Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Reading Response
The Wednesday War
by: Gary D. Schmidt
In the entire book, Holling Hoodhood complains and states that Mrs. Baker, his seventh grade teacher is "out to get him. But really I think that she sees potential in him and makes him work harder just so he can see.
In the beginning of the book, as Mrs. Baker gives everyone sentences, she gave Meryl Lee: The Brook flows down the pretty mountain, Danny Hupfer: He kicked the round ball into the goal, Mai Thi: The girl walked home (because she doesn't speak english that well), Doug Swieteck: I read a book, and Holling: For it so falls out, that what we have we prize not to the worth whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost, why, then we rack the value, then we find virtue that possession would not show us while it was ours. She challenges him and he sees a vicious teacher but later on she shows she cares.
Another reason why she isn't "out to get him" is because she gave him a Julius Caesar book to read outside of class and to report the finished book back to her with a very long summary. Giving him and assignment exclusively for him is showing that she cares. She wants to see him exceed outside of school that's why she also told him he should join the shakespear play.
At the end of the book, she shows that she's proud of him for showing that he is a great student and they got to cooperate. He also realizes too.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)