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It is organized like this so we know the vocabulary words before we read the chapter.

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We think the author put the glossary at the beginning so you know all the important words before you run into them in the story. That way you don't have to interrupt your reading to flip to the back of the book and figure them out.
This book is organized into subheadings that are chronological. We think she picked the chapter titles or subheadings she did to get the readers attention  so they would want to read on.

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The author wants to let you know, "Hey! Before you read this book, there are some words you need to know! " The author is saying, "I will put these words at the beginning so you can find out what they mean before you read the book!"

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-little sub headings
-glossary at the beginning
*We think the author did this because it introduced words early instead of having to flip to the back.

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We think the author placed the glossary at the beginning of the book to help readers become familiar with some of the tricky words they would come across as they read. We liked having the short chapters because it makes us feel like we are reading the book much faster. :)

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We think the author put the glossary at the beginning because there are some words that Ivan uses that we decided were "gorilla-ese", and may be confusing to people. We know Ivan is going to be our narrator throughout this book. There were different headings that we noticed. So far, we think Ivan is gentle and kind.

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We think that the glossary is at the beginning of the book because there might be some unknown words at the beginning, this will help you learn the word's meaning right away. Most fiction books do not have a glossary, so the author might want the reader to know that there is a glossary. We think that this book is organized in poetry form. It's not necessarily organized by "CHAPTERS" it has headings and it is sequenced.

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We think the author put the glossary to help set the mood and let us know the new vocabulary we would encounter while reading.
We think Katherine Applegate wrote in verse because she is writing from Ivan's perspective and he doesn't like to talk much.

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The author put the glossary at the beginning because she wanted us to be able to know about the words that Ivan uses in upcoming chapters.
The author organizes it like a poem and putting it into stanzas. The author is writing it in a sequence of events including flashbacks of his younger years.

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Most fiction books do not have a glossary.  We think they put it in the front so that we would see that this book does have one.  The glossary helps prepare us for the words that we might see in the book.

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The glossary was put at the beginning of the text  because  it is important and these words will occur throughout the story.  Readers will most likely notice the glossary before they begin to read the book.

The book is organized with headings and paragraphs that tie to each heading. The book is not organized in chapters like most fiction chapter books.

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Usually a glossary is at the end of a nonfiction book. It is unusual to have a glossary in a fiction story. We think the author put it in the front so people wouldn't skip over it (although most of us did!)

It is kind of organized like a poem. It has lines that are spaced out kind of like stanzas in a poem. There aren't chapters, but more like short sections with headings or titles. Each section changes to a different topic.

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The glossary is at the beginning so we know what the word means ahead of time. We noticed the headings are a set up for what is going to happen. It tells us what is happening past tense.

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We discussed that the book is organized into sections with headings at the top of each section, like chapters are. Each section matches the heading. We thought the author put the glossary at the beginning to help us understand what some of the words in the story mean, so that we could understand as we read the book.

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The story is pretty long. We think the author put the glossary at the beginning so that we would know what the hard to read words, were before we read.

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We talked about how the book was organized.  We noticed titles and headings on certain pages.  We think the author put the glossary at the front so we can understand the words we don't know.  We also think there are short chapters because the gorilla is telling the story.

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The glossary came first so that we can understand what the words mean, so if we don't understand them we can go back to the glossary.  Ivan is telling the story about his life.

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We think that the glossary is in front because it helps the reader to prepare for words that are going to probably be important throughout the book. It also is unusual to have a glossary in a fiction book.  The glossary though was more like a chapter.
The author helped us make a mental movie with the descriptive words in the glossary and in the first 10 pages when they describe his home and himself.

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The glossary is first so it can help people know what the words mean when they come to them.  The book is organized by headings followed by an explanation of setting and characters.  We are learning a lot about Ivan and his life.  Ivan's description of himself is different than what he says people think about him. "...but the artist made a mistake. I am never angry."

We really liked the part where Ivan said he wished he could read and enjoy a book! "It tasted like termite."

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We felt it was organized with headings and smaller sections of writing.  It felt like each page was a mini-chapter.  The sentences seemed shorter, maybe because it was told by a gorilla and gorillas don't say long sentences.
The glossary was probably at the front because the author thought it was so important for you to know those words and didn't want you flipping back and forth.  Someone shared that the way it was written made you feel depressed.  The mood was depressing.

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Organization: We think that it is organized into smaller sections so that you can keep track of what you are reading about. Each title previews the next page or two.
Glossary: Having the glossary at the front of the book gives you some prior knowledge before you start reading. If you already know the words before you start reading, then you don't have to interrupt your reading to figure out new words.

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The glossary is at the front so it can help us figure out the meanings of unknown words we read in the book.
Each chapter has a title. The title is connected to what happens in each section.

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The book is organized by headings that tell what the pages will be about. We also think it is written like a free verse poem. We think the author put the glossary first so you know what the words mean before you come across them and you don't have to flip to the back to check the meaning. The glossary is kind of like an introduction and makes the book easier to read.

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-Titles for each section
-Sections are kind of like poems with stanzas
-a few pictures spread throughout
-The glossary is at the beginning so we can know what the words are before we start reading
- There isn't usually a glossary in a fiction book, so it might be important to know some of these words

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We think the author put the glossary in the front to tell readers what the special words mean. It is a fictional book but there are some teaching words in there about gorillas.

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We feel that the author put the glossary at the front so you know what the tricky words mean when you read.

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The book feels like a free-verse poem by the way it is organized by lines rather than sentences and stanzas rather than paragraphs. The author maybe put the glossary at the front of the beginning because she wanted us to know what the words mean as we come across them. Maybe the author wanted to do something different from other authors. Headings are being used for the titles of the chapters.

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This book is organized like a poem. It is divided into small sections. Ivan does the narrating in the story. We think that the author put the glossary first so that we could understand what the words mean before we read them.