"The River" Update + Reading Skills
As of Chapters 1-15, a prediction I am making is that Brian will be able to transport Derek via the log raft through and down the river all the way to the trading post. I say this because since Brian has put a lot of work (with the help of some beavers) into making the log raft, one that can float, along with the help of an oar, then he'd be able to carry himself and Derek down the river and to the trading post.
I also predict that the journey might have a few rainstorms and some unexpected bad weather. I say this because ever since Brian and Derek have arrived in the wilderness, they had to go through two rainstorms. The first one was when they spent their first night making a shelter, and the second one happened when Derek got shot with electricity.
But still, I question why and how exactly Derek got shot with lightning in the first place. And what move did Derek make that made him get shot? Why didn't Brian get shot? Or why didn't anything else in the area get shot?
A text-to-text world connection I can make is that in this case, when Brian needs to transport Derek to the trading post by a raft, and there are no raft supplies readily anywhere in the wilderness, that means that Brain would have to be creative and make a raft from scratch. Brian decides to be creative and make a log raft out of old fallen logs with the help of a family of beavers. In another case, the movie "Ice Age: Continental Drift," where Manny, Sid, and Diego get washed up on the island, is where another example of creativity takes place. The three characters need to find a way to get Captain Gutt's boat in order to reach their home, but they couldn't do it by themselves without help. So when they meet all these little gophers who also live on the island, they decide to be creative and use the gophers (who are ready to help them) to help them derive a plan in order to steal Captain Gutt's boat. They eventually succeed in taking the boat. So these two examples from "The River" and "Ice Age: Continental Drift" both exemplify a time where the main character(s) had to be creative in order to do a task that would help them succeed. In Brian's case, he needed to build a log raft to transport himself and Derek to the trading post, and in Manny, Sid, and Diego's case, they needed to find a successful method in order to get Captain Gutt's boat, so they use the gophers' help.
A text-to-text connection is that in Brian's case, he needed to be creative in order to build a raft to transport him and Derek through the river, to the trading post. Well, I read an article about Native Americans not too long ago off some website that said that Native Americans needed to find a way to protect themselves from harmful and wild creatures, so they built spears and other weapons from nature that helped them fight against wild creatures at anytime. So here, the Native Americans had to be creative in order to do a task of defending themselves, and they used natural resources to build basic weapons to help them fight. That's the connection.
A text-to-self connection I can make is that I remember having to be creative a lot of times throughout my life, but the most memorable time where I had to be creative is when me and my cousin sister had to build a small fishing rod in order to retrieve something we had accidentally dropped into a fountain. This happened last summer in India. So basically, we had to be creative to retrieve our item from the fountain pool. So then we went back to our house in a hurry to find some supplies to help us retrieve the item. We finally settled on a metal necklace, a basket and a large metal rod. We got the permission to reshape the end of the metal rod into a hook for the necklace to hang on. Even though we only had three supplies, we still had to be creative in order to find those supplies and make use of them. We went back to the pool and hooked the necklace onto the metal rod's hook and one end of the basket, and then we tried to fish the item we had lost in the pool. After about five minutes of trying, we succeeded and got out item back. This is the connection from the book to the time when me and my cousin sister had to be creative in order to retrieve an item we had lost in a fountain pool.
I also predict that the journey might have a few rainstorms and some unexpected bad weather. I say this because ever since Brian and Derek have arrived in the wilderness, they had to go through two rainstorms. The first one was when they spent their first night making a shelter, and the second one happened when Derek got shot with electricity.
But still, I question why and how exactly Derek got shot with lightning in the first place. And what move did Derek make that made him get shot? Why didn't Brian get shot? Or why didn't anything else in the area get shot?
A text-to-text world connection I can make is that in this case, when Brian needs to transport Derek to the trading post by a raft, and there are no raft supplies readily anywhere in the wilderness, that means that Brain would have to be creative and make a raft from scratch. Brian decides to be creative and make a log raft out of old fallen logs with the help of a family of beavers. In another case, the movie "Ice Age: Continental Drift," where Manny, Sid, and Diego get washed up on the island, is where another example of creativity takes place. The three characters need to find a way to get Captain Gutt's boat in order to reach their home, but they couldn't do it by themselves without help. So when they meet all these little gophers who also live on the island, they decide to be creative and use the gophers (who are ready to help them) to help them derive a plan in order to steal Captain Gutt's boat. They eventually succeed in taking the boat. So these two examples from "The River" and "Ice Age: Continental Drift" both exemplify a time where the main character(s) had to be creative in order to do a task that would help them succeed. In Brian's case, he needed to build a log raft to transport himself and Derek to the trading post, and in Manny, Sid, and Diego's case, they needed to find a successful method in order to get Captain Gutt's boat, so they use the gophers' help.
A text-to-text connection is that in Brian's case, he needed to be creative in order to build a raft to transport him and Derek through the river, to the trading post. Well, I read an article about Native Americans not too long ago off some website that said that Native Americans needed to find a way to protect themselves from harmful and wild creatures, so they built spears and other weapons from nature that helped them fight against wild creatures at anytime. So here, the Native Americans had to be creative in order to do a task of defending themselves, and they used natural resources to build basic weapons to help them fight. That's the connection.
A text-to-self connection I can make is that I remember having to be creative a lot of times throughout my life, but the most memorable time where I had to be creative is when me and my cousin sister had to build a small fishing rod in order to retrieve something we had accidentally dropped into a fountain. This happened last summer in India. So basically, we had to be creative to retrieve our item from the fountain pool. So then we went back to our house in a hurry to find some supplies to help us retrieve the item. We finally settled on a metal necklace, a basket and a large metal rod. We got the permission to reshape the end of the metal rod into a hook for the necklace to hang on. Even though we only had three supplies, we still had to be creative in order to find those supplies and make use of them. We went back to the pool and hooked the necklace onto the metal rod's hook and one end of the basket, and then we tried to fish the item we had lost in the pool. After about five minutes of trying, we succeeded and got out item back. This is the connection from the book to the time when me and my cousin sister had to be creative in order to retrieve an item we had lost in a fountain pool.
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