2025 Mentor Text: The Paper Bag Princess by Podzikowski, Joel

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jpodzikowski — 2022-04-11 11:58:18 UTC

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The author uses humor

jpodzikowski — 2022-04-11 11:58:27 UTC

This is funny because the author abruptly raises the stakes.

Symbolism

jpodzikowski — 2022-04-11 11:58:36 UTC

The paper bag symbolizes the princess's inner beauty

Use of repetition

jpodzikowski — 2022-04-11 11:58:45 UTC

The author repeats the scene each time as Elizabeth shows her plan

Use of adjectives

jpodzikowski — 2022-04-11 11:58:52 UTC

Author uses adjectives to understand the size and scale of things

ankulkarni29 — 2022-04-11 13:51:12 UTC

Add funny jokes

2022-04-11 13:51:44 UTC

The author made jokes and used dialogue to express how the characters were feeling -Liv Costco Bosco

Paper bag princess

sgharihar29 — 2022-04-11 13:51:45 UTC

I liked that the author used descriptive words and tried to make it funny and also added that action - Siya

ysriram29 — 2022-04-11 13:51:55 UTC

I like that the author added a few jokes. -Yashasvi

2022-04-11 13:52:57 UTC

I like how the author added the type of dialogue. Like the author said, “Bum” in a sentence. I feel like it would make people laugh and they would probably enjoy the book. -Acyuta Kasimkota 🥔

ankulkarni29 — 2022-04-11 13:53:09 UTC

Actions

2022-04-11 13:53:30 UTC

The author used dialogue and added descriptive words and actions. -Liv

ysriram29 — 2022-04-11 13:53:43 UTC

The author uses dialogue and action like when the princess tries to make the dragon tired.

ankulkarni29 — 2022-04-11 13:54:22 UTC

Makes less important parts shorter and important parts longor

sgude29 — 2022-04-11 13:54:41 UTC

He tells how the paper bag princess is trying to save the prince that she maipulated the dragon

sgharihar29 — 2022-04-11 13:55:19 UTC

Dialog
Tries to set the setting
Tries to trick the villain ( Dragon = Villain )

- Siya

The author try’s to show dialogue in the story

2022-04-11 13:55:31 UTC

sgharihar29 — 2022-04-11 13:57:19 UTC

The author used repetition to show like when the dragon opened his mouth and breathed and burnt 10 forests then 20 forests - Siya

ysriram29 — 2022-04-11 13:57:22 UTC

The author uses repetition in different places to show that a character does something again like when the princess tries the dragon out, she tries different ways to do it.-yashasvi

sgharihar29 — 2022-04-11 13:58:11 UTC

The author uses descriptive words to try to make the reader feel the emotion. - Siya

Yes they do, they tell the castle then to the dungeon

grsucaet29 — 2022-04-11 14:04:33 UTC

Jacobson Almacci

2022-04-11 14:06:03 UTC

I really like how they added the dragon to the book.
I will be adding a dragon to my story at the near end of the book.

Dravid

rsdfamily2002 — 2022-04-11 14:06:33 UTC

Even though dragons are scary and dangerous he still used the dragon as a joke about o keep the story the same way we thought

The paper bag princess

2022-04-11 14:06:40 UTC

They added a dragon to story a problem=dragon

Colin Frederick

colinfrederick11 — 2022-04-11 14:06:50 UTC

I want to add humor and add a better moral to the story

Landon Dominguez

ljdominguez291 — 2022-04-11 14:07:09 UTC

I like how the other had funny dialogue

A problem or a quest in this case its the dragon then they defeat or took carve of the problem and theres conflict

grsucaet29 — 2022-04-11 14:07:27 UTC

bhill114 — 2022-04-11 14:07:57 UTC

In setting up the problem of the story, I like how the author has identified the internal problems of the princess (has no clothes and feels ashamed) and launches the main character on their quest!

I would like to have a better moral of the story all around. Also show better character.

2022-04-11 14:07:59 UTC

I like how the author showed the princes’s problem and how she fixed it.

2022-04-11 14:08:09 UTC

2022-04-11 14:09:39 UTC

The author told the story bit by bit and slowly progressed the character. It was very organized, and the author used clear transition words.

dkang29 — 2022-04-11 14:10:07 UTC

He makes the actioj come quickly and make’s it kinda just litiitary make a bruh moment

The author wanted to give the story a message but they used a sense of humor to do so. While the classic fantasy books use a big and kind of scary problem to tell a message.

slu291 — 2022-04-11 14:10:13 UTC

Anita Toma

2022-04-11 14:10:17 UTC

The setting is from a castle to a dungeon.

kthirukonda29 — 2022-04-11 14:10:28 UTC

Dialog. They used dialog and a setting

2022-04-11 14:10:37 UTC

I would like to do add little pictures of what's happening in the text and add more fantasy elements

Stuff

svaddiraju11 — 2022-04-11 14:10:48 UTC

That he added funny jokes and he was very straight forward with the writing and the story and the dialogue was hilarious because the author was very straight forward

Naomi

nejones29 — 2022-04-11 14:10:51 UTC

I should be funny and rise action

Lucas_P_ — 2022-04-11 14:10:54 UTC

I would like to have the same kind of text because he added jokes for humor for the book so it isn’t so seroius

geottenwess29 — 2022-04-11 14:10:57 UTC

I would like to have the people in my story have more character

Ellie

2022-04-11 14:10:58 UTC

I liked how the author had a very nice princess and all o a sudden He just toke all the lovely stuff and BURNED…….. IT…….. DOWN. So maybe she could get to her point faster.

zsmalik29 — 2022-04-11 14:11:10 UTC

I like how Elizabeth is manipulating the dragon when she’s asking if he’s the strongest dragon but he doesn’t know that

asrajeswaran29 — 2022-04-11 14:11:32 UTC

The author uses action and clear transitions words I might incorporate into my story.

I should raise the problem

eli293 — 2022-04-11 14:11:35 UTC

The problem in my story should rise higher because dragon burned all her clothes and all the terrible thing that happened. I really like how the author added lots of action such as burned down the castle. The castle was demolished by the fire breathing dragon.

