Reading+Log-Charlotte

__Term 1 __ =Thank you for a comprehensive reading log, Charlotte. I think you are developing your responses well. A next step is to use evidence from the text to support your opinions. = =I appreciate the effort you have put into this log. LS = **(Achieved) **

__Title:__ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix __Author:__ J.K.Rowling __Genre:__ Fantasy / Horror __Plot:__ Harry Potter is starting his fifth year at Hogwartshe feels cut off from the wizarding world.Meanwhile lord Voldemort is gaining power.Harry needs to learn Occlumency against Voldemortwho is trying to penetrate Harry's mind. __Response:__ If I were Harry I would learn to cool my temperand not to take it out on other peopleI felt empathy for Luna Lovegood because every one teases herjust because she's different. __Recommendation:__ I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mystery fantasy and a bit of a scare.

__Title:__Thea Stilton and the Ice Treasure __Author:__ Thea Stilton (Elisabetta Dami)Genre: Adventure __Plot:__ Two of the the five Thea sisters are part of a group of mice called the green mice who hold a meeting only once every five years. All five mice travel to Alaska to meat up with the green mice, where they find lots of obstacles and surprises when they arrive. __Response:__ if I were Nicky or Paulina I wouldn't act so disappointed umiak I felt empathy for Colette because, like me, in colder weather,she caught a cold. __Recommendation__ __ : __  I would recommend this book to anyone who likes <span style="background-color: #6bfffe; color: #69088c; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">mystery and adventure

<span style="background-color: #f282c7; color: #4906b2; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">__Title:__ The Babysitting Wars <span style="background-color: #f282c7; color: #4906b2; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">__Author:__ Mimi McCoy <span style="background-color: #f282c7; color: #4906b2; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">__Genre:__ Reality <span style="background-color: #f282c7; color: #4906b2; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">__Plot:__ Kaitlyn is the best babysitter in Marshfield Lake, until the new girl, Nola, <span style="background-color: #f282c7; color: #4906b2; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">arrives at school and takes up babysitting in Marshfield Lake and steals Kaitlyn's clients. <span style="background-color: #f282c7; color: #4906b2; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Kaitlyn realises that Nola isn't that bad and learns to live with her. <span style="background-color: #f282c7; color: #4906b2; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">__Response:__If I were Kaitlyn I wouldn't try to spy on Nola to find out about her babysitting 'secrets'. I felt empathy for Nola because she is only new at the school and has nobody to talk to and feels rather neglected. <span style="background-color: #f282c7; color: #4906b2; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">I would recommend this to anybody that likes reality stories.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #f43825; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">__Title:__ Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #f43825; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">__Author:__ J.K.Rowling <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #f43825; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">__Genre:__ Fantasy and Mystery <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #f43825; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">__Plot:__ Harry Potter is starting his 6th year of school and Dumbledore has asked him to take private lessons with him. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #f43825; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Dumbledore tracks down the memories of people who knew Lord Voldemort as a boy so that he and Harry can track down <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #f43825; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">the story of the boy who became the evil wizard that took so many innocent lives. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #f43825; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">__Response:__ If I were Dumbledore I would not put my full trust into Professor Snape because in the end Professor Snape turns on Dumbledore. I felt empathy for Harry because he had to watch Dumbledore die. __Recommendation__ __ : __  I would   recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy, mystery and a bit of a scare. __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #841ea4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Term 3 __ <span style="background-color: #ef1f85; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Title: The memory bank <span style="background-color: #ef1f85; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Author: Carolyn Coman <span style="background-color: #ef1f85; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Genre: Adventure, Mystery <span style="background-color: #ef1f85; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Plot: Hope Scroggins was ordered to forget her beloved sister Honey, whom Hope's awfull parents had ordered out of the car and left stranded on the side of the road. Soon after Hope is summoned to the World Wide Memory Bank, she discovers that this could be the key to finding Honey. For the first time in her life feels as if she belongs somewhere although the Clean Slate Gang are following their every move and are making things at the bank difficult. <span style="background-color: #ef1f85; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Response: If I were Hope I wouldn't have swallowed Honey's memory because she mightn't ever see or cradle it again. If I were Sterling (the banks manager / overseer) I wouldn't have tried to rid the bank of Hope because she enjoys helping out in the bank and uses her time wisely. <span style="background-color: #ef1f85; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Recommendation: i would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys suspense, likes reading but also letting pictures tell a story and would like a change in what they read.