Significance- I think this work matters because it is about good being way stronger than evil. And how a girl had never really realized that. And she, her youngest brother and her friend, go on an adventure where you need love and support. And it is good for people to know that you are always loved by your firends and family. You should care about this because having love ion your life will make you a happy loveable person adn you will be able to maybe love someone that doesn't really know what it is or was never loved by their families.
Perspective- If I had to explain this issue to a third grader, I would tell them how their parents love them and how they love their parents. And even though there parents might not let you do something and you get really angry and shout "I HATE YOU!!!!" You don't really mean it and you love them. That is goodness and love being stronger than evil and hatred. And in bad situations when something evil is trying to take over or what ecer. Good always wins.
Evidence- The author is clearly for the fact that people are not being nice human-beings or good ones. And they aren't even trying to make good decisions. When really you should be doing that all the time. And we all no this is true because alot of bad things are happening in the world. And alot of people who could make a difference aren't really doing anything.
Connections- This work connects to the real world because this kind of stuff ahppens all the time. And this book is filled with all of theemotions humans feel and everything was just the same as the real world except that the book is a fantasy book. This of course still affects us today, it affested us in the past and continue to in the future. The main character, Meg, connects with my sister because Meg is very stubborn and impatient like my sister but is also very caring and loving.
Suppostion- If Meg's little brother Charles Wallace was not so proud then one bad thing would have never happened but then one good thing would have never happened. Charles Wallace had special powers that allowed him to easily understand other Universes and read people's minds. or at least be able to get a sense of what they were thing. They go to another planet in another universe and it is 'perfect'. They have a hypnotist that hypnotizes youto be perfect and thinking that it is wonderful. Charles Wallace thought that he would be able to find out more information if he got hypnotized. He thought that he would be able to break out of it because he thinks he is able to do that, but he isn't. So then he was hypnotized. But if he was never hypnotized, then Meg and Charles Wallace would have never found their father. So if he wasn't so proud then they would ahve had a failed mission because that was what they were supposed to be doing, finding and rescuing their father.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Angels in Pink:Raina's Story by Lurlene McDaniel
Significance- This is significant because it is about a girl and her best friends who are all very different, but stay together because they are all different. They have way different personalities, different issues in their lives, and different points of view. This one is about Raina(it is a series about all of them like Holly's story or Kathleen's Story). Raina's mom has a family secret and finally decides to tell Raina. It is a life altering secret and Raina feels betrayed. This doesn't always happen to teens. But throughout the book there are all kinds of things that regular people go through and have to deal with. And anyone who reads this book can relate to it.
Perspective- If I wear to explain this to a third-grader then I would say that when youi become a teen-ager, you have alot of responsibilities and some times people don't like to handle those responsibilities. And then there becomes and issue. Maybe your responsibilities is to take out the trash. If you don't then the trash is full and it stinks up your kitchen and someone else has to take it out and they might get angry becasuse you were supposed to and then there is conflict. Those things happen more the older you get. But you also have more freedom. And not only do kids make those mistakes but adults too. In the book Raina's mom kept a secret from her. Something that would totally change her life. So her mom was lying to her and that made Raina feel very sad and angry.
Evidence- The author didn't make any argument.
Connection- This connects to my life because these girls make so many mistakes and they are really clumsy like me. I am most like Kathleen because she is really shy and down to earth and modest. Not so much about what goes on in her life though.
Supposition- The world would be the weirdest and unhappiest place if no one ever made mistakes or kept secrets. The world would be perfect but we would not know that it was because we would necer know what a mistake was. So to me the world would not be a very happy or good place to live. Because we would not know what sadness was so when we were happy we would not realize it because we never felt sadness or anger or diappointment. We would just feel the same every single day and not know what it was. And that would suck.
Perspective- If I wear to explain this to a third-grader then I would say that when youi become a teen-ager, you have alot of responsibilities and some times people don't like to handle those responsibilities. And then there becomes and issue. Maybe your responsibilities is to take out the trash. If you don't then the trash is full and it stinks up your kitchen and someone else has to take it out and they might get angry becasuse you were supposed to and then there is conflict. Those things happen more the older you get. But you also have more freedom. And not only do kids make those mistakes but adults too. In the book Raina's mom kept a secret from her. Something that would totally change her life. So her mom was lying to her and that made Raina feel very sad and angry.
Evidence- The author didn't make any argument.