What he does that I would like to is that.When have put some humor he also added some action he made the main character and I will like to putlots of feeling for my charcets

rsdfamily2002 — 2022-04-11 14:11:48 UTC

I want to ad some flash back and suspense and some symbolism to really get the reader to continue my story and build up the suspense and make a problem.

2022-04-11 14:11:58 UTC

Paper bag princess

janawar29 — 2022-04-11 14:12:06 UTC

The author really makes things funny in the book, and he gets right into the action. But it’s nat all jokes. But the thing I would like to is to add pictures because it also describes what is going on in the story, and shows how the characters look and when I’m reading I like to have a idea on how they look. And another way I could do some of this stuff, is like when he zooms pass the boring stuff

PAPER BAG PRINCESS

srameswarapu29 — 2022-04-11 14:12:08 UTC

Robert Munsch did put a lot of humor. My favorite part was the end when Elizabeth told Ronald off.

2022-04-11 14:12:27 UTC

I would like to add more fantasy elements and a picture to understand the text
-Lucas N

kthirukonda29 — 2022-04-11 14:12:36 UTC

The author makes the characters repeat the plan to destroy the villan

slu291 — 2022-04-11 14:12:43 UTC

I want to use more sense of humor in the story to make the story more interesting or add a funny but also scary problem for the character to solve.

asrajeswaran29 — 2022-04-11 14:12:47 UTC

The princess was motivated to fight the dragon and get Ronald back.

A female in a paper bag that is a princess

2022-04-11 14:12:56 UTC

I want to a dragon aka the problem

The dragon symbolizes Ronald’s personality.

srameswarapu29 — 2022-04-11 14:12:57 UTC

2022-04-11 14:13:02 UTC

Good diolouge and telling descriptive words and good illustrations

Colin Frederick

colinfrederick11 — 2022-04-11 14:13:08 UTC

I see the author using description.

Lucas_P_ — 2022-04-11 14:13:09 UTC

It shows symbolism for what he says and what he’s doing in the book. He’s building the mood in the book.

I wanna add diolog

2022-04-11 14:13:14 UTC

Anita Toma

2022-04-11 14:13:30 UTC

The author puts fantasy elements to describe what happened to the castle and what the dragon did.

Ellie

2022-04-11 14:13:45 UTC

The craft she brought up the stakes very fast.

Dayul

dkang29 — 2022-04-11 14:13:47 UTC

In that moment earlier he tries to raise the suspension in a funny and quick way

The writer stretches out the story with descriptive words, repetition.

srameswarapu29 — 2022-04-11 14:13:52 UTC

Joline

janawar29 — 2022-04-11 14:13:55 UTC

The author stirred up a lot of mood, and he showed a lot of symbolism, like when she puts on the paper bag

K.A.T

kthirukonda29 — 2022-04-11 14:13:59 UTC

The author changes the setting to explore new places

2022-04-11 14:14:01 UTC

I see that one thing the author did was show character motivation. For example, her motivation to slay the dragon was to get Ronald back. Also, there was build up to the climax.

zsmalik29 — 2022-04-11 14:14:11 UTC

At the end when Ronald said that she should come back when she’s dressed badly and he just proving that he’s a bad person

The prince did not care about her love or her strength just her looks

grsucaet29 — 2022-04-11 14:14:14 UTC

cghantasala29 — 2022-04-11 14:14:15 UTC

Maybe I can add a dragon like an actual one.

Stir empathy and raise the stakes

eli293 — 2022-04-11 14:14:17 UTC

I would add more symbolism on how my story is worked and how the story is raising the stakes and string empathy.

Grace🥵✋😩

geottenwess29 — 2022-04-11 14:14:28 UTC

I would like to have a better story mountain like they had in paper bag princess

Jacobson Almacci

2022-04-11 14:15:05 UTC

They showed symbols. This is because when she had her paper bag it actually was her strength that she kept on going.

Good Things

2022-04-11 14:15:13 UTC

The author adds diolog and repeated actions
-Lucas N

asrajeswaran29 — 2022-04-11 14:15:16 UTC

They use very descriptive words. And they use clear transitions and it can paint a picture in your head.

Allie

artoll29 — 2022-04-11 14:15:25 UTC

He put convincing dialogue and so maybe I could put some more diologe in my story.

Landon Dominguez

ljdominguez291 — 2022-04-11 14:15:32 UTC

The paper bag that Elizabeth wears shows her inner beauty and the dragon represents the problems her and Ronald a have.

agarapati29 — 2022-04-11 14:15:44 UTC

When the princess tricked the dragon, the author made it look like the dragon wasn’t very bright, but really the dragon was her fears. Beating your fears is very easy is what the author was symbolizing when Elizabeth tricked the dragon

I like how the author gets right to the point but still has details

mlcolussi29 — 2022-04-11 14:16:17 UTC

Dialog

2022-04-11 14:16:19 UTC

Well, the writer does use illustrations and sometimes the setting is part of the plan. Like when Elizabeth said for the dragon to burn down a hundred forests we know the place where she is.

srameswarapu29 — 2022-04-11 14:16:22 UTC

2022-04-11 14:16:26 UTC

the author uses the pictures to dircribe the words and tells you more about the book and so the people that are reading this knows what's happening.

cghantasala29 — 2022-04-11 14:16:29 UTC

The author added a lot of humor but what made me cringe is the inappropriate picture… but still good

2022-04-11 14:16:45 UTC

The author tells the story in a way that the reader is never bored. There is also no unimportant details to the story.

Joline

janawar29 — 2022-04-11 14:16:53 UTC

The author story tells by telling us the things but not listing it like this happened then this then this then this he explains it in a funny and good way

Reuses things

2022-04-11 14:17:01 UTC

The author Reuses the diolog and writes the pictures
-Lucas N

cghantasala29 — 2022-04-11 14:17:02 UTC

Symbolsym

Stuff

svaddiraju11 — 2022-04-11 14:17:11 UTC

The author adds symbolism like the paper bag and the dragon and he added the prince as a person who has power with his crown.

