Welcome to our epad reading conference. The purpose is to increase the depth of your in-class reading experience. This is an effort to discuss, ask questions, make connections and gain perspective on your reading. Participation is required, but the direction of the discussion is up to you.
Avoid Spoilers, please. Also, at the conclusion of our discussion, this will be posted on the 778 Blog.
Please put your name what are you Reading?
Eileen - divergent
Lawrence- The Hamsters Massacre
Louisa- The Bar Code Tattoo
Gabby: Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl
Andrew: Ender's Game
Angela - Divergent
The Voyage of the Frog - Michelle
Hyo Jin- Time Riders
Brandon: Re-reading Divergent
Divergent - Jewellee
Lizzy- Flawless
Casper- Allegiant
Matt-City Of Ashes
Steph-Catching Fire
Get started – 10 minutes starts now!
Why did you choose this book?
I chose Divergent because alot of people in my class has read it and also because sunny and gabby had read it really fast and recommended it to me.
I have read the first one and I have really enjoyed it. I also liked the movie based off of it.
I chose this book because I bought it from scholastic a long time ago, but I haven't read it yet. Also the cover page was attention grabbing and seemed a bit scary.
I chose my book, because it seemed interesting, and I like to read books about important history.
I chose this book because everyone in my class was reading it, even Mr.Koch.
I chose this book because i was flipping through the library and i found this book. It has a catchy title so I decided to read it.
I chose this book because I watched the movie and it looked really interesting. I just decided to start reading the book so I would be able to compare the two stories.
Because lots of my friends are reading this book and they recommand me to read it too.
Every one started reading this book and even finished the other series so I started reading this book.
It was the next in the series
I chose this book because the title first hooked me. The cover page didn't seem to be about frogs but the title was named, so i thought it was interesting enough to read.
I chose to read this book because the whole class was reading Divergent. It sounded like a interesting book read, so I chose to read this book.
I chose this book because i had watch the TV show and i wanted to compare the two.
Because I read the first book, Hunger Games, and I watched the Catching Fire movie so I was interested.
How much of this book have you read so far?
I've read about 1/2- 3/4 of the book
half to three quarters
I just started today. Like 5 pages.
I've read the book once, this is my second time, and I'm halfway throught he book.
4/5 of the book (almost done)
I have read to like about 4-5 of the book
I've read 64 pages out of 335 pages.
I have read like about half of the book.
3/4 of the book
The first few chapter, 4-5 chapters.
chapters 1-5
I'm on the 10th chapter
I'm on the 7th chapter
Set a goal for what date you will finish.
this weekend
I think i can finish this book by the end of the weekend
I think I can finish it by next week.
I think I will be able to finish by next week.
I hope I finish this book by the end of this week.
By this friday and Start the last Olympian
I hope I will finish this book in the next 2 weeks.
I think that I would be able to finish this book by the start of next week if I have time to read at home.
Almost to the half.
Start of March
I lost the book, the book was from the class, so i think someone took it but if i didn't lose it, maybe in 5or 6 days. (because the book is easy for me)
I want to finish this book in the next 2 weeks
First week of March
Probably 1 week
Identify any connections between the book you are reading and something you have studied in 7th grade classes?
Dystopian society
Divergent is similar with the book we read in class like Harrison Bergeron, The Giver, Crime on Mars...
I cannot find any connections yet.
I don't think this was related to anything we learned but it was related to one of the Impromto Speech Topic- Goverment should control gun shooting- something similar like that.
So far, I cannot find a relation between the story Ender's Game and other things from class.
This book doens't really relate to anything we've studied in class, but I think the holocaust is something we should be aware of.
This book is part of the future where nobody uses cards or money, they all use the bar code tattooed on themselves to do everything, so nothing really ties into 7th grade, although I do feel that the world Kayla lives in is powered by a dictator. I think this way because there are people against the bar code tattoo, but they have no power because Global-1 (The Dictators) choose everything.
I think the setting of the book is very simular as other books we have read in class, because it take place in the future and we have read many book or stories that took place in the future.
I don't think this book relates to anything that I learned in 7th grade.
Not really though, because the book is about David sailing the boat, but we never really learned about these kinds, or any relationships between the character i think.
It is a dystopian society
This book does not remind me of anything in 7th grade other then the fact that this story took place when the character were in 7th grade.
