Conflict in Found

The basic premise for Found by Margaret Haddix is that society has found a way to save poor children from the past and bring them to the future to be adopted. The company that does this soon gets greedy and starts to steal children from the past and sell them in the future...a kind of time-travel kidnap and slavery idea. Jonah is one of those stolen children. However circumstances allow him the opportunity to return to his home. After living in the 21st century for 13 years, can he go back to life in the past, poor but with his real family? What would you do?

I Heart You, You Haunt Me

In the book I Heart You, You Haunt Me, Ava has a boy problem. Her boyfriend dies tragically but comes back...as a ghost. Ava learns that he needs to resolve some issues before his soul can be released. She cannot move on with her life until she helps figure out what he needs to do to be free. What would you do in her situation?

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Improve Your Sentence Length

http://www.kristisiegel.com/variety.html
Found a great short article on analyzing and improving sentence length. See if this helps you to improve your writing. Feel free to comment below on anything you have learned or would like to clarify.

Great Work

Just figured I would drop a quick post to you bloggers who are doing such a wonderful job responding and thinking critically. You are making this Blog a wonderful addition to the class. You should all be proud of yourselves. Now the next step...I need some ideas on what else to incorporate into the blog. Bear in mind we can use online content, video, audio, polling etc. We can talk reading, writing, movies, question and answer for class...whatever you want. After seeing how well you have done in MP1 I want to see your input on this blog. Please post any ideas on how to incorporate this blog further...Thanks -H-

With a Little Help From Your Friends

In Lisi Harrison's novel Boys R Us , Massie gets left out by her "clique" of friends. Is this something you worry about? How would you react if your friends all turned against you?

The Uninvited

Mimi has left New York to escape from her crazy ex-lover. She left to go to Canada where her absentee father has a house he owns but does not use. Upon arrival Mimi realizes that the craziness she thought she left in New York has followed her all the way to Canada. She meets a brother she never knew she had, she is stalked by a strange local and is bothered by a neighbor. Have you ever felt like you can't run away from some craziness? What about if you found out that you have a brother that you have never met before?