The Sky Is Falling Book Report

I found the novel, Peak, by Roland Smith to be particularily interesting and have chosen that as my final project lesson plan story to focus on. This was a story I was fortunate enough to read as a child, and it has always stuck in my mind as a compelling and interesting story, which held true through reading it once again for this course. This novel appeals to both male and females, and although it is an action/adventure females and males both are able to find a way to become engaged while reading, which is especially important when creating an interesting lesson plan.

You don't find this type of historical book interesting very often, but this one was. Everyone who I know has read or is currently reading it agrees. Learning and discovering different perspectives and stories that are sad but exciting are what made me continue reading this book. I never got bored of the book. There was never a dull moment. Somewhere in a span of 2 pages, there would be a problem, or something bad would happen. It kind of felt like a mystery to me. I would try and think, with all the things that have happened are they going to make it to their destination. Are they going to get to Florida, Greece, or Cuba? Also, now knowing in detail what people in the 1900’s and now are facing makes me feel educated in a way, which I like. Reading what sacrifices these characters and their families had to do to survive really moved me in a way a book hasn't done to

There were a few points in this book that taught me about life and how crazy it can be sometimes. The photographer named Fulgencio was very afraid of hitch hiking to Mexico City with a stranger, especially with all of us expensive equipment. On the ride, Fulgencio is so paranoid that the guy is going to kill him, he grabs a machete out of the back of the truck. In doing so he gets kicked out of the car and loses all of his photography equipment anyways. This taught me that we need to trust each other more, Just because there are a few crazy people in the world, we shouldn't let them give us all a bad name. I mean, the guy picked Fulgencio up when he was in desperate need of a car, and gives him a ride. He should have been thankful, not picked up a machete and threaten the guy. Another thing this book taught me was that just because your sister doesn't want your kid anymore because she

The main theme in the book, The Dark is Rising, is obviously the conflict between the dark and light. It is one of the many suspenseful fantasy books about the battle between good and evil, Susan Cooper wrote about the dark, light, and the mystical powers.

Given that this book is written similarly to how a story would be written, it is easy to become absorbed into its pages. I really appreciated that it was, for the most part, structured on a timeline. Russell does an outstanding job of conveying the hardships, dreams, and emotions of those she writes about. Following the lives of different families from the beginning of their misfortune until the very end of the war (for many, the end of their lives), it is incredibly effective in stirring up emotion in all but the most heartless of

David M. Potter theme of Impending Crisis is the study of sectional conflict dealing primarily with political events that led up to or caused southern states to secede from the Union resulting in the Civil War. Potter contends that during the expansionist period of the 1840s the country was experiencing a growth of American nationalism, but “the emergence of the sectionalism which almost destroyed the nation was symbolized by an amendment to an appropriation bill which was never enacted.” For the next fifteen years the Wilmot Proviso (1846) and the issue of slavery would become “a catalyst of all sectional antagonisms, political, economic, and cultural…opened the floodgates of sectionalism, for now all the pent-up moral indignation which had been walled in by the constitutional inhibition could be vented into the territorial question.”

In Sunrise Over Fallujah Robin talks like a real human being. He has real human feelings. The author makes you feel like you are talking to a soldier from the Civil Affairs unit of the army. You do not hear much of the civil affairs, but after reading this book I feel as if I have a good understanding of how people in the civil affairs unit feel and what they do. The text that Walter Dean Myers includes in this novel creates a meaning that only certain authors can portray.

As the reader gets further into the series, they see the world developing around them. It all starts with what Cia’s colony, Five Lakes, is like.Then it adds in the city and you can see how detached the colonies are. Throughout the actual Testing the characters experience what the “Unrevitalized” land, from the “Eight Stages of War” is actually like, with mutant creatures and plants that have ravished the terrain. As Cia interacts with all the different leaders, she discovers other groups, and how their society was before the war. Everything about the world connects with one another and the reader really gets to feel as though they are there. It just all makes sense with what had happened and how they had worked around it. The author shows a great skill of building her world gradually, that it really makes the books seem more realistic and makes you want to keep

The 1850s were believed to be a period of compromise to prevent Southern secession from the Union. Instead, it brought more divisions along sectional lines, Northern Democrats and Northern Whigs (free-states) against the Southern Democrats and Southern Whigs (slave states). David M. Potter’s book Impending Crisis provides evidence of sectionalism between free and slave states. Potter contends that during the expansionist period of the 1840s the country was experiencing a growth of American nationalism, but “the emergence of the sectionalism which almost destroyed the nation was symbolized by an amendment to an appropriation bill which was never enacted.” For the next fifteen years the Wilmot Proviso (1846) and the issue of slavery would become “a catalyst of all sectional antagonisms, political, economic, and cultural…opened the floodgates of sectionalism, for now all the pent-up moral indignation which had been walled in by the constitutional inhibition could be vented into the territorial question.”

Why should high schoolers be forced to read a book that isn’t interesting to them? Often times they either do not apply to real life situations or even teach anything that a teenager would understand. So, the high schooler skims through the book and does not pay attention to any detail. High school classrooms need better books that can teach history in a fun way, and add some interesting things to which students can reflect and think on. A book read in high school, should allow the students to think critically about the text they are reading, should include some references to history, and incorporate themes that are understandable and relatable to a high school student’s life. This makes a book want to be read as well as enjoyable. The

1) How would you convey the message of the book “Half the Sky” to family, friends, and colleagues?

It has the capability to really make you think about your life, the function of the United States Government, and the processes and trials our military goes through in and out of a war. This is a book that I would recommend to many people, although it is a very technical and

The women fall in love with the idea of marriage and financial security. Lucy Steele claims that she is madly in love with Edward Ferrars. However, Robert Ferrars inherits the family wealth when Mrs. Ferrars finds out that Lucy and Edward are secretly engagement. Lucy was never truly in love with Edward because she leaves the proposal to marry well-off with Robert. Also, Marianne Dashwood settles for Colonel Brandon after her rejection from Willoughby. The love between Marianne and Brandon did not seem mutual or genuine. She chooses him as a last resort because he can provide that security. Marianne was constantly influenced by Mrs. Jennings, Sir John Middleton and Elinor of his amiable character. Colonel wins the young attractive women and

Combining all these serious themes into a very entertaining book should attract many readers. However, there was some confusion with the story line. Since this book is a collection of interviews, it wasn’t a conventional story. When I first started the book, I wasn’t sure why I was jumping from country to country and why each story was completely different. As I continued to read the book, I was able to understand that these were a collection of eyewitness accounts of the war. Also, Max Brooks uses a rife amount of vulgar language which I think could have been kept out. However, it made it real and that’s what this book is about.

The looming tower by Lawrence wright is a nonfiction book that covers the decades that lead to the growth of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East, and around the world. This book described the how the lives of men from different backgrounds and countries came together and organized the most fear terrorist organization in the modern history. This book goes on to show the lack of understanding that the United States intelligence community had when dealing with the Islamic community, and how all of this culminated into what most remember as 9/11.