Do you think the story in your novel is an important one to read or teach in schools or society? Explain in detail why or why not.
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Kassia lowery
12/6/2015 05:52:30 pm
In my book "speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson. I think this is a very important message to teach in schools for education. It teaches that your decisions can change your life forever. Melinda has been raped by a fellow student at Merrywheather High school. Melinda decided to attend a party with a few of her friends and while at that party Melinda got drunk and she was too young to know what was going on when Andy Evans raped her in August. Melinda called the cops and now she thinks her social life is going to be over and she will have no friends. Melinda believes that she made the wrong decision and she shouldn't have called the cops on the whole party and got everyone who attended the part in trouble.
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Kassia lowery
12/6/2015 05:54:21 pm
I would like to use this revised copy please:)
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Delaney Kidd
12/8/2015 07:06:05 pm
Kassia,
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Sydni Stoffel
12/7/2015 04:33:40 pm
My novel “Bleed Like Me” by C. Desier should be a novel read or taught in schools worldwide. Self-harm is a worldwide problem with adolescents, and it can be prevented. This novel the focus is on what the effects are of this choice, instead of ignoring the problem like we have in the past we can prevent the problem. “At the time, yes. It felt right, but was it worth it” (123). This passage really emphasizes on a message that needs to be brought to teens that yes, it will feel right at the time but we need to fight our subconscious. The main character in the story (Amelia) thinks she is ready for the long term effects of the choice she is about to make (self-harm) but now as she looks back at the choice she made years ago wasn’t worth losing all the people she did. If this message was brought to teen’s maybe we could prevent adolescents from making this life changing decision.
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Tysen Trujillo
12/7/2015 06:21:03 pm
In my book “Compound” by S.A. Bodeen I think that it is a very important novel to read or teach in schools or society. Even though Eli’s family has lived in the compound for six years, the outside world they know of is gone. Eli and his family have been trapped, with limited supplies but Eli’s dad being a genius has figured out a way to keep his family safe and has given them the supplies to survive. Along with being trapped Eli doesn’t have anything to do but the same boring routine every day. “In the old world, and for a time in the new, Dad was obsessive about exercise.” (Pg. 12) Other than exercise Eli loves to play basketball. “Through 250 more free throws I made 227.” (Pg., 21) One key thing that Boden uses in the book is, Eli keeps referring to the question of what life would be like with his twin brother Eddy in the compound with him. I think Eddy is being used as a symbol to never give up. Being taught at a young age to never give up in life is a very valuable lesson, and will often take many structured people far in life.
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Joe Williams
12/7/2015 07:04:42 pm
In the narrative that I have just completed, there are some extremely important factors, plot point, and general literary technicalities that should be taught to students all around. The story in question is “Moriarty”, written by Antony Horowitz who many will know from the Alex Rider series. As I’m sure some have likely realized from the title, this is a continuation of the end of the Sherlock Holmes story in which the detective throws himself and Professor Moriarty from Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Not only is this an extension to a different perspective to the aforementioned story, but it is also virtually mirror writing to the original author’s, making it of literary genius. Many schools and teachers in later grades require the original stories by Doyle, but I believe that from the fact that Horowitz did so well with the writing style, it could be used as a good example of “mimic writing” which is getting more common in present times.
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Chris Balding
12/8/2015 06:23:15 pm
In the book "Paladin" by Sally Slater, the genre is fantasy. This book has made up characters that are no use to everyday life. Classics are used by teachers to help their students learn. That is why this book is not an important to read or teach in society.
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Delaney Kidd
12/8/2015 08:15:53 pm
What’s a good book without a lesson? Even if the book isn’t a thick novel a lesson can always be found. In “The Mysterious Benedict Society” by Trenton Lee Stewart the lesson doesn’t come right out. You have to look deeper into what the author is trying to say. One thing I think Lee was trying to convey was to be a leader and not a follower. When four children apply to a contest they all pass because they all have something unique about them. When they’re sent out on a mission to find out as much as they can about Mr. Curtain (antagonist). When they get to the scene of the mission they are at a boarding school where everything is to be correct. The children at the school all do the same thing and don’t think twice. If you had to compare the children to anything they would be sheep. Sheep follow each other and if one walked off a cliff they’d all follow.
