To sign up for this blog site, you must have an email address and know the password to your email. Once you have signed up, comment on one of my posts or a book you have read. Your blog will first be sent to my email address where I will read it and decide if it is appropriate to be viewed by other members. Mrs. Smith
Earning Points For Blogging
In order to earn 10 points for blogging, follow these 4 easy steps:
Step 1: Sign into class blog at http://tsmithkcreading.blogspot.com/ or go to the class blog link on Edline to read teacher posts and student comments
Step 2: Write a response on Microsoft Word to the assigned blog or a classmate's blog (whichever assignment is required for the week).
Scoring Criteria - 4 pts: Respond to a blog in a pagragraph of 4 or more sentences (50 or more words) which includes a clear topic sentence and related details
- 2 pts: State the title and author of the reading, and state to whom and to what subject you are responding
- 2 pts: Include a standard heading on the printed copy, but only your name and class subject/period at the end of the blog
- 2 pts: Use correct grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation ______ 10 pts possible
Step 3: Print me out a copy
Step 4: Copy and paste your response to either the assigned teacher blog or classmate's blog (whichever assignment is required for the week)
I loved Jerry Spinelli's book Stargirl. It was full of colorful language and strong vocabulary. The characters Stargirl and Leo had a unique relationship for high school students. Leo was stupid for letting Stargirl get away, but, oh, well, that is high school. I will definitely read the sequel to this book to see if they get back together.
I think that your book Stargirl was a very good book. It was not my favorite book, but I really liked this book. What inspired you to write? What did inspire you to become a writer? How did you come up with the different characters, what inspired you? Did it take a long time to write this book?
Hi, my name is Isabella. I really liked your book. I liked the way Stargirl was not scared to be her own self. I’m sort of like her, but then I’m not. I started off as the new girl at my school this year; I know how it feels. One thing that is different about me is that I don’t play the ukulele and dress really different from everybody. I also made a lot of friends on my first day of school. I feel as if I have gone to Karn City my whole life. I also have a boyfriend that no one likes and my friends try to get me to dump him, but I just don’t listen to them. There are some people that don’t talk to me over it, but all, but, thankfully, there are a few people that are still talking to me.
Dear Jerry, I was wondering how you got the idea for the book because I don’t think there are too many people is the world that want to be called Stargirl. It was an interesting story. I think this story would help people who are shy and are afraid of talking to other people. I really liked the book, I usually don’t like books if they are not about fishing or the outdoors, but I really enjoyed this book. I think this is one of the best books I have ever read. Thanks for writing it. Sincerely, 9th grade student
Dear Jerry, I thought the book Stargirl was a good book. I thought that it was funny when Stargirl’s rat cleaned out his ear. I would have liked to have seen Leo and Stargirl stay together. I am a little upset that Stargirl moved away from Mica and never told anyone where she was going. Did you have an idea where Stargirl was going to move to or did you just say she’s moving as you were writing the book? If you did have an idea where she was moving, where is that? Tyler Michael Pd.2
Dear Jerry, Hi! I liked reading the book Stargirl. It was a really good book. Stargirl was a little strange, but I liked her. She was a cheerleader but I liked it when she started cheering for the other team and then they would score. I thought that Mica students were a little harsh because they all quit talking to her when she started cheering for the other team. Dori was a good friend to Stargirl; she was there for her through the shunning.
Hi I read Stargirl with my class and it was and okay book. The book was a little strange because Stargirl was a strange girl in Mica High School. When Leo liked Stargirl I thought that Leo was going to be strange like her but he wasn’t. Brody A.
In the book "Wanted" by Caroline B. Cooney the conflict is between Alice and reality, Alice doesn’t believe that her father is dead. Her mother says “He Died”, but Alice doesn’t believe it. Another conflict in this story if Alice versus her self, Alice doesn’t want to go home, so she is drive her “dead” fathers corvette. Alice heard that she was wanted over the radio, and she also heard that the police were out searching for her, her brain was in a pell-mell.
I loved Jerry Spinelli's book Stargirl. It was full of colorful language and strong vocabulary. The characters Stargirl and Leo had a unique relationship for high school students. Leo was stupid for letting Stargirl get away, but, oh, well, that is high school. I will definitely read the sequel to this book to see if they get back together.
ReplyDeleteI think that your book Stargirl was a very good book. It was not my favorite book, but I really liked this book. What inspired you to write? What did inspire you to become a writer? How did you come up with the different characters, what inspired you? Did it take a long time to write this book?
ReplyDeleteDear Jerry,
ReplyDeleteHi, my name is Isabella. I really liked your book. I liked the way Stargirl was not scared to be her own self. I’m sort of like her, but then I’m not. I started off as the new girl at my school this year; I know how it feels. One thing that is different about me is that I don’t play the ukulele and dress really different from everybody. I also made a lot of friends on my first day of school. I feel as if I have gone to Karn City my whole life. I also have a boyfriend that no one likes and my friends try to get me to dump him, but I just don’t listen to them. There are some people that don’t talk to me over it, but all, but, thankfully, there are a few people that are still talking to me.
Love,
Isabella Johns
Dear Jerry,
ReplyDeleteI was wondering how you got the idea for the book because I don’t think there are too many people is the world that want to be called Stargirl. It was an interesting story. I think this story would help people who are shy and are afraid of talking to other people. I really liked the book, I usually don’t like books if they are not about fishing or the outdoors, but I really enjoyed this book. I think this is one of the best books I have ever read. Thanks for writing it.
Sincerely,
9th grade student
Dear Jerry,
ReplyDeleteI thought that Stargirl was a boring book because it was too much of a child like romance book for me. I prefer Cook Books.
Karns City Student
Jesse Parker
Dear Jerry,
ReplyDeleteI thought the book Stargirl was a good book. I thought that it was funny when Stargirl’s rat cleaned out his ear. I would have liked to have seen Leo and Stargirl stay together. I am a little upset that Stargirl moved away from Mica and never told anyone where she was going. Did you have an idea where Stargirl was going to move to or did you just say she’s moving as you were writing the book? If you did have an idea where she was moving, where is that?
Tyler Michael
Pd.2
Dear Jerry,
ReplyDeleteHi! I liked reading the book Stargirl. It was a really good book. Stargirl was a little strange, but I liked her. She was a cheerleader but I liked it when she started cheering for the other team and then they would score. I thought that Mica students were a little harsh because they all quit talking to her when she started cheering for the other team. Dori was a good friend to Stargirl; she was there for her through the shunning.
Paula
Hi I read Stargirl with my class and it was and okay book. The book was a little strange because Stargirl was a strange girl in Mica High School. When Leo liked Stargirl I thought that Leo was going to be strange like her but he wasn’t.
ReplyDeleteBrody A.
In the book "Wanted" by Caroline B. Cooney the conflict is between Alice and reality, Alice doesn’t believe that her father is dead. Her mother says “He Died”, but Alice doesn’t believe it. Another conflict in this story if Alice versus her self, Alice doesn’t want to go home, so she is drive her “dead” fathers corvette. Alice heard that she was wanted over the radio, and she also heard that the police were out searching for her, her brain was in a pell-mell.
ReplyDelete