I received a birthday card for my 21st birthday from my roommate Anna. On the front of the card a person in a rabbit suit was reclining by a pool with a cool drink. Captioned below the picture were the words, "Happy Birthday from the neighbor you don't speak of". I laughed as I paired the picture with the quote. I immediately understood the card was from Harvey, a giant invisible rabbit. After thanking Anna for the card she and I talked about the meaning. Anna did not grasp the meaning of the card in the way I did. I realized that my past viewing of the movie "Harvey" set the foundation for my viewpoint.
Chapter 6 discusses the importance of collaboration between students. Every student has different insights and experiences that provide bases for his or her knowledge on a particular topic (104). Therefore, students can use those previous experiences to help classmates to further understand topics discussed in class.
In chapter 5 the Plug-Ins and Literary Dominos exercises seemed to be useful in the classroom setting. The Literary Dominos are helpful when asking students to recall events and declare the importance of the characters' actions leading the end. Starting the students with the last domino allows the students to take one step backward and evaluate the story to find what led to the ending. After students complete this exercise they are able to think about the cause and effect relationship of a story.
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That is a great example of how things can be taken differently...even when people are so similar. The activities and events that are mentioned throughout these chapters are really helpful in analyzing and interpreting different perspectives and viewpoints in reading and literature.
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