Lit circle

Three of the benefits of working with a classmate is that you can discuss about the chapter and the passage, also you can edit each others work and give feed back to them. When you discuss with a partner some times they give you ideas and good questions. When i worked with Jake he helped me by talking about pictures and then it gave me the idea of putting a picture on my passage. I think it is a good idea to edit other peoples work. Then you can get feed back, so you can change your sentences to make them better or if they saw a spelling error.


Me and Jake had a challenge that we had to overcome it was that we had to find out if the plant was called sticky plant or just a plant. First we went back and found the chapter it was in. Next we found out what page it was in. Third we found out that it was called plant not sticky plant. Finally we discussed why it didn't say sticky plant because the dust stuck to Jacob. That was our main problem/challenge.


The novel helped me understand the life in Kenya. It talked about how Kenya is a poor country and they have low food supply which makes food more expensive. I think the book has made me learn a lot about Kenya because in Kenya a lot of things is happening. It also showed me how the people live in the jungle and survive by rolling around in red dust and blend in with your surroundings, not killing nature by letting animals kill each other and take the meat so you don't have to kill nature.


These were some reasons why i think you should work with a partner and what challenges my partner and i have to get through, and what life in Kenya was about.

LIt Discussion

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


My group discussion help me under stand the novel because you get to hear everyones opinion and what they think is going on in the book. If it is only your opinion you cant really get the best idea of the story. If you hear 2 or more opinions you will have the best understanding of the book you are reading. You also get a feel of what other people think about the book and get to share your ideas with the group. It mainly helped my understanding of the novel by getting to know other peoples ideas and what they think about the book.


Connections that you made during your discussion?


I made some connections in the book. These are some of the connections. The zoo in the book and the zoo in NZ and how Jacob didn't want to go Nebraska and that i didn't want to go to Malaysia.
In the zoo in the book it reminded me of the NZ zoo i remember going up to the meerkats and seeing them. When i got their and there were people looking at them they didn't really come out of there burrows. When everyone left and there were less people the meerkats would come out just like when Jacob went to the zoo and told how he only really saw the animals when people were'nt around they would come out. When Jacob found out he had to go to Nebraska he was mad. When i got told we had to move to Malaysia i was mad.


Predictions
I have two predictions they were i think JAcob will try to find his dad but then end up on the wrong flight and bill will come with him to Africa.