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Bella Hautzinger
12/9/2015 04:23:47 pm
Dear Delaney,
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Brayden Kelley
12/9/2015 04:07:12 pm
The novel I am reading is a biography about Drew Brees entitled, “Coming Back stronger” by Drew Brees, this book has a great moral, but would better be taught to society and not schools. This book teaches you that no matter what happens and no matter what kind of adversity you are facing, you can always power through as long as you believe in yourself. This novel is better taught to society due to the fact that it doesn’t have a lot to do with education, but rather events that might occur outside of the classroom.
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Ethan Konrad
12/9/2015 10:32:49 pm
Brayden,
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Bella Hautzinger
12/9/2015 04:24:45 pm
In the novel “Looking For Alaska” by John Green, it talks about the life of a young boy dealing with the death of his best friend, all the while being at boarding school. I think that this would be a good book to read in school, for teens, because as readers we are taught about the life of someone in High School. Things we never wanted to think were true but were.
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Michael Winward
12/9/2015 05:23:21 pm
There are three thing that all people could use a little bit more of. Comradeship, determination, and most importantly, self reliance. These three character traits are taught through the eyes of Joe Rantz, in my story, “The Boys in the Boat”, by Daniel James Brown. This nonfiction novel is a half-biography, and half-history story, in which the author tells about the Washington State rowing team of 1936 and their quest as a together. Although the story focuses mainly on Joe’s life, it does go into detail about some other aspects as well. But, getting back to the question, this story not only tells of a young man’s trials, but also of the history of America during the time that Joe was in college. This is also another reason that this type of story should be taught in schools. Students would rather have the perspective of a person who lived through the event rather than a historian’s. Because of this, my novel is a great novel for a social studies teacher to read to their class, or a book a counselor may recommend.
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Ethan Gdovin
12/9/2015 07:22:01 pm
Many books in today's society can teach a lesson to it's people. But not all books share out one. In fact some books share a negitive part to them. These negitive parts can show flaws in society. In "The Pearl," John Steinbeck uses a mix of lessons and also things that he sees as flaws in society. One lesson he teaches us is that you don't need everything in the world to make you happy. You should be thankful for what you have and not ungrateful for what you don't have. Juana and Kino have an infant baby. This family is far away from a rich family, they are in fact a pretty poor family in their community. "And last he turned his head to Juana, his wife, who lay beside him on the mat, her blue head shawl over her nose and over her breasts and around the small of her back. Juana's eyes were open too." (Steinbeck 1). This is a part of the story when it shows that Juana is thankful for Kino in her life. She is looking at Kino, like he is the best thing that has ever happened to her. Kino is the one man in her life. This family... The family itself is all that they have. They don't have a bunch of money or a big house or nice things. They all sleep on the floor with mats under them in a very small house. This also shows a major flaw in today's society. Many people in society today are ungrateful for the things that they don't have and are not thankful or happy with what they have. You shouldn't take what you have for granted. Juana and Kino are greatful and thankful for what they have, even though what they have isn't very much.
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Kassia lowery
12/14/2015 02:15:14 pm
Revised copy.
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Raleigh Carlton
12/16/2015 07:02:23 pm
In my book, "The Martian" By Andy Weir, a skilled botanist named Mark Watney gets stuck on Mars when his crew gets caught in a sandstorm and is forced to abandon the mission. Thinking he is dead after he is impaled by a satellite, they leave him behind. Finding that he is alone and in a very bad situation, Mark has to use his ingenuity and creativity to stay alive. He must make many decisions, most of them involving a life or death situation.
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