Reading+Log-Jamie



=Thank you for an interesting reading log,Jamie. I think you are developing your responses and I like the way you have used excerpts from the text. = =I appreciate the effort you have put into this log. LS = **(Achieved) ** Reading Log (4-6 books a term) __ **Title: Eragon** __ __ **Author: Christopher Paolini** __ __ **Genre: Fantasy/Adventure** __ __ **Plot: One boy, One dragon, A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is a lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the Winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny,magic, and power. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands.** __ __ **Language used: Eragon nodded and took a deep breath, tightening his arms. This time they slid gently under the water. They could see for yards through the unclouded liquid. Saphira twisted and turned in fantastic shapes, slipping through the water like an eel. Eragon felt as if he were riding a sea monster of legend.** __ __ **If I were that character:** __
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__**Term 1 Week 4**__ Reading Log (4-6 books a term) __ **Title: Eldest** __ __ **Author: Christopher PaoliniOne** __ __ **Genre: Fantasy/Adventure** __ __ **Plot: Eragon also known as argetlam, shadeslayer and Rider has changed in****deed once a poor farm boy now a Rider with his dragon he has joined forces with the Varden where he fought and killed Durza with the help of Arya the elf (Eragon takes a fancy to her) and Saphira. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesm'era, land of the elves, for futher training in magic and swordsmanship, the vital skills of a dragon rider. it is the journey of a lifetime, each day a fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and Eragon isn't sure whom he can and can't trust.** __ __ **Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle back home in Carvahall one that puts Eragon in even graver danger...** __ __ **Can Eragon complete his training?** __ __ **Can Roran win this battle?** __ __ **find out and read the book Eldest** __ __ **Language used: Bright as a flaming sun, the dragon hung before Eragon and everyone clustered along the Crags of Tel'naeir, buffeting them with gusts from its mighty wings. The dragon's body appeared to be on fire as the brilliant dawn illuminated its golden scales and sprayed the ground and trees with dazzling chips of light. It was far older than Saphira, large enough to be several hundred years old, and proportionally thiker in its neck, limbs and tail. Upon its back sat the Rider, robes startling white against the brilliance of the scales.** __ __ **If I were that character: If I were Sloan I wouldn't have betrayed Carvahall to the Ra'zac to protect his Daughter Katrina and if I were Sloan I wouldn't have killed the watchman.** __ __ **I felt empathy with: I felt empathy with Roran in the beginning of the story because everything he had known/grown up with (e.g his father Garrow, his cousin Eragon and his home) were gone.** __ __ **Text to community/world:I would recommend this book for ages 8+ and for people who like dragons and maybe battles.** __

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Reading Log (4-6 books a term) __ **Title: Brisingr** __ __ **Author: Christopher Paolini** __ __ **Genre: Fantasy/Adventure** __ __ **Plot: Oaths sworn, loyalties tested, froces collide.It's been only months since Eragon first uttered "brisingr", an ancient language term for fire. Since then, he's not only learned to create magic with words- he's been challenged to his very core. Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the burning plains, Eragon and his dragon Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still, there is more adventure at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep. First is Eragon's oath to his cousin Roran to help rescue Roran's beloved from King Galbatorix's clutches. But Eragon owes his loyalty to others, too. The Varden are in desperate need of his talents and strength as are the elves and the dwarves. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices that will take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.** ____ **Eragon is the greatest hope to rid the land of tyranny.** ____ **Can this once simple farm boy unite the rebel force and defeat the King?** __ __ **Language used: The sun was clear and bright overhead when the first of the city's buildings-a narrow, twisting turret with glittering windows that stood between three tall pine trees and was grown out of their intermingled branches-came into view. Beyond the bark-sheathed turret, Eragon spotted the seemingly random collection of clearings that marked the location of the sprawling city.** __ __ **If I were that character: If I were Nausada I wouldn't have punished Roran for disobeying Cedric's orders because if Roran hadn't of disobeyed Cedric, Roran wouldn't of survived and half of the people he was commanding would have been killed. If I wre Nausada I wouldn't of punished Roran by whipping him 50 times.** __ __ **I felt empathy with: The Ra'zac (even though they are horrible) because there were only 2 ra'zac left and Eragon killed them.** __ __ **Text to community/world:** __

__** Term 1 Week ** **9**__

Reading Log (4-6 books a term) __ **Title: The boy in the striped pyjamas** __ __ **Author: John Boyne** __ __ **Genre: Historical fiction** __ __ **Plot: Bruno is a nine year old boy who lives in Berlin. One day he comes home and finds the house maid Maria packing Bruno's toys and clothes up. (even the secret things that Bruno doesn't want anyone to know about.) Bruno is told that he is moving, The house he is moving to is called Out-With. It is a horrible place and there are no kids, except, except... for the ones on the other side of the fence. Bruno likes to have adventures and he decides that he is going to have an adventure, so he goes for a walk to the fence. when Bruno walks he sees a dot that forms into a speck into a blob into a figure, and then into a human boy. The human boy is sitting down on the other side of the fence, Bruno starts talking to him. The boys name is Shmuel, he was born on the same day as Bruno. Bruno starts to become friends with Shmuel and Bruno goes to see Shmuel everyday, all they do is talk. They have never seen each other together on the same side of the fence.** __ __ **Will they ever see each other on the same side of the fence?** __ __ **Find out by reading the book.** __ __ **Languuage used:** __ __ **If I were that character: If I were** __ __ **I felt empathy with: Shmuel and the other Jews on the other side of the fence because, they were being treated horribly and because the soldiers were killing the Jews by taking them in big groups and locking them up and killing them. The Jews were killed by being gassed.** __