Wake by Lisa McMann

     Wake by Lisa McMann is a very intriguing book. I started reading it in the morning one day, and by the end of the day, I was already finished with it.  The whole time I was reading it, I couldnt put it down.  Wake is definetely a very addicting book. 
     Wake is about a poor girl with an uncaring mother who unwillingly is goes into peoples dreams.  This has happened to her ever since she was a small girl, and she doesnt know what makes her do this or how to stop it.  Scared and not knowing what to do, she doesnt tell anybody about it, not even her best friend, Carrie.  At first this tactic works perfectly well but after a little while, when she starts entering one boys dreams who seems to notice that something is up, things start to fall apart for her.
     I would definetely reccomend this book to anyone who likes a good read.  Even if it is a short book, McMann taught me quite a few lessons as well as entertained me while it lasted.  I cannot wait to get my hands on the second book!

Moving

Topic: Moving
Causes: jobs, family, money, reputation
Effects: missing people, meeting new people, new experiences.

Spice

     I have a dog and her name is Spice. She is a miniature dachshund, and even being a miniature she is small because shes the runt of the litter.  She is now like three years old and she used to have a twin sister, but she ran away a couple years ago. 
     Spice is now a spoiled little dog who gets her way more often then now.  She is very cute and  she uses that against me whenever I am mad at her.  Just a few things that make me mad are when she tries to burrow in the seats, which tears them up, and whenever she gets mad at me and she tries to scratch my face off because she wants attention.  But whenever I try to punish her, she just gives me that puppy dog face with her big brown eyes and I just give up because I know that I cant do it anyways.
     As before mentioned, Spice is quite small for a miniature dachsund.  She is black with tan on her face and her feet.  She has brown eyes, and is just about the most unattentive and preppy dog I have ever met.  She is definitely a dog that likes alot of attention, but i wouldnt change her for nothin.

Spice

Shes really not the smartest.
She smells kinda bad.
She likes getting muddy and icky.
She runs into walls.
Shes really small.

She reminds me of a weasel.
She steals towels out of the laundry room.
She burrows into the four wheeler seat.
She hates taking baths.
Shes my SpicySpice.(:

The Use of Computers in Class

Argument:  The Use of Computers in the Classroom.
Assertion/Claim:  Computers should not be relied upon in the classroom.
Evidence:

• Students go beyond the boundaries of what they need in school.
• Technology is expensive and the money spent for all these computers should be used somewhere else.
• Training teachers and students to use the computers is not always easy, and is expensive and time consuming.
• The internet is not always reliable, so if the internet crashes then the lesson plans for the day could be ruined.

Commentary:  Even though most of the internet is censored at school, many kids know that there are certain websites that you can go to so that you can get to unsafe websites, such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and Twitter.

Bullying

     Bullying is bad.  People should not bully because bullying is mean.  To me, when people bully somebody, they are just showing their weak side and proving they are insecure.  Bullying violates peoples rights by offending the people getting bullied and this really hurts people.  How would you feel if someone was to hit you, or if they just walked up to you and called you names for no reason?  No, you would not like it.  My little brother goes to Westside Elementary and another kid tried to bully him once.  It really made my brother feel bad, and so he told my mom and she talked to the principal, and, well, lets just say my brother never had anymore trouble from this kid again.  That is an example of how it makes the person getting bullied feels as well as the consequences of bullying for the bullier.  So next time you think about saying something bad to someone, or hitting them, put yourself in their shoes and think about how you would feel if THEY were bullying YOU.  And dont bully them.

Missing by Catherine Macphail

Catherine Macphail's Missing proves to be a very interesting book.  The author really captivated me with her use of imagery.  I was so entranced in this book that I rarely put it down until I was finished with it.
    
     This book is about a girl named Maxine whos brother has ran away.  Her family is completely devastated and all that Maxine wants is for her parents to pay more attention to her.  But she gets more "attention" than she had ever bargained for when she starts getting mysterious phone calls from her presumably dead brother and again when she thinks she sees him one day.  She struggles with many conflicts when she has to decide between what she believes in and what she has seen.
    
     The theme of this book states that you cannot always believe what you think is true.  When Maxines dad examines a body and confirms that it is her brothers body, that is what her family believes for a while.  But when some funky stuff starts happening to Maxines family, they all are forced to reconsider the fact that Derek may in fact not be dead. 
    
     I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery because this book will definetely keep you on edge. This  book is a quick read, and it offers insight to what you would feel like if something tragic like this had happened in your family.