Down a Dark Hall

   


                                       In Down A Dark Hall the main character is Kit. She is driven by her mom and her step dad. Her real died in a taxi accident. When they got to the boarding school Blackwood. When Kit got to the school she felt the school itself was evil. She got in and was greeted by Madame Duret. Later another three girls came to the school, there were only 4 girls for the entire school. Kit had a dream that her dead dad came back and was there above her. The other girls Sandy,Lynda and Ruth had these dreams too. they wondered why they were chose and not other people. Later they found out they had hidden talents that they never knew about. Lynda was an amazing artist, Sandy could write poems, Kit could make music and Ruth did math she never knew about. After that they all made hideous things with there talents. Stuff started to get weird. There was a blackout Kit was in the office Jules came so he could bring her back in the room they were all in. They found files of the old school Madame Duret had taught at before. There was 24 kids at that school, 4 committed suicide and the rest are all in a mental institute. They get back in the room, Jules tells Madame Duret they have to get out of there. She refuses because she makes a living out of what these girls hidden talents are. Ruth says there not giving it to her and she throws her book in the fireplace. There is now a fire. Blackwood is gone. Will they make it out?

 

 

 

 

 

   I really like this book because of it's good structure. There is a cliffhanger at the end of every paragraph. There is so much suspense in the book and the dialogue plays a major roll in it. I would recommend this book to my friends because they like scary stories and suspense. The end is written so well it has a very good cliffhanger. I have to say this is o ne of the best books I have ever read.

 

 

 

 

I challenge you to read this book. Comment how it was if it was good or bad. No SPOILERS! Thank you for reading

Poetry blog post

   


Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein was born on September 25th 1930. He was born in Chicago,Illinois. He died in 1999 in Key West Florida from a heart attack. He had a great desire to be popular among women and be a sportsman that didn't work out. That inspired him to be a poet. He was enlisted in the army in 1950. He was a musician and composer.

There's a Polar Bear
In our Frigidaire--
He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.
With his seat in the meat
And his face in the fish
And his big hairy paws
In the buttery dish,
He's nibbling the noodles,
He's munching the rice,
He's slurping the soda,
He's licking the ice.
And he lets out a roar
If you open the door.
And it gives me a scare
To know he's in there--
That Polary Bear
In our Fridgitydaire.

 I think he is talking about a person that is super hungry.It stuck out because we had to pick a poem in the 4th grade so I picked this one.I relate to this poem because some times I just want to eat everything in my refrigerator. There is no feeling to this he is just telling.

The rhyme scheme is a,a,a,b,c,d,c,e,f,g,f,h,h,i,i,j,j. The repetition is There's a Polar Bear

In our Frigidaire and That Polary Bear In our Fridgitydaire. The style is a rhyming poem. Using personification and alliteration would make this more interesting if it were a story.

If you want to read Shel Silverstien poems go here http://faculty.weber.edu/chansen/humanweb/projects/MeghanUng/poems.htm .

See if you can find out how many poems SHel Silverstien made and comment them.