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  Reader Profile: Ms. Pahomov

Posted by Larissa Pahomov in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 9:12 am
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Ms. Pahomov hates it when strangers ask her “what book are you teaching in your English class right now?” Usually it means they want to just talk about what they liked to read (or not) in high school. When she was in high school, people told her she was a “fast reader,” and that was a bad thing for her, because she often read too quickly and missed the details. There are a lot of books she likes better now that she slowed down when reading, like “The Great Gatsby,” which she has probably read ten times at this point, each year when she teaches it. She is proud of the fact that she has the stamina for long books, but is more likely to carry around something that is 200 pages or less in her backpack.

One of the great sadnesses of her school year is that she uses so much of her brain to read and respond to student work that she has limited capacity to read on her own. She also recently discovered that she is old enough to have read books and COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN what they are about. Take, for example, the novel “Cat’s Cradle” by Kurt Vonnegut. She is certain she read it as a teen, but a student asked her about the plot recently and she couldn’t remember a thing. She is a little bit worried that this represents the rest of her life: forgetting things and having to go back to them.

One of her great joys of the school year is when she gets to read alongside her students in class. Her plan is to re-read “Cat’s Cradle” as soon as she finishes “Bone” by Fae Myenne Ng. The hardest time for her to read is on a plane or train. She always tells herself that she will, but she’d much rather listen to music and look out the window. She is a little bit ashamed of the fact that she never reads in German anymore, although she can. Never enough time!

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Reader Profile: Jamie Polson

Posted by Olivia Cooper in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:40 am

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Practice Makes Progress, the book of his life, Jamie is a comedic juggler who also dabbles in puppetry. Jamie’s favorite childhood book is the first Harry Potter, The Sorcerer’s Stone because he likes the fantasy and the imagery. He also relates to the characters. His desert island book would be either The Golden Compass or The Book Thief because both are somewhat uplifting and show triumphant main characters. If Jamie could be a book, he’d be a comedy because he thinks that he is pretty funny and he knows funny people. If he could throw any book out the window it’s be Donald Trump’s biography.

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Reader Profile | Cindy Chen

Posted by Malachi Johnson in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:39 am

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Cindy can only read when she’s sitting, looking straight down at the book. The reason for this is because reading sideways or upside down is just simply too distracting for her to focus on the words. She prefers the room to be at a warm temperature, because if its too cold she’s too focused on staying warm. That’s just too much to worry about while reading.. you know? If Cindy was in a book it would have to be Divergent, due to the fact that simply all of the characters are just such savages and ruthless, and she would love to be on that level of savagery. Her favorite genre is fiction, because it’s very interesting and the storylines are much more creative, whereas to non fiction books being boring and predictable. The ending of the book can’t be too happy because that’s cheesy, or too sad cause that’s depressing. If her life was book the title would be “Confused”.

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Reader Profile // Jack Celli

Posted by Kaamil Jones in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:39 am

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Jack Celli has read tons of books throughout her years so it was great to have a little reading convo. Jack is currently reading an Insane crazy and sometimes duschy book. When asked the title of her own book based on her life he she said it would be called “Oops I over scheduled” due to her continuous episodes of over booking. When it comes to living with characters she chose the Charming witty and clever idot William Harington from The Infernal Devices. Her favorite thing about reading is that it takes her to so many different places where she gets to meet tons of new people.

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Reader Profile: Madison Militello

Posted by James Thomas in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:39 am

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Madison Militello, the main character in the book “No Direction,” has no goal in life just yet. She has been quoted to say “I don’t know what I’m doing” in response to why she is starring in this book. She has also said that she enjoys reading books that she’s in to. This includes Corduroy, one of her favorite books from her childhood. The soft pages in the book always bring back the feels for her. Her favorite type of book is in the Realistic Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction category, books like Divergent. While she’s reading, she doesn’t like eating, as it distracts her from focusing on her book. The one character that always stays with her through her life is Ponyboy from the Outsiders, you know, cuz he’s the coolest.

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Reader Profiles

Posted by Obie Hazzard in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:38 am

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Scott is reading and amazing book called The Book Theif. This is not a book from his childhood however, Scott use to like a book known as Camp Jackson because it is like a detective story and he really enjoyed learning how a detective works. A book Scott would like to throw out a window would be Macbeth because of the way he had spoke. Scott also said that his reading weak spot is that he will stop reading a book if it is to long or just plain boring.

