Final Literature Reflection

I liked the book a lot because the author used a lot of action and description. Like the part when Charlotte climbed the bowsprit which has a lot of description and the part when Captain Jaggery fell overboard and plunged into the ocean which has a lot of action. The book also has a hook at the end of the chapter that pulls you to the next chapter, Avi really included all the techniquesof a well written story. He also included the rising action which is the mystery getting stranger and stranger and the climax is when Mr. Hollybrass died and Charlotte was blamed for it.

My favorite part in the whole story is when Charlotte abandon her unloving family to join the crew which she felt is her family because Charlotte followed her heart and chose her own future. Charlotte abandoned her real but unloved family to the crew who treated her like family, she felt that she doesn't know her real family anymore. So that's why she ran away from home. one of our group members said that in the beginning Zachariah said that Charlotte and him have a lot in common, they both ran away from home.

I think the message of the story was to trust one another. Charlotte at first only trust the captain, but as the journey goes on she slowly trust Zachariah and the crew and Zachariah and the crew trust her back. The crew didn't help her when Charlotte was sentenced because they thought Zachariah had killed Mr. Hollybrass and they were afraid of blurting out the secret of Zachariah. Captain Jaggery lost trust in Charlotte after she whipped him with the whip, so he started to treat her badly.

I liked the Literature circle very much, because I can read great books and discuss the book with other people. My suggestions for the Assignment is that more people in the groups and more vocabulary words in the discussion sheet. My favorite thing in the discussion sheet is passages, because I can put down my thoughts. Responses to questions is also one of my favorite thing in the discussion because my responses are long.

Thunder cave is the novel I would want to read next, because one of my friends said it is really exciting. Like lions and saving some one's father sounded like it has a lot of action. There isn't a lot of long descriptions in Thunder cave like Charlotte doyle. It was my second book I chose when we could choose our own books at the beginning of the year.

Literature Circle Reflection 4

Charlotte changed a lot since the beginning of the book, at the beginning she was very shy and think that she is very high class compared to the crew, but in the end Charlotte had a lot of inner strength. This means that she changed a lot, she is not afraid of asking anyone if they are the murderer. This week's discussion had a really big impact on me, we all tried to predict what is going to happen next. I predicted that Captain Jaggery is going to die, since he was the villian. If he doesn't die, he would kill Charlotte. Our disscussion also talked about will Charlotte's life be the same after she leaves Seahawk.

Literature Circle Reflection 3

My literature Circle discussion made me think deeper and more clearly about the whole story of Charlotte Doyle. Every one's least favorite part is when Zachariah was beaten to death, we all agreed that it was unfair for the captain to chose Zachariah as the victim. One of our group member's discussion question is why did Captain Jaggery choose Zachariah? Our answer to it is the captain probably think that Zachariah is small and old, so he can be easily bullied. i can see everyone worked hard on their literature circle, they all have at least 1 page! Me and Ian's favorite part is when Charlotte was climbing the mast, but the girls favorite part is when Charlotte moved out of the cabin and something else later on in the story. After we shared our passages and questions, everyone shared their vocabulary words. The words that we didn't know were mainly parts of the ship, there are diagrams at the almost last page that shows different parts of the ship and what it is called. She changed a lot, from a weak,passive girl to a strong, independent crew.

Literature Circle Reflection 2

This discussion with our group, the True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle has changed my thinking of the whole story again, but differently. I liked the part when Charlotte saw the wooden head, because the author did the suspense and the description really well. Unfortunately, one of my group member forgot his discussion sheet, so he was not able to participate in our discussion. Our least favorite part is when the author describe the days that Charlotte spend in bed, everyone agreed that it is a bit boring. When we shared our passages, I noticed that everyone has a important part like me, the part when she saw the pistol and the round robin. Later, we shared our discussion questions. I improved my questions and everyone has good discussion questions and answers, because we just talked on and on. Finally, we shared our vocabulary and everyone shared theirs. The discussion really helped me a lot, because i can hear different opinions and ideas.

Literature Circle Reflection

This discussion with our group, the True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle has changed my thinking of the whole story. All of our group members liked the part when Zachariah gave Charlotte a knife. The sailors were superstitious of the Seahawk, and everyone agreed that the captain and his crew were up to something. The knife is going to be important later on in the story, because Charlotte kept it.We also talked about what happens next, I suggested that someone is going to get murdered and Charlotte is going to be blamed because in the very beginning of the book,she said that not every girl is accused of murder and found guilty. Our discussion also talked about who is going to get murdered, one of our group members accidentally read ahead and told us that the first mate is going to get murdered. When we were asking and answering the questions one of the questions that came up as good questions is do you think Zachariah would be friends with Charlotte and why, we think yes because Zachariah wanted to be friends with Charlotte.