When I was reading chapters one through five, I thought of a few questions. The first one to come to my mind was what I actually was thinking about while I was reading. I was thinking about why the children were always thinking the house was haunted. I thought that just because the parents thought the man in the house, Boo Radley, was some sort of a ghost, that they had to believe it. That made me think about how easy a child's mind is to convince them of anything. Two passages that stood out to me in this section was when they found the things in the knothole and when the teacher and Scout got into the fight. While reading, the most important section to me was when they found the stuff in the knothole. I felt that it was most important because it could be Boo Radley trying to communicate with the kids. This would be important because if the kids suspect that it is Boo, they will get enough courage to go talk to him and possibly get him not to be a hermit anymore. One question that I would ask the author if she was in my reading group is why she decided to write the book. I would also ask her about who Boo Radley was supposed to be in real life.
The literature circle this section was a group session. We talked about how the literature circle is supposed to look and be in the sections to come. I felt that the discussion went pretty good. I took notes about how the discussion was supposed to look and sound.
The kids in the story are just like kids today. They are quick to conclusion just because of what adults say. It reminds me of the time when my little brother was being mean to this kid because he was really tall. He had heard that tall people were goon's and didn't have any friends. He then realized that the kid was pretty cool and now he is his best friend.
