train very hard to be able to reach their goals, and in a short amount of time. I can relate because I also have had to train hard to reach my goals.

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A massive army invade the city and a powerful magician attacks the main character and almost kills him, but giving him a huge scar, and when he exerts himself to much in activities, he get a huge pain surge that knocks him out. This conflict affects the main character by making him limited to doing things that don't hurt.

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The main character has to find a way into a resistance base but doesn't know where to go into the mountains, how to access it, or the the password. The conflict affects them by making them hurried and not careful, like missing small details.

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The main character loses their mentor and does not know what to do. This conflict affects him by making him feel anger and sadness, clouding his judgment, making him confused.

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The main character completes their goals and finally gets to rest and relax, I can relate because I have done really hard things and have been very grateful to have time to rest.

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In the last area of the book the main character defeats the king, and starts to rebuild what he destroyed, completing his goals, but one, where he should settle down, he wants to be with his friends, but he has a duty to protect dragon eggs.

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I would recommend my series to fantasy readers and I would give it a 4.5 star rating. I liked my series because of how the author went through the series and made it flow.

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The narrator is believable and trustworthy because they are an "all-knowing source" meaning that everything is shown/told. Through the story there are much more window scenes.

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There are many small conflicts, but eventually all of them lead back to the same big conflict, which is defeating the power-hungry king. The conflict affects the characters by having them choose hard decisions.

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Minutes: 30 minutes
Pages: 60 ish
I was focused the whole time and kept my eyes on my book.
Meet my goal: No

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The main character fights with his friend, and hurts him, I can relate because sometimes me ad my friends fight too.

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Minutes: 1 hour
Pages: 120 ish
Focused most of the time
Meet my goal: Yes

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Minutes: 27
Pages: 60 ish
I was focused most of the time an only looked up twice.
Did I meet my goal: no

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Eragon almost loses his cousin, I can relate because my grandma fainted a week ago, and her lungs were clotted, and we didn't know what would happen.

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I predict that Eragon will have to face his friend and defeat him to win the war.