Ms. Richardson's ELL IV L.A. 2012-2013 discussion

Think about the book you read over the summer for our L.A. class. Why did you select this book? What was something you loved about this book? To whom would your recommend this book?

I read "Catcher in the Rye" over this summer. I selected this book because it was about a teenager boy around my age overcoming hardships, and also this was a book that my dad highly recommended to me. What I liked the most about this book was that there were many parts that I sympathized with, especially the difficulties that the main caharacter "Holden" had to go throgh. For example, the tragedy of his brother's death, who he admired a lot as sort of mentor and his struggle at school. I recommend this book to the teenagers who are having a hardtime. Because to me this book made me think what I should do inorder to solve my diffcuties!

I read a book called cathing fire and i selected it because i read the hunger games and i thought that it was good so i wanted to read the book 2. I liked the story of the book and the things that happen on there. i would recomend this book to my sister because she likes those kind of books.

I read "Harry Poter Series" during summer. I selected this book because I saw the movie of the Harry Poter before, so I want to read the original novel "Harry Poter". The thing I love about these books is "describe". the author has great describe skill. I feel like "Hogwart"(The name of magic school) is really exist and Wizards lives somewhere we can't see. and I recommend this book to someone who saw the movie but didn't read original book or someone didn't read book and movie

I read a book called "Way to be" this book was given to me on my birthday.I thought the book was interesting from the cover but when I opened the inside of it and started to read the summary of it I was very impressed.This book talked about how you could make yourself become better in life how you can make yourself become a better person in this life and in the future.I think that this book is referring to be some how because I think that some of those things that the author is talking about are in my life.This book talks about how you can change your life and how you can help people around you since I started reading this book I started to change some how."Its like the first time you see something in the store and you buy it right away" that's how this book was to me since I started reading this book. I changed some how I started going to church more often and I also helped my uncle over the summer with his fundraising to make money to help build a school for kids in south Sudan.

I read " I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced" and selected it because it was about a very young Yemeni heroine and interested the way how she was very brave for her freedom. I liked the most thing about this book was that there was a very strong her quote which is “ I have learned to say 'Yes' to everything. Today I have decided to say 'No'". I would recommend this book to all young girls, especially those who are in Islamic countries, to say "No" if you do not agree and not say "Yes" to everything.:)

I got this book from my Best Teacher Fiona from Malaysian school. This is the book that I read in this summer, STORMBREAKER and the first book of Alex Rider series. Also there are a lot of series in this book. I liked this book because it is an adventures book about a boy who is trying to find the person who has killed his father. Also there are people on motorcycles chasing Alex and uncle was driving and there was a helicopter on top of him so someone came down and they shot his uncle in the head and he was dead. After Alex’s uncle was killed Alex was start to spy for M16, the British intelligence agency. Alex discovers that his supposed banker uncle was not only a spy, but he had been training Alex during his entire childhood. My Big brother likes to spy so, I would recommend this book to my Big brother and others people who like to spy. <(-_-)>

I read 3 books over this summer. They were, "First Kiss", "The success GPA" and "The Code" that I bought in this summer. I enjoyed all these 3 books and like them by each reason. At first, "First Kiss" made me feel excited and fun.It reflected my mind to how was happened my first kiss accidentally and compared with the authors stories during the time that I reading This book. "The success GPA" and "The Code" is same author.They are really nice books. Author was from Ethiopia but he got his master degree from Harvard University. He talked about how life is valuable and don't give up if some crazy situation happened in your life. I suggest to read this book for my friends and especially, who believe the life is so hard to fight. I guarantee that you will get bunch of powers from this book and make your life more special.Once again, I learned something about don't except any from others before you give them something.

I read "Martn Luther King : The Peacful Warrior" I selected this book because i want to know something specailly about Martin Luther King. What I liked the most about this book was Martin Luther King did speech in front of so many black people that was known as " I have a dream". The speech`s subtance was he wants to live in the world where is no racial. discrimination and he wanted to make that world. He did not want his descendant live in the world where exist the racial discrimination. I would recommend this book to the asian people who want to know about Martin Luther King.

I read a book called "tangerine" over this summer. i selected this book, because i wanted to know how different soccer act, are play, while they are playing. The story Tangerine is about a boy named Paul who looks up to his brother and wants to be just like him. One-day Paul's family had to move from their nice home to Tangerine, Florida, where he meets up with lots of friends. He wonders why his family had to move to a place where underground fires burn for years, and lightning strikes. While at school one day, a giant sinkhole occurred and Paul had to move to a different school. Paul tries out for the soccer team there and he mad the team, but many strange things happened to him after that. You should read that book to find out want happened to him. I enjoyed reading this book because there was always something interesting going on in each chapter. I recommend you people reading this book because is a great book.

