Reading Review with Christal

     When I read I see things interestingly, and in perspective. I see them as I read in my head, creating the images based on what I read. Sometimes the words will pop off the page, creating a 3D effect as I'm reading.  For the most part, when I read it's relatively easy to create a movie in my own head. Most of the books I choose are things that I know will excite me, and make me question the author's purpose for writing the book, which allows me to have more fun with it.  When I'm reading I hear myself as a narrator. I insert my own thoughts like I'm talking while a movie is playing or saying how something made me felt in that moment, it's almost as if it's an autobiography.      As I read, I imagine the characters based on who I know, or who I would Like to see in it if it were a movie. There's one celebrity actress, Elaine Hendrix, who I always see as the bad guy in any movie, because that's how I've known her, so if there's a book with ...

  Title: The Rough-Face Girl Author/Illustrator: Rafe Martin/David Shannon Genre(s): Folklore, Fiction Age: 4-8      This book takes a twist on the beloved classic story Cinderella. Long ago there was village off the shores of Lake Ontario, and there were many wigwams, off from the rest, stood one great wigwam. It was painted on its sides, and this was the wigwam where the great and powerful Invisible Being had lived, but no one could see him, except for his sister. There were many women who wanted to marry him, but only the one who could see him, could marry him. There was a poor man who lived in the village with his three daughters. The two oldest daughters were cruel and hard-hearted, and they made their youngest sister sit by a fire, and get burned by the sparks that popped off, and she became very burnt and scarred, and her hair became rugged and charred. They called her ugly and a Rough-Face Girl, and made her life hard and miserable.    One day the ...

Bomer talked about how we can explore reading lives. I feel this is important for teacher's to get a sense of how and when their students like to read. Some questions he presented are listed below: How does your current book travel around with you? What exact part of your backpack, pocket, purse, or whatever is involved? What are the regular sections of your day? What little reading appointments might be possible in there? What are some possible places for reading? How might different places go with different types of reading? Like what could you read on the bus, in bed, at the kitchen table, in school? What are the challenges about each of those places, and how do you deal with those challenges? Who knows what you're reading right now? Who do you sometimes think about telling about your book? Who gives recommendations? Whose reading do you wonder about?      I think these questions make our students think about their reading and what they find works best for them. I refl...

Title: The Rough Patch Author/Illustrator: Brian Lies Award(s): Caldecott Honor Book (2019); Massachusetts Book Award Honor (2019); Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite Award (2019); Charlotte Zolotow Award Nominee for Highly Commended (2019) Genre(s): Fiction, Picture book, Children's Literature Age: 4-8     This book is about a fox, Evan who created a beautiful garden and maintained it with his best friend, his dog, They did everything together, went on many adventures, loved listening to music and lost of delicious treats. In Evan's garden everything grew as tall and beautiful as the sky. Everything was fine, until Evan's dog died one day. He buried his furry friend in a corner of the garden, and since things weren't the same, the garden became a lonely place full of sadness. One morning he destroyed the entire garden out of anger, and threw all of it into a large pile. The garden quickly started to grow weeds, they were itchy, prickly, spi...

     One of my favorite moments in my life was when I won prom queen my senior year. I very vividly remember having fun with my friends, and worrying about being late, because of hair and make-up, even though I was right on time. I snapped some pictures with my fellow seniors, and friends, and asked my close friends to consider voting for me, as well as other attendees and left it at that once I walked in. We had dinner, danced, and then midway through the night it was time to announce the queen and king. My mom was there, because she was one of the chaperones, and she came in along with our senior sponsor. I was curious why she came in and had her phone out to record, but I didn't think too much of it, at the time. Later I found out our senior sponsor asked her to record for "graduation purposes", it was all a play to help her catch this amazing moment. They announced prom king, as one of my friends, and when she announced queen I was shocked, and happy to hear my name c...