My Honors Blog

2005-06-03T19:59:00.000-07:00

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2005-06-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman post 1

2005-05-08T12:57:00.000-07:00

This book is about the stuff we're learning in history and english right now. Slaves. We've watched videos, read chapters in our textbook and stuff. and now this book. I don't really like doing this whole Westward Movement thing. It's boring and stupid. And I can't do my newspaper fast enough! Mueller always has to help me cuz I can't remember how to do everything. Oops, sorry. I'm supposed to be talking about the book. Okay, at the beginning, I thought Jane (or Ticey) was older. I thought she was maybe in her 20's or something. But I guess not. She's just a little girl. It was nice of that colonel to give her a name. Jane Brown. At that part, I thought maybe he was going to take her away and adopt her or something. He gave her his last name, so, yeah. But he didn't. At least the slaves were soon all free. If I had the choice to go or stay, I don't know what I'd do. It'd depend on the person who owned me. If they were nice, then I'd probably stay and earn money for a while, then find somewhere of my own to go. But if they were really mean, then I would probably leave. I'd just find a job somewhere else. But that was probably hard to do, so never mind. Right now, I'm at the part where Jane and the other people who wanted to leave are in the swamp or wherever they are. People are looking in the bushes for the slaves, and beating them if they find one. That's so mean! Why would they do that? They're free, aren't they? I guess people just didn't like the idea of African-Americans being as free as they were. I don't know. I hope the evil people don't find Jane. I don't think they will, though, because it's at the beginning of the book, and she wouldn't get killed right then. I also hope that Jane makes it to Ohio and finds Colonel Brown, cuz he seemed really nice and caring towards Jane.

Call of the Wild post 5

2005-05-02T10:37:00.000-07:00

it's kind of weird that Buck keeps seeing that caveman guy, but he's not really there. it's like he's seeing his past, and becoming like his ancestors. Buck has been in the wild for so long that he's turning into a wolf, and keeps going deeper and farther into the wilderness, away from John Thornton. It's the CALL OF THE WILD. i think the author made a good decision in what to title his book. in 4th grade, i read another book by Jack London. it was called White Fang. that book was also about a wolf, and from what i remember, it was pretty good. the first time that Buck ran with the timber wolf, i thought it was a ghost or something. i don't know why. it's probably because the book had been talking about how he kept thinking about his past and his ancestors and stuff. i didn't really understand why Buck kept following that wounded moose. he made it suffer, and wouldn't let it eat or drink. why didn't he just kill it at the beginning? hmmm....i don't know. well, i can't remember if it was right after that or not, but when Buck went back to John Thornton's camp, it was so sad! the evil Indians killed everyone and all the dogs. but i'm glad Buck got mad and attacked them, because they deserved it for killing john and everyone. i thought that Buck was going to stay by the pool where john was killed, but i was wrong. he realized that he was no longer owned by anybody, and could do whatever he wanted. i'm glad he found a pack of wolves to live with. it was cool how the indians said they saw a ghost dog running at the head of the pack. i can picture it in my head perfectly.
yay! i'm done! on to Miss Jane Pittman....
it's Monday, but i'm at home. i'm sick. not too much, but just barely enough that my mom let me stay home from school. besides, i didn't want to get anybody sick...

