Double reading log 17 & 18

1 hour   The Hunger GAmes by Suzanne Collins   1-56
Details: The story takes place in the future, where North America has separated into 12 districts, and every year they have the Hunger Games; where 2 kids from each district is chosen at random to fight to the death until one is left. The main character, Katniss Everdeen, is from District 12. When her younger sister, Prim, gets chosen, Katniss bravely steps in.
            "With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me.
                'I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!'"
           This shows Katniss's bravery to step in as the elder sister, and shows her dedication to her family, since she stepped in to save her family from getting hurt.

1 hour   The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins   57-104
Patterns: Throughout the story so far, Peeta continuously becomes more brave to be with Katniss. He acts more comfortable with her and is able to talk more in conversations with her. He shows her various things.
              "Peeta and I walk together down the corrider to our rooms. When we get to the door, he leans against the frame, not blocking my entrance exactly but insisting I pay attention to him."
               This is one example of when Peeta tries to get Katniss's attention, and his posture in this scene shows he's comfortable with it.

1 hour   The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins   105-160
LAnguage of Discipline:
Salvation:  (n) act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
"Get the weapon. Since that's the very weapon thet might be my salvation."
This is saying that the arrows is possibly Katniss's only hope of possibly surviving the intense need to get out of the area.

1 hour   The Hunger games by Suzanne Collins   161-207
Ethics: Throughout the story, Katniss tends to think to herself sometimes about who she wants to win if she doesn't win. At first she wanted Peeta to win, but when he unites with other people to "kill" her, she changes to Rue. She couldn't stand the idea of Peeta, who betrayed her. She continues to have these internal battles within her all the time.
      "Besides, if I'm going to die today, it's Rue I want to win. Even if it means a little extra food for my family, the thought of Peeta being crowned victor is unbearable."
         These constant changes of mind happens often throuhout the story, and it constantly dawns on her.

reading log 16

1 hour       Night Hoops by Carl Deuker      pgs 105-162
Ethics: After th eloss against Juanita, Luke comes to Nick to cheer him up, and tries to give him advice. Luke thinks that Nick is being a ball hog, and should pass more, but nick immediatly explodes and is furious. They end up in an arguement, and don't talk to each other.
              "...it seems like your trying to do everything yourself when you're out there. You've got to remember you've got teammates who can score, too."
          When Nick overreacts over this comment, its because his ethcs were attacked; that only he can score. But even though its attacking his ethics, it doesn't mean he's right either.

1 hour     Night Hoops by Carl Deuker     pgs 163-205
Patterns: MAny times throughout the story Nick's dad has always paid attention to only Nick, and Scott has taken notice of it. All the time, Nick's dad would call him about basketball, while he would never even talk to Scott.
              "Was that dad?"
              " Yeah."
              "I knew he'd call once he saw your name in the paper."
               THis shows Scott's notice to Nick's basketball, and only the fact that he's playing basket ball thathe gets attention. 

Reading log 15

1 hour    Night Hoops by Carl Deuker     pgs 1-53
Details: The story is about a teenage boy named Nick, who plays basketball for the varsity team at his high school. Ever since his brother, Scott, quit basketball for music, Nick's dad has been paying attention to Nick's basketball ever since, and not on Scott at all.
           His [Scott] face went red. "It's you he wanted to talk to, Nick, not me. I don't think it's even occured to him that the band will be playing tonight.
            This quote shows the difference in care from their dad between Nick and Scott. Their dad seems to only cares about basketball, and nothing else.

1 hour   Night Hoops by Carl Deuker    pgs 54-104
Ethics: There is a hot- headed tough guy on Nick's team named Trent, who plays extremely aggresive, and whenever anyone gets in a dispute with him, it's natural to want to back away from the dispute with Trent in it.
            "His hand came right back at my face, his fingers squeezing my cheeks and almost gouging my eyes. 'No way, Abbott. No way.'"
               This shows how aggressive and mean Trent is, and naturally all the teammates stepped away from the dispute in order to avoid fights.