January 18, 2017
What themes are emerging in "Out of My Mind"?
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.
I think two of the the themes are Melody being smart and now she can finally tell everyone because of the Medi-talker. So the themes are Melody overcoming disabilities obstacles,and being brave enough not to give up.
ReplyDeleteOne of the themes of this story is, Its okay to be different, because when Claire and Molly were bullying Melody,it made her feel sad. Another theme of this story is friendship,because when Rose and Melody became friends, no one else wanted to be her friend.The last theme is jealousy because Melody was jealous of Rose's new computer.This means that there are more than one theme to this story.
ReplyDeletethat is a good question
DeleteThe emerging themes are jealous,and bravery I think Melody is jealous because Melody parents were having another baby.I know this because I found this information in the text,in the last paragraph on pages 74 and 75.I think Melody is brave because Molly and Claire always are messing with Melody and Melody is brave enough to ignore them.I know this because I Found this information on page 109 paragraph 3.
ReplyDeleteThe themes that are emerging in "Out of My Mind" are jealousy, its okay to be different, and friendship. It says in chapter 14 the second page that Rose is showing off a brand-new laptop computer. I close my eyes,trying not to cry, dreaming of the perfect Melody-made computer. That means Melody was jealous of Rose's computer. Also it says in chapter 5, page 28 that the "special needs" bus, as they call it, has a cool wheelchair lift built in the door, and it picks me up every morning in front of my house. This means its okay to be different. When you look in chapter 11 it says finally, a girl got up out of her seat and walked over to my chair. That is why I chose friendship for a emerging theme. That is why I chose these emerging themes for this story.
ReplyDeleteThe themes that are emerging in Out of My Mind ,is when Melody got jealous of Penny.I know that because in chapter 9 on p.g 78 in sentence 1 it says it sorta sucks to watch a baby do what you want to do.That means she was jealous of Penny.Another theme is friendship when Rose met Melody they became friends when no one wanted to be Melody's friend.I know that because in chapter 11 on p.g 99 in sentence 2 it says finally, a girl got out of her seat and walked over to my chair, she squatted down and looked me directly in the face.Then she smiled.I think the mom is brave because when Melody had to go to the doctor and the doctor asked her questions and she pointed to the wrong thing the doctor said she is not smart and her mom said my kid is very smart.I know that because in chapter 4 on p.g 23 in sentence 8 the doctor says Melody is not smart and Melody's mom said my kid is very smart.This means Melody's mom was brave to stand up for her child..
ReplyDeleteOne theme of this story is friendship because Rose was the only one that wanted to be Melody's friend. Another theme of this story is jealousy because Melody was jealous of Penny because was born without disabilities. The last theme of this story is ,its okay to be different because in chapter 9 it says Penny was born without disabilities and Melody was born with disabilities. Melody is still ok even though she is different.This means that there is more then one theme of this story.
ReplyDeleteI agree on Rose was the only one that wanted to be Melody friend but it is not true friendship.
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ReplyDeleteOne theme that I really want to share is Rose was the only one that wanted to be Melody’s friend. Another theme that want to share is that in the story people were judging Melody and it is not right to judge people how they either look, the way they act, or by how they are made .The last theme that I want to share is no matter how different Melody was they still could have been Melody’s friend .
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ReplyDeleteWhat motivated you to right about a girl that is disabled
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DeleteOne Theme that i can say is that Rose was the only one who wanted to be her friend and also Catherine her aide.
ReplyDeleteIs Melody going to have another pet?
ReplyDeleteI hope I see Penny I think she is cute
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ReplyDeleteWhy did melody mom snap the disc and gave her five dollars and one kid said Thankyou and some reason this i want ask you how come melody little dog have be in box
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ReplyDeletewhy did melody say to her mom about her pink wheel chair
Is Melody 11
ReplyDeleteI feel bad Melody.
ReplyDeleteMelody Got A Thing To Type Her Words She Finally Can Talk To Her Friends And Family This Is A Good Book
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ReplyDeletemelody is a smart girl and she is nice and she cant go to the bathroom.in she is eleven years old next she loves country music.
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ReplyDeleteI like this book but why dose she have to be non- smart and i love your but it is so sad and my class is on chapter 16
ReplyDeleteMy class finished the book the rest of it is ðŸ˜
ReplyDeleteSome emerging themes i know about is that Melody got to be a aide
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of themes but perseverance sticks out for me since she struggles but at the end of the day she is still alive.
ReplyDeletemelody computer can talk
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ReplyDeletei feel bad melody
ReplyDeleteyou forgot to do Melody with a capitall
DeleteThe themes that are emerging is to except people for who they are. And to not make fun of someone based on how they look. And excepting other peoples learning standards,For example Melody is very smart and she can't show it and some people judge her by that. And she is different from others in her classes and some people can't except that,For example Molly and Claire.
ReplyDeleteMelody is really happy she got a new friend that she has fun talking too.She got some new classes and an aid to help her out in some classes.
