Category Archives: Period 1 ILA

The Media Needs to Stop Portraying an Ideal Body Type

“I’m going on a diet!” means a very different thing when you hear it come out of your 10 year olds mouth. It’s ridiculous to think a child would start dieting – but over 80% of ten year olds are afraid of being fat according to The Park Nicollet Melrose Center. But it doesn’t stop with … Continue reading The Media Needs to Stop Portraying an Ideal Body Type

The girl on the train- Letter Essay #5 Sophia Jortner

Letter essay #5 Sophia Jortner Recently, I finished reading The girl on the train, a 323 page novel by Paula Hawkins who lives in london, and has been a jouralist for fiftee years before turning her hand to fiction. The Girl on the Train is a #1 New York Times Bestseller and is soon to … Continue reading The girl on the train- Letter Essay #5 Sophia Jortner

Letter Essay #3 The butterfly Garden Julianna Wojenski

I am currently reading The Butterfly Garden, it is 276 pages and is realistic fiction, it was written by Dot Hutchison, who has a background in theatre and a love for surfing the web, and anything renaissance. The Butterfly Garden is a pretty well known book with more than 100,000 copies sold, because of popular … Continue reading Letter Essay #3 The butterfly Garden Julianna Wojenski

Collaborative Letter Essay #9- Lord of the Flies

Dear Blog Readers,   Recently, we read a 286-page dystopian novel titled Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The author attended Oxford University and his book Lord of the Flies was published in 1954 in London, England. It has sold millions of copies worldwide and has been translated into numerous languages.The author also received … Continue reading Collaborative Letter Essay #9- Lord of the Flies

Collaborative Letter Essay #9: The Hunger Games

Dear Readers,   Recently, we finished reading The_Hunger_Games, a 374 page dystopian novel by Suzanne Collins. This is the first book out of a trilogy. Suzanne Collins got many good reviews from the book and was a New York Times bestseller for a while. She also won The Dorothy Canfield Fisher children’s book award, the … Continue reading Collaborative Letter Essay #9: The Hunger Games

Collaborative Letter Essay #9: Jurassic Park

           We recently completed the 448-paged science fiction novel, Jurassic Park, written by master storyteller Michael Crichton.  In 1994, for the first time, the U.S.’s favorite television series (ER), movie (Jurassic Park), and book (Disclosure) were all created by the same artist, Michael Crichton. Crichton has written many other books besides Jurassic Park, including … Continue reading Collaborative Letter Essay #9: Jurassic Park

Collaborative Letter Essay #9: The Hunger Games

Dear Readers, Recently, we finished reading The_Hunger_Games, a 374 page dystopian novel by Suzanne Collins. This is the first book out of a trilogy. Suzanne Collins got many good reviews from the book and was a New York Times bestseller for a while. She also won The Dorothy Canfield Fisher children’s book award, the Cybils … Continue reading Collaborative Letter Essay #9: The Hunger Games

Collaborative Letter Essay #9: The Hunger Games

Recently, we have finished reading The Hunger Games, a dystopian book the New York Times bestselling author, Suzanne Collins, published on September 14, 2008. More than 23 million copies of The Hunger Games have been sold. We read The Hunger Games because our teacher, Mr. Jockers, assigned us this book in our book club. The … Continue reading Collaborative Letter Essay #9: The Hunger Games

Emily L’s Letter Essay; Nazi Hunters

Recently, I read a novel titledNazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb which I found in Mr.Jockers’ library. Born in Colorado and raised in St.Louis, Neal Bascomb earned a double degree in English Literature and Economics at the Miami University in Ohio. He also spent several years in London, Paris and Dublin as a journalist. He is … Continue reading Emily L’s Letter Essay; Nazi Hunters

Bran’s Prepositional Phrase Poem

Bran Sullivan Period 1 Mr Jockers   To the side of my mother To the side of my best friend at the time Because of his influence About to try something new Outside my comfort zone Between excitement and regret Between happiness and nervousness Without regard to injury Off on my own Into unknown territory … Continue reading Bran’s Prepositional Phrase Poem