Dear, Mrs.Zrihen,
I just finished reading the book called 1001 Things You didn't know You Wanted To Know by Anna Mantzaris. Strategy I used to pick this was to figure out why I wasnted to read it, so I read the title and figured out that since it was things most normal wouldn't, but maybe want to know then maybe it is about learn new information internationally. Another strategy I use was the 5 finger rule which means to go to a random page and then look for 3-4 words that I didn't know to figure out if it was right for me and I was able to count 3 words that I didn't understand and I was right that this book was right for me. The mood that I felt with this book is curious because every time I wanted to learn more about a certain topic and the tone of this story was kind of like to teach something to the reader to get in with what is happening in the modern world.
The point of view of this story is third person because of the clue words you might normally find in a third person book. The perspective of the book is unbias because it is not supporting a certain topic, but talking the same ammount of information to each side of what they are writing. The topic in this story is informative because you get to know what has happened in history, and the theme is informative books help you "updatea' to what's happening.
The strategy I used while reading this book was to look for text features like organizational aids, illustrations, subeheadings ETC. What I found in the book was a lot of illustrations and some of them with subheadings that explain what is happening. Another strategy is to use context clues for the words that I found while using the 5 finger rule.
Some after reading strategies that I used were to identify the author's purpose into writing the book which I can figure out by using the acronym PIE + T, and the one that I think is it's to inform. Another strategy I used was to make connections of different books that you think re related to this book; I would connect this book to an encyclopedia because it informs you, but the encyclopedia is more specific. The supporting details in the story were factual details. If I would have to rate this book I would rate it 4 out of 5 because of its info.
Sincerely,
Juan Diaz
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Exodus by diverse authors
Dear Mrs.Zrihen,
I just read the book Exodus in the bible which was written by a diversity of authors that were Jewish and Christians. I picked this book because not only did I want to do my reader's journal on it, but I wanted to learn more about my religion. It is also a universal, literature jewel. My mom recommended me when I told her about the summer project I had to do, she recommended because Moses was stutterer( he had problems speaking). It was a book of advenure when Moses was crossing the Red sea while being chased by Egyptians on horses coming to get him. The topic of the story was perseverance because even though Moses had many inconveniences, he coped with them until he got to his goal. The conflict in the story was that he had to liberate the Israelites from slavement and take them to Canaan( also known as the promised land) from Egypt. The point of view of the story is Third person because uses the words he, she, they, and it. The theme of the story is that perseverance helped Moises achieve his goal . The cliffhanger of the story, in my opinion, is when the 10 plagues attacked Egypt's palace and in the effect of it was that the israelites were freed. The best plague that I liked was when water turned into red liquid. Moises was afraid of the Pharaoh, but he received courage from his love to his village. Moses had a beard when he grew old, he got helped from his brother. The two strategies I used before reading this book were to predict what will happen by skimming and scanning for pictures, title, ETC and I predicted that since Exodus means Immigration than maybe it was Moses who is going to immigrate with people out of the country. Another strategy was to figure out why I was reading this book to know what I am reading and it was to learn about my religion. The tone of the story enthusiastic about writing every single detail to explain what had happened in that time. The mood of the story is that I felt that I am reading a story that can help me in present because teaches me responsability. Some strategies I use during reading this book was to visualize pictures like when Moses had to cross the red sea while outrunning the Egyptians and the ten plagues, another strategy is to reread when I didn't understand a certain scene in the story like when I didn't undestand why Moses needed his brother to help him speak, but I understood when I read that Moses couldn't speak clearly. An after reading strategy that I used was to remember what had happened in the story like when the Pharaoh disapproved 9 times during the ten plagues. The other strategy was to confirm my prdictions that I had made during or before reading this interesting story like predicting that Moses was going to immigrate out of Egypt with some people and I was correct.
Iwould rate his book from 1-10 a 10 because not only did it give me an important moral about perseverance , but pf its action and adventure.
