Week 1 Day 3 (Wednesday)
1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
1) Richard started understanding his life better, he never really thought about it until "IT" left. The mom loved Richard's brothers Scott and Ross, which made Richard feel unspecial, however Richard was mom's confident. The mom told Richard the police took away "IT" because he was a criminal, she told him stories filled with lies and Richard was shocked to hear it all. Richard felt sad but he knew he caused a lot of harm to "IT" too. Richard felt abandoned since his dad and now that "IT" was gone too. The dad was scared of the mom too and thats why he never did anything about it. Richard was tired of wearing the same old clothes and people at school named him "the dirty boy". Scott and Ross would get everything but for Richard everything was different. He wouldn't be able to eat food until his little brother Keith has started. Richard gets mad that his brothers don't help out, but one of his brothers offered him some food secretly which made Richard feel better. He wonders about how bad his life is about to get because now that he is all alone. His friend's, Josh, parents now about the mom being abusive but they do not do anything about it, which causes Richard to be sad, although his parents treat him really nicely with respect and gentleness. Josh's mom, Susan, would signal the blinds when Josh is ready to play with Richard. Josh was also really scared of Richard's mom. Thats why Richard worried about losing his friendship with Josh. The mom would hit Richard daily in the morning and Richard would run trying to escape it. The mom embarrassed Richard by pulling his pants down and hitting him with a thick stick. His friend was watching and Richard was really embarrassed. Although Josh ignores everything that was being done to keep their friendship strong. Richard wonders how it feels to be a happy family. He feels as if God doesn't want to help him. I stopped when he was talking about going to his school
2) How do you feel about what you read today?
2.) I felt heartbroken and I felt happy at the same time. I was really devastated by the way the mom is but I felt happy since Richard had a close friend, Josh, who would never give up on him no matter what happens.
3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today?
3) My favorite character, Richard, went thorough getting to know himself better. He also went through an awful embarrassment.
4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you?
4) If what was happened to Richard happened to me I would feel as if my whole reputation was destroyed. I might not be able to express my voice and not be courageous, which might make people take advantage of me.
5) What questions do you have about what you read today?
5) I want to know how Josh felt about Richard's embarrassment and if that made Josh think differently about Richard.
6) What do you predict will happen next in this story?
6) I think next in the story the students will be making fun of Richard because of Richard rewearing the same clothes over and over again.
1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
1) Richard started understanding his life better, he never really thought about it until "IT" left. The mom loved Richard's brothers Scott and Ross, which made Richard feel unspecial, however Richard was mom's confident. The mom told Richard the police took away "IT" because he was a criminal, she told him stories filled with lies and Richard was shocked to hear it all. Richard felt sad but he knew he caused a lot of harm to "IT" too. Richard felt abandoned since his dad and now that "IT" was gone too. The dad was scared of the mom too and thats why he never did anything about it. Richard was tired of wearing the same old clothes and people at school named him "the dirty boy". Scott and Ross would get everything but for Richard everything was different. He wouldn't be able to eat food until his little brother Keith has started. Richard gets mad that his brothers don't help out, but one of his brothers offered him some food secretly which made Richard feel better. He wonders about how bad his life is about to get because now that he is all alone. His friend's, Josh, parents now about the mom being abusive but they do not do anything about it, which causes Richard to be sad, although his parents treat him really nicely with respect and gentleness. Josh's mom, Susan, would signal the blinds when Josh is ready to play with Richard. Josh was also really scared of Richard's mom. Thats why Richard worried about losing his friendship with Josh. The mom would hit Richard daily in the morning and Richard would run trying to escape it. The mom embarrassed Richard by pulling his pants down and hitting him with a thick stick. His friend was watching and Richard was really embarrassed. Although Josh ignores everything that was being done to keep their friendship strong. Richard wonders how it feels to be a happy family. He feels as if God doesn't want to help him. I stopped when he was talking about going to his school
2) How do you feel about what you read today?
2.) I felt heartbroken and I felt happy at the same time. I was really devastated by the way the mom is but I felt happy since Richard had a close friend, Josh, who would never give up on him no matter what happens.
3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today?
3) My favorite character, Richard, went thorough getting to know himself better. He also went through an awful embarrassment.
4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you?
4) If what was happened to Richard happened to me I would feel as if my whole reputation was destroyed. I might not be able to express my voice and not be courageous, which might make people take advantage of me.
5) What questions do you have about what you read today?
5) I want to know how Josh felt about Richard's embarrassment and if that made Josh think differently about Richard.
6) What do you predict will happen next in this story?
6) I think next in the story the students will be making fun of Richard because of Richard rewearing the same clothes over and over again.