Blogging can enhance learning in high schools because kids could share there ideas and finished works with all other classmates and teachers more efficiently and another thing is you can use blogs to make discussion boards for a subject. Another use for blogs is to challenge the author with questions which can not only get them thinking but anyone who reads the question.
Two characters that are in my book is Jonas and Asher. They are both boys how are friends in their mid teens (around 14 maybe) and it hasn't described what they look like yet but I see Jonas as a taller person with brown hair and is skinny but not too skinny and I see Asher as a shorter boy with black hair and just a little more mature than Jonas. Jonas has a very calm yet quizzical attitude where as Jonas has a very lackadaisical, "I'll do it later", kind of attitude. So far they don't have any problems because it is still very early in the book but in the future they seem very likely to run into many challenges throughout the entire book. If i saw these guy in real life I feel that we could get along with them very well and become friends with them pretty quickly.
The book (so far) takes place in a suburb like setting with a lot of families and people within the town. It takes place in present day but the people living in this world have rules that they need to follow. There is a part where Jonas is riding his bike to school but they have warnings over the speakers around the town and it said "you have to get into the nearest building" and in Jonas's case that was a house. That scene is what made me think that the book took place in the suburbs because he has been riding his bike through neighborhoods to get to school and it has that kind of feel.
David, nice work describing the characters. I am not sure you have the time period down though. Maybe as you read more you will have a clearer feeling for this. It might be nice for those who have not followed the Discussion Board for you to mention the title of the book in your post.
ReplyDeleteI love it when books don't give too accurate of a description of the characters and the environment it takes place in so that the reader can give their own interpretation of what everything looks like. It will be interesting to see how you describe the characters in your book trailer.
ReplyDeleteYour concept of blogging that you described is very well said, and your book sounds very interesting! The only thing I see that can be improved is your grammar and spelling, such as the first sentence in your second paragraph where you say "how" instead of "who". Can't wait to see your trailer!
ReplyDeleteI really like the description of the story you wrote, it didn't expose a lot about the story but at the same time it felt like it was to little but overall it gave me the sense of what is going on.
ReplyDeleteI like how you described the story, it seems really interesting. It will be cool to here more!
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