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May 10, 2012 i think a good question that was posted was "how do you think melindas attitude will effect all the upcoming choices she has to make?" & i think it will effect them greatly because she just isnt caring about anything or anyone. what do you guys think? ~GabyW.

I agree, since she is not caring for anything it will make her careless for her decisions. Jordan Walton.



A tree represents what she was givenn for art class and what she has to base her artwork around

The summary of the story Speak is about a girl that has just joined high school, she lost all her friends from elementary school. She is super shy and has no confidence in herself. She believes that she is the worst person with the worst clothes, hair & makeup. She's not liking any of her teachers, none of them are what she wants. She soon has found a friend named Heather, she is a nice girl as well as her parents. During this section she is also in a musical and actually thinks she will do good. She went to dinner before than went to the recital. As her parents yelled at her she listened to music and ignored them. It took her mind off everything. .

Jordan Walton. .

Why do you think she ignores everything her parents say? why do you think she wont talk to them.......how do you think she is going to do in the musical? ~Gaby Wiles

I think that she is ignoring her parents because she doesn't want the embarrassing attention that they are making her feel. I believe that she will do her best in the musical. Jordan Walton

I think that she ignores everything her parents say, because she has so much on her mind & she doesn't think her parents will understand what she is going through. She blocks almost everyone out of her life, except for Heather, but she isn't very open with her either. I think she wants to be able to talk to her parents, but doesn't feel like she can. She feels shut out by her mom & dad. Her mom is always working and her dad just doesn't seem to care. I think that she'll do alright in the musical & it will help her make a voice for herself. ~Delaine Thomas

Literary Luminary: Tommy R: Pg. 19, paragraph 2. "Nicole can do anything that involves a ball and a whistle. Basketball, softball, lacrosse, football, soccer, rugby. Anything." Are some people actually like that? Do you know someone like this? Pg. 27, paragraph 7. "The girl pokes me harder. "Aren't you the one who called the cops at Kyle Rodger's party at the end of the summer?"" What do you think happened that caused her to call the cops? Pg.41, paragraph 3. The school changes their mascot from the Devils to the Tigers. What would you think if your school did the same thing?

May 17, 2012 summary- this marking period (2nd) melinda is still trying to figure out what shes doing in high school. she is lost when it comes to the art project her teacher is making her do, but she is making some progress. although she doesnt have any friends she hasnt gone completly insane yet. her parents arent really making an effort to help melinda so shes lost when it comes to life. ~Gaby Wiles

Literary: "weareheretogetagoodfoundationsowecangotocollegeliveuptoourpotentialgetagoodjoblivehappilyeverafterand gotoDisneyWorld" Page 52, Paragraph 1. I chose this because it shows what is expected of us in school. Do you think that this is true? & this is what we should be following? YES! I totally agree with this statement and i do believe that everyone should follow it. It is so true to do good in school to actually have fun later in life with a job and money. ====I definitely think that this is why we are here and that everyone should be following this. Without this it will be hard to get anywhere in life. ==== "I don't know what I'm doing in the next five minutes and she has the next ten years figured out." Page 53, Paragraph 2. I chose this because it shows that she's not sure about what she's doing in life and she doesn't understand how Heather has everything figured out. Have you ever been in this kind of situation? Sort of,where i think everything out before i do something but sometimes it just does not work all the time. I have for sure been in this kind of situation, but I have my life planned out know. I can understand though, that this would be difficult for some people. ~Delaine Thomas

I do not think it is fair that they had to do a 500 word essay,i would try to do most of it but probably not finish. That's a little difficult.
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 * Tommy R: Is it fair that the class had only one night to do a five hundred word essay. If this was you would you do it, do you think you would be able to do it all? **

I can connect with the story by: The school name changing because my school is combineing with another and they are trying to figure out a name, pg 69 Waking up late on Christmas because my brother is not young anymore so we don't have to wake up early, pg 72 I have a teacher like Mr. Stetman, that is all about Algebra, pg 83 I have parents that complain about grades, help around house & not being a kid anymore if i don't listen too, pg 86 -Jordan Walton

May 24, 2012

Summarizer: Tommy Reihart: In the third marking period we learn the truth about Melinda. Why everyone hates and ignores her. Why she has no friends. Melinda tells about a party that she had gone to the summer before her freshman year. After having a few beers herself she is found alone by a very drunk senior, "IT". She is taken control of and raped. She gets a phone and calls the police. The party is ended, few taken away by police and all hating Melinda. This is why everyone hates Melinda, but no one knows the truth but her.

I picked this picture because at the beginning of this chapter it talks about them having a debate on the school symbol & how the Hornets were picked.
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I have picked this picture because she has been skipping school and going to the mall. The counciler has called the parents into the room and talked about it.
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I had picked this picture because at the end of the chapter she reveals the secret of her getting raped.
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- Jordan Walton

May 24, 2012


 * Summarizer: **
 * Tommy Reihart: In the third marking period we learn the truth about Melinda. Why everyone hates and ignores her. Why she has no friends. Melinda tells about a party that she had gone to the summer before her freshman year. After having a few beers herself she is found alone by a very drunk senior, "IT". She is taken control of and raped. She gets a phone and calls the police. The party is ended, few taken away by police and all hating Melinda. This is why everyone hates Melinda, but no one knows the truth but her. **

i can connet this book to almost every high school teenagers life. they go to partys they get wasted bad things happen, although not everyone choses to do those things many people do them just for the attention. i can also relate the closet melinda hides in. many people that are depressed like melinda is, just want to hide from everything and that is what shes doing as she hides in the old janitors closet~Gaby Wiles

Discussion Director: Do you think Melinda is going to tell anyone about what happened at the party? What would you do if you were Melinda? Would you tell someone or just keep it bottled up, just hoping for it to go away? If Melinda does tell someone, who do you think she will tell? Who would you tell if something like this happened to you? ~Delaine Thomas

I don't think she will ever tell anyone unless she finds a true bestfriend.I believe that i would talk to my mom about it and talk to the police. -jordan walton


 * I think Melinda will tell someone eventually. If i was her I think i would have to try to tell someone about it. I think she will tell Heather. I'm not sure who I'd tell but someone close, that I can trust. -Tommy R **

May 31, 2012

**Connector: **
===**Connecting **** to this book was harder for me because I don't have the problems Melinda has, although I know kids that do. Trying to fit in to groups in high school can be a serious problem and make life hard and stressful for kids. Another thing is party's with alcohol and illegal drugs. **What happened to Melinda could happen to anyone, especially when alcohol and drugs are involved. <span style="color: #47e527; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Tommy Reihart ===

It was sort of funny how she compared the kids at the zoo a zoo, ha. It was sort of weird how she wanted to read about sex,buti won't happen until 11th grade. The lies that she makes a list of are mostly true. I also find it shocking that her friend had freaked out on her after she told her that she had got raped.

-Jordan Walton