I think Divergent has a distopia/utopia setting (depends on how you look at it. The distopia/utopia setting is similar to The Giver's setting or The Hunger Games' setting. There
Government studies.
� This character reminds me of myself because . . .
None of the characters really relate to me
Tris reminds me of myself because
This reminds me of myself because when i had hamsters the baby either die or live. And it has so many blood over the cages just like the book.
Kayla reminds me of Kina because she doesn't care what other pe
Anne Frank reminds me of myself, because she is about my age and stays positive in the rough time she's living through.
None of the people remind me of myself.
None of the characters really remind me of myself.
David kind of reminds of myself, but not alot. He thinks most things in his mind, and he really has a lot of sensibility of minds and also in real life situtaions, like in boats.
No characters remind me of myself.
There is no character that reminds me of me
It reminded me of myself when Beatrice got really nervous before she took the test.
It reminds me of a game I'm playing
� I think this setting is important because . . .
The whole book takes place there
I think this setting is important because, if this book was located in a nother place other than this, the story wouldn't make sence.
Of course it's important, it shows where the entire story takes place. In Ender's Game, the story takes place in a space battle training area. Most of the story takes place there.
I think the place where the group of people against the bar code tattoo meet is very important, because it is where the information is collected, the analyzing is done and the plans are made.
I the setting in Germany is important because it starts the conflict.
In this book, obviously i think the setting of the sea is important, because most of the book's setting/David's journey stands in the sea, and Owen's spirit(?) [i don't know what to call it] would be sprinkled in the sea.
I think the setting in Spencers back yard it important because that is the part where Alison disapeared.
The city because the story takes place there.
I think the setting(the pit) is important in chapter 10 because I think it's the perfect place for tough training.
Because without this they don't have to fight.
� This scene reminds me of a similar scene in (title of book/movie/T.V. show) because . . .
SPOILER WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!
the scene where the bereu is blown open reminds of the beginning
part in star wars where darth vader enters the rebel ship
The scene where
In the first book the werewolves remind me of twilight because i was flippin' through the channels and I saw a little bit of it.
This book remids me of alots of books such as the hunger games, the giver, harrison bergeron and many more because all of these stories have something in common and that is that the setting is a distopia.
The scene where David sales the boat reminds me of the movie "Life of Pie" because when they sail, they are sailing there life towards the sea, and the thunder storm parts are similar too.
This scene does not remind me of any other T.V show or book because i dont normally read books in this genre.
Divergent reminds me of so many distopia/utopia based books like the giver, the hunger games, and ect.
� I like/dislike this writing because . . .
It's kinda boring so I dislike it
I kind of like how this auther writes because he basically writes this book like a diary.
I like how Anne Frank's diary isn't just about her life, it's about what going on in her mind and with everyone in her life. I like her writing style, because it's interesting, and pulls me in to read more.
I like this writing because I like time traveling stories.
I mostly like the scenes and the basic story. It's really interesting how the sail boat's name is Frog, and it's a girl. I was first confused but after i knew, it was fun to read.
I kind of like the book but kind of dont because i have alreasy seen most of the TV show so i know what is about to happen.
I like this writing because this book is really detailed, which helps me visualize the scenes.
Tell about the author's writing style.
This is a copy of Anne Frank's diary, and Anne Frank is very smart and has a large vocabulary for a young girl.
Veronica Roth is a good writer in the sense that she is very good at describing the settings and the characters so that I have a clear picture of everything thats happening in my head.
I think this author (veronica roth) writes her stories in a way that I can visualize it so clearly and some others can visualize it in a different way than me. For example (dont take this the wrong way), there was a part where Tris and Four kissed, but this author did not say they "kissed", she described it as like "I felt his lips touch mine. I felt his warm breath in my face."
The author describe everything she wanted us to know in a very detailed way (?).
She uses normal writing style and sometimes she brings in the Diary of the Wimpy Kid type of writing (diary form)
I like the way this book is written, she doesn't tell you the secret of the bar code tattoo till the very end. This keeps me hooked to the book.
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The author writes the story by dividing it in to short chapters. Each chapter tells the reader the time and the place that the story sets.
The author writes really in depth. He really gets in to the kind of character, and writes the word really matchingly, and hooks not only in the introduction, but every single paragraph because of his depth of words. I was really cool how he could get in any character fast and deep. I really like it!
The author's writing style is descriptive,
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