Reading and Writing Assignment for 12/17/15 22nd class

Here is Mark's reply to the assignment:

 

Karana, the main character in Island of the Blue Dolphins, is an ill-fated girl. She underwent  tragedy many times.
At first, I think she is nice to animals. She cares them. When the Aleuts was killing more and more sea otters, she was worried about the sea otters' life. But after the wild dogs killed Ramo, of course she will revenge.
I also think she's care about her family very much. When the white men's ship was leaving but her brother Ramo was still on the island, she known if she go look for Ramo she may dies but she still went look for him. She also looked after Ramo.
At last, I think Karana has lots of ingenuities. She didn't even touch any bows or arrows before, but she still made them just like the men in her family and went hunting with them.
That's what I think about what's Karana like.

Wow! You have gotten really good at using the book to back up what you say. That is very impressive. Some writers, even in their own language, never learn how to match what they think to the words in the book. But you really know how to do it well. 

I think "ill-fated" is an excellent adjective to describe Karana. And she is indeed ingenious. You chose an excellent example to make that point. 

In this book, Island Of The Blue Dolphins, has a really personal girl--Karana.

Karana is a helpful girl, she always go out to pick roots with her brother, Ramo. Karana also cares about her family too. When they are going on the ship to another place, Karana's brother Ramo has been left behind. Karana wanted the ship to wait for Kamo but the ship didn't cease, so she resolutely left the ship.

When the Aluets came to hunt the sea otter, which has been hunt into instinction, Karana protected the animals, from that, I saw her kind and amicable personality.

I like Karana very much, but I'm pretty dissapointed about the book when Ramo died, I wonder what will happen next?

Well Alice, I was pretty disappointed when Ramo died too.  Like Mark, you have gotten very good at mentioning examples from the book to prove your point. That's excellent.  You also used "resolutely" in exactly the right way, and I'm glad to see you using the word "cease" from our vocabulary discussions.

I like your ending, and I don't think you are going to be disappointed.

 I will send you an e-mail with additional comments. See you soon.  Laraine

Karana is the main character in the book Island of the blue Dolphins. She has a special personal. I think she is a pitying girl. Because she loves those sea otters, she cares about them. If those sea otters disappear, she‘ll be sad very much. Also, she is a girl whose love her family very much. She cares about her family much, she can go find his brother Ramo when the ship is leaving, even she and her brother is not good enough

Karana does indeed have a very special  personality. I'm not sure many people could be, to use Alice's word above, as "resolute" as she is. And I agree with you that she loves the sea otters and would be very sad if they disappeared. 

Hello,Laraine

  I think Karana is a kind girl. The Aleut come to the Island to hunt sea otters. After they hunt many sea otters, Karana is very worried about the sea otters and very sad because they are part of this island and she thinks they are so cute.

Karana also loves her families very much. The day the Aleut come. Karana sees their ship but she doesn't tell her brother Ramo because she knows Ramo is curious in everything and if Ramo goes to the Aleut he will be hurt. So even she wants to know more about the Aleut she keeps this secret. After her father died in the battle with the Aleut, Karana is very sad and after a long time she always remebers her faher. When they are going to go the east country Ramo left on the Island. When karana sees him on the island, even she is on the ship and already leaved the Island she jumps out of the ship and swims back.

Karana is brave ,too. Even she remebers the law in the tribe that women can't make or use weapons she does it.

Hi Enya, I love this for many different reasons, not the least of which is the perfect opening sentence.  But even more important, you really have mastered the ability to match the book's words to your thoughts on it.  I have American students who have never learned to do that, and you can already do it beautifully in a second language. Wonderful!

It's also obvious that you know how to make your sentences connect for the reader.  There is not one pair of sentences where I have to think, "What does this sentence have to do with the one that came before." That's one of the most important skills a writer can have. Congratulations!