Dear Calla, 

You're going through a hard time right now having to go back to your hometown and all to try to find your mother. After finding out that she has taken all of your savings and you need that for school and the things that you need."Calla we have found out that all of your money has been taken out of your savings, and you cant attend school this fall is you don’t find the money before time. I'm sorry Calla." (p.g.25) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra-Om7UMSJc 

So now you're in your hometown trying to find your mother you check your old house and she's nowhere to be found. "This house is a wreck all these dirty clothes everywhere where could she be?" (p.g.31) Now you don’t know what to do but go to your mothers Mona's she owns Calla goes to the bar starts asking around the bar and everyone keeps saying I haven't seen Mona in about 2 weeks or so. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NPBIwQyPWE 

Calla asked a men who looked liked he was running the place so she asked him and he tells her the same thing everyone else did. Then he asked "Why would you like to know? oh wait a minute are you her daughter I'm so sorry about that"(p.g.35) he then asked her what her name was and she told him Calla then she said what's yours and he told her Jackson but everyone calls me Jax. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hT6O7lFhH8 

Calla needs a job now since she couldn’t find her mother anywhere so gets one at Monas and when she does that her and jax start to hangout with each other and when people start doing that they get feelings really quickly for one another. One night at the bar the bar was closed and Calla and Jax were in the office and Jax kissed her "Did Jax just kiss me I think he did he did OMG!!!"(p.g.54) That night Calla got her first kiss in her life and she is 21 years old she was in shock and after that kiss Jax just left without saying a word. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUOcHg5ijg 

The next day Calla went to work and Jax was acting like nothing happened the night before. Callas uncle came in the bar and he had no idea that she was back in town so he comes up to her and says "hey baby girl you need to pack up and go back where you came from its no good for you here that’s why you left in the first place remember".(p.g.59) Calla tells him what's going with her mother taking all of her savings and that she came down here o find her mother for taking it her money but is nowhere to be found and he tells her that’s probably true about 2 weeks ago she ran off with this guy named Rooster and took it then. Calla tells him she has to stay down here till she get all the money for her to go back to school in the fall or wont be able to go back. 

Dear: Melinda



SPEAK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FJO6b8GL3M
Right Thru Me: Nicki Minaj

''The girl behind me taps me on the shoulder with her long black nails''. ''The girl pokes me harder''. ''Aren't you the one who called the cops at Kyle Rodger's party at the end of the summer''?'' A block of ice freezes our section of bleachers''(27-28 ).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWa5ItXqCQo
 Nobody's Business: Rihanna

''My plane is to walk towards the auditorium with the rest of the crowd then duck in a bathroom until the coast is clear''. I would have made it past the teachers with no problems but I forgot one factor heather. just as the escape  bathroom comes in sight heather calls my name runs up and grabs my arm.(26 )

Looking for myself: Usher
''I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude and I don't have anyone to sit next with''. I am an outcast''.( 4)

Apologize: Timberland
''Heather: I am so sorry mellie. I cant believe I said those things to you''. ''you have been so sweet to me. this room instant big enough for all this emotion I leave without saying goodbye''. ( 40)


sincerely; KIARA

The Maze Runner

           

Dear Thomas,

                    I put together a playlist of songs that I think you will like. These songs also tie in to experiences that have happened in your life. The first song relates to how you didn't know who you were and where you were in life when you were first put in the maze. The song i picked is about finding out who you are and being real with yourself.

Song; The Trillest -Meek Mill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDES2d-Aw_U

                    I have another song that I thing would relate to your life, it relates to you because you were a newbie to the community in the Maze and everyone treated you like one. After being treated like a newbie for so ling you became a runner which is looked up to, so you worked your way to the top from the bottom. The song I chose is about stating from nothing and then getting on the top which is why it relates to your life

Song: Started from the bottom - Drake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RubBzkZzpUA
                   Another song i chose relates to your life because you had trouble meeting new people and were the new kid and were trying to make friends. The artist on the song talks about trying to make real friends and not fake ones and how he wasn't accepted.

Song: And he gets the girl -Lupe Fiasco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy4D_wGGtM0

                  A great song I think you will like and will relate to your life is about a rapper growing up if a tough place and trying to get out of the ghetto by any means. I think this relates to your life because you were growing up in the maze which is a tough place and would do anything to get out.

Song: A tale of two Citiez -J, Cole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU3pBtS1lK0
                  The last song I picked relates to how if you try hard enough you can do anything. It took a long time for you to get out of the maze and it took bravery and dedication. In the song the rapper talks about if you try hard enough you can do anything like you tried really hard to make a way ou of the maze and you did.

Song: 95 til infinity -Joey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1yGG8jMSTI

Monsters

By: Will Newberry

 "Jumpman" by Drake is talking about how they were accused of something that they didn’t do. “Why am I in here with all these terrible people?” (156.)   Futurehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUzjhl80MVI&feature=player_detailpage

"Back to Back" by Drake is about how someone was saying stuff that isn’t true. “James was Steve there when you walked into the store? James said “yes he was in the store before the robbery” (200.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMCDWIwSP70&feature=player_detailpage

 "Work Hard, Play Hard" by Wiz Khalifa this song talks about how you always have to stay positive and work hard to get where you want to be. “I just need to tell myself every day that I’m innocent and just stay out of trouble” (188.)

 "Hallelujah" by Jeff is talking about how he fought through the ups and downs and became a better person. “After the trail, my father with tears in his tears, held me close and said that he was thankful that I did not have to go to jail.” (230.) 

Buckleyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y8AWFf7EAc4

Blog post 
By: Jerome Gordon 
  Dear Thomas, 


      The Maze Runner was a book filled with action and adventure centering a character named Thomas. He was new to the “Glade”. He couldn’t remember anything from his past but his name.  He get small flash backs to his past but they are really faint and hard to understand what they are flashing back to. He wanted to be a runner who goes through the maze during the day and look for a way out of the maze but he was the new guy and nobody would give him a chance. 
    I chose this song for you because never gave up on what you promised Chuck before he died. Like when in the story it said “I promised him!" he screamed, realizing even as he did so that his voice was laced with something wrong. Almost insanity. "I promised I'd save him, take him home! I promised him!” ( 358) This shows that you never gave up because you promised Chuck something and even though that he died you still wants to keep your promise to him.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-n9W2lyyU )
    I also choose this song for you because you were smart. Like in the story it says "Are they changed because they want to go back to their old life, or is it because they're so depressed at realizing their old life was no better than what we have now?"(149) This shows that he is smart because he had just learned about “charging” and when he asked a question it made Newt, Alby and the others consider what they just whiteness  in those who have gone through it. 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cb9ltG273o)
   Next I choose this song because you are smart. Like in the text it says “Thomas swallowed, wondering how he could ever go out there. His desire to become a Runner had taken a major blow. But he had to do it. Somehow he KNEW he had to do it. It was such an odd thing to feel, especially after what he'd just seen... Thomas knew he was a smart kid- he somehow felt it in his bones. But nothing about this place made any sense. Except for one thing. He was supposed to be a Runner. Why did he feel that so strongly? And even now, after seeing what lived in the maze?” (39)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcgyH3BBqaw)

   Next I choose this song for you because you are fearless. Like in the story it says “If you ain’t scared,” Alby said, “you ain’t human. Act any different and I’d throw you off the Cliff because it’d mean you’re a psycho.” ( 9). This shows that you are fearless because you weren`t scared of being thrown off the cliff. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsa4h5VFsEQ)
   I hope that you like my playlist that I send you because I think that it describes you pretty well from what I know about you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-n9W2lyyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cb9ltG273o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcgyH3BBqaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsa4h5VFsEQ

Novel Playlist                                                                                                       By Spencer Deliz

Song 1-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WyWsW43tcg
Rocky, A$AP. "ASAP Rocky- Excuse Me." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2015.
Quote: "I hate this new town Marysville, terrific" From the song: "I guess the new me is going to take some getting use to."

Song 2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRaFMlZ1YHA
Cole, J. "J. Cole - Apparently." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2015.
Quote: "Me and my mom got each other wet, my dad came in ad didn't look happy after work with his friend. So mom pulled out with the change jar and gave me 4 quarters to go get milk." in the song the singer say "I'm so sorry that I left you there to deal with that alone, I need to treat you better, I love you momma."

Song 3-http: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=twenty+one+pilots+stressed+out&go=Submit+Query&qs=bs&form=QBVR#view=detail&mid=3C7B14C025E5E518EA553C7B14C025E5E518EA55
Pilots, Twenty One. "Stressed Out." Bing. Twenty One Pilots, n.d. Web.                         
Quote: "To the good old days" the name is more a reference to the book because that's what the subject of the book basically is but the lyric also relates.

Song 4- http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=twenty+one+pilots+car+radio&filters=ufn%3a%22twenty+one+pilots+car+radio%22+sid%3a%22c3222573-a809-0563-d962-f0411357f998%22+catguid%3a%22d72a4eb3-6f14-4d49-bc11-43f0d8850302_498707c2%22+segment%3a%22generic.carousel%22+secq%3a%22twenty+one+pilots+stressed+out%22+psid%3a%22d72a4eb3-6f14-4d49-bc11-43f0d8850302%22+supwlcar%3a%220%22+segtype%3a%22U29uZw%3d%3d%22&FORM=VRMRAL&crslsl=0&efirst=1
"Bing." Twenty+one+pilots+car+radio. Twenty One Pilots, n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2015.
Quote: "and now I just sit in silence" this seems to be how people are when stressed out so that's how the main character feels throughout the story
Song 5-

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=pink+floyd+another+brick+in+the+wall+2&qs=AS&sk=VI1AS6&FORM=QBVR&pq=pink%20floyd%20anoth&sc=8-16&sp=8&qs=AS&sk=VI1AS6
Floyd, Pink. "Bing." Pink+floyd+another+brick+in+the+wall+2. Pink Floyd, n.d
Quote: '"we don't need no education" that's is how the main character felt about school during the story


YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2015.
Schmidt, Gary D. Okay for Now. New York: Clarion, 2011. Print.

Kamri Mabson Blog to Colton Burpo

               Heaven is for real

         A little boy's astounding story of his trip to heaven and back

            

         Rise up: Andra Day

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=andra+rise+up
"When I rise up, rise like the day ,ill rise up, rise unafraid"

"I had wings but they weren't very big, everyone had lights above there head"

Fantasy: Alina Baraz and Galimates
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fantasy+alina+baraz

"listen to the waves let them wash away your pain"

"we heard about your troubles and we're praying for you"

One Wing: Jordin Sparks
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=one+wing+jordin+sparks

"I Cant fly with one wing, heaven help me"

"I had wings but they weren't very big, everyone had lights above there head"

For me: Zacardi Cortez ft. Kiki Sheared
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=for+me+zacardi+Cortez

" To give a life for a life the greatest sacrifice you did it all for me"

"Daddy I seen god, in heaven he is real"

Hope you enjoyed my playlist

Sincerely, Kamri Mabson