Outside Reading

     This week, I've done quite a lot of reading, and the weeks not even over yet! First off, I had to study biology, so I was constantly reading through the chapter. I would say I spent about 50% or more on reading biology. We were learning about DNA and RNA and how they are transcribed, translated, etc. into a protein. Also, we learned about viruses and how they infect cells. It was a very long lesson, probably the longest so far! My brain was hurting after I took the test. I have also been reading my little French chapter book, June. B. Jones: Amoreuse by Barbara Park in class and at home. I am expanding my  french vocabulary. One word that I learned, éclair (lightning), showed up in a handout we were given in class. It was neat to see a word that had been new to me show up a day later in class.

Also, each night before I go to bed, I have continued to read my outside reading book, Someone Like You by Sarah Dessin. I have really enjoyed reading this book. It takes my mind off of school, yet it counts as school work. I am planning on finishing it the night or the next night. I have reached the climax of the book, when Halley and her boyfriend get in a bad wreck after they sneak out on New Year's to a party. Hallie gets hurt, but he doesn't. After the wreck happened, Macon didn't stay with her at the hospital,  so Hallie starts to consider breaking up with him. Throughout the whole novel, her mother had told her that he wasn't right for her, but she didn't listen. Until the breakup, Hallie was indecisive about Macon and kept changing her thoughts. She is definitely a dynamic character.

Biology textbook- 60 mins
French Chapter book- 30 mins
Outside reading book- 100 mins