readers journal #9

                                                READERS JOURNAL #9

Dear Mrs. Zrihen

          I am currently reading the book “Skeleton Creek” by Patrick Carmon. The plot structure finishes as climax: talking about ghosts, falling action: henry comes. When Ryan’s parents tell him that he can’t talk, email, or send text messages he does anyway without his parents looking. Like one time he sended an email about Henry coming and of how he is going to try to ask him about the dredge. When Henry was coming, Ryan was talking about how loud Henry is all the time when he is happy. He told the people of how Henry always wins in poker night. The next morning he called the “skeleton creek ranger station” and if he got caught he would say that it was just a prank. When the station called, somehow it thought that Sarah (his friend) put him up to this. When he was nervous enough not to say anything the place got so angry.  Just as his dad picked up the phone he heard that Ryan called the ranger station and that he did a prank call, so his dad said that he will have a serious talk with Ryan. Ryan got so scared that he was sweating. When his dad came in, he talked about the pranking the he has to stop. That night, when Sarah sended him another video of evidence of the house. When his parents came they warned him about his behavior before Henry came. When henry came and said hi to Ryan, Ryan asked him a couple of questions. When Henry got tired he went downstairs and ate.

readers journal #8

                                      JEREMYS READERS JOURNAL #8                    10/25/11

Dear Mrs. Zrihen

         I am currently reading the book “Skeleton Creek” by Patrick Carmon. (this is the scariest book ever). The genre is mystery. The Authors purpose is to inform about a haunted house. The plot structure- exposition: hospital, the rising action: home. I am alike Ryan because he is scared of ghosts and I am scared of ghosts. I like this book because it’s about a haunted house. The Authors perspective is scared because of the ghosts in the haunted house. The book is about (so far) a boy named Ryan, and a girl named Sarah who try to prove to the whole “skeleton creek “ neighborhood that the house is haunted. It all started when Ryan was at the hospital because he broke his leg from running because he saw a ghost. When the nurse said that the doctor will be right with you, and not to try to sleep, he slept anyways because he felt unconscious about seeing the ghost. When he was dreaming he dreamt about being at home writing a lot of journals about what happened to him and about the house. When Sarah heard weird things about the house she decided to interview people and to show Ryan that the house is haunted. Just as Sarah went outside to capture each of the windows from the house she noticed that the one on top had this ghost that appeared and she got so scared that she ran away to Ryan’s house. When Ryan saw the video he still didn’t believe it because he thought it was from Youtube so he

BET that if he saw the ghost he owes Sarah $5. So when he went outside the next night with Sarah he didn’t see the ghost and Sarah was thinking that it doesn’t make any sense. As soon as he woke up in the hospital he realized that he was asleep for 55 hours. When he used the wheelchair to go to his parents he found out that he is not able to see Sarah anymore because he has been getting in trouble with her.

readers journal #7

JEREMYS READERS JOURNAL #6

DEAR Mrs. Zrihen I am currently reading the book “Bat Boy” by Matthew McGough. The genre is a biography. The Authors purpose is to inform the readers about a baseball player. The plot structure is at a Yankees stadium, then at home then at school. i would like to add that my favorite character is matt, i am alike matt because he likes baseball and i like baseball, and yes i like the book. So far the book is about a boy named Matt that is obsessed with baseball, he has a poster of a baseball player Don Mattingly on his bedroom wall. His favorite baseball team is the Yankees. When he went to a baseball game his team was versing the Kansas City, Royals. Just as he he was winning 4-3, the 3 people behind him were the loudest people in the stadium (comparing to any other audience). When he saw the other team player come up, one of the people cursed and threw a beer bottle at the bottom of the audience and some of the drops went on Matt’s scoreboard (card). When the Kansas player made an illegal batting hit, so because of that the game was over and the Yankees have won! The next morning Matts mom put an article about the baseball game right in front of him. As soon as he was walking to school he saw a sign on the billboard that said “Boston Tonight At 7:05”. When he was watching the game he noticed a boy his age sitting on the bleachers dressed in pinstripes, and noticed that he was a Bat Boy. Just as  the game was over he found a discarded program and he tore out, and on the train ride home he started circling names that might be good for Bat Boy hiring. (this story will be continued when I have finished the book).

readers journal number 6

                                                  JEREMYS READERS JOURNAL #6               10/4/11

Dear Mrs. Zrihen

             I currently finished reading the book “Football Hero” by Tim Green. The exposition is at car-pool, the rising action is at the first game, the climax is grandpa saying “no” to ESPN interview with brother, then the falling action is in nasty house, then the resolution is winning the final game. So the rest of the story is about Ty and Uncle Gus going to Lucy’s restaurant and they see a lot of old people with their beers against the window. When Ty saw Lucy’s scar he tried not to look at it, so he asked Uncle Gus if he can do anything to help, so he got to wash the sink in the dirty bathroom. It was so dirty that he was thinking about his football being very dirty. So he went to Uncle Gus to ask if there is anything else to work on so he said to work on that first then I will give you something else. So when he was washing the sink he was thinking about his football being clean because he always get things done when he is thinking of something clean. So when he was clean he started to see silver because he was cleaning it super well. Just as Uncle Gus went to check up on him he saw that the sink was super silver. When Ty asked for a break he got to go to a restaurant and a phone call from his brother about a present that he will go with his brother to the interview by ESPN. When he asked Uncle Gus he said depending on your behavior. As they went back to the nasty house he had to finish his chores, which was to clean the table, and to vacuum the carpet. While he was doing that he got a text message that the final game was starting so he asked Uncle Gus if he could go play and he said ok. As soon as he came his team were losing so he had no choice but to run out there with his clothes that he is wearing already. So when the timer was counting down at 10 he ran so fast that no one was able to catch and TOUCHDOWN!!!! He won

