Literature Discussions

     Literature Discussions is when a group of kids who have the same book group up to meet and discuss the books that they are reading. Literature Discussions benefits us reader because they actually get to talk about it and it helps to understand the book. Also we get to relate to the book and see how things in the story can sometimes happen in real life. Finally the discussions help us make predictions about what will happen next in the book basing it off of discussions.

     Literature discussions helps us to understand the book better because if we don't understand something completely then we discuss what the book really meant and then come up with a group answer.  Also if we have a question about the book then we have other people who can explain what happened in the book rather than just having to guess at it. Finally Literature Discussions has helped us to understand our book better because we work together to find and identify the plots and all the parts of a story which helps our understanding because we have to rethink about what has happened. Which could lead to making us predict what will happen next.

     When we are in our Literature Discussion groups we realize that books aren't a bunch of words scrambled together but it uses real life situations that could happen to us. Then when we read the book and read about a similar event that has happened to us we connect to it which helps us to understand the characters feelings and thoughts because it would be most likely what we felt or thought. So when we bring the connections to the discussion everybody gets to hear the connection and it then helps the whole group understand the characters thoughts and feelings better.

     Finally, Literature Discussions is helpful because it can help us predict what will happen next in the book. Before you come to a discussion you may have a thought about the book that you feel strongly about then after you will have a different idea. That is because Literature Discussions helps us hear everyones ideas so after the discussion we gather all of the information up and use it to make one big prediction. An example is when I read chapters three though nine of my book called The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Before I came to the discussion I believed that the crew were only trying to frighten Charlotte with the craving of a scull and the gun but the rest of my group had other ideas. They believed different things then I  their Ideas and mixed them with mine to get the prediction that the captain would kill one of the crew mates and when I read chapter ten I was right. My predictions for the book now are that the captain will be mad at everybody including Charlotte even thought she didn't do anything and the captain will hurt them all.

     There are many more reasons why Literature Discussions benefits us. But those are the most important reasons to me why Literature Discussions helps us understand our books.