Middle school students – What are your favorite parts in the beginning of the book, I Will Always Write Back?
A part of the beginning that I thought was really interesting was the letter Martin wrote about how far the American dollar went in Zimbabwe and how much Martin’s family was able to buy with it. Then in Caitlin’s letter, she writes how “busy” and “dramatic” her life is with school and boys. This helped me really start to set up the differences between Caitlin’s and Martin’s life.
What are your favorite parts? What did you find interesting from Part 1?
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I also enjoyed the part when Martin explained to Caitlyn how far her $20 went
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It is pretty crazy how much that 20 dollars was able to do for that family.
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I agree that how much 20 dollars could do for Martins family
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I like how Martin shows off his Reebok shirt to his neighbors
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I agree I also liked the reebok shirt part
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My favorite part about Part 1: Hallo! was reading the letters exchanged between Martin and Caitlin. I also enjoyed reading the book from Martin’s point of view because the way he thought of this was so different to how we think. I overal enjoyed the first part and can’t wait to finish it.
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Such a different perspective than Caitlyn’s and one that we can learn so much from.
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I enjoyed the part when Caitlyn was the only one to write to Zimbobwa
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I agree, I thought it was cool that she wanted to do something different than the rest of her classmates.
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I liked that Caitlyn was the only one to choose Zimbobwa
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I enjoyed the part when Caitlyn said how she thought that no matter the color of skin, all people are the same and equal.
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I liked how 20 dollars here can pay for school there
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I thought it was interesting that when Caitlin met her cousin in Germany she thought that her cousin was a dork because of how she dressed. When Caitlin went to school with her cousin she realized that how her cousin dresses was popular in Germany. I think that Caitlin is telling us don’t judge people by the clothes that they wear.
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While I was reading part 1, I was surprised to learn how difficult and expensive it is for Martin to send a picture to Caitlin of himself or his family.
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I was surprised to learn how difficult and expensive it is for Martin to send a picture of himself or his family to Caitlin.
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I liked how Martian was very calm in his letters even though he was going through a bad time
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oops i auto correct i mean Martin
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My favorite part about part one is getting to read the letters between Martin and Caitlin.
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My favorite part was Martin was on the plane
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My other favorite part was when Caitlin gave Martin a Reebok shirt. He had never owed new clothes before and the shirt became a gift to Martin’s family
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My favorite part is that Martin decided to have a pen pal and as I was going through the book. I also liked how Caitlin helped out Martin.
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My favorite part was that Martin and Caitlin got so close in just letters, not even meeting each other!!
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It is so amazing to see how the become friends and not meet. Twenty dollars goes a long way
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It is amazing how they become friends and how twenty dollars goes a very long way
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I love how something so little here means so much in there.
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I like it how Martin was focused on getting good grades because his mom dropped out of school. Martin is very smart.
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I liked that the money Caitlin sent to Martin was able to help him with school.
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My favorite part in part 1 is reading the letter because you can see a bond growing between Martin and Caitlin
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I thought the most interesting part from Part 1 was that Martin and Caitlin continued sending each other letters when most of the other students stopped so soon into the assignment.
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My favorite part was when Caitlyn and Martin finally meet
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The best part of the book was when Martin was sooooooo happy with Caitlin’s picture. How can you be so happy to get a picture of someone you have never met. it is crazy to me how special it is for Martin to have his picture taken when most kids dont’ even like getting their picture taken.
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my favorite part is when Martin gets the Reebok shirt that Catlin sent and goes to show it off.
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I like how Martin shows off his reebok shirt to his neighbors .
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I like how Martin acted when he received the Reebok and Nike shirts
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I like how Martin acted when he received the Reebok and Nike shirts.
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KeShawn Ashton
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This comment is by KeShawn Ashton
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I like how Martin acted when he received the Reebok and Nike shirts.
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I found the most interesting was how they both lived. Martin lived in poverty and would always tell Caitlin how hard it was for him to pay for school when Caitlin was thinking about getting something at the mall.
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