Sunday, April 26, 2009

page 40-55

5 comments
  • These guys really based their lives all around football, some weren't able to read good enough for their age.
  • The football player's are more like heros in there town
  • If only boobie was as a good a student as he was an athlete, then he would truley be a great Student-athlete.
  • whats the point of telling about the situation with the stadium.
  • they have a strong community behind them supporting them.
4 questions
  • Even though boobie was a good football player how were his grades, since he was getting so many letters from all these colleges?
  • What could life look like for the players after they graduate?
  • Is the town just as supporter ask that agin because the didn' treally with the blackshg words I don't know
  • Are they just going to end up useing boobie even though he has a bad knee
3 words i do'nt know
  • intricate
  • contemplating
  • crevice
2 literary terms
  • "he made it look like"- simile
  • forshadowing-
summary
Begins to talk about how he got here .


pages 56-70
5comments
  • boobies carrier is officially over
  • his uncle sould have encouraged him to do better in school

4 questions
  • What is boobie mile going to do without football?
  • What is curbed services?

3 words i don't know

2 words i don't know
  • accoutrements
  • gauzy
summary

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Friday night lights by H.G. BISSINGER

prologue
5 comments
  • The narrator is very sarcastic, most likely the climax of the story is going to be when his personality changes and he becomes more serious .
  • as of right now football is seeming like an actually war the way he is describing the player's feelings.
  • the quarter back seems to live a ruff life, and he doesn't seem to have a close relationship with his parents.
  • excitement seems to get him more focused.
  • chavez's seems like the one who is going somewhere in life.
4 question
  • why would they need police escorts?
  • It seems like one of the players is going to die or something, is something that bad going to happen?
  • are they going to lose the game?
  • is this game going to decide their future?
3 words I don't know
  • hating
  • agonized
  • retching
2 literary terms
  • "wondering around in his uniform as the minuets dripped away"- imagery
  • "As in in civil war, goodwill and love disintegrated and members of the town turned on each other"- metaphor
summary
The begining felt more like a climax. It was all about the first game that the Permian pathners lost of what was a perfect football season. It was also a chance to get to known the charcters and what football means to them and how important the game is to their future.


pages 21-40

5 comments
  • i just realized that the begining was a flashforward to what is going to happen.
  • This group of permian panthers, unlike past players, is going to be remembered long after the season is over.
  • the coach even seems like football is the only thing he knowns he even refers to the players as a special breed.
  • footballl seems more like a religon to the coachs.
  • there is a lot of tension when the other team is playing odessa
4 questions
  • when is boobie going to play agian?
  • Are the readers going to learn the story of other players on the team in this chapter
  • Where and how did there school get alll that money.
  • how did the building burn down?
3 literary terms
  • "it was a littleafter six in the morning......with no signs of life except the perpetual glar of the convenience store lights.."-setting
  • "It was enshrined in the balc carpet, and the black-and-white cabinets, and the black rug"-repitetion

2 words i dont know
  • congealed
  • perpetual
summary
it's the beginging of the season, the team is geeting ready for what is going to be a war.