Jacobson Almacci

2022-04-11 14:17:25 UTC

They made the people reading the book feel like there actually inside the book.

zsmalik29 — 2022-04-11 14:17:43 UTC

I like how the author tries to make things funny in the story but it’s also a serious story like at the end when Ronald is saying that she should be dressed like a princess and that is pretty disrespectful to Elizabeth and it’s not all funny. I also like how there good deatail, and there’s also a lot of dialogue

2022-04-11 14:17:48 UTC

The author is very descriptive about the setting. They describe every detail of where the character is.

Anita Toma

2022-04-11 14:18:04 UTC

The craft techniques the author uses is when the dragon burns the castle and all the princesses clothes and she put a paper bag on. She is trying to save the prince.

The author has a ‘Dragon’ and a Real dragon

eli293 — 2022-04-11 14:18:18 UTC

I really would like to add a dragon too (Not inspired by the paper bag princess) and use symbolism like how I said.

My author

nejones29 — 2022-04-11 14:18:27 UTC

Raise the action like the tiger coming out but then dragon say sorry then the wound is turning black.

2022-04-11 14:18:34 UTC

By writeing the pictures what I mean he’s desribeing the pictures
-Lucas N

The dragon goes fast and goes around the word and he’s back and

2022-04-11 14:18:44 UTC

Mallory

mlcolussi29 — 2022-04-11 14:18:45 UTC

I like how the author described the setting with detail

The author

slu291 — 2022-04-11 14:18:46 UTC

The author tells a happy setting but then cuts to the chase and something funny but also devastating for the princess happened.
Because immediately a dragon appeared and smashed her castle. The author cuts to the chase to something funny to engage the reader to read more or listen more the the book. It’s like a hook but not a mystery hook.

Joline

janawar29 — 2022-04-11 14:18:52 UTC

The author uses all types of speech

Work

2022-04-11 14:18:56 UTC

The character does get introduced

Jacobson Almacci

2022-04-11 14:19:56 UTC

In the book they really describe where the character is. For an example the author explained in great detail where she was in the cave.

Anita Toma

2022-04-11 14:20:01 UTC

The author story tells about the setting and what the princess is doing to safe the prince.

Work

2022-04-11 14:21:17 UTC

To make it so good even though It’s short and for little kids

Make one of the main character the strongest and fastest in there world and have a lot of humor/jokes

igszlag29 — 2022-04-11 14:21:23 UTC

Ellie

2022-04-11 14:21:43 UTC

The author shows picture and description.

Ellie

2022-04-11 14:22:28 UTC

The used a lot of description for the setting.

slu291 — 2022-04-11 14:22:42 UTC

The author makes the character sound very “not smart” to engage the reader to read on because the reader realizes how a character can be so “not smart” about a simple thing.
Which makes them read on and kind of correct the character every once in a while.

Plural nouns and singular possessive things like that

eli293 — 2022-04-11 14:22:48 UTC

The nouns and possessive are going to be in my story because the nouns and possessives need to be in my story .

sahabib29 — 2022-04-11 14:23:00 UTC

It had a big hook and a lot of jokes

cghantasala29 — 2022-04-11 14:23:26 UTC

The author tells us how much the princess cared for the prince

He makes one of the main characters fast and strong and he get around the word in 22 seconds and the girl send to do it aging and she Force him to do it aging

2022-04-11 14:23:50 UTC

Landon Dominguez

ljdominguez291 — 2022-04-11 14:24:12 UTC

The dragon is Ronald and the princess is trying to save Ronald from the ignorance that he is giving her.

cghantasala29 — 2022-04-11 14:24:42 UTC

Have a lot of humor

sahabib29 — 2022-04-11 14:31:37 UTC

It adds details

2024-05-29 15:51:57 UTC

I like how the author put a life lesson that might happen to you and If it did happen to then you know you can always find someone else in your life Braden

2024-05-29 15:52:11 UTC

I like how the ending there was a plot twist with the characters.

2024-05-29 15:52:38 UTC

I like how the author took a turn from traditional dragon stories, instead of the princess being helpless and needing to be saved, she isn't as dependent and deals with the problem herself. (Tanisha)

Sofia

shirani31 — 2024-05-29 15:52:46 UTC

I like how the author made the book funny with funny words

ykang31_1 — 2024-05-29 15:53:22 UTC

With this text the author shows that Elizabeth cares for the prince and goes after him.

Paper bag princess

iaahmad31 — 2024-05-29 15:53:28 UTC

I like how they added a plot twist in the end that was unexpected

The author wrote with a lot of dialogue and i would like to add a lot more dialogue in my work.

fqlu31 — 2024-05-29 15:53:33 UTC

Plot twist

jjacob31_1 — 2024-05-29 15:53:40 UTC

The story had a big plot twist or turning point when the prince dumps the princess who just saved him because she did not look like a real princess. -Johan.

Dragon is used alot Julia

JuliaMSketch — 2024-05-29 15:53:52 UTC

I like the Diolague because the narorattor uses good text

NotAndrewYTOfficial — 2024-05-29 15:54:07 UTC

Clara's

cebottos31 — 2024-05-29 15:54:15 UTC

I think that I will add more detail with what the actions are when they do something and make it have more of a picture painted or even add pictures

Adding humor and that the author describes many things with a whole different text.

ykang31_1 — 2024-05-29 15:54:32 UTC

2024-05-29 15:54:51 UTC

They used a lot of dialogue to make the story 10 times better Braden

zjrob31 — 2024-05-29 15:54:52 UTC

I really like all of the fantasy elements the author uses.

2024-05-29 15:55:00 UTC

The book is definitely fiction because none of that would happen in real life at least I think so

Seojin

2024-05-29 15:55:00 UTC

In the end, the princess was got teased by king but princess didn't get mad, instead of getting mad princess teased him in other way. And i want to do something like shocking at the end.

Paper bag princess

lmseto31 — 2024-05-29 15:55:10 UTC

I would add each characters emotions and maybe have more challenges that the main character comes across

Mesyah Summers

masummers31 — 2024-05-29 15:55:49 UTC

The author explains what's going on even with the pictures, by doing it quickly and short, even in the Medieval Time

Paper bag princess

iaahmad31 — 2024-05-29 15:56:03 UTC

I like how they added 2 people with different personalities like the prince is sassy and the girl isn't, and she is kinder than the prince.

