Please read the questions very carefully, and answer each question in a well written paragraph (4-6 sentences each!)
- I liked my book, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle very much. I liked it a lot because it had much action, and it was a mystery type of book which is my favorite genre. I also liked it because of the main plot, which was from the start very mysterious. My book was a type of book that you had think a lot about, because you had to read the words and think beyond the information the book says. My book was the type of the book where you can think more creatively and try to predict what's about to happen on the next chapter or maybe even the next page. Overall, I loved my book.
2. What was your favorite part?
- My favorite part of the book was when Captain Jaggery fell into the sea and died. I like that part because the writing was all so tense and it was a moment where anything could happen. Captain Jaggery and Charlotte Doyle was on the bowsprit and the captain was trying to kill Charlotte, although he ended up falling off the ship. Another reason I liked it was because it was where the evil man finally got what he deserved. He had been responsible for Mr. Hollybrass's death and although this might sound violent or evil but I quite enjoyed reading the part where Captain Jaggery died.
3. What do you think the message of the story was?
- I think the message the author tried to send was to do what you yourself think is right. I think it tells us to do what we believe. There were several times in the book Charlotte showed that such as the part where she decided that she belonged to the crew, but I think the author made his point the strongest at the end of the book. At the end of the book Charlotte knew that her heart belonged with the crew back at the Seahawk and she made a big decision of returning to the ship, which perfectly shows that she had made her own decision without her father or any other person's opinion interfering.
4. How did you like the Literature Circles assignment? What suggestions would you make to improve it?
- I liked the Literature Circles assignment because it allowed me to think deeper about the book. In elementary school we stopped chapters by chapters but I never really thought so much about the story when doing previous literature circles. I think I enjoyed it first of all because I had a very interesting group, but also because of the elements of the assignment. Although it's an "assignment", I liked it very much because when we think more about the plot and characters we can understand more and uncover more of the story. Also when doing our discussions, we were able to gather more ideas than we already had, and we could think of the alternatives. One thing I wish I could change is how often we did it. I wish we could have had more discussions in our books.
5. After talking with your classmates, which of the novels that you did not read, would you like to read next?
5. After talking with your classmates, which of the novels that you did not read, would you like to read next?
- Out of the five books of choices we have, now I have 3 books so I don't really have much choice. Actually I didn't really talk so much about the literature circle books because my friends either had the same books as me or they had a book I had already read. But if I had to choose a book I would like to read next time, I would choose Thunder Cave. First of all, when Mrs. Narsiman read the blurb at the back of the books, Thunder Cave just sounded more interesting to me than Maroo of the Winter Caves. Also I haven't really read books with backgrounds similar to Thunder Cave which is Africa, and I would like to try it.
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