Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Richard Peck Anonymously yours RJ # 13

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,


I just finished the book called Richard Peck: anonymously yours by Richard Peck. First of all I would like to begin by explaining that the genre of this book is memoir, I found that out because first this is the author talking about himself and since it's not his whole life, it's memoir; therefore, the point of view is first person. The central point the author is trying to make( main idea) is that Richard Peck is explaining the moment in his life where he began to become an author and he is also explaining the different books he has written. I have also found  some ways to support this main idea and most of them are factual, except the last one; he wrote the book called Monster's night at grandma's house, he went to England to the university Depauw. His neighborhood was safer than the ones today. This main idea is implied.
Before I read this I had to look if the book was a memoir in the first place, it was stated at the front of the book so it was easy to find. Also I read the synopsis to see if the book might be interesting to read or just a dull book. When I started the book I saw that some of the words were getting mixed up, therefore I had to reread that part all over again. In addition, I also figured out some new vocabulary, for example the word Chandelier, which is a glass lamp that is on top of a dinner table, fancy. In the end I asked the  5W, so I could know that I understand everything. I would also figure out who to recommend this book to and I think everyone. 


This book is compared to my life because first Richard Peck quit teaching to writing books, and when I was a little kid, I wanted to be a soccer player, however now I want to be a doctor. Even though this book is a nonfiction, this reminds me of the book the tale of desperaux by Kate Dicamillo in which Desperaux has to change his normal living mouse life to a savior. Maybe the people in the army didn't want to be a soldier in their later years, but when they saw what could have done, they join to help their country.
The essential message of this book is that if you see that there's a change needed to be in the world try to change it. In the book there were a chain of events that led to another like because Richard saw that novels needed entertaining and the celebration of an individual, he became an author in which books became awarded. The different books that he has written have been on real people in life, but on the other hand they have made up traits. Some text features I found were:
Italics- emphasize on a subject  
Quotes- give meaning to the chapter of what it is about.
Dashes- give the meaning of word.
Big spaces- change in time or different subject.
This is a book that is based on a time/memory of a person, so then the way the author should have put this book in is time order. The author wrote the book to share the experiences he had when he became an author. The author was biased because he gave the perspective of himself not other close people that were with him. There was some evidence in this book( validity and accuracy) like the author gave the exact dates for which each event happened. He gave the names of the books he used certain people in. Names of people were given. 


I would rate this book 7/10 because it was interesting but on certain parts.


Sincerely, Juan 702

6 comments:

  1. Dear Juan, I really enjoyed your readers journal I have a few questions though. Were their another vocab words you didn't understand? Who else would you recommend this book to? What were some of your reading strategies?Over all I enjoyed you Readers Journal.
    Sincerely, Michael

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  2. Dear Juan,
    I enjoyed reading your readers journal what i liked about it was great

    I have some questions,
    Did you like the book a lot?
    Did you see the books information online?


    Hope to see ur readers journal next week:)

    Sincerely, Bar Peretz

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  3. dear juan,
    good rj but you didn't include some information.
    where there any figurative language?
    what is the poo?
    how did the text features help you?
    sincerely,
    erika

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  4. Dear Michael,

    I didn't really find any new vocab in this book.
    I said in my reader's journal that I would recommend it to everyone.
    Read the journal I wrote it there.

    sincerely, JUAN 702

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  5. Dear Bar,
    READ my ratings.

    No I didn't look the info online.

    sincerely, JUAN 702

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  6. Dear Erika,

    I think I said in my reader's journal that I couldn't find any.
    I WROTE THE PATTERN OF ORGANIZATION IN MY READER"S JOURNAL.
    It helped me by understanding the text.
    REad the reader's journal erika.

    Sincerely, JUAN 702

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