2024-05-29 15:56:21 UTC

They used flash backs

2024-05-29 15:56:25 UTC

The author gives the characters personalities that help us understand the lesson better. (Tanisha)

Put in humor

bmbouren31 — 2024-05-29 15:56:42 UTC

I like how in the end of the book it shows a little humor by the the princess calling the prince a bum

Mahnaz

2024-05-29 15:56:53 UTC

The author describes it by saying how it looked and saying their was forests and everything like that

🗿🤓Reagan cross🤓🗿

Reagan_cross — 2024-05-29 15:57:01 UTC

the author made the book contain fantasy elements (duh) that could relate to real life, but not just dragons. dragons aren’t real, so i bet your questioning, “what do you mean?”. dragons reprasent problems, just like problems in real life.

Serene

salmasri31 — 2024-05-29 15:57:13 UTC

The author adds detail and makes its characters very specific and make it go along with the rest of the story and themes are wonderful and fit perfectly with the setting and the heart of the story

Yeonwoo

ykang31_1 — 2024-05-29 15:57:27 UTC

She persevered. This makes her more and more fierce.

Clara's

cebottos31 — 2024-05-29 15:57:48 UTC

They started a problem and and the character solved it
They painted a picture so we can see a visual picture to see how the characters look like so we can imagine it better

I like it

2024-05-29 15:58:05 UTC

I like it because it gives you something that will make you more interested and in some books you get a cliffhanger but in this book there is no cliffhanger it is just interesting

Discription Julia

JuliaMSketch — 2024-05-29 15:58:07 UTC

It discribes the trail

It’s goofy

jrwilson311 — 2024-05-29 15:58:13 UTC

In the story they make it were they are in a sad event, like her castle getting destroyed, but they add in funny stuff, like the paper bag, here is another example

Mesyah Summers

masummers31 — 2024-05-29 15:58:16 UTC

I like how the author explains what's going on with humor even though there's pictures, and it was in the Medival Times

Paper bag princess

jjaliparthi31 — 2024-05-29 15:58:31 UTC

I love how when the dragon opened the door and didn’t even realized the the girl was the one who in the castle.

- Janu

Many details and humor

2024-05-29 15:58:39 UTC

I think in this book the Arther put details and punctuation and beat dragon in humorist way.

Paper bag princess

lmseto31 — 2024-05-29 15:58:40 UTC

The author shows the princess plan and uses dialogue and details to show her problems and solutions

Then she thinks she is. Well.

besardshabani0 — 2024-05-29 15:58:57 UTC

I like the dialog

Rylee

rjmcdonald31 — 2024-05-29 15:58:59 UTC

The story shows that she is worth more than she thinks she is when the prince made fun of her

2024-05-29 15:59:19 UTC

He put clues like what they see.

Clara's

cebottos31 — 2024-05-29 15:59:21 UTC

The author is trying to show the girls plan before it happens but secretly

mafermin31 — 2024-05-29 15:59:22 UTC

He adds stuff that hooks the reader to keep on reading until the end like funny dialogue and funny settings.

2024-05-29 15:59:24 UTC

The author story tells by adding a plot twist, you'd think that this is a normal story, with a damsel in distress but it turns out the princess saves herself. (Tanisha)

Feel

mcekaj31 — 2024-05-29 15:59:33 UTC

Making the reader feel like they are in the book Mario Cekaj

I like how they made that attention grabber

besardshabani0 — 2024-05-29 15:59:36 UTC

Character

jjacob31_1 — 2024-05-29 15:59:36 UTC

The author in the book builds up the characteristics of the characters with word choice, and pictures. For example, the first picture of prince Ronald looks greedy, ignorant, selfish, which overshadows how Ronald will act after he is saved. -Johan.

adcoster31 — 2024-05-29 15:59:40 UTC

To help defeat, the enemy, the main character can try to distract the evil villain

Mesyah Summers

masummers31 — 2024-05-29 15:59:42 UTC

I like how this story is about a girl who stands up for herself

The paper bag princess

lmseto31 — 2024-05-29 15:59:46 UTC

The author shows each characters emotions descriptively

2024-05-29 15:59:46 UTC

I would like to have more Dialogue from the characters and less narration

Abram

amgaied31 — 2024-05-29 16:00:09 UTC

He adds many different types of settings, for example, the castle and the forest.

Liliana🎀

ljsidick31 — 2024-05-29 16:00:10 UTC

They make alot of detail in the setting to describe it. It's also kind of funny the way the author describes some parts of the story.

adtinsleybradford31 — 2024-05-29 16:00:13 UTC

The narrator uses dialogue and telling actions to help us understand the story better.

2024-05-29 16:00:26 UTC

She/He uses action

2024-05-29 16:00:32 UTC

Because of the picture it shows were they are at what dragon there at

Paper bag princess

hpmarogy31 — 2024-05-29 16:00:35 UTC

I like how the they show how eager the dragon is to show the princess that he is the best dragon. The princess uses this to her advantage. This shows the smarts of the princess and that she didn't need a prince at the end.

2024-05-29 16:00:36 UTC

The author describes the setting by explaining the affects of the dragon attacks which helps us understand the dragon better (Tanisha)

Affan

2024-05-29 16:00:43 UTC

I like on how that the author uses both diolauge and first person to say things about the princess like how she is strategic when she tricks the dragon

Koi

kimmysod — 2024-05-29 16:00:44 UTC

The prince rejected the princess

mafermin31 — 2024-05-29 16:00:51 UTC

The princess quickly Changed the setting at the end of the story by out smarting the dragon.

Paper bag princess

eaabraham31 — 2024-05-29 16:00:53 UTC

This show that Elizabeth is determined to find Ronald.

2024-05-29 16:01:03 UTC

instead of defeating the dragon with an army, knights or archers they defeated the dragon with their smarts which makes it more exiting.

2024-05-29 16:01:15 UTC

He makes the story feel real by saying how he went around the world

Going against gender norms

akpowar31 — 2024-05-29 16:01:23 UTC

Instead of the prince saving the princess the princess saved the prince which changed the story up and turned around gender norms, which was great!

-Amrit Kaur Powar

The way she stands up for her self.

jrwilson311 — 2024-05-29 16:01:30 UTC

The way the princess stands up for her self when prince Ronald acts like a jerk, she just ignores it, kind of makes me feel like the symbolism is to stand up to bulls.

