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= = =Week 4 Adult: Kelly Radkee =  Pages Read: 191-298 -express your opinions about the book To be included in your response…

v Did you enjoy the book? Why or why not? v Who else should read this book? Why? v How does the main character change in the story? v What lesson about life (theme) do you think the author was trying to express? v What questions would you like answered after reading this book? v How would you change the ending of the book?

Student Evaluation- (Feel free to add another sheet of paper.) Summarize this week’s reading. Remember to be brief and include only the key points and highlights.

I did very much enjoy this book. I enjoyed this book because it showed a little boy who had been beat and not treated very well, grow up into a young man who is joining the Air Force. I also enjoyed this book because it showed what a lot of kids have to go through. It gave me a description on what it was like to go through that. This book was very sad. At times I felt so bad for David I wanted to cry. I also felt like I could connect with David even though I don’t go through the same situations at home. I think people who are looking for the real world and want to know what it is like should read this book. What I’m trying to say is I never knew life could be so bad. I have always felt that life was happy and hardly ever bad, but here David was beaten and he still tried to make the best out of everything. David changes throughout the story from going to a young child to an adult. It shows him emotionally hurt and physically hurt. I think that the author was trying to say that, make the best out of everything. Even though you may come from a bad background or are a foster child doesn’t mean you wont be successful. David was beat and he was moved from foster home to foster home and now he is 18 and is going into the Air force. I thought the ending of the book was really good. It left you with a question of what is going to happen to David next after he gets out of the air force? I really enjoyed this book. David is a young boy who gets beat and finally gets out of “The House”. He moves from foster home to foster home trying to find the real him and a home. He has to put up with kids teasing him and beating him up. David has to go to “The Hill” because he got blamed for starting a fire. David never seems to find the right foster parents or a home. Until finally he foster parents who love him so much. They treat him as if he is their own son. David decides to go to the air force when he turned 18. Dear Kelly, I am so sorry about asking you what you wanted to become when you get older again, I didn’t know because I just now got the intro you wrote to me. I think it is really cool that you are in a lot of clubs. I am taking: algebra 1, English 1, health, a cooking class, band, history, also I will be taking drivers Ed second semester. I am very excited about high school, but I am also very nervous! I like to read too. I especially like to read on a nice sunny day outside. I also like //N.C.I.S.// and //Law And Order//. I haven’t seen the //Golden gir//ls before. Is it good? I do know Tanner, he is pretty cool and kind of shy. I would say that my favorite author is Beatrice Sparks and Laurie Anderson.

Sincerely, Mackenzie Baker

= Week 3 Adult: Kelly Radkee = Student: Mackenzie Baker Book Title: //The Lost Boy// Pages Read: 79-187

-Please focus on the protagonist, the main character, or antagonist, who is another important character.

To be included in your response… v Summarize this week’s reading, focusing on a description of the character. v Does the character remind you of yourself or someone else you know? Why? v What personality traits of this person would you like to acquire? Why? v Would you want to be friends with this character? Why or Why not?

The protagonist in this book is David. David is shy, and very confused. I also believe that David is very brave. David was confused by the big words that Lilian had used when he was in trouble and he was brave to stand up to Larry Jr. for Chris. I believe that not only is David getting in trouble because he is trying to fit in, but I believe he is also doing it for a little attention. David never got any attention at “The House” because he was almost always alone in the garage. I also believe that David continues to try to get in touch with his mom because he still believes that somehow part of it was his fault and he wants to have a mother/son relationship with his mom, like he saw at the park.

responses, opinions, etc. What do you think will happen next? //You may also chat about other things besides your book//.

I didn't think this part was too boring, because it talks about what David was doing to try to be accepted and to get a friend. I also found it interesting how Rudy and Lilian handled David. I am interested to learn if Rudy takes David to “The Hill” and how he does. I feel that David is just a lost little boy who needs a good friend. When I am out of college( and a few years after that), I hope to be an elementary teacher and a mother.

Are you taking any interesting classes in high school?