FableHaven 10/20/14

Title: FableHaven
Author: Brandon Mull
Pages: 0-60
Prompt: Predict what will happen next

What do I think will happen next you ask? What I think will happen next will be from the first book to the second. In the first book they set the stage for Fablehaven and described most of the main characters of the series. If you would pay attention to the first book you would be able to find the hints that talk about what the plot for the second book will be. I found that the plot for the second book will be talking about the Society of the Evening Star. The Society of the Evening Star is a society that would find the hidden sanctuaries for mythical animals. When they would find them they would steal the artifacts that keep all the creatures in the sanctuary, so then the animals could roam free.

My complete prediction of what the plot of the book is going to be like starts with, first the Society of the Evening Star is going to infiltrate FableHaven. I believe that the Society will infiltrate them with someone that they hold close to them that has been to Fablehaven before. Next they would find out where the artifact is by having that person gain there trust then gain knowledge to where the artifact is. Lastly I believe that they will try to steal it but the people of Fablehaven will find out and destroy there plan.

Overall I believe that the plot of the book will be well written and will have a great ending. I really liked the first book so I believe that by the end of my forty book challenge I will have read the whole series. This book brings me 4/40 into my forty book challenge.

Time Travel

Q: Where would you go?
A: If I would go anywhere in the world I would go to Ancient Greece.

Q:To which year or period would you travel?
A: 339 B.C Before Alexander the Great's Death.

Q: Who would you want to meet or what event would you want to witness?
A: I would like to meet Alexander the Great because he was one of the greatest conqueror of the world.

Q: Where would you find this person or see this event?
A: Macedonia because he was the king there.

Q: Why would you want to meet this person or witness this event?
A: I would like to meet him because I am fascinated with ancient history especially the wars.

Q: How might YOU change history?
A: I might have made an impact on Alexander and that might have changed the whole world.

Quarter 1 :Reflection 8/18/14 - 10/17/14

Gustavo Guzman
10/17/14

How have your blogs been progressing since August?
My blogs have progressed greatly since August I have come to understand it more and the new objectives. The new objectives give me a reason to not just read the book for fun but to have a purpose instead of just picking what ever in the end. I was rough in the beginning but i am starting to smooth out my mistakes with my teacher.



What strategies have benefited you?

The strategies that have benefited me in Blogging are many there are two that I use most often and sometimes together. One is I check on other peoples blogs and see what they have written in there blog to try and get the them of the blog for this week. After doing that I have better knowledge on what I am doing so I start my blog. The second strategy I use is talk about the book in the beginning so I can recap about what I read. This helps my readers and me to understand the blog more. After I just answer the question given to talk abut the book.

Where are you in your 40 Book Challenge? 
Over the summer till now I have started to actually like reading. I read on a daily basis if I don't read at least one chapter a day I feel like I have read nothing. Over the summer I beat the forty book challenge so this year I am aiming for 60 books its a big challenge but in the breaks I read a lot because I usually have nothing to do. For this year I have read about 5 books already and thats a pretty good number because I have many sports that I do during the day.

 What have you learned about the world? 

The world is a fascinating place especially now you can be in one place and learn about news in multiply other places. With technology you can explore the world without even actually moving around much. What I have learned about the world so far is that well the world is growing in good and bad ways. I have learned about Ebola the deadly Ebola virus that is killing many people and is becoming a global thing. I have also learned about ISIS threats on America and how they might be in the U.S.A. There aren't just bad things in the world thought there are also good things in the world like. The Nobel peace prize and how it was awarded to Malala the girl who is fighting for girls to go to school and Kailash Satyarthi a children's right activist in India.

How have your research skills improved?

My research skills have improved so much this year with citing your sources and having to find your own sources I have learned how to find things quick and efficiently. If you were to give me a piece of information and you wanted me to find a more explicit version of it give me 60 seconds tops. Your probably asking how I got this good well there are three main reasons. Number one is just basically listening to my teacher and fixing what she tells me is wrong or can be made better. Number two is learning form my own mistakes and experience and the last one is learning form others mistakes, which I do a lot.

The City Of Bones/ Late

Title:City of Bones
Author:Cassandra Clair
Date:09/18/14
Pages:169-end
Prompt: List the main characters

The main characters of the book are Clary , Jace and Valentine. Jace I believe is the third main character. Jace full name is Jace Herondale his guardian is Valentine a ruthless Shadow hunter that fights for the opposite side(against Downworlders side). Jace was raised by Valentine through his younger years until Valentine choose the opposite side. After that Jace meet his biological parents Celine and Stephen Herondale. Currently Jace is not with either of them he is with his uncles family(also shadow hunters) in the New York City institute. The reason Jace is the second main character is because he has been there since the beginning either protecting Clary (1st main character) or just knowing her. Overall he is the main character because he is there since the beginning of the book and he is one of the best Shadowhunters in the world.

