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Bamboo Grove Reading Response #1

1. Yoko is a girl who is very scared of the war. She doesn't want to do things the way others want her to do. Stubborn she may be, if the situation demands, she will follow orders. There are many examples in the text, such as page 36 where she is told to put her blanket on a blood-stained new mother, but she says "No! I don't want my blanket stained with blood." After being told one more time, she put it on, which shows that she has some good in her.





2. I think that Yoko is a bit annoyed by Ko, but she appreciates having a sister to help her. Also, I'm pretty sure in their culture they call them Honorable. Maybe she is just so used to calling her Honorable Sister, and maybe she was good back then. An example was when she said "It's mean of Honorable Sister." Ko has good intentions, and needs to find a way to explain it.



3. The Kawishima family is very kind to the passengers because they gave their food, even though they didn't have any to eat, and they refrained from eating so they wouldn't cause the passengers displeasure. Even though Yoko is reluctant and stubborn, she gives up her things for the greater good. Ko and Mother are very giving. On the train they give up some of their things to help people, such as giving water to the passengers. They help each other and others in the toughest of situations, and are very generous.

Weekly Vocab 3

Words that tickle my ears:
Fluttered

Words that warm my heart:

Words that make me wonder:
Flickering

Words that make me feel smart:
Filament
Defective

Words that I've heard someone say:

Words that calm my fears:

Words that are funny:
Zizzed

Reading Response 3

Name: Ethan Chan
Title: Icefire
Author: Chris D'Lacey
Total pages this week: 104
Date: 11-11-07
Time: 1:30 Hours (I read extra last week)
Pages: 317-421


Response:
This book, the sequel to The Fire Within, talks about David trying to find the secret to the "Fire Tear", a tear that dragons shed when they die. Some parts confuse me a lot, such as David's dreams. They sometimes trail off, and most of the time have too many details to follow. I usually have to reread these parts a couple of times, still a bit confused after that. Just a description of a bear can go on for a page! Now that's what I call FOCUS. The book is not that suspenseful, but it has enough to keep me going. At some points, it leaves me mystified at a chapter, so I have to read on to see what's next. David has a friend named Zanna, and at one point they meet, in the next chapter, so I have to read on. I think he made the wrong descision meeting with her because he already has a girlfreind, currently in africa, but still having a relationship. I think that they should've met when at college to do their business like lend books, and leave, rather than going to his house.

Reading Response 2.5

Name: Ethan Chan
Title: Icefire
Author: Chris D'Lacey
Total pages this week: 317
Date: 11-9-07
Time: 2:34 Hours
Pages: 1-317

Reading Response 2

Name: Ethan Chan

Title: The Fire Within

Author: Chris D'Lacey

Total pages this week: Finished

Date: 11-6-07

Time: 41 minutes

Pages: 273-334

Response:
I would give David, the main character, some advice to follow his heart. He has a feud with his writing dragon, Gadzooks, and he's neglecting him because he's helping him too much. What he doesn't realize is that Gadzooks is himself. I would tell him to follow Gadzooks because he is a part of David, the writing part of him. After reading the book, I felt that he did the right thing by apologizing to him and continue writing Snigger and the Nutbeast, a book for Lucy, who is his tennant's daughter. If he still had been so unhappy and mad, he probaly wouldn't have been able to make Lucy happy, not be able to solve a mystery he wanted to know about, and probaly have never been able to write another story again because the writing part would have died. Like acting, when writing skills get unused, they wither away eventually to nothing. One of my favorite quotes from David was "All I want is a nice, happy, believable ending." because it shows how troubled he was. So much was going on, with his story, and many other things that you'll have to read the book to find out about. Since I finished this book, I'll probaly read the sequel, Icefire, to see what happens next. I read some of it, and it was pretty good.

Weekly Vocab 2

Words that tickle my ears:
Squealing

Words that warm my heart:


Words that make me wonder:
Shimmered

Words that make me feel smart:
Diagnosed


Words that I've heard someone say:
Scorched


Words that calm my fears:


Words that are funny:
Wuzzled