Monday, December 3, 2012

General questions

Answer at least 3 questions from any of the sections.

Characters:
Do any of the characters, in the book you are reading, change?  In what way?
Who is the most important character in your book?
Do any of the characters do things you think are good/bad?  What? Why do you think it is good/bad?

Plot:
Who has a problem? Is there one problem or more than one?  Explain.
What is one of the main things that happened in your book?

Mood:
What was the funniest/saddest/strangest thing that happened in your book?
How did you feel while reading this book?  Why did it make you feel that way.

Style:
What did you like or dislike about the way the author has written this book?

Theme:
1. Do you think there was a message in this book?  What is it?

30 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi mr.B Ronde and Tiki are the Maine carictors.They both do really good things. They both do what there parents say and never argue and always ceep there hopes up. When there friends were doing bad at football tryouts they were telling them to ceep up the good werk. This book is really interesting and hope all of you liked my blog


Aiden

Anonymous said...

In my book, The Mark of Athena, most of the main characters change, because they meet the other people in their group who are from different camps. They change, because they are able to adapt to other people in their group.

There isn't really a main character in my book, The Mark of Athena, because the book cycles through main protagonist's point of view

In my book, lots of people do things that are good/bad, like phorcys, who entraps Frank and Percy in a giant aquarium tank.

Jakob Eneman

Anonymous said...

In my book, The Mark of Athena, the main problem is that the twin giants, Otis, and the other one I can't remember the name of, are trapping Nico in a giant jar. One of the main things that happen in my book is that the main protagonists get kicked out of camp jupiter.

Jakob Eneman

Anonymous said...

In my book, The Mark of Athena, I liked how the author used descriptive words.

Jakob Eneman

Anonymous said...

Hi mr.B

Fisher is the the good character in the story and I'm not sure if the robot good or bad because he is saving the boy and he's creeping him out to so I'm not sure if he's trying to kill him or not. The rats are bad because they're biting and scratching his legs and the robot is not really helping him fight off the rats.
This is Austin F

Anonymous said...

Hi mr.B

Fisher is the the good character in the story and I'm not sure if the robot good or bad because he is saving the boy and he's creeping him out to so I'm not sure if he's trying to kill him or not. The rats are bad because they're biting and scratching his legs and the robot is not really helping him fight off the rats.
This is Austin F

Anonymous said...

Hi mr.B

Fisher is the the good character in the story and I'm not sure if the robot good or bad because he is saving the boy and he's creeping him out to so I'm not sure if he's trying to kill him or not. The rats are bad because they're biting and scratching his legs and the robot is not really helping him fight off the rats.
This is Austin F

Anonymous said...

I didn't think there was a message in my book, The Mark of Athena, because it's just an adventure novel.

Jakob Eneman

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr.B,

I'm writing this blog about my book Wild Wings.

CHARACTERS
My main character are Iona and Callum. Only Callum changes because he becomes a nice guy. I love both of the main characters they are so nice, Burt Callum lies to his parents a lot so I have mixed feelings.

PLOT
There are little problems in the story sometimes, But they solve in the middle. There is a secret that they have to keep or the thing will be taken. There are Ospreys on Callum's farm and they go out in the woods a lot to watch them fly and stuff things do to survive.

MOOD
I think the story is happy and sad because the problem pretty much are sad then it always solves. It is also affecting how I feel.

STYLE
I love how it's written because the details and creativity. I love it.

THEME
The message is not all secrets are bad, But they can be.

Caroline Harrington

Anonymous said...

I think a funny thing in my book, The Mark of Athena, is that Frank turns into a giant goldfish when he's trapped in a giant aquarium. I think this because it's strange.

Jakob Eneman

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr.B
In the book I'm reading the main charicer of my book is Elise and she dose change a lot when it is her first day of middle school because on her first day of middle school she gets bullied because over the summer Elise and best friend Franklin played a game that was about sorowrd fighting and Elise got a bunch of cuts and browses all over her leg so on the first day of school Elise disids to wear shorts and every one is bullying her about how Elise has a bunch of cuts and browses on her leg and Elise has never been this way.
The main character of my book is Elise and her best friend Fanklin because the story is so far about Elise and Franklins first year at middle school and so far for Elise school isn't going so well. First Elise gets bullied by a mean girl at her school. Second Elise insint doing all of her homework and gets in big trouble and third Elise breaks her thum playin with a hammer and kids at her school are making fun of her for having a borking thum.
The charicer in my book Elise doseint really do anything bad but something she did that insint good is that on the first day of school she didn't do any of her homework and her friend Franklin doseint really do any thing bad

I will write more latter -Molly rohrer


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Anonymous said...

