Jenalee-+Tammy

=Jenalee,= When I first started the book, I thought -- oh no, total teenage drama. However, after about the 4th chapter, I realized what the book was trying to do in giving different perspectives on the same situation. As a result, I did enjoy the book and find that it had many twists and "learning" lessons for teenagers and adults.\

I know you said that it would have been nice if Julianna had kissed back but keep in mind that these are still 8th graders..... As an adult, I love the fact that there are still books out there that still protect innocence. Also, Bryce didn't deserve the kiss. No matter how much one likes someone, he/she should never allow oneself to be taken advantage. At that point, Bryce had shown Julianna nothing but heartache. Not until Bryce planted a Sycamore tree, did Bryce truly show that he cared enough for her.

My favorite part of the book was when Julianna talked about her father and when she talked about her feelings when in the Sycamore tree. Then, at the end, when Bryce planted the Sycamore tree. This truly was the "perfect" ending because it showed that he "recognized" what Julianna truly cared about. That's the key -- we should do for others what THEY appreciate -- not what we do because it isn't about us!!!! Great book, great partner and I hope you got an "A". See ya Tues night (although I may be a little disheveled as we have track before ! LOL!)

Have a great weekend (and don't forget your Mom on Mother's Day!) I hope you are having a great time at Six Flags as well.

Tammy = Week 4 Jenalee Long =

Pages read: 1-212

My opinion on the book //Flipped// was that it was very interesting and exciting. I liked //Flipped// because it never got boring to read. It was always exciting and new things were always going on. I loved the characters in the book also.

Yes, I liked this book because it was very fascinating with all the things happening in Julianna’s personal life and Bryce’s personal life also.

I believe anyone could read this book because it’s not boring or too immature. You can really get into reading this book. I believe the lesson that the book was trying to teach us in never settle for anything less than you deserve. I believe that was the lesson of the story because Julianna had a major crush on Bryce but he treated her very poorly so she finally gave up on him even when he tried to apologize.

Did you find this book to “immature” for adults? Did you enjoy it? What did YOU like about it?

I would of changed the ending of the book to where Julianna liked Bryce still and when he went into the kiss she would of kissed him back because I think after how long Julianna has liked Bryce, she should still be willing to forgive him.

Student Evaluation
I really enjoyed the book //Flipped// because it was so interesting to me. I thought it was very interesting how Julianna could get over Bryce so quick. After Julianna has liked Bryce since age seven when it comes to Bryce liking her back FINALLY, she doesn’t like him anymore because he treated her badly. Julianna thought Bryce was a jerk and couldn’t take it anymore. She gave up on his completely. She told everyone she was completely over him no matter what, “supposedly”. I thought maybe it was kind of a good thing that Julianna was over Bryce because he did treat her very unfair but, the truth of it was he really liked her just didn’t want to show it to everyone. Bryce was talking badly about Julianna and her mentally challenged uncle and Julianna overheard him. Julianna was very upset about what she heard and hated Bryce’s guts for it. Julianna was so upset with Bryce when it came to voting the cutest basketball boys for a auction, she didn’t even vote for Bryce. Julianna voted for someone else even though the boy wasn’t all that cute but, he was really nice and Julianna thought he deserved it. When it came to the Basket boy auction though, Julianna was still very upset with Bryce and truthfully didn’t like him but she didn’t want to see him go on a date with someone else like Darla. Darla was planning on bidding on Bryce so she could go on a nice lunch with him but Julianna seemed really jealous cause SHE was the one that liked Bryce since she was seven years old. Therefore, Julianna was planning to out bid Darla at the auction. While bidding Julianna saw the boy she voted for, the one that wasn’t cute but super nice, and when it came his turned to be auctioned, no one bidded on him. Julianna felt horrible because she was the one that got him into this mess, therefore, Julianna decided to speak up and bid for him. Julianna’s day obviously didn’t turn out as planned because she spent her whole money on someone she didn’t really want to go to lunch with. Then it was Bryce’s turn, Bryce had a lot of bids and they kept going and going. Shelly and Miranda was stuck between each other, they just bidded back and forth. Finally, they decided it wouldn’t be too bad to team up so they both went on a lunch with him. During the lunch Miranda and Shelly started fighting and Bryce just walked away. Bryce went to find Julianna; Bryce took Julianna by both hands and asked her if she really liked him, then, Bryce went in for a kiss. Julianna was in shock and backed away. Bryce was speechless and upset because he thought Julianna still liked him and he wanted to make it up to her. Bryce wanted to show Julianna she actually did like her a lot. He came to realize that when he is mad at her or doesn’t talk to him he really misses her. When he sees her now he sees a beautiful girl, not just some over obsessed girl that is in love with him. But, Bryce totally ruined the relationship it could’ve been by talking behind her back and now she doesn’t even want to talk to him at all. Julianna is completely over Bryce and she never wants anything more than friends or even friends at the moment.

Thank you very much for being my partner! (: You were great!! LOL.

Week 3 Adult: Tammy Powers Jennalee, I am excited that you liked the book so much that you wrote a "book". LOL. Thanks for your concern about track but, to be honest, we haven't missed that many practices and the girls have been really great to work with this year. We've had several injuries but I think it has actually brought the team closer together, which is always a positive.

I'm glad you are enjoying the book. I love the "twist" about the Julianna's family having a mentally challenged uncle as a result of the umbilical cord only to find that Bryce's fate could have been the same. I love the way this book portrays that there is always another side to EVERY story. In my office, I deal with this daily. I see kids who are struggling and appear "lazy", "lonely", "hateful" and are sometimes called this by others. Yet, when I hear their story, I many times realize how lucky I am and how, more than ever, we have to look at all the angles of the situation.

