Thursday, May 28, 2009

2nd

Insatiable

by: Eve Eliot


Comments:

1. Hannah is afraid people might think she is not normal because she is lesbian but that doesn't matter.

2. Samantha is losing so much weight her jeans don't even fit her and she is cutting herself because her ex doesn't want to be with her.

3. Phoebe is really worried and sad because she can't help but eat food by the minute.

4. Jessica is fainting and is not telling nobody about it because she doesn't want to get involved in no hospital.

5. Samantha was riding a car for the first time that got her mind off of everything.


Questions:

1. What is Al - Anon?

2. Why does Hannah think it was her fault her mother died?

3. What does the needle in the hospital give to people?

4. Her mom does not care?


Vocabulary:

1. Reluctant: struggling in opposition pg. 61

2. Paisley: a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures pg. 70
3. Hoarse: having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness pg. 77


Literary Terms:

1. "...with lank, blond hair and pale, watery eyes.." Direct Characterization pg. 60

2. "Eating other foods would be like eating a flashlight or a picture frame." Simile pg. 69
Overview Sentence:
1. These four girls are messing up their life with problems of eating little or just eating a lot.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

1st

Insatiable
By: Eve Eliot



Comments:

1. These four girls are crazy they do not eat or some eat to get over there problems.

2. Samantha is a girl who does not eat at all she could last up to 2 days without eating and when she does eat she throws it up.

3. Phoebe is a girl who is very smart but is fat and does not eat cause she wants to be normal being skinny.

4. It doesn't matter the way you look you should be happy about your life.

5. I'm the kind of girl who will not leave food for nothing in the world i love to eat.

Questions:

1. Why does Samantha want to get skinner?

2. Why can't she eat a lot?

3. Why is she cutting herself?

4. Why did they stick her up?

Vocabulary:

1. Scampered: to run or go hastily or quickly pg. 18

2. Dissuade: to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something pg. 28

3. Residue: something that remains after a part is removed pg. 47

Literary Terms:
1. "...the sadness spilled over like bright, red ink soaking across soft paper." Simile pg. 17
2. " She enjoyed watching her own mind..." Personification pg. 37
Overview Sentence:
1. These girls are very dumb they need to live their life without trying to hurt themselves or become something else.