Sincerely,
Juan Diaz
I just read the book Exodus in the bible which was written by a diversity of authors that were Jewish and Christians. I picked this book because not only did I want to do my reader's journal on it, but I wanted to learn more about my religion. It is also a universal, literature jewel. My mom recommended me when I told her about the summer project I had to do, she recommended because Moses was stutterer( he had problems speaking). It was a book of advenure when Moses was crossing the Red sea while being chased by Egyptians on horses coming to get him. The topic of the story was perseverance because even though Moses had many inconveniences, he coped with them until he got to his goal. The conflict in the story was that he had to liberate the Israelites from slavement and take them to Canaan( also known as the promised land) from Egypt. The point of view of the story is Third person because uses the words he, she, they, and it. The theme of the story is that perseverance helped Moises achieve his goal . The cliffhanger of the story, in my opinion, is when the 10 plagues attacked Egypt's palace and in the effect of it was that the israelites were freed. The best plague that I liked was when water turned into red liquid. Moises was afraid of the Pharaoh, but he received courage from his love to his village. Moses had a beard when he grew old, he got helped from his brother. The two strategies I used before reading this book were to predict what will happen by skimming and scanning for pictures, title, ETC and I predicted that since Exodus means Immigration than maybe it was Moses who is going to immigrate with people out of the country. Another strategy was to figure out why I was reading this book to know what I am reading and it was to learn about my religion. The tone of the story enthusiastic about writing every single detail to explain what had happened in that time. The mood of the story is that I felt that I am reading a story that can help me in present because teaches me responsability. Some strategies I use during reading this book was to visualize pictures like when Moses had to cross the red sea while outrunning the Egyptians and the ten plagues, another strategy is to reread when I didn't understand a certain scene in the story like when I didn't undestand why Moses needed his brother to help him speak, but I understood when I read that Moses couldn't speak clearly. An after reading strategy that I used was to remember what had happened in the story like when the Pharaoh disapproved 9 times during the ten plagues. The other strategy was to confirm my prdictions that I had made during or before reading this interesting story like predicting that Moses was going to immigrate out of Egypt with some people and I was correct.
Iwould rate his book from 1-10 a 10 because not only did it give me an important moral about perseverance , but pf its action and adventure.
Sincerely,
Juan Diaz
Friday, August 12, 2011
Kingdom Keepers:Disney after dark by Ridley pearson
Dear Mrs. Zrihen,
I just read a book like no other, from Disney character fantasy to unimaginable technology of becoming a hologram after dark. This exciting book that I was just talking about is called: The Kingdom keepers: Disney after dark by Ridley Pearson. I picked this book to read because of the cover and how it was all gloomy yet colors that make stand out, also Eitan recommended it because he had already read this one, the second, and the third, so I asked him if he liked, and he did, he told me some of the parts in the second book and it sounded so interesting. The genre of the book was Fiction and the subgenre was fantasy because in the cover page there’s a castle and I inferred that since it is about Disney, then it is fantasy. The topic of the book is Mystery, and the theme of the story is that a mystery has to be resolved to get answers. A before reading strategy that I used was to preview the text – or skim and scan- for text features such as the title, illustrations, headings, how the writing is made, graphic aids, or anything that can help me understand the story I am reading, in this case I saw the table of contents, and I confirmed that I was going to read a book about things happening in the Disney park after it closes. Another strategy I used before starting to read the book was to identify text features such as print features; organization aids, ETC. what I found were some italic writing, and dialogue between the characters.
The conflict in the story was that the DHI have to protect the Disney Park from the overtakers led by Maleficent. The story is Man vs. supernatural because the DHI have to take on pirates, witches, ETC. when they are in Disney. The main characters in this story are: Finn, Charlene, Maybeck, Philby, and Willa are the protagonists, while the antagonist is Maleficent. The foils in the story are the other over takers, the mom and the dad of Finn, and the people at Disney. The point of view of this story is third person because of the clue words like he, she, they, it, ETC. The pattern of organization is chronological order because you see the clue words of next, later, after, ETC. The author’s purpose in writing this book is to entertain because of the genre( which is fiction) and how everything is not real and I enjoyed it. If I was in the character’s shoes I would have to tell my mom and dad about the secret of becoming a hologram every time I go to sleep, so they could help with my problem and solve it out. The author was very descriptive in scenes where the characters are all alone for example Finn Whitman alone near a lamppost near the castle in central Disney, also there were certain scenes where I felt the book come alive.
