Please answer any one of the following three prompts using complete and detailed sentences. Your response should be a solid paragraph in order to receive the bonus points on your future novel test (3 points).
1. If there was a portion of the novel Touching Spirit Bear that you would like to rewrite, what would it be and why? Why do you think that scene needs to be improved and how do you think your idea would make the story better?
2. Rumor has it that the rights have been purchased to eventually turn Touching Spirit Bear into a movie. Who would you cast for the characters of: Cole, Garvey, Cole's parents, and Peter? Justify your cast for this movie (describe what parts of the character would match with the chosen actors).
3. Out of the three novels we read this year as a class (Fever 1793, Touching Spirit Bear, and Wednesday Wars) what was your favorite read and why?
Hey! I'm going to answer question three. I think that Wenesday Wars was the best book we've read this year, because it was not as serious and it always kept you laughing. Fever is probably my second favorite because I like the historical aspect and how you learned something new about the epidemic. Spirit Bear has been an okay book so far, I still like the others better though. Thanks:)
ReplyDeleteOut of the 3 books that we have read in class, I would say that my favorite would be Fever 1793 because it was very sad in some parts. But it had some very interesting facts that I didn't even know! Before we actually started reading the book, I didn't even know what the Fever was in 1793. I just thought it was a made up story.
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I would rewrite the opening chapters in Touching Spirit Bear. Ben Mikaelson should've started at the beginning and not the time on the island because most readers would get really confused. I would've started with Peter's issue with Cole and move through the Circle Justice meetings, and then tell about the island. I also think he could've shortened the time when Cole was lying helpless after the spirit bear mauling.
ReplyDeleteOut of the three novels we read in class this year my favorite is Fever 1793. I liked it a lot because it's about a historical event. It made me want to keep reading and not put the book down. It was really descriptive and captivating.
ReplyDeleteOne of thethree novels we read in class this year my favorite is Fever 1793. I liked it a lot because it's about a historical event. It made me want to keep reading and not put the book down. It was really descriptive and captivating.
ReplyDeletethe last comment by sam hoshor was not his it was thomas' it was just a joke. ha ha ha
ReplyDelete1. I think that I would quite possibly rewrite the scene in "Touching Spirit Bear" where Cole starts the fire with the supplies that Garvey gives him. I would rewrite it because I do not feel that it is detailed enough. Ben Mikaelsen could've put much more effort into that scene. It would've leveled out the effort that he put into the entire book. It seemed almost as if he got lazy about it.
ReplyDelete2. I would most likely cast Justin Long as Cole because he seems pretty serious when he's acting, and I feel like he has that kind of aggressive attitude. I would cast Eric Schweig as Garvey because he looks like a native indian, and I think that he could be funny, but he also looks like someone that would teach. I would cast Angelina Jolie as Cole's mother because she looks like she might be a young mother with an alcohol problem. Lastly, I would cast Ethan Hawke as Cole's father becuase he seems to be a father figure, but he could also have a very violent side to him.
3. My favorite book that we'd read this year would definitely have to be "Wednesday Wars" because it always kept you interested. I don't think there was ever a part when we were reading that I was bored and was easily distracted. It chronicled the adventures of an average 7th grader, and that made it so much easier to relate to.
1. I wold rewrite the part where he beats up peter and lies about what he did.
ReplyDelete2. I would put haden chirstensen as cole because he has the experience for it. For peter I would put Ewan McGregor he has faught with Haden. For garvey I would put Danel Radcliffe because he would be he best fit for the job. For cole's mother I would put Jeniffer Aniston because she has played moms befor. For his dad I would put joney depp because he has been people who have to beet up others.
3. My favorite book we read this year is touching spirit bear I can relate to most of the carachters manly peter because I have been beaten up in the past
My favorite book that we have read this year was Wednesday wars. I like the book because it is exciting.
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Hi:) Im gonna answer #3
ReplyDelete&& Fever would have to be my favorite novel because it was very interesting. I liked how it described the scences of the disease and how they looked when they were dead. The characters were very interesting in every way because they each had their own personality and acted in their own way. This book really discribed how people back then were treated and how they had to live. That's why I liked this book the best.
