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Ms. Falcone || = Paragraph 1 - BOOK SUMMARY: Summarize the main plot of the story without giving the ending away. Please feel free to use Mrs. Goutell's summary template if you need to organize your thoughts.= Please use the standard summary format and add a spice of creativity. Author Rodman Philbrick recommends, "**Give your reader a taste of the plot, but don't give the surprises away.** Readers want to know enough about what happens in a book to know whether they'll find it interesting. But they never want to know the ending! Summarize the plot in a way that will answer some questions about the book, but leave other questions in the reader's mind. " = = = Paragraph 2 - ANALYZE AUTHOR'S CRAFT: Explain how their voice, word choice, sentence structure, plot, character development...affected you as a reader.= Use textual evidence to SHOW what you specifically liked, disliked, found interesting or inspirational. When you are considering author's craft, of course it is necessary to incorporate RESEARCH about the author. Biographical information often helps us to understand more deeply. As author Rodman Philbrick says, "Remember, a book doesn't come directly from a printing press, it's a product of an author's mind, and therefore it may be helpful to know something about the author and how she or he came to write the book."

= Reader Response Protocol - will include many of the following ideas:= ||  ||
 * What did you learn from the author's blog post?
 * Specifically, what did you find interesting about the blog entry?
 * What would you want to know more about?
 * What questions did you have for the author of the post?
 * What connections did you make to what the author wrote?
 * In what ways did you relate to the author’s point of view? Consider offering differing opinions, perspectives, support, and facts.
 * Is this a book you might want to read? Why/why not?
 * Extend the author's thinking by recommending sites, other books, information beyond the obvious.
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 * This book, __The Mark of Athena__, by Rick Riordan, suggests the idea of needing to outrun the Roman Demigods, save Nico di Angelo, and follow the Mark of Athena. When eidolons, creatures that take control of other bodies, take over Leo, Son of Hephaestus, god of fire, crafts, and blacksmiths, and fire on the Roman Camp from the Argo II under the white flag of peace, the Romans' impulsivity takes control. "You've betrayed our trust," said Reyna, leader of the Romans. The Romans chase off in pursuit. Meanwhile, while the Argo II is collecting supplies to take off again, Leo and Hazel run into Nemesis, goddess of revenge, and tells them that Nico di Angelo, Hazel's half-brother, only has 6 more days until he dies. Even Annabeth has her own quest to worry about. Months before, she had seen her mother. "Follow the Mark of Athena," the goddess said. "Avenge me." On top of it all, they still faced the threat of Gaea, the evil earth goddess. They raced to Rome to save Nico, find the Mark of Athena, and stop Gaea. **

Thank you to Mrs. Goutell and her students for inspiring us!
 * The author's craft really caught my attention and guided the story extremely well. The most important thing in my opinion is the four points of view, following Percy, Annabeth, Leo, or Piper. Whoever it followed, it was written like the person had written it in third person. If it followed Leo, for example, it would seem more casual and a bit crazy, while if it focused on Annabeth, it would seem more organized. It also helped that the group of 7 was almost always split up, so you could see always see what was happening. Rick Riordan really astounded me with the third book in this series, __The Mark of Athena__. **

**This year we are going to take the Inspired Minds Book Challenge - 30 or more books by May 24, 2015.** I know that sounds like a lot of reading, but really it is less than one book per week. The books you choose should be a "just right" reading level. If you fall behind ask yourself a couple of questions:
 * Our 30 Book Challenge! **
 * First, "Am I reading at least 45 minutes per day?"
 * Also, "Am I choosing books that are a just right reading level?"

If we read together 15 minutes at the start of every class and an average of 30 minutes a night, 5 days out of the week, that is 225 minutes...or over 3 hours of reading per week! Did you also know that, “An average student in grades 3 through 12 is likely to learn approximately 3,000 new vocabulary words each year, assuming he or she reads between 500,000 and a 1,000,000 words a school year! (Nagy & Anderson, 1984; see [|References])
 * Research shows that the more a person reads, the more their reading will improve. **