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T- Tell me something about what you read
EX- Write out an EXcerpt from the book (with citation) related to the most significant or pivotal point in the reading
Example: "My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible" (Wiesel 19).
T- Try to understand better by asking a question
Y- How does it relate to you? OR, if it does not relate to you; How did reading this make you FEEL?
EX- Write out an EXcerpt from the book (with citation) related to the most significant or pivotal point in the reading
Example: "My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible" (Wiesel 19).
T- Try to understand better by asking a question
Y- How does it relate to you? OR, if it does not relate to you; How did reading this make you FEEL?
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(T) They talk about the people who knew Alex.
ReplyDelete(EX) "McCandless stayed with Westerberg for three days, riding out with his crew each morning as the workers their lumbering machines across oceans of ripe blond grain."(Krakauer 17)
(T) Why would you let a stranger sleep in the same place with you?
(Y) I have seen some really bad homeless poeple before in situations like this.
T The author of the book talked to a man that know alex in a bar in Cartheg Sd
ReplyDeleteEX "Everyone in town got attachted to old alex he could talk for hours about his travels" Krakauer 16
T how did the athour track down all the pepole alex knew?
Y I have bin to Cartheg before.
T: wayne westerberg sounds nice
ReplyDeleteEX:"By then Chris was long gone." (Krakauer 22)
T: Why did he leave?
Y: this makes me feel sad for wayne
(T) Alex gets to Carthage, South Dakota. A small town, desolate, he meets Wayne Westerburg. Wayne is in the farming industry and offers Alex a job and a bed. Alex's motivations of leaving his family are starting to be revealed. (EX) "I've given jobs to lots of hitchhikers over the years" proves my first point (Krakauer 17). (T) Why does a lot of this resinate with me? (Y) I love this book.
ReplyDeleteT - this chapter talks about all the different places alex goes along with all the people he knows
ReplyDeleteEX - here is a copy of my final transcript. gradewise things went pretty well and i ended up with a high cumulative average.thank you for the pictures, the shaving gear,and the postcard from paris. it seems that you really enjoyed your trip there. it must have a lot of fun. i gave lloyed [chris's closet friend emory] his picture, and he was very grateful; he did not have a shot of his diploma getting handed to him. not much else happening,but it's starting to get real hot and humid down here. say hi to every one for me( Krakauer 21 and 22 )
T - why so many post cards????
Y- i hate sending post cards
(T) These pages talked about where Alex has gone to.
ReplyDelete(EX) "Carthage, South Dakota, population 274, is a sleepy little cluster of clapboard houses, tidy yards, and weathered brick storefronts rising humbly from the immensity of the northern plains, set adrift in time". ( Krakauer 15)
(T)He travels a lot but is he trying to find the right place in his life where it can be?
(Y) Sometimes I don't know where I belong in life, I just want to wait and see where life takes me.
T = these pages talk about the places "Alex"
ReplyDeleteEX = "Most of them weren't much good, didn't really want to work." (Krakauer 17-18)
T = Why did he go to Alaska? I'm confused.
Y = I guess this part was kind of interesting, but I still haven't really gotten into the story yet.
T this chapter is about what alex dose in south decota.
ReplyDeleteEX "Alot a folks hear in town got pretty attached to old alex" (krakauer 16)
T why are they telling his trip it backwards?
Y i have told storys of my travles to people.
T This is about alex in south d
ReplyDeleteEx Ive given jobs to to hichhikers over the years.
T what will hapen next
y it doesnt
T = these pages talk about the places supertramp went
ReplyDeleteEX = "Most of them weren't much good, didn't really want to work." {Krakauer 17-18}
T = Why did he let his car get flooded.
Y = i am so far ahead, i am confused
http://b12a4wd.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/b110.jpg <<< the car he drove
ReplyDeleteT In this chapter they talk about where chris has traveled to throughout his short lifespan
ReplyDeleteEX " you could tell right away that alex wsa intelagent"
T why would he go into the wild in the first place without anything
Y If my parents bought me a car I would take it without any hasatation
T. chapter three explains how everyone in Carthage knew Alex. they talk about how he was a hard worker, and very inteleigent. Neer the end it talks about what happened at his graguation, and also a few postcards he mailed home.
ReplyDeleteEX. "It was the last anyone in chris' famiy would ever hear from him" (Krakauer 22)
T. I still ask again, WHY DO YOU DO THESE KIND OF THINGS!?!?!?!
Y. I've had some things said about me, though not manty of them good i would guess.