2024-05-29 16:01:42 UTC

I like the way that the author uses a repeating pattern to show the princess plan,the setting,etc I would like the use this in my own writing to repeat the main setting in the story a well as the theme.

mafermin31 — 2024-05-29 16:01:47 UTC

Funny things that will hook the reader

Neil Renu

narenu31 — 2024-05-29 16:01:52 UTC

The author uses humor and I would like to apply it in my story

Conflict

lpkeriko31 — 2024-05-29 16:01:57 UTC

I like how the author used conflict and then the author chose to make that confilct be solved. -Lucas

Paper bag princess

jjaliparthi31 — 2024-05-29 16:01:59 UTC

I love how the author used a paper bag in a way to bring the story to life.

-Janu

swong31_2 — 2024-05-29 16:02:01 UTC

The author added funny parts in the story and I want to add some funny parts in my story too

Clara's

cebottos31 — 2024-05-29 16:02:10 UTC

So the author started off with "came to a cave with a large door" so it's a cave and then "she took hold of the knocker" so that showed that it is a cave and that it is big enough to have a knocker on it.

🗿🤓Reagan🤓🗿

Reagan_cross — 2024-05-29 16:02:16 UTC

The author included pictures that illostrated the problems that Elizabeth faced

Abram

amgaied31 — 2024-05-29 16:02:30 UTC

He says it like mostly with description, and a little of and than and than and than.

Pictures

jjacob31_1 — 2024-05-29 16:02:33 UTC

The author uses minimum details in the story to visualize the setting. But to compensate for that, the book contains many pictures with different settings, allowing us to visualize the setting. -Johan

Make it interesting. (Owen N.)

osnovetsky31 — 2024-05-29 16:02:39 UTC

For example, Elizabeth tricked the dragon to fly around the whole world to make him tired, and burn down a forest to waste his breath. Then he fell asleep and Elizabeth could save Ronald. So another example, being smart or clever.

I like how it showed when someone new was talking

besardshabani0 — 2024-05-29 16:02:41 UTC

Serene

salmasri31 — 2024-05-29 16:02:48 UTC

It's using a simolie to show to describe its characters qualitiy with real things so the reader can uderstand to moral of what's going on

Yeonwoo

ykang31_1 — 2024-05-29 16:03:00 UTC

This shows how the girl wears a paper bag and the environment around her is from the dragon. The text says that it is from the dragon. It says that the dragon burnt down the forest and left bones all over the floor

Mario Cekaj

mcekaj31 — 2024-05-29 16:03:09 UTC

They used words to make more cool

Not being realistic

skpowar31 — 2024-05-29 16:03:13 UTC

I noticed that the author was not being realistic because a dragon can not fray around the world in just 10 seconds it is something that is made up and than no one can actually do. That is why it is an fantasy story and not non fiction.

Shaan

Explains

lpkeriko31 — 2024-05-29 16:03:33 UTC

The author explains the story really well and he explains all the details. -Lucas

Paper bag princess

apellumbi31 — 2024-05-29 16:03:39 UTC

I like how the author uses great word choice, for example, the author doesn't use the word "annoying" when the girl comments the prince. She uses words such as "bum" to think deeper in the box

Katie

2024-05-29 16:03:52 UTC

The author shows a dragon it symbolizes how nothing can stop the paper bag princess.

Random action

ndwilson31 — 2024-05-29 16:04:01 UTC

I think that a little random action can really spice up any story and allows somebody in a time crunch they can speed up there story that way.

I like the Diolague that the narrarator uses because it has very good detail

NotAndrewYTOfficial — 2024-05-29 16:04:06 UTC

2024-05-29 16:04:12 UTC

The author had good word choice

lmpitt31 — 2024-05-29 16:04:25 UTC

I like how the author uses a lot of detail to describe the setting

rjmcdonald31 — 2024-05-29 16:04:37 UTC

Red=danger

Like when the castle had red on it saying danger

aejajou31 — 2024-05-29 16:04:48 UTC

The author shows that the character did not give up, she stood up for her self. In the ending she told prince Arnold had a pretty face but he was rude.

bmbouren31 — 2024-05-29 16:04:49 UTC

The author used descriptive words

2024-05-29 16:04:52 UTC

What I like to add in the story is that the end should be like you came here for nothing like the dragon book

mafermin31 — 2024-05-29 16:05:01 UTC

The author explains the story in a way that hooks the reader

2024-05-29 16:05:18 UTC

She added a plot twist and the end to shock the readers

ankulathilake31 — 2024-05-29 16:05:35 UTC

I love how there's so much discirption even for simple things and everything fits together perfectly even with humor

2024-05-29 16:05:40 UTC

She pulls the readers away from thinking what is going to happen so they get a little shocked in the end.

Where do you see description in the story?

srkashamolla31 — 2024-05-29 16:05:51 UTC

I see description in the part where it said unfortunately, a dragon smashed her castle, burned all of her clothes with his fiery bread, and captured Ronald. This means that they are describing what happened to the castle after the dragon came.

From Sahasrith Kashamolla

2024-05-29 16:05:51 UTC

They introduced the problem quick

I like how the anther add and use a lot of detail

deray31 — 2024-05-29 16:05:58 UTC

Dana

Yeonwoo

ykang31_1 — 2024-05-29 16:06:09 UTC

I want to describe the setting a lot just like the author. The author makes me feel like I am in the forest with Elizabeth.

Neil Renu

narenu31 — 2024-05-29 16:06:13 UTC

I really need more symbolism with using objects

The author makes the character use reverse psychology to trick the villain

solewis31 — 2024-05-29 16:06:17 UTC

The author keeps on saying the main reason about the book. The author what’s us to remember the main reason and part in the book.

lvaguilararagon31 — 2024-05-29 16:06:21 UTC

Paper bag princess

jjaliparthi31 — 2024-05-29 16:06:24 UTC

I like the way the author used different “voices” for each dialogue.

