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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Dared

Plot summary of The Boy Who Dared.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/discussion-guide-boy-who-dared

Plot summary of the Boy Who Dared. Also has skills that the book helps readers improve on. More of a teacher website.

http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/10336530/used/The%20Boy%20Who%20Dared

Pages of editorial reviews on the book. They are very informitive of the book. They are very critical too.

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/The_Boy_Who_Dared

This is a cool page for the book! It has discussion chats,frequently asked questions and answers, and a plot summary. It also has the encylopedia definition of the book.

http://www.enotes.com/the-boy-who-dared

This is a study guide for the book. This one goes more into detail than the other ones I've read.

http://annishaplesche.blogspot.com/

One I found on blogger! It went into extreme detail. There was a summary for every 10 pages.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDPxeFTrbHo

This is a trailer for the movie coming out on the book. Looks really good!

www.allquizzes.net/main_boy_who_dared.html

This is a quiz over the book. Its really hard.

http://teachers.spart5.k12.sc.us/symborse/blog/?p=470

This is a description of the book. There are comments on it of people's reactions of the book.

http://reviews.mibba.com/Book/2694/The-Boy-Who-Dared

This leads off with a huge quote from the book. Then it goes on into a summary of the book.

http://blogs.bccls.org/carlie/index.php?/archives/179-Review-The-Boy-Who-Dared-by-Susan-Campbell-Bartoletti.html

This is a description of the book. There are comments on it of people's reactions of the book.

http://marcieaf.blogspot.com/2008/03/boy-who-dared.html

Small review of the book. It also has a small scene from the story and a person's reaction to the book.

Blog Block... that's too dead

Sitting here after my short term procrastination from last night, and my long term procrastination from over the month, I still have blog block in clutch time. Blogs are due in a few hours and I'm here cramming, getting it all done. Its hard to think straight whenever you cram. If you don't procrastinate and space your work out, the work will turn out so much better. Also you won't feel so crammed, so you'll have more time and feel like things flow easier. Another way to avoid blog block is to avoid distractions. Its pretty hard to blog with the TV on. Listening to music hardly gets distracting but TV is the worst. Facebook is a pretty big distraction for me too. The biggest things to avoiding blog block are staying focused and managing your time.

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Hannah-

Dylan Bird said...
I have the same problems Hannah. First of all I have the same procrastination problems. Right now I'm at home doing homework during school! Now that's procrastination! Also, I have the same problem with blog block. Its hard to write blogs with your own free range. I honestly just think its easier to do blogs where we are told exactly what we have to do. All this freedom is good, but all of the sudden my creativity is gone.

March 1, 2012 7:20 AM

Walker-

Dylan Bird said...
Cool connection. I've never been a mechanic or anything but that sounds kinda fun. I bet its really rewarding whenever you get them up and running again. I would feel accomplished if I did something like that. I think its impressive that you connected that with your story. It shows that you can relate to the smallest things in a story, making it more enjoyable to read.

March 1, 2012 7:29 AM




Dylan Bird said...
Blog block sucks. Why can't we just blog as easily as have a conversation? Blogging would be fast and simple. Its hard to blog about random topic related to your book and come up with something impressive. I'm not the greatest with words anyway, so blog block just makes it twice as worse. Plus my mind is always wondering whenever i do this too.

March 1, 2012 7:36 AM

Sparknotes: Good or Bad?

Sparknotes is a questionable site. Some people use it as a study tool, which is a good idea. You can better understand the true meaning of things. You can use it to help you identify things you don't understand. You could even use it to identify themes and morals that you couldn't draw from the story. However, you should only use Sparknotes as a study tool, not just to use it without reading the book. Using only Sparknotes, you may understand the general story line and understand what happened throughout, but you'll never fully understand the characters or get connected to the story. Sparknotes will rob you of fully understanding the book if you use it incorrectly. So in summary, you should only use Sparknotes if you are reading, or have already read the book. It can be good, but can also be used badly.

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To Hannah:
I completely agree. When I tried to use sparknotes.com as a substitute for Scarlet Letter, I didn't understand the story very well. Not only did it ruin the book for me, but my grades showed my lack of understanding. When i looked up my book's summary online and got a similar site to sparknotes, it didn't even tell half the stroy. If someone read that as a substitute, they would have no understanding of the true meaning of the story. Overall, I completely agree with you, GOOD JOB! :-D

To Walker:
Walker, this really got me interested in the book. Also I was impressed by your depth of thought and use of a wide vocabulary in this. I know the feeling as well, the feeling to be impressed by your authors talent. It's amazing what someone can do with their imagination and a pecil! It blows my mind how they come up with such vivid images of a story they created, and can describe it in a perfect way to make you see it too!

To Micheal:
Michael, its interesting that you mentioned that blogging is harder. I don't agree. I think its harder if you don't try to use your time correctly. However, I completely agree that its easy to get lost behind. I was way behind on my blogs for a while. I also agree that I would rather write papers, because the formatting makes it easy to just not think about things and just write.