Blog 25 March 27

Choose a character from your book and write a diary entry in his/her voice. Be sure to include any background information I might need to understand the entry.

Blog 23 March 17

Are there any bigger issues going on in your book? What are your observations about gender, race, family, etc. issues?

Blog 22 March 12

Write a review of your book. It can be the one that you have already finished. Would you recommend it to your friends? Who should read this book?

Blog 21 March 10

Do any of the character experience internal conflict? Do they have personality traits that collide causing the internal conflict? Choose a character and describe the conflict.

Blog 20 March 4

Narrative Structure: How does the story move? What kind of narrative device is employed to move the plot? That is, are the characters on a journal through geographic space? Does the narrative move chronologically? Does the author use flashback?etc. How does this structure seem to reflect or comment on others elements (i.e. characters and themes) in the text?

Blog 19 March 3

Remind me what book you're reading, what page you are on and a brief summary of the story thus far. (Remember if you do not use standard written English...punctuation, capitalization you will NOT receive credit, and NO Instant Messaging Language is allowed.)

Blog 18 February 24

Generally the author has a purpose for telling the story. Why do you think the author wrote this story? Is there a hidden agenda or is his purpose clear?

Blog 17 January 14

Sometimes we would like our lives to be more exciting or more like the lives of characters in stories. How would you change your own real life to be more like the world of your story?