Literature circles 3

The first time I read hatchet, the boy called Brian was really a frightened boy. He was very unpleasant and didn't really think about good things. All he thought about was his parents divorcing. I really didn't like him because he was always negative. He didn't even think about things that were positive. This is how he reacted at the first chapters. Later, he remembered about what Perpich had said to him. "Always be positive." That one sentence made Brian stand up and gather food in order to survive. He slowly began to erase the thought about his father and mother. He concetrated on survivng and living. He began to think deeply. When animals came in his shelter, first he attacked one of them, but then he thought that he shouldn't hurt animals without reasons. So he just calmly waited for the animal to go or nod and smile to not let them suspect him. Also, a long time ago, when he arrived the island, he just thought that it wasn't a pleasant site. Later in the chapters, he sat down and also said he watched the beautiful scenery. His thoughts had changed. Before, he was a negative boy but now he was a positive thinking boy. That was how he change through out the chapters like how Mafatu did. Once he was a boy who was afraid of the sea, but now, he was a brave, courageous boy. That is how Brian changed like Mafatu.

Literature circles 2

My group was probably the one who loved to talk. We did a little chat about the Hatchet and mostly everyone's answer was that their favortie part was when Brian found raspberries and their least favorite part was when Brian ate turtle eggs, or their mother kissing another man. I hated the part when when he vomited and had bad diarrhea, and also when Brian's mother was with another man. I loved the part when Brian found out how to make fire. The discussion questions were great but it was kind of hard to hear :P Also, it went great. I liked Jane's question because it did challenge us to answer. I think everyone is doing a very good job in the discussion. We did talk about our opinions towards the book but since I've already read the book I could really say my opinions. We talked about everything we needed to do like the pages we chose, the questions, the vocabulary,and opinions! :D


(| |)
(^-^)
(_)

The literature circles!!!

I had a group with Jane, Lennox, Sara and Devashish. We were all reading Hatchet which was about a boy called Brian whose parents were divorced. He was boarding on a bush-plane but suddenly the pilot had a heart attack and Brian was alone. Lennox talked about the part he liked and that part was when the pilot had an heart attack. We asked him why and he answered "It was the best part of this chapter because the others were boring!" That did make sense. The pages before were only about Brian thinking about the word divorce. All of us agreed that their favorite part was that part too and also their least favorite was when Brian was thinking about the word divorce. Later, we asked questions. I liked Sara's question which was What would have happened if the radio worked? I answered that he would have been saved by the people and since that was his only hope, he would have been not alone. Rest of the questions were the same as the others. I liked my question which was What would have happened if Brian landed in the ocean instead of an island? Everyone answered that he would have died there being alone. I thought differently. I answered that he could have survived eating some food in his bag and if he had found a fishing pole, he would have been able to fish. After the questions, we shared each other's words that we didn't know. Overall the discussion was fine. if we hadn't laughed toomuch we would have finished it faster. :D