Call of the Wild post 4

2005-04-24T10:03:00.000-07:00

yay!!! Buck is saved! John Thornton is so nice to take him from Hal Charles and Mercedes. Buck was very smart to not get up, because he knew something bad was going to happen on the ice. if he had gotten up, he would have fallen through the ice like the other dogs and the stupid people. they shouldn't have risked going over the rotten ice. i wouldn't take that risk. John didn't try to save them, but i guess there wasn't really anything he could have done. i'm so glad that he took Buck out of the traces, though. he was so weak, and could not go any farther. he was pretty much at the point where he just wanted to die. how sad. but now Buck has a great life with John. he's so loyal to him. Buck attacked someone who hit John or something. he rescued him from drowning. and he won money for him. that's the part i'm at right now. the last chapter. well, John's other dogs, Nig and Skeet, are very nice to Buck. that's surprising, 'cause a lot of dogs try to pick fights with him or just don't like him. Skeet helped clean his wounds. it's so good that Buck is finally back to normal, maybe even better than he used to be. when John and Matthewson started talking about Buck pulling 1000 pounds, i knew he could do it. it's a huge amount for one dog to pull, but Buck is different. i bet he could do almost anything. and he did pull that sled. he made John 1600 bucks richer. wow. even though it's just a book, it kind of seems like it's real, and it actually happened. oh well. i don't know. yes! i only have one more post to go! and one more chapter. wow. i used to be so behind, but now i'm all caught up! see ya...

Call of the Wild post 3

2005-04-24T09:20:00.000-07:00

Hal, Charles, and Mercedes are SO dumb! they have no idea what they're doing! they put way too much stuff on their sled, don't know how to care for the dogs, and don't take anybody's advice. i knew they were going to be stupid when it said that their camp was all messed up and stuff. and when they didn't fold the tent up right. i feel sorry for all the dogs. if i were Buck, i'd try to run away during the night. Charles and them just don't realize that they have to let the dogs rest. i can't believe that they traveled 2500 miles. that's such a long way. it said that when they were on the record trip, they traveled 40 miles a day or something. If i were a dog, which i'm glad i'm not, i don't think i would ever be able to do that. the way the author described how the dogs looked was really sad. he said that they looked like skeletons. Hal and Charles and Mercedes deserve to be suffering like they are. they should be taking better care of their dogs. already a bunch of them have died. and Mercedes is so stubborn because she keeps riding on the sled, and that adds 120 pounds. i hope someone buys the dogs from these stupid, stupid people.

Call of the Wild post 2

2005-04-15T13:39:00.000-07:00

this book shows what it's really like in the wild. and how much animals can change if they're in the wild for too long. when all those starving huskies came to the camp looking for food, all the sled dogs went crazy. it really sucks for them and Francois and Perrault because they took almost all of their food. if i was them, i'd probably store my food in a better place, like up in a tree or something. but maybe they didn't have a lot of time to do that. i have a question: what's a courier? i know that's what perrault is, but what do they do? i'm guessing they bring packages or something to other cities, delivering stuff. when one of the sled dogs saw a rabbit, and then all of them started chasing it, was kind of cool. because it said that there were all these sled dogs and huskies chasing a rabbit, with buck in the lead. i can't imagine seeing that. it's kind of funny, if you think about it. but i guess they're starving, so, yeah. i'm a little glad that buck killed spitz. he was a bully. he just couldn't leave buck alone, and always had to get on his nerves or start a fight with him. but the rabbit thing was the last straw for buck. when they first started fighting, i didn't think buck was going to win. but, he did, and it was a good thing, cuz buck makes a very good lead dog.

Call of the Wild: post 1

2005-04-08T17:17:00.000-07:00

i started reading call of the wild. (i've gotten a lot done today!) it's......different. it's kind of cool that it's about a dog, and from his perspective. this book seems like it's moving pretty fast. or maybe it's just because i'm on chapter 3. well, buck has changed quite a bit. he used to be civilized and had a good life. but when he got kidnapped, everything changed. it's so mean what people did to him. they didn't feed him or give him water. and then a guy beat him with a club! it made me mad. but now, buck has adapted to being in the wild, and is getting used to being hurt and being in pain. i don't really understand why he was taken though. i know it had something to do with him becoming a sled dog. but how could his owner just let him be taken like that? i'm sure he had no idea, though, so you can't really blame him. it's sad that that one dog, curly, was killed in the beginning. i didn't know it was a girl until that part. she didn't really have anything to do with the story, and she seemed kind of unnecessary. but i guess it was to make buck realize how thinks worked out in the wild. Mueller--aren't you proud of me? i finished all my shane posts in one day, started call of the wild, and made a post on it! yay! i'm so happy i'm all caught up.