-Janu

I like the Diolague that the narrarator uses because it has very good detail

NotAndrewYTOfficial — 2024-05-29 16:06:32 UTC

2024-05-29 16:06:37 UTC

They use revealing actions, according to the end of the story and the start of the story, at the start, Elizabeth loved Ronald so much she had hearts coming out of her eyes and, she worked so hard to save him from the dragon. But in the end of the story he judges her for what she is wearing and she says that everything about him is perfect but she puts a twist to it and says “but you’re a bum.” And they never got married when at first Elizabeth wanted to marry him.

They added descriptive words to help the reader imagine where the princess is even though there’s pictures.

fqlu31 — 2024-05-29 16:06:43 UTC

egniffeler31 — 2024-05-29 16:07:04 UTC

In my story I would like to add more action and add more silliness -Emma N

Uses pictures

2024-05-29 16:07:04 UTC

The author uses multiple pictures in the book

Precise words to build out the world

solewis31 — 2024-05-29 16:07:25 UTC

The rizzler (Reagan)

Reagan_cross — 2024-05-29 16:07:31 UTC

The author story tells, in a realistic fiction genre. Hear me out, the dragon represents problems that Elizabeth faces, just like the problems you can face in real life. (Minus the dragons)

Mario Cekaj

mcekaj31 — 2024-05-29 16:07:50 UTC

He is writing like I’m there

I would like to use a repeating pattern

eziu31 — 2024-05-29 16:07:52 UTC

I could use this in my own writing to repeat the main setting more in the story

Weaving

jjacob31_1 — 2024-05-29 16:08:06 UTC

The author weaves the book with a combination of pictures and word. One can't stand without the other, making the story visual and detailed. The words more in depth describes the picture, while the pictures set up the base for the words. -Johan.

The symbolism describes the symbols on what they mean, and I really love that

bmirby31 — 2024-05-29 16:08:20 UTC

iaahmad31 — 2024-05-29 16:08:23 UTC

Tehy show her solving a problem because she lost her fancy clothes and has to wear a paper bag

The author...

apellumbi31 — 2024-05-29 16:08:25 UTC

The author thinks deeper when she uses different words. She adds a lot of detail which makes the story come to life

Amaya

ankulathilake31 — 2024-05-29 16:08:30 UTC

Everything seems to fit together perfectly even with humor and there's still a bit of a challenge to find the true message even if its a kids book.

Symbols

masummers31 — 2024-05-29 16:08:43 UTC

The story describes the setting of the book by the words they write

Ibrahim

iaahmad31 — 2024-05-29 16:08:45 UTC

Intersiting info slowly

iaahmad31 — 2024-05-29 16:08:58 UTC

He saheresnteh seeing slowly

Rizzard of oz(rbeez)

Reagan_cross — 2024-05-29 16:09:00 UTC

In a castle. 😏😏😏😏🏰🏰🏰

Humor/ just being funny. -Ali k.

ankhan31 — 2024-05-29 16:09:18 UTC

I like how the author uses humor to keep his audience engaged as when in the story he said, Ronald said Elizabeth your clothes are really pretty and your hair is very neat you look like a real prince but your are a bum and when he said the dragon smashed her castle etc.

Kanishka

ksathish31 — 2024-05-29 16:09:44 UTC

In my story I think I should mostly add humor and more dialogue because it won’t be a story with out any dialogue or humor

Thing I want to do in my story that Robert munch did

tiyengar31 — 2024-05-29 16:09:51 UTC

There are 3 things that I want to add inspired by the paper bag princess……

1) add more humor

2) show more girl power

3) add symbolism

Joe

jrwilson311 — 2024-05-29 16:11:04 UTC

In the way they right this, it is a goofy light hearted story. It is not as dark and serious as the thief of always.

Settings using photos and pictures

skpowar31 — 2024-05-29 16:12:32 UTC

Something that I noticed is that the author really uses photos to show the setting like every page has a photo that shows what is happening in the story and the setting like were they are. The pictures shows the settings what it is like in the story like this picture from the story shows that the forest in burned down and that their is bones.

Shaan

Ananya

2024-05-29 16:12:35 UTC

The author pulls away the reader from the surprise in end leaving them with a little bit so in the end the readers will get surprised.

swong31_2 — 2024-05-29 16:12:48 UTC

The author uses words that make sense and uses a lot of words that make the story more interesting and fun to read

swong31_2 — 2024-05-29 16:18:17 UTC

The author story tells by using details and some sources

swong31_2 — 2024-05-29 16:20:22 UTC

The author describes the setting by using words that makes sense to describe the setting

Noah Francis

ncfrancis31 — 2024-05-30 16:55:17 UTC

Medieval time starts in the story, so does my story. and another thing like the dragon in the story. There are wizards in my story that are like the gragon in the paper bag princess

There can be people being rude

jdhemgude32 — 2025-05-19 13:44:25 UTC

jonas

I like that they make it a quick story

2025-05-19 13:58:09 UTC

JONAS

jdhemgude32 — 2025-05-19 13:58:26 UTC

WHAT I SEE IS THAT THE AUTHER IS USING IS THAT HES SAYING GIRLS CAN DO THING THAT BOYS CAN DO.

smjordan32_ — 2025-05-19 13:58:39 UTC

The princess flatters the dragon

2025-05-19 13:58:52 UTC

It’s cool how she inslaves the dragon

They used dialog

2025-05-19 13:58:53 UTC

I like the ending

2025-05-19 13:58:58 UTC

I like how she ended the story by roasting prince ronald

I love the author repeated thing

2025-05-19 13:59:00 UTC

like the door seen they repeated so they could show how important it is

The author showed how perfect her life was but then the author took it away from her and she realized that she didn't need it

2025-05-19 13:59:13 UTC

What i want to add to my story

rbareth32 — 2025-05-19 13:59:26 UTC

The author used a lot of dialog, and they ,made the message clear, but they didn’t say the message

2025-05-19 13:59:33 UTC

Use Of Adjectives

Sourish_Subramani — 2025-05-19 13:59:38 UTC

The author uses adjectives to help show the reader the size and shape of something, or to show emotion.

i like the way that he ended the book

2025-05-19 13:59:41 UTC

The princess is brave,Danielle

2025-05-19 14:00:07 UTC

She never gave up

Aabha S

aasalvi32_ — 2025-05-19 14:00:18 UTC

The author made the main character outsmart the villain instead of making her fight him.

khzhang32_ — 2025-05-19 14:00:33 UTC

ME too i liked how the ending is when elizabeth told ronald to🫸🫸 off

THE AUTHER STORY TELLS BY SAYIN THE PRINCESS IS SMART AND TRICKS THE DRAGON.

jdhemgude32 — 2025-05-19 14:00:33 UTC

I like that the princess was tricking the dragon

vslashkari32 — 2025-05-19 14:00:42 UTC

the princess was asking stuff and the dragon was doing it

2025-05-19 14:00:42 UTC

ending

Nicolas Ortiz_

nortiz32_ — 2025-05-19 14:00:46 UTC

The author added tension and investigation.

