Me and you chapter 1

I do not like this book so far, because of the author's slow rhythm. When I was reading the first chapter, I almost fell asleep, because the slots run so slow. The author writes lots of descriptive things, such as the description of environment or argument between Lorenzo and Lorenzo's mother. Too much description makes the book boring, that is why I like mystery and fancy novels, because there are less description and more slots. I like the books which have strong and fast rhythm or slots; however, chapter 1 has many boring things, so I do not like this chapter.

Three best choices

1. 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
2. We were liars
3. The Target

Developing in Spelling Bee

“If you like strange people, you will find I am beautiful”. This is a part of lyrics from my favorite song, which tells a sad love story. This Wednesday, I watched a fantastic musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The show centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School. Six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally quirky grown-ups. This show not only has good characters or actors, but also has excellent musical team, so this is an excellent show.

First of all, the characters are all distinct, this makes this musical interesting and meaningful. My favorite spellers are Leaf, William. They all have their own unique way to live and spell words. For example, Leaf shows up with a pair of pants with mends, a helmet, and a cloak. When he spells words, he yells the words and letters. He seems like a confident boy, but actually he is humbled. He has been told that he was not smart for years. In my opinion, the most important reason of why he joins this competition is that he wants to prove himself. This character makes the show not only interesting, but also significant. William is an arrogant boy, and he spells words by his feet. Before he says the letters aloud, he must use his feet to spell words on the ground. At first, I think this character is so funny, after watching this whole musical, I find this character expresses the main idea. Every character develops during this competition, so does William. In the beginning of the show, he behaves so arrogant, and he seems to be angry all the time. He hardly talks to other spellers, except irony. Even when Olive tries to help him, he refused and pushed Olive. However, in the last few scenes, many things happen, and he changes a lot. Logainne’s father pour some coke on the ground, which means he cannot use his feet to spell words anymore. He is anxious; however, he tries to spell words without his feet, and he succeeds. At last, he becomes more happy and appreciates everything he receives; he even dances with Olive. In my opinion, these two characters are kind of similar; however they both look funny, but they both develop during this competition, which makes this whole show not only interesting but also significant.

Besides distinct characters, good music was the icing on the cake. The musical team works fantastic. This show is musical, so music is necessary. During this musical, I can hear numerous instruments. Several of my friends are performers, and they work so hard that they hardly show up in the dining hall on time. As a result, they make an extremely fantastic show; they express the emotions perfectly. For example, the most impressive scene is when four spellers spell words together, and the music is tensive and intense. The beat of drums is with a sound of pianos or keyboards. Good music makes the plots even the entire drama more impressive, and our musical team does it. Music is the most important part of a musical, so good music was the icing on a cupcake; a cupcake cannot stand alone without icing, and music makes the musical perfect.


In conclusion, this is the most interesting show I have seen in the past one year. I recommend it to all of my friends. In addition, a good book, few distinct characters, professional actors, and fantastic musical band make an excellent show, which is The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.  

Books

1. We were liars.
This is a novel.
A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

2. The Hobbit
This is a fancy fiction.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a fantasy novel and children's book by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.
Set in a time "Between the Dawn of Færie and the Dominion of Men",[1] The Hobbit follows the quest of home-loving hobbit Bilbo Baggins to win a share of the treasure guarded by the dragon, Smaug.

3. The truth about forever.
This is a novel.
The story is about a girl named Macy.

4. Crazy Little Thing
This is a novel.
Sadie Turner can organize just about anything — except her own life. When her cheating spouse topples Sadie’s impeccably tidy world, she packs up her kids for a summer vacation at her aunt’s lake house, hoping to relax, reboot, and formulate a new plan — one that does not include men.

5. The target
This is a novel.
Will Robie and his partner Jessica Reel are called in by the President to take down an international criminal. Baldacci's thrilling page-turner keeps the reader hooked as Robie and Reel hunt down their target, yet become targets themselves.

Spelling bee research

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a long one-act musical comedy conceived by Rebecca Feldman with music and lyrics by William Finn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin and additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School. Six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally quirky grown-ups. 
The musical was based upon C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E, an original improvisational play created by Rebecca Feldman and performed by The Farm, a New-York-based improvisational comedy troupe. 
The musical begins with Rona Lisa Peretti entering the gymnasium to set up. As she passes by the microphone, she has a flashback to the moment when she won the third annual spelling bee by correctly spelling syzygy.
The spelling bee begins, and as each non-audience speller is called forward, the audience learns about his or her background through flashbacks (with other characters in the flashbacks being played by the other spellers on stage, including simple nonspeaking roles played by the audience spellers, as guided by the actors). 

Character: 

• Rona Lisa Peretti
• Vice Principal Douglas Panch 
• Mitch Mahoney
• Olive Ostrovsky
• William Morris Barfée
• Logainne "Schwarzy" SchwartzandGrubenniere 
• Marcy Park
• Leaf Coneybear
• Charlito "Chip" Tolentino 
• Three or four spellers from the audience 

Minor characters (All can be doubled by the actors playing the major characters)

• Carl Grubenierre 
• Dan Schwartz 
• Leaf's Dad
• Leaf’s Mom
• Leaf’s Siblings
• Olive’s Mom and Dad
• Jesus Christ

poems

Goat
The goat slow eats grass 
A girl comes and gives it water, 
She brings it to home. 

Umbrella It is sunny here, 
But it is raining in my heart, 
give me a umbrella.

If you jump I jump,
I rather never meet you,
Love is dangerous.

Haiku

Today Was Not Oursby Odhiambo Gilbert Francis

Today was not ours 
Two souls plan as their hearts wish 
The gods have said NO