Stephanie-Jamie

= = = = = Week 3  Adult: Jamie Mahaffey  = Student: Stephanie Book Title: //Stargirl// Stargirl gets told that nobody likes her and she couldn’t believe it and didn’t like what she was hearing from people. I think it was rude telling that to Stargirl. This girl telling the story pulled her by the arm and then they became friends. They held hands and sat by each other at lunch. The personality traits that I would want is her being happy and caring and she doesn’t care what anyone thinks of her and that she is just being herself and isn’t afraid to show it. Yes I would like to be her friend because I think that she is a good person and would be a good friend. . I think that Stargirl and this other girl will become good friends and then everyone will want to be friends with Stargirl after they realize how she is. I think there is another side of Stargirl though. I think that she is keeping a secret. I have mostly been riding the three-wheeler and hanging out with friends. I have also been going down to the old house and playing with some baby raccoons. They are so cute! I have also been training my puppy new tricks and playing with her. I also wrote a song and have been practicing it just me and my guitar. My dad’s friend Steve has helped me with the music. Steve is like my uncle and he is pretty cool.

Week 4: from Jamie

Stargirl and Leo seemed to be the happiest couple on earth. They went to Stargirl’s enchanted place and just hung out. Everything seemed perfect, until Leo realized that at school, nobody acknowledged them. Once he noticed it, it bothered him more every day. He asked Archie about it and the question was asked: //Whose affection do you value more, hers or the others’?// Stargirl seemed to not notice the students and even more seemed to not care. Leo gave himself some space from Stargirl for a few days, but finally she confronted him. He told her his concern of the other students and what they thought. The next day Stargirl, now Susan, appeared at school looking exactly what everyone else looked like. It didn’t change the student’s opinions of her. They still did not talk to her. Susan went to the oratorical contest and was so excited because she had a vision that when returning, the students would have a rally for her accomplishment. She won the competition, but when returned to the school, there was only Dori Delson to congratulate her. Stargirl and Leo seemed to be over. She knew he would not ask her to go to the Ocotillo Ball. Leo did not even go to the Ball but Stargirl went by herself. Leo watched from a distance as slowly Stargirl began to lead the dances and people started talking to her, and dancing with her, and following Stargirl everywhere. After the night at the ball, Stargirl was never seen again. Leo grew up and continued to visit Archie. He showed him Stargirls office which was Archie’s shed. Leo continued to think about Stargirl all of the time, and even received a porcupine necktie for his birthday.

I enjoyed the book a lot. I think every teenager should read this book because it teaches us how school life is and how it affects people. Stargirl was an “outcast” because she was nice and different. She thought of other people before herself. The main character changes in the middle of the story. Stargirl transformed herself into Susan for a while but by the end she was Stargirl again. She realized there was no point in trying to be someone she was not. This book teaches the life lessons of: do not care what other people think about you and always be yourself.

I would change the end of the book by having Leo and Stargirl at least meet and see each other again. Since they are both more mature now, I think they would act differently towards each other and around other people. I would like the questions answered: what happened to Stargirl? Why didn’t she show her face when she gave Leo the necktie? Did they ever see each other again?

Thank you so much for choosing this book. I really enjoyed it and I will see you on the 11th to finalize discussion!

= = = = = = = = = = = Week 3 Adult: Jamie Mahaffey = Student: Stephanie Book Title: //Stargirl//

Stargirl gets told that nobody likes her and she couldn’t believe it and didn’t like what she was hearing from people. I think it was rude telling that to Stargirl. This girl telling the story pulled her by the arm and then they became friends. They held hands and sat by each other at lunch. The personality traits that I would want is her being happy and caring and she doesn’t care what anyone thinks of her and that she is just being herself and isn’t afraid to show it. Yes I would like to be her friend because I think that she is a good person and would be a good friend.

I think that Stargirl and this other girl will become good friends and then everyone will want to be friends with Stargirl after they realize how she is. I think there is another side of Stargirl though. I think that she is keeping a secret.

I have mostly been riding the three-wheeler and hanging out with friends. I have also been going down to the old house and playing with some baby raccoons. They are so cute! I have also been training my puppy new tricks and playing with her. I also wrote a song and have been practicing it just me and my guitar. My dad’s friend Steve has helped me with the music. Steve is like my uncle and he is pretty cool.

Week 3: from Jamie Stargirl is obviously the protagonist or the main character. Her character is the ideal "nicest" person. She not only find the good in everyone, but even cheers for the opposite team during the basketball games. When Kovac's main player broke his ankle, Stargirl was there to hold his head even though she had no idea who he was. I personally think that if Stargirl continued to cheer for the other teams, and her own teammates joined her, then they would have gotten further in the season. Leo is the antagonist. Up until now, Leo has just sat back and observed Stargirl as an outsider, but since Stargirl has let Leo know that she loves him, he is not afraid to talk to her and hang out with her.

I would like to acquire Stargirl's traits of treating everybody equal. During our own basketball games, we wouldn't dream of cheering when the other team makes a basket. If everyone would do that, the games would be more exciting. I think of Stargirl as being what everyone should be in life and Leo as what we actually are in life.

I would definitly want to be friends with Stargirl because it would make me a better person. She lets Leo come with her to her enchanted places and she also lets Leo in on her secrets of how she knows everything. Stargirl drops coins randomly when walking down a sidewalk. Her reasoning is that for a little kid to find a coin, would make their day. Who wouldn't want to be friends with someone like that?

My prediction for the next week, is that somehow Leo and Stargirl will separate. I think Stargirl will disappear and Leo will continue to live by Stargirls spirits and continue her random kindness to people.

I'm so glad to hear that you have written your own song! I would love to hear it.