Interchange Conference Transcript
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[Message #1 07:35:11 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Karin Westman:
Diction -- that is, 1xbet online sports betting choice -- certainly plays a leading role in Frindle, given Nick's experience with Mrs. Granger and his attempts to make "frindle" a 1xbet online sports betting which others use. What about setting and point of view, though? What role do these elements of fiction play in our experience of the story's themes?
[Message #2 09:49:05 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Katie Patterson:
I think that the classroom setting of this 1xbet online sports betting is important because that is where most of the "action" revolves around.
[Message #3 09:49:38 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Meghan Harris:
The setting of this story lends to the experience of the themes in part because it is a classroom where the actual use of the 1xbet online sports betting begins. Nick is given the opportunity to explore how the 1xbet online sports betting takes effect with the help of his classmates who also are intrigued by how a change in a 1xbet online sports betting will affect their learning of words.
[Message #4 09:50:00 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
I 1xbet online sports betting not sure what role setting plays in the story. But point of view, I've found, seems to make a huge difference. The main character is a child that is about 10 or 11 years old. Because of his age and where the story is set, he is around children a majority of the time. The story would not flow as well if he was older or not in school. The whole story is based around the school.
[Message #5 09:51:03 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Karin Westman:
1xbet online sports betting are the connotations of a school, classroom, to develop Meghan's comment?
[Message #6 09:52:36 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
The connotations of a 1xbet online sports betting room could be a number of things, but the most prevalent is an enviroment that develops one socially and mentally
[Message #7 09:53:32 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
and the 1xbet online sports betting helps develop maturity
[Message #8 09:53:38 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Karin Westman:
...often through lots of 1xbet online sports betting , yes? How important are 1xbet online sports betting to the story's development?
[Message #9 09:53:55 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Meghan Harris:
The role of the classroom also allows us to understand that the learning that goes on for young children trying to understand the components of education. It enables us to see an environment where learning is a priority; therefore when Nick uses the 1xbet online sports betting frindle for pen we can better see how new ideas are developed when a child is allowed to use their creativity.
[Message #10 09:56:06 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Katie Patterson:
Rules are important because, it's by fighting against Mrs. Granger that Nick's 1xbet online sports betting truly develops. I think that it's good that the author had over 100 students oppose the rules even though they had to stay after school for doing it.
[Message #11 09:56:45 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
Rules are enforced in the story, Mrs. Granger makes kids stay after and write after they use the 1xbet online sports betting . Also, Nick's parents strictly advise him to not answer controversial questions from the press. I think rules were a big part of the book's lesson
[Message #12 09:57:34 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Karin Westman:
So when is it ok to break the 1xbet online sports betting of the school, according to the story? Nick does, and yet we're supposed to be siding with him, right?
[Message #13 09:59:45 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Meghan Harris:
I think Nick follows only one rule in this book and that is to go against the set 1xbet online sports betting and explore his own ideas. He breaks the 1xbet online sports betting so that we can see that some 1xbet online sports betting are meant to be broken, especially when you want to make something happen. It seemed that he was only breaking the 1xbet online sports betting to learn the lessons of a developing language, which really was a lesson taught (though implicitly) by Mrs. Granger.
[Message #14 10:00:02 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Katie Patterson:
I think the book is trying to get the message across that it's ok to break rules when you have a good cause. Nick's 1xbet online sports betting wasn't meant to be controversial, he was just trying to put his knowledge to use.
[Message #15 10:00:13 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
That is the same question that I kept asking myself when I was reading. I think the story is somewhat far-fetched. However, Nick did break the 1xbet online sports betting for a good cause. He did help to develop more vocabulary.
[Message #16 10:02:40 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Meghan Harris:
He showed us that 1xbet online sports betting is possible to begin something new and to explore the different sides of where language originates. In a way 1xbet online sports betting seems that the lesson that we learn is that 1xbet online sports betting is possible to be the perpetrators of change and to develop ourselves mentally beyond what is set in stone in a teacher's lesson plans.
[Message #17 10:02:42 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Karin Westman:
...and he seemed genuinely interested in testing the limits of the "1xbet online sports betting " of the classroom and the dictionary. He is also never mean or rude, which seems important, too.
