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Where the Red Fern Grows

__**Day 1 Response**__
 * The novel starts out with a flash forward. What might be the reason the author does this? Doesn't it seem strange, given that most stories that start with a prologue as a flash-back? Why might he have let the hound go? What general feelings do you get from the man (joy, sadness, regret, excitement...) How and why does the boy break his rules at home? What does he seem to love more than life itself?**

**dancer**
 * The author does this so you can get a little bit more information on the character so you know about him when he is telling the story. Yes, I thought it was very strange they started that way. I would have thought that they would have started with a flash-back. He might have let the hound go because he couldn’t take care of him any more or the dog didn’t like to be with him. I get sadness and gratefulness from the man. He didn’t tell his parents that he is going to buy a dog. He seams to love dogs and his family more than anything.**
 * By FLobble **
 * I think the author does this to show the person that reads it more on his adult-hood. **
 * Yah because you like to see every thing that leads up to that moment. **
 * He might have let the dog go because he might have had a dog die and he didn’t want that to happen again. **
 * I like this guy he seems nice. **
 * He went ahead and got the dogs any way. **
 * HE LOVES DOG MORE THAN LIFE! **

I think the author would do this to give us some background on the main character to show that he likes dogs and that he wants one really bad. But is different that he started out with a flash-forward instead of a flash-back. I think that the hound reminded him of his childhood. Maybe something happened to one of his own dogs a long time ago and he decided to let t go so it did not happen again. I feel really sad for the man because he let the dog go and that he wanted to keep it soooo bad, and yet he let the dog go any way. The reason he breaks the rules is because he wants a hound so bad that he goes to ant thing to get one. Even if that means waiting two years. He completely loves hound dogs more than anything else. By:totalbiscuit

By totalbiscuit 1-have seen a kid being picked on since it was my friend I was really mad) by a really mean kid. So I go in and say “ hey that’s not nice”, so then he comes over and slams my head against the wall. So I go and tell an adult but they didn’t care! It stunk. 2-think that the record I would break would be to do the most surgeries to save people lives. 3-Text-within-text for a fight is in __Gregor and the prophecy of bane.__ In the beginning him and his dad argue then they go into the underland and fight a bunch of giant rats. 4-have always wanted to try a little wine just to see what it would taste like. But not a whole bottle.

Mexico He did the flash forward so the reader knows who is talking and what he is talking about. Plus you know a little about him. Yeah, it does seem strange because usually you don’t just start with a person walking and know anything about him. But, because he could not afford him and he did not want to get in trouble from his parents. I would be regretful and grateful because that was really wrong to do but it ends up turning out alright. Because he wants something then more then ever! A dog he would love. Because it is like his best yet only friend!


 * Some kids at a school playground taunt him with the words "'Hillbilly, hillbilly.'" After they leave, he plays on a slide and believes he has set a record for the longest slide. Describe a time when you've witness kids being picked on. How did it feel for the kids doing the bullying & for the kid(s) being picked on? If you could pick a world record to break, what would you do? What Text-within-Text connection can you make about a fight, explain what this is. Billy gets his first ever bottle of soda purchased for him by the marshall. What haven't you ever eaten / drunk that you'd like to try?**

**dancer** By:totalbiscuit 1-have seen a kid being picked on since it was my friend I was really mad) by a really mean kid. So I go in and say “ hey that’s not nice”, so then he comes over and slams my head against the wall. So I go and tell an adult but they didn’t care! It stunk. 2-think that the record I would break would be to do the most surgeries to save people lives. 3-Text-within-text for a fight is in __Gregor and the prophecy of bane.__ In the beginning him and his dad argue then they go into the underland and fight a bunch of giant rats. 4-have always wanted to try a little wine just to see what it would taste like. But not a whole bottle.
 * I have seen someone that was pushing a boy down then the boy would try to get up and the bully would just keep pushing him down. I felt really bad for the kid that was getting picked in. I was really bad at the boy that was picking on him. I had a connection because his dad and Billy had a fight about the dogs just like when Billy and the kids in town had a fight. I have not drank ice tea but I would like to.**

