Finally

Before I started this class, I would never read a book on my own, only Sports Illustrated or Espn the Magazine. Reading a book for me just seemed like a waste of my time, and was not entertaining enough for me to stay concentrated on the book, becoming side-tracked within a few minutes of reading. I could barely stand to read the books assigned during a class, because its something that I wouldn't be interested in, so i would end up reading the first 1 or 2 chapters and then become bored, and sparknote the rest. Now though, im reading more books, because I have found some that have interested me, and keep me drawn in. The books I read most now are sports related or books from a movie that I have already seen. I also find myself reading before all of my cross country meets because I find that it helps to get my mind of the race and helps me focus, during many of my classes after I'm done taking a test, on long road trips in the car, or during my assistantship since I don't do anything in there anyway. When I read I prefer to be listening to music and have nobody around to disturb my reading and just let me do what I want. I feel as though I have changed tremendously as a reader, going from rarely reading, to reading whenever I can find time to read in my busy life. Even though the reading is no longer required for this class, I feel that I will continue to read my sports related books and try to expand the types of books that I read.

Currently

Pages this week
 161 pages in the book 21:Bringing down the house by Ben Mezrich

Sentences of the week
1."They try to get you to come with them to a back room, usally in the basement of the casino"
2."Certain notorious card counter find their way onto the Plymouth Facebook"
3."Oh yeah. I forgot to tell you, I'm Robert Kim this weekend"

Close Reading Bingo

1.One of those little English jobs that can do around two hundred miles an hour," destroy any last vestige of formality, further developing the aura of simply telling a story to a friend. http://ascrapofparchment.blogspot.com/ 
2.Therefore, the author uses tone to show the criticism the boy has towards them to a point of no return. http://allison789.blogspot.com/
3. "Towering volumes of marble and glass" is what he saw as the lobby, which creates a clear, yet abstract vision. http://addie-line.blogspot.com/
4. he tells us that "On sunny days like this one, a temporary, steeper escalator of daylight,http://theycallmefreshmoney.blogspot.com/

My favorite is probably http://ascrapofparchment.blogspot.com/ 

Practice Diction Analysis

In the exerpt from Cather in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, utilizes a use of simple, but complex vocabulary. The vocabulary "all that David Copperfield kind of crap" is written in a style, that most of the common people can understand without much difficulty. Throughout this except, the vocabualary is easy to read, allowing the common people to read the book, without having a lot of education

Currently

Pages that I have read,

Dart league king- 145

Mapping sentences

1.Expressive adjectives such as "pinewood," "endless," "gnashing," "bitter," "hobbled," and "oblique" create rich description and depict the dark mood of the passage. (keep it classy)
2.Cormac McCarthy's diction in Blood Meridian creates a common, harmonious sound to the passage. I fell like it could be a poem almost with it slow, music like qualities (to kill a mockingjay)
3.  The connotation is figurative and lyrical while the sound melodious as it flows along, defying many grammatical laws. (intrusion of the soul)

Quarterly

So far this semester, I have really surprised myself because normally I hate reading and never really have finished a book before. Until now, I have finished 4 books this quarter, kind of surprising for me. My reading up to this point was starting to increase each week, until last week, when I decide to get lazy and not read as much, but for the most part I have increase my page totals by each week. Where do i typically read? Normally i will read during my second period assistantship, or while im at a cross country meet, waiting for the time when i can warm up, other than that, i dont typically read. I found out that reading before a race, helps me concentrate more and become more focused on my race. My goal for this semester, I don't really know, I probably would say to make my two response post a week, since I typically only do 1 a week, so I should probably start doing 2 a week.

Sentences of the quarter

1.That which does not kill you can only make you stronger"- Coming Back Stronger
2."We may be down, Shane, but we're not out"- High Heat
3.When you least expect it, the opportunity will present itself. You never know when it's going to come"