Shane post 5

2005-04-08T15:05:00.000-07:00

yes! i'm almost done! shane changed a lot throughout this book. but when he finally put his gun on, that was a turning point. and when he got all his things to put on his horse, i knew he wasn't going to come back. when shane knocked out joe or whatever he did, i was confused. marian wasn't even surprised, so i thought shane and her had a secret plot or something--i don't know, it was just my imagination running wild. i thought shane had killed joe. but i was way off. then i realized that he wanted to take care of his own business and didn't want joe involved. it was actually kind of smart, what he did. when shane shot those two guys, it seemed like he was a little sad. like i mentioned before, he usually seems kind of down whenever he hurts someone. but i guess i'm kind of glad that fletcher was shot. he was evil. now joe and his family doesn't have to worry about selling property anymore. but it was really sad when shane left. i could picture him on his horse, and bobby standing there crying. poor bobby. imagine having your role model ride out of your life, just like that. and when joe wanted to move, marian made him realize that shane was still there, he'd left his mark, and he'd always be there. i read that last chapter about a million times. Shane turned out to be a very good book.

Shane post 4

2005-04-08T14:42:00.000-07:00

why is everyone after shane? he hasn't even really done anything. except beat up chris. but still. it's probably because he works for joe, and fletcher is trying to get joe to move. when shane beat up all those guys in the saloon or wherever it was, i was really surprised, because he did it all by himself, with only a little help from joe. the author was really good at describing the fight, and i felt like i was right there watching. marian was right--shane is dangerous. but as joe said, not to the starrets. i can't believe fletcher hired a personal killer. and then he had him shoot ernie wright because he wouldn't sell his property! i'm so glad it's not like that anymore, where some people are isolated, and police can't get to you in time. it sucks that fletcher and wilson can just get away with something like that. i wish fletcher would just leave the valley forever and never bother the homesteaders again. but it's just a book. things like that probably did happen back then, though.

Shane post 3

2005-04-08T14:32:00.000-07:00

i don't really understand the whole thing with fletcher. it seems like he is a big boss or something, and owns land. i don't know. i don't understand what his cowboys do either. do they just work on the farm or something? oh well. at first, this book seemed kind of boring, but it's really not that bad. it has really good descriptions and stuff. i think it was a good idea for joe to ask shane to stay on and help him with the farm. he works hard, doesn't complain, and gets things done quickly. the whole thing with chris was cool because he didn't get mad. when chris was talking about soda pop, shane ordered one just to make chris mad. shane just kept calm and walked out of there. but the next time, chris wasn't so lucky. i feel sorry for him that he had to get beat up so badly. but it was kind of sad when shane went and wiped the blood off of chris's face, because shane always seems sad and depressed after he hurts somebody. it was nice, though.

Shane post 2

2005-04-08T14:17:00.000-07:00

if i were the starrets, i don't know if i would just let someone stay in my house like they did with shane. i mean, he didn't even tell them his last name, where he's from, and why he just rode into town. that's a sign that he could be a murderer or something. but i guess joe has a good feeling about him. and when that guy was trying to sell a cultivator to him, shane told joe that he was asking an unfair price. and joe believed him. i don't think he's gonna end up being a criminal or whatever. he seems loyal to joe, i guess. and when he started cutting up the stump--that was cool. if i were joe, then i'd be kind of embarassed, because bobby was talking about how he couldn't get through any of the roots. then shane goes and cuts through one pretty fast.

Shane post 1

2005-04-08T14:00:00.000-07:00

i'm already done with this book but i'll just pretend i'm not.
okay, shane seems....different. there's something he's hiding, i just don't know what it is. before i started reading this book, i had no idea what it was about. i thought shane was gonna be the name of a kid or something, but i was way wrong. at the beginning, it says "he rode into our valley the summer of '89" i'm guessing this means 1889, not 1989. cuz shane (the book) talks about a lot of things we're doing in history right now. territories and westward expansion. does anyone know how old bobby is? i'm just wondering...cuz he seems around 12 or 13. maybe it says in the book but i just can't remember. oh well.

