WEEK 4 (APRIL 11-18) SOMETHING NEW!

[Carey J]

Trying something new this week. We may stick with this, but I am not sure yet. I will let you know next week. We are only going to have one thread each week and you will need to respond to all three prompts on this one thread (instead of three). Let’s give it a try. Let me know if you like or dislike this way.
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WEEKLY UPDATE

What book are you currently reading? What is going on in the book? Who is the main character? Describe them.

At least three sentences

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WEEKLY ACTIVITY

This week go to the giveaway section of goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway

Look for a book that looks interesting and click on one that you would like to win (one that looks interesting.) One of my students one a book this year already! Let’s see if someone else wins one.

When you are done, post the book you chose here.

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WEEKLY DISCUSSION

This weeks prompt: A lot of public schools are going to school uniforms. What do you feel about school uniforms? Would they be good or bad and why? How would it change SSRHS?

At least four sentences.

[Cory]

I'm currently reading Harry Potter #1 and I'm at the part where it's Halloween and a troll got into the school. The main character is Harry and he is small for his age. He's also got glasses that has tape around the nose part.

I have chosen the book Potsdam Station.

I think school uniforms would be a dumb idea because all through my school career, teachers say be yourself. If we had uniforms we'd all look the same and we wouldn't be ourselves any more. I also think they would be bad because people would find ways not to wear them or change the appearance of them. It would change our school by making people more mad and the students just wouldn't wear them.

[Bruce]

Weekly Update
I'm currently reading Rebels at the Gate: Lee and McClellan on the front lines of a Nation Divied. I'm at the part where they are having a battle at Beverly. The main characters are Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army and McClellan of the Union Army. McClellan is the favorite because he's against slavery but Robert E. Lee is for slavery in the south but the Union Army has other plans for the southern states and Virgina is divided between the North and the South.

Weekly Activity
I picked Potsdam Station and hopefully I will win it because it's the only good book on the list.


Weekly Discussion


I think if we go to school uniforms the school will be dead in the water because no one will actually wear the uniforms because through are years of school our teachers tell us to be ourselves and not be the same as other students. The school uniforms are a bad because no one would be themselves. It would change our school by a long shot and the all the students would not wear them so the school would be dead in the water.

[Alexandra]

Weekly Update-
I am reading the book Twilight. It is about a girl named Bella who suddenly decides to go and live with her father in Grand Forks, where she starts school. Bella is pale, she doesn't seem to fit in and has a hard time finding friends right off the bat. Bella is also very quiet.

Weedly Activity-
The Corruptible, seems like an interesting book.


Weekly Discussion-
I don't think it's a good idea if our school made the choice to get uniforms. I feel that everyone has a right to wear what they want as long as it is meeting the guidelines. Uniforms would be bad, because noone would agree to wearing them. It'd change SRRHS for the worst, taking away more of our freedom would just cause problems.

[Emily L]

The book I am reading now is
I just started reading this book so I do not really no any of the details yet, but the back of the book sounded really good!


I entered the book Insight

I feel that school uniforms would be okay. I mean I wouldn't have to sit and think about what I'm going to were the next day and somebody cant tell you that you don't look good because they look the same as you do!!!!

[Emma]

I'm reading Heartless. A pretty little liars book. Right now the four girls, Spencer, Emily, Aria, and Hanna are being arrested for the murder of their ex-best friend Alison. Even though they claim they didn't do it.

I entered the book I'm not her.

I feel uniforms would be both a good and bad thing. I wouldn't enjoy having uniforms, but I think it would make it easier to patrol what people are wearing and make sure it's appropriate. I woudn't mind a mild school uniform, like them telling us what we have to wear. But I wouldn't like set uniforms that are the same for everyone every day.

[Jennifer]

I am reading tempted. the main character is Zoey Redbird. She is a teenager that got marked. And now she has to try to run Tusla's house of night school. She has a lot of tatoo's that their goddess gave her.

I entered the book these hidden things.

I feel that uniforms could be a bad thing because it doesn't give kids the freedom to express themselfs. And it would be really bad if you had to wear the same type of uniforms because it would get really boring. And kids would try to rebell.

[Maggie]

I'm reading my sisters keeper. The main characters are Kate and Anna. Anna has cancer and Kate doesn't want to be her donor anymore.

I entered the book These Hidden Things.

I don't want to get uniforms. I think it would be a bad thing to do. Kids won't follow the rules anyway. Everyone would look the same and it would get boring.

[Channing]

I'm reading Twilight. I am at the part where bella is about to leave Forks because the other vampires are trying to kill her. The main characters are Bella and Edward. Bella is a human that wants to be a vampire. Edward is vampire that doesn't want Bella to become one of them.

I entered the book Hitman.

I don't want uniforms because they are stupid. I think it would be a stupid thing to do. No one would follow the rules. Everyone would look the same and then they couldn't express themselves.

Week 4's points? CHECK.

[$~Christopher~$]

I'm reading Eclipse. I am at the part where Bella just left the werewolf meeting and edward is driving her home. The main characters are Bella, Edward, and Jacob. Bella is human and wants to be a vampire and edward doesn't want her to have to suffer through being a vampire.

I entered the book Hitman!

I would hate uniforms.

