Lit Circle Blog Post

1.The benefits of working with a classmate.
Some benefits of working with a classmate are... well now that we have a friend to work with you can ask questions about the book while working on it. So if you do not understand one part you always have you partner to help. Another is if you need help for example you cant think of a question and a response to go with it, you can ask you partner. Another benefit is that you can split the work. So if some reason you can not get a part done your partner can help you.
2. Challenges  obstacles which you overcame (tried to overcome).
A challenge I over came was the ability to create level 2-3 questions. Now I am able to create mostly level two questions but at times my brain explodes and I create a really advanced level three question. Another challenge I overcome was to be able to find a good passage. Now I realize a good passage is a really interesting paragraph than contains action maybe mind twisting events. It must contain some information that is really interesting.
3. New understandings that you gained about the novel.
Having a partner helped me understand the novel in a few ways one way is that I could see some parts about the novel in different point of views. Like when he was making the fire I thought that he would not succeed but Dhabitah said that he must or else he will not live. 
 

Literature Circle

1. How your groups discussion helped your understanding of the novel.

The group discussion helped me to understand the novel by ......if I had any questions including my discussion questions my group would help me to understand and to resolve those problems.  Also they had their own opinions to or against things which I had never seen from their point of view it had made me realise new aspects of the story.

 

2. Connections that you made during your discussion

One connection I made was that my Mum and my Dad have been divorced once but not from each other.  The next connection is that I was once stranded on an island i was when I was in Langkawi and I canoed to another island and was surrounded by crabs.  My Dad was in the canoe but I could not move any further.

3. Predictions

I believe that Brian will find food and water and he will be able to survive for a while longer.  I believe that his parents will notice that he is gone and start a search so that they can find him.  I think that Brian's parents will get back together at the end of the book.