Tom Sawyer last post

2005-03-27T11:17:00.000-08:00

becky and tom are back together. becky has this big party, and they go to a cave. everyone is having fun and goofing around, and tom and becky wander off on their own. i probly would have done the same thing, cuz it'd be so cool to just explore around a huge cave with somebody. well, after a while, they can't hear the other kids anymore, and realize that they're lost. tom tries to guide them out, but they just get even deeper into the cave. they find a spring and stay there. tom had a piece of cake in his pocket and gave half to becky. soon, all their candles were used up. i would have only burned my candles when i had to. i wouldn't just let them burn while i was eating or something. but maybe they didn't have matches. that would suck. tom had some kite string so he decided to look for a way out. he tied one end of a string to something and went down different tunnels. he'd follow the string to get back. tom's pretty smart. by this time, becky is too weak to do anything and just wants to die. but then tom finds a way out and forces her to get up. finally they get out. tom and becky were lost for a couple days. oh yeah, tom saw injun joe in the cave. so, him and huck go into the cave a secret way and find this little cavern thing, the treasure was in there, and some guns and a whole bunch of other stuff, too. so, tom and huck are now rich. injun joe was found dead at the mouth of the cave. yes! i'm finally done with my tom sawyer posts. now i just need to start shane......this is really bad! i'm so behind!!!! we were supposed to have 5 posts on shane by friday. it's now sunday. sorry!!!! oh yeah..... HAPPY EASTER everyone!

Tom Sawyer post 4

2005-03-27T11:02:00.000-08:00

okay, a while ago in the book, tom and huck witnessed a murder. they decided to keep it a secret so injun joe wouldn't kill them, too. i think they should have told somebody, and then injun joe would have been hanged or whatever and they wouldn't have to worry anymore. well, anyways, tom had to go to court. and when he started to tell about what he'd seen, injun joe jumped out the window. people looked for him, but he was long gone. oh, tom and huck decided that now they want to dig for buried treasure. so, there they are, digging under a tree or something, when they decide to go in the haunted house. tom and huck are just messing around and decide to go upstairs. i wouldn't have done that if i were them. but they did, and then injun joe and this other guy come in! so tom and huck hide and can hear the conversation. joe has a bunch of money, and they're gonna hide it in the haunted house. but they just happen to find some other treasure, and take it. when injun joe goes upstairs, tom and huck almost get caught. i'd be so scared. well, i gotta go make another post. bye.

Tom Sawyer post numero tres (#3)

2005-02-17T18:01:00.000-08:00

wow. i haven't posted about mr. sawyer for a while. well, tom was having some relationship problems with becky, so he decided to go be a pirate. that's not exactly wut i would do if i were in his posistion, but hey, everyone's different. huck and tom's friend joe went with tom on his "adventure". they went down a river or sumthin and are on an island. i don't know if it's uninhabited or n e thing, but it seems like it's a cool place. personally, i don't think they planned very well. i mean, yeah, they brought food and stuff, but now everyone thinks they're dead. i think it might actually be kinda fun to go off and be a pirate for a while. but not if ppl think i'm dead. okay, there was also a big thunderstorm, which is wut made tom huck and joe decide to go back to their town. and u know wut they did? they came back right in the middle of their funeral! if u think about it, it is kinda cool, but it's mean, too. if my family thought i was dead, i would do sumthing to show them i'm not. i wouldn't want them to suffer and be sad for nothing, like tom made his aunt do. but tom was pretty down in the dumps at the time, so i guess u can't really blame him. well, i like this book, but it's takin me a while to read it. hey, does n e one know when we have to start readin shane? mueller's blog says feb. 19, but jacque told me we have until after mid-winter break to finish tom sawyer... can sumone inform me??? thanks! oh wait, i can just post a comment on mueller's blog. okay......see ya, then

my essay

2005-01-26T17:04:00.000-08:00

here is my horrible essay....cuz we're supposed to post it. i did this in one night, so it's REALLY REALLY bad. and i couldn't really compare stuff either, cuz we haven't learned about any of these time periods in history! i'm not having a good afternoon/evening....

Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer are three very different books. But they do have one thing in common; they are all historical fiction. Each book takes place in it’s own time period. In History, we haven’t been learning about any of those certain time periods. But in English we did. We read a book called April Morning, and it took place during the Revolutionary War, just like in Johnny Tremain. In this essay, I will compare/contrast what I have been learning in history and English with what I have read in the three historical fiction books.
To begin with, Johnny Tremain was the first book we read. It takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 1700’s. Johnny Tremain is a 14-year-old blacksmith’s apprentice, and plans to become a great silversmith. But his dream is ruined when his hand is burnt by molten silver, and he can’t use it anymore. Despite his disfigured hand, Johnny gets to be a part of the Boston Tea Party, which leads to the Revolutionary War. This relates to the book we read in English a couple months ago, called April Morning. Both books take place in the Revolutionary War time period, and are about a teenage boy. They are different because Johnny does not actually go into battle, but the boy in April Morning does. Like I mentioned before, we have not learned about this time period in history class yet. I didn’t really enjoy Johnny Tremain that much.
Next, we read The Witch of Blackbird Pond. I really liked reading this book. It takes place in Connecticut, sometime after the Revolutionary War. Kit, the main character, moves from Barbados to Connecticut to live with her aunt and uncle. She doesn’t fit in at all, and has a hard time adjusting to all the work she has to do. Kit makes friend with an elderly woman named Hannah, who is the outcast of the village. She is believed to be a witch by the townspeople. Hannah is a Quaker. But Kit knows that she is not really a witch. Again, we have not really learned about this time period in history, either.
Finally, I’m in the middle of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I’m not exactly sure when it takes place, but I’m guessing it was somewhere in the 1800’s. Well, Tom Sawyer is a teenage-boy living in Missouri. He gets into a lot of mischief, and is good at tricking people out of their money and goods. This relates to what we are learning in history right now a little bit. We are learning about how the explorers traded with other countries. In Tom Sawyer, he makes several trades with the other boys, and it is a big thing with them. Just like in Tom Sawyer, some trades are good and are worth it, but some only benefit one side of the trade. Tom usually tricks people into giving him something good, in return for something not as valuable from him.
To conclude, in history, we haven’t been learning about the time periods that Tom Sawyer, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and Johnny Tremain take place in. We have in English a little bit, though. All three books are realistic, and are about a teenage boy or girl. Out of these books, I liked The Witch of Blackbird Pond the best, and I liked Johnny Tremain the least. It was kind of boring, and had a bad ending in my opinion. I think blogging makes us understand the books better, and is a good thing for the group of Honors English students to do, instead of having a whole extra class.

holy crap......that is the worst essay i have ever written............. :' (

different blog

2005-01-10T07:11:00.000-08:00

i decided to change my blog. i don't really care wut it looks like anymore. i just wanted to have a black background, so i picked this template or wutever they're called. (sry jacque, i know this one's the same as yours, i just really liked it, so i hope u don't mind......) well, yeah. u know wut i just realized.....ppl probly don't even care if i changed my blog. oh well. school's delayed 2 hours today and i'm really bored. so i just felt like writing sumthin. see ya

