Readers,
As a voracious reader, I love discussing books with other lovers of literature. I have joined book clubs, emailed with friends, and sat down over many meals where the conversation turned to what everyone was reading. Books are a part of my life.
However, I have noticed I have certain friends who never fail to disappoint me with their EXCELLENT recommendations. I finally figured out why they are so great at this life skill ...
When recommending a book to me, they give a concise, precise summary of the book. Their summary consist of the main characters, the setting, and the problem and solution, otherwise known as, the plot. They use LITERARY ELEMENTS to explain what the book is about!
I would like for you to write a short summary about the fiction book you are reading, including characters, setting, and the plot (problem/action). Assume I have not read the book and be sure to edit your work.
Here is an example from Ida B.
Ida B
Ida B is about a young girl, who lives with her mom and dad on a farm and is home schooled after an unpleasant experience at school. She lives a happy life, using her imagination to play on the farm and with her pets. Sadly, her mother gets cancer and Ida B's life is turned upside down and she is heart-broken. She must return to school and she makes a decision to change into a person with a cold, hard heart.
I cannot wait to see your understanding of what you are reading!
Your teacher,
Mrs. Eads
Fire Star is about Liz and Lucy Pennykettle and the tentant David. Liz has a room called the dragons den, where Liz makes dragons that come to life. David has a dragon named gadzooks who is a writing dragon that helps david write stories. this book is good for you if you like fantasy.
ReplyDeleteIn my book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, Harry is a third year student at Hogwarts. While he is staying with the Weasleys, he over hears the parents talking about Sirius Black, and how he was after Harry! Harry wants to go to Hogsmeade with his friends but the ministers of magic won't let him
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DeleteI am reading a great book called Nancy Drew and the hidden staircase. It is about a haunted house that they think has a ghost living in it. Nancy Drew is excited about solving the mystery. Nancy's friend Helen's grandmother lives in the haunted house ,and someone keeps on stealing her jewelry. They think it is the "ghost" but they will have to find out. On top of that all Nancy's dad is in a lot of "trouble".
ReplyDeleteThat is such a good summary! Which book is it?
DeleteThe book that I am reading is Big Nate Greatest Hits. It's a long book about Big Nate and his friends Teddy and Francis going thru life overcoming obstacles. The book is manly about him doing sports like falling baseball and basketball. If you like super funny books I totally suggest this book for you. It has so much humor. He goes to detention so much he has his name in permanent marker on the seating chart. If you like humor this is an A plece book for you
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ReplyDeleteBetter to Wish is about a girl named Abby who has to look out for her little sister Rose. Abby has to stay home most of the time to help her mom with her baby brother and baby sister. The family starts out with not a lot of money, but their dad is being very successful at work. They move into town into a very large house with three maids. Sheila helps the mom with the babies while Abby isn't around, Ellen cooks and cleans, and Mike helps the dad with whatever he needs because he is always needing something. You should read this book to find out more about the characters and how they interact with each other.
Great Summary Lola. That book sounds really interesting! Does the mom know Rose is gone?
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Deletegood job! I liked the intro (:
DeleteI read the book Matilda last weekend. Matilda is a smart 5 year old girl and Mrs.Honey is her teacher. Mrs.Honey invited Matilda for a cup of tea at her house. Mrs.Honey told Matilda about when her mom and dad died and she said that the aunt took over the house. Mrs.Honey's aunt is...
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I read the book Matilda last weekend. Matilda is a smart 5 year old girl and Mrs.Honey is her teacher. Mrs.Honey invited Matilda over for a cup of tea at her house. Mrs.Honey told Matilda about when her mom and dad died and she said that the aunt took over the house. Mrs.Honey's aunt is giant and wears green breaches!
DeleteI am reading mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine.catlin is stuck in a lot of problems. first of all her mom and brother died . also cailin's has asperger's syndrome and her dad cries a lot. If you read this book I hope you like it.
ReplyDeleteGreat Lulu ,i hope you enjoy your book
DeleteI'm reading a book called Harry Potter by J.K Rowling. So far what I have read it is about a boy named harry potter and his aunt and uncle put jail bars on his windows and his door and he cant get out soon after Harry's friend ron comes to Harry's house with a flying car and pulls the bars off you will have to read the book to find out the rest
ReplyDeleteThe Way The Cupcake Crumbles by Coco Simons.
