Three Little Birds

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     This link is to a music video for the song "Put Your Records On" by Corinne Bailey Ray. I choose this song to relate to my book for many reasons. Looking deeper into the song, you understand that it is about people getting to know eachother, which is exactly what the three girls are doing in the novel. The best lyrics that show alot for the book are "you're gonna find yourself some way, some how". The reason I feel those words especially are relatable because this is a story of three girls lives that have just completely changed. Everything is new to them after this discovery that they arent sure how to be or act.

Another small but great detail in the song that really helps is the line "three little birds sat on my window". After understanding that the book is about three girls finding out they are sisters this line just gives you an awesome image that really helps you think more deep into that main point. I believe the rhythm and the beat of this song really related well to three black swans. What do you think about the connection?

Do you know your ABC's?

Adoption

Black Swans

Claire

Delicate

Elegant

Family

Genevieve

Hoax

Identical

J

Kindness

Lies

Missy

Names

Opportunities

Promises

Questions

Research

Seperated at birth

Triplets

Unpredictable

Vanishing

W
X

Youtube

     Each letter is used to decscibe main points, details, and characteristics from the story. They are helpful to

show and highlight the key words that play a big role in three black swans. Each word is a way to express and important detail in the book.                                                            

Wrapping It Up

 

   We have offically made it! The school year is finally coming to an end and so are our blogs. Through out this entire school year, for each of the four quarters, I have read a new book and completed the Read For A Lifetime program. During my junior year in English class, I have really seen my reading skills incease and I have watched each blog grade increase.I have really enjoyed blogging over different books. The many things I enjoyed about blogging was the freedom of no prompt as time went on and we came up with more blog post. Another great thing I really enjoyed was the whole idea from keeping in contact with another school that is heavily active in the blog world. Keeping in contact with you by skyping was great and getting to comment on eachothers blog gives us many ideas for our own and helps us connect to them.

     The four books Ive read this semester are Please Ignore Vera Dietz, Willow, What Happened to Goodbye, and Three Black Swans. All of them were great books but if I had to choose a favorite I would choose Please Ignore Vera Dietz. If anyone is in question of whether or not the prrogam has great books to choose from, it definitley does. Participate in the Read for a Lifetime program benifitted me by exposing the many different types of books there are. Blogging also beniftted me by helping me break down the reading material for better understanding for myself, and for others. I want to thank Mrs. Hayes for exposing me to the blogging world and letting us use this as a way to complete a great program!

pics of main points

Three Black Swans by Caroline B. Cooney

The story is based on indentical triplets seperated at birth.

 

Missy, one of the main characters, is from Connecticut.

Claire and Genevieve are both from New York.

 

 

 

Missy and Claire were "cousins" and best friends.

Long Island, New York is where the 3girls birth parents live.

The Three Black Swan theory descirbes what happens in  the book.

Missy uses a science experiment to help find her twin.

The girls hold an interview to tell everyone about the discovery.

The interview is released to YouTube, where the triplets become discovered.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoax
I am giving the definition of the word "hoax". In this book its the main topic of the story line. A hoax is what causes the triplets to dicover eachother in the first place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory
This is an explantion of what the black swan theory. It gives you a better understanding of why the book is given its title.

http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/three-black-swans
This link directs you to a shory summary of Three Black Swans. If you need a better understanding of details in the book it will definitely sum of any confusion you had.

http://www.carolinebcooneybooks.com/
If you believe you'll enjoy reading this book, here is a link to the authors website. It offers you a chance to read a little about her and to check out the other books she has available for you to read.

http://www.americanadoptions.com/pregnant/index?gclid=CPS_xLLt0q8CFeUEQAodjUWrHg
This link will bring you to a page about adoption. In the book the girls go through a difficult time understanding the process so this page will give you more information on the adoption process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73m4Gs6Ap1Y
This is a video from youtube about triplets. This shows the process in the family goes through and the shocking discovery of rare triplets.

http://monkeywah.typepad.com/paranormalia/2008/06/triplet-telepathy.html
This is information about the triplet telepathy. In the book, the girls experience a certain closeness but they arent quite sure how to describe the feeling other than telepathy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption
This is the definition of the word adoption. In this book, triplets were seperated at birth and all adopted into different families. This will help you understand the process the three girls went thru.

http://www.adoption.org/adopt/illegal-adoption.php
In the book, you find out that one of the girls adoption, was illegal. This link tells about the signs of an illegal adoption and the consequences that can occur.


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Did these links help you better understand the book?

FINALLY fourth quarter.

     It has finally arrived, our last quarter of  the school year. Therefore I am starting my fourth and final book. For the next 6 weeks I will be blogging about a book called three black swans. I have only read the beginning of the book but I can tell its going to be a very suspensful book. At some points I get so into it I cant put it down! I also already know alot about the book because a few of my classmates have read it and I read their blogs. Reading others blogs about a book in which I know nothing about has really drawn me to want to read many books and have interested me in reading more and more all together!

     Over the course of the year I have greatly improved my blogging skills, and my grades prove that. At the beginning when I recieved my first blog grade I was not fond of blogging at all, but over time it has grown on me and I happen to be very fond of it. I am very appreciative for the opportunity we have been given to blog instead of write a boring paper. All the things Mrs. Hayes has incoorperated into blogging have also made this a very fun experience. I hope everyonce else has enjoyed blogging as much as I have!

     three black swans by Caroline B. Cooney is about 2 girls, Claire and Missy, who are cousins but feel like sisters are heart. They are inseperable and share a certain connection that no one else understand. When Missy has a biology project to create a hoax, she storms up an idea to trick everyone into thinking her and her cousin are identical twins seperated at birth. When everyone see's how alike they really are, they start to wonder, is this a hoax after all?

VlOG

This Vlog is about 'What happened to goosbye'. I give a short summary and introduction of the book to let you know what isit about. I also tell the reason why I liked the book. By watching this vlog I hope to potentially interest you in reading this book. I hope I gave you useful information as well.

What did you think?