Literary Luminary
"Talking to David can be like a treasure hunt. You have to look underneath the words to figure out what he's trying to say. It helps if you know his conversation rules..." (p. 38)
This quote demonstrates juts how difficult it can be to communicate with David. I like how Catherine compares it to a treasure hunt. It gives the reader an idea of what it feels like to talk to a person with autism.
"Drawing makes me find the curves, the shadows, the ins and outs, and the beautiful parts. I solved my hating snakes by drawing their scales, tiny and silvery, overlapping and overlapping, until all I saw was how perfect they were" (p. 19)
I really like this section of the story. It shows the reader that you can overcome your dislikes and fears and learn to find the good in everything. By doing something that you love, you can see the beauty in something.
"As she reads, I think how useful a cloak that made me invisible would be right now. If I had one, I'd throw it over my head and run out the door and across the parking lot and the street, all the way through the waterfront park to the wharf, and board the first boat I saw going somewhere, anywhere else" (p. 23).
This paragraph really made the reader get a sense of how embarrassed Catherine felt after Jason and his mother caught her drawing him. Many people have experienced a time when they have been so embarrassed that they wished they could become invisible. This paragraph captured that feeling perfectly.
This quote demonstrates juts how difficult it can be to communicate with David. I like how Catherine compares it to a treasure hunt. It gives the reader an idea of what it feels like to talk to a person with autism.
"Drawing makes me find the curves, the shadows, the ins and outs, and the beautiful parts. I solved my hating snakes by drawing their scales, tiny and silvery, overlapping and overlapping, until all I saw was how perfect they were" (p. 19)
I really like this section of the story. It shows the reader that you can overcome your dislikes and fears and learn to find the good in everything. By doing something that you love, you can see the beauty in something.
"As she reads, I think how useful a cloak that made me invisible would be right now. If I had one, I'd throw it over my head and run out the door and across the parking lot and the street, all the way through the waterfront park to the wharf, and board the first boat I saw going somewhere, anywhere else" (p. 23).
This paragraph really made the reader get a sense of how embarrassed Catherine felt after Jason and his mother caught her drawing him. Many people have experienced a time when they have been so embarrassed that they wished they could become invisible. This paragraph captured that feeling perfectly.
This a good, and I like the way that you have included your thoughts-modeling like this is great for students.
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