Connection- This connects to my life because these girls make so many mistakes and they are really clumsy like me. I am most like Kathleen because she is really shy and down to earth and modest. Not so much about what goes on in her life though.
Supposition- The world would be the weirdest and unhappiest place if no one ever made mistakes or kept secrets. The world would be perfect but we would not know that it was because we would necer know what a mistake was. So to me the world would not be a very happy or good place to live. Because we would not know what sadness was so when we were happy we would not realize it because we never felt sadness or anger or diappointment. We would just feel the same every single day and not know what it was. And that would suck.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Trudy by Jessica Lee Anderson
Significance-I think that this work matters because it is about a girl who's parents are old enough to be her Grandparents and her Dad starts to get sick and she has to deal with that and how everyone thinks that her parents are her Grandparents. This is good for girls who's parents are really old or if your parents are different than others. And that is what I think is important. You should care about this situation because she has alot to deal with. As you get older you have more health problems to deal with and the main character(Trudy) is just in Middle School so her Dad is close to death while she is just turning twelve.
Perspective-The author is clearly for these kinds of situations because how she describes how Trudy is coping with all of this is very real. And it seems like the author wants to tell girls who's parents are like that that it's okay, and girls who have friends or knows someone who's parents are really old have an idea of what they are dealing with. I would tell a third grader that this girls parents are old enough to be her grandparents and that grandparents usually have alot of health problems. And Trudy's dad could die because he is getting very old and he has health prolems. So this book is about a girl who tries to cope with everything new because she also has to go to Middle School now.
Evidence- I know the author is presenting factual information because I have friends who have older parents and I know (by my friends telling me) that their parents do have more health problems and all of the older people stuff going on. You can support your opinion by presenting facts that help you and having back-up information if somone says something that is not to your benefit.
Connection-This connects to the real world because their are some people who don't have their first child until they are fifty-three.(Like in the book.) And as their kids get older they do too and sometimes they will get a disease or something that causes them to die when their kid is five or six. This happened in the past and it will continue to happen in the future. This connects very well to a kid that I know who was adopted by a women who was prbably in her fifties when he was born and now is in her late sixties and her husband died around this time last year and he was in his seventies. And the little boy is only ten. His mom (who adopted him) has alot of health problems and he might have to go back up for adoption because his mom gets so sick very easily. And that is sad. And it is pretty close to what Trudy is going through in the book just not as bad as the little boy.
Supposition-If I changed one the elements it would deffinity affect the whole thing. Even if it was very very small thing that I had changed like she stopped failing her math class. That would deffinitly change alot. If this took place in the 1700's. Then her dad would be dead. Her mom probably too. And Trudy would be an orphin. If her mom didn't die. Then they would be dirt poor. And her mom would end up dying sooner anyways sine they were so poor.
Perspective-The author is clearly for these kinds of situations because how she describes how Trudy is coping with all of this is very real. And it seems like the author wants to tell girls who's parents are like that that it's okay, and girls who have friends or knows someone who's parents are really old have an idea of what they are dealing with. I would tell a third grader that this girls parents are old enough to be her grandparents and that grandparents usually have alot of health problems. And Trudy's dad could die because he is getting very old and he has health prolems. So this book is about a girl who tries to cope with everything new because she also has to go to Middle School now.
Evidence- I know the author is presenting factual information because I have friends who have older parents and I know (by my friends telling me) that their parents do have more health problems and all of the older people stuff going on. You can support your opinion by presenting facts that help you and having back-up information if somone says something that is not to your benefit.
Connection-This connects to the real world because their are some people who don't have their first child until they are fifty-three.(Like in the book.) And as their kids get older they do too and sometimes they will get a disease or something that causes them to die when their kid is five or six. This happened in the past and it will continue to happen in the future. This connects very well to a kid that I know who was adopted by a women who was prbably in her fifties when he was born and now is in her late sixties and her husband died around this time last year and he was in his seventies. And the little boy is only ten. His mom (who adopted him) has alot of health problems and he might have to go back up for adoption because his mom gets so sick very easily. And that is sad. And it is pretty close to what Trudy is going through in the book just not as bad as the little boy.
Supposition-If I changed one the elements it would deffinity affect the whole thing. Even if it was very very small thing that I had changed like she stopped failing her math class. That would deffinitly change alot. If this took place in the 1700's. Then her dad would be dead. Her mom probably too. And Trudy would be an orphin. If her mom didn't die. Then they would be dirt poor. And her mom would end up dying sooner anyways sine they were so poor.
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