Q2L 10 ELA discussion

Answer the following questions based on the book you're reading now:

1. What's the title and author of your book.

2. Why did you choose to read this book, or how did you come to read it?

3. Comment on the ways the author sets out a well-developed conflict or situation?

4. What is the significance in the exposition (development) of the text of this conflict or situation?

5. Is dialogue used in the development? Reflection? Chronological sequence? Vivid description? A combination of these techniques? Other techniques? Explain clearly what the techniques being used are.

I have not started my next book yet, so I will write about the book I just finished. It's called The Crane Wife, authored by Patrick Ness. I chose to read this book because I had read other books by Ness, and loved them. They were each part of a trilogy called Chaos Walking. While those were aimed towards teens, The Crane Wife is more geared towards adults. Throughout the first half of the novel, the protagonist's backstory is interlaced with the present through vividly written chapters describing his experiences of growing up. This is a very effective form of exposition because it allows us to learn what the characters are like by their actions. Dialogue is a key factor in the development of the conflict. The descriptions are vividly real, conjuring up colourful visuals. It is a wonderfully written book, and I would recommend it along with Patrick Ness's other books to anyone that loves a good story.

The book I have finished reading is The Glitter Trap by Barbara Brauner. I have not started my new book. I choose to read this book because the cover looked interesting and the cover was colorful. The author did a good job setting up Paige and Lacey's conflict pretty well. It started out as not friends and fighting then them being so close. Paige use to hate Lacey then Lacey went up to her and started talking. Lacey was telling her how she could make her the star of the school play by using magic. Yes, dialogue used in the development. Dialogue was used to tell most of the story and it was an important part in the book. It helped express how the characters felt.

The book I just started reading isThe Human Face of Karate: My Life, My Karate-Do, which is an autobiography by Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura. Though I would like to say that I read this book for the enjoyment and thrill of it, life has a way of denying simplicity. As you may, or may not know I, for personal enjoyment, do Karate before school and on the weekends. To be eligible to be promoted all students must read this book. Though it is still interesting the way he wrote his book, combining past and present goals, with older eyes. Though it still is well paced, with only a few noticeable tangents. So far my only complaint is the translation which isnt perfect, but nothing translated is.

I have just started reading A Christmas Carol, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth. I have chosen this book because it is a Christmas book and i need to get into the holiday spirit. I have seen the movies but i would like to read these stories in details. Again i have just started the book and i don't have enough information to state the answers for 3,4 and 5. sorry

Walter Dean Myers : Somewhere in the darkness. I chose this book because the book looks interesting and i felt like it took my attention. Also the book takes place in harlem where i live upper east side. The way the author set the conflict by showing that the ather wasnt there for his son life but now he chooses to show up and the son doesnt want to spend time with him. I honestly dont understand the 2 last questions . sorry.

The Dissapearing Spoon by Sam Kean. I just got the book so I can't answer these questions. However the book is about how the elements are what they are, their history and many interesting things about them

Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology

I am reading the book "Einstein and Religion", by Max Jammer. I chose to read this book due to my interest in both the topic of religion, and Einstein's thoughts and equations. This book uses a lot of essays from Einstein and others that he interacted with in his lifetime. As this book is nonfiction, questions 3 and 4 are not really answerable.

I am reading "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins. Two years ago, my aunt suggested me to read The Hunger games, she said I would like it. She was right, so I continued, and here I am, reading the last book. The conflict is very well done, Katniss cannot get a break in this book. The significance in this exposition is that she is very damaged emotionally, which adds drama. Dialogue is very powerful in this.

I am reading City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
I chose to read this book because a friend of my brothers who loves reading recommended it to him and when I was looking for a book to read around the house my brother offered it to me and told me he heard it was really good and it looked fun to read and I liked to cover so I thought I'd try it. Plus its a series and it's long and I like those kind of books better.
The author set a well-developed conflict because it revealed plot details as the book went along so the you were surprised and intrigued throughout the whole book. It was like you knew just as much as the character did which made you more into the story and absorbed in the whole thing wanting to know more as opposed to finding out at the beginning and watching the character figure it out. This way your reading like as if your there experiencing these things.
The significance is like I said it gives you a chance to go through the whole adventure with you and discover things as you go along keeping you surprised and entertained.
There is definitely significant dialogue but a lot is just implied through actions and events throughout the book.

