If i was big Walter i would have left the money to Mama because she would know what to do with it. I would use some of the money for my family. Then I would of kept some of the money for my self for percautionary reasons. What ever of the money is left I would split it between my children.

Big Walter Money Question

In a well-developed paragraph, answer the following question:

If you had been Big Walter, and had prepared a Last Will and Testament before you died, to whom would you have left the money? Why?

Your paragraph must be at least 5 to 7 sentences long and must provide specific details as supporting evidence for your opinion.

Your response is due by 8PM on Sunday, December 5th, 2010.

Hi my name is Andrew Suarez. This summer I started to read a book but i did not really like it so I stopped reading and then after that I didn't read any more books.

George, Lennie, and Relationships

To this point in Of Mice and Men, we have seen the varied nature of the relationship between George and Lennie (friendship, father/son, master/pet).  I'd like you to think about the following:

1.  Does George and Lennie's relationship seem to be one based on need only?
2.  Do you think it's wrong to have a friendship based on need only?  Why?

Please post your response in the comments section by 9PM on Sunday, Sepetmber 26th.

Hi my name is LaShaina Shuler. I only read one book this summer and it was called Monster by Walter Dean Myers. This book was mainly about a 16 year old boy named Steve who is on trial for a murder that he had no part in. Throughout the book a lot of people say that they know that Steve took part in this murder but he knows that he didn't. I recommend this book not only because its the only one I have to recommend but because I really do think it is a good book. I think its a good example of how people can be on trial and really didn't do anything and is only there because of he say she say. I also think its a good example of how you can really mess up your life if you just hang out with the wrong people, so you shouldn't.

Hi my name is Diana Hiltz and I only read one book and the book I read was Spring Break by Katherine Applegate. The book is about a girl name Summer goes shopping for her bathingsuit for when she goes away with her boyfriend Seth to Boca Beach, Florida. Summer leaves early for spring break and she has a layover at Orlando, Florida and she gets of the plane to give a man who left the plane his poem book back, but she misses to get back on the plane so the man treats her to Disney World for the day and takes the next plane to Boca Beach and the man went on the boat with Summer and Summer's boyfriend came to the boat early so what the girl's did was pretended that Diana was dating the man.

Hi. My name is Briana Morrone and the two books i read this summer were Kissed b y an Angel and Go Ask Alice. Kissed by an Angel was written by Elizabeth Chandler and GoAsk Alice was written by an anonymous writer. Kissed by an Angel is a bout a girl who falls in love, but then loses him in a car crash. She never fully gets over him, but things happen that people would never expect. characters turn out to be the complete opposite of what they seem to be. this book really keeps the reader on their toes. I would recommend this to all girls it was amazing.

Hello! My name is Michelle Tovar and the two books I read over the summer were Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead and The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. I read more books and re-read some of my favorites but these were the two I enjoyed. Out of those two, Spirit Bound was my favorite and the one I liked the most. It's about a girl named Rose who's mentor/boyfriend, Dimitri, is almost dead and she's trying to find a way to save him. The people that love and care about her are trying to convince her that she needs to let him go and move on with her life. This other guy named Adrian is in love with her but she won't even pay attention to him. She misses out on a great guy and Adrian stays friends with her because he wants to be close to her. Rose is obsessed in finding a way to save Dimitri. At the end she works so hard, did a lot of research, and risked her life and others lives for nothing. Yes, she does save him and everything falls apart which is something she didn't expect because she thought everything would go back to normal. She expected him to be thankful and love her even more but what happens is the exact opposite. I would recommend this book mostly to girls because there's a love story involved but there is some adventure in it.

Hi! My name is Dominique Gray. This summer I read Pretty Little Liars and Flawless which are the first two books of the Pretty Little Liars series. Both books are written by Sara Shepard. This series is about five best friends who are connected mostly by secrets they share. When Alison, one of the five friends, unexpectedly goes missing, the four lose touch and are no longer friends. A year after their friend went missing, the girls start receiving mysterious and scary text messages, threatening to tell secrets only Alison knew and secrets that no one knew. All the texts are signed "-A." The books go to tell the frightening experiences the girls begin to have and their adventures to figure out who "A" actually is. These books kept me reading and wanting to know more! I definitely recommend them for teenage girls.

Hi my name is Joshua Orr and the two books I read are Black Boy and Jurassic Park. Black Boy is by Richard Wright and Jurassic Park is by Michael Crichton. I enjoyed both books equally. Jurassic Park is about an island full of dinosaurs that have been created by bioengineers. They want to open the island to visitors but a chaos theory was stated by Malcolm because says that the island was doomed. Soon enough the dinosaurs started escaping starting with the t-rex. This is a very suspenseful and mysterious and I would recommend this book to all people.

Hi my name is Stephen Rossi and the two books I read over the summer were Taken and Twisted. Taken is written by Edward Bloor and Twisted is written by Laurie Halse Anderson. I enjoyed both of these books and they were also an easy read. Taken takes place in 2035 and is about kidnappers and how the number of kidnappers in the United States was increasing. It is about about girl named Charity Meyers and how she lives in a very protected place away from kidnappers but somehow they manage to kidnap her. Her parents have to pay the kidnappers to let her go. In the story she makes good decisions which will help her. The book is exciting and suspenseful and I recommend the book to anyone.

Hi! My name is Angelina Guzzo, this summer I read two books. L.A. Candy and Sweet Little Lies, both of these books were written by Lauren Conrad. These books are part of a sequel, and I really enjoyed them. The first book, L.A. Candy, is about two girls who move to L.A. for some excitement in their lives. While living in L.A. they are asked to be on a reality T.V. show, and they accept the offer. They didn't know it but their lives were about to change tremendously. This book was great and I definitely recommend it mostly to girls.

Welcome!

Greetings!  Welcome to our class blog.  As you already know, I am Mr. Palumbo, your English Teacher and the moderator of this blog.  I hope you are as excited to try this forum out as I am.

Over this Summer, I got the chance to read three books: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a sprawling novel about seven generations of one family and their history in a small mountain town in Colombia; Paradise Lost by John Milton, an Epic Poem written in England in the mid 17th Century (1600s) dealing with the battle between Satan and his angels against God and his angels, and how Satan tries to get revenge against God by corrupting God's new creations, Adam and Eve; On the Ropes, by Tom Schreck, a book about a Social Worker/Boxer who becomes a private detective while trying to find out who murdered one of his clients.  Tom Schreck is an old friend of mine from my college days in Albany.

While I normally read many more books over the course of the summer, this summer I spent a great deal of time watching classic Westerns, reading magazines, short stories, and many different kinds of blogs.

Now, I'd like to know what you read this summer; you do remember you were supposed to read at least two books this summer, right?  Part of developing a community of readers is the ability to describe and recommend books to our peers so that they may enjoy a book that you have liked.

Here is what you need to do:

1. Who are you? Introduce yourself (be sure to give your full name).

2. List the titles and the authors of the books you read for summer reading.

3. Please provide a brief recommendation for one of the books.

I hope that you all find at least one new book to read based on your classmates' recommendations.

This assignment is due by 9PM on Sunday, September 12th.

Good luck in 10th grade!