Think & Respond

1.What does Mari learn by taking part in and winning this contest? Mari learns that she can acomplish task even though they are very hard.
2.How does Mari feel about herself at the begining and at the end of the story? In the begining Mari does not feel good about herself and seeing all the other projects and seeing how their parents helped. At the end Mari feels very confident. She feels good because she won the award.
3. What is the author's message about being dependent on other people? How do you know? I think the author is saying being dependent can help you show on what you know. I know that because Mari's mom did not help. All she did was take Mari to the beach.
4. How do y0u think teachers's should judge students'? I think the judges should judge the students by what they learned and how creative the project was.
5. Which reading strategies did you use for this story? I used the compare and contrast reading stratigy because Mari was comparing her project to the others.