Final Blogger reflection

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I think that this post is my best blog post because it demonstartes that I can identify theme.  One example of me identifying theme in my blog is when I say "The theme of The blind side is that your background doesn't matter but if you work hard you will be able to achieve goals that you set" (Hiltenbeitel theme and summary post).  I also show that I can identify how a theme emerges in a story because I did it this post by saying  One example of when this is present in the story is when he gets a scholarship to the University of Mississippi because when you think back to the beginning of the book when he has nothing and no football experience he doesn't let it stop him he works hard and eventually get to the University of Mississippi"  (Hiltenbeitel theme and summary post).  I think this last quote also shows how I can use spacific examples in my book to relate to what I am blogging about.  I think this is my best post because I do everything that on the rubric and I think that I do it very well.

For my second paragraph I chose option number two.  One think that I struggled with on the blog post is doing everything that was on the rubric because for almost every post I would think that I was done then I would check the rubric and I would realise that I had forgoten one or two things then I would have to go back and edit my post.  But the free post I liked more because it wasn't just a set of directions like the posts on the rubrics.  I overcame this struggle by double sometimes even triple checking that I had covered everything In my post and that I was done.  One of my strenghts in blogger was the free post that I said before the free post was the best part of the blog each week because I felt like I could really talk about what I want.

My new book

I just started a new book Heat by Mike Lupica.  So far this book is about a boy named Michael that lives with his older brother and neither of his parents aren't around.  Michael is also a very good baseball player.  So far this book is very good and I like it very much.  The best thing about this book so far is that it doesn't give you very many answers to your questions so it makes you want to keep reading so you can find out what happens next.

Reading Skills

In my new book Heat by Mike Lupica some predictions that I have is that the main character Michael will eventually make it to the majors.  One question I have about this book so far is it says is he has no mother.  But where is his mother?  One text to text connection I have is the narrative that I wrote this year in english because they are both about baseball.  One text to world connection is that America's past-time is baseball and thats what what this book is about.  One text to self connection that I have is that I used to play baseball when I was younger.    

Michael Oher early childhood

The book does not do a great job a telling how michael's parents are not their for him and why he ends up out on the streets.  After some further research I found out,  Michael's father was constantly always getting in trouble with the law and was in prison for almost all of his childhood.  As for Michael's mom she was addicted to drugs and was never there for Michael as a child.  But thankfully Michael has a new loving family the Tuohy's who are a great family.  

Links and Displays

the real Michael Oher article
Michael Oher biography
Michael Oher Interview

Tone and mood

I think that the tone of The Blind Side is selfless because when the Tuohy family adopted him they put Michael ahead of themselves.  One example is when Michael's dad is watching basketball he notices Michael is struggling with his schoolwork so he stops what he is doing and helps Michael instead of doing what he wants to do.  I think the mood of this book is confidence because at the beginning of the book Michael doesn't have much confidence in himself. But at the end Michael has a lot of confidence on and off the field.  One moment in my novel when Michael swayed the beliefs of others is when he first started playing football people didn't think that he would be any good but he proved them wrong by playing football at the university of Mississippi.     

Book Recommendations

I just finished my book The Blind Side by Michael Lewis.  Personally I really enjoyed this book the things that I liked about it were that I could make a lot of connections to the text because the book is about football and I play football.  This book is about a boy named Michael that is homeless, but he gets adopted and starts playing football.  Overall I would rate this book a 9 out of 10.  I really enjoyed this book and I think that if you read it you would enjoy it too.