September's Reading Assignment

7th Grade Language Arts
Brookside School

September's Reading Assignment

8/21/2013

Ever heard of a Top 10 list? Well, this is similar, except there are just 7 topics! What are seven important things that happened in your most recent reading.

You will order your list based on your personal opinion of the importance of each seven; the most important
event will be your "#1" event, but it is the one you write last on your list. Start with "#7," which means you’re starting with the least important of the important events.

Remember to use complete sentences! Remember to let us know the title and author of the book.

19 Comments

Haley Kresch

9/16/2013 09:57:01 pm

Book: Keeping the moon

7. Isabel makes fun of Colie, the main character, for having a lip ring.
6.Colie asks MIra whether it bothers her that everyone in the town makes fun of here.
5. Norman asks Colie if he could do a portrait of her.
4. Morgan finds out that her fincee is cheating on her and takes her anger and greif out on Isabel.
3. Isabel gives Colie a makeover
2. Colie stands up to Caroline Dawes, someone who likes to bully her.
1. Colie tells Norman everything, and they kiss

Anthony Sciuto

9/18/2013 05:04:56 am

Article 5
by Kristen Simmons

7.Chase and Ember stay at the Loftons home( The Loftons betray them)
6. Embers Mom is taken to Rehab along with Ember
5.Chase and Ember reach the resistance
4.Chase breaks Ember out of Rehab
3.Chase almost kills the two thugs
2.Ember escapes rehab (again) on her own
1.Ember finds out her mother has been
executed

Aimee

9/18/2013 05:06:18 am

Homecoming
By Cynthia Voigt

The 7 most important parts of my summer reading book:

7.The characters' (Dicey, James, Maybeth, Sammy-listed by age order) mother is -somewhat- crazy.

6.The family runs away(the father is somewhere out in the world.).

5.The mother runs away from her children.

4.The children go to a trusted relative, but runs away again to her grandmother's house in Maryland.

3.Dicey is basically on her own in making decisions.

2.Maybeth and Sammy are having problems in everything they try to do. On the other hand, James is perfect at everything he tries to do.

1.The characters don't trust anyone.(the main characters.)

Mackenzie

9/18/2013 06:03:32 am

The Summer I turned pretty
1-Belly went back to the summer house
2.She feel head over heals for conrad again

3-jerimah fell for belly
4-Susana got cancer
5-Belly got a new boyfriend to make conrad jelous
6-cam and belly broke up
7- belly and conrad went out

Adam Kim

9/18/2013 06:20:28 am

#7: Ponyboy gets sick, but tells his gang not to tell Darry, the older brother, so he can fight in the rumble.
#6: The greasers win the rumble, but Pony gets very sick
#5: Pony takes a walk to cool off, and meets up with his friend, Johnny. Johnny and Pony sit in the yard, smoking like chimneys, and talk about their lives, but they doze off, out in the open, as vulnerable as a baby. They wake up at 3:00 am, and realize what time it is, and run home. Johnny's parents don't care about him as much, but Ponyboy's brothers really look out for him. When Pony got home, Darry was waiting for him. Soda brought it to him nicely, saying that they were worried. Darry yelled at Soda to stop being nice, but Pony yelled at Darry, and Darry hit Ponyboy.
#4: Pony was in shock. Nobody in his family had ever hit him before, but before Darry could apologize, Pony was out the door. He was running away.
#3: Pony saw Johnny, and told him the plan, but Johnny took him to the courtyard to cool off, but they weren't alone. A blue mustang pulled up, containing 4 socs. Johnny had been jumped by these guys before, and always had a knife handy. 1 of the socs grabbed Ponyboy by the arm, twisted it around his back, and shoved his face in the fountain. He couldn't breathe, and he was sure he was going to die.
#2: Pony was struggling for his life, but finally he was let free. All of a sudden he was free, and saw 3 socs running away. Then he saw Johnny, looking down. There laid the body of the soc, on his stomach, with a knife in his back. Johnny had killed him.
#1: It wasn't long until the cops showed up, so they ran to the bar. They asked they're gang member for help, and he sent them away with a gun, money, and food. They ran to the train, and hopped on right before the cops showed up. They had escaped, but there was no going back.

Nicole T.

9/18/2013 06:20:29 am

Book Name: Big Mouth & Ugly Girl
Author: joyce Carol Oates

#7 I think that because Matt got in trouble for threatning to blow up the whole school he found out that his friends are not really good friends because what he suspended from school for 3 days, they didnt help him or talk to him of even email him in his time of his suspention time.

