https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej Made with serendipity en-us 2017-03-20 16:52:37 UTC 2025-10-01 13:22:17 UTC hello@padlet.com 70011 https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej/wish/161255115 Pay attention to the title, make a prediction
Learn about the author and his/her life
Look up or infer unfamiliar word
Learn about any relevant historical background
Note how the setting and he atmosphere are established
Pay attention to  the point of view
Track the development of the plot - how events unfold and increase suspense or action
Identify sources of conflict
Notice the crucial moment or climax
Pay attention to the feel of the story
Note how/if the main character changes and why
Revisit the title and consider deeper meaning
Identify possible themes and symbols
Infer the author's purpose ("What does it all mean man?" -Matt)



]]> 2017-03-20 16:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej/wish/161255115 70011 https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej/wish/161876919 Maybe he wrote The Sniper to reveal the cruelties of war and show what life looked like for him during this time. It might've been a stand against war, showing how awful it is for those soldiers that're fighting. 

I used the "Infer the Author's Purpose" strategy to find this. ]]> 2017-03-22 16:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej/wish/161876919 70011 https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej/wish/162470161 1. Peyton Farquhar is being executed because he attempted to burn the bridge. The soldier who asked him for a drink of water offered the idea to it, but it turned out he was a union spy. The bridge is actually heavily guarded and very protected by the law.
2. The water rushed slowly when it clearly said that it was fast. His hands were working without him. He could hear and see things really far away while in rushing water. He was able to hold his breath for long periods of time. He saw strange colors. ]]> 2017-03-24 16:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej/wish/162470161 70011 https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej/wish/162483885 Noosed and drowned he sank
Soldier at his door persuades
Whimsy whisk away]]> 2017-03-24 17:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej/wish/162483885 70011 https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej/wish/162487339 I theorize that Peyton was standing on the board the whole time and that was just his imagination going off. That is why everything was so weird, and why he ends up somehow at his house. At the end the plank gets pulled out and he falls to his death.]]> 2017-03-24 17:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/70011/pde21azrirej/wish/162487339