spring break plans

Spring break plans-part 1

This year spring break will be pretty relaxed and fun!  I plan to sleep in till at least 11 every day and eat a lot of junk food.  I am going to have a couple sleepovers and go to the mall with some friends, maybe even go to a movie.  Sleepovers are very fun but the next day we are all zombies because we usually stay up all night. When I am not busy with friends I usually watch TV or Netflix.  My favorite TV channel is TLC and my favorite TV series on Netflix is Make it or Break it.  I was supposed to go to Ontario for the whole week but I can’t because I have to watch my little brother as both my parents are working. This is kind of a bummer because he is very annoying, but I’m fine with not going because I get to see my friends.  Since we have Easter during spring break we may go visit my grandparents for the weekend.  They live in Ontario so it’s a bit of a drive but it is fun when we get there.  The car ride consists of me and my brother watching a movie or listening to music.  After that we usually became antsy and end up fighting.  Once we arrive in Kenora we usually go to get ice cream at the Dairy Queen and then a couple minutes later arrive at my grandmas.   Some things that we do there is swim, fish, shop and play with the dogs.  The best part will be the food because we have a huge dinner for Easter.  My favorite dish at Easter is sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top and my favorite dessert is cheese cake. We will be staying there for three days and then will make our way home.  My favorite part of spring break will be sleeping in and having lots of food and the worst part will be the drive home from my grandmas.

 

This is a picture of Ontario.  I choose this picture because it will be the highlight of my spring break.  The reason being my grandma’s place is not in the city so it’s a good change.  Also the nature is amazing and boating is always a fun thing to do.  It’s great because her place is near the city so it’s not hard to go shopping or grab something to eat but it is still sheltered from it.   We literally have a one minute drive to get to the marina and about a five minute drive into town.  I love going fishing there and going for hikes with the dogs.  We also can go hottubing in the back yard which is fun when its colder outside too.  My emotion towards spring break is very excited because we get a week of not using our brains and no homework.  I will not be happy when we have to go back to school but at least there are only a couple months left.  I am so glad that I don’t have any homework because I probably would have forgotten it anyways.  This picture looks exactly like the marina near my grandmas and that’s why I choose it.  My grandma’s boat even looks like one of the boats in the picture. 

blog entry #6

The book cover that I think is most effective is the last one.  I think that this book cover seems traditional.  All of the other covers seem too childish and cartoony.  I feel that it is good to keep the ancient feel and not make the pictures look like children could have drawn it.  I like the way the illustrator added the balls of light everywhere as it draws the reader’s eye to the cover.  I think that the softness of the drawing is what makes it seem real.  Instead of using cartoon people which could make the book seem like it is for children.  I picked this book cover because of all of the details that are put into it.  You can see everything from the creases in Hermia’s dress to the fairies wings.  Whereas on the other covers you only see the silhouettes or the drawing had very little detail put into it.   I feel that the detail even in the trees would lure young adults to this book.  It is a very beautiful drawing and can be a reference to the book.  The book cover shows a woman sleeping during a summer night and the books title is A Midsummer Night’s Dream this can kind of show the reader what they may be reading about.  It will also show the setting of the book.  In the book they spend most of their time in the woods and that is what the hole cover is.  The reader can make reference to the picture and see that it is an older book.  The cover has somewhat of an old feel to it which is exactly the time frame the book is in.  The cover could lure people to it and also push people away because of the ancient feel.  I feel the illustrator did a great job when designing the cover and i feel it was a great choice to make it extra detailed.

Blog#5-connection between msnd and current book

The connection I am making between Mid-Summer Nights Dream and Catching Fire would be the main character Katniss Everdeen and Hermia.  The first similarity between the characters is that they are rebellious.  Katniss is rebelling against the Capitol whereas Hermia is rebelling against her parents.  Katniss rebels by hunting and gathering in the woods and winning the hunger games with Peeta.  Hermia is rebellious against her parents because they want her to marry Demetrius, but she is in love with Lysander.  She has the choice to marry Demetrius, get killed, or become a nun.  Hermia decides against all her options to run into the woods with Lysander and get married outside of Athens.  Another similarity is that they both plan to run away from home.  Katniss plans to run away with Gale, Peeta and their families because they know what the capitol is planning to do to them.   Katniss and Peeta won the games together and many districts are starting to rebel against the capitol because they did.   They are planning to run away to District 13, the supposedly destroyed district in order to save themselves.  Hermia is planning to run away into the woods with Lysander.  She plans to run to the forest where the Athenian law can no longer reach them.  They want to get married where they will not be thrown in jail or killed by Theseus.    Another connection that I can make between the two characters is that they both are forced into love.  Katniss has to pretend she is in love with Peeta in order to please the capitol. Hermia Is forced to marry Demetrius in order to please her parents. The final connection between Katniss and Hermia is that they have many complications with their lovers.  Katniss is in love with Gale but also deeply cares for Peeta.  Katniss has to pretend to be deeply in love with Peeta for the capitol but quickly falls out of love when they are not watching.  Although Katniss isn’t in love with Peeta, he is deeply in love with her.  This is similar to Hermia because she is in love with Lysander but is supposed to love and get married to Demetrius.  Although Hermia doesn’t love Demetrius, he is deeply in love with her.