https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6 Kayla Spurgeon en-us 2018-02-12 18:00:50 UTC 2018-02-14 04:31:19 UTC hello@padlet.com http://clipartix.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Free-pencil-clipart-clip-art-images-and-2.png 21_94394 https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/230740617 Kayla Spurgeon,  No More Dead Dogs, Gordon Korman

]]> 2018-02-12 18:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/230740617 21_94394 https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/230746524      Wallace, an 8th grader and football player, lands himself in detention after turning in a petulant book review and complaining to his teacher (Mr. Fogelman) that the dog always dies in every classic. Wallace is forced to attend rehearsals for the school play with Mr. Fogelman until Wallace can write an acceptable review. He is temporarily kicked off the football team, yet stubbornly refuses to comply. Ironically, both the book report and the school play are based on the same book, Old Shep, My Pal. As opening night approaches, increasingly severe sabotage is done on the play. Rachel, president of the drama club, and the rest of the cast pin the blame squarely (and wrongly) on Wallace. The school newspaper is producing purported articles about Wallace left and right, and rumors run rampant. Will Wallace's life ever return to normal?

     In memory of Old Yeller, Where The Red Fern Grows, Sounder, Bristle Face (not pictured), Marley & Me, and many other books because the dog(s) never saw the last page.]]> 2018-02-12 18:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/230746524 21_94394 https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/231199194 Entry 1: Wallace vs Wallace (Compare/Contrast)

Entry 2: Falling Like Dominos (Cause and Effect)

Entry 3: In and Out of Trouble (Problem/Solution-List/Sequential)

Entry 4: My Thoughts (Author's page)

]]> 2018-02-13 18:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/231199194 21_94394 https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/231208383   When Wallace gives his opinion, he is honest, blunt, and most often, snarky. Although most view this as rude, Wallace is determined to tell it how is, as soon as it becomes evident. In this way, he earns his detention,  and his stubbornness prevents him from getting himself out of it. However, if he is at fault, he will openly admit it, and make it his personal mission to repair the damage, unless it means covering up the honest truth. These all together contribute to his straight as an arrow character, making him the one you want to see come out on top.]]> 2018-02-13 18:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/231208383 21_94394 https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/231345863 When Wallace turns in a petulant (but honest) book report on his teacher's favorite book, Mr. Fogelman is considerably less than pleased with both Wallace's attitude and his review. Therefore, he puts Wallace in detention, and he now spends rehearsals for the school play with Wallace, keeping him from football practice till he fixes the assignment. While Mr. Fogelman tries to direct the play on the same book Wallace refuses to make a good review on, Wallace decides to start changing Mr. Fogelman's play! It started with Wallace complaining about the play, then he suggested line rewrites, next scene changes, cast additions, and finally band recruitments. With every alteration, Mr. Fogelman's teeth clench harder and harder in frustration, but if he does away with Wallace's changes, the entire cast will quit, canceling the play. So he grins and bears it, despite his growing resentment. Finally, in a desperate attempt to regain control of the play, releases Wallace from detention without a rewrite. Now he can return to football and leave the rehearsals alone.]]> 2018-02-14 01:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/231345863 21_94394 https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/231356499 Scoring the detention was easy for Wallace, almost as easy as becoming a hero after pouncing on a fluke touchdown, but climbing back out of detention is proving  itself to be nearly impossible. Fixing a snarky book review isn't that hard, if you aren't Wallace. He refuses to remove his rude opinions from his first draft, and his grudge against the play is obvious to everyone. So naturally, he is blamed when sabotage he didn't commit is made on the play. He is left with seldom few solutions. He could write the review and get out of detention. When the attacks would then continue, he could prove himself innocent because he would be at football practice when the next incident happened. He could also find the culprit and expose him, clearing his name.

1. He starts suggesting ideas to help the play
2. He is released from detention, and then quits the football team so he can go to rehearsals with the drama club anyway.
3. Wallace's scrimmage shirt is found at the scene of one of the acts of sabotage, and he becomes determined to find who's setting him up.
4. He figures out the last time he had the scrimmage shirt was after the championship game last year. One of the fans that stormed the locker room took his shirt as a souvenir.
5. He goes back over the videotape from last year's championship celebration and spies the culprit who took the shirt. It's his number one fan, a 5th grader named Dylan, Rachel's little brother, who blames the play for stealing Wallace away from the football stadium.
6. Dylan tells him he planted a cherry bomb in among the props in the middle of the performance. The play is about to come to an explosive finish.
7. Wallace makes a flying leap onto the stage mid-performance in an attempt to smother the cherry bomb with a pillow.

]]> 2018-02-14 02:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/231356499 21_94394 https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/231360871 To be honest (no pun intended), I prefer not to do expository writing because I can't voice my opinion. I like to be expressive, and after awhile, fact spewing starts making it sound like a computer, point-blank and expressionless. I also struggle with book reviews specifically (ironically) because I always try to tell way more than is necessary, and that many details gets lengthy, I might as well rewrite the book without the dialogue. Also, when I have to assume the reader knows nothing, I have a tendency to start repeating myself. I definitely like creative writing (and reading)[there I go again] more, but if I keep it short and pick a good subject, it isn't that bad.]]> 2018-02-14 03:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94394/ckkx4642t6e6/wish/231360871