I am reading Anatomy of a Boyfriend

I started reading this book because it's the first book in a two book series and I read the second book Anatomy of a Single Girl first.

The author actually sets the conflict at the very very end of the book which I like because the its more of a surprise, especially because it's a romance novel.

The author drops sudden hints that you don't realize until the conflict actually appears in the book.

The author uses reflection because the main character was looking back and starting to notice that her boyfriend had been acting weird before.

I have not pick a new book but the last on that I read was The Way of Shadows. I came to read it because it was about a boy who wanted to become stronger and fearless. The author always made the conflicts for the main character and other very hard. Making the character change during the book. The author use vivid description to explain what is happening in the story.

1) I finished reading The Time Travelers by Linda Buckley-Archer, and am still waiting on the next book in the series, which I shall get tomorrow.

2)I discovered this book while browsing my local library.

3) The book is about two protagonists, Peter and Kate, who were dragged from our current time and thrown into 1763 by an experimental piece of equipment that was being developed by NASA. Situation forces them to work together, even though they don't exactly get along.

4) The plot was pretty straightforward of course: to get back home. However, being a book, there are numerous obstacles and plot twists throughout the novel.

5)There is lots of dailouge in this book. There is lots of description, and the story is told in chronological order.

1) Testimony by Antita Shreve
2) The book was just sitting next to me, so I decided to read it.
3) The author attempts to make its readers feel the way the character feels, (often sad) and does a good job at it.
4) The author uses Reflections in her writing a lot. They often involve her boyfriend and her and talk about how that moment lead to what is happening now.

The title & author of my book is "The fall of Five" by Harper Collins. I chose to read the book because it is the continuation of one of a series that I read.The author somehow make all of the situations in the book really tense that makes you want to keep reading. The significance is that it sets the tone for the book and it makes it more tense and also more difficult to put down. The dialogue actually is the one spot where the book seems less tense and I believe it makes it a better read because of it.

1)the book I'm reading is Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
2)American so automatically i love underdog story
3)tense,romantic
4)Tone for book,makes you ask he question what will happen to this star cross lover
5)plot is predictable, but still shocking, author has a way with words you known since he Shakespheare

The book I am reading now is Summer of Secrets by Paul Langan.

I chose to read this book because is it one book out of my favorite series.

It seems life like.


It teaches that you can overcome any problem.

There is a combination of these techniques.

The book I just finished reading is Confessions of a D-List Supervillain by Jim Bernheimer.
I found this book when I was looking through my Kindle for something interesting to read, and it caught my eye. The conflict is that the world has been taken over by mind-control robots, and no one was controlling the robots. The one surviver is a petty crook, Calvin, in his robotic armor suit. The book progresses over how Calvin rehabilitates some super heros, saves the world, but it continues even after that, on the days where the world is still shell-shocked from the epidemic. I don't usually pay attention to things like that, but there is a lot of internal, and external dialogue. the internal ones being mostly from Cal.

I just finished reading The Kalahari Typing School For Men. I found it because my mom told me about the series and it's been really good. I am on the fifth book now. The author builds in conflict by talking about the tension between Ma Ramotswe and the new rival detective, dialogue is used but not directly between the characters.

The book I'm reading is killing floor by lee child.
I chose to read this book because my mom recommended it to me.
The author sets up a well-developed situation through his detail. He can describe the setting very well and the actions taking place, so that its really detailed and you can feel like your in the book.
Dialouge is used in the book, and vivid description is used. They are both used at the same time because while talking to people they describe the crime scene. The main character reflects a lot throughout the book that I have read.

The title of the book I'm currently reading is called Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell. I chose this book because the topics it covers has to do crime and mystery. Those are my favorite topics. The main character, Kay Scarlets a is I guess you can say a medical examiner. The way the author shows conflict is by putting that main character at the center of a crime in which she has to solve the mystery. The significance in this part of the story is that the character is still in pain after her close friend died, she knows who the killer is. The text is used in vivid description.