Month: September 2016

Literary Response

Posted on by Mackenzie Goode

How Melody Changes in “out of my mind”

 

Here are some examples on how Melody changes in the book “Out of My Mind.”  The first reason on how she changes in the story, she gets the highest score on a test. For instance she always feels left out because she has special needs but most of the kids don’t realize she is smart and i’m pretty sure if that happened to me I would be excited so i’m sure she’s excited.”The only person in the class who got all of the questions right is Melody Brooks.”

Another reason is that before she had a Medi-Talker she felt like the whole world hated her,then she got her Medi-Talker and could talk to her soon to be friends evidently she feels left out.“Hey everybody I got a new computer,heads turn and voices whisper.”

The last way she changes is she makes a new friend named Rose and feels like someone actually  cares about her and wants to be around her. “I am Rose, she said in a soft voice, I tried not to kick or make any noise that would scare her away.”

Those are some ways that Melody changes in the story”Out of my mind.”

Sharon Draper’s Writing

Posted on by Mackenzie Goode

These are the decisions I like that Sharon Draper made when she wrote “Out of My Mind.”  The first thing I like is how she described so much and made it easy to have imagry.  “I guess when people look at me they see a girl with short,dark,curly hair strapped into a pink wheelchair.”  The next thing that I like is how Sharon Draper put the book in Melody’s point of view.  “My arms and hands are pretty stiff, but I can mash the buttons on the T.V remote and move my Wheelchair with the knobs that I can grab on the wheels.”The last thing that I like about Out of My Mind is how she hooks the reader.”Words. I’m surrounded by thousands of words.”  This is an example of how she hooks the reader.  Those are some things that I like about Sharon Draper’s book.