[Kyle]

I'm still reading I,Sniper. In the book right now the main caracter is going to a sniper school to learn how to use a new modern rifle scope. The scope has a mini computer chip in side of it so it can make extreamly accurate shots. Bob Swagger, the main caracter is learning how to use it because they think it was used in the killings that framed Carl Hitchcock. Bob swagger is an ex Marine sniper and he's a smart guy.

I entered the book Potsdam Station.

I think if our school went to uniforms it would be good and bad. It would be good because people wouldnt have to worry about what they looked like and could just focus on learning. Also they would not have to worry about students wearing inapproperiate clothing. I think It would be bad because I don't think students would wear them and they would really make the school look boring.

[Tara]

Weekly Update
I am reading Goth Girl Rising. It is about a girl who gets send away to a mental hospital because her dad got a phone call for someone saying that she had a bullet. She comes back 6 months later and everything has changed.

Weekly Activity
I entered the book Dont Breath a Word.

Weekly Discussion
I think that having uniforms would be both good and bad. Good because that we dont have to worry about how they looked. I think it bad because I dont think students want to come to school everyday wear the samething.

[Anthony]

i am currently reading the last thing i remember. the main character charlie west who has been running from an organization that is trying to kill charlie and he is stopped in a town to take a break from running for a day but runs into trouble when some members of the organization chasing him show up

i chose the book progency

school uniforms are a bad idea they look bad they take away the right of choice and they make people look stupid. Most students would never wear them at srrhs and it would make students resent teachers and not listen

[Luke]

I am currently reading Platoon: Bravo Company. Bravo, along with 2/22 Mech Infantry and three other companies from 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, survived the VC's New Year's Day assault on FSB Burt. After resupplying in Katum, they return to FSB Burt, ready to move to a new base.

I tried to enter for Soft Apocalypse.

I feel school uniforms would not allow one to express individuality. I wouldn't enjoy having one. SRRHS would look formal with them, but people probably would try not to wear them, defeating the purpose.

[ellieee (:]

i'm reading justin bieber. They were just talking about his life and his concerts. The main character is justin bieber. He is very cute.

I entered to win the book what happend to goodbyes.

I don't want school uniforms. And I don't think anyone wants them. We should be able to wear what we want. They would be bad because no one can wear what they want. I don't know how it would change our school, but it would.

[Kayla]

I am reading Dear John. The main character is John. He is just going back to the army.

I entered to win Becoming Sage

I would not like the school uniforms. I think a lot of people would move to a different school. I also think that people would stop being picked on for what they wear.

[Kristina]

i am now reading dreamland by Sarah Dessen. Cali main character. and school uniforms would suck. we cant be or express who we want to be. we have to look alike and its too ritsy and uptight to have to wear ugly uniforms i think anyway.

[Mariah]

Update:
I just finished the book Ransom by Danielle Steel, and haven't started my new book yet. Ransom was about a woman named Sarah whose husband died after gaining a lot of money. A group of criminals, the mane one being a man named Quinn, decided to take Sarah's son named Sam hostage. They did this so that she would pay a ransom. In the end a detective named Rick helped Sarah get her son back.

Activity:
I entered the book I'm not her.

DISCUSSION:
I don't really see a point in enforcing uniforms at SRRHS. I think the main change that it would make would be to make students unhappy and a lot less eager to come to school. I feel that the way you dress is a way to express yourself and your personality. I understand the concept of uniforms.. to eliminate bullying for the things kids wear. However, i have gone to a school that enforced uniforms and there were still kids getting bullied. You can typically still tell which uniforms are nicer than others. I think that it would be pointless.

[Jarod]

I'm reading Pet Semetary by Stephen King.It's hard to explain whats going on in the book,but so far,the main character Louis Creed brought his cat Church back to life and it's turning feral,meanwhile,his baby boy Gage was kill by a truck cause he ran into the road.As for Louis,all i really know is he works at a hospital and is married with now just a daughter

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I am reading the book soul surfer for our non fiction book. The main charater is Bethany Hamilton, she is a young girl who is very religious and loves and dreams about becoming a pro surfer. right now she is talking about how she found the strenght to get through what had happened to her and how much of a struggle it was for her to be able to surf again. she talks about how her religion advisor and parents (mostly dad) wouldnt give up on her and helped her keep going and be able to surf as well as before.

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I entered to read a book by rebecca talley!

I dont think we should get school uniforms because we are a public school and the way we dress right now doesnt have any effect on our learning because we are more comfortable the way we dress ourselves. I think that there are days people just dont want to get dressed so they wear sweat shirts or sweat pants and by making us wear uniforms i think it would make us a lot more angrier and rebel. i also think for the people who arent very comfortable with their bodies ( since we are still kids) could possible cause eatting disorders because they are not happy with what they look like in their school uniforms and are constantly trying to change it! i alos think letting us dress the way we want helps us to express our creativity and our own uniqueness which is also a learning component:)!

[Dalles]

Weekly Update:
I am currently reading Evercrossed (A Kissed By An Angel) novel... and it is about a girl who is going through the loss of the guy she loved (Tristan) and is still trying to get over his death... She meets someone else who she begins to fall in love with and who reminds her a lot of Tristan. The main characters name is Ivy and she faces many challenges in the book.

[Dalles]

Weekly Activity:
I entered to win the book "Angel Burn"

Weekly Discussion:
I would rather NOT have uniforms because its nice to be able to wear the clothing that you want as long as it isnt inappropriate.. it would deffinately effect our school in a huge way.. i honestly think that people would transfer schools just because of it and the kids would probably start a petition