Response to Literature - Mountain View Middle School文学反应-山观中学.ppt

Response to Literature - Mountain View Middle School文学反应-山观中学
Response to Literature
Analyzing, describing, summarom event, rather than admit personal responsibility.
4: Develop your response to the mood, characters, and/or plot.
Use examples from the story to show the Plot and your response to the story.
The mood of the story was spooky from the beginning. The interest in the story was built through the author’s use of suspense. I felt a sense of anticipation as the White’s made the second and third wishes on the paw.
In terms of the characters, Mr. and Mrs. White both change dramatically through the story. I thought it was interesting how Mr. White began with positive feelings about the paw, and Mrs. White didn’t. But, because of the events of the story, they each change to the opposite perspective.
Paragraph 3: Analyze
When a little fish asks Rainbow Fish for one of his shiny scales, Rainbow Fish refuses asking, “Who do you think you are?”. This shows how selfish Rainbow Fish was, and how little he considered the feelings of others. Over time he found himself alone wondering, “Why doesn’t anyone like me?” It is only then that Rainbow Fish realized he had to make a change in his behavior. I think that people are similar when we get focused on our personal appearance and think that we are better or worse than others just because of what things we have.
Paragraph 4: Respond
In the beginning, Rainbow Fish was selfish and mean. The suspense grew in the story as Rainbow Fish asked other fish for advice, and no one could help him. I felt sad for Rainbow Fish because he didn’t understand why no one liked him anymore, but I also felt he deserved to be ignored by others because he was being rude.
Paragraph 5: Relate
The story progressed to the lesson that Rainbow Fish learns when he visited an octopus in a dark cave. “Give a glittering scale to each of the other fish,” it tells him. “You will discover how to be happy.” I think this means that we have to