Blog Post #1

Is this challenging my thinking? If so, then how does it challenge my thinking?
What does this help me to learn?
What matters to me about this topic/issue/controversy/event, etc.? What is relevant to me? Why is it relevant? (Really, if you can’t answer this, you shouldn’t be doing a reflection on it)
How can I personally connect to this? Are there text-to-self connections?
How can I relate this to the world around me?
Has it changed my thinking/perspective? How? Does it open me up to new possibilities?
Does it make me wonder or ask questions that I am curious about? What questions does this raise?
What passages, quotes, facts, statistics, etc. strike me? Why? What is intriguing or fascinating?
Is there anything that challenges my own belief system or previous background knowledge I may have had prior to reading this?
Are there any consequences or repercussions if we don’t take notice of the issue?
Why should other people care? Why is it relevant?
Am I thinking “outside the box?” Where else could I take this problem/issue?
Am I stepping outside of my comfort zone and really engaging myself into the conversations?
Can I reference other text or other issues to enrich my position?
Is there anything I can relate to what we are doing in this class?
Consider our semester question: how do words and actions influence who others become? To what extent do actions change intentions?





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^^*I'm guessing were supposed to use our independent reading books to answer these questions?



The book I am reading is Hatchet by Gary Paulson. The book is about a 13 year-old kid who gets in a plane crash and is stranded somewhere in the canadian wilderness. As far as challenging my thinking, it's not a very challenging book and i haven't had to think about it too much. The thing that matters about this text is that is could show you ways to handle difficult situations. This is relevant because now i have something to referance to if i ever get into a difficult situation. (i.e. getting in a plane crash.)

For a connection to this book, the only thing i can think of is camping. Thats the only time i have ever been exposed to the wilderness for an extended period of time. That means i can't fully connect to the way the kid in my book is feeling but i can kind-of understand.