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WE NEED TO ENFORCE READER RESPONSE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THE STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING AND COMPREHENSION. AS A CHILD OR AS A STUDENT I WOULD HEAR MY TEACHERS SAY READER RESPONSE I NEVER TRUELY UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT MEANT, UNTIL I WAS IN THE 4TH GRADE, MY TEACHER WAS AWESOME! SHE HAD US WORK IN GROUPS AND FIGURE OUT THE SETTING, THE CHARACTERS, OR WRITE IN OUR JOURNALS. SHE WOULD HAVE US WRITE AS IF WE WERE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS, I REALLY CONNECTED TO THE STORIES WHEN SHE HAD US DO THAT. SOME EXAMPLES OF  READER RESPONSE ARE WEBS, JOURNALS, MASK, VOCABULARY QUILTS ETC. MY PERSONAL FAVORITE IS THE MASK! I REALLY LIKED MAKING THE MASK AND HANGING IT UP, EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT THE GREATEST ARTIST, BUT IT REALLY MADE ME CONNECT TO ONE OF THE CHARACTERS. 

MY FAVORITE BOOK THAT WE READ DURING CLASS WAS "THE SWEETEST FIG." I ENJOYED THE STORY BECAUSE BILOT, THE DENTIST WAS A GREEDY, SELFISH, HEARTLESS CHARACTER, THAT GOT WHAT HE DESERVED IN THE END. I AM A HUGE ANIMAL LOVER AND I JUST THINK THAT ANIMALS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND SHOULD BE LOVED UNCONDITIONALLY. I WAS SHOCKED THAT WHEN THE WOMAN PAID HIM WITH FIGS HE WAS UNGRATEFUL, UNTIL HE FIGURED OUT THAT THEY  WERE MAGICAL, BUT WHEN HE WISHED OR DREAMED TO BE THE RICHEST MAN, THE DOG MARCEL, ATE THE LAST FIG. IN THE MORNING WHEN HE WOKE UP BIBOT AND MARCEL HAD BEEN SWITCHED! A PERFECT ENDING!