When looking at the family dynamics, do you see your family in either situation? You said that you see yourself as Julianna in the way of forgiveness. That's not a negative -- it's actually a fantastic positive trait (I tend to hold grudges and am really trying to work on that).

Has this book changed you? Your view? Your reaction(s) to things?

I need to go as school is about to begin and I have hall duty. Have a great weekend! BTW, let me know if I need to write more or about more specific "book" related issues.

Student: Jenalee Long Book Title: //Flipped// Pages Read: 109

// Flipped //
My reading for the week I learned that Bryce faced his fears and annoyance. He got tired of Julianna being angry at him so he finally confronted her. Bryce apologized about the Sycamore tree and told her, her lawn looked nice now. He told her he didn’t mean to be rude. Julianna forgiven Bryce and now they are friends again. I believe that Julianna has a very nice personality but somewhat annoying. She doesn’t know she is being bothering to others though. I think Julianna is very forgiving; she forgave Bryce when he did something very wrong and hurt her. I think I’d like to be friends with Julianna because she kinda has a similar personality to me. Even when I shouldn’t forgive someone I always do. When she is sad and hurt she always tries to brighten someone else’s day even if she cant brighten her own.

**Partner Chat!!! **

Tammy,

What I have read for week 3 is that Julianna has forgiven Bryce for he has done to her. Bryce hurt Julianna by throwing all her eggs away when she spent all her time and hard dedication into giving those eggs to him and trying to make him happy. Julianna would sell eggs to her other neighbors for $2 but, Julianna gave Bryce’s family free eggs every week. It was more of a routine for Bryce, he would take the eggs shove them in the garage can before his father would see him and take the trash out. One day, as Bryce was going through his normal routine after Bryce brought eggs over as he was going to take the garage out, Julianna happened to still be on the porch. Neither Bryce nor Julianna had any idea what she was still doing there. Julianna couldn’t happen to notice Bryce hurry and shove something in the garage so, Julianna offered Bryce some help to take the garage out and when she went to grab she saw the brand new carton of eggs she just brought over a few minutes ago. Julianna was in shock, she thought the eggs were cracked but when she opened the carton, all the eggs were in perfect condition. Julianna sobbed and asked Bryce what was going on. Bryce told her him and his family was afraid of getting sick from the eggs because her yard was so filthy. Julianna sat there for a second and told him she sold the eggs to the other neighbors and when she gave him perfect eggs for free, he threw them away? Julianna was so upset because she could’ve got a lot of money off the eggs she gave to Bryce. Bryce felt horrible because he had no idea she was selling them to the other neighbors, if Bryce would of knew she was, he probably would’ve used the eggs. Bryce has never seen Julianna cry once before that day. Julianna ran home crying. After that day, Julianna never talked to Bryce again, in fact, she completely ignored him. He tried to get her to notice him but she didn’t care. She never even tried to talk to him or anything. Julianna started working on her yard and cleaning it. Bryce’s grandfather noticed Julianna going through all the trouble and offered to help her. For weeks Julianna and Bryce’s grandfather, that-never-talks-to-Bryce, worked on the yard together. Bryce got tired of seeing his grandfather having a great time with his enemy at the moment! Bryce finally worked up the nerve to go over to Julianna as she was working, and tell her the yard looked a lot better. Julianna was very happy and she was happy that Bryce apologized for hurting her. Julianna started talking with Bryce again and she was telling him how great his grandfather was and told him that his grandfather said “Julianna, you remind me a lot like my wife” Bryce was in shock and then came to the conclusion that is why he has been helping her out the last few weeks. Bryce’s father and grandfather never got along. They got in a huge argument at supper because of his grandfather helping Julianna out. Bryce’s father also didn’t really like Julianna because she could be aggravating. Julianna’s father was talking about Julianna in kind of a crude way. Bryce’s grandfather got very upset. His grandfather talked about why he was helping her out because her uncle was in a very hard state of mind and they didn’t have much. Julianna’s father’s brother was born mentally ill. He wasn’t as smart as other people and he couldn’t get a job and pay bills on his own so he depended on his brother for help. Julianna’s family didn’t spend much money on their house. They rented a house off of someone and they couldn’t do anything to change the house on the outside because the landlord told them he would take care of it. The landlord never done anything to their house. He left it alone so Julianna told them that she had to do something to make it look nicer. They gave in and let her clean the house up a little bit. That was when Bryce’s grandfather came into picture and started a friendship with Julianna. When Bryce’s father and grandfather got into the argument at supper Bryce didn’t know what to do. He just sat there and kind of kept to him self. Bryce’s grandfather pointed out that he helped them because how would it be to have a brother with a mental illness. Bryce found out he was supposed to be mentally ill. He came into the world with the cord wrapped around his neck but the doctor got him unwrapped before he could cut off oxygen to his brain. Bryce’s mother had a meltdown after he said that. She ran to her room and cried. His grandfather felt bad about what he said so he wanted to get out of the chaotic house and go for a walk. He offered Bryce to go along and Bryce accepted, even though he really just wanted to go to his room and pout over the supper they had, but he wanted a chance to get closer to his grandfather so he took it. Ever since that walk, Bryce felt a strong connection with his grandfather. I think what I read this week was very interesting. It interested me how Bryce just now learned about him having a cord wrapped around his neck twice when he was born. Bryce was a very lucky baby for not being born with mental disabilities.

Tammy, That is great that this book has helped you out in such a way! Weird too! I hope all this rain clears off for you track members! I’m sure it is hard to have good practices when there is so much rain!! Ahhh! It’s like off and on. Well, Hope you have a nice weekend! P.s. I think it is good that you go the book finished! Although, I think I might be a little behind right now! L Btw, Sorry for writing so much. Lol.