readers journal number 5

JEREMYS READERS JOURNAL # 5               9/27/11

Dear Mrs. Zrihen

                   I am currently reading “Football Hero” by Tim Green. The genre is fiction. The setting is at car-pool, then at school, then at home. The protagonist is Ty, uncle Gus, Mike. Charlotte, thane, Aunt Virginia, and Poyer. The antagonist is the other team. It’s character VS character. The authors purpose is to entertain about a football game. The exposition: at car-pool, the rising action: the first game. So the story that I read so far is about a boy named Ty who came to school on the fist day late. Just as he took one out of the bus the coach yelled out in his face , Ty worriedly, tried to think of a lie. When the bus driver drove away the smoke filled Ty’s face. When coach puled Ty’s shirt into the class they started getting ready for gym. When coach said 5 more minutes Ty was  rushing to tie his shoes . when he was ready, he noticed that when he rushed he tied the laces together, (now it feels like a rope being tied into his leg). When he was running he tripped and coach thought that he did that on purpose so he made him do 20 push-ups for pretending to fool around. While he was tying his shoe again the team lined up and coach was picking who to be quarter back and offense. Just as  he was offense Ty caught the ball in the air and ran so fast that when other players were trying to get him he jumped over them, stopped to let them fall by , and spun around so it will be tricky, just as he did all of that he noticed white line, so he crossed it right when the player was 5 steps behind him and got his team a TOUCHDOWN!!!! So  he walked back home from school, and he found his Aunt Verginia standing in front of him. He wanted to know the problem ,so he realized that it was his birthday and that he was late to decorate. His Aunt was angry that he didn’t tell her where he really was, so as a punishment he had to clean the table with his toothbrush. The presents he got for his birthday was a football, and a football helmet, (that way he could practice at home.) When he came back from school he found his older brother Thane watching the stove because, it was the birthday cake, and watching his favorite show football. So far the main idea is Ty the boy proving to coach that he's really good in football.

readers journal 3

                                                 READERS JOURNAL # 3                         9/13/11

Dear Mrs. Zrihen

                 I am currently reading “The 39 clues” by Gordan Korman. The genre of the book is fiction because it tells about kids going all over the world to find them for the race. The characters are Dan, Amy Cahill, Mozart, Saladin, and Nellie. The protagonist are everyone, the antagonist is the Opponents. The setting is in a hotel, mozarts house, and Vienna. The exposition is at home, the rising action is going to a hotel, the climax is finding the first clue from Mozart’s music. So the Book so far is about 2 kids named Dan and Amy. In the morning Dan saw this race around the world to find the clues so when he came to dinner he asked his mom if he can go with Amy to find them, so she said yes but with a parents permission. When they were on a train to Vienna, Dan had problems finding a seat because the train was crowded with old people. Before they left the train a person was talking in Spanish and Dan couldn’t understand him, so he thought it was something bad so he made a run for it. When they got to their hotel, Dan and Amy went to look for a clue in a mysterious place, so they went to Mozart’s house and checked if whatever he did had a clue in it. When they read his music they found a clue. Also from that clue they read a book and realized that he had an older sister. When they came back to the hotel and ate lunch and thought about where the 2^nd clue must be. (this story will continue when I read the whole book)

                               Sincerely your student Jeremy kazieva

jeremy's readers journal 2

Dear Mrs. Zrihen

                  I just finished reading “Ghost Hunt” by Jason Hawes and grant Wilson. Apparently the book is made up of several different ghost stories. The genre of the book is fiction. the characters are Jason, Grant, Jen, Diana, and Mr. martin. the protagonist are Jason, Grant, Diana, Jen, and Diana. The antagonist are the ghosts. the setting is at the island and at home. the exposition is an island, then the rising action is a big storm, then the climax is finding a ghost from the storm, then the falling action is asking for help, then the resolution is leaving home. Also for the next chapter the exposition is at home, then the rising action is getting water,then the climax is finding a ghost , then the falling action is writing to ghost hunters, then the resolution is killing ghost. It's character vs supernatural.the plot is about kids getting scared about ghosts. the tone is good  and the mood is scary and tense because the boy is with a ghost. theme is ghosts. the moral is to never be alone in the dark always with a parent. the point of view is scared. the authors purpose is to inform that ghosts aren't real. reponse starters- i admire my book because it's about ghosts, i rate this book a 4/5 because it's too scary. One of the stories that I finished reading was about the 5 kids that go to an island to capture a ghost. As they were doing that two girls that were helping each other found another ghost that was staring at the girl from a dock. As the ghost was disappearing the girl wanted to yell for help but her throat choked. On that night it was so windy that everyone had to go back home. The last chapter was a bout a boy named Billy Turner, who had a ghost in his house. It all started when he went downstairs for water at midnight he thought he heard something so he went closer and closer and the closer he went the colder he got. When he ran down the stairs he ran into his best hiding spot he could find, he grabbed a flashlight and wrote to the ghost hunters that his house was haunted. When the ghost hunters read it, they were terrified themselves. So when they came to his house the used a special vacuum to suck the ghost in.

                                   SINCERELY YOUR STUDENT JEREMY KAZIEVA