 **huge ****muddy puddle at ** **bottom! So he tried to go down the ladder but before he reached it, a ****big, ****, ****big  ****, ****big ****kid came up and grabbed him and pushed him don the slide anyway! It felt awful because no one saw it so they all said he as lying! Actually because the kid that pushed him was believed to be there “nice” friend. The world record I would break would probably be The Worlds Biggest Technology Fan. My connection is he had a fight earlier on and then a really bad one later. But a drink that I would love to try would be Green Tea, because I always see my cousin with it and think it looks good. ** 
 * Flobble **
 * <span style="color: rgb(249, 62, 62);">When I was on the kindergarten playground, I heard a shriek from a kid. So I started on over. Then I saw a kid and two others. They were fighting over a big square. All the kids around were chanting and saying really mean things to the little kid. The mean kids were so happy that they almost won the little fight, the little kid was crying. I would like to beat the record of holding your breath the longest. I’ve been in a fight before. When we were out playing football, I lunged for the ball and I got it, and Kevin said ,”He’s not playing.” I would like to eat shark. **

__Day 3 Wiki Repsonse Question:__

 * In reading, strong readers often make connections to help make their book more interesting, exciting, and desirable to read. One type of connection is a text to text connection. This means that the reader is connecting some aspect of the current book they're reading to another book they've read. List three (3) text to text (t-t) connections you've made so far about your novel.**

**dancer**
 * -( Island of Blue Dolphins) I have read a book that had a dog in it and a boy just like this book.**
 * -( In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson) Shirley really wanted to be normal and Billy really wanted to have hounds.**
 * -(In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson) When Shirley moved to the USA she hadn’t tried very many things just like when Billy hadn’t tried pop.**

By: totalbiscuit <span style="color: rgb(0, 13, 255); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(37, 34, 34);">1-One I have made is from Red Fern __<span style="color: rgb(37, 34, 34);">to Gregor the Overlander __<span style="color: rgb(37, 34, 34);"> both books. The giant rats will stop at nothing to get what they want. In are book the kid will do anything to get his hounds, even if that means facing mountain lions. 2- Once I was playing video games on the computer and I had to get something for someone. So I work super hard to get it then he says that I don’t need that. I was like what! I did all that for nothing! But then I found out that I went to the wrong guy and I needed to go to another person. In __<span style="color: rgb(37, 34, 34);">Red Fern __<span style="color: rgb(37, 34, 34);">, Billy thought that he did all his training on the hounds for hunting because they could not remember how to find a coon when it played a trick on them. Then one of the hounds the girl (Little Anne) remembered. So then the boy dog (Old Dan) copies her to do the right thing. 3-Another one I have is for the whole book. This book takes place back in the 1800’s. Just like Lora Ingles Wilder’s book also takes place in the 1800’s. <span style="color: rgb(37, 239, 38);">Mexico **1. Actually I just read a different book with a dog and a kid in it that become best friends. The book is “ Island of the Blue Dolphins”.** <span style="color: rgb(242, 58, 58);"> <span style="color: rgb(246, 30, 77);">** Also in the ****__ Little House on the Parry __****, **** they are all ways on the move, on the prarry. Billy also moves all the time through ** Good readers make many predictions while they are reading. Some predictions turn out to be true, while others are "off."
 * 2. (In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson) Shirley really did not know anyone at first. Just like Billy doesn’t really know anyone because he lives in the country and is home-schooled.**
 * 3. (A Dog’s Life) It is about dogs and is really sad! Some people have told me this book gets sad!**
 * Flobble**
 * Well I’ve made a connection, in the book __Hatchet__ Brian is alone, and Billy is also all alone when he goes to get his pups.**
 * In the books the** <span style="color: rgb(248, 53, 81);">**__ Little House on the Parry __****, **** Laura has a dog (her family’s dog). Billy has two dogs. **
 * __Day 4 Wiki Response Questions:__**

List some of your predictions you made while reading this novel.

What would you predict would happen if there was a sequel to this novel? What direction might the author take with the characters?

Would you recommend the novel to others? Why or why not? Explain.

<span style="color: rgb(34, 63, 226);">Mexico <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(235, 40, 188);"> ==<span style="color: rgb(168, 31, 229);"><span style="color: rgb(235, 40, 188);">** 1. ** One of my predictions was that the dogs would die right when the cat was going for Billy and they stepped in front of him! But they lived for a little longer, but not as long as they deserved which should of been years later! Also I made one that they would win the cup! == ==<span style="color: rgb(168, 31, 229);"><span style="color: rgb(235, 40, 188);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> ** 2. ** I think that Billy would live in the country where he lived as a kid when he gets older. So the author would make the characters get older. == ==<span style="color: rgb(168, 31, 229);"><span style="color: rgb(235, 40, 188);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> **3.** Yes I would recommend this book because it makes you cry and cry so you get all your sadness out. But think of the happy times and enjoy the book before the sadness! ==