Week 2 Day 2 (Tuesday)
1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
1) The mom would feed Richard spoons of Tabasco sauce, one thing he really hates and makes him vomit. When the sauce would drop by accident she would yell at him and say "Lick it up like a dog." and Richard couldn't stop thinking of that phrase, it was what she used to say to Dave. She yelled at him to get in the car for getting to school. Richard felt embarrassed he was ratting David out. David was so shocked to see the mom and in a few moments he disappeared making the mom even more mad. Richard had to follow Scott's rules which were sent by the mom. He would tell Richard the wrong things just to get him in trouble. He would do the wrong chores because of Scott and he would get in intense trouble. Richard thought more and more of David how he was locked in the cold, dark, lonely basement full of secrets and lies. The army cot, that David used to sleep at night made Richard think how stupid he was when he was jealous of it. It was Christmas day, one thing Richard looked forward too. Everyone's presents had their names on it Richard searched for a long time to find his name and then he finally found his name on a tiny piece of comic paper. Richard was really sad he thought he had disappointed his mom but know he had disappointed Santa too. All his hopes were suddenly gone. The kids all tried showing Richard their toys and that only made the mom mad, she yelled at Richard saying to go back to the basement were you belong and stop ruining my sons' Christmas.Richard believed Christmas was the only day he would get a rest however, he was wrong. He had to take the trash out and do all the chores that day. The table was decorated so nicely since it was Christmas and he had to follow the same rules, he had to wait until his brother started eating. Their Gram was coming over and the mom taught Richard to be rude to her because she thought Gram was destroying family holidays. Gram came but then left because of the rudeness. Richard was asked in class what he wanted to be and he said a kid all the teachers were surprised by his answers. Like the usual he was called down to the office couple of times. He never asked mom for anything but now he really needed P.E sweats or else he would fail class and he took enough courage to actually ask her.
2) How do you feel about what you read today?
2) I felt as if this was the worst part I read so far. That the last hope of Richard was lost today. He actually believed in Santa and his mom had just crashed all his hopes and courage.
3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today?
3) My favorite character, Richard, had all his hopes and dreams crushed today. He also was treated separately from his family and was told he wasn't the mom's son.
4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you?
4) If what happened to Richard happened to me I would be so disappointed in myself. I would feel as if I have nothing else left in me. If I was pushed off all by myself I would try to seek for help and try to understand why that was being done to me.
5) What questions do you have about what you read today?
5) I want to know will the mom bring him his P.E sweats or not.
6) What do you predict will happen next in this story?
6) I think the mom will beat Richard because he asked for the P.E sweats and get his other clothes taken away too.
1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
1) The mom would feed Richard spoons of Tabasco sauce, one thing he really hates and makes him vomit. When the sauce would drop by accident she would yell at him and say "Lick it up like a dog." and Richard couldn't stop thinking of that phrase, it was what she used to say to Dave. She yelled at him to get in the car for getting to school. Richard felt embarrassed he was ratting David out. David was so shocked to see the mom and in a few moments he disappeared making the mom even more mad. Richard had to follow Scott's rules which were sent by the mom. He would tell Richard the wrong things just to get him in trouble. He would do the wrong chores because of Scott and he would get in intense trouble. Richard thought more and more of David how he was locked in the cold, dark, lonely basement full of secrets and lies. The army cot, that David used to sleep at night made Richard think how stupid he was when he was jealous of it. It was Christmas day, one thing Richard looked forward too. Everyone's presents had their names on it Richard searched for a long time to find his name and then he finally found his name on a tiny piece of comic paper. Richard was really sad he thought he had disappointed his mom but know he had disappointed Santa too. All his hopes were suddenly gone. The kids all tried showing Richard their toys and that only made the mom mad, she yelled at Richard saying to go back to the basement were you belong and stop ruining my sons' Christmas.Richard believed Christmas was the only day he would get a rest however, he was wrong. He had to take the trash out and do all the chores that day. The table was decorated so nicely since it was Christmas and he had to follow the same rules, he had to wait until his brother started eating. Their Gram was coming over and the mom taught Richard to be rude to her because she thought Gram was destroying family holidays. Gram came but then left because of the rudeness. Richard was asked in class what he wanted to be and he said a kid all the teachers were surprised by his answers. Like the usual he was called down to the office couple of times. He never asked mom for anything but now he really needed P.E sweats or else he would fail class and he took enough courage to actually ask her.
2) How do you feel about what you read today?
2) I felt as if this was the worst part I read so far. That the last hope of Richard was lost today. He actually believed in Santa and his mom had just crashed all his hopes and courage.
3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today?
3) My favorite character, Richard, had all his hopes and dreams crushed today. He also was treated separately from his family and was told he wasn't the mom's son.
4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you?
4) If what happened to Richard happened to me I would be so disappointed in myself. I would feel as if I have nothing else left in me. If I was pushed off all by myself I would try to seek for help and try to understand why that was being done to me.
5) What questions do you have about what you read today?
5) I want to know will the mom bring him his P.E sweats or not.
6) What do you predict will happen next in this story?
6) I think the mom will beat Richard because he asked for the P.E sweats and get his other clothes taken away too.