He give important details so the reader could be in-depth with the story

2025-05-19 14:00:56 UTC

Sam Sam

ssingh32_2 — 2025-05-19 14:00:59 UTC

I like how at the end, the prince says that th princess dosent look buetifull now, but then the princess didn’t care about what the princess said

You get it piece by piece

2025-05-19 14:01:01 UTC

dialog

khzhang32_ — 2025-05-19 14:01:05 UTC

I would like to make it how the author did,

2025-05-19 14:01:10 UTC

very detailed but also not long, and they made the message quite clear

Technice and goals

rbareth32 — 2025-05-19 14:01:16 UTC

i like how they used humor in a scary situation

I notised that the aouther added a lot of details

jjkinaia32 — 2025-05-19 14:01:30 UTC

the dragon could talk

Describes the place

2025-05-19 14:01:45 UTC

Nicolas Ortiz_

nortiz32_ — 2025-05-19 14:01:45 UTC

The author used descriptive language in the story.

I like how the show that she is interested in the prince then hates him

2025-05-19 14:01:50 UTC

THE AUTHER DISCRIBES THE SETTING BY WHATS GOING ON.

jdhemgude32 — 2025-05-19 14:02:04 UTC

Dragons

eivezaj32 — 2025-05-19 14:02:11 UTC

He says how it looks and adds images

2025-05-19 14:02:24 UTC

Building up

2025-05-19 14:02:30 UTC

the author built up the bad things fast by burning the castle and her cloths and taking the prince.

khzhang32_ — 2025-05-19 14:02:33 UTC

she tells the book in a 3rd person. and tell the plans of things and when they speak

The author storytells:

Sourish_Subramani — 2025-05-19 14:02:36 UTC

By using personification, which is making animals, plants, and other objects talk. If the dragon couldn’t talk the story wouldn’t have as much dialogue.

i noticed the author using a lot of dialogue

2025-05-19 14:02:39 UTC

the book wouldnt be good if it had no dialogue

I liked how

2025-05-19 14:02:40 UTC

the the paper bag princesses manipulated the dragons and distracting him

Viaan

vslashkari32 — 2025-05-19 14:02:46 UTC

I could use trickery to add in my story

Nicolas Ortiz_

nortiz32_ — 2025-05-19 14:02:54 UTC

The author tells the story in a sequence that raises the stakes.

I like the illustrations

ssingh32_2 — 2025-05-19 14:03:04 UTC

i like how the dragons wings are super small but he can still fly super fast.

He makes it relley intristing

jjkinaia32 — 2025-05-19 14:03:05 UTC

they make a lot of conflict.

THAT THE PRINSES GOT THE DRANGON TO BURN A CASTLE

2025-05-19 14:03:09 UTC

smjordan32_ — 2025-05-19 14:03:21 UTC

By using details and pictures

He is painting a picture so we can understand the setting

2025-05-19 14:03:23 UTC

I Ike that he used an funny voice to tell it

2025-05-19 14:03:26 UTC

The author describes the setting by not only drawing it but when I think at one part she says, “walked in a cave” they add emotions

2025-05-19 14:03:32 UTC

Story tell

rbareth32 — 2025-05-19 14:03:40 UTC

i like how they tell you how much like how he burnt 10 forest

2025-05-19 14:03:47 UTC

The author suddenly out of nowhere he throws something important

Viaan

vslashkari32 — 2025-05-19 14:03:51 UTC

The author uses story telling by telling that the princes roasted the prince

Nicolas Ortiz_

nortiz32_ — 2025-05-19 14:03:54 UTC

The author describes the setting by using the elements found in the setting.

Humor

Sourish_Subramani — 2025-05-19 14:03:55 UTC

the author uses humor to show and describe the story.

Aabha S

aasalvi32_ — 2025-05-19 14:03:59 UTC

The author uses dialogue so that the characters can communicate, creating more conflict.

smjordan32_ — 2025-05-19 14:04:00 UTC

A lot of dialogue

They say how they are at the castil and than they go to the dragons cave.

jjkinaia32 — 2025-05-19 14:04:01 UTC

Story elements

eivezaj32 — 2025-05-19 14:04:02 UTC

With big bold detailed words

2025-05-19 14:04:14 UTC

Pictures and objects

2025-05-19 14:04:14 UTC

They Said that she grabbed the knocker stating the object.

Danielle

2025-05-19 14:04:21 UTC

The author use Description

Shows the illustration of the book and the dialogue tells where they are

khzhang32_ — 2025-05-19 14:04:28 UTC

Dialogue

2025-05-19 14:04:33 UTC

if the dragon couldn’t talk most of the dialogue wouldn’t be there

the author storytells by using funny stuff

2025-05-19 14:04:37 UTC

I THINK HE USES REPITITION

2025-05-19 14:04:43 UTC

The setting

rbareth32 — 2025-05-19 14:04:46 UTC

i like how when he is telling the setting you can like imagein or like feel it

HE USES ETAILS

2025-05-19 14:04:58 UTC

Sourish_Subramani — 2025-05-19 14:05:03 UTC

I liked how the character have wits, so they could make smart choices to move the story.

