OUTSIDE READING NUMBER 1

Lawyers: Insurer won't pay $10 Million to Heath Ledger's daughter.
written by Mary Green
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229810,00.html

After Heath Ledger's death in February 2008 from an accidental drug overdose there has been an investigation and court battle for heath's 3 year old daughter, Matilda. Heath wrote his will before his daughter was born and left all inheritances to his family. A life insurance company wants to give Matilda 10 million dollars. Another insurance company wants to investigate the death to see if it was a suicide or accidental death. If it is proven that his death is a suicide they wont give Matilda the 10 million dollar check. One of the lawyers says that there is no proof that it was a suicide so this investigation might not continue. They are trying to keep this investigation private for the matter. Even though Matilda is left with no inheritance, heath's family will donate the whole estate to Matilda.

COMPARISON

One thing that Codi and Hallie have is that they are sisters. They have been very close since they were very young. They have a father, Homero, and their mother, Alice, died from child birth after Hallie was born. Even though they are sisters, they both have very different qualities. Codi is very cautious while Hallie is very adventurous. Hallie went to Nicaragua to go help them out with their crops even though its tough times there. Codi went back to Grace, Arizona to teach, but she also learns a lot about herself along the way. Also Hallie is very confident. Codi on the other hand is more secretive and lost. She doesn't remember a lot from her past. She doesn't feel like she really belongs anywhere in the world, especially Grace. Hallie is confident and feels like she belongs wherever she is in the world. Both of the girls are very helpful. Hallie goes to Nicaragua to help out the people down there with the crops. Codi goes back to help Grace because they didn’t have a teacher so she goes back to teach. While teaching she finds out the river has a ph almost like acid. Her and the bitch and stitch club make peacocks and sell them for money so they can fix the river. They both are also very caring. Codi cares very much about the kids she’s teaching. She even got her contract renewed to be a teacher again the next year. She is helping to try to get the river back to normal. Hallie helps the people and feels bad when the three innocent girls got killed. Codi and Hallie may have their different traits but they also have some in common.

BOOK I HAVE READ

Lucky - Cecily Von Ziegesar

This book is about a girl, jenny, and her experiences at her boarding school, Waverly Academy. Jenny tries so hard to be apart of the popular group of kids at school. She is very popular with he guys because she is very pretty, but the most popular girls on campus, Tinsley and Callie, doesn't care for her at all. One night at a party the barn burns down. This is big news on campus. When Dean Marymound announces that someone will be accountable for the fire, everyone starts freaking out. Callie is scared that her and her boyfriend will get kicked out because they were in the barn, Jullian is scared because his silver lighter was found at the scene, and Tinsley knows that she will be blamed because she was the one who organized the party. Tinsley, being the mastermind se is, thought of a way out of being blamed for the fire...blaming Jenny. I really enjoyed reading this book and i have also read the whole series, but this book is by far my favorite. The author of this book has a wonderful writing style that makes you feel like your right there in all the action.

OUTGOING

The adjective that most describes me is outgoing. I'm not afraid to go up to new people and start a conversation with them. I love to meet new people and make new friends. One time in one of my classes i didn't have any friends so i started a conversation with a girl and we later became really good friends. Being outgoing has made me a lot of friends. At parties i love getting everyone off their feet and go onto the dance floor and get the party started. Even when I'm in a different country its nice to be outgoing because you talk about the differences and similarities with someone and learn lots of new things weather its home, school or what they like to do for fun. Thats why i am outgoing.