#6 I think when Trevor Cassity andnhis gang of other jocks beats Matt up he thinks that it is a good idea to keep it a secret from his parents. In the time Pumpkin (Matt's dog) is missing he tells Ursula that he was beat up and she cared for him so she webt over to him and theratened him if he didn;t return the dog before 4:00 pm that day.

#5 When Ursula and Matt start dating because she is a big part of hius live and he is a big part of her life.

#4 I think that when Matt's dog goes missing and Ursula helps him she meets his mom and she falls in love with him.

#3 When we find out that it was the two brewster sisters who told the principal that Matt had threatened to blow up the school and kill as many people as he could.

#2 I think that Matt and Ursula falling in love is important because, in the beggining of the book Ursula didn't like Matt that much but since she helped him not have to go to jail he saw that she was not a bad person and he liked that she was the only person out of all his friends she was the one to help him.

#1 I think when he attempts to kiss Ursula because they had made such a strong bond over the time he was in trouble and they were just ment for eachother.

Justin Hitt

9/18/2013 06:40:24 am

I read The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
#7 Stephen's grandpa die a the beginning of the novel. This was important because his grandfather was half of the family he had left. Throughout the book he often recalls traits or lessons from his grandfather.

#6 The sixth most important event was when and his father were hiding in a broken helicopter. Then strange men came in and they had to hide. the men were slavers and had two captives. Once the slavers fell asleep Stephen and his dad set the two captives free but were caught afterwards. They ran trying to escape in a huge storm, and Stephen's father fell off a ledge into a river and falls into a coma.

#5 Stephen made camp trying to create a makeshift shelter for he and his injured father. Then strange men came near the camp and he hide with a rifle. He shoots at them but then gets knocked out by the stock of a gun. When he wakes up he is surrounded by these strange men. They offer to bring he and his father to safety. At first he turns them down because he didn't trust them, but then he realized they were his only option. So they take him to Settler's Landing

#4 Stephen gets into a fight with Will Henry at school is the fourth most important event in the novel. Will Henry's father is one of the most important men at Settler's Landing. Will wants Steve gone and this is the beginning of his plan to get him out. This is a turning point for Stephen's place in Settler's Landing.

#3 When Jenny and Steve play a prank on the Henry's it goes horribly wrong. The Henry's thought it was spies from a nearby settlement called Fort Leonard. This causes them to hire mercenaries to go to war with Fort Leonard.

#2 The second most important event was when Stephen and Jenny try to eliminate some of the mercenaries weapons. (This was after the mercenaries turned on Settler's Landing). They sneak up to their camp and Jenny distracts them while Steven gets a grenade. He blows up 3 of their cars and the both run away

#1 The main event was when the real war between the mercenaries and Settler's Landing begun. There was gunfire and bombs thrown, chaos and terror loomed in the air. After a long time Settler's Landing forced them to retreat but were left with lots of damage

Jenn@

9/18/2013 07:51:39 am

DIVERGENT
7-Tris ranks first in the testing
6- Four is also Divergent
5-Tris's mother was from Dauntless
4-Four is really Tobias
3-Tris shot Will --on purpose
2-Jeannine wants revenge on Abnegation- her plan? -to kill them
1-Tris's mother is Divergent also

Matt Cooney

9/18/2013 08:19:25 am

Title:Summer Ball by Mike Lupica
7.Danny wins the Championship which is nationally televised on ESPN2.
6.Danny and his friends go to camp Right Way in Portland,Maine.
5.Danny finds out that Rasheed (the kid that Danny beat in the championship was there.)
4.Danny's Coach has a grudge on his father so he is hard on Danny.
3.Danny fakes an injury so he can leave the camp.
2. Danny gets stuck in the little kids bunks.
1. Danny and Zach fight Lamar and Rasheed comes and helps. They all sat out for 4 games except for Lamar.

Francesca DeMaria

9/18/2013 08:41:29 am

#7 - Toby saves Greta from the woods, and the police think that he was kip napping her.

#6 - Greta and Junes mom find out that they drew their feeling on the portrait , adding things such as red lips, gold nail, necklaces, and a skull tattoo.

#5 - Greta raided Junes closet and found out the tight relationship between Toby ( her uncles friend ) and June.

#4 - Toby dies of AIDS, after June took him out of the hospital and to her family's house.

