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= Nineteen Minutes Book Review = **  “Nineteen Minutes” is a fiction written by one of the New York Times bestselling authors Jodi Picoult. The book was published in 2007. Jodi Picoult writes the story very interestingly that makes you want to read the whole novel. The book is about a school shooting at Sterling High school in New Hampshire. In the book the author gives us a vivid description about what happened after the shooting and how other people are dealing with it. The main character of this is novel is Peter Houghton who is a victim of bullying by other kids since his childhood. The author goes back and forth to tell us more about Peter when he was a kid. Peter used be a nice kid like others when he was young. “You are the thing that used to be normal, but that was so long ago, you can’t even remember what it was like.” - page 137. Peter shoots many people in the cafeteria. He killed ten people and wounds many others in just nineteen minutes. . “In nineteen minutes, you can order a pizza and get it delivered. You can read a story to a child or have your oil changed. You can walk a mile. You can sew a ham. In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge.”- From the book. Every character in this book is so interesting and unique. Some of the characters are Josie, Peter’s friend, Alex Cormier, Josie’s mother, Lacy and Lewis, Peter’s Parents, Joey etc. The Book gives us a lesson that bullying or other people’s ignorance can turn an ordinary person into a bad human being. “If everyone else’s opinion is what matters, then do you ever really have one of your own”- page 240. Peter was always judged by other people and had to listen to other peoples opinions. Jodi Picoult use imagery in her writing that you can picture the story while you are reading. The book gives us a clue what a person can do when he or she tries to fit in to the society. I really enjoyed reading this book. ** = **Homework Assignment-Evaluate a Website**  =

 = Table of Contents = About Me Homework Assignment-Evaluate a WebsiteMy Reading JournalMy Vocabulary Journal 1. What is the URL

WWW.ask.com 2. Who owns or operates the website? Are they business (.com), non-profit (.org), or government (.gov), or other? Please describe.

Ask.com is currently owned by InterActiveCorp. It is business(.com) type.

3. Who is the intended audience for this websitite?

Basically it is made for everyone.

4. Do you think this is a reliable website? why or why not?

I don't think it is a reliable because it's a business website. People can put whatever they want in there. = My Reading Journal: = = My Book: Nineteen Minutes = //I choose the book Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. One of the reason that i choose this book because i think the story is interesting. The book is about a school shooting in a high School and it shows how it effect everyone's life and how everyone's life changes after that incident. The another reason i choose this book because i read the book My sister's keeper and change of heart wrote by Jodi Picoult. She is so descriptive in her writing that you can imagine what's happening. //

In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five....In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge. (From the Book)


 * Step 2:** Calculate and write a reading Schedule here. You should calculate a reading schedule that enables you to finish mid-November in order for you to work on your digital presentation.Insert a table that list what pages or chapters you intend to read each week. For example:


 * =Week # = || =Schedule of Pages or Chapter to Read Each Week = ||
 * Week 1 (Sept. 19th-26th) || ﻿Page 1- 58 ||
 * Week 2 ( Sept. 27th- Octo.3rd) || Page 59- 117 ||
 * Week 3 ( Octo 4th- 10th) || Page 118-176 ||
 * Week 4 ( Octo 11th- 17th) || Page 177-235 ||
 * Week 5 ( Octo 18th- 24th) || Page 236-294 ||
 * Week 6 ( Octo 25th-31st) || Page 295-353 ||
 * Week 7 (Nov.1st - 7th) || Page 354-412 ||
 * Week 8 (Nov.8th -14th) || Page 413- 464 ||

dialectical reading journal l each time you read and update your journal here each week:
 * Step 3:** Begin writing in

I know people who'll say it was bad luck and then there's my favorite : They were just in the wrong place at the wrong time."Pg 91
 * **Quotes, lines, or sentences, with Page number** || **Your thoughts, ideas, questions about the quote you chose** ||
 * " I know people who'll hear about the people who died,and will say it was God's will.

" You are the thing that used to be normal, but that was so long ago, you can't even remember what it was like."pg 137

" Her mother sat down across from her " Honey, what did u except ? Josie glanced up. "Nothing.I stopped that a long time ago." she stood up."pg 179

" A person who can fit into more than one category, or who hang out with different kinds of people . Like Josie." pg 211

" If everyone else's opinion is what matters, then do u ever really have one of your own? pg 241

" Life was what happened when all the what- if's didn't, when what you dreamed of or hoped or in this case feared might come to pass passed by instead."

|| I think the quote means that people always blame on their fate if something bad happen in their life.

I think the quote means that Peter was used to be a good boy when he was young. But everything changes when time flows .He used to be bullied in school and tortured by them that changes his personality. After those thing happened to him now he forgot how it was like to be a good human being.

Josie's mom is always busy with her work. She never had time to talk with her daughter. After the school shooting her mom starts to taking care of her daughter.But now Josie does't want to talk to her because she was never there for her when she needs to talk to her. So now Josie doesn't expect anything from her mom.

I think Peter is trying to tell that there are so many people in the society who have different personality. They hang out with different type of people like Josie. Sometimes Josie hang out with popular kids in school like Matt and sometimes he hang out with Peter who is bullied by popular kids.

I think the quote means that sometimes a person need top made his/ her own decisions. If a person always listen to other people or do other people say than his/ her life would be like a doll without a life

That means life is full of surprises. sometimes we try to run away from things but somehow it comes back to us. sometimes we get things in our life that we didn't wish for. ||

=My Vocabulary Journal = Use a table to keep a record of vocabulary words.

sentence: It was a sumptuous room, sure a room half the kids in Sterling High would have given their right arm to enter...escape.
 * **Word & Word in a sentence** || **Guess +****Your own definition****, Root word, Part of Speech,, & Your new sentence using the word** ||
 * Sumptuous

Ensconced

She would be ensconced there for six months.

Ricochet

The motion of a object. A twitch of the shooters hand,a fallen footstep,a bullet's ricochet......

Platitudes

Instead of easy platitudes like let them eat when they want to eat. || I think it's means large, expensive or luxurious It's a adjective. She has a sumptuous dress that her mom bought it from England.

It means to live or settled. it's a verb

Tina is ensconce with her parents for 15 years.

The motion of a object.

it's a verb.

the quality or state of being flat, dull, or trite it's a noun. ||

Hi all, my name is Cynthia. My hobby is art, reading books, shopping, traveling etc. I like to spend time with my friends. I graduated from Spring Brook High School in 2010. i like to read non- fiction, comedy, adventure type of books.