Focus Skills For Independent Reading Logs Page 2
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INDEPENDENT READING LOG
Date:
1/19/09
Title:
Homecoming
Author: Cynthia Voigt
Pages Covered: 1-16
Focus Skill:
Predict
My Response:
I could not believe it when the Tillerman’s mom left them in the car at the mall! What
happened to her? I’m not sure what is going to happen to them. The have no money, they are
in a strange place, and it really sounds like they don’t have anyone they can call for help. I
wonder why Dicey doesn’t tell a police officer what has happened. Why is she so afraid of the
police? I think the kids are going to have to try to find their mom on their own, but I just don’t
know how they are going to do that since they have no money.
Date:
1/20/09
Title:
Homecoming
Author: Cynthia Voigt
Pages Covered: 17-39
Focus Skill:
Connect
My Response:
Dicey has decided that she and her brothers and sister need to find their Aunt Cilla. She knows
the address, but she is estimating that they are going to have a two or three day walk to get
there. In chapter two, Dicey is remembering things about her brothers and sisters growing up.
It seems like she has spent a lot of time taking care of her siblings. I can relate to this because I
was the oldest in my family. Sometimes I felt like I was a second mom to my sisters, but I
cannot imagine being left totally alone to take care of them! Especially with no money!
Date:
1/21/09
Title:
Homecoming
Author: Cynthia Voigt
Pages Covered: 63-84
Focus Skill:
Predict
My Response:
It has been days and days and the kids are still walking! Dicey thought it would only take them
a few days to get to Aunt Cilla’s house, but it seems like she is wrong. Dicey is so scared that
someone is going to find out that the kids are alone. She won’t ask for help from anyone. I
think she is really trying to help her brothers and sister, but I think she is going to have to get
help somewhere along the line. They have run into some really questionable characters so far.
I just hope that when Dicey does ask for help, she picks a good person!
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