Chapter 17--Serena

What are the odds that Serena flew all across the country and she randomly landed in the zoo? That would be really rare!

Chapter 6

We talked about what we think E.B. White wanted readers to think about. Here are some of our ideas:

*It seems like E.B. White wants readers to think about what it's like to have a disability. We know that just because you're different in one way doesn't mean that you're bad at everything. Everyone is different in some ways, and is special in some ways. Louis couldn't talk, but he was able to splash the farthest and he also was the first cygnet to get into the air. We made a connection to what we learned in the beginning of the year about everyone having different strengths. It seems like Louis isn't "mouth-strong", but he is "wing-strong".

We also noticed that even though Louis had a speech defect, the other swans were still really nice to him and they said they'd help him. They didn't make him feel bad about being different.

*This book also gives people perspective on what it's like to be a swan.

We also noticed that Louis and Sam think the same way. Louis was wondering how they were going to find their way to Montana and Sam also wondered how birds find their way.

Ms. Domina's class

Chapters 1-5

We've been enjoying the start of the book! Yesterday we talked about why E.B. White might have chosen to end so many of the chapters with a journal entry by Sam. It seems like an unusual way to end a chapter. One of our ideas was that when the chapter ends with a journal entry, it makes it really feel like a whole day passed. We feel like we're going to bed, just like Sam.

Another idea we had was that the questions at the very end of the chapter give readers something to think about, if we stop reading at the end of the chapter.

What do you think about the journal entries? Do you like them?

Room 21