November 28, 2016
The novel opens with a powerful discussion of the power of words and language. How does this author's choice help capture the reader's attention?
One Book, One City for Kids is an annual reading program that encourages all 5th graders in the city to read and discuss the same book. The program also strives to encourage a lifelong love of reading among students, to inspire readers to bring story ideas and themes to life through discussion, and to build collaborative ties between public libraries, school libraries, and area schools. This year the entire city will be reading Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper.
Sharon Draper helps capture the reader’s attention because you see how important it is for the character Melody, so you put yourself in her shoes. You would want to know what the story is going to be about. Also it tells us what she does and how she does it. Melody can't communicate with other people easily. I like that she expresses herself in her own way. It would be so hard to deal with cerebral palsy.
ReplyDeleteSharon Draper catches reader’s attention because when she was talking about words and language, it made me think hard. So, the author caught my attention.The author made me think hard about how you can express the things that you want say. You stop and think about how you know what words mean and how you know to how speak them.
ReplyDeleteThe author’s choice helped get my attention because she had the main character, Melody, telling the story. The 10 year old girl, Melody was describing how it felt, and she was also saying things about herself that other people said about her. That got my attention!!! This book really caught my attention because Melody is really brave. She is a really smart kid. I wanted to read more to find out how it felt to not be able to communicate.I can’t wait to read the next chapter it’s a really good book and what really caught my attention was that Melody is describing how she really feels and that words are more than just blah-blah, It means more to her.
ReplyDeleteSharon M. Draper is a great author. She puts in these powerful words in the novel that provide a better understanding of what people like Melody feel about their condition. It captures my attention because of how she uses similes and metaphors to describe words.
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ReplyDeleteWhen she described the power of words, it made it interesting making you want to read on. The way Sharon Draper put the words with a nice description made it a nice calm book instead of a lot of talking it was calm. Knowing it makes it seem like there’s more meaning. It makes you think “What will happen next?” or “What will happen next!”. Its nice to see how others unlike us see the world.
The author got my attention because she was telling us what words really are and that we haven't noticed what they mean to others. She tried to tell the reader what she thinks about the character, Melody, and what other people think about her. Like she's a little dark haired girl in a wheelchair and she thinks of her as an intelligent and smart but cannot express what wants to say. It captures my attention because the author has a great way of explaining how Melody feels about words.
ReplyDeleteThe author’s choice captures my attention because she wants to express Melody’s feelings about how she feels about words and language. Not many people, probably know how she feels. The author’s description of words and language to Melody make me want to read more to see if she will ever be able to use those words.
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ReplyDeleteI knew someone who had a similar situation and I am excited to see how she presents Melody's situation.
ReplyDeleteI am excited to see what happens with Melody.
ReplyDeleteI think the author wants to make it fun to read so kids and even adult can understand how she feel, kids like her feel like that too.
ReplyDeleteThe author captures my attention by using feelings about words in descriptive ways . That makes me want to keep reading. It is a wonderful story.I think there is a problem in it and that makes it good . It has similes and metaphors that caught my classmates attention and my attention.I think the author wrote this story because she loves someone.
ReplyDeleteWhat got my attention was the that the author used very powerful words like when she said words I'm surround by thousands.This book is talking about how Melody, can't say words but she wishes she could.She compares words to snowflakes because she can't say anything.What got my attention was that she has cerebral palsy and I want to see how it's like to have cerebral palsy and that's what got my attention.
ReplyDeleteIt captures my attention because the author is describing what someone with cerebral palsy would be thinking. The power of words are what people are saying to others. She chose to do this to show how people are communicating if they cannot talk. The book is interesting because the author made it easy to visualize what is happening in the story.The words at the beginning are to understanding the beginning better about what she thinks about words.
ReplyDeleteIt captures my attention because the author is describing what someone with cerebral palsy would be thinking. The power of words are what people are saying to others. She chose to do this to show how people are communicating if they cannot talk. The book is interesting because the author made it easy to visualize what is happening in the story.The words at the beginning are to understanding the beginning better about what she thinks about words.
ReplyDeleteThe author made me want to read more by helping to take me into Melody’s mind because she can’t talk. It makes me realize how my life is amazing. The author’s choice helped capture the reader’s attention by saying things in 1st person and in 2nd person. Also, by using similes and metaphors. She used made up words like “play pretty” and expressed her feelings through the character, Melody.
ReplyDeletei agree because the author put a lot of details to describe how melody is out of her mind
DeleteThat a great idea i agree because the author put a lot words in melody head to get her out of her mine.
Deleteit means that you don't know how to walk or talk or your mad or sad.