I have read four book over this summer. The book that i read this summer is called "Save the Earth","Little Sister, Big Sister" and the other two are in Karen Language. First of all, Save the Earth was my favorite book i guess. This book teach me how to save earth. To order to save earth we can recycle,save energy,save water,clean air, and stop cutting tree. It's really importing for us to save earth. I recommend you people can read this book and learn how to save earth."Little sister, Big sister" is also good book. This book remind me when i was 13 teen. The other two book i has read is in Karen Language. They are about Karen History. The are really good book. It help me learn about Karen people. It you know how to read Karen Language you should this two book. They will teach you about first Karen culture and other thing. I enjoyed reading all those book i have read over this summer. I recommend you people to like to read. The most you read the most you learn.

I read the book called ''Hope LGMH'' Hope contain so many stories about different person around the world. This stories book was selected by someone special whom stay up every night consoling me. I was wondering why did he required me to read ''Hope''. At fist i didn't want to spend my time on it because it has 3309 pages and it's an online reading. But when i started to read '' Hope'' I was surprised that i am related to it. I love how she still has love and kindness for the one whom hurts her the most. I noticed that over there around the world they're someone whom we're related. I've learn that the risk is in every decision so never give up.I would recommend ''Hope'' for everyone who has lost there hope, who don't believe themselves,to the one who can't find love and to the one whom feel like giving up on their dreams. ''Never give up, fight till the end, if you fall along the way, get up and try again:)''

I read the book " Muchacho". Muchacho is the story of Eddi Corazon, a Hispanic high school student living in New Mexico. He's going to the alternative school,He shoulders a tough guy exterior, but maintains a secret love for reading. Eddie's life could go on two distinctive paths: down the road towards juvenile delinquency, or towards graduation and a "better life."
His parents Mami and Papi push his to get his high school diploma, and his teachers Ms. Beecher and Mr. Mcelroy try to broaden his mind.Eddie begins to "see the light" when he meets Lupe,She pushes him to be a writer and enjoys reading his secret poetry. I enjoy reading this book for many reasons, one of them is that the story is very familiar to me, because as Hispanic, I understand how difficult it is for the Hispanic students continue studying and not fall into bad ways, as are the gangs, and stuff like that.

I read a book called trapped in bat wing hall, and I selected this book because I like scary books. what I like is the that kid find some friends because his new in school and he past all year without any friends. I recommend this book to people the like reading scary books not to people the get scared after reading a scary book and then they cant sleep.

I read the book called "The Merry Adventure Of Robin Hood" over this summer. My grandfather gave me this book 3 years ago, but I haven't time to read this book so I chose this book to read in summer. I selected this book because I like adventures stories, and know about Robin Hood since I was a kid. What I liked about this book is that there were a lot of chapters, and interesting charecters. I recommend this book to the people who liked adventures book or others student who liked to read.

i read a book called " crossing the wire" this book is really interesting. I choose this book to read because it reminded about when i came here, so i choose it. what i love about this book is, the they write all about how inmigrants try to cross the border to get at U.S.A. And i totally recomended this book to the people its a great book.

i read a book call the house on mango street.on the summer my teacher from middle school cus i liked it.i choose this book to read because it talks about two guys that dont know what to do on the summer and there bord so they decided to go on a vacation to a different state named california and they had alot of fun and they whent back gome when it was time to go to school. so i recomend this book to the people that are bord and dont know what to do on their summer and that books will give you alot of ideas.its a really good book. i liked it

I read a book called diary of a wimpy kid dog days. The reason why I select this book becuase it is funny and talks about on how to survive middle school and at home, but in this book it's the kids summer and how it went totally wrong and messed up that went. recomend this book to my friends and cousins.

I read a book called Anyas Ghost.I selected this book because Ms.Rebecca said it was a good book. That it was about teenagers like me and that it was a comeca book it was really intresting to. I would recomed this book to all my friends nd family.

I read this book because my 6 grade teacher showed me how intrested this books can be and i can understand this books well , what I liked about this book is that theres always many intesting things that are gunna happen and you just cant wait to see like this book was about some girl Darcy and her life. I would recomend this book to anyone who likes books that cant wait to see what happends after every chapter.

I read a book called friend forever.I slect this book because it's about friend forever.it's about a true friend that you never forget about them.No matter how far we are.we should not forget about each other.this book tell me alot of what kind of friend we have to choose bad or good.friend's have to forgive each other.not mad at them all the time.have to forgive them.This book tell me that we have to forgive each other.

There is a masked man chasing and trying to kill a man. The running man is almost out of breath. The masked man is being sneeking and pops out of no where. The running man said his lungs are burning

The book o chose is called "Slam".The reason I chose this book was because I read it in 8th grade but never got a chance to finish it. Something I liked about this book was that he steps up to his bully and loves to play basketball. I would recommend this book to people who like basketball and don't like to get bullied and don't like bully's.

i select the hunger games because it was told by a friend that it was a good book so i got it and started to read it and it was good. The thing that got me in to the book was the sweatpants that it has because you did not now was going to happen next it was grate. i would tell all of my friends and everybody that i now that they need to read it because thy will like it.

