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Reader Response- April

Reader Response

I am responding to Yukon HO by Bill Watterson.  I have read 42 out of 116 pages. This text is fiction.

The main characters are Hobbes and Calvin. The genre of this text is Fantasy. I believe this because it talks about a talking tiger and magic carpets and living in 2-D and all these other unrealistic events.  The setting is near Calvin’s house and mostly outside in Calvin’s yard or in a park and it takes place in modern time. The conflict is that Calvin and Hobbes always disagree and end up fighting.  The theme is friendship because Calvin and Hobbes are always playing together and always together and eat, sleep and chill together, all the time. The protagonist is Calvin and Hobbes. They are both good. There is no bad guy overall.

Retell

This text is a comic about two good buddies who are always doing mischievous things. What I really want to remember is the part when Calvin tried hitting his friend-Susie with a snowball in summer. He saved the snowball in his freezer and he wanted to hit Susie with it and he missed and Susie got him harder.  The character I like best is Hobbes because I think his name is really neat and unique and I like how he is a talking tiger who is scared of bugs under his bed. I also admire him because he really likes antelopes and he always gets revenge back on Calvin. My favourite part of the text was when Calvin used his “magic” rug and flew into the city and to his father’s office window. This is because you don’t always see your son flying out your office window and I like magical objects. The author got me interested when Hobbes never came and pushed Calvin down when he came home from school. This is because Hobbes is usually very hyper and loves Calvin and always goes around him and he didn’t show up in one part which surprised me.

Relate

            The flying carpet event reminded me off the story Aladdin because he is always flying around in his magical carpet. The character –Susie reminds me of myself a little because she never lets anyone go and always gets them back. She also reminds me of myself because she and I both believe that girls and boys are the same and shouldn’t be treated differently. If I could be any character in this book I would be Calvin because he is very naughty and does lots of interesting things. He is very creative and has a wild imagination. When Calvin and his family went canoeing, it reminded me off when my brother went canoeing in Cuba and he failed and flipped over. Calvin and Hobbes remind me of little kids when they use their artistic imaginations and pretend they are flying and going back in time and doing all these fascinating things.

Reflect

            When I read this book, I think of children and how they use their imaginations and have lots of fun. I believe that the illustrations were a great visual and helped understand the story more. I think this text is unrealistic because it talks about talking tigers and the events are very unrealistic. It has magic carpet rides and outer space aliens and etc. This text makes me want to be a little kid again and have all the adventurous fun again. When I read this text I felt very pleased because it is a nice story and doesn’t have anything sad or depressing in it and it is a very happy selection with lots of joy and creativity. If I could speak to the author I would ask why he chose a talking tiger to be Calvin’s best friend. I learned that you can do everything if you have a little bit of imagination and creativity.

         

Reader Response                                 
 By: Anittha                       

   I am responding to Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell. I have read 282 pages out of 282 pages. This text is fiction.

The main characters are Nikki, her friends-Chloe and Zoey- and the CCP (cute, cool and popular) group. The genre of this book is realistic fiction because all of the events could be true in life. The setting is at Nikki’s house and at mostly at Westchester Country Day-Nikki’s private school. The conflict is that Nikki is new to the school and she gets treated unfairly and bullied by the CCP club. The theme of the story is friendship and how she became the winner of the art competition because of her caring friends. The protagonist is Nikki and the antagonist is the CCP club.

Retell

What I really want to remember is that even though Nikki’s friends used her to be in the CCP club, at the end they worked hard on creating a project for the art competition and they were always there for her.  The text is really about Nikki going to a new school and how she handles being in a different environment and how she goes through all of the obstacles. The author got me interested when everyone was congratulating Nikki for winning the art competition when she didn’t even enter anything herself.  The setting of this text is important because it takes place in a private school and all the other kids were really rich and wear really expensive clothes. Nikki only got in the school because her dad worked as the school’s bug exterminator. Since Nikki was too ordinary everyone made fun of her. This wouldn’t have probably happened in a public school. The character I admired was Nikki’s grandma. She is 76 years-old and can dance hip-hop and really bust a move and flip upside down and all.

Relate

Nikki reminds me of myself. When I first came to this school in grade 6, I really felt lonely like how Nikki felt. I didn’t really know anybody, but as days went by I made friends and I started loving this school. Nikki liked her school at the end too and decided to stay. I believe Nikki’s situation happens around the world all the time. Students are being bullied and need to stand up and do something to show that they are just as good. Bullies need to stop too and just leave other students alone and find their own ways to be successful in life. Another book that is fairly close to this book is the book “bullied”. It is about a kid being bullied. If I could be any character I would be Chloe or Zoey because they were Nikki’s only friends and were being very kind and nice and created a project to submit to the art competition for Nikki.

Reflect

When I think about Chloe and Zoey I fell very proud because even though they used Nikki to be in the CCP club, at the end they worked together to create a project just for Nikki. This tells me that even though your friends or other people don’t recognize you, they will always be there for you and will be always watching your back and thinking and caring about you. I think the illustrations helped and made the book more interesting to read. The pictures added visuals to the novel. I’d like to read another text by this author because the author’s stories are realistic and very interesting because she adds detail and then leaves it. The reader would want to continue reading. Her story has a happy ending which I enjoy. I think the author wrote this text to show students how someone feels. I think she wants bullies to know how someone feels when being teased and she wants students to include everyone and not be selfish and mean to others. When I finished reading this book, one thing I told myself was to never leave someone out and always include people and be nice to everyone and to believe that friends are always there for you and will never leave your side.