ReplyDeleteI think that Melody is doing better know that she is in the new school she haves an aid she is taking a music class and English and math and others and she is doing great on her test know that she haves an aid to help her so she is able to show how smart that she is
ReplyDeleteThe theme is that Melody is happy to be in music class and other class with her friend Rose.She now has a aid named Catherine that help her reading books or now she is doing test,
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Deletethe lesson is that be happy with what you got because there are people out there overcoming obstacles
ReplyDeleteyes i think the same as you
DeleteI agree and she is happy
Deletethat is a great thing jonathan
DeleteThe lessons I learned is that never judge a person by their health issues or by their looks.I also learned that you should respect everyone because you never know how they feel.That is whet I learned from our story Out Of My Mind.
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ReplyDeleteMelody is happy she got new fraind Rose
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Deleteyea she is mad
DeleteA few lessons I learned was 1:Don't judge a book by it's cover.2:Just because someone learns different doesn't mean there not smart!3:When someone has needs or comes from a different country, you should be friends so they can feel like "REGULAR PEOPLE"!!!!
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Deleteyes that right
DeleteThere are several theme's but this one sticks out for me,and that is determination. Because she is determined to fit in like she's a 'normal' kid. Plus she struggles alot to fit in. And has a short vocabulary and it's very hard for her to speak what's on her mind.
ReplyDeleteI agree
DeleteWhen she go to new classroom . She made a friend named Rose. Rose was nice to her when to anther kids was laughing at her. And Rose told them to stop. And now she taking test like a normal person.But she want to do thing by her self.
ReplyDeleteJust because hey are different you wouldn't play with them like a book. If you read the cover and it sounds well not nice it dosen't mean .That you wouldn't like the book you should try to read. The book before you put it back to might be a really .Nice or sad or have a lot of action then the other books. You read don't have a lot of action.
ReplyDeleteI think that the 2 themes are that Melody being smart. And that shes 11.
ReplyDeleteMs.Gordon reads the words out loud and Melody point to the word on her bored Catherine wrote down what Melody pointed so Melody could follow along on the test Claire and Molly, who are always watching Meoldy, it feels like, begin to complain It is not fair! Claire cried,waving her hand to get miss Gordon attention Catherine cheats for her! Molly added.
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DeleteI like yours Imonie
DeleteI like yours Imonie
DeleteShe likes her start of fifth grade cause now she can do stuff like the normal kids and go to more classes like English,music.But she hates that her board that Catherine gave her to cooperate with her she hates if she has something to say but she cant say it cause its not on there.And she hates that shes in fifth grade and the tests she gets are just addition and there still easy for her.
ReplyDeleteI like yours Hawa
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ReplyDeleteThe lesson is to be kind to people. before being to mean to new people that are new.
ReplyDeletethe theme is about melody having a friend .Her friend is rose . now melody can do tests and her new aid cant help her .Rose went to ask her how she did and melody freaked out and she put 58 when she got 85. thats all .
ReplyDeleteThe theme is that Melody is happy to be in music class and other class with her friend Rose.she now has a aid named Catherine that help her reading books or now she is doing test.
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ReplyDeleteThe themes that are emerging is to respect others even though if they are different. Because Rose didn't judge Melody's look and now they are nice to each other. In the book it said that Rose came up to Melody and started talking to her.
ReplyDeletenever judge people.like Claire and Molly was lauthing at them.Moldy knows everything but she can't say it
ReplyDeletethe aide is helping melody write and people are going to see how smart melody is.but people don't know she is smart for now at least.
ReplyDeleteMelody is a fiveth grader and she wants to learn long division and she said Mr.D is smart enough to run a puiz team .Melody got sevety-five but she really got eighty-five
ReplyDeletethere are lots of great themes.like Melody goes to different classes like art music English. and she has a aide named Catherine and a friend named Rose.so there is alot of great themes.
ReplyDeletei agree with imonie because ms.gordon reads out loud to melodyand melody points to the word on her board catherine wrote down what melody pointed so melody could follow along on the test.
ReplyDeleteDon't doubt yourself,Melody doesn't give up on herself she keeps trying and does not quit.
ReplyDeleteWillie @Sherwood Park
One of the themes of this book is that don't judge people from how they look. It is nice that Melody tries to help people and she doesn't talk about people.
ReplyDeleteMelody never gives up when she does not like something or if it's too hard. She never gives up.
Da'marion@SherWood Park
Good friends don't judge each other.Rose is just a normal kid and she became friends with Melody.Rose doesn't even judge the way Melody is.
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One of the themes in the book is that Rose didn't judge Melody on how see look or her skin color.
ReplyDeleteRose helped Melody every step of the way.
Taniah@Sherwood Park
I disagree because you never stated a theme. you should've said friendship because of the bond.
DeleteAlex@SherwoodPark
Don`t doubt yourself when you think it looks hard. Just keep on trying no matter what.
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The theme I think of is that good friends do good deeds to each other.The reason I say this is because when Melody tells Mrs.V to ask Roses parent is she can go with them to the new downtown aquarium.
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You should always help a friend if they cannot do the things that you can do. If you don't know how to do something some body will help you. Maleek@SherwoodPark
ReplyDeleteGood friends do good deeds for each other.Rose helped Melody when she needed help.Just try your hardest.
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I think a theme is acceptance because of how much Melody is judged on the way she looks, having her excluded from most activities with others around her.
ReplyDeleteAlex@SherwoodPark
Rose was the only one that wanted to be Melody's friend.
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