I read a story called "The Wisdom of Toads" Ken Lamberton. At the begging of this story, I had several questions about it.
Why is he trying to find the toads?
Why is he in a prison? What is his name of the crime?
To discover the answer to these two questions, I used the reading strategies.
I used the strategy of paying more attention to what I am reading when the text becomes difficult. I felt the sign of the importance parts in the story. I don't know what it exactly is, but from the sentences, I felt something more serious. At the part, I could find why he is trying to find the Toads and why he is in the prison and what for.
After I got the answer for these two questions, another question came into my head.
The question is, Is he a real father and teacher?
I used the strategy to get this answer: I think about what I know to help me understand what I read.
The both father and teacher must be good example for children. However, he did commit the crime and according to what I thought from the reading, he doesn't seem he is sorry.
In the paragraph 10, he says that "They (his children) would need me."
He must be ashamed on what he did, as a father and teacher. I know that there are same kinds of the events in Japan. For the case of Japan, when the court declare a penalty, they asked about their responsibility in what they have done as their states such as father or teachers or others. Then the courts give them the punishment. I think that the man lost the responsibility as a father and teachers. These two states must be a good example and can't betray his family member and students. However, he still think that his children would need him. Is that so? It is just the bad influence to his children. I don't think his children would need him. And we can't call him as father or teacher.
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Those are great questions, Kazu. Asking questions is the same as setting a purpose for reading.
In the third paragraph, please give examples of the strategies you use. When you say you pay more attention to the text, then quote the line or lines where you used this strategy.
In your last paragraph you say you can't call him a father or a teacher. The first one he can't change, even though you may think he was a bad example of a father. But as for the second one, that is his profession, and he can change that anytime.
I think you needed to spend more time reading and reflecting on these passages. It is very superficial and does not show your reading process.
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