Ms. Okes's Classes 2012 discussion
What is one of your favorite books? Why?
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J.K. Rowling did an excellent job making us readers feel like we grew up with the characters. The number of years it took to publish the books (and release the movies) means that we truly did age at about the same rate.
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Of all the Louis L'mour books, why this one?
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Why do you like this one best of the trilogy? I confess that I was very frustrated by The Fellowship of the Rings because it seemed like the characters were lost in the woods for 1/3 of the novel, about to be discovered or getting high with sylvean hippies. I really wanted them to just move on in the plot.
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I never thought of this story as funny. What parts are humorous?
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I don't know whether to take you seriously or not...
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What is about? I need more information!
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This sounds like an interesting book. Why was it funny?
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Realistic zombies...sounds interesting!
My favorite book is the last book in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn. I like this book because it has romance in it, comedy, and adventure. These are all of my favorite genres. This book will catch your attention easily and will also hold your attention until the end.
One of my favorite books was "The Choice" by Nicolas Sparks.It was a great book after I started reading it I couldn't put it aside. The conflict in this book is choices one was choosing between two people she really wanted to be with and for her choice they eventually got married but had an accident and the wife was injured and fallen to a coma, so her husband had to make a choice to shut the machines off or keep hope.
One of my favorite books is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I really enjoy everything about the books; the characters (Katniss in particular), the plot and the general description of the events. The author does an amazing job with keeping you interested by throwing curve balls throughout the story. I like how Collins made every situation a domino effect, one thing led to the other, and that led to something else, which explains why they characters were in the situatios given to us. The Hunger Games is an interesting twist on modern life today, and it examples sturggles that normal families experience every day. I think that The Hunger Games is a very interesting, and heavily entertaining book that will keep you wanting more. I am very excited to continue reading the series as well!
One of my favorite books was The Da Vinci Code By Dan Brown a GREAT READ!
I've red the three in the Eragon series and think they too are good.
One of my favorite books is The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. It is a great book about post-apoctalyptic "smart" cities and a surgery that changed you both mentally amd physically. The day of their 16th birthday, all people got the surgery. They basically rebuilt your body and face to make you a perfect human being, making every younger person think that normal is ugly. The main character, Tally, goes through amazing adventures with her friend Shay and helps try to save a society of Uglies. The reason I enjoyed this book is because it had a protagonist that went through incredible changes throughout the story to help her best friend. I would recommend this book to anyone.
My favorite book that I've read would be "Vampire Academy" by Richelle Mead. This was the first book I read of a great series. After reading this book I jumped right into the next of the series. It was full of unexpected happenings that left me extremely curious, and this is why it's my favorite book.
My favorite book is Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead, the fifth book in the Vampire Academy series. This book is about a a girl named Rose Hathaway who wants to be her best friend's, Lissa Dragomir, gaurdian when they graduate school. But some problems occur. Her love interest litterally becomes the bad guy and she is torn between him and another guy named Adrian Ivashkov. I liked this book because it was filled with action, adventure, complicated romances, and was really interesting!:)
One of my favorite books is The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks. I've read many of his books and I always love them, but I'd have to say that this book is my favorite by him. This book isn't just one of his typical love stories, but it actually has some mystery in it. It's a book that makes you always want to know what's coming next, and when you do find out it just blows your mind. I read this book around the beginning of 9th grade, and it's probably the book that really made me love Nicholas Sparks.
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Give examples of the romance, comedy, and adventure to lure readers in without giving away the ending.
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Careful, Abby. You've got run-on sentences there.
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It is speculated that Panem is based on a version of the US in the future. District 12 would be Appalachia, the farming district would be the Midwest, etc.
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Harley, you need to give more information so we understand why you enjoyed it.
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You should post to two separate discussions instead of the same one. Try Science-Fiction/Fantasy for Eragon.
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What is their goal or purpose in making people feel ugly? Do ugly people work harder? Were they supposed to become extinct?
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What is the basic plot?
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What reading level do you think these books are on? Do you learn any new vocabulary from them?
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Give us a taste of the plot if it is so different from his other books.
My favorite book would probably have to be one of the books from the Harry Potter series. I started reading them when I was young and I still want to go back and reread them, they are so good! They are a memory from my childhood that I will always cherish.
My favorite book is Sundancer. I found the story line very relatable and it was a very captivating story.
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There is not a lot of substance this description. I'd like to know more about the book. What age were you? What is it about?
Ms. Okes wrote: "Jack wrote: "One of my favorite book when has to be A Walk In the Woods. It's a book about how these two men hike the Appalachian trail. It is a nonfiction book and they run into a bunch of troub..."It's funny because they have to overcome obstacles that they set up themselves on the Appalachian Trail. For example the author of the book (the man who hiked the trail) didn't want to hike alone, so he asked his old friend to come with him. He had been battling weight gain and they often told jokes about how out of shape they were and how slow their pace was. Another time they got separated and had to find each other. It gave me a good laugh.
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Why do you like it so much? It is an excellent book.