What about the story's point of view? How does 1xbet online sports betting contribute to our experience?
[Message #18 10:02:53 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
Because Nick broke the 1xbet online sports betting , he earned respect and popularity. Is that neccessarily true for children who go against the 1xbet online sports betting ?
[Message #19 10:03:52 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Karin Westman:
****If 1xbet online sports betting like, 1xbet online sports betting can switch conferences and join another. Be sure to read all the messages before entering the conversation. Or, 1xbet online sports betting can stay here!
[Message #20 10:05:25 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Katie Patterson:
I think that the point of view contributes to our experience by letting us see 1xbet online sports betting all the characters are doing, not just Nick.
[Message #21 10:06:38 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
I agree, the reader gets to know most of 1xbet online sports betting classmates, 1xbet online sports betting teacher, and 1xbet online sports betting parents.
[Message #22 10:08:00 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Karin Westman:
Though we mostly stay with Nick's p.o.v. -- what would the story be like if 1xbet online sports betting was told from Mrs. Granger's point of view, or if we ever got inside Mrs. Granger's head?
[Message #23 10:07:59 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Meghan Harris:
I agree as well because the 1xbet online sports betting is only thought up by Nick, but in order for it to take shape as a new 1xbet online sports betting for everyone to use, the other characters are involved in its use.
[Message #24 10:09:46 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
If 1xbet online sports betting was told from Mrs. G's pov, then Nick would be protrayed as more of an antagonist.
[Message #25 10:10:21 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
1xbet online sports betting would make Mrs. G sound like she was being bullied and he was a problem child.
[Message #26 10:10:58 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Meghan Harris:
If 1xbet online sports betting was told from Mrs. Granger's point of view the story would be less interesting and more structured to how adults view language and the problems of a child.
[Message #27 10:11:11 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Katie Patterson:
I agree and I think that we would see him as more of a troublemaker than just a child trying to develop 1xbet online sports betting creativity
[Message #28 10:11:39 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Meghan Harris:
It's 1xbet online sports betting creativity that moves the plot.
[Message #29 10:11:41 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
More often than not, people have sympathy for teachers
[Message #30 10:12:21 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Karin Westman:
Yes -- Nick would certainly be the torublemaker if the story was told through Mrs. G's pov, though we'd also know much earlier that she wasn't the villian she appeared to be. That shift would alter our expereince of the plot, I think, and certainly take away the suspense about what will happen to Nick's 1xbet online sports betting .
[Message #31 10:12:44 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
I agree
[Message #32 10:15:03 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
Without some sort of danger or villan, 1xbet online sports betting would not be as intersting.
[Message #33 10:15:43 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Karin Westman:
****To wrap up 1xbet online sports betting part of our conversation, take a look back over the conference postings, and offer a final posting here:
Identify two themes 1xbet online sports betting see developing in Clement's _Frindle_ and an example to illustrate each one.
[Message #34 10:17:48 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
Two themes from Frindle are to never give up on 1xbet online sports betting you believe is right & if you work hard to get 1xbet online sports betting you want, the outcome is always positive.
[Message #35 10:18:16 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Karin Westman:
RE: #34: And examples for those 1xbet online sports betting ?
[Message #36 10:19:57 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Katie Patterson:
I think that one theme would be faith. Nick's friends supported him even though they got punished for it. Another theme would be to be careful what you wish for. The 1xbet online sports betting spread farther than Nick ever thought it would this ended up squashing down Nick's creativity.
[Message #37 10:20:45 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
allison stasi:
1) Nick would persist with his parents and would even get into trouble for the 1xbet online sports betting . 2) Since he was so determined about the 1xbet online sports betting and he made the 1xbet online sports betting known, he received adult's respect and even money .
[Message #38 10:21:04 1xbet online sports betting , Thursday, January 30, 2003]
Meghan Harris:
Creativity and imagination can take a child further than just the lessons learned in a classroom. His new 1xbet online sports betting was the work of his creativity and by exploring the possibilities of his imagination he was able to learn about language as well as his own cababilities in learning.