I read the book " Muchacho". Muchacho is the story of Eddi Corazon, a Hispanic high school student living in New Mexico. He's going to the alternative school,He shoulders a tough guy exterior, but maintains a secret love for reading. Eddie's life could go on two distinctive paths: down the road towards juvenile delinquency, or towards graduation and a "better life."
His parents Mami and Papi push his to get his high school diploma, and his teachers Ms. Beecher and Mr. Mcelroy try to broaden his mind.Eddie begins to "see the light" when he meets Lupe,She pushes him to be a writer and enjoys reading his secret poetry. I enjoy reading this book for many reasons, one of them is that the story is very familiar to me, because as Hispanic, I understand how difficult it is for the Hispanic students continue studying and not fall into bad ways, as are the gangs, and stuff

Rebecca wrote: "Think about the book you read over the summer for our L.A. class. Why did you select this book? What was something you loved about this book? To whom would your recommend this book?"
where am i suppose to post my summer reading?

I READ A BOOK THE HUNGER GAMES ITS A BOOK ABOUT DISTRICTS THAT SENT ONE BOY AND ONE GIRL BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWELVE AND EIGHTEEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL HUNGER GAMES A FIGHT TO THE DEATH ON LIVE TV I PICKED THIS BOOK CAUES ALL MY FRIENDS THAT READED THIS SO I STARTED READING IT WAS VERY INTERSTING SO I THOUGHT THE ENDING VERY COOL AND THATS WHY I PICKED THIS BOOK FOR MY SUMMER READING BOOK

Hi guys, Over the summer I read the book called under the influence, I picked this book, because my dad thought I would like it,and I did, Something I loved about this book is that most of teenagers struggle with alcohol, fight and party's so the book talks about most of the problems and how to salve them, Also how to be responsible for your self, that's something I really liked about it, because I always trying to be responsible for my self i thought that was in interesting. I recommend to anybody who like to read, than who ever is having problem with drink or getting in difficult things.

Mohammed M

I read the book called the Anya's Ghost. I Chose that book because it look like it was a book for me. This book is the first book that i have ever finished in my whole life. What i like about the book is that it was a easy book and i enjoied that book. I recommend this book to the people who began reading and likes ghost books.

over the summer i read a book called Destiny the Rock Star Fairy. i choose this book because it looked intersting. so i wanted to read it.what i liked about this book is Destiny helps the Rock Star. so this book is about helping and i like to help others like the way that Destiny help the rock star.Distiny makes the Rock happy whenever they had bad day.i recommend this book to the people that are really rude to others. we have to help eachothers and work together. we have to be united and build the community together.

I read the Last Boy over the summer. This book it's a real story. It's about this little boy who got abussed her mother was and alcholic women who abused her children she did't feed him she tryd to kill ones and what got me mad is she only abused one of her kids just David she had two more kids also and this book David was save frome her mother David is now with his foster parents. I recommend this book to all people who are being abused from their parents becuase of alchol.

Over the summer I read a book about a free black boy who is given alot of trust and responsibilities to the people of the settlement. His name is Elijah Freeman, he is the first child to ever be born in settlement as a frigent, in a little town known as Buston.The book is called "Elijah of Buston" a great book of all young age can enjoy all day long, so don't rest until you read it because it is going to blow your mind once you start and their is no stoping. It will teach young age like you and me to love one another and to respect those who are bigger and experince than you. it will remind you of your childhood. I chose this book because here an earth we are just like that, it is one of the main reason why we are here today. I hope you all get to read it and enjoy it thank you and have a great knowledge.

I read “April Morning”. I chose this book well my teacher recommended this book to me.She told me many interesting things about the book. Witch it made me want to read it. So I did read the book and my teacher was right I really liked it. What I liked about this book was that it talks about a young boy. That I can say had a pretty hard life. Why am I saying this is? It’s because a young boy thinking that his dad don’t like him. Also going to war pretty brave boy that what I think. At first I thought that the book was going to be very boring but once I started reading it I enjoyed it. I really recommend this book it’s really interesting. Also if you want to learn a lot more things about how life was back in time read it. I promise every minute you spend reading it it’s worth it.

The book I read was, Mr. Popper's penguins. Mr. Popper's penguins is its about penguin. Mr. Popper's basically its the guy who receives an unexpected delivery a real, live penguins. A lots penguins and they turn his house to a snowy winter wonderland. As the penguins - each with a distinct and delightful personality continue to turn his life upside down. Every time when something bad happen you know that something good is coming to, so thats what Mr. poppers did he was patient. When the penguins driven he insane. After all they end up best friend with him. I really loved the book because its comedy which is my favorite and it made me change my mind the way I use to think about penguins. It's also extremely funny. I recommend this book to anybody who likes to lough and like to have good time because in the book they do a lot funny stuff.