So, this is reading like a writer concepts for Coated in Fur: A Vet's Life. Everything about this book was amazing and I couldn't stop reading unless my mom took my iPad away. I read this book within three to four days, and it was around 600 pages. This book was chock-full of detail and suspense- I loved it.
Awesome sentence fluency, word choice, and so much more. I never once had to go back and read something twice, because I swear I could hear the author actually telling me the story-that's how real it was. I could visualize everything that she was saying, and enjoyed every sentence. All of my vocabulary words for this quarter are coming from this book. They may be veterinary terms, yes, but they are awesome word choices. I loved this book so much, and I would recommend it to anyone that loves animals!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Coated In Fur: A Vet's Life Response One
Honestly, this has to be my favorite book so far. It was a mix between "how to" and an autobiography. I really want to be a vet when I grow up, so I decided to find a vet related book. This one looked very interesting, so I bought it. It is now my favorite book, even more than the "Lockdown" series. If you love animals, this is definitely the book for you.
I felt a part of the book, almost like I was an intern for Dr. Chris' new office. The author described procedures with immense detail and that made the book come to life. I could see the little three legged kitten running around the clinic, teasing the caged birds and dogs. I really enjoyed reading about all of Christine's patients and what had happened to them before she did the procedure.
I'll talk about the "reading like a writer" concepts in my next response.
I felt a part of the book, almost like I was an intern for Dr. Chris' new office. The author described procedures with immense detail and that made the book come to life. I could see the little three legged kitten running around the clinic, teasing the caged birds and dogs. I really enjoyed reading about all of Christine's patients and what had happened to them before she did the procedure.
I'll talk about the "reading like a writer" concepts in my next response.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
The Housekeeper and the Professor Response #2
Just another post about the Housekeeper and the Professor. This response is about how I really felt when reading this delightful book.
I never really thought that I would enjoy this book, let alone do a visual project on it. As it turns out, I really liked it, and wouldn't mind reading it again (if I had to, keep in mind.) I can't really describe how I felt, but it was a mixture between "this is really interesting, I'm going to keep reading" and "Oh my Gosh, this is a book we had to read over the summer, no one likes summer books!" But, as a matter of fact, it was more of the first than the second.
Some paragraphs were really great, and they caught my eye. Others, of course, were boring, and didn't really have my attention. I felt like I was part of the book, and that was really cool. I like feeling like that, because you're more into it, if you get my gist.
I recommend this book to anyone 10+, just because it is complicated in places, and hard to comprehend. Thanks for reading week four of book responses!
I never really thought that I would enjoy this book, let alone do a visual project on it. As it turns out, I really liked it, and wouldn't mind reading it again (if I had to, keep in mind.) I can't really describe how I felt, but it was a mixture between "this is really interesting, I'm going to keep reading" and "Oh my Gosh, this is a book we had to read over the summer, no one likes summer books!" But, as a matter of fact, it was more of the first than the second.
Some paragraphs were really great, and they caught my eye. Others, of course, were boring, and didn't really have my attention. I felt like I was part of the book, and that was really cool. I like feeling like that, because you're more into it, if you get my gist.
I recommend this book to anyone 10+, just because it is complicated in places, and hard to comprehend. Thanks for reading week four of book responses!
The Housekeeper and the Professor Response One
The Housekeeper and the Professor was a very mathematical book, and somehow, I enjoyed it. I actually solved some of the equations in the book, even though I despise math. I really enjoyed this book because it was filled with detail, and I could imagine everything the professor did, and how the housekeeper kept up with him. It was a very intriguing book, and I wouldn't mind reading it again.
This book, I believe, should be recommended for ages 10+, because it is very mathematical and sometimes hard to understand. Everything about this book included math: Every sentence, every paragraph, every chapter. It explained how numbers are just a part of life, and that isn't a summary.
This book, I believe, should be recommended for ages 10+, because it is very mathematical and sometimes hard to understand. Everything about this book included math: Every sentence, every paragraph, every chapter. It explained how numbers are just a part of life, and that isn't a summary.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Death Sentence Response #2
I have to say, this book was the best out of the three. It combined all the monsters and horrible people into one, and that's a good thing! You could literally feel the sweat rolling off the inmates faces as they climbed to freedom. This book has such great organization and everything else that you could possibly imagine. "Death Sentence," I believe, is a great book for anyone that wants a great horror story to read anytime of the day, whether it be morning, night, or two in the morning! It's a great book to curl up and read on a stormy day, which is exactly what I did during Tropical Depression Lee.