The second main character is Valentine the shadowhunter. Valentines full name is Valentine Morgenstern he is the father of Clary (1 main character) and Sebastian Morgenstern. He was married to Clary
Frays mother Jocelyn Fray. Valentine created a secret society (well not really secret but secret form humans) called the Circle of Raziel. The Circle of Raziel is a group of people with a common goal to exterminate Downworlders. He wants to exterminate Downworlders because a Downworlder killed his father and so Valentine is exacting revenge by trying to take them out. The problem is that the shadowhunter society is trying to create peace with the downworlders so there shadowhunters wont always have to fight with them. In the end Valentine is most likely not to succeed because its basically wiping out a whole entire species.

The last and most important character is Clary the mundane/shadowhunter. Clary is a mundane because well she lived like that for years but she is also a shadowhunter because she can do everything they do and better. Clary i believe is the most important character in the whole book. We get to become shadowhunters with her we may not see it through her eyes but the narrator is always with her and telling us what she sees and feels. That really surprised me because usually they don't tell us there feelings unless its first person. This whole was like a roller coaster it was good but then there was dull parts but then after the dull part there was action.

A Child Called "It"

Title: A Child Called "It"
Author:Dave Pelzer
Pages:0-40
Week:10/5/14
Prompt:Writing Techniques (Mood)

           The writing techniques that the author uses helps to change the readers feeling on the book to create a more dramatic or different atmosphere, this technique is called mood. In the story this is shown in countless occasions. In this book it talks about Dave Pelzers struggle in life, he endured physical abuse for many years from his mother who thought of it as a game. He would be teased in school because his mother would like to humiliate him in every possible way.  Making him wear shirts and shorts that should have been thrown to the trash years ago. She would make him lunch with leftover food that not even the dog would eat. He wouldn't get to eat everyday he would get to eat only when his mother let him eat the leftover scraps. This is just the beginning of Davids horrible start in life.

In this book "A Child Called"IT""  the mood has a big impact the story greatly. Without mood you would be emotionless throughout the story. This story is full of emotions very sad emotions especially. A few moments where I felt really bad , a moment that you would need emotions to actually get it. "“You’ve made my life a living hell!” she sneered. “Now it’s  time I showed you what hell is like!” Gripping my arm, Mother  held it in the orange blue flame. My skin seemed to explode from the heat. I could smell the scorched hairs from my burnt arm.". This part was very emotional you wouldn't imagine a mother burning her own sons hand. If you didn't have mood you wouldn't have any thoughts about this or even any feelings. Overall Mood is important because this book is all about emotion and understanding how the author felt through it.

Another part where I thought that mood was incorporated. Was when Davids mother made him eat his own barf This book is has one of the best starting and hope also to have a good ending. "I sat on a chair and picked the clumps of hot dogs out of the  bowl with my hand. Globs of thick saliva slipped through my  fingers, as I dropped it in my mouth. As I tried to swallow, I began to whimper.". This shows that the mood in the story is sad because davids mother mad him eat his barf. What this made me feel was disgust but also I felt bad for David because
he had to eat it.

Reflective blog

My Reflection Blog
By: Gustavo Guzman

Since the beginning of 7th grade I have started blogging. Blogging has become one of the things I am hoping to do. Once in a while I don't have time so I do it over the weekend and I enjoy it I enjoying letting people know about the book. In the beginning of my blogging years I was a bit rough on the edges ,well more like a lot. My first blog was basically just rants about the book I talked about what ever came to mind. They didn't connect at all I would talk about the main characters conflict then i would automatically, with no transition. This I feel I have been struggling through I am starting to get the hang of blogs now though.

My recent blogs have been long and have had thorough explanations on my books. My strategy which I like best is to inform the reader about my book in the first paragraph. Then to answer the prompt in the next two. The last one is kind of a mix of ending the question and giving my own thoughts. Overall over the years I believe I have improved. I may still have some parts where it isn't that great I also have parts that are amazing.

Over the years my blogging has started to improve. I still may have grammar issues and other kid of issues but slowly the issues have started to decrease . I believe if I keep on doing what i'm doing I will keep improving.  Thanks for reading.