ReplyDeleteit means that you can't walk or talk
ReplyDeleteThe way the author is trying to get our attention is to inform us about Melody Brooks and how hr life was when she was a kid and how kids made her feel
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ReplyDeleteThe author captures my attention by saying that the person can’t talk and that makes the readers want to know more about how the character isn’t able to talk. So they read more to find out why it intrigues them so much. That is how the author’s powerful discussion of words captures the reader’s attention.
ReplyDeleteThe author in the book out of my mind the author uses similes, metaphors,and bold words to make us keep on reading their book.A little girl with cerebral palsy, who would not want to read that.With no function just a mind with a million answers but can’t tell about it.
ReplyDeleteIt capture the readers attention by making it interesting.She also explained what was going on. its also used a powerful words.The powerful sentence is where she said my arm became fighting sticks,my legs became weapons.I kicked at her with my leg.The Arthur also used thing that is not true.
ReplyDeleteHow it helps capture the reader attention by making it powerful. They might know the story is going to be about words and that when they start reading it wants them to read about more. So when i read the first page i wanted to read more because i wanted to know who the person was and what's going to happen next.
ReplyDeletei agree
DeleteBy her saying i know thousands of words maybe millions so that's really telling the reader that its going to be lot's of words some we know and some we don't know but by reading about melody and this book you will learn lot's of new words.
ReplyDeletei mean lots .
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DeleteI liked how the author used Mountains of phrases as a metaphor.And I liked how she used Mississippi and hippopotamus in the first paragraph,and she used thousands of words maybe millions of words I really liked how the author used that.
ReplyDeleteI think the authors choice of words captured the readers attention. She used really descriptive words and told about what melody was thinking but not just normally she used words to describe her feelings. she made the thoughts in melody's head more fun .The part where she said words have always swirled around me like snow flakes was entertaining and help you know more about melody . when the author used the words Mississippi and hippopotamus are great words she added because she used words that are fun for kids to say the author used great words and really captured my attention .
ReplyDeleteIt captures the readers attention by starting off with interesting words.She also talked about how she was surrounded by millions of words.She used powerful words like saying "words have been swirled around me like snowflakes, and each word is different, melting in my hands."The author also used powerful words kids like to talk about
ReplyDeleteyeah i agree
DeleteIt helps when you attention to what you reading it helps you
ReplyDeletebe a good reader and knowing a lot of words and helps you know
a lot about stories and it makes you want another person to read about stories.
because win melody that she was surround thousand of word that made me think because she was problem was read because win you turn page you see thousand of word win the author said play pretty that she was problem was playing
ReplyDeleteIt capture the readers attention by making it interesting like when she said words have always swirled around me like snow flakes and the Arthur used things that's not true.
ReplyDeleteIt helps catch the readers attention because of the words in the story are powerful.So for example if a reader reads the story of out of my mind I think the story would catch their attention. By how it starts off not telling who the person is but all they start with is things about the person.
ReplyDeleteI think the author gives Melody words that they can grab you and to make you happy and it will give people a feelings and she has a brain that bigger then you think and watches TV and news .
ReplyDeleteThe author says Melody in different ways. The words that Melody says are powerful are words that bring attention. The words in the book "Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes."is a phrase that has power. This one has power too " Mountains of phrases and sentences and connected ideas. Clever expressions, jokes love songs."these phrases get there power from the author.The author puts Melody in a world of powerful words, phrases and sentences. It's hard for Melody with all these things she say and all these powerful words shes surrounded by, but Melody may have something to say the things she wants to say.
ReplyDeleteI thought Sharon Draper captured the readers attention is those words like Mississippi.I thought wen Sharon Draper said those words I could relate like wen maybe you were younger,you liked saying Mississippi.I like how detailed that book is.This is how the book got my attention,wen she said words have always swirled around me like snowflakes.
ReplyDeleteBecause the melody around her was like a rythym to her heart and that called a metafor and its when you say somthing that can not happen or become something like a dragon real.
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ReplyDeleteThe author want to get the attention to teach 5th grader about the book.
ReplyDeletethat not what it is about.
DeleteI think the author wanted to tell us about her life and how she can't talk or walk.
ReplyDeleteThis book is very very great because. I love how it has a lot of hyperbole's and similes. Also it is very good at showing how a character feels.
ReplyDeletemelody is different from use because we can walk and talk and she can't that does not give you permition to be mean like Dr,hugly when he said melory is ratarted
ReplyDeleteI think Mr.Hugely is a mean doctor telling Melody and her mother that Melody's retarded. That's just harsh and I would have fired him.
ReplyDeletethat melody is a smart girl and try everything to learn as possible as she can learn because she have cerebal palsy and can't move her body,but her thumb but she use a machiene to talk to people.
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