1. The most important person is a girl hows name is Callie. she is the most important person because the hole book is about her life.

2. The main character is nice and tries to get someone to do a play but that person has stage fright and he gust wants to let his brother do it and let him shin.


Shyanne Goodwin #12

Anonymous said...

My book is The Lightning Theif and the main characters are Percy and Grover and Percy has a problem all of these monsters are after him to kill him and the Minotaur is chasing them and Percy's mom died because the minoture squeezed her so hard she disappeared and Percy got to the summer camp that his mom and dad wanted him to go to for half bloods and Percy is a half blood and that is why the Minotaur tried to kill Percy and Percy ripped a horn off of the Minotaur and the saddest part so far is when Percy's mom died.



From,Tyler D.

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr.B Berenson,
Characters: In the book that I'm reading Catching Fire Katniss changes a lot. At the beggining of the book she doesn't want to be around people at all but as the story goes on she wants to do some things that are worse then not likening people. In the first book the Hunger Games Katniss wants to kill Peeta once she here's him tell Ceaser Flickerman at the interview for all the victors that he has had the biggest crush on Katniss for ever. When Katniss hears this she almost kills him. Katniss is the most important character in my book. In the book Katniss almost used suicide to kill herself. Peeta and her were about to eat poisinis berries. I think that is definitely bad because they were about to admitt suicide in front of the capital. But then the game makers say there can be two victors instead of zero.
To be continued...
-Catie Giffen

Anonymous said...

The main characters in The Mark of Athena are: Percy, Annabeth, Gaea, Leo, Frank, Mr.D/Bacchus, Arachnia, the evil ghosts, Nymphs, Nico, Piper, Jason, the Athena Partheanos (technically, that is a statue), Hazel, Coach Hedge, Aphrodite, The Mark of Athena (technically, that is a coin, but it plays a very big role in the story line), Ephillities and Otis (the two giants in the story). In The Mark of Athena the only character that I think changes is Annabeth, because she goes on a quest to find the Athena Partheanos, that has been lost for thousands of years. The Mark of Athena really does not have a most important character, all of the characters are important to the quest, meaning that all of the characters have something to contribute to the quest. I think that the person that does the most for group in The Mark of Athena is Percy and Jason, because they are water and wind and the ship that they have has the ability to fly or float, those two abilities can be very useful, and Frank has the ability to turn himself into virtually anything that he would want to, and Leo can fix almost anything, and Piper can talk people into doing anything that she wants them to, and Hazel can make just about any mineral or metal come out of the ground and sense where metal is, and Coach Hedge can hit someone in the head with his baseball bat, so everyone is important.

Your Best
LoganW

Anonymous said...

A couple characters in my book change. How they change is some of them get older and all of them are more powerful.The most important character in my book is Jason because he is a son of Zeus and he is a really good fighter and he can control the winds. He also can make it lightining or rain when ever he wants to. I think the characters do good and bad things. A couple of the thing s they did that were bad are they burn down cities, and they have put each other in dangerous sittuations. One example is Annabeth was to worried about a statue she and Percy both fell off a cliff and went down into tarturas, which is a pit full of monsters that no one has ever gotten out of the pit before. Another siittuation is when Leo fired missles out of there ship and almost killed them. Some good things are Jason and Percy worked together to defeat two giants who were going to destroy the world. Another good thing is before Annabeth fell into tarturas she tricked an evil spider into falling into tarturas in a huge pair of Japenese handcuffs. Another example of a good thing is when Frank turned in to a fish so Percy could get out of a fish tank. Also a good thing was when good underwater animals helped defeat a huge shrimp that was attacking there ship. It is not just a problem for one person it is a problem for the whole world. The problem is Gaea is about to wake up and when she wakes up she is going to destroy the world and make everyone good go to tarturas and let all the bad monsters roam the world. To stop her they have to close two doors at once one in two different continents. One in Romania and one in Califorina. The most important thing that has happened so far is Annabeth found the Athena statue and nobody has seen it for hundreds of decades. I didn't feel anything while I was reading the book. The funniest thing that happened in the book was when Leo started shooting down the eagles that were following them. The saddest thing that happened was when Annabeth and Percy fell into tarturas. The strangest thing that happened is when Percy and Jason randomly started fighting each other while they were talking to a god. I liked how the author wrote the book mostly because he described the setting really good and the way he writes everything is easy to understand. I think the in the book was not to be selfish or people will be selfish to you.