Tom Sawyer: post numero dos

2004-12-29T14:28:00.000-08:00

haha, i'm gonna keep writing my titles in spanish! lol. okay, tom is like, obsessed (almost) w/ this girl named becky. i can't remember how old they are, but i'm guessing they're between like, 13 and 15. they got "engaged." but all they did was say to each other "i love u," then they kissed. then tom told becky she could never love anyone else or marry anyone but him. haha, i think it's kinda funny. but it's cute,too, in a way. lol. but then tom goes and ruins it. he let it slip that he used to be "engaged" to sumone else. i feel sorry for becky. it would suck to find sumthin like that out. i would've started crying, too, like becky did. but i also think she's just a little stuborn. not very much, just a little. tom tried to say he was sorry, and he gave her sumthing, but she just ignored him. how sad. for tom, i mean, cuz then he ran away. and now, he's gonna go be a pirate. well, good luck to him. lol. he doesn't really seem like the pirate type.....that's how far i am in the book so far. oh yeah, huckleberry finn is in the story now. well, see ya

Tom Sawyer: post numero uno (#1, in case u couldn't figure it out...lol, jk)

2004-12-22T16:47:00.000-08:00

i think this is going to be a really good book. tom sawyer is so cool! lol. he gets ppl to do his work for him, and they don't even know they're being tricked. well, from wut i've read so far, tom seems very....independent, cocky, opinionated, selfish, tricky, and a bunch of other stuff. he's a troublemaker, too. one thing he's done is gotten kids to whitewash his fence. they give him sumthing, and then he lets them paint the fence! so, it's like paying someone to do their job. wow, tom's smart. lol. tom has to go to church, too. and he hates it, cuz he has to get all dressed up, and (*gasp*) wear shoes!!! haha...he's usually barefoot, so, that's why. tom gets so distracted at church. he sees a poodle messing with a beetle, and he forgets wut he's supposed to be doing (listening to the preacher or wutever). that's wut it seemed like, n e ways. tom kinda sounds like me. lol. i get distracted really easily, too. haha. okay, sorry this is such a retarded post. i'm kinda tired. and i'm kinda hungry, too. see, there i go, getting distracted again! hey, i just realized sumthing....i have the tom and huck movie! hehe, cooooool. maybe i should go watch that.......lol, jk

TWOBBP # 5 (the last one!!!!)

2004-12-22T16:30:00.000-08:00

okay, i thought this was a really good book. when it started to get kinda boring, sumthin exciting would happen. it's one of those books you can't put down until you find out wut happens. i was SO right about kit and nat ending up together! lol, jk. i'm glad they are gonna get married. but, i don't think "the witch" is a very good name. i don't know why. it just doesn't sound like the name of a ship. oh well. i think kit is gonna have a way better life sailing w/ nat instead of living w/ her aunt and uncle and cousins. matthew turned out to be good after all. he kinda softened up towards the end. and kit gets to wear her nice clothes again. this book was really kinda the happy ending type. first: kit and nat. they're both so adventurous. second: john and mercy. they make such a good couple. they're both quiet and nice and stuff. third: judith and william. they're good for each other, too. they're both kinda stuck up and want the best and wanna be rich and all that stuff. fourth: hannah is safe (for now). she has sumone to talk to and be with, so she isn't alone where evil ppl can hurt her. well, i hope kit has a good life. she went through a lot of stuff. i know i wouldn't be able to do the things kit did and put up with. if there was a sequel to this book, i'd definitely read it!! see ya!

TWOBBP #4

2004-12-14T11:53:00.000-08:00

i got 11/12 on the AR test! woo-hoo! lol. well, kit is the bravest person in the book. (along w/ nat) it was so cool how she saved hannah. i can't believe they burnt down her house!!! ppl were so stupid back then! it's so annoying.....cuz they think she's so bad, and that she's a witch.....but they haven't even met her! maybe if ppl didn't jump to conclusions back then, it would have been a whole lot better. anyways, i think kit was really brave. and then nat came (talk about good timing!) and saved hannah and kit. now she won't be so lonely now that she's gonna stay w/ nat's grandma or wutever. well, i'm at school right now, 5th period. yay. not. lol. i'll write later. bye.

