Reading Log 3-1-11

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid by: Jeff Kinney

1. The conflict in this realistic fiction book took place when Rowly, Gregs best friend, ivited him to his pool over the summer. The two lounged in the sun drinking smoothies by the dozen. When the waiter brung the check they put rowleys dads credit card number unaware that someone actually had to pay. When the check makes its way over to the parents the boys have to find someway to pay off the bill.

2. My favorite character in this book just so happened to be the main character as well, Greg Heffley. He was a protagonist and static and major. Greg was a good problem solver. I believe this because in some of the situations throughout this book Greg was wove into he so many situations yet, somehow found a creative way to get out of it. A quote from the book that shows this quality is "Me and Rowley realized we were gonna have to do this a different way, and make our OWN ads."

3. A cool authors secret I noticed while reading this book was how he finds a funny angle from every story. I remember reading this story laughing more than I ever have in any other book. This characteristic draws the reader in and makes them feel like it would be impossible to put the book down.

4. A new word I learned in this weeks reading is sonata which is a noun meaning a composition for one or two instruments, typically of three or four movements in contrasting forms and keys.

5. I do believe this is a book that I would use for a book commercial in the future because it was really fun to read and I'm sure it would be even funner to share it with my peers.

NOT 4 CLASS! Langston Huhghes Notes

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "Harlem was in vogue

-Was born in Joplin, Missouri

-became the first African American to be elected to the United States Congress from Virginia

-Hughes was elected class poet

-Hughes managed to maintain a B+ grade average

-Hughes died from complications after abdominal surgery, related to prostate cancer, at the age of 65

-First published in The Crisis in 1921

What Do You Think 2-14-11

Honey bee collapse threatens global food security
This is a debate that has been discussed for years , and introduced by Einstein, but not ever considered in as much depth as it has in the past couple years. As the article states "Almost a third of global farm output depends on animal pollination, largely by honey bees." The food that honey bees help provide is rich with minerals ,vitamins ,and anti-oxidants and are substantual to our food pyramid, yet the honey bees are dying rapidly....What we will do without them? That is a good question that scientists around the world have been scratching their heads over for quite a while now but in a nutshell here's my theory.........

I believe since honey bees are so crutial to not only the U.S ,but the entire globe we should treat them as the endangered animals they really are. We could set up laws and regulations protecting the honey bee making sure there is a fine for the ones killed.These fines would pay for a place were specalists could breed them so slowly but surely increase the population baby steps at a time.

what do you think? 2-1-11 Toddlers&Tiaras

Do you think the attention the show brings to toddler beauty pageants is good for encouraging debate?

Yes I do believe that the attention the show brings to toddler  beauty pageants is great for encouraging debate because I think it brought  the attention to  mainstream America of the debacle that is beauty pageants for some children that cant even walk yet being paraded around like a dog show purely for the satisfaction their owners or in this case their parents.I also believe that especially with the mothers some are trying to relive their lives through their kids by putting them in something they loved as a child , and hoping their kids will too ,but honestly the saddest thing to me is the measures the children's parents will take to ensure themselves that their kid WILL win. Just a mear list of these measures include spray tanning them, waxing their eyebrows ,and even over-doing the make-up these aren't things they asked for of course since the younger contestants cannot talk but something thrown in by the parents. I think a lot of parents foul themselves into thinking the end justifies the means by telling themselves that being in the spotlight will give their child strong leadership skills ,but my opinion is that they are ingraining a prima dona syndrome and filling the future generation with needy attention hogging girls with hair extensions and fake tans but time will tell.