By using Dialogue

ssingh32_2 — 2025-05-19 14:05:11 UTC

I like how the author uses dialogue and without it, the story would have been so bland.

smjordan32_ — 2025-05-19 14:05:12 UTC

It shows action

He uses dialogue

2025-05-19 14:05:27 UTC

Viaan

vslashkari32 — 2025-05-19 14:05:28 UTC

the author describes the setting by telling how the princes repeated stuff

Details

eivezaj32 — 2025-05-19 14:05:53 UTC

the author showed the setting by showing a path of fire

2025-05-19 14:06:07 UTC

Questions

2025-05-19 14:06:33 UTC

asking the dragons if they are the fastest dragon

Sam Sam

ssingh32_2 — 2025-05-19 14:06:34 UTC

i like how the author shows it is in medival times

He uses illustration and paints a picture

2025-05-19 14:06:38 UTC

Danielle

2025-05-19 14:07:17 UTC

Aabha S

aasalvi32_ — 2025-05-19 14:08:05 UTC

the author shows clearly how the princess tricked the dragon, even though the author doesn’t tell you outright.

kekroesing32 — 2025-05-19 14:08:12 UTC

2025-05-19 14:17:45 UTC

The author described what the paper bag princess did to outsmart the dragon into running out of breath and fire.

SARAH

srtomczyk32 — 2025-05-19 14:19:39 UTC

Dagon and a princess so it’s probably by a castle or something

The Author’s idea…

abhowmick32_ — 2025-05-19 14:19:46 UTC

The author tries to grab the readers attention so, the reader can be more interested. Also, the author adds a lot detail which can also make the reader more interested.

-Anuttara Bhowmick

The author made the story funny and rising action really quick

2025-05-19 14:19:59 UTC

Subject

2025-05-19 14:20:27 UTC

2025-05-19 14:20:28 UTC

Dialogue

2025-05-19 14:20:29 UTC

When the Ronald told elizabeth that she had to go and come bake when she look like a real princess. That like how it dose mater what you look like At log as you fill gooodjust being you

2025-05-19 14:20:38 UTC

Words.

The dialogue

2025-05-19 14:20:56 UTC

I think that the dialogue here is funny and when it says “they didnt get married after all” its quite a different way to end a story with a princess but thats nice 👍 and funny 😁

2025-05-19 14:22:47 UTC

The author made us think about the girl when she was laughing

I think it kind of funny because of the drogan that he is saying go a way i ate a hole casle

2025-05-19 14:22:58 UTC

mrperrone32_ — 2025-05-19 14:23:15 UTC

emkroll32_ — 2025-05-19 14:23:44 UTC

I like when the Elisabeth leaves prince Ronald because he was being rude and mean I like that the author put that in.

2025-05-19 14:24:57 UTC

I would like to ad more dialogue to my book like the author had done in the paper bag princess, where she was talking to the dragon about the price.

jgjelaj32 — 2025-05-19 14:25:07 UTC

It has funny Stuff for example when the queen said can you fly around the world in 3 seconds

Aaron vineeth The author had symbolism, and dialogue

2025-05-19 14:25:33 UTC

Description

achockalingam32 — 2025-05-19 14:25:37 UTC

The author describes how the paper bag princess made the dragon so tired that the dragon didn’t have enough fire to cook a meatball.

The paper bag princess.

abhowmick32_ — 2025-05-19 14:25:56 UTC

The author makes it more funnier and interesting too.

-Anuttara Bhowmick

how the author storytells

2025-05-19 14:26:49 UTC

I like that he uses dialogue to explain the important part instead of just saying it

The author is skilled

2025-05-19 14:29:32 UTC

The paper bag princess

sbguirguis32_ — 2025-05-19 14:33:36 UTC

So I think that the author did good on this page because she used words that describe the princess like how she had this good idea to make the dragon use all his breath and the author used specific words like fantastic or like magnificent.

Paper bag princess

2025-05-19 14:34:41 UTC

2025 Mentor Text: The Paper Bag Princess by Podzikowski, Joel

Mr. P - The PDF Copy

The author uses humor

Symbolism

Use of repetition

Use of adjectives

Paper bag princess

The author try’s to show dialogue in the story

Yes they do, they tell the castle then to the dungeon

Jacobson Almacci

Dravid

The paper bag princess

Colin Frederick

Landon Dominguez

A problem or a quest in this case its the dragon then they defeat or took carve of the problem and theres conflict

I would like to have a better moral of the story all around. Also show better character.

I like how the author showed the princes’s problem and how she fixed it.

The author wanted to give the story a message but they used a sense of humor to do so. While the classic fantasy books use a big and kind of scary problem to tell a message.

Anita Toma

Stuff

Naomi

Ellie

I should raise the problem

What he does that I would like to is that.When have put some humor he also added some action he made the main character and I will like to putlots of feeling for my charcets

I want to ad some flash back and suspense and some symbolism to really get the reader to continue my story and build up the suspense and make a problem.

Paper bag princess

PAPER BAG PRINCESS

A female in a paper bag that is a princess

The dragon symbolizes Ronald’s personality.

Colin Frederick

I wanna add diolog

Anita Toma

Ellie

Dayul

The writer stretches out the story with descriptive words, repetition.

Joline

K.A.T

The prince did not care about her love or her strength just her looks

Stir empathy and raise the stakes

Grace🥵✋😩

Jacobson Almacci

Good Things

Allie

Landon Dominguez

I like how the author gets right to the point but still has details

Dialog

Well, the writer does use illustrations and sometimes the setting is part of the plan. Like when Elizabeth said for the dragon to burn down a hundred forests we know the place where she is.

Joline

Reuses things

Stuff

Jacobson Almacci

Anita Toma

The author has a ‘Dragon’ and a Real dragon

My author

The dragon goes fast and goes around the word and he’s back and

Mallory

The author

Joline

Work

Jacobson Almacci

Anita Toma

Work

Make one of the main character the strongest and fastest in there world and have a lot of humor/jokes

Ellie

Ellie

Plural nouns and singular possessive things like that

He makes one of the main characters fast and strong and he get around the word in 22 seconds and the girl send to do it aging and she Force him to do it aging

Landon Dominguez

Sofia

Paper bag princess

The author wrote with a lot of dialogue and i would like to add a lot more dialogue in my work.

Plot twist

Dragon is used alot *Julia*

I like the Diolague because the narorattor uses good text

Clara's

Adding humor and that the author describes many things with a whole different text.

Seojin

Paper bag princess

Mesyah Summers

Paper bag princess

Dragon is used alot Julia

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