Spencer

Spencer,
Your inference for ambient was a very logical one even thought it wasn't correct. You were very smart to go back in your thinking and correct the meaning of the word after we discussed it as a class. Even though you didn't infer the exact meaning of ambient, did you feel that the text made sense overall as you were reading?

What is it that you like so much about this series? Is Percy a really likable character? Would you like to live his life? Did you have much prior knowledge about mythology before reading the series? If so, how did that background knowledge help you as a reader? If not, do you feel that has been a problem while you read? Do you think the author is writing for an audience that is familiar with myths or for an audience that is not familiar with myths? Why do you think this?

Don't forget to correct the spelling on words underlined in red, to use capitals and to underline book titles. Please include a date in your entry too.

Ms. McCarthy

Dear Mrs.Mcarthy
===I am reading The Last Olympian by Rick Rordan. It is the last book in the series The Lightning Theif. The genre is fiction because it has magic, mythacle creatures like cyclops, the undead, ect. It does not make it really clear what the main carecters are because their are the gods but they dont show up a lot. But percy is prety much the main main charecter because the seiries is prety much all about a chunk of his life (12-16 years). Most of my friends that read to the middle of the first book in the sieries realy liked it and have read all the books in the sieries. So I would recomend this book to every one.=== ===When I saw the word ambient I thought that it meant loud because of how the word sounded. But after I read the centence I thought it meant creepy because it said that their was dark ambient water. I had no idea that it meant calm!===

dear Mrs. McCarthy
===I am finished with the The Last Olympian and now I am reading __Gregor the overlander__. I like this series so much because theirs lots of action and it is very exiting. Percy is a pretty likable person he does some not smart thing every once a wile. yes i would live his life for sure it sounds awesome! yes I did have some prier knowledge to myths before i read the series. it helped me some the author gave you some reminders about the myths. I think that it was written for an audience that was familiar with myths because it didn't really explain stuff to well. __Gregor the overlander__ is a non fiction book because giant rats, cock roaches, and some typ of giant bat. I dont think gregor is a good name for a kid its to king like. at the start of the book i wasent really liking it. But now its geting better. On the cover of the next book in the series it shows a great door that is open and it goes into some tunnel I presume. i think that is where gregor will start this big journey that sandwich had made a prophesy of. I wonder why the author chose to make the creatures so big and smart.===

2/5/10 Dear Spencer, I think you meant to say that //Gregor the Overlander// is fictions since it has giant rats and roaches. Although I did see some giant roaches when I lived in Texas and I've seen some large rats in Chicago, but none of them talked to me!

What has changed as you read the book to make it more interesting? What suggestions would you give to the author to improve the beginning of the book? What name would you give Gregor? Do you think the fact that it is "king like" might foreshadow something that is going to happen later in the series?

You have some good evidence to support your prediction about the second book. I'll be curious to see if Gregor does indeed travel through the tunnel on his big journey.

Ms. McCarthy

dear ms. McCarthy I just finished reading __Jeremy fink and the meaning of life__ and now i am reading __The siege__ and __Gregor and the prophecy of bane__. Well in the begining it was just about one thing and than moor things started to happen like they went to the colony of roaches and they did some dance to prais his sister. I think that at the begining she should have put in some normal sised rates trying to attack gregor. i would give gregor the name percy because it is a cool name. I think that gregor will become the king of the rats because the king of the rats is gorger and they bolth have the same letters. I have ben reading the sieries that the siege is in for a wile and i realy like it. In the series that the seige is in is about owls.so it is fiction because the owls in this one huge tree discoverd candles and they can wright books and read books. I think that it is a cool series because i really like owls. the other book that im reading (the gregor book) is the same as the first book in the series because the begining is not that good but now its getting beter because they just when back in the under land. And theirs this woman the gregor is helping out and she is nice but when gregor leaves she is like TAKE THE MONY THAT I GAVE YOU AND GET OUT! so she confuses me and i wonder why the author added her in the story.

I would tell him to let his sister come with him when she tells here friends when thier going on an adventures when she is not saposed to tell here friends.

I think the main them of my story is is about magic and mythical creatures. I think that because so far they have mainly talked about magic and the monsters that Jack might have to battle. Plus the book is caled the sea of trolls so their must be that kind stuff.

2/16/10 Dear. Spencer, As I recall, Gregor's family could really use the money, so maybe it is some sort of gift or prize for him. Maybe the next book in the series will discuss this more.

Did Gregor decide not to bring his sister along since she told her friends? If he leaves her behind, she might tell even more people. Did her friends believe her? Have you had experiences with Dash where he's done exactly what you asked him not to do?

It sounds like the theme of your stories might be good vs. evil. Are there "good" and "bad" creatures or "good" and "bad" magic? Are these at battle with each other? Do characters find themselves having to make tough choices?

You might like the Sunwing series by Kenneth Oppel. Don't forget to check underlined words for correct spelling.

Sincerely, Ms. McCarthy

dear Ms. McCarthy

I think i might of confused you. This is in the owl seiries. the main carecter ( soren ) is not letting his sister come on his adventures because she told her friends about their 1st adventure and she was not to tell her friends and she did tell her friends. theirs good and bad of both. yes they are at battle. and they are making very tough choices. like having to leave behind olaf one brow who was dieing after they fough a bear bager. now i am reading //Gregor and the curse of the warm bloods.// so far its ben realy good. theirs this plague going aruond in the under land thats kind of like an extream form of the chicken pocks and i am wondering if they will find a cure for it. and it might be overland medicine.

I would be hickup because he has lots of fun adventures.

Dear Ms. McCarthy

I am now reading //Artemis Fowl.// It is kind of boring but I am getting to a good part. It is fantasy for sure because their are fairys, trolls, and sayatars. I would recomend this book to readers who dont like hard books. The //Tunnels// book is realy good but its 400 pages long. It is at home so I dont remember what the author is. It is realistic fiction because it dosent have any mythical creatures or any thing. My next book is //how to cheat a dragons curse// it is short but really good. it is fantasy because it has dragons. I would recomend it to everyone. In the //Artemis Fowl// book their is only one place that humans haven't discoverd yet that magical creatures can live in i think their should have ben 5 city's that magical creatures can live in.