Tuesday, November 22, 2011


Dear Mrs. Zrihen,

I currently finished: SOUL SURFER . By: Bethany Hamilton with the help of Sheryl Berk and Rick Bundschuh. I chose this book because it is a very inspiring memoir and also because I saw the movie (TWO THUMBS UP!). I got the newest edition of the book which means (lucky me) there was exclusive photos, two extra chapters and she added a movie journal ( her experience through out the production and filming of SOUL SURFER).

This book is about a girl, Bethany Hamilton how was literally BORN TO SURF. Her surf nut parents taught her when she was only four years old she even had her first competition when she was seven years old... and WON! Bethany went to public school up until sixth to start being homeschooling to procure her dream of being a pro surfer. Her parents backed her up 1,000%. The book takes place on Halloween morning on the island of Kauai, Hawaii she was 13 and even had a sponsor: Rip Curl. She and her mom go early in the morning ( so early it's still dark) to the beach to find a surf, there is no surf but Bethany asked her mom if she could wait there for her best friend Alana. When she, Alana, Alana's brother, and Alana dad finally find a surf far far out into the beach. When they go, the surf is gone so there all sitting on their boards waiting. Then out of the nowhere a shark bites off Bethany's arm. The rest of the book talks about her getting back on the board.

I used six strategies while reading: 2 before, 2 during, and 2 after.
Before:
1) I saw the movie to get an in site.
2) I skim and scanned for text features

During:
    1)after every chapter I summarized what I read
2)If I did not understand something I would re-read it.

After:
    1. I compared the book to the movie
    2. I discussed it with my mom

The book is not very different from the book except it took out chapter 2 ( which she is describing her parents that’s why its called: ROOTS). And the fact that in the book it does not talk about her getting 5th place in her first competition after the attack.
The tone/mode is inspirational. The P.O.O. Is Chronological Order. The P.O.V. Is 1st person. The author's purpose was to inspire and share. The genre of this book is memoir there is no sub genre. The people in this book are: Bethany, Mom, Dad, Timmy, Noah, Alana, Holt, and the girls surf team.

I would rate this book 10/10 because it's such a great story and to no that she went back on her board was cool.
I would recommend this book to people that like to read sad and true stories and also like reading biography's. ( That's the type of person I would recommend this book to. DO NOT ASK ME IF I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO YOU IF YOU KNOW YOUR'E NOT THIS TYPE OF PERSON OR EVEN IF YOU ARE, IF YOU DO I AM NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION) . I would recommend this book to the WHOLE class.


P.S. IF YOU DO NOT PLAN ON READING MY RJ DO NOT COMMENT, I WILL JUST GET REALLY MAD ( YOU KNOW WHO I AM TALKING TO)
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6 comments:

  1. melinda hebertNovember 23, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    Dear Shianne,

    I really liked you readers journal. And don't worry, I read your readers journal!!!! :) I love how you said a part of the book you liked when you rated the book a 10 out 10. However, I do have some questions........
    Why would you recommend the book to the whole class??
    How did all of your reading strategies help you before while and after reading the book?
    How did you determine that the pattern of organization is chronological order?
    What was the essential message or the lesson learned?

    You should have included some more descriptive language but I honestly loved your readers journal. It wasn't really missing alot of info. Great job!!!! :)


    Your friend,
    Melinda Hebert

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  2. BarNovember 23, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Dear Shianne,

    I liked your readers journal a lot it was very good I liked how you used and expressed your strategies.


    I have some questions,
    would you recommend this book to me?
    Do you like the way the book is written?
    What would you do as the character?

    Hope to see ur readers journal next week:)

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  3. Shianne SalazarNovember 24, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    Dear Bar,

    I already said i recommend this book to people that like to read sad and true stories and also like reading biography's. If your one of those people then READ THE BOOK, if not DON'T simple as that. I don't really care how it was written i just like the story. I probably wouldn't go back to surfing becuase i'd be afraid to.

    Thanks,
    Shianne

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  4. Shianne SalazarNovember 24, 2011 at 7:43 AM

    Dear Melinda,
    THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! YOU ACTUALLY READ IT! YA!
    i would recommend this book to the whole class because her story was really inspiring and i think it's a good read.
    Seeing the movie actually did help so when i would read the book it would be easy to compare and contrast. The strategies i used during did not really help me as much as the strategies i did before and after. The message i learned was be thankful for what you have.

    Sincerely,
    Shianne

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  5. RoxyNovember 28, 2011 at 9:01 PM

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  6. RoxyNovember 28, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    Dear Shianne,
    Loved your RJ!
    i have some questions:
    how did using these strategies help you?
    how did you determian the POO?
    what would you have done if YOU were the main character?
    sincerely,

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