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Please read pages 24-37 in The Hundred Penny Box

 

For the writing assignment: In class, we talked about the term "characters" in fiction. Please pick a character from any piece of fiction that you have read. Start by saying who the character is and where he or she appears, for instance, "Scout from Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite characters."  Then start to explain what it is about the character you like, e.g. "Scout's courage is one of the things that makes me like her."  Follow that description with an example, "For instance, she always sticks up for what she believes. She is even ready to fight boys who try to push her around.

 

Please try to come up with at least three things about the character that make you like him or her. And remember to follow each thing you like with some example from the story.

 

You have been doing a great job completing the writing assignments. I look forward to reading about your favorite character.

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    I like to read "Maomao" this book very much. In this book, I like "Maomao" this character.

    At first, he is a good listener. When his friends happy or sad and say to him, he always listen to them attentively. When he/she finished talk, he/she will feel

happy.

    The next is, he has strong perseverance. If he determined to do something, he will keep doing it until it success.

    At last, he always be good to his friends. When his friends feel thirsty, he gave them some water. And he always lets his friends play in his house. His friends all like him.

    He is a good boy, I hope I can have a friend like him.

My favorite character is Percy Jackson, he was Poseidon’s son. In first book The Lightning Thief, Zeus think he steal the lighting, and make him must bring back the lightning back in ten days , but it was not him steal the lightning, it said how did him find the lightning and how did he bring back the lightning for the Zeus. I like Percy Jackson because he was very clever and he was good to make a plan, his best friend is Annabeth Chase and Grover, Grover is a half of sheep people, Annabeth is Olympia’s daughter. Annabeth away call him Seaweed Brain, I agree it because Percy sometime will make some very bad idea. I read all book for Percy Jackson (in Chinese), I like these book very much, and Percy is my favorite character.

@Mark, This is just wonderful. There are so many good things in it, I don't know where to start. But I'll try.

 

First off, I like that you used transitions like "At first" and "Next" to guide the readers attention to each new thing you liked. Second, wow, "perseverance," that's a word many Americans ten years older than you might not know. And you used it correctly.

 

Third, you were very specific about what you liked about the character. That's excellent.

 

And last but not least, your ending is terrific. I think ending a piece of writing is one of the hardest things to do. But twice in as row now, you have ended with what we in the States would call a "snappy ending." That means, you made it clear that you were at the end with a very clever final line. Wonderful work! Real thought went into this. 

@Cindy, This sounds like a very exciting book. I particularly like the title The Lightning Thief.  Based on how exciting the book sounds, I can see why you like the character of Percy. I would have liked to have heard a little more about what you liked about Percy, although  I understand you liked his cleverness and readiness to make a plan.

 

I wondered though if you liked him too because he was a "Seaweed Brain."That's a great detail. But I'm not sure if you liked him for that. Since you are so clever, I thought that might make you like Percy less.

 

I wondered too about the "sheep people"? Who were they? 

 

I gather the book bases its characters on the Greek gods, like Zeus, the King of the Gods, and Poseidon, ruler of the sea.  I have to look the book up to find out more about the author and the kind of book he writes.    

 

Hello, Laraine,

     my favorite character is Harry Potter,he is a wizard. He is very good to his friend,He is brave too. Onetime he and his friend are very danger,and he goes first to fight with the bad person, he didn't care about the safe of himself,he just want to keep his friends safe.I like he face the danger never fear too much he is always calm,and I like he is bright.

Hello, Laraine,

     my favorite character is Harry Potter,he is a wizard. He is very good to his friend,He is brave too. Onetime he and his friend are very danger,and he goes first to fight with the bad person, he didn't care about the safe of himself,he just want to keep his friends safe.I like he face the danger never fear too much he is always calm,and I like he is bright.

Hi Enya,

 

I think you are not alone in being a fan of Harry Potter. And I can understand that you like him because he is fearLESS (NOTE SUFFIX) and cares more about protecting other people than himself. 

 

I am going to send you a couple of comments via e-mail. But this was very good and you definitely fulfilled the assignment. I am pleased that you did. I would have missed reading what you wrote. Best, Laraine

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