#3 - June gets the delivery from Toby with Finns old teapot and a written letter.

#2- Finn paints the portrait of June and Greta in his last weeks.

#1 - Finn dies and it changes June future for both the better and worse.

Alex Bildner

9/18/2013 09:23:40 am

7) Ice has a party at his house after the Latimer vs. Carver game

6) Slam almost punches Mr. Parrish in the face because Mr. Parrish was being wrong and racist

5) Slam plays Coach in a one-on-one because he challenged him and Slam beats him.

4) Slam’s grandma gets sick and goes to the hospital.

3) Slam doesn’t start on the team and doesn’t get a lot of playing time because the coach doesn’t like him even though he is the best player on the team.

2) Carver (Slam’s old school & Slam’s best friend’s school) loses to Latimer (Slam’s school).

1) Ice and Slam fight because Slam realized Ice was a drug dealer.

Lucy McAuliffe

9/18/2013 09:25:18 am

7. Dylan is trying to loose weight.
6. Kristen is destined to succeed academically this year.
5. Alicia wants to keep her rank as a popular girl.
4. Claire frames Massie, making it look like Massie is insulting her.
3. Massie has a huge crush on a boy named Chris Abley, who is related to one of claire's few friends, Layne Abley.
2. Massie loses her friends Dylan, Alicia, and Kristen because Claire framed her.
1. Claire just moved from Orlando, Florida to Westchester, New York, and has no friends. She misses Orlando.
The Clique by Lisi Harrison

Eva Wendeborn

9/18/2013 09:32:54 am

7: Jade is very embarrassed by the other mermaids that she looks different and her mermish is off.
6: Jades mermaid cousin serina in a human and she doesn't speak english and she is very new to everything.
5:Luke is stuck in the mermaid council because he was caught as a human turning in to a mermaid.
4:Luke is having trouble turning back in to a human but when Jade comforts him he slowly turns in tho a human.
3: Jades vest friend finds out that she is a mermaid by jade saving her life.
2:Jade finally is a the girl friend of Luke and she loves it
1: Jade finally finds her mom and she is a human!

Aaria Bhatnagar

9/18/2013 10:41:50 am

I read the book 'A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron, this is the order of the most interesting things from least interesting to most:
#7- When it is a stray dog and has to fend for itself
#6- When he is kept in a dog daycare with Señora
#5-When he is being taken care of by a boy named Ethan
#4- When the house of the boy's burned down
#3-When the dog is the police dog Ellie
#2- When the dog finds his way back to Ethan
#1-When the dog, Buddy, finds his purpose in life

Kyle V.

9/18/2013 11:05:07 am

My book was The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey. (Note- These are not in order of events.)
#7- They (The Mysterious Benedict Society) traveled across the ocean to Portugal.
#6- The children found a mysterious abandoned town, which later guided Number Two right to them.
#5- Milligan found the children and saves them repeatedly.
#4- The children persuade Milligan to let them continue on the journey.
#3- Mr. Benedict was found along with Mr. Curtain.
#2- The children saved their friends.
#1- Mr. Benedict and Number Two were kidnapped by Mr. Curtain.

Megan W. link

9/18/2013 11:17:38 am

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer

#7

One of Hope's good friends Braverman, gets beat up by three people that are against G.T.'s campaign for mayor. Everyone in the diner feels really sorry for Braverman, but he doesn't give up. Even though he isn't supposed to leave his house, Braverman attends a church picnic that is in honor of G.T.'s campaign. Everyone sees how committed Braverman is and follows in his footsteps.

#6

Since Hope is working at a new diner, she has to show everyone how good of a waitress she really is. Once Hope starts working at the diner for a little while, everyone starts to realize how good of a waitress she is. Hope has waitressing in her blood, her mother has been a waitress her entire life. Hope doesn’t care about the tip, all she cares about is making the customer happy.

#5

Hope moves from the big city of New York to a small town in Wisconsin. This is a big change for Hope, but she is also used to moving. She has moved so many times with her Aunt since she was born. But going from New York to Wisconsin wont be easy for Hope.

#4

Hope’s aunt Addie decides to marry G.T. , the owner of the diner that her and Hope work at. G.T. has leukemia and doesn’t have much time left to live. This is a huge step for everyone. This would mean that G.T is Hope’s father because Addie adopted Hope when she was born because Hope’s mother couldn’t take care of her. Knowing that your “father” might die soon is not something that a sixteen year old should have to worry about.

