Literature circle partner Reflection

On our last literature circle, our class made Partners to work with on the literature circle.

 

The benefits of working with a classmate in the literature circles were that we could collaborate with each other, and discuss the questions and passages. Also, you could get feedback from your partner if you needed to improve anything. Another benefit is that you only had to do one half of the literature circle instead of the whole.


Some challenges we had to face were that I came up with a similar connection as Ashika's passage, so I changed it and it turned out to be a much better connection/reaction than first.

Some new understandings I gained about the book are that I understand Jacob more now, for example his character and the way he acts. Also, first I didn't know what poachers were, but now I understand how cruel they are to animals and in this case: Elephants.

In short, I gained more confidence in my literature circles that I can do better in them. I also understand the novel more and I really enjoy reading Thunder Cave. I also think that teamwork can be easier, but I rather do the literature circles alone!


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Literature Circle Reflection

Recently in Humanities class we started with the literature circles for different books. My book is named 'Thundercave' written by Roland Smith. We just did the second literature circle that was assigned for today, Tuesday, 9th November.

My group's discussion helped me understand the novel/story better when we discussed about the characters such as Jacob and Sam. Jacob is the main character of the story and he is quite interesting. As he makes a plan to escape to Kenya, to find his father. Sam is Jacobs step father and akts in different ways. Sometimes he can be mad and stroppy, and sometimes he looks like he is a very nice man. We also discussed if it was a good idea for Jacob to go to Kenya, and also what we would do if we were him.

I did not make very much connections, because the story did not relate that much to my life. Only one, on the second. Because there my passage was based on the part in the book when Jacob takes of the necklase he got from his grandfather. It said he felt uncomfortable. I have the same feeling when I take of the necklase my sister gave me. When I have it on it makes me feel safer and it feels like my sister is so close by!

While I read the story, lots of different thoughts came up in my head. Some predictions for what will happen in the rest of the novel, and also questions for what will happen next. For example, one prediction is that Jacob will find his father in Kenya. Another is that when Jacob is on his journey to find his father that he will have trouble. Maybe he will find someone to help him, and maybe he will lose his bike again (it got stolen and then he found it again). While I read the story thoughts flew through my mind!

Thank You for reading my blog! I hope you enjoyed reading it and will follow me along as I post!

Megan

Line of Symmetry

Line of Symmetry

I took this picture of these sunglasses. The sunglasses have got one line of symmetry, that goes from top to bottom, in the middle of the sunglasses.