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Divergent Trilogy Book Review

The Divergent trilogy, by Veronica Roth, is a series I just finished. I absolutely loved it! The storyline was fantastic and kept me excited for what was coming next the whole time, and the writing was great too. It was an awesome trilogy. For those of you who don’t know, it is about a girl named Beatrice, Tris for short, who lives in a city separated into factions, which are groups organized by what you think is most important. There is Abnegation, the selfless, Dauntless the brave, Amity the peaceful, Erudite the intelligent, and Candor the honest. When someone becomes 16, they take a test that shows which faction they should be in, but there are people that are called Divergent, people that belong in more than one faction who are said to threaten the faction system and are hunted down and killed. The day after they take the test, they choose their faction, and they are allowed to choose whatever they want. Tris comes from Abnegation, and she is Divergent. She chooses Dauntless as her faction and changes everything.

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Reflections on the Fires in San Diego

Dear Blogging Friends,

Thank you so much for your kind thoughts!  Fortunately, the low clouds and sea breeze that are typical for this time of year have cooled things down and given the firefighters a chance to contain the fires.  For once, no one is complaining about the May gray.

Today, many of my students posted reflections on how the fires touched their lives this past week.  I invite you to check them out and comment.

http://davidsah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/a-fire-good-for-some-people-horrible-for-others/

http://devlinoah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/fire-storm/

http://jennasah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/san-diego-fires/

http://khaeleah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/the-fires/

http://marinaaah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/ignited/

http://nicholascah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/how-did-the-fire-affect-me/

http://skylareah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/california-fires/

http://sydneyrah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/fires/

http://noahbah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/fire-and-water/

http://poseidon96ah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/fire-the-destructive-force-that-brought-us-4-day-weekends/

http://mayapah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/fires-and-a-new-story/

http://amarakah14.edublogs.org/2014/05/19/how-fire-can-impact-a-community/

If you do decide to comment, don’t forget to leave a link to your own blog!

Thanks again for your kind thoughts!