ReplyDeleteIt's about a girl named Mia who, with her friends has a business called The Cupcake Club. She is having a terrible Monday. That night her relatives come over and her aunt gives her a good luck charm called azabache. The next few days are going great for her. No pop quiz ( which is great because she never studied like supposed to). She is practically relying on it.One day, she is having a bad day, and she is worried the luck is running out then her mom tells her that we make are own luck good or bad. I think it is great book.
It's Raining Cupcakes
ReplyDeleteI am reading It's Raining Cupcakes, by Lisa Schoreder, and it is about a girl named Isabelle, who's mom is trying to open a cupcake shop. She hears about a baking competition and decides to enter a cupcake recipe for her mom. Her mom starts to loose confidence, so Isabelle surprises her to boost her confidence. Isabelle ends up being one of the finalists, and she and her mom got to go to NYC.
Mandy
ReplyDeleteThe realistic fiction book I am reading is called MANDY, by Julie Andrew Clements. It is about a little ten-year-old girl named Mandy who lives at an orphanage with about thirty other girls. Once, Mandy climbs over the massive yellow wall that surrounds the orphanage and finds a small cottage in the woods that is abandoned. She starts taking care of it, and soon it looks beautiful. But, as the days go on, Mandy starts creeping back to her cottage and spending time there. One time, she goes during a thunderstorm and gets very, very sick with no one to help her but AN ADMIRER she never knew was there to help her. I would recommend this book if you like adventure and little ten-year-old girls like Mandy.
Very Great!!!!! I like how you lifted me up on a cliffhanger at the end. I want to read this book!
DeleteIn the book I'm reading called The chronicles of Narnia book 7 The Last Battle. Shift the clever ape is basically now ruler of Narnia. Shift dressed up Puzzle the donkey like Aslan and is getting the treatment. He even has the king bowing down to him.
ReplyDeleteThis weekend I read the book Spy School by Stuart Gibbs. It is about a boy named Ben. Ben comes home one day and a man is standing in his living room. The man tells Ben he is very intelligent. The man tells Ben he got into a spy school.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading the book Percy Jackson, and his goal is to stop all the bad guys, and save camp half blood. To save camp half blood percy will have to go through all the little bad guys and it's going to be a challenge for Percy.
ReplyDeleteFire Star is about a college student named David,who discovers humans are not alone in the universe.He and his girlfriend Zanna will do whatever it takes to stop the mysterios Fain...even give there lives.
ReplyDeleteI am reading Diary of a wimpy kid Old School,and it is the best book! The main character is Greg. He also has two brothers named Manny and Rodrick. Gregs mom is trying to get signatures for a day without electronics. She needs at least 100 signatures to turn it in. One day Greg was bored and his dad came up to him and told him to make a lemonade stand and sell lemonade, so Greg called Rowley. But another kid down the street had a better lemonade stand, so they moved there stand to the park.
ReplyDeleteThe KIll Order is the prequel to The Maze Runner series. In the KIll Order Trina and Deedee went to someones house and they got the flare. When Mark came to get them Trina didn't remember who he is.
ReplyDeleteI,m reading a Harry Potter book called The Sorcerer's Stone. So far it's about a kid named Harry Potter who is a wizard. Harry and his friends hear about the sorcerers stone that is hidden in their school called Hogwarts. Then they find out Snape a mean teacher in their school is after it and is going to steal it. They are trying to stop him.
ReplyDeleteI am reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix In the book, Harry is attacked, bullied, and banned from things he loves. He also loses some very close people. But good things also happen like Gryffindor winning the quidditch world cup and going on a date!!! Soon he meets a challenge that is very hard to face and learns so much about his past. I love reading about his 5th year at Hogwarts and you will too.
ReplyDeleteIn my book, Fablehaven by Brandon Mull. The plot of the book is that two kids, Kendra and Seth, go to their grandfather's house and he owns a magical preserve on his land which is full of magical creatures and demons. There is a witch who is a major creep and is trying to free a demon named Bahumat.
ReplyDeleteThe book I am reading is the 4th book in the Percy Jackson series called " The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan. This book is about a boy with ADHD and dyslexia named Percy Jackson. He just so happens to be a demigod, a person with one mortal parent and one god or goddess parent. Percy and his friends go on a quest, through a deadly maze,to save Mount Olympus from being destroyed by an army of immortal monsters. The crew faces monster cheerleaders, dragon women and two headed men and they will almost be killed on a daily bases. Will Percy survive the labyrinth? That I don't know.
