Literacy Blog #4

     Today's blog is about what I am doing for spring break. I don't plan on doing much for spring break, and i'm not going on a vacation. Our family never usually goes away for spring break, because the only times we ever go on vacation is in the summer time. I'll mostly just be spending time with friends, and sleeping in. I am most excited for activities that I already have planned, like going out with friends for dinner. I'm also going to visit some of my relatives, and maybe have some relatives coming over to our house. I'm planning on going to the mall with some friends, and going to see a movie. I'm looking forward to getting to see some friends and relatives that I haven't seen in a while, and getting to talk to them. Since there is no school, and I don't have to wake up really early, I want to go out for breakfast with my family, since that's something I never really get to do. I was hoping it would be warmer, so I could spend more time outside over spring break, but since it's still cold out I won't be doing a lot of outdoor activities. We have a lot of plans for spring break so far, mostly just with friends and family, and I also just want to stay at home, for a day, because I don't get to do that a lot, and i'm hardly ever at home. I just finished reading my novel, so I want to start reading the second book over the break, and maybe get a few other books too. There are also a few movies that I have been wanting to see, so I want to go to the movie theatre, and watch a couple movies over the break.

     I chose these two pictures to represent my spring break, because I will mostly be going out for dinner, and going to the movie theatre. I thought that those pictures would represent what i'm doing over spring break the best, because I'm going to spend most of my spring break going out for dinner, and watching movies with my friends and family. I plan on going out for dinner a lot of nights, with friends and family. Usually, that's what I do in my spare time, and they are some of my favourite things to do. I like going to the movie theatre with friends, and me and my family go out for dinner a lot on the weekends, because we all come home at different times during the weekdays, and usually eat at different times too. I also want to watch a horror movie with friends, and some action or comedy movies too. Hopefully it will get a bit warmer over spring break, so I can spend more time outside, but during winter, and when it's cold out, I always love going to the movies. I'm going to visit some family members over the break, and we are planning to go out for dinner. A reason I chose the picture of the restaurant is because, it looks similar to a place my family goes out for dinner a lot. Whenever I go out for dinner, I always go with my family, so it reminds me of getting to see all my family that I don't get to see very often, over the break. One thing that I love about spring break, is that I get to do a lot of things that I never have the time to do. The best thing about spring break, is that you get to relax, and not have to worry about school.

                   

                                    

Literacy Blog #3

In today's blog we have to say something we like about the novel so far. In the book I am reading (Matched by Ally Condie) I really like how she describes Cassia and her feelings, and how you can really understand what the character is thinking, and understand the character from their point of view. I also really like how the author describes the scenes very well, and uses a lot of visual and sensory imagery so you can picture the scene in your head. I like when there is a lot of imagery in a book because I can picture it in my head better, instead of having to guess what the scene looks like, or what the characters look like, I actually have an idea. Ally Condie writes the book as if you can hear what Cassia is thinking, or from Cassia's point of view. You learn a lot about the character that way, and it kind of makes you feel like you are the character, and you're in the book too, not just reading it. I like it when authors write from the main character's perspective, because you feel more involved in the book. I always end up liking the book more, the more you feel like you're involved in the book, because it makes the story much more interesting, and you feel like you're a part of it too. I also really like the plot of the book, because it's interesting, and unpredictable, and you never really know what's going to happen next.

Literacy Blog #2

In today's literacy blog, I am supposed to make a connection between something in my novel, like a character, event, or theme. I am connecting myself to the book Matched by Ally Condie. I can connect to Cassia when she was hiking up the hill, because me and Cassia both like the outdoors. Cassia and her grandfather loved the outdoors, and hiking, and I can connect to that whenever I went on walks with my grandpa. Whenever I went to the lake with my grandpa in the summer, we always went on walks by the lake or on a trail. One summer we went hiking up a hill at the lake, and at the top of the hill, you could see a lot from the top of the hill. I can connect this to when Cassia was at the top of the hill, and she had a great veiw of everything around her. It mentioned in the book how Cassia liked hiking, and going to the hill because it was one of the only places that had wildlife in her city, just like how in the city there isn't much greenspace.I can also relate to the part in the book where Cassia gets the poetry that her grandfather gave her except it was my great aunt that gave me poetry. My great aunt wrote poems for our family a lot whenever she gave us a gift. She and I both really like poetry. This is why it reminds me of how in the book Cassia and her Grandfather both share a common interest of poetry, and how he gave her the poem.