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Dora ASLAN

READING RESPONSE

OWhen we are reading and analyzing texts in our Language Arts classes , we always make textto-self , text-to-text , and text-to-world connections , ask questions , compare and contrast people , events and things , make predictions and inferences . This helps us to understand the text better . Here is my response to Stone Fox , Chapter 10 .

STONE FOX CHAPTER 10 READING RESPONSE

I read chapter 10 of the book Stone Fox . It was really exciting and I got emotional at the end of the book because it was sad . Let me tell you a bit about the 10th chapter of Stone Fox . Its title is ‘’ The Finish Line ’’. In the chapter , Willy gets close to the finish line and wins in the end because Stone Fox , surprisingly , sacrifices his chance of winning and helps Willy win . I thought that Stone Fox is a good man because he sacrificed his chance of winning and helped Little Willy . I also thought that Searchlight is a brave and loyal dog because she died for Willy to win the race . She wanted to save Grandfather . I predicted that Stone Fox will win the dogsled race but I was wrong because Willy won the dogsled race . I had one more prediction . I predicted that Searchlight would live , but she died . I predicted that Searchlight would live , because she was a strong dog , she pulled a sled to carry the crops for ten days and she was alright , so I was surprised when the book ended that way .... I had some questions while I was reading the book , too . One of my questions was : Why did Stone Fox help Willy when he had a chance of winning the dogsled race ? I asked that because I thought that winning is important and at first , I thought Stone Fox was a bad man so I thought that he would act selfishly . I had one more question : Why did Stone Fox start the race in the last place but gain speed in the end ? I asked that because I wondered which race technique he used and why he used that technique . I had some connections while I was reading , too . One of my connections was : I went to Uludağ once and I was riding on a sled , then I had a crash and flipped backwards twice ! I connected this memory of mine to this part of the book ; When Searchlight dies , Willy and his sled have a crash like the crash I had in Uludağ , because both of us hit the ground and fell . I had one more connection : I read a book about the runner , Merve Aydın . Once , she got injured and walked to the finish line in an hour . I connected this memory of mine to this part of the book ; When Willy and Searchlight had a crash , Willy carried Searchlight and they walked by the finish line together , just like Merve Aydın . I recommend this book to you . It is one of the best books I have ever read . Thank you for reading my reading response .

Mina DEMİRKAN

CHARACTER DAY PROJECT

This year as 6th graders , we did “ Character Day Project ”. First we chose a character ( book or film ). Then we made presentations and wrote about what characteristics they have . After that we took a picture with the book or DVD which had the character we chose . Finally , we shared our project with our teacher , Miss Rachel . The thing that makes this project different and special than others is that it makes us think like a little child . Did you know that thinking like a person who is younger than you and makes you more creative and makes your imagination stronger ? Now you know ! Also describing someone makes you criticize yourself objectively . This project added a lot to me and I learned many useful things that will help me in my life . Happy “ Character Day ”!

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