TWOBBP #3

2004-12-13T19:37:00.000-08:00

okay.....i've been really lazy with posts lately. i finished the book a while ago but i'll just pretend that i haven't. sooo.......i don't think kit should marry wiliam. he's too....i don't know, too proper or sumthing for her. she's really independent, and if she married him, she'd be kinda tied down, i guess. i still think her and nat are gonna end up together. it's so nice wut kit is doin for prudence. it's a big risk, i think. goodwife cruff is so evil. if she were real, i would seriously want to like, strangle her or sumthing. sorry, but she's such a pain! she always ruins everything. she blames kit and calls her a witch. well, i think prudence likes visitng hannah and that they're gonna be good friends. but it kinda seems like kit is left out cuz prudence and hannah are always together. oh well. bye. p.s. i hate the name "prudence"

TWOBBP #2

2004-11-30T19:02:00.000-08:00

jeez! ppl are so mean to kit in connecticut or wherever she is. (sry, that's probly way off, and i can't remember, and i don't feel like going to get the book right now) they got mad cuz she dived (dove) in to get the little girl's doll! well, they didn't get mad exactly, they were just kinda all freaked out and stuff. goodwife cruff is really mean, too. oh look, i can swim, i'm a witch!!! OOOHHHH NOOOO!!!! she doesn't care about her daughter, prudence, at all, either. if i were kit, i would, like, try to get prudence away from her mom and adopt her or sumthing. lol. but u probly couldn't do that back then, so nevermind. i think kit's uncle is creepy. he's so mean and got mad when kit came w/ all her prettiful clothes and stuff. it's like he doesn't want to stand out or sumthing. u know wut....i think he's hiding sumthing!!! i have no idea wut it could be, but i don't care, cuz it's just a "prediction." well, i predict that i'm gonna go make another post now. see ya!

TWOBBP ~ 1st entry

2004-11-30T18:53:00.000-08:00

just so u guys know, TWOBBP stands for the witch of blackbird pond. lol. well, i started reading this book. it's actually really good. i like reading it. maybe it's cuz, unlike johnny tremain, this book is about a girl, and i can relate more or sumthing. i don't know. well, kit came on a ship from barbados. at first, i thought, why would she want to leave? then i read more, and realized why. i mean seriously, a 50-year-old wanted to marry her!!! eeeeewwwww............she's only 16! i would have left if i were kit, too, though. oh yeah! i have a prediction: i think kit is going to end up with nat. i don't know why, they just seem so perfect for each other. and their names are alike, too, lol. nat and kit. kit and nat. kinda sounds like kit kat! lol. i know....i'm weird. sorry. well, i gotta go make sum more posts! bye.

i kinda started

2004-11-27T18:09:00.000-08:00

i kinda started the witch of blackbird pond, but not really. i just felt like making a post. this book is probly gonna be as boring as johnny tremain, but i think i'll live. i'm really bored. so i'm gonna go now. bye!

i need some help

2004-11-20T08:31:00.000-08:00

how do i make my blog all pretty and stuff? shawna and katie.....i like the kinda blogs u guys have. i just don't know how to do it...........can sumbody help me, please? thanks. bye

Johnny Tremain~5th Entry (the last one!!!!)

2004-11-19T13:08:00.000-08:00

i FINALLY finished the book!! yay! sry about those last posts. i was a little..........angry. well, i took the quiz and i got 12/12! that's 100%! sorry, i'm just so proud of myself.....lol. okay, i think boston won the war. i'm pretty positive i missed sumthing, though, cuz they were fighting, and then all of sudden, ppl were all happy and stuff, and i had no idea wut was going on. i'm pretty sure boston won, though. oh yeah.......SAD PART!!!!!! Rab died!! why did he have to die?? this author is totally oblivious to how bad a book turns out when sumone good dies. geez............lol. the ending was kinda confusing. it leaves u wondering. wut ever happened w/ johnny and cilla? how does johnny's surgery turn out? (he's having dr. warren seperate his hand and thumb) oh yeah, before rab died, he gave johnny his musket, and rab never even got to fire it! oh well. that's why johnny wants his hand fixed, so he can shoot he gun. well, i think this is good enough. I'M FINALLY DONE!!!!! (w/ johnny tremain, n e ways) now i have to read and blog about the witch of blackbird pond. hopefully this book will be better than johnny tremain! see ya!

