Dear Ms. Zrihen, 09/27/11
I am enjoying reading the book, Myths and legends of the World, written by Geraldine McCaughrean. The genre is definitely folk-tail. The stores take place in many places like scotland, america,etc. The main characters are to many to name all but a few are Re, king Arthur, and Kahakura. They were all round/dynamic. The plot evolved in the following way threw the stories: First, a story of miners, then men on the moon, then the sphinx then leprechauns, and so on. The main problem was varying thru-out the story. The tone or mood of the book is suspenseful. A theme that appeared in the book is don’t be greedy. The moral of the book is that you should not be greedy. From my point of view, I could see that in almost all the stories, those who were greedy ended up losing out (or dyeing). The author organized the book through a series of short stories. The author’s purpose was to entertain and pass on lessons of morality, and how things cam to be. Her perspective was that in life, you should be generous to the needy.
“Raven greedy to add all these pretties to his collection, let go of the moon.” This was written on page 117. I picked this passage because it shows the greedy loose everything. The passage is significant to the story because Raven lost his treasure out of greed.
I used several reading strategies throughout the book. Before reading, I skimmed and scanned through this book, or I flipped through the pages looking for text features to see whether or not I would like this book. Also, my mom recommended it to me. While reading, I would quiz myself on what I read after each story and re-read parts I didn’t understand. After reading, I am writing this, and I quizzed myself.
Figurative language I saw in the book: illiteration, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, personification.
I would rate this book 5 stars ***** because once I start reading, even during dinner when my mom tells me to, I can’t put it down. And at the end and middle of every page, there is a cliff-hanger so you want to read more all the time.
Sincerely,
Mikey Rogatinsky
Dear Michael,
ReplyDeletegreat job on your RJ, i think next time you should describe your favorite story and why it was your favorite story. I have a few questions:
1. what was your favorite story?why?
2. did using these strategies really help you?
3. did you enjoy the strategies in general?
4. did have fun while reading? why?
sincerely,
Shianne Salazar
Dear Mikey,
ReplyDeleteNice attempt on your readers journal though you were missing some thing. You did not capitalize all the words in the book. I liked they way you wrote your strategies. I also like how you wrote the page number of your favorite passage just encase I read that book and want to take a look at it. I am looking towards your readers journal for next week.
I have some questions for you,
Do you recommend this book to me?
What is the conflict in better words I did not understand it really?
What is the pattern of organization?
What is the topic of this book in two words?
What did you like about this book?
Sincerely,Bar Peretz
Dear Mikey,
ReplyDeletethis was a great readers journal. What was your favorite part of this book and please explain. Would you recommend this book to me. What was the P.O.O.
Did you know all the words in the book. Did you like this book? What did you rate it? What is the topic of this book in two words? That is it other then that this RJ was great.
Your friend,
Gabi :)
Dear Bar,
ReplyDeleteSorry, but only cretin words are supposed to be capitalized. Also, I do recommend this book to you, and, because the P.O.O. is short stores there is no one conflict. The main topic is morality.
Dear Gabi,
ReplyDeleteI do recommend this book to you, and, the P.O.O. is short stores. Also, yes, I do know all the words, and I did like it. Last, the topic is morality.