Freedom writers

  Dear , Mrs. Zrihen


    11/22/11
I Just finished the book Freedom writers by Erin
Gruwell. It is pretty good only in the beginning when you get introduced what the topic will be about.There were two reading strategies I used before I read the book.
      First I predicted based on the cover, and I looked for text features and noticed how the front cover picture was black and white. That must mean that the book is old. I also used 2 during reading strategies which were reading slowly to check the words and make sure I understand what I was reading, and rating the book as I go along. The 2 after reading strategies were reading the back so that I can figure out all the extra details that go with the main point, and checking my prediction which was wrong. 
       I did not like this book so much so i did not like any really specific passage that was meaningful to me, so I did not obviously, pick a passage I  enjoyed.

       The genre of this book is a non-fiction memoir. The topic of this book is a short time of her life. The main idea of the story is that a student is talking about diaries she writes of her current life. The main idea is implied. Another title I would give this book would be “Writing Whenever However”. Three supporting details in the story I found were names of the people The student talked about, names of the places she went such as the school she went to, and there were different places she was talking about. The essential message in the story is I can’t really tell. A cause in the story is the teacher is losing her needs, and the effect is the student helps her. Two things that were similar in the story were that the teacher and the student were very smart people thinking wise. Two different things in the story were that their age were different. Five different text features in the book were photographs on the front and back, and italicized words. There were no more. The P.O.O. in the story is time order because she writes her diaries in. The author's purpose in the story is to inform us of an the life she had. The author's perspective is biased. The author's point of view is 1st person because it is a memoir. I could not find any figurative language. My book can not be traced to a source for it is a memoir and can only be traced to the author. Some vocabulary I learned was not that much. This book relates to me because I am generous also. This book relates to a book I read in the summer of 2010. This book also relates to the world because people like teachers and students can get a close relationship.

      I would give this book a 3 out of 10 because it had tons of curse word and not only that it was boring. 

                          Your curious student, Bar Peretz