English 4B Winter 2025 Blog

  When an author writes a book, he or she has a purpose as to why he/she is sharing this story.  This lesson or theme plays out throughout the book.  Share what you believe the author's purpose was for writing this book.  What lesson do you feel he/she wanted you to learn?  (In responding to other's blog posts, try to connect your theme with other's books.) 

  Conflict--Every book has some sort of conflict that pulls the reader in and keeps the reader reading.  Conflict can be person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. self, person vs. society, or person vs. the supernatural.  Identify the primary conflict in your novel.  Who or what is involved with the main conflict?  What is the conflict?  How does your character handle himself/herself when faced with this conflict?  How does this conflict add to the story line of your novel?  How is the conflict resolved and what is the outcome? 

  Take a moment to introduce your new book.  What book did you choose?  Why did you choose it?  What process did you go through to find your book?  Was there a specific reason why you chose this book?  Share with the blog you initial thoughts about your new book.  How does it start?  Are you hooked?  When responding to other blogs, if you have read the book, share your thoughts about it without giving away too much.  You could also respond on the way in which the person chose the book, or if this is a book that you would like to read.

**Do not do this blog until you have completed novel #2.     Upon completion of reading your novel, what have you learned about a different culture?  What shocked you?  What seemed strange to you?  What couldn't you believe?  Take time to give specific examples from your novel that share what you learned about history and a different culture.  Share your feelings about what you read.

  Imagery is key to capturing the reader's imagination and taking him/her on the adventure within the book.  All 4 authors use several different techniques to paint a picture in your mind of the scenes within the plot of the book.  Share two or three images that have been captured in your mind through the author's word choice.  Why are these images so vivid, and how did the author manage to accomplish this task?  Be sure to include  specific details  of what you envisioned through the author's words.

   In all five novels, the main character or characters face adversity in one way or another.  Describe how you view the character's challenges in your book, and talk about how your character handles the hardships and struggles.  If you were in your main character/characters situation, how would you handle yourself?  What would you do?