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May 10, 2012 Pages 3-45 Speak summary: this story is about a girl who just started highschool. She has no friends and has trouble fitting in. She seems depressed, has trouble with teachers and grades. Something big seemed to have happened over summer break, that's why no one talks to her and stopped being her friend. She makes friends with an Ohio girl named Heather, this is her only friend now. She doesn't have the best home life and walks around with a very personal secret. At the end of page 46 IT comes into the story, now we have to read to figure out who/what IT is.

Braeden Dombrose

I have the connecter role for pages 3-45 and I connect with alot of stuff in the story. The first thing I can connect with that alot of all the other connecters said they connect with is the first ten lies told in high school. The second thing that all the connecters connected with is the clans in high school. One that I personally connect with is making new friends in a new school, I went to Ford and then I had to go to Berea and all of my friends went to Midpark, I thought that it would be hard to make friends but now I have made alot of friends here.Just like how Heather made friends with the Marthas. -Briana Percher

Hey the summary Braeden wrote about the story told everything that happended, if i didn't read pages 3-45 I would know what the story was about. Where is all the other posts? Midpark? Berea? Only the summarizer and connecter posted. Where are all the other roles? -Briana Percher by:baylee stone the tree shows her socil life being dead, she doesnt have one shes in a depresssing world.

May 17, 2012 page: 56, paragraph 4. "if the class is debating, ten each student has the right to say what's on hismid." i choose that, beccause every one should have a right to say what they want without being told other wise.page: 81, paragraph 5. i also think when she says, "can she read the thoughts hidden here? if she can, what willl she do? call the cops? Send me to anutthouse?" she thinks negative about everything, she also worries about what people would think of her thougts. pge 86, paragraph 2, "freshmeat" who is it? why does he follow her.i choose this because it seem it plays some what an important role in the story -Baylee Stone

The summary is that it is second quarter and she still doesn't have any friends. When Thanksgiving comes her mom is trying to make dinner but she has to leave for Black Friday. And she is stuck at the house with her dad trying to make the dinner but ruins the dinner so they just decide to order pizza. Melinda takes the wishbone and rips the head of the barbie doll and puts the wishbone on the barbie doll. Her art teacher thinks it is interestingthat she does that. When she has biology class she has to descected a frog but she can't do it because it reminds her of what had happened at the party and why she had to call the cops. -Jessica C

Connector- I can connect with this story because I have a stuck up teacher like Mr. Neck that no student even likes. I have a cool laid back teacher like Mr. Freeman who doesnt care what you do just that you get your work done. Some people can connect with Melinda because she doesn't really have a social life, she only has one friend, and doesn't get involved with friends or people in or outside of school. -Braeden Dombrose

@Braeden Dombrose, i can connect with what you put about the story. i have to deal with people in life that are exactly like Melinda, well atleast with her attitude and personallity. its hard to deal with, and be around.



This picture represents the second marking period because Melinda is trying to carve a tree from a block but she can't make one she keeps having to restarts with a new block every day. I also chose this picture because Melinda's topic in art class and Mr.Freeman and lets her restart it all the time because he wants her to do good on th project.

-Briana Percher P.S. sorry it took a long time to get this on here, the picture has been acting up but now I have it up and working.

I like what you guys posted this week it does tell what happended in the second marking period. So thats all I have to say so Bye. -Briana Percher

May 22nd, 2012 I chose this picture because it's the school's new mascot. -Braeden Dombrose

1. Why does Melinda not tell what really happened? 2. Do you think she'll ever tell anyone what really happens? 3. What do you think would be different if she told the police what hapened? 4. How will her friends react to the truth? -Baylee Stone

Page 118, paragraph 1 under PICASSO "Your imagination is paralyzed" this quote means alot because she does not know what to do for her tree and she does not want to let anyone in and tell them why she called the cops at the party that summer. She is to afraid that no one will believe her and call her a liar so that is why she does not tell what happend to her that night with Andy Evans in the woods. -Briana Percher

may 29, The last 80 pages is about Malinda who is at her end of freshman year, and realizing she was rapedy andy evans at the party, her old frinds arent mad at her now,they found out the real reason why she callled the cops, she emtied out her safey closet and andy come and locks her in an tell how she ruined his life. he tries to rape her again but she breaks a mirrow and threatens him with glass to his neck. &the lacross team and her art teacher come to her rescue -Baylee Stone