I recommend this book for 14+ only because it is violent, and scary, and very, very, real in some situations. This response concludes the responses to the Lockdown series, and although I didn't post a response on Lockdown, the point still should be taken. Thank you for reading my responses on the Lockdown series, and I hope you enjoy the ones on "Fugitives" and "Execution" later on in the year!
I recommend this book for 14+ only because it is violent, and scary, and very, very, real in some situations. This response concludes the responses to the Lockdown series, and although I didn't post a response on Lockdown, the point still should be taken. Thank you for reading my responses on the Lockdown series, and I hope you enjoy the ones on "Fugitives" and "Execution" later on in the year!
Death Sentence Response
Death Sentence is yet another book by Alexander Gordon Smith. He is working on releasing the two final books to the series "Fugitives" and "Execution." This book has so much meaning, and could serve as the final book in the series. Again, I won't summarize for this whole entry, but this book is about how Alex escapes Furnace, finally! That is the only summary I'm going to give you, promise! Again, I felt like I was part of the book, scaling the elevator shaft to freedom along with the others. I felt their emotions, and their pain throughout the book. The monsters came alive and jumped off the pages into my head and it was terrifying, yet great at the same time.
This book used wonderful word choices, sentence fluency, organization, and so much more! There were so many words that were intriguing to look up in the dictionary. He used amazing adjectives which made the book come alive. This book is the number one choice if you want to read books like the story was happening right in front of you!
This book used wonderful word choices, sentence fluency, organization, and so much more! There were so many words that were intriguing to look up in the dictionary. He used amazing adjectives which made the book come alive. This book is the number one choice if you want to read books like the story was happening right in front of you!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
My Dream of Writing a book :D
"When I was little, instead of playing on the playground with all my friends, I would sit inside and write stories. It all began in kindergarten, when we started tracing the little dotted letters on pages, over, and over, and over. I got the hang of it fairly quickly, and in the middle of the year, we began making those letters into words, and words into sentences. Every day we would have an assignment to write about what we did the previous day. I would always write a little more than I had to, and put a little picture at the top. Most of the kids took up half the page with a picture, but mine was small, and I filled up that picture space with more words. I remember the day when my teacher held up my paper and said "This is how you spell "baby." See how Caitlin did this?" I was so proud of myself for writing neatly and spelling a word all by myself."
This is a quote from my previous narrative, talking about how I grew up writing. I always, always loved writing, and I still do today. My dream is to write a book and get it published someday- although I do have other dreams too- but I can't get the right topic. I try and try, over and over, but I can't get it right. I would start over again and again, and every time, I would think to myself "How is this story going to work out later on in the book?" and just stop and throw it away right there. I think I might of found the perfect subject now that I've started high school. Surviving High School: Freshman-Senior.
Believe it or not, I take notes on what happens every day at school. For example, I would start out from the end of summer, and go on to tell my tragic story with the other school that I was going to go to. Here is the first few sentences of my book:
"Well, I guess my high school is not going to be the one I actually want to go to. We'll see how it works out, I hope it'll be okay, I won't be miserable. They can't just kick me out by one point, can they? Orientation is tomorrow, will I see anyone I know? Will I make friends? High school is stressful."
"The best day ever had to be today. I saw everyone that I could possibly know, and I made four new friends, on the first day. High school won't be so bad after all."
I was motivated to write my book by my mom and my old teachers. They told me frequently that I had a gift for writing, and that I should always write creatively. I love doing narratives and essays, as long as the teacher lets me put some of my own experiences in them. I love to write in extreme detail, and I always have, even since Kindergarten, as explained in my opening paragraph.
Not everyone loves writing, but boy do I. As long as you put your mind to it, writing can be like ice cream on a hot summer's day. Speaking of which, I would also write short stories all during summer, on how excruciating the weather was, and how I swam with dolphins one year, and how refreshing a nice cold lemonade was while sitting by the pool. I was a write-a-holic. There would be good and bad stories all over the floor of my room, and I loved to pick them up and continue writing, then when I finished throw them back on the floor for later. I wasn't very organized that summer.
I want to share some of my flaws of writing. I repeat myself. A lot. If you noticed, I said "I love...." a million times and that is certainly something that I have to work on. Another one of my flaws is to have at least 1,000 words in my essay, which I still don't have. Believe me, I have a self party once I reach 1,000 words. 100 will not cut it for me. The absolute minimum is 999 words, which rarely happens to me. I don't have many flaws, but the ones that I do, I really need to work on.
