Working with others

This is my current Lit. Circle book

This time round, for Lit. Circles we had to work with another group member/ members. I think this helped me in a few different ways. Working with another classmate had a some benefits.

When working with a partner you had to do less work which meant that you could get it done in less time. It also meant that I could really focus on putting 150% into my half of the Lit. Circle. You had to make sure that your partner did the same. This brings me to my next topic... The challenges/ obstacles we overcame (tried to overcome).

When working with a partner there were a lot of challenges such as communicating effectively. I think that was something me and my partner could have worked more on. I think that because me and my partner had such different personalities, we looked at the book from different points of view. 

When working with a partner you gain new understandings of the book, that you have never thought before. My partner looked at Brian as a very scared boy, were as I looked at Brian as someone who is just naive.

In conclusion, working with a partner was a great advantage on my part and on my partners.

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Lit. Circle Reflection

In humanities, I am reading Hatchet by: Gary Paulsen, along with Carl, Manuel, Jamie and Alexandra. During Lit. Circles we have to share our passages, questions, connections and most importantly thoughts on the book. This blog post is a reflection on my groups first Lit. Circle reading Hatchet.


1. How your discussion helped your understanding of the novel.
I think that when my group was sharing our thoughts on the book it showed us that there is more than one way to look at something. In other words it made people, like me, look at the book from a different point of view. For example, I thought that Brian was a bookworm but, some other people in my group thought that Brain was very social and that he did not want to go see his dad.


2. Connections that you made during your discussion.
Everyone had different connections. But, most of our connections revolved around feeling scared. I think all of us could relate to Brian and how scared he would have been. We probably have not been in his position but maybe somewhere close to it. His position being having to take over the controls of the airplane and flying it, seeing that the pilot was dead. All of us just couldn't wrap our brains around that fact that a 13 year old boy had the guts and determination to take over and become the pilot 


3. Predictions
I predict that the plane will crash in a lake and Brian will have to survive in the jungle. I also predict that the hatchet will help him survive. I think that Brian might also run into animals and that will cause problems in the book. Brian also might make some friends weather it is native people or some other survivors or animals. I cannot help but think that this novel/story is similar to Call It Courage by: Armstrong Sperry, where the main character (Mafatu) had to survive by himself on an uninhabited island. His only friends/companions were animals. 


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