My reading response to my summer reading book

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"Oh hey Sarah!" Elizabeth says. "Hey Elizabeth!" "So good to see you again" Sarah says. "How's your son Sarah? Did he win his soccer game yesterday?" "No, they lost by a goal and the other team was pretty good but the officiating was awful. Two kids from the other teams should have gotten red cards." "Wow, that sounds pretty bad. I wish Timmy played on your son's team. They would have so much fun together!" "You know what. I will recommend Timmy to the coach. He would be a great addition to the team and they would win more games with him." "Thank you so much Sarah. I don't know what I would do without you." "Anytime Elizabeth. Hey I've gotta go checkout my groceries now. It was great seeing you again" "Alright. Bye!" "Bye!"

     At school last week we were very lucky to meet author Naomi Nye. It was kind of cool to the face of the person behind all of these writings. She wrote one of my favorite personal narratives that we have read so far; Mint Snowball. She read poetry to us and told us how she visited a school in Canada. I found it very relaxing to listen to her.      After the bell rung and it was time to go to class, Me and some other people went up to talk to her. I greeted here and we shook hands. Then I asked her if she ever found the recipe for the mint snowball and her response was very interesting. She said that her great-grandfather's house had some papers in the attic and they might be related to the mint snowball. She called the person who was currently holding the house and asked if she could pick them up or if he could send them to her. He responded that he was very busy and she would have to check in with him later.

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     By the time you are eight, you usually find out what you are good at. Work hard at these things cause they will be what you are known for. It can be a certain sport, playing an instrument, fishing. Don't waist your time on things you were not meant for and focus on the things you excel in. I figured this out when I was around eight and I discovered that I wanted to play basketball instead of baseball because I liked basketball more and I was better at it.      As you grow older you may discover more talents that you have. I have been fishing ever since I was little but not every day like I want and try to do now. I only discovered recently that I was good at fishing and now I have found every pond near Baton Rouge that has fish in it. Always hold on to the things that you are good at and work hard at them because they represent you.

     Last week our english class read a personal narrative titled  Check. Mate? written by a college student named Miles Pequeno. The story is about how he earns his right of passage by beating his Dad in a game of chess one day. This narrative is my favorite among the others we have read so far for numerous reasons. The students word choice is excellent and uses vocabulary like "posthumous" and "deposed." I can also connect with this student because I was somewhat in his position at one point to.      As the paragraphs progress the boy in the narrative matures more and more. When the Dad decides that it is time to stop letting the boy win, The author uses a great metaphor. He wrote "Dad had decided to take off the training wheels." This is the point in the narrative when the boy starts to mature. When it comes time for the big chess match, everything is described with great detail down to the chess pieces.

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I read an article about the recent flooding in Texas by the New York Time called Hurricane Harvey: The Devastation and What Comes Next . Some parts of Texas have received up to fifty inches of rain and some cities are underwater. The dangers of the flooding are not just drowning but, displaced wildlife, sewage water, and broken objects that you cannot see. At least 39 people have died including a mom who was found with her three year-old son holding on to her. Help in Texas is going to come slow.      Some people are making an effort to help out others by turning their stores into shelters. Even J.J. Watt, who plays for the Texans in the NFL, is helping out. He raised over 18.5 million dollars, which is more than his salary. Louisiana experience something similar last year. Hurricane Harvey can tear a house apart but it can bring a community together.

My current outside reading book is titled There Will Be Bears by Ryan Gebhart .  I chose this book because I like the outdoors and hunting. The book is about a boy who is going to be taken elk hunting by his grandfather but then his grandfather falls ill and ends up in a nursing home. Elk season is coming than end and the boy has to bust his grandfather out of the nursing home. It seems that the book's audience is meant to be middle school students and high school students. The author uses many ways to get your attention like putting to bear paws not the front with the claws showing or having a situation that involves the police.       This was one of those books that I don't want to put down and that's saying a lot because I can only really read a book if I'm interested in it. The structure of the book seems to be that a day goes by every chapter. As the days go by the action escalates and eventually the book gets to the boy and the grandfather hunting. I haven't