Alicia T’s Blog

  This week I was a reflector. My job was to rate on how I feel about working in a literture group. If i would rate the group, I would give it a 8. My reason is because, I find it more interesting reading with other people, then reading by yourself. Another reason is because I can focus more on whats going on in the story, then reading fast and ignoring the importent events. 

 1. Describe Beth Ann’s new behavior. How does Mary Lou feel about it?

 Beth Ann’s new behavior is a boasting act. She brags about her date with a cute guy, and is making Mary Lou jealous. Mary Lou thinks she won’t ever go on a date with a cute guy like Dereck, but soon she finds out he is just a gawky looking jerk!

2. How does Mary Lou react when Mr. Furtz dies?

Mary Lou is sad to think one day Mr. Furtz was paying her to water his lawn, and next he is dead. She feels bad for his children, because of what happened to their father. The rest of the family are trying to help the Furtz overcome the pain of death from a loved one.

 This week I was a critical thinker. I had to make up questions about the events that happened in the story Absolutely Normal Chaos. Here are some questions that you might want to answer as you read thhe story.

1. Why did Carl Ray come to the Finney’s house?

2. How does the brother, Dennis, get hurt?

3. How does the book decribe how Carl Ray looks?

4. How does Mr.Furtz die? Who did it effect the most?

5. Who does Beth Ann have a date with? How is he described?

  These questions made me think as I read threw the book. I know that the questions will help whoever is reading the book, and and maybe explain what is going on in the story.

       The story I am reading is about a 13 year old girl who was assigned to write a journal over the summer. Mary Lou Finney has no idea what a journal is or how to write one. Her family is caught up in their own lifes, they don’t pay attention to whats going on in each others lifes. Mary’s cousin Carl is coming to stay with the Finney family until he finds a place of his own. He is moving down there to get a job. Mary Lou thought that she liked a boy at school. It turns out he is a jerk. Alex Cheevy is a popular person at her school. Can her family deal with such a pain as Carl? Will Mary find out what to write in her journal before summer break ends?