Plot

• Exposition
• introduce Cat (16, pretty, popular, has a great boyfriend, great grades, but parents are unfair too overprotective), family, Cat's friends (boyfriend, best friends)
• Setting- City along the east coast

• Rising Action
•  Cat hears about a party she wants to go to this weekend. She hears it will be one of the best parties ever.

• Climax
•  Cat and parents fight over going to the party which leads to a fight over school, freedom, etc. Cat says things she doesn't mean.

• Falling Action
•  Cat calls friends and tells them she can't go to the party.

• Resolution
• Cat's friends come home and stay with her and have a girl's night. 

Reading Response

While reading the literacy narratives, I am usually confused with most of them. Almost all of the stories we have read have had some sort of fictional thing in it. However, I do like how we focus on one literary element per story. This helps me understand the literary element better.

I wish we would spend more time going over the elements. I do not feel like I have a complete understanding of psychological setting.

Time spent reading:
Wednesday- 20 minutes (Safe Haven)
30 minutes- Short Story reading/annotating
Thursday- 20 minutes (Safe Haven)
30 minutes- Short Story reading/annotating
Sunday- 30 minutes (Siddhartha)

Before Sleep as Character

Ugh, I am so tired. I probably should study more for my biology test tomorrow. Oh well, I think I will do fine. I can't believe what Claire said to me earlier... Why am I friends with her again? I really do not know. I also can't believe what happened at lunch. So much drama. Oh, why won't my parents let me go out Friday night.... I mean I'm 16 and I want to be social. I have perfect grades and everything is perfect in my life right now. I mean I have the best boyfriend, best car, best everything. But oh wait, one thing I actually want to do, I can't do it. I don't want to sit at home at watch Netflix all night like I usually do. I reallllyyyyyyy do not understand this. They should let me go. I do everything they want me to. I play tennis, soccer, AND run track. I also play piano, which I absolutely HATE, but can I quit? No, of course not. But still, not allowed to spend one Friday night away from my parents. Hmm... maybe I can sneak out when they go to bed. Yeah, I'll do that, like always. Okay, I'm tired now. Time to sleep.

Oh shoot. Did I do my geometry homework? Oh yes I did, never mind. Oh no, I have a Spanish test tomorrow. I really do not know anything on it. Well, I will study at break. Ugh, I have it first tomorrow so looks like no time to sleep in. I'm still mad at my parents. They never let me do anything. It's not like I'm bad, or failing school. I deserve this. I can't wait to move out and go to college.

Reading Response

I am still reading my book, Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks. The book is starting to confuse me in many ways. At some times, it will be a flashback, at other times, it will focus only on Katie's ex-husband, and some times, it focuses on Katie. This just confuses me, and I can't keep up with when everything is happening.

Katie told Alex about everything, finally. She told him her real name isn't Katie, which does confuse me at times because when the ex-husband is talking, he says Erica, and I have to look back in the book to see who that is.

Tuesday- 10 minutes, Safe Haven
Short Story reading and annotating- 30 minutes

Wednesday- 10 minutes, Safe Haven

Thursday- Safe Haven, 10 minutes
Short Story reading and annotating- 30 minutes

Friday- 10 minutes, Safe Haven

Sunday- reading short stories and annotating- 15 minutes
Page at beginning of week- 185
Page at end of week- 225

E-Book

I am excited about making this e-book. I do not need to make any changes to my literacy narrative to protect the innocence. However, I may need another round of proofreading just to fix a few things.

I don't think I will be on the design team- I'm not very artistic. So, I think I will be on the editing side of this assignment. I think people in my class will come up with a great cover design. I think the fonts and sizes of the fonts should vary in each narrative.

Reading Response

Since I have not been reading much this week, I have decided to write a response to my classmate's literacy narratives. In my group, I thought all of the narratives in my group were very good. All had great vivid details.

Eli's literacy narrative had a ton of dialogue and used great details. Trevor's narrative had great details and was a good story. Emma Scott's narrative was very descriptive and I could understand her feelings. Overall, I thought everyone's narratives were very good.

Monday 9/9- Literacy narrative- 30 minutes
Tuesday 9/10- Literacy Narrative- 15 minutes
Wednesday 9/11- Literacy Narrative- 15 minutes
Thursday 9/12- Literacy Narrative- 1 hr 15 min

Reading Response

I have chosen to write about the literacy narrative I am writing this week because I did not read much this week. I am looking for feedback on my paper to see if I should put more details, more dialogue, etc. I am somewhat excited about writing this literacy narrative, however I do like writing stories more. I think my narrative will turn out pretty good.

I am struggling with really focusing on what my paper is actually about. I am concerned that I am not focusing on how I felt or how the event changed my views on writing. I also am struggling with dialogue to put into the paper. Since the event was three years ago, I don't remember a whole lot, but I remember major points. I am interested to see what everyone else comes up with and writes about!

Wednesday 9/4- 30 minutes- Literacy Narrative
Thursday 9/5- 1 hr 30 minutes- Literacy Narrative

Dialogue

Catherine goes up to Frank during break at school one day in the quad.
"Are you going to the dance this weekend?" Catherine asks.
"Yeah, it should be fun I think." Frank answers.
"Oh I'm going too! What are you wearing?"
"Umm.. I don't know."
"That's cool. Who's house are you going to before and after?"
"My friend's."
"Does he live in CCL?"
"Yeah."
"Oh! That's where I'm going too. Do you want to hang out after?"
"Sure, I guess."
"Are you going to the LSU game on Saturday?"
"Yeah, probably."
"Me too! Where are you sitting"
"Section 110."
"Oh ok. Me too I think. Are you tailgating before?"
"Yeah, at the student union."
"Are you feeling ok today?"
"I'm alright."
"What's wrong?"
"I'm just tired and my head hurts."
"Aww, are you going to tennis after school?"
"Nope, I have a test tomorrow."
"In what class?"
"Social Studies. It's on like Mesopotamia."
"Are you going to class right now?"
"Yeah, I'm supposed to."
"Well I'll talk to you at lunch! Right"
"Yeah.. See you later."

Literacy Narrative

While reading "Proficiency", I understood how she felt. She described her feelings each time she got the scores back of the test. I understand her feeling, being a smart student and getting a bad response to a standardized test. She described everything in detail.

I thought she wrote this really well. I wanted to keep reading to find out if she ever passed, and she provided vivid detail.

Free Reading Response

In the chapters I read of Safe Haven, we finally find out Katie's past. She told Jo that he had abused her. I wonder why the author did not tell us about what happened until now. I like the way the author presented the information, some of it was a flashback, which provided a great description of what actually happened.

I am wondering if Katie's ex-husband will come back into the picture and find her.


Safe Haven (Nicholas Sparks)- 8/29- 10 minutes
Safe Haven (Nicholas Sparks)- 8/30- 45 minutes
Safe Haven (Nicholas Sparks)- 9/2- 90 minutes
Page at beginning of week- 115
Page at end of week- 185