Students' Responses to Adolescent Characters in Novels of Their Choice

Here are some paragraph responses of students analyzing the believably of the adolescent characters in a novel of their choice.

• Amber
• Numbers by Rachel Ward http://ambercandy11.blogspot.ca/2013/11/numbers-by-rachel-ward-my-opinion.html
• Conor
• The Maze Runner by James Dashner http://kangarooconor.blogspot.ca/2013/11/maze-runner-novel-responce.html

Gabe C:

• Gabe J
• The Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman http://gabriel-nlc.blogspot.ca/2013/11/character-review-for-obsisdian-blade.html

• Hudson
• Midnight Fire by Melody Ann http://hudsonsnlcstuff.blogspot.ca/2013/11/midnight-fire-character-review.html

• Jade
• The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han http://thisismyblog9898.blogspot.ca/2013/11/novel-response.html

• Kiera
• In the Woods by Robin Stevenson http://kierasblog8.blogspot.ca/2013/11/my-novel-response.html

• Kira
• Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher http://iamkirathisismyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/11/novel-response.html

• Landon
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne  http://landonlandonland.blogspot.ca/2013/11/the-book-i-am-reading.html
• Marissa


• If Only by Carole Geithner http://amazingrissalearning.blogspot.ca/2013/11/teenage-protagonist.html
• Ming
• City of Glass by Cassandra Clare http://stayhappyandlove.blogspot.ca/2013/11/my-novel-response.html

• Megan
• Nightshade by Andrea Cremer http://just-that-leo.blogspot.ca/2013/11/a-novel-response.html
• Nikki
• Arousing Love by M.H.Strom http://nikkislearingandpicture.blogspot.ca/2013/11/arousing-love-teen-novel.html

Parker:

• Sylvie
• The "Percy Jackson" series by Rick Riordan  http://steampunkdystopia.blogspot.ca/2013/11/percy-jackson-are-protagonists.html
• Tyson
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins http://tasmaniantyson.blogspot.ca/2013/11/paragraph-on-recent-book-i-have-been.html
• Zach
• Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers http://zachlearning.blogspot.ca/2013/11/sunrise-over-fallujah-walter-dean-myers.html

Great Thinking by NLC Students

NLC students were asked to write about their opinion on the film "Miss Representation." These are some of their great responses!

Conor: http://kangarooconor.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-response.html
Gabe J: http://gabriel-nlc.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-gabe-j.html
Hudson: http://hudsonsnlcstuff.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-responses.html
Jade: http://thisismyblog9898.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-blog-post-2.html
Kiera: http://kierasblog8.blogspot.ca/2013/10/respond-to-ideas.html
Kira: http://iamkirathisismyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/10/reaction-to-miss-representation.html
Marissa: http://amazingrissalearning.blogspot.ca/2013/10/my-opinion-on-movie-was-that-i-agree.html
Ming: http://stayhappyandlove.blogspot.ca/2013/10/my-opinion-of-movie-miss-representation.html
Sylvie: http://steampunkdystopia.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-thoughts-feelings.html
Tyson: http://tasmaniantyson.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-blog-post-2.html
Zach: http://zachlearning.blogspot.ca/2013/11/miss-representation-blog-post-2.html

Students' Posts on Devices Used in "Miss Representation"

The students watched a very interesting video called "Miss Representation." You can see a trailer of the film here: http://film.missrepresentation.org/.

Here are some student posts analyzing how different persuasive devices or elements are seen in the film:

Appeal to Authority

Kiera: http://kierasblog8.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation.html
Megan: http://just-that-leo.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-corrected.html

Hyperbole

Amber: http://ambercandy11.blogspot.ca/2013/10/hyperbole-in-miss-representation.html
Gabe: http://gabegabegabegab.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation.html
Nikki: http://nikkislearingandpicture.blogspot.ca/2013/10/hyperbole-miss-representation.html

Irony

Jade: http://thisismyblog9898.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation.html
Tyson: http://tasmaniantyson.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-tyson-and-jade.html

Rhetorical Questioning

Hudson: http://hudsonsnlcstuff.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-rhetorical-ouestions.html

Ming: http://stayhappyandlove.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-rhetorical.html

Sarcasm

Conor: http://kangarooconor.blogspot.ca/2013/10/sarcasm-is-miss-representation.html
Sylvie: http://steampunkdystopia.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-sarcasm_29.html

Slang and Repetition

Landon: http://landonlandonland.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-point-of-movie-was.html
Zach: http://zachlearning.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation-movie.html

Simile

Gabe: http://gabriel-nlc.blogspot.ca/2013/10/similie.html
Parker: http://parkersbogger.blogspot.ca/2013/10/simile-comparison-using-like-or-as.html

Tone

Kira: http://iamkirathisismyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/10/miss-representation.html
Marissa: http://amazingrissalearning.blogspot.ca/2013/10/tone.html