Heartbeat
Transcript: The reading strategy that I used was mostly the reading log. It helped me bacause it kept track of my reading. It also helped me because it helped me understand the book better, because it was a poem book , it was sort of confusing. The reading log helped me though. My growth as a reader Heartbeat Heartbeat After Max joins the track team,(page 48) during his big track meet,(page 135) he does not see Annie watching, for he only saw the stands towards the end, because she had to leave early because her mother was in labor,(page `139) and that turned Max into even more Moody Max.(164) Name: Charlotte Ruiter Contact: Explanation of reading strategy used and why it was effective I recommend this book because it helped me understand that everything in life does not have to be perfect. I say this because I am a perfectionist. This book helped me, and I think it could help you too. THANK YOU! Sharon Creech Charlotte Ruiter Explanation ofmain conflict My growth as a reader was tremendous,because of this book. I have always been a high leveled reader, but this book gave me a different veiw of the world. Sharon Creech was amazing and helped me so much with my reading, and about life. Identifacation of theme and how it connects to plot Through this heart melting book, Annie learned that life goes up and down. Good parts and bad parts. Just like the apple she was assigned to draw for 100 days, every day she found a new thing about the apple, it changed in every picture, just like life. (180) Recommendation of book with explanation Plot summary Throughout the book Heartbeat, it is a beautiful explanatin of love, hardship, confusion, and releif. It stars a young girl named Annie, her mother is pregnant(page 6), her best friend is angry with her(page 11), and frankly, her grandfather is confused(8-9). Find what happens as the reader learns what she does to handle the world of confusion around her. Main character analysis Even in the past Annie loved to run, her mother said that she was running even before she was born, she even ran in her sleep, and she would tell her mother she would always come home for that is where she got her start. (4-5) Annie's best friend is Max. They run together every day. (2) But lately, Max has been moody, and he has been very snappy towads everyone including Annie.(11)