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Reading Profile : Sam M

Posted by Sarith Chuon in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:38 am

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Sam have been reading books since the age of 2, and she loves the book “A bad case of stripes” as a child, but loves “A wrinkle in time” because its her favorite book of all time, and will reread it multiple times. She’d love to be friends with the book she’s reading right now if it was a person, since the protagonist is a high schooler, and the protagonist is pretty cool to hang out with.

Her favorite reading postion, is laying on her side, with candles lit, the lights are dim, and nice slow music playing(exaggerated), while reading a nice book. She hates “Anne Frank” and would burn it, because it wasn’t interesting since it was just about her love story, but praise “Macbeth” because of how interesting the book is the more you read it. Sam so nice, that she’d be BFF’s with Kevin from “We need to talk about Kevin”, when she had the choice of choosing 1 character from any book, but chose Kevin because she felt bad on how Kevin didn’t have friends.

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Reader profile: Olivia Cooper

Posted by Jamie Polson in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:38 am

Olivia is reading a book called “Confessions of a hater” by Caprice Crane. Olivia said that if she was the director of her book made into a movie that she would make it into a drama even though it is a comedy because Olivia wants to see it have more drama in it. Olivia also said that some reading challenges she has are comprehension and focus. Olivia said that she often gets distracted from whatever she happens to be reading. If Olivia was on a dessert island and had to choose one book to bring she said that she would would bring the outsiders because that was the first book that she read and liked.

Olivia said that if there was a book inspired by her life that it would be called Liv’s Lemons because sometimes life can be sour. If Olivia was sranded on an island and could be stuck with one charictor from her book she would want to be stuck with “Andy” because he is smart, kind and an understanding person. Olivia enjoys comedy and satire books because she feels that she can relate to them more. Olivia wants to throw the book thief out a window because she thought it was sad and boring and unrelatable. Olivia wants to be the kind of reader that can read for fun not just for school and wants to try and find the deeper meaning in books.

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Reader Profile Malachi Johnson

Posted by Cindy Chen in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:37 am

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Malachi loves to read fictions book, and if given the chance he would throw non-fiction books out the window. He finds them boring. Malachi likes to read in class no matter how loud or quiet it is. He just can’t be in a too comfortable position or he would fall asleep. Malachi doesn’t like to eat while he is reading since it distracts him on his books and make him focus more on eating. His favorite position while reading is laying on one side because it makes him feel like he’s reading on his own time instead of a assignment. But Malachi can’t be in the same position for too long and have to moves to get his focus game on. If Malachi book was a magical weapon, it would be a wristband that makes him fly and glow because he likes it simple.

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Reader Profile: Noah Marand

Posted by Pablo Salvatierra in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:37 am

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 Reading isn't Noah Marand's favorite thing to do, and he definitely tries to avoid anything tome-like in size.  He says that after awhile, big books just seem boring to him. He prefers a quick read, and often chooses to read things for lower age groups. Its just more fun to read for him, and has given him some reading he can be proud of. Noah reads for an exciting or fun story, not for a bunch of complaining or boredom. That's why if he had to throw any book out of a window, it would be Diary Of A Wimpy Kid. Noah doesn't find it fun, exciting, or in anyway engaging, instead he just sees a bunch of boring complaining. Noah wants his books to move with energy, which is why one of the genres Noah actively reads for fun is comic books. Noah is looking for a fun read, and doesn't have time to read, what to him at least, are huge boring books, especially those filled with characters who can't seem to get a move on already.
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Reader Profile: Paul-Ann Whyte

Posted by Gil Rosen in English 3 · Pahomov · A Band on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:37 am

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  1. What is the book from your childhood that you still love? 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, because it is also a song and she likes to sing it in her head.
  2. What’s your reading weak spot? If it doesn’t catch her attention immediately, she can’t continue with the book and stops reading it all together.
  3. What book would you toss out the window? Modelland by Tyra Banks, because it was confusing, weird, and she never knew what was happening.
  4. If your life was a book title, what book title would it be? She would be “It’s kind of a funny story” because the title fits her.
  5. What book world would you live in and why? Naruto because she wants to be a ninja.
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