Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Special Thanks


I would like to thank Josh H, for managing the awesome look and features to this blog, Nikki D, for all of her hard work as the main role as the discussion director (without her I wouldn't have anything to summarize!), Bianca G, for all of the amazing music that she had chose for our music journals, and last but not least, Yasmine C, for her play in pretty much everything, passage mastering, helping out and especially Johhny!!!! this has been fun and I hope the rest of your books where this enjoyable!!!

Chapter 11-21 summary

Hello guys, as you know we are all having to do a power point project, I  have decided that I will include these last few chapters in the actual power point itself. I hope that you all have a good understanding of this coming of age novel. Thank you and enjoy!!

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Chapter 6-10 Summary

Chapter 6 is over a letter josh receives from his father.  This letter is how he is doing in the navy and how it going.  He says that nothing has happened yet but something will soon. In Chapter 7 Josh, Marcia, and Steenie go to the Las Fiestas del Corazon Sagrado.  Afterwards they walk out into the dessert and find a dead cow which they play the game "galling" with.  The game "galling" involves touching the dead cow while holding your breathe.  If you puke your a "galling."  Chapter 8 Steenie and Josh talk about Josh's dad and their new house guest Jimbob.  Josh mentions how Jimbob over stays his welcome in almost every place he visits.  Josh goes to school and notices Chango near a ditch.  Chango confronts Josh so then Josh pushed Chango into the ditch.  Chango then demands Tarzan to run after him.  To escape Tarzan, Josh ran through a gate of an unknown house.  He then hid behind a boulder until he was sure Chango and Tarzan were gone.  After he leaves his cover he looks into the window of a house were he see's an all natural woman posing on a table.  Then the owner of the house, Romeo, ask if he is a lover or art or a dirty little boy.  They talk into the night and realizes Romeo knows his father.  Chapter 9  Parker and Josh the next day set up dates with the Cloyd girls, even though the girls were just going to see the dark blue 1939 Plymouth sedan instead of the actual date. The boys' so called date was to the movies and to the fiesta. Chapter 10 is over the letters Josh receives, regarding how he is doing while he is gone and how everybody else is doing, from the Captain Bligh (his dad), Corky, Lacey, Paul, and Marcia.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Chapter 1-5 Summary

It starts with Josh at a large dinner with family and friends in Mobile. He states specifically people who he hates and people who he likes within the first few pages. The family is leaving mobile for Corazon Sagrado in New Mexico because his father left for the call of the Navy. Josh reminisces as he goes there, remembering going the first time at the age of two because of multiple skin issues. There, Mr. Arnold (Josh's father), met Amadeo and Excilda, their current housekeepers and cooks. Josh insists nothing has changed there for the past seven years, and notes that its probably because of the lack of war near and around Sagrado. Once at their house, Mr. Arnold and Amadeo talk business, like most every time they arrive at their summer home. When they finally settle a deal, Mr. Arnold looks at Josh and says "I hope you learned a thing or two", even though he got a little less than a good deal. Josh understood this as his father treating the long time family friend with some respect. The next day was Josh's first day of school in Sagrado, where he meets Steenie, a boy who seems to click well with him, Marcia, a friend of Steenie who he seems to like, and Chango Lopez, who is Josh's worst living nightmare and fear. In school Josh punches Chango right in the cheek bone. The only response from him is an insult directed to Josh. After this incident, Steenie asked Josh if he was out of his mind or was asking for suicide. Josh had clearly learned his mistake by now, after messing with the most feared boy in all of Helen De Crispin Highschool.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Red Sky At Morning Introduction

Red sky at morning is a brief novel about how a young boy is growing and maturing. This is the "classic coming-of-age story near world war II  about the enduring spirit of youth and the values in life that count" (as quoted on the back of the book). It displays the  process of growing  up and the big step taken from adolescences to adulthood. enjoy!!

Monday, April 1, 2013

welcome to our blog!!!!!

this blog will be over the book Red Sky At Morning. I hope you enjoy!!!!