#3

G.T. decides to run for mayor. Now G.T. has leukemia and shouldn’t have this much pressure on him, but he wants to be mayor before he dies. Instead of lying around all day and being depressed, G.T. goes around all day campaigning and being joyful. Everyone who is around G.T. can’t help but be happy.

#2

When G.T. dies, everyone in the town is so sad and cannot believe that such a great man left them so soon. G.T. was making a better path for the town but then died. The entire mood of the story shifted and it made the reader feel bad for Hope and Addie.

#1

When G.T. wins the election for mayor, everyone is so happy that they could help get a man who deserved it get elected for a position that needed him. The entire diner is full with people who are so happy for G.T.

Russell Shirley

9/18/2013 09:31:24 pm

#7 Throughout the story, there is a very strict person, who is the main character's boss as a tie salesman.

#6 The main people in this story have some unusual traits, on the inside, plus on the outside.

#5 The main characters in this book are not the most popular people at school.

#5 The kids from my story can be a bit rebellious. For example, they sometimes ignore teachers when they are told to do something.

#3 During some parts of the story, the kids are getting bullied because of their shape, size, and personality.

#2 Because of that, they try to end bullying in the school.

#1 To stop bullying, the main characters run for student council and create a party called "The No Name Party."

Abigail Wenner

9/23/2013 10:01:35 am

The Murder at the Vicarage

#7. Anne Protheroe falls in love with Lawrence Redding, and they kill Colonel Protheroe.

#6. Lettice Protheroe is adopted and hates Anne, and often makes things up to make her look bad.

#5. Miss Marple loves to read mysteries and is really good at solving them because of that.

#4. the murder is very difficult to solve because many people in the town have many things against Colonel Protheroe.

#3 Lawrence Redding becomes part of the investigation to cover his tracks.

#2. Everybody becomes a suspect at on point of the story, and the case keeps closing, then they realize its wrong, and then the eventually solve the crime.

#1. to cover their tracks, Anne and Lawrence confessed to the murder in the very beginning and no one believed them, so they were never suspects again until miss Marple put two and two together and solved the crime.

Haley Duncan

9/23/2013 11:00:14 am

Wonder:
#7~ August, ten year old boy, is told by his mother, Isabel, that she believes that August is ready to go to school the first time. He becomes super nervous at first and eventually agrees to join the 5th grade at Breecher Prep private school. He is nervous that people will make fun of his face and will criticize what he looks like on the outside.

#6~ At his first day of school, at lunch, he is surprised as well as the students when a girl named Summer appears to want to sit with him at lunch. One of her fellow friends suddenly walks over to the table and to sit back at the other table. Quickly, Summer denies the offer and offers for her to come and sit with them. The girl stomps away in fury and leaves the scene.

#5~ The plague at Beecher prep, I believe was not very nice towards Auggie. If you had touched august at school, then you would have the plague or Cheese touch as they called it in Diary of a Wimpy Kid. So, students would go around the school avoiding to touch August in any way possible

#4~ Halloween was a nightmare in every way possible. August having one of his friends, or so he thought was his friend, turn against him is not such a good thing to happen to someone especially when it happens right in front of you. On Halloween, August had worn the costume of Scream, and wasn't noticed by Jack, his so called friend, and talked about him behind his back in a not so nice way.

#3~ For Jack to punch Julian i the face the way he had really had shown that Jack is brave in his own way. To stick up for Auggie the way had took guts and I don't think I would have been able to do that. This was a sign of showing August that he was sorry for what he had said and had shown that he would even punch a guy if he had to for his friends.

#2~ When August's dog, Daisy, had passed away, was a upsetting time for August. Daisy was like a teddy bear or a friend that he could tell anything to if he wanted. When she had died, it was as if he had lost a dear friend. Loosing someone you love is hard to do and I can relate since I have lost dogs that I have loved and worshiped very much so.

#1~ Towards the end of the story, when the Beecher Prep kids stayed over at a campsite for two whole days, was a turning point in the novel. The last night of the camping was when it had all happend. While all of the students of Beecher Prep and other schools were watching a classic, Jack and Auggie had to go to the bathroom. Since the line for the bathroom was too long they had decided to go in the woods. After they went, they were stopped by a few seventh graders from a different school. The seventh graders had started to make fu of Auggust. Out of know where Miles and Henry jumped into save the day and to help them get away. Things went down in madness and all was solved later on.

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