Dear Mrs. Zrihen, RJ#5 702 9/26/11
I have just currently finished reading the book BUD NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis. This book is great for those who are interested in kids who there parents die and are send to orphanage. This is pretty sad although it teaches some good lessons. Before I started reading the book I used two strategies I skim and scammed for main idea and some other text feature, also I read the synopsis which pulled my attention a lot at the beginning. During reading the book I reread parts I did not understand like some hard words that I looked for the definition in the dictionary, during reading I also summarized every chapter and gave it a name because in my book there were only the number of the chapters. After reading I counted how many text features I had throughout the book, after reading what I also did was I tested myself on the information to see if I understood all of it I wrote some index cards to help me test myself.
"The passage that interested me the most was on page 1 it said we were all standing in a line waiting for breakfast when one of the caseworkers came in and tap-tap-tapped down the line." This passage was very interesting to me because it first introduced me and gave me a hint to what the story will be about, it also dropped me into conclusions it took me some time to understand that sentence but after all I actually did because I reread it.
The pattern of organization of my book is time order. The main character in my book is Bud there is no really an antagonist in my book/story. The mood was pretty drama with all the things happening. The genre is historical fiction, it took me some time to figure that out. The conflict is Bud goes to live in an orphanage because his mother dies. The setting is in a couple places but it is technically in Michigan during the great depression. The authors purpose is to inform about this book. The authors perspective is to tell how this great depression made an impact on people.
There is no moral told in this story and I did not find any figurative language that came to my attention n the book. I would rate this book a 8 out of ten because it was not the best book I have ever read but it was ok. I would recommend this book to kids in my class.
Sincerely, Bar Peretz
Dear Bar, you done a good job on your report. No mistakes were found in my eyes in your report. What would you do in the character's position? Where in Michigan was the setting? You done a good job on your Reader's Journal
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Fred
Thanks Fred, on the post I will answer your questions. You asked where in michigan I think it is detroit not sure it doesn't really say. If I were in the characters position I would have just tried to let it go.How about you what would you dod would you let it go. Thanks for the nice comments.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward towards your readers journal. Hope to read it next week . Once again thank you for the nice comments. I liked how you asked me 2 questions that you wanted to know. Last week I only had two questions.
Sincerely, Bar Peretz
Dear Bar,
ReplyDeleteGod reader's journal but I have some questions.
What is the great depression/
Was Bud the only main character?
Were there any foil?
If you said the book had two lessons, then that's the moral.
What's the point of view?
What was the tone?
How was the conflict solved and could you have changed it?
Anyways good reader's journal.
Sincerely, JUAN 702
Dear Bar,
ReplyDeleteGreat readers journal. I really enjoyed it. I have only a few questions. First, Was their more main character? What is the point of view? What was the social conditions? What is the tone?>
Also, Who were the foil? Would you recommend this to mostly boys or girls? What would you have done in bUD'S ISSUE?
Love,
Gabi <3