A strategy I use while I was reading the story was to predict and confirm which is used to make an inference and see if you were correct, I predicted that Maleficent wasn’t going to be defeated because the DHI were new at this I also predicted that Jez was going to be a fake friends and betray the DHIs in the end,. Another strategy I used was to reread for confusing parts in the story.
A strategy I used when I was done with the book was to confirm my predictions while I was reading like the first one; I was correct and the second I was wrong. The next strategy I used was to interpret a text feature that I found at the beginning of each chapter: a brush, which could the author writing the story, maybe.
Sincerely,
Juan Diaz
The Tale of Despereaux By Kate Dicamillo
Friday, August 12, 2011
Dear Mrs. Zrihen,
I just read this summer the book called The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo. I chose this book because the cover showed a little mouse with a needle and string, so I use some before using strategies and I predicted that the little mouse was going to have to fight certain enemies or go on a mysterious adventure that was his fate. Another before reading strategy that I used for this book was to set a purpose for reading, so I can make sure why I am reading the story, when I looked at the cover and the title I realized that it couldn’t be about finding information, so the purpose I was reading this book was to entertain myself. The author’s purposes, I think, were two reasons to have written this book and those might have been to entertain the readers and teach them to be courageous .The characters in the story were Despereaux, Roscuro, Miggery Sow, and the princess Pea, those were the dynamic and round. The static and flat characters were the King, Botticelli, Queen, and Gregory. This book has three parts that give the perspective of the story from different characters like book one is Despereaux, book two is Roscuro, book three is Miggery Sow, and book four is the ending that includes all three characters. If I was in Roscuro’s shoes I would have forgiven the people who called him a rat which was very hard on him. The bestparts to the story were the resolution because that’s when the problem of the story gets resolved and everyone is going to get a happy ending. The conflict of the story is about the queen dying because of a rat and that it broke its heart by doing so. This story is Man vs. Society because it’s Desperaux going against mouse laws, Man vs. self because Roscuro is forlorn because of the princess calling him a rat. The main idea of this story is that Desperaux has been banished from his village and is on a quest to protect the princess from misunderstood Roscuro. The topic of this story is courage because since Despereaux had courage he saved princess Pea and made Roscuro realize of his bad deeds. Theme of this story is courage helps succeed because courage helped Despereaux be brave enough to go against the rats. The tone that the author has in this book is hopeful, he’s hopeful that Despereaux can cope with this adventure. The mood that I received by reading this story is confident, I’m confident about the mouse being able to fight against the dungeon’s hidden beasts. The genre of this book is Fiction because it is about a talking mouse and rats, the subgenre is Fantasy, and it is fantasy because of the unusual talking animals the setting is in a castle and the plot of the story.
While I was reading the story I noticed some text features that caught my eye like the illustrations that describe what is happening on the opposite page and the subheadings that describe the illustration. Also that when a book ends and another one opens there’s illustrations around the title.
Some strategies I used during reading this book were to predict and confirm which means to make an inference about what might happen next like when I predicted that Roscuro would have never changed his evil deeds and maybe get arrested, but I was wrong because Desperaux helped him change. Also I predicted that Miggery Sow was going to find someone to live with like a relative or a friend, and I was right because she found a person who was actually her long-lost father. Another reading strategy I used during reading this interesting book was visualizing in certain parts that were cliffhangers, so I couldn’t stop reading like how Despereaux was sent down to the dungeon into the darkness. In my opinion I think that Despereaux is courageous, smart, adventurous mouse, Roscuro is a confused rat that has been lied by Botticelli. The pattern of organization of this book is Chronological order because it talks to the beginning of Desperaux, Roscuro, and Miggery to the end. This book’s main idea is stated because in the story it tells you that Despereaux has to save the princess Pea. An after reading strategy I used was to identify the author’s point of view which was third person because of the clues such as he, she, they, it, ETC. Another was to identify the story’s message which was to be courageous and you will such succeed for example Desperaux had courage and he save the princess.