I really hope to publish my book someday, and share it with a lot of people. I believe that it would be somewhat of a self help book, but also a story of my life in high school. Guess what everybody? I have 1,006 words!
My dream continues on today, and I already have three to four chapters. It's been three weeks. I would like to conclude my narrative with another passage from my previous one.
"I've always loved writing dearly, almost more than anyone else did in lower and middle school. I still love to write today, as you can see by this essay. I had so much fun writing this, and I can't wait for another narrative because I know exactly what I'm going to write about. Every year, my love for writing grew, until it grew into an obsession, where I wrote at least three paragraphs every day. Writing is like a stress tool for me, whenever I write, I feel better, and I can write about how I feel or what I did that day and so on. Writing means so much to me and it should mean something to everyone else, too, because it expresses emotion and feeling, and hopefully, you felt some of my emotions in this story. Writing for me is like having your favorite thing right in front of you, wether it's food, an animal, or something else, that's what writing is like for me. You never really know what's in for you, until you realize it later on in life. You never know, maybe a few poems can turn you into the next big thing later on in life."
This is a quote from my previous narrative, talking about how I grew up writing. I always, always loved writing, and I still do today. My dream is to write a book and get it published someday- although I do have other dreams too- but I can't get the right topic. I try and try, over and over, but I can't get it right. I would start over again and again, and every time, I would think to myself "How is this story going to work out later on in the book?" and just stop and throw it away right there. I think I might of found the perfect subject now that I've started high school. Surviving High School: Freshman-Senior.
Believe it or not, I take notes on what happens every day at school. For example, I would start out from the end of summer, and go on to tell my tragic story with the other school that I was going to go to. Here is the first few sentences of my book:
"Well, I guess my high school is not going to be the one I actually want to go to. We'll see how it works out, I hope it'll be okay, I won't be miserable. They can't just kick me out by one point, can they? Orientation is tomorrow, will I see anyone I know? Will I make friends? High school is stressful."
"The best day ever had to be today. I saw everyone that I could possibly know, and I made four new friends, on the first day. High school won't be so bad after all."
I was motivated to write my book by my mom and my old teachers. They told me frequently that I had a gift for writing, and that I should always write creatively. I love doing narratives and essays, as long as the teacher lets me put some of my own experiences in them. I love to write in extreme detail, and I always have, even since Kindergarten, as explained in my opening paragraph.
Not everyone loves writing, but boy do I. As long as you put your mind to it, writing can be like ice cream on a hot summer's day. Speaking of which, I would also write short stories all during summer, on how excruciating the weather was, and how I swam with dolphins one year, and how refreshing a nice cold lemonade was while sitting by the pool. I was a write-a-holic. There would be good and bad stories all over the floor of my room, and I loved to pick them up and continue writing, then when I finished throw them back on the floor for later. I wasn't very organized that summer.
I want to share some of my flaws of writing. I repeat myself. A lot. If you noticed, I said "I love...." a million times and that is certainly something that I have to work on. Another one of my flaws is to have at least 1,000 words in my essay, which I still don't have. Believe me, I have a self party once I reach 1,000 words. 100 will not cut it for me. The absolute minimum is 999 words, which rarely happens to me. I don't have many flaws, but the ones that I do, I really need to work on.
I really hope to publish my book someday, and share it with a lot of people. I believe that it would be somewhat of a self help book, but also a story of my life in high school. Guess what everybody? I have 1,006 words!
My dream continues on today, and I already have three to four chapters. It's been three weeks. I would like to conclude my narrative with another passage from my previous one.
"I've always loved writing dearly, almost more than anyone else did in lower and middle school. I still love to write today, as you can see by this essay. I had so much fun writing this, and I can't wait for another narrative because I know exactly what I'm going to write about. Every year, my love for writing grew, until it grew into an obsession, where I wrote at least three paragraphs every day. Writing is like a stress tool for me, whenever I write, I feel better, and I can write about how I feel or what I did that day and so on. Writing means so much to me and it should mean something to everyone else, too, because it expresses emotion and feeling, and hopefully, you felt some of my emotions in this story. Writing for me is like having your favorite thing right in front of you, wether it's food, an animal, or something else, that's what writing is like for me. You never really know what's in for you, until you realize it later on in life. You never know, maybe a few poems can turn you into the next big thing later on in life."
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