J’s Comments (group member since May 28, 2012)

J’s comments from the YAB Gabbers group.

I love Beaudoin's style of writing----poetic, smooth, fluid, reflective, personal, realistic . . . so easy to read.

I feel like I know his characters personally----because they are real!!! His writing is REAL!!!!

I add the books that I am reading to the shelf--and if any of you want to read along you can. I think we are all reading what we want.

Laura wrote: "Hi Laura! :) Happy Summer! How did you like Catching Fire?

Have fun with the 5th Wave! Lots of love for it around GR."

I really liked the 5th Wave at first, but the story kind of fizzled out for me.

I have been away myself---vacationing and such. Plus, the books by some of my favorite authors do not release until the fall.

Just passing on a question I read on one of my favorite book blogs: Which books are your favorites that have a color in the title?

I am going with Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys.

Junior High reading teachers, serves as a great mentoring text to review literary elements that we wish WISH students would employ when writing essays over literary pieces.

Wise Cat wrote: "I don't like this, but then I'm "old"--LOL. "Old school". For one thing, if I drop a paperbook, it won't break! I can be klutzy. Or I could lose it, since I lose pens all the time. Even if it ..."

Let me know how you like the Archived!!! One of my favs!!! I think I posted some questions/topics for those reading it.

Wise Cat wrote: "I don't know what that means??? No books in PRINT??? That's just what I'm afraid of...no physical books anymore."

Exactly----all books are read on a some sort of computer device!!!!

Lots of good quotes in this story----post your fav here!!!

My friend and I cannot agree that this read is a true dystopian novel---what do you think?

If you were fighting the last war on Earth over a "good cause", what would be on the battlefield?

If you only had twenty more minutes to live, how would you spend it? What would you do?

If you were the last Historian on Earth, the last glimpse of humanity, how would your last page of human history read?

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Celia tells us all about her favorite Englsh teacher, Ms. Green, and what she did to make her 8th grade English class special to Celia.

Who is your favorite English teacher and what did that teacher do with regard to teaching subject matter that made you appreciate the subject even more?

How to Write Poetry

By Celia the Dark

1. Use your own words. Don't use words like "tis" or "thou" or "forthwith." It sounds too much like the Bible or Shakespeare.

2. Don't rhyme unless you have to because everyone tries to rhyme when they start writing poetry and it makes you sound like everyone else.

3. Be specific. Sometimes people are vague in their poetry because they think it makes them sound deep.

4. If you don't know how to end your poem, just take the first two lines and stick them as the last two lines of your poem to add "closure".

5. Do not be afraid to sound dark.

Celia's "Never Words" to not use in a poem: beautiful, awesome, love, soul, heart, dream, sad, and pain!!!

I love Finneyfrock's writing style--- quotes and lines of poetry tucked into the story--awesome---- the way her words dance across the page with such rhythm.

What is the one thing you look for in a friendship?

I look for loyalty!!!!!!

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