Independant Reading Book

In my reading life i learned how to get better at reading. I also learned vocabulary. The thing i think i did good on is the summaries we did or any questions we did in our notebook. The thing i need to improve is actually finishing the book. I tend to procrastinate and not finish my book. I have been reading a third book. It's about a girl named Clothide who gets her families property. She has the ownership of a peninsula. Her mother starts to change and doesn't want to help Clothide. So she has to do everything herself and clean everything.

"The Skin Im In"

This book has surprised me many times. Its about a girl who's African American and she really doesn't fit into the school because she's a darker skin color than the other students. There's a new teacher and she kind of looks like a freak everybody says. The teacher goes through many problems such as kids calling her names and teasing her repeatedly. Both the girl and the teacher really don't fit into the school. This book has helped me because she tells me how it feels to be teased. I know now not to tease other people because it just make them feel awful and it going to make me feel better.

MAURITIUS

The play " Mauritius " was about 2 sisters Jackie and Mary who were basically arguing over a stamp collection. Mary thought she was supposed to have the collection because it was her grandfathers collection. The Jackie thought she did because she was the one there to get it from her mother before she had died and Mary wasn't there. I could probably relate to the Jackie because i am the youngest one in my family. I think the Mary should have the stamp collection because she was basically there for there mother and there to take care of her and the Mary wasn't. I compare to the siblings in the play because me and my siblings have arguments all the time over what stuff is who's.

Connections

Me and Santiago are connected in a way that we both like to explore new things. I am different from him because he is on the road to fulfilling his dream and I'm not. I agree with his decisions because i think everybody should not care about anything else and go ahead and pursue there dream. Yes i would be able to make the same decisions to pursue my dream because its my life and my choice to pursue them. Caring about someone else will affect me from pursuing my dream because i will probably put that person before my dreams.