Focus track

    So to start you off, I have my focus track on Jack. He is a very interesting character, and I feel like he has been changing so far, and will continue to change through out the book, since we aren't that far along in Lord of the Flies. Starting off the book, Jack wanted to be in charge because he pretty much thought he was the best choice out of everybody. He didn't really care what the others thought, he just did what he wanted to do.
   When it is time for Jack to step up and kill the pig so that they would have food, he isn't able to do it. Jack came from school not really knowing or having the courage to kill an animal. He only has the excuse that he will do it next time. He realizes that he messes up, but he doesn't like to admit his errors. Then, Jack soon starts to become overly obsessed with killing a pig, that he doesn't care about building shelter.

midterm&reading times

   As we get closer to the midterm, I think that we need to go over the things more towards the first quarter. The beginning of the first quarter especially. I feel like the things that we learned then aren't very clear in my memory any more. I feel that I'm just forgetting the things that we learned specifically. I think that going over the things from the first three or four weeks will really help me, then just refreshing on the later things learned.
   One main thing that I think we definitely need to go over is the summer reading. The summer reading is something that I don't remember too much, since it seems to be so long ago. Then, I also think that we should go over the short stories that we read, so that they are back fresh in our memories. I think that we will remember certain things about the short stories, but probably not enough to fully answer the questions that could be asked.


Reading Times:
Lord of the Flies- Ch. 1-5; 3 hours

LOF response

  Our group had a lot of weaknesses, because most people didn't want to listen. Everyone wanted everything their own way, not thinking of ways to help everyone else. No one had a chance to talk without being interrupted by someone else. We tried to vote for a leader to help, but no one wanted to vote, so we never picked one. After a while of argueing, our group split up and everyone went and did what they wanted too.
   If this were to happen to us, I don't think that most of us would make it. Due to the fact that there was no set leader, and everyone wanted to do what they wanted. Most of us didn't have any set plans, causing us not to know what we would do in this situation. If this really did happen, I think that we would all have to come together quickly to prepare, and have groups of people to do certain things, including watching the first graders, making food, and finding shelter.

reading times

Lord of the Flies
11/11- 50 min. ch.1

Somebody Everybody Listens To- Suzanne Supplee
11/7-  60 min p.1-51

Total- 110 min

Response and times

  This past week, I have read extra short stories that I liked and that I didn't like. One of the stories that I read was Hills Like White Elephants, and that story was pretty good, but was almost all dialogue, and I felt like there was not really a theme to it, it felt as if the story wasn't going anywhere. It was almost point less. Another story I read was the Cathedral, which I really liked. It was a story that was kind of sad, yet happy, and I wanted to read it again, because of how much I enjoyed it.
  There were other stories that I had read and enjoyed, and there were stories that I had stared and couldn't finish them because I couldn't read anymore about them. Normally, I would be able to finish the short story that I was reading, but after I started reading, and didn't finish it in the first time I started reading it, then I never wanted to go back to finish it.




Reading times-
Short Stories-
10/29- 20 min 10/30- 25 min 10/31-15 min 11/1- 20 min
total- 80 min