ReplyDeleteThe Lord of The Rings is about a hobbit named Frodo who goes on a dangerous quest along with Sam, Pippin, and Merry. The wizard Gandalf tells the hobbits that evil is brewing in Gondor and that the defeated Sauron is growing stronger every minute and will stop at nothing to recover the magical ring that Frodo has possessed. Frodo has to travel to Mordor to the volcano were the ring was made and destroy it before Sauron regains full strength and breaks war all throughout Middle Earth.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Fablehaven, Grip of the Shadow Plague by Brandon Mull. Kendra and Seth are the main characters. Kendra and Seth are a secret preserve. This secret preserve is at her grandparents house. The secret preserve is called Fablehaven and there are many magical creatures on it. There are many of these preserves and all of them have a magical artifact. Kendra has powers from fairies and is able to recharge magical items and much more. Bad people are after the artifacts. Read the book to find out what happens.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Under Wildwood. The main character is Prue McKeel. Ever since she came from the impassable wilderness, her life has been pretty dull. Her friend Curtis is still in bandit training and took the first test, and Curtis failed it.
ReplyDeleteI am reading a book called The Apprentices. It's about two kids one's name is Janie the others name is benjamin. Janie and Benjamin are on opposite sides of the world racing to find each other. They don't know what dangers await them, but they are determined to find each other. I just can't wait to finish this book!!! :)
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DeleteI'm reading Rachel Spinelli punched me in the face,by Paul Acampora.It is about a boy named Zachary whose mother left Zachary and his dad.Zachary and his dad move to a new town to get a new start.The first person Zachary meets is a girl named Rachel,and her brother Teddy.I really like my book!!
ReplyDeleteI reading Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It's about a 9 year old boy named Almanzo. I read chapters 5,6 and7 over the weekend. These chapters were about Almanzo's birthday! Almanzo got to miss school because of this occasion. I wish I lived with Almanzo's family. How about you?
ReplyDeleteThis weekend I read the book Fable haven by Brandon Mull. Kendra and Seth were looking for the last lock they find it. A journal came out it said "drink the milk." Then it hit kendra she remembered that Dale put out the milk for the insects to keep the garden lively. She and her brother drank some of the milk suddenly the bugs were not bugs any more they were fairies.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Lulu's mysterious Mission. Lulu's parents go on a trip and Lulu is stuck with a babysitter! At first Lulu is trying to escape, but with a few sentences, Lulu is following every command by her babysitter, Mrs. Solinsky. Find out why in Lulu's Mysterious Mission.
ReplyDeleteThat seems like a great book that i would like.
DeleteI am in the middle of reading Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis. I am reading the second book in the Wildwood Series. Prue gets home from the Impassible Wilderness and she needs to run an errand for her mom. Meanwhile Curtis' sisters are at the orphanage where their mom and dad dropped them off. They were searching for cameras to see if the people who own it can see them. Rachel one of Curtis' sisters decides to turn stubborn and be mean to her sister Elsie.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading a book called Hunger Games. It's about a girl named Katness who's little sister gets chosen at the the reaping to participate in the very deadly games. Katness steps in her place with a boy named Peeta as her ally.
ReplyDeleteHatchet is a great book by Gary paulsen. Hatchet is about a kid named Brian who crashed in a plane and now he is trying to get out of a forest alive. Brian has managed to stay alive. He has made a lot of tools and get a good amount of food. Will Brian stay alive? Read this book to find out.
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DeleteI really like your idea. I might read the book.
ReplyDeleteI am reading Fablehaven, Rise of the evening Star by Brandon Mull. The book is about these two kids. Their grandfather owns a magical preserve for monsters, goblins, fairies, and just about every magical creature you could think of, even a fifty foot tall cow that produces magical milk. Kendra and Seth work for a person that they don't know is working for the Evening Star. The guy sends Seth on a mission to get a magical frog. The frog bites Seth so now the frog will try and eat Seth. Kendra and Seth go to Fablehaven to learn from some people, to see someone they call the Sphinx, and to look for the things to unlock the Demon Prison so they can keep people from unlocking it and letting the Demons out.
ReplyDeleteI will read the book Loden because like your idea
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