My favorite book was fevore of 1973 it was full of adventure and sicknes its also told about survival and how bad these times were and the tipe of sicknes you can get from mosqwetoes and not keeping your streets clean. NOLAN TOIMIL
ReplyDeleteOut of the books we have read so far, Wensday Wars was my favorite. I like how it takes place in recient times. I also like the book because it is about a seventh graders... like us. It is also very fast paced, there is something new going on every month (chapter). I think it kept everyone interested.
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In my mind i haven't read Fever, im new to Wednesday wars, but i really like touching spirit bear.The only things i would change in Touching Spirit Bear would be when Cole gets mauled. My body started to shiver ( goosebumps ) when i heard a bout Cole getting mauled. Could you imagine what the pain waas like for Cole when his flesh and bones were destroyed.
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The three novels we read i like wensday wars because it explains what it was like going to school in the war. It is very exciting learning what they did for warnings. -trenton
ReplyDeleteOThe best of the three novels we read this i would say wensday wars becuse it about a 7th grader. It was funny and always interesting there was never a part of the book that was boring.
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I think my favorite novel this year is Touching Spirit Bear. I liked how he organized the book and how he himself went through all that anger management problems, with the Justice Circle, and the Island. I liked all of it, and it was a pretty cool book:) -Nathan
ReplyDeleteI am choosing to answer question three. I think that Wensday Wars is the best book we have read this year because it was funny and kept me guessing. Fever was my second choice becuase it was a very exciting book. Last would be Touching Spirt Bear probaly because i have not finished reading the book yet but it is a very interesting book.
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I Liked Wednesday Wars the best. Spirit Bear was good but very serious. I liked the historical element in Fever though. Grandfather was cool. Wednesday Wars always was funny, but sometimes it was sad too, and parts of it almost made me cry. Almost.
ReplyDeleteAs for who should be in the movie, I think Arnold Schwarzenegger should be Cole. I would die laughing. Blaise
3. I like Touching Spirit Bear Because i go camping alot and it relates to the outdoors and wilderness
ReplyDeletei Would change the scene where he eats the rats! iw ould rewrite that sceene because i don't like hearing about him eating rats.
ReplyDeleteI that the book is really goad and they should make it a movie but kepp the characters in the parts were he's attcked, doing his daily rutiens (swimming and carrying the rock), and why he has to go to the island, and what goes on at home!
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Well I'm going to answer qeustion three. My favorite book this year is probably Touching Spirit bear, because I love outdoorsey books and it kept me interseted. Fever 1793 was actually a little boring cause the setting was in the past and I geuss I just didnt like it. Wendesday Wars was a pretty good book to it was hilaious at some parts but I think the surprising and the shoking parts of Touching Spirit Bear was more interseting to me.
ReplyDeleteim commenting on Question 3.... Out of the three novels we read together in class, i like Yellow Fever the BEST. It was my Favorite becuase it was very interesting and i could get into the chapers quickly. I love History, so it was intereting on what it was like back during 1793. Also the sory line was just great. I really loved it. I would read it again if i wanted. Yellow Fever was just an Oustanding book, and it was amazingly well written.♥
ReplyDeleteMy favorite story that we read this year is 'touching spirit bear' because of the situation. I dont like it how people get hurt but that stuff really happens and its intresting. its hard to explain. And how he deals with his anger at first its really bad but now after a year and some odd months he has taken advantage of himself. i think its pretty cool
ReplyDeleteI liked Spirit Bear because It's got a lot of action to it. It has amazing description. It pulls you into the book so you feel like you're there. Also it kinda makes you think about how life is and teaches you a lesson about the actions you make. It teaches you to think before you act and make sure you think it through ALL THE WAY.
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My favorite book this book this year was "Wednesday Wars". I thought this book was funny and entertaining. I liked how the characters acted and thougt that the older sister's attitude was really funny.
ReplyDeleteI liked Spirit Bear because It's got a lot of action to it. It has amazing description. It pulls you into the book so you feel like you're there. Also it kinda makes you think about how life is and teaches you a lesson about the actions you make. It teaches you to think before you act and make sure you think it through ALL THE WAY.
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Out of the three books I like touching spirit bear the most. It is a very entertaining book and that it has a lot of entertaining parts in it that keep me captivated so I never want to stop reading. There is only that one part in the beginning of the book that I dislike otherwise it is my favorite book.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book that we read would be Wednesday Wars because there is always another interesting and funny thing coming up next. I like how you you never know whats coming up next!