Johnny Tremain~4th Entry

2004-11-17T17:22:00.000-08:00

i can't remember wut i've read, cuz i haven't read stupid johnny tremain in a loooooong time. some sort of war or battle or something is starting. johnny's depressed cuz rab went off to fight, and rab finally got a gun. that pumpkin guy got hanged cuz he was tryin to escape the army or sumthing. i have no idea wut's going on w/ cilla and isannah. or the other laphams. i think the oldest girls ran off w/ guys and got married or sumthing. johnny is kind of like a messenger, i think. paul revere is gonna be part of the war, it seems like. i think the british soldiers that invaded boston are stupid. they could've just forgotten about wutever it was that got them mad in the first place. well, i think this is good enough. i'll do my last post when i finish the book. (if i survive the boring-ness until the end) hmmm.......i don't think i had enough opinions of the book in there.............so here's another opinion: i hate the book johnny tremain!

i hate this!!!!

2004-11-17T17:15:00.000-08:00

i hate the book johnny tremain......i hate being in honors english.......i hate having to do this blog and reading the boring books! i just typed a whole post, and i lost it!!! it was long.........and i had it just how i wanted it! i looked at a preview of my post, then went back, and it was gone. aaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh. sorry. no offense to n e one who likes doing this stuff and reading the books. teachers are probly reading this, but i don't care, cuz we're supposed to be writing about our opinions, and my opinion is that johnny tremain is stupid and boring!!!! if u agree w/ me, post a message. bye

Johnny Tremain~3rd entry

2004-10-16T14:29:00.000-07:00

they had the trial, and johnny didn't have to go to jail. his friend rab that he met at the printing place went and got cilla and isannah to bring to the trial. cilla was the only person that johnny had shown his cup to, and she helped in proving his innocence. now, john hancock is letting johnny be a horse boy. he gets to deliver the observer to different towns. the trip takes 2 to 3 days. the horse that johnny rides is named goblin, and he's really timid. but soon, johnny gets to be a very good rider and likes being a horse boy.

Johnny Tremain~2nd entry

2004-10-14T19:51:00.000-07:00

johnny got turned down by john hancock's print shop, cuz he couldn't write well, cuz of his hand. he could read and do math, but not write. i would have been so mad if i was johnny. johnny now feels like there is nothing left, and God himself has turned away His face. which is exactly what his mother had said a long time ago. she said that if that ever happened, then he could go to Merchant Lyte, and maybe he would take him in. johnny goes to mr. lyte, shows him his cup, and is accused of stealing the cup a couple weeks earlier. i don't know what i would've done if that happened to me. i would run away, or something, probly. i don't know. there is going to be a trial to decide whether johnny goes to jail or not.

Johnny Tremain~1st entry

2004-10-07T18:15:00.000-07:00

lots of people think that this book is really boring, but it's actually not that bad. it wouldn't be my first choice, but.......still. well, anyways, johnny tremain is a smith's apprentice in Boston. he's one of 3 apprentices, and is pretty much in charge of the other boys. johnny's very skilled with his hands, that's why his master likes him. one day, johnny is working secretly on a sugar basin that is supposed to be done the next day at 7 am. one of the other boys, Dove, gives johnny a broken tool. when johnny was about to grab it out of the furnance, his hand came right down into melted silver. his whole hand was covered in it. his thumb and palm were melted together. eww. now he can't be a blacksmith anymore, and has to look for another place to work. that's what johnny's doing right now.