Blogging..?

So this year for English we have been doing something new. As a requirement, everyone is participating in the read for a lifetime program. We were given an all together alternative assignment of blogging weekly instead of writing a paper. If you ask me, it’s pretty great. My very first blog entry I wrote this year let you know how I felt about reading and you learned that I’m not very fond of it. But now I have grown to actually like it, Mrs. Hayes is probably very proud right now. I also told you my feelings on blogging, which I was unsure about. But now that we are ¾ of the way done now I must say my opinion of liking it is very strong.

Now I am going to tell you a few of my favorite things I enjoy about blogging. Obviously everyone knows how obsessed our generation is with social networking, and how big of a part of our lives it is which is sad yes I know, but still. Well I think it’s great that Mrs. Hayes has let us incorporate things like Facebook and twitter into the blogging process. It’s a great way to get our stuff out there to share with others and let people know about blogging. I also love knowing that once a week I get to take a break from whatever we are doing in class and work on my blog. It’s nice to have break every once in a while, and I especially love the fact that I get to blog and be more creative than type a formal essay. The freedom we have for our blog prompts is really great and is something I also love. Now for my favorite thing about blogging, our Fremd Ning friends! I think it’s awesome that there are students out there doing the same thing we are and the fact that we get to share this with them is amazing. I think it’s awesome that we get to interact with them through skype and we get to comment and read their blogs. It’s really great that we have two schoosl coming together to do this assignment. Blogging has really been a learning experience that I have enjoyed. Thank you Mrs. Hayes!

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http://sarahdessen.com/book/what-happened-to-goodbye/

This is a really good link that has a great summary of the book 'What happened to goodbye' and it also give syou an option to explore a Sarah Dessen blog. It also gives you the option to look at many of Dessens other books she has written so if you like this book, you can check out many of her other awesome books!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxHVimNk2TY

This is a link to a book trailer of the book 'What happened to goodbye'. Sarah Dessen is the person speaking and giving you information about the book. She gives a short summary of the book and then some really great background information on what inspired her to write the book.

http://www.pluginid.com/personality-development/

In my book, the main character Mclean has a problem. She continues to change who she is and her personality every few months when she moves. This link gives you information about being your self and deciding how to control your personality. It will help give you a better understanding of how and why Mclean changed her personality.


http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2011-05/61390451.jpg


This is an image of a few of the differnet names Mclean had chose to be in the past. It gives you a visual understanding of the fact that she has decided to be herself this time..


http://www.imagechef.com/ic/final_widget.jsp


This word mosaic is used to give you an idea of the main characters differernt personality traits throughout the story. It lets you actually see the different personalities shown in the book.


http://www.blogher.com/bookclub/what-happened-goodbye-finding-oneself


This is a well written blog that gives you a small summary of the book. In more details it talks about Mcleans different personalities and it gives you great advice that the best person you can be is yourself!


http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-happened-to-goodbye-sarah-dessen/1100154955

I hope that all of these links have given you a better understanding of 'What happened to goodbye' or have persuaded you to read this book. So here is a link to help you purchase the book online with Barnes & Noble.

Book Trailer!!!!!

This Animoto is a very useful video for you to give you a simple introduction to the book. It' going to give you information about the main character and let you know what my book, What happened to goodbye, is really about.

My Animoto Video

Now that you watched my own book trailer I hope that you are intersted in the book! Do you plan on reading What happened to goodbye?