Post #7

We normally connect text features with non-fiction books, but fiction books can be made better by them sometimes as well.  Think about your lit. circle book.  What text feature would you add to it to make it easier to follow or understand?  Where would you put it in the book?  Why did you choose that feature?  You will be creating a model of this text feature as your final individual assignment for your lit. circle book.

Post #6

Find examples from your reading where baseball is treated like some kind of religion?  Why do you think the people in Dillontown regard baseball this way?

Post #5

Now that your group has had two literature circle meetings, talk about how they have been going.  Write about one thing you think your group is doing well and one item your group's members need to improve as you prepare for this week's meeting.  Please don't mention anyone's name, just make general comments that will help everyone-including me!

Post #4

Tall tales fill this story. What is it about Cody's story concerning Del Gato's electric fence that doesn't make sense? Can you come up with any other examples of "stretching the truth" in this novel?

Post #3

Great advice, Jocelyn!

What reactions have you had while reading?  Any laughs, gasps, ewwws, whats!?!, etc.?  Find a passage or page number from what you have read so far, describe it, then describe the reaction you had to how and what the author wrote.