McCloud was very inspiring all though it did seem like he had so many points that he was wanting to cross that he ran out of time and I really didn’t get his main point. I think that it is awesome that he is so inspired and passionate about the comic book subjects because it is important for everyone to have their own reading preferences. McCloud kept repeating over and over examples of people form the past that “understood the shape of the future” He used these examples to relate to how he knew back then that comics were the way of the future. McCloud also goes to make a point of “three types of vision; 1-The unseen 2-The seen and can be proven 3-The seen but may be based off of knowledge but is unproven” I think that this was interesting and I wish that he would have expanded on this idea more so that the audience knew more about what he was talking about. He also made a comment that I will probably use in my classroom because it was so inspiring. He said “Learn from everyone, Follow no one, Watch for patterns and Work like hell.” I think that it is important to learn from one another to shape who we are as individuals and we do this through learning and we learn through literature and you have to read literature. Everything begins with reading. Even though I do not find comics interesting to read I know that this will be the perfect stepping stone for a struggling student. Just to get their noses in a book and get into the routine of starting and finishing a book.

Versaci’s article was one for the books. I definitely have saved this article for my later use as a future teacher. I think that this teacher really knows what it takes to get young men and women to love what they are reading. I think that this article is a lot like the Reading in the Wild book because it challenges us as teachers to go ahead and do something out of the ordinary and to work at making literature and the way we view it differently. I am guilty of being someone who associates every comic strip to the superhero magazine type books you get from the local convenient store. Never have I ever thought that you could form books and series from comic strips. I have changes the way that I look at the comic books and am looking forward to learning more about them so that I can efficiently work with this type of stuff in my own classroom. “Just as misinformed are people who associate comic books with any one type, such as a superhero comic. But many writers and artist have addressed topics relevant to all levels of English classrooms, making comic books an ideal and largely untapped source of enrichment.”

 

 

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I had a really hard time trying to get into this book. I think that if I went into it with a better mindset then I would have loved to finish this book. I was planning on reading Counting By Sevens but my book did not come in on time so I had to go rent FEED from the local library because they did not have any other options. This author really did a great job at making sure that the reader could connect with the characters in the book on a social level but still took us into this futuristic world. The students that read this would engage in conversation that involve what the world would be like in ten or twenty years from now.

 

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I was able to connect to the kids in the book because they would go to the moon and party for spring break just like us students pack up all of our things and head for the beach during our spring break. The characters were engaging in activities that any generation could connect with on some type of level. The author still expresses the students going out of their normal states of minds with substances like alcohol will do to us. I think that it is important for students to enjoy what they are reading and even though I did not enjoy the book doesn’t mean that I couldn’t have a conversation with a student about the significance of events that took place in this book. I really believe that there would be some students that would love this book and I actually hope that one day I will pick it up again and read it with a better mindset.

 

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I expressed the connection that I made with the children in the book with my childhood by the events that took place in the book. There is partying, shopping, teasing and emotions that all relate to todays world and would make it extremely easy to connect with. I think that if I read the rest of the book I would be able to answer this question with other underlying assumptions of my own.

 

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This book portrayed a futuristic world and was a good mix between reality and what the future holds for us. I think that this author was really trying to make it seem as realistic as possible by the conversations that the students would have with each other and the activities they would engage in. Also there were relationships that the characters had in the book that were so easy to relate to like the one girl that catches the boys eye and he tries to do all these things to impress her. I think that this book is a little bit unbelievable and maybe that is the reason why I could not like the book like I thought I would. I do however think that the students will love this book and find it very believable for the future.

 

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I think that books should always be challenging but should not intimidate the reader. I also think that if you go into a book knowing that you will not enjoy it then you will end up disliking the book and not enjoying yourself. I messed this up for me because I was really excited to have a book club and participate in all the activities but I straight up did not like this book. I think that it relates to other books that I have read because they were not books that caught my eye to begin with so I felt forced to read. We have been learning this whole semester that if you do not like a book then you should put it down and not force yourself to read it because it will not be enjoyable. If a child wanted to read a futuristic book then I would definitely challenge them to read this book. I think that the author has this bright idea of having this “feed” implanted in our brains that allows for this connection to be continuously flowing through the characters heads. With the technology advancements that we have today the children might be more likely to believe that this is where we will be heading with technology.

 

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I believe that the ultimate purpose for this book is to get the reader to get out of the world that he or she is in right now and let the imagination of the future take control. I have to admit that even though I did not like this book, I was following very carefully with the imagery that the author created for us readers. I felt like I was in the space car with the students that were messing around with the seat adjustments as we were headed to the moon to party. I think that it is always a good idea for the readers to have this fantasy world that they was imagine.