ReplyDeleteI liked Wedensday Wars out of all of the book that we read. I like how it is funny and how it relates to me because i like going camping and I like track.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book that we read would be Wednesday Wars because there is always another interesting and funny thing coming up next. I like how you you never know whats coming up next!
ReplyDeleteMy Favorite book that we have read together as a class this year is Wednesday Wars, because it is exciting and keeps you interested. Yellow Fever would be next, because I learned about that time period and about the fever. Spirit Bear is last, because I have not finished the book yet and it's not one of the best books that I have read.
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Out of the 3 books we read Yellow Fever would have to be my favorite because I love histoical fiction books bettter than straight fiction. I also love how discriptive the Author was they keept me wanting to read the book with the cliff hangers that ended most chapters.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book this year is touching spirit bear. The book keeps me more interested then the others. I think they should make a movie of the book. I am reading touching spirit bear now and i think the book is a good book.
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I am going to answer question 1. I would rewrite the part where he is just laying there, hurt, for three chapters...that part was really boring for me to read. I would've made him try to struggle to stand and get back to his camp or have Garvy and Edwin come faster so that part wouldn't drag on like it did.
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FROM SAVANNA GLEE! Ello mate! Ok i'm going to answer number 3! Out of the books this year Fever was always and forever the best out of all the books we read this year! I liked it because it made me keep reading even though i hate to read! Every chapter was exciting, or sad, or just happy! Mixed emotions is a good way to keep it interesting! Plus i LOVE learning more about the olden days! It makes me wonder what it would be like to like then and sometimes wishing i would live then even though it would be a hard life i would be in history! Love, Savanna Glee
ReplyDeleteI really wouldn't want to rewrite any part. Except for the first half because he kept switching back in forth between the island and Circle Justice it got really confusing sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI would want to make it so he would stay on one topic and wait until the next chapter to switch topics.
1. I have to agree with Shiloh. I believe that the passage in which Cole had burnt his supplies could've been written with a little more passion. What I mean is, an agressive teenage boy is basically knocking out all the supplies and necessities he needs to survive and all he does is stare into the pretty flames? Rather weak.
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2. If I was to cast anyone for the role of Cole I would personally ask if Robert Pattinson were up for it. We need to feed the rabid fangirl obsession somehow. I'd say Dakota Fanning would do well in the abused housewife role of Cole's mother. She seems to be young and ambitious and has starred in a few well-scripted dramas during her time as an actoress. Cole's father would be harder to cast, I was personally thinking somewhere along the lines of Sam Worthington. He doesn't give off that 'horrible husband' look but he has some refined skills as an actor. If we prep him up a bit Im sure he'd look the part.
3. 'Fever 1793' was definately a favorite for me. I loved the way it tied itself in with history, it really did bring in some perspective of the suffering those people had to go through. The strong-willed main character was my favorite, she was very opinianated and stuborn.
Ashley L.
1. I think he could've written the mouse scene better. I did not like all of the details. I would've just had him keep eating bugs, or maybe a small rabbit. It didn't ruin the book though.
ReplyDelete2. I think Sam Worthington should be Cole's dad just because He looks about the age and I think he can play the part. Sigourney Weaver should be Coles mom because she would be able to nail the ignorant mom and caring mom. Rupert Grint should be Peter because he just has that Please leave me alone look about him. Robert Pattinson should be Cole, he just looks like he could be the mean bully. Chaske Spencer should play arvey because he is just the kind type of person
Jasmine H.
I would want to be cole because it would be fun to stay on an island. And to see a bear. It would be cool because no one is with you. Another reason is it would be hard to live on an island.
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i liked wednesday wars the best; but, i liked all of them. i would say i liked wednesday wars the best because is was funny. It had a good ending. Mrs. Baker turned out liking Holling. when holling thougth she hated him.
ReplyDeleteI think that in spirit bear I would change the last chapter a little more to make it feel as if you were actually in it like comparing how he felt to some things that can happen in real life. MOMO
ReplyDeleteHey! I really liked all the books we read this year, I thought they were all very interesting! But,.... if i had to pick one book it would probally have to be Fever. I don't ever find historical books that are interesting and that keep me excited to read the next page! It's hard to pick a favorite book because I really enjoyed them all! Touching Spirit Bear was good as well! I think they should make it a movie!!
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