If I had rated this book specifically from 1-10 it would be 10 because it is so imaginative and interesting in my opinion, so I would recommend this to anyone who seeks a talking rodent actually saving a princess
sincerely,
Juan Diaz
Dear Mrs. Zrihen,
I just read this summer the book called The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo. I chose this book because the cover showed a little mouse with a needle and string, so I use some before using strategies and I predicted that the little mouse was going to have to fight certain enemies or go on a mysterious adventure that was his fate. Another before reading strategy that I used for this book was to set a purpose for reading, so I can make sure why I am reading the story, when I looked at the cover and the title I realized that it couldn’t be about finding information, so the purpose I was reading this book was to entertain myself. The author’s purposes, I think, were two reasons to have written this book and those might have been to entertain the readers and teach them to be courageous .The characters in the story were Despereaux, Roscuro, Miggery Sow, and the princess Pea, those were the dynamic and round. The static and flat characters were the King, Botticelli, Queen, and Gregory. This book has three parts that give the perspective of the story from different characters like book one is Despereaux, book two is Roscuro, book three is Miggery Sow, and book four is the ending that includes all three characters. If I was in Roscuro’s shoes I would have forgiven the people who called him a rat which was very hard on him. The bestparts to the story were the resolution because that’s when the problem of the story gets resolved and everyone is going to get a happy ending. The conflict of the story is about the queen dying because of a rat and that it broke its heart by doing so. This story is Man vs. Society because it’s Desperaux going against mouse laws, Man vs. self because Roscuro is forlorn because of the princess calling him a rat. The main idea of this story is that Desperaux has been banished from his village and is on a quest to protect the princess from misunderstood Roscuro. The topic of this story is courage because since Despereaux had courage he saved princess Pea and made Roscuro realize of his bad deeds. Theme of this story is courage helps succeed because courage helped Despereaux be brave enough to go against the rats. The tone that the author has in this book is hopeful, he’s hopeful that Despereaux can cope with this adventure. The mood that I received by reading this story is confident, I’m confident about the mouse being able to fight against the dungeon’s hidden beasts. The genre of this book is Fiction because it is about a talking mouse and rats, the subgenre is Fantasy, and it is fantasy because of the unusual talking animals the setting is in a castle and the plot of the story.
While I was reading the story I noticed some text features that caught my eye like the illustrations that describe what is happening on the opposite page and the subheadings that describe the illustration. Also that when a book ends and another one opens there’s illustrations around the title.
Some strategies I used during reading this book were to predict and confirm which means to make an inference about what might happen next like when I predicted that Roscuro would have never changed his evil deeds and maybe get arrested, but I was wrong because Desperaux helped him change. Also I predicted that Miggery Sow was going to find someone to live with like a relative or a friend, and I was right because she found a person who was actually her long-lost father. Another reading strategy I used during reading this interesting book was visualizing in certain parts that were cliffhangers, so I couldn’t stop reading like how Despereaux was sent down to the dungeon into the darkness. In my opinion I think that Despereaux is courageous, smart, adventurous mouse, Roscuro is a confused rat that has been lied by Botticelli. The pattern of organization of this book is Chronological order because it talks to the beginning of Desperaux, Roscuro, and Miggery to the end. This book’s main idea is stated because in the story it tells you that Despereaux has to save the princess Pea. An after reading strategy I used was to identify the author’s point of view which was third person because of the clues such as he, she, they, it, ETC. Another was to identify the story’s message which was to be courageous and you will such succeed for example Desperaux had courage and he save the princess.
If I had rated this book specifically from 1-10 it would be 10 because it is so imaginative and interesting in my opinion, so I would recommend this to anyone who seeks a talking rodent actually saving a princess
sincerely,
Juan Diaz
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