TKAM Questions

              The most difficult thing about writting the review was having to pick parts of the book that I liked. I thought that it was hard to find a certain part of the book.The part of my review that is the strongest is the introduction, because I describe an overview of what I liked about the book, as well as backround information. As I wrote the review I did not connect to my life at all, I didnt think that any of the book connected to me in anyway.I read 100% of the assigned reading from the . I liked that the book was interesting, while it taught the reader something about history, because it was not as boring as reading something from a text book. I did not like that the book dragged out the begining asnd backround information, it should have been shorter, so the trial could be longer.The most challenging part for me to understand was about who killed Bob Ewell. If I was a teacher I would teach it again, because it is a an interesting way to learn about history.

Add a comment March 24, 2010

TKMA Review

To Kill a Mockingbird Review

          I would give the book To Kill a Mockingbird a rating of 3 out of 5 stars, because I liked how there was a twist at the end, the character Arthur Radley was mysterious, and the end was truthful. The book was about a lawyer who was defending a black man in a trial were the black man was accused of raping a white woman. The book is told from the point of view of the lawyer, “Atticus’” daughter “Scout”. Scout is 6years old, and is a big tom-boy. She has an older brother, Jem, and they have a summer time friend named Dill. Scout goes through all the adventures the three of them have together, eventually leading up to Atticus’ trial.

          In the book I like how the author added a surprising twist to the end. After the trial had ended, and the man Atticus was defending “Tom Robinson” was shot, and killed, I personally thought that the book should end, and that there was nothing left that could be added. The author lead you on to thinking there was nothing else exciting in the book by having Atticus tell tom Robinson’s wife rite away that he had been killed(262) then at the very end a major event occurred, that changed the whole book.

          Another thing I liked about the book was that the character Arthur Radley was mentioned throughout the whole beginning of the book and then sort of just disappeared. They described who Arthur Radley was, and the adventures that scout, Jem, and dill had while acting out his life. Then you didn’t hear about him until the end, and it gave the character a mysterious vibe.

          I also liked how the book had a real ending. It didn’t end how you wanted it to; it ended how it really would have happened in real life during that time, even though it was horrible how blacks were treated. By the author making the ending truthful, it gave the book more dimensions.

          I overall liked the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, I believe like the author was able to take a big part of history, and incorporate it into the book, while making it both interesting, and descriptive.

Add a comment March 24, 2010

Progressing

          During the last school year, I have progressed as a reader, writer, and thinker. I believe I have progressed so much, because of writing in my writer’s notebook. At the beginning of the year, Mr. Sass would write things in my notebook like “Okay, but make more connections.” And Mrs. Scow would say things like “Good job, just focus more on your variety or writing.” Which made me start to think about what they were telling me, so I started to write a wider variety of entries, and I started to make more connections, as well as start writing more in my entries. This helped me to start thinking more about what I was writing, causing me to become a better thinker. Then me actually having to write down all my thoughts about school and connections, in about 15minutes made me become a stronger, and essentially a stronger writer. In one of my journal entries I wrote a great summary about To Kill a Mockingbird, which helped me to understand the book better, and to be more focused, making me a better reader. I very strongly believe that I have become a better writer, thinker, and reader.

Add a comment March 1, 2010