Feeling Invisible

I remember in 3rd grade. I was the new kid. Everybody in recess played together and I was all alone. I just played by myself. I took about 2 weeks for me to find friends. I remember sitting with of bunch of boys but I sat in the corner. Then I made friends and got a lot of friends. Now I was playing kickball with all my friends in recess. I got so happy after that.

Tolerence

If I say a word that might affect somebody I will try to stop saying that word. There are some words that come out of your mouth and don't even realize that there hurting someone else. If someone says a word that I don't like I will tell them to stop. I think tolerance is to have your own opinion about something and if people don't like your opinion thats ok. I remember in third grade when someone said I hate retards and this kid that had trouble learning and had disabilities started to cry and I saw him crying. I will stop saying those words. 

IF YOU'RE READING THIS- Trent Reedy

Summary
So far in my book Mike is now in the football team. Joining the football team has changed his life. All the girls stare and say hi when he walks down the hallway. All the guys talk him. He is really popular. The team doesn't go easy on him. They make him stay extra 15 minutes after practice because he started he got in the team so late. Mike gets another letter waiting for him in his bedroom. Mike doesn't tell his mom or sister because he doesn't want them to be sad. Mike's dad tells him to be happy and if he really likes a girl go after her. Mike likes this girl named Isma. She is in history class with him and there both doing a project together. The boys have a big dinner party and a local restaurant before their big game against the trojans. The owner of the restaurant talks to Mike and feels sorry for his father's death. How does he know that today is the anniversary of his fathers death?
Could this be the guy thats sending all the letters?

Character Analysis
I think Mike is really perseverant because he won't give up on the football team. In the text it says that some of his teammates make him do suicides until he pukes. This shows that Mike really does want to be in the football team and he won't give up and quit even though his teammates don't want him. Also he helps out his family by working. He helps them even doe his dad is gone.

If Your Reading This- Trent Reedy

Summary
So far in my book it talks about a teenager named Mike. He a sophomore in HighSchool. He lives with his mom and his sister. His dad died when Mike was just eight years old. He died in the war in Afghanistan. Mike want's to join the football team but his mom won't let him because he got injured playing football in his middle school football team. A letter arrives just a few weeks before his sixteen birthday. It says "If you're reading this the I'm very sorry but I was killed in the war in Afghanistan. Mike doesn't know who sent it. Who could've kept all these letters? Mike reads the rest of the letter. It talks about how he is really sorry for getting killed. He wants Mike to be the man of the house and to enjoy being sixteen. He wants Mike to try out for football to. Would more letter be sent?

Connections
I remember when I wanted to join the soccer team at my school but my mom kept saying no because one time I was playing soccer with my friends and I broke my ankle. She was worried that I would get hurt again. I kept begging and begging until she let me join. It was just like Mike trying to join the football team but her mom said no.

Hatchet by: Gary Paulsen

Summary

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on a plane from New York to Canada to visit his father. His parents were recently divorced. When the single-engine plane he is in crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a jacket and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present and the horrible secret that has been breaking him apart since his parent’s divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger and sadness. It will take all he knows and determination, and more courage than he knew he had in order to survive the obstacles that lay ahead.

Character Analysis

Brian is courages because instead of just giving up because he is stuck there. He decides to fight for his life. He does anything he can to stay alive. Being stuck there made him find all the braveness he had this whole time. This shows that even doe the plane crashed Brian kept pushing forward so he could survive.

I Funny A Middle School Story By James Patterson

SUMMARY
This book is about a a kid named Jamie Grimm. He is very good at being funny and telling jokes. His favorite uncle frank tells him to sign up for the annual comedy contest in New York. Jamie goes and signs up for the contest. There is really funny people but Jamie wins the contest. Everybody was so happy he won. His step brother Stevie starts a rumor that the only reason he won is because he is in a wheelchair. Jamie tells his friends what really happened and how he ended up in a wheelchair. Jamie proves everybody wrong by becoming the greatest kid comic.

Connections

I read a story about a boy with down syndrome. He wanted to join his basketball team and made it. People were making rumors that the only reason that he made the basketball team is because he had down syndrome. He had to show that he was really good at basketball. In one game he left the whole crowd speechless. He made an incredible 16 points. The team got that win. Everybody believed him that he was really good now. This shows that even doe people brought him down he showed what he could bring to the table.