Iiterature Cirlces

The good thing about working with a partner is that if you think your'e question or a part of the lit circle isn't that great you always have their help and the same with them, if they think their's is not that great you can help them too. Also it's fun to see what connections and passages they have because sometimes they have really good connections and passages and it's always cool to see what people think because not all people are the same. Also you can push other people to the limit because if you are working together and you both like challenges that's what thing that will really help you. There are different levels of questions, connections, vocab and passages and you really want you and your partner to go to the limit because the better the work the better the grade. Sometimes you will get really mad at your partner but after the lit circle is done you realize that you got mad at them for giving you a better grade. Also as  you are working you improve your collaborative skills because if you don't finish it in class you always find some way to work it out at home. It also improves your reasoning skills.

There can also be challenges because sometimes when you are at home it can be different because sometimes your internet shuts down and then you have a problem because you have to do it on word and print it out at if you don't have a printer then it's just not your day. Also you might have the same passages and then you have to work out who changes theirs because sometimes you might not want to do the work but your partner doesn't either so then you have to see who's is better because then you can get a good grade for that section. Also sometimes they might do the lit circle right away and they sometimes work in a different way so if you think that would help you, you can try because since you just worked with your partner you can try it!

Sometimes parts of the book can be really hard to understand and your partner can help you understand them. I really think I can focus more on my lit circle because my partner has shown me many different ways to work on it. Sometimes I leave it till the last minute but now I will always start as soon as I have a chance. These are some of the benefits of working with a partner

The literature circle discussion helped me understand the book more because at some parts of the book it got really confusing and so my group could tell me what actually happened. Also it's cool to see what other people thought about the book and what they wrote. Sometimes you would have the same passage but you would have written down something totally different. If you told the story wrong they could help you fix your mistakes. Sometimes you would have a person that was really good at questions and it's always fun to have a challenge and try to answer their question.

Some of my connections were identical to other's. In the book Brian's parents had a divorce and I have a friend who's parents are divorced to and so did another person in my literature circle. Some of our passages were the same and while we were discussing them, my group would come up with their own connections and it was really interesting.

Some predictions I have are that since the word hatchet is the title and Brian is in the woods, I think he will use his hatchet for survival. He will use it to find food, kill animals and also maybe make a shelter. It will be a very hard life for Brian because his parents are divorced and now he is stranded in the jungle with a hatchet.