Ever since we have done "Thinking Like a Writer" I have been doing that exactly. I have started to think about how the writer approaches writing a story rather than just what story the writer is telling. For example, in the Hunger Games trilogy, whenever Katniss has deep thoughts, I think of what purpose they have. I think about how everything in the story is connected and sometimes I wonder if the author is foreshadowing. I pay special attention to word choice now, too. One last thing that I pay attention to is theme. I've learned that theme is a sentence and I've been trying to figure out what theme the Hunger Games has for a while now. I came up with the theme you should stick up for yourself and fight for what you believe. A good quote that I found that puts this in another way is, "To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting" by E.E. Cummings, in 1955.
The next book I'd like to read is "In Defense of Food" by Micheal Pollan. It won't be my summer reading since I am not returning to Episcopal next year, but I will read it anyway. It sounds interesting to me because I have done several projects on the topics in the book, such as genetically engineered foods. Stuff like that always intrigues me. I like to read about how certain governments function, considering I have been reading The Hunger Games and I want to read "In Defense of Food," which talks about how deceptive the government and food industries can be about what Americans eat.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins- 150 + minutes
Biology Textbook- 30 mins
La quete de Despereaux (French reading) 25 minutes
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