25 Random Facts

1. I play Drums
2. I used to swim on a swim team when I was younger.
3. I take Algebra 2
4. I live in Bel Air
5. I like hard rock music
6. I have a pool table in my basement
7. I have an xbox and a PS3. 
8. I have cracked both my Ipod and my Droid
9. I don't go to church that often.
10. I have two dogs, a boxer and a shih tzu
11. I have a BT Combat paintball gun
12. I've only been to one concert
13. I have a sister
14. my family owns an escalade
15. I've been to disney world 4 times
16. I hate cleaning
17. I love roller coasters
18. I am a Methodist
19. I take French
20. I want to be a computer programmer when I grow up
21. My favorite band is Avenged Sevenfold
22. I love scary movies but hate scary reality shows like ghost hunters, etc
23. I played lacrosse in middle school
24. my dad is away doing his job traveling around country then at home
25. I fell down the steps this morning because my ankle gave out on me

sara

• Name of character and family relationship - Sara is the mother of kate, Anna, and Jesse. she pays a lot of attention to Kate and treats Anna unfairly.
• Approximate age and physical description of character - she is 43. she has dark hair, she is short, has haunted eyes
• Profession in life - she was a laywer until she had kids. she retired and was a stay at home mom
• Personality traits -she tries to do what she thinks is best for her children and doesnt rest until she has succeeded.
• Interests and hobbies
• Quirks
• Who character is closest to in story - she is the closest to kate.
• A good direct quotation from the character himself/herself that gives a clear look at the character's thoughts.  Remember page number.
• Anything thing else that you find interesting and unique

Simile and metaphors in my sisters keeper

simile - A simile is a comparison between two different things, designed to create an unusual, interesting, emotional or other effect often using words such as 'like' or 'as'.
Metaphor - A metaphor is a word or phrase that describes one thing being used to describe another
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary


Similies in the book -
1.it smells like the sweaty tongue of a hockey skate. page 14
2.Where your whole life stretches out ahead of you like a forked road page 22
3. When you only have a hammer everything looks like a nail. page 22
4.Anger glows around this kid like electricity. page 21
5. 4. When you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail
Metaphors in the book -
1. The room is a sea of dirty clothes and magazines and leftover Chinese take-out cartons. page 14
2. I imagine a great battle going on inside her. page 64
3. Her voice is a feather, a thread page 70
4. When she is tied to the bed, I am her eyes and ears. page 58
5. Shame is five-fingered. page 64

keeper

I think that I am my grandmothers keeper. my dad is never home because of his job. for most of the year his is somewhere else in the country working for mitsubishi. when he is not home, my grandmother doesnt have anyone to help her around. A little over a year ago she fell and broke her wrist and a couple of ribs. she is in avendell now and i help her around.

Jodi Picoult

The book "my sisters keeper" was written by Jodi Picoult. She was born on May 19, 1966 in long island new york. she moved to New Hampshire when she was 13. She went to princeton University for colloge. after college she moved back to new hampshire, married, and had three kids. the book "my sisters keeper  is about a teenage girl (Anna) who has cancer and had it basicly her whole life. no one in her family had the same blood type or anything as her, so they could not donate to help her. her parents geneticly made another child that could donate everything they need to http://bestsellers.about.com/od/authorprofilesaz/p/jodi_picoult.htm

My Leather Belt

On my leather belt i would put on SJA, this was my old school which i went to for 9 years. i would then put on JC. this is the school i go to know. i would put on a drum set because i have been playing drums for 5 years now. i would put on a mickey mouse head. this is because i have been to disney 4 times and i know it really well. then i would put on the numbers 22896. this is my birthday.i would put the word foREVer. i would do this because this was a drummer who was my favorite who passed away. i would put on A7x. this is the abreviation of my favorite band. i would put on the number 44. this is my lucky and favorite number. lastly i would put on a raven. i would do this because my favorite football team is the ravens.

New Quarter

Yay its quarter 3 and the year is past halfway over. we are still finishing MND by shakespeare in class. once we finish that we are going to start a book called INTO THE WILD. so far john carroll has not been that bad. ive had 3 shadows including one today. i dont think that i have changed since the biginning of school, i think that i am exactly the same.