Independent Reading Response --3rd Block: Eragon (#4)

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Eragon (#4)

"'What are you doing here?' blurted Eragon. Angela folded her hands in her lap. 'Well, why don't you sit on the floor and I'll tell you? I'd offer you a chair, but I'm sitting on the only one.' Questions buzzed through Eragon's mind as he settled between two flasks of acrid bubbling green potions." (435)

I'm with Eragon one this one. What is she doing in the Varden. I just assumed that she was simply just the figure the author was using for foreshadowing, not an important character. At least am assuming she is more important now because of her reappearance. After Angela and Solembum were first introduce in Teriem, I figured they would never be heard of again. Apparently I was mistaken because he they are now in the midst of every important thing happening right now. This very odd and strangely interesting character now has a great influence on what is about to happen just by being there I can tell. I am also suspecting that since she is a bit mysterious and always working with potions, she may have more power than just mixing things. This story just keeps getting more interesting.

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Pick a quote from your reading.
1. This doesn’t mean it has to be dialogue!
2. Shorter ≠ Better: it’s actually harder to respond to and interact with shorter quotes.
3. Cite the page number correctly: “Blah, blah, blah” (34).
4. There are no set requirements for what types of quotes you pick; they just have to be meaningful in some way to you. Maybe a passage actually makes you stop and think about something. Maybe it includes ideas related to a theme you’ve noticed or can relate to. Maybe you just like it.

Respond to it.
1. After you’ve picked a quote from the text, you need to think about it.
2. Some examples of stuff to include: inferences, predictions, reflections (what the passage stirs in your thinking), associations/ connections to other reads or the real world, your feelings towards the author’s words (mood), questions about the reading with attempts to answer how the author would, literary devices/figurative language you discover, remarks about author’s style, tone, etc.
3. Some examples of ways to respond: just write (informal reflection), write a poem expressing your thoughts, write an opening/closing argument for a trial that you’d put a character on, write a letter to the author, write a top-ten list, or another format of your choice.
4. The main goal is for these responses to be thoughtful and reflect your engagement with your reading. Translation: I should be able to tell you’re reading and understanding and thinking about what you’re reading.
5. Responses will typically be approximately 200 words.
6. You might want to write your responses on Word or another word processing program before you post (it catches your silly mistakes). Also, be sure to include the name of your book in the subject line!

Comment on Classmates’ posts
1. Skim through your classmates’ posts.
2. Choose a post that you find interesting. Maybe you’ve read the same book and you want to discuss something you liked or didn’t like about the book. Maybe you thought his/her post was thoughtful and/or creative and you want to give him/her mad props. Maybe you have a question about something he/she said. Maybe you’re thinking about reading that book and want to know a little more about it.
3. Comments will typically be approximately 50-100 words.
4. Oh, and be nice to each other! Absolutely no jerkface-like comments!

Independent Reading Response --3rd Block

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Eragon (#4)

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