Free Writing 2

Last Friday (the 23rd) our football team scrimmaged Tara Highschool. Since I'm a freshman, I didm't know what to expect. Will they be to big to handle? Will they be small and fast? I didm't know. Before our scrimmage started, I looked up pictures of the Tara football team. They were HUGE. One thing about huge guys is they are sometimes slow. So, I was worried and not worried at the same time. 

School ended, and it was time. I went straight to the locker room and changed. I put my headphones on and tarted to get in the zone. I was told that I should get taped before the game because it helps support your bones. So, I went and got taped by the one and only Mr. Dean. After getting in the zone and eating a granola bar, Tara arrived. We started to warm up out on the practice field the the time came. We started the scrimmage. I ended up not doing that bad and only got ran over once.

Reading Response 2

In this book so far, Mike Lupica (author) has done a great job. I think that this book is very open. I did not have many questions about the book. Usually when I read, I have many questions. I wonder why Michael's dad was under age. Why did he have Michael while he was that young? ANyway, Michael is a very talented boy and has the option to be a great baseball player.

Michael is a very strong kid, emotionally and physically. Michael is yet to go into a foster home because he doesn't want to. He doesn't have a birth certificate so he is living illegally in the United States. I'm hoping Michael can actually play baseball and becomes a legal immigrant to the United States. He could have a lot of potential.


LOG:

Pages:        Time:
1-60            60 min
61-72          12 min
73-110        40 min
110-117      8 min

Reading Log 1

Book: Deep Zone 

Author: Tim Green

Pages: 1-30: 45 minutes

Pages 31-80: 60 minutes

Pages 61-90: 15 minutes

Free Writing 1

I really like music. Music inspires me to write all the time. I listen to music before and after sporting events. Music helps me get pumped up for things like sports or math competitions. My favorite song is Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts. The type of genre I listen to depends on the time I am listening. For example, if it is before a big football or baseball game, I listen to rap. After sporting events, or on road trips, I like to listen to country or classic rock. The kind of music I listen to helps to get through everyday life. Music also helps me get through hard times. Music helps me express myself in many different ways.

Reading Response 1

I wonder why Beatrice picked Dauntless in the first place. Why didn't she go back to abnegation in the first place? Her whole family was in that faction. I also wonder why the old guy on the street tried to scare her. This book kept many of my questions unanswered. Divergent is a very mysterious book. Also, why would you have to cut yourself and drip blood into big tubs? Why couldn't you just pick one? Was it tradition? Also while beatrice was training as a dauntless human being, why did she fall in love with a dauntless person? Did she pick Dauntless just because the guys there were cute? We will never know this as a reader of this book. While reading this, there were so many questions I had that just couldn't be answered. One thing I noticed was that Beatrice's mom was very sad after Beatrice picked Dauntless.