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A Week in the Woods
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Sunday, April 03, 2005
I know it's April, but I didn't get a chance to say what I wanted to after finishing the book A Week in the Woods. I think that the teachers, all of them, and the kids all learned something about preconcieved ideas. Just because Mark was wealthy and bored in school didn't mean he wasn't a nice person. Mark's learning was basically the opposite. He learned that kids who weren't just like him were ok too. I thought it was nice that he decided to stay and go to the local school. He finally learned about friendship and how to make friends.
posted by Anonymous
4/03/2005 02:08:00 PM
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Since Mark is changing his attitude, he has become friends with some of the other kids. He is still the new kid, but takes the blame for someone else's bringing a knife on the school trip. Why did he do this and not speak up for himself? Why didn't the teacher investigate further? How would you react in Mark's place?
posted by shadowkitty
3/20/2005 09:13:00 PM
Friday, March 18, 2005
News Flash!!!
The 2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award winners have just been announced!
And the winners are... (drum roll!):
1. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
2. Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
3. Runt by Marion Dane Bauer
4. House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Isn't it great to see that 2 of the books we read in the Blogger Book Club, Ruby Holler and Runt are winners!
posted by shadowpuppy
3/18/2005 11:02:00 AM
I haven't gotten as far as you, minadancer, I am such a SLOW reader! But I did get to the part where Mark realizes he is being "stuck up" and decides to be more friendly. I think that was good, but I wonder if a kid can really do that. I mean if everybody thinks you are one way, can you just suddenly change?
I think it is interesting that in the story, the other kids are willing to be friends, but the grownups don't see that Mark is trying to change.
Do you think you can just wake up one morning and say I'm going to be a different person today.
posted by Anonymous
3/18/2005 08:50:00 AM
Saturday, March 12, 2005
I'm almost finished with this book. At first I really didn't like Mark. He seemed to be a rich kid, spoiled brat. He really didn't try to make friends with any of the kids at his new school, he thought himself too cool for them. After he realized what he was doing, and started to be more friendly - I started to like him more. His teachers at this new school don't seem to really be giving him a chance, just because of where he was before and his parents being rich. The teachers should have seen he was bored and maybe he'd already covered a lot of what they were teaching. A more positive attitude from everyone would have made for a better situation. Still, I got to liking Mark because he began to take responsibility and prepare himself for the outdoor education week.
posted by Anonymous
3/12/2005 12:39:00 PM
Thursday, March 03, 2005
I have only read a couple of pages of this story and I just realized it is about my favorite thing of all time; the fifth grade outdoor education-thing! In my school it is just called the Stokes Trip because we go to the Stokes State Forest. It is THE GREATEST THING!!
Does your school do this too? Have you gone yet? What did you think?
(Now I really want to read the rest of the book...
Later.
posted by Anonymous
3/03/2005 04:54:00 PM
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
How are your survival skills? How long would you last all by yourself in the wilderness? In A Week In the Woods, written by Andrew Clements, a fifth grader, Mark, uses outdoor skills to save not only himself, but a teacher, Mr. Maxwell, he thought was after him. Join our discussion, let us know what you think of Mark, and the other kids in his class. He's a new kid in the class, from a wealthy family. Is Mr. Maxwell really out to get him? What about Mark's attitude in school? Is Mark asking for trouble?
posted by shadowkitty
3/01/2005 03:27:00 PM
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