Tyler Rivers

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr.B Berenson,
I am going to continue were I left off on my other blog because I didn't get to finish it. I was saying at the end of my post before that there could only be two victors and not zero. The only reason they say that is because, Katniss and Peeta were about to atmitt/commit suicide annd there would have been no victors to crown. Katniss does something good when she stands in front of Gale when he is getting whipped and she taked one lash for him.
Plot:The plot in Catching Fire is that Katniss and Peeta have recently been in the Hunger Games and they are living in the victors village, Katniss and Peeta are supposedly getting married, they are now in the Quarter Quell, and Katniss and Peeta have to go back to the arena and fight against old victors fom all of the districts. Thats the whole plot. But the character who has a problem in my book is definitly Katniss. The reason why Katnss has the biggest problem is because, President Snow wants Katniss dead. The only reason why to say that is becasue Katniss embarest the capitol by shooting a bow through the apple that was in a pigs mouth. There is one other problem in my book Katniss secretly goes into the woods and while she was there she finds runaways from district eight. They tell Katniss that they think there is a community under where district 13 used to be before the capital blew up. But that isn't to much of a problem in the book because Katniss is just kind of thnking about it all the time in the back of her head.
Mood:In Catching Fire the saddest thing that happened is that Katniss has to go back to the arena and fight again, and this time there can ony be one victor. The strangest thing that happened is that the head peace keeper disapers one morning and there is now a head peace keeper. Ther hasn't really been anything to funny or even funny at all in my book. I haven't finished my book yet but I can say how I feel when I read it. I feel sad at times when the characters are sad, scared that something like that could happen for real in the future wich I hope doesn't.
Style: I like how Suzanne Collines writes her books. They are always good and they make the reader want to keep reading on and on and not put the book down. I don't dislike anything about her books. But I don't know about Mockingjay.
I hope you liked my very long post. :)
-Catie Giffen
Couln't respond to the last question because I haven't finishedthe book.

Anonymous said...

Hey Mr. B its Haleigh
I'm reading Catching Fire. The main character is Katniss She doesn't chang all that much really but she dose try to be some one who shes not because she has to be in love with Peta ( Who is another main character ) When she's not if she doesn't act in love she'll be executed by president snow who is the president of Panem The country witch they live in. Katniss is good but at the end of the hunger games she dose somthing to get her and Peta out of the arena that the game makers do not approve of but they did not do any thing about it.
PLOT
Katniss has a problem a BIG one I'm to far into the book but she already has few problems like having to pretend being in love when she's not but is in love with Gale and she cant stand it. And when Gale gets whipped when he accidentally brings the new peace keeper a freshly killed turkey and katniss try's to have them stop whipping him then she got whipped one on the cheek. Then she want's to run away Katniss has got some problems in this book. And she has to merry Peta know she's not to happy any more.
MOOD
The most sad thing that has happen yet in my book was when Gale got whipped. I didn't see it coming AT ALL. The reason why why he got whipped was because the old head peace always bought Gales turkeys. Gale went to sell his turkey to the old head peace keeper Cray. Katniss and Peta went to the square and people were every where Katniss went through the crowd and there was Gale geting whipped she yelled stop at the new peace keeper who she had never seen He looked at her then whipped her on the cheek she fell to the ground in pane the new peace keeper didn't see who she was though so he didn't care that he whipped her on the face.
STYLE
What I like about the way Suzanne Collins wrote this book is that its all in katniss's point of view She's telling the story I fell like she's talking to me she's telling me every thing the description the way she says things its life like.

THEME
I don't know if there is a message to this book its just a story pretty much.

- Haleigh

Anonymous said...

Characters
The book i'm reading The Hunger Games
1. Katniss the main character does change in the book she becomes more brave 2. So far in the book I think that Katniss is the main character 3. I think Katniss is a good character because she took her little sisters place in the hunger games.-Hannah 8#

Anonymous said...

their is two boys that use to hate opal in because of Winn Dixie. the main character's in because of Winn Dixie is Winn Dixie and Opal.





Connor.a

Anonymous said...

PLOT:
In the book The Hunger Games the problem is that if you don't win you will be killed :c. Katniss is preparing for the games. Katniss was practicing for the game makers and the game makers got board and was not paying any attention to her so she shot a bow at them and accidentally hit there dinner (BTW it was a roasted pig) and pined it to the wall. The game makers were impressed by her short temper.
MOOD:
Strange/funny: Katniss and Petta had to introduce themselves to the audience. They were given capes by the game makers that caught on fire (on purpose) when Katniss and Petta were on stage. The way the author described it made it funny that the audience said "ooh" and "ahh", You would not see this every day!.
STYLE:
I like how the author is VERY descriptive and I don't dislike anything so far.
THEME:
I think that I have not read enough to find out what the message is, so far I feel that it keeps you guessing.

