Lit Circle reflection.

In school, we are now doing the second literature circle in this year, and tis time, we are reading a book called the true confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, the author of many other books I like. Tem, Stephanie and Laura-Marie is im my lit circle group, and this is the reflection about the discussions so far...

1. How your groups discussion helped you better understand the novel. Write about of some of the key ideas from the novel that your group discussed and how these were important to the plot of the story.



Actually, Having the discussions helped me understand the book a lot better. after we finish our proper discussion, we would start a new one about all our points of views, what we noticed in the book, what we liked, what we were confused about, and sometimes even ways the author could improve the book. We often get into heated arguments about what will happen later on in the book, Tem told us that she has read the book before, and told us that a guy in the book (Zachariah) was not a bad man, I tried to back that idea down with evidence from the book, but I finally got it into my head that he is a good man. Generally, we talk about whether a man is good or bad, whether someone or something will change the storyline somehow, and predictions for the rest of the book, we were really able to understand the book and the main character (Charlotte) better.


2. Describe some of the connections that you made during your discussion.


I don't really make connections from the book to my life, I mean, face it, not many people have been on a huge ship all alone with a murderous captain and a crew wanting revenge.But I did make some reactions, like the observation I made about Avi really concentrating on suspense and describing the scene, allowing us to paint a "picture" in our minds about what's going on! 




3. What predictions do you have for the rest of the novel.


Normally, I don't make predictions for books, unless it's a series with many books in it.But Avi just put too many clues for us to ignore! personally, I think that The captain will commit a murder, and push the blame to Charlotte. It hinted it might at th start of the book, and I also think someone (maybe Mr. Cranick) could (maybe) die somewhere in the book.