Blog 3 David Castillo

In my series book, Series of Unfortunate events from  the get go, I think it is very nostalgic as it reminds me of my childhood as a student as I used to read and enjoy these books all the time throughout my grade school. I think that young readers that are interested or like the idea of some kind of constant conflict and negative vibes  would really enjoy this book series also readers, who are not very aware of these kind of issues.

The central characters are the  three Baudelaire siblings, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. There ages ranch from 14 to an infant and each of the individuals  of the family are totally different and express entirely different interests.  Violet is fascinated by STEM  and is an engineer,innovator. Klaus is interested in reading and learning and exploring history. Sunny is just an infant/toddler that enjoys to bite things as she is barely teething but the interesting character dynamic  of the family  is smart how they use the three totally different family members and make them  and their bond really cohesive. The children are orphans and they are treated very poorly throughout the  series and kind of have a negative view or stigma of being dirty orphans who are trouble makers but in reality they are   just trying to escape from their legal guardian Count Olaf.

In terms of resources I think this book does well is exploring a dark side for children and young readers but in a way that does not appeal and get to their negative emotions as much, but more keep the readers intrigued. I think this can be related to an activity of journals for the readers to maybe help the readers open up about their issues and their emotions and by using a slightly grim book, to make it a bit easier to tap into their emotions. I think this would be a tool worth attempting to try and even if it proves unsuccessful it can be a good idea to test out. Also maybe using  the characteristics of the Baudelaire orphans and using that as an activity to talk about different careers and different interests could be a way to actively engage the  students in a future classroom.

My favorite take away from the Miller article is the exploration of the small arguments of reading and how our perception and the way we thought of how we should be reading is different and challenged. For example one idea that I never thought about reading as  a younger reader, is the idea of being able to read  in small blocks of 5 / 10 mins instead of me trying to pack it into   multiple long reading sessions as I was taught growing up. I feel like that really inhibited my reading capability and my interest as a reader growing up when I was busy, and because of that since I am used to that custom I am less willing  to read in small increments however if I was taught that at a younger stage , I would be reading more as of now. I am excited as a teacher to incorporate and introduce a lot of ideas to get readers in that mindset to be able to read at a young age and be able to explore that avenue unlike me who was never able and had that opportunity to do so as a reader. I think i am only afraid of finding a way to be able to do my objective as a teacher but also be able to appeal to all students