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr. Berenson,
In the book the vile village,none of the characters have really changed YET. I think Count Olaf might change because he hasn't been as rough as other times lately.The most important characters in the story are Sunny, Klaus, and Violet Baudelaire. Count Olaf does bad things A LOT. He murders a lot of innocent guardians or try to convince them that he is someone else to trick them into handing the Baudelaire's over to him so he can get their fortune. They are really bad things because he could get arrested or killed for committing such terrible crimes AND getting away with it. The saddest thing so far is the fact that the three main characters are in jail right now, and might get tied to a stick, and burned to the ground.
One of the strangest things is Count Olaf's new disguise. They described him as some detective from the 80's.At the beginning of every sentence he
says: "It's just not cool.". This book makes me feel
as if Im in the story, and it also has the ability to
make me laugh and cry. Laugh because Lemony Snicket comes in at random times and describes stuff in a funny way. Cry because the most saddest
things happen to the three orphans. For instance,
their parents got killed in a fire that got their mansion burned to the ground. And there is a crazed villain after them. It made me feel that way because it was described very well. I liked how Lemony Snicket finishes the books and how he pops
in and out of the story at random times. I don't think there was necessarily a message in the story, it was kind of just a random/fantasy story. The main
problem is basically Count Olaf trying to get
the Baudelaire fortune.Also the orphans in jail.
One of the main things that has happened is the
three trying to find out the true meaning of V.F.D.
My favorite part is when the three are trying to figure out how Isadora Quagmire is leaving couplets
under nevermore tree,(a tree in their guardians backyard)and what they exactly mean. My least favorite thing that has happened is when detective
Dupin,(Count Olaf) and an officer arrest the Baudelaire's for "murdering" someone.
Thanks for reading my post!!!!
With all due respect,
Jill D.

Anonymous said...

Hi mr.B i'm doing the plot. Where the character has a problem. Ronde and Tiki have a problem where they play football to practice theres a factory going in so they wont be able to play football. So the mother and the kids went down to try stop them from making it they haven't dun it yet so there having another meeting.
there mother did really good and every one there was clapping.
Aiden

Anonymous said...

Well the person in my story brian has a huge problem when he gets in a plane crash. When he gets in a plane crash he wants to land the plane in a pond thats in a shape of a L. He lands the plane in the pond and he gets sucked down underwater put he swam back up. Well there is one huge problem that I just explained in the last question. But it is when he is crashing down in the plane and he almost dies getting sucked down under water. Well the main part is when he is landing the plane in the water and trying to swim to shore. Noah p.s the book I am reading is called HATCHET

Anonymous said...

Dear Aideno,

I agree with you that it is a interesting and that was a good blog.


TYLER RIVERS THE AMAZING

Anonymous said...

Dear Jakob,

I do not think the main problem is Otis. I think the main problem is that Percy and Annabeth fell into tarturas.


TYLER RIVERS THE AWESOME

Anonymous said...

Dear Jakob,

I do not think the main problem is Otis. I think the main problem is that Percy and Annabeth fell into tarturas.


TYLER RIVERS THE AWESOME

Anonymous said...

jackson

The most important person in my book is Derek the main character. I like the way the author wrote the book because it has cool drawings. I felt awesome reading it because it is a great book.

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr.B Berenson
The person who has the problem in my story is Elise because on the first day of middle school Things didn't go so well for Elise because first of all Elise gets bullied by this really mean girl because in the summer Elise and her best friend Franklin where playing a game that invalid wooden sorroweds and Elise got a bunch of cuts and browses some people are teasing her for it. Second of all Elise brakes her thumb building a castle out of wood and hammers. Then her aunt comes to live with them and her aunt has a baby and Elise docent like babes.


ill write more later-Molly Rohrer #19

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr.B Berenson
The person who has the problem in my story is Elise because on the first day of middle school Things didn't go so well for Elise because first of all Elise gets bullied by this really mean girl because in the summer Elise and her best friend Franklin where playing a game that invalid wooden sorroweds and Elise got a bunch of cuts and browses some people are teasing her for it. Second of all Elise brakes her thumb building a castle out of wood and hammers. Then her aunt comes to live with them and her aunt has a baby and Elise docent like babes.


ill write more later-Molly Rohrer #19