The book I am responding to is Miss popularity by Francesco Sedita. I have read 120 pages out of 120 pages. This text is teen drama.(fiction) The climax in the story is wheather Cassie can come up with a way to become Miss popularity again. The protagonist in this story is Cassie and the antogonist is Mary Ellen.
Retell
I'm going to summarize Miss popularity in a few sentences. Cassie Knight is stylish,bubbly,and very friendly. She is the fashion queen at her old school in Texas. But when her father's job moves the family to Maine,cold and snowy, Cassie's in for a way different culture. At her new school the students are prim and proper and they don't find Cassie as stylish,bubbly,or super friendly as she knows she really is. She eventually finds friends and together they do a fashion show to show off their popularity and their skills based on fashion.(Cassie suggests the fashion show) Also they do it because Cassie wants to show Maine high what the Texas style is. Cassie and her friends win the fashion show and Cassie finally begins to gain all her popularity like in her old school. And finally she is happy with her school.
Relate
I can relate this story to my mom because my mom used to go to school in Kuwait. She had a lot of friends and she was like Cassie. But then when she was in grade 8 she moved to India and had to start a different school. When she went there everyone was all about their studies and my mom didn't even speak the same language as them. But slowly she started fitting in and she actually liked it there.
This book makes me feel like never giving up on something even if it seems hard. Also be yourself. Don't change just because thats how other people are. You should stick to yourself and who you are.
This book actually reminds me of Justin Bieber's story because the moral is kind of the same. Justin Bieber never gave up on his dream and now look where he is. In the same way Cassie didn't give up on being herself and she finally got what she wanted.
Reflect
What I want to remember about this book is that just because Cassie was different from everyone, she didn't just step back and give up like that. She did something to show everyone her style and to prove that she is miss popularity.
I wonder what would happen if Cassie never won the fashion show-would she keep trying or would she just give up because she thinks that nothing is going to be the same. I think that she would keep trying because she really wants to adjust to her new school and the only way she can do that is by tring and trying again.
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I'd love for you to focus more on the introduction and your use of narrative element vocabulary (foreshadowing, simile, conflict, plot, theme, main idea, etc.) It will show a deeper understanding of narrative structure, and better show me what you've learned this year.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading about your relations to this text. Your mom is a great role model and hopefully you will gain experience just from listening to her stories.
I like that you took away some meaningful messages from this text. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. :)