702 Looking at Our Texts as Windows by Latrice Baez https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2 Think about your texts and their world: Are the characters different than you? Does the text help you to see a different perspective? Are you learning something new? Write down how your text is a Window. If it isn't a Window, then how is it a mirror? en-us 2021-05-24 17:32:38 UTC 2025-04-24 08:57:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30d.png Latrice's Example latrice1 https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1554672347 My text, Slaves Among Us by Monique Villa, is a window because it is giving me insight into the experiences of people who have experienced the horrors of human trafficking. This is not something that I have experienced in my life and I do not personally know anyone who has experienced this either. 

On page 1 it talks about modern slavery, human trafficking, and and how slaves of today are not chained up like they were in the past. Instead, they walk around unnoticeable in most instances, blending in with the rest of us. The text states, “For example, we can end up tipping one at a respectable hotel without knowing his or her circumstances; we wear dresses and accessories one has made; we can even be seated on a plane next to one. They look like us, although they inhabit a totally different universe”. This was eye opening to me because when I go out to eat or stay at a hotel I automatically assume that the people employed there are all getting paid for their work. It never crossed my mind that some of those people could technically be slaves who are forced to work and aren’t compensated. 

This has opened my mind to some of the things that may be going on secretly right under my nose. I am looking forward to continuing reading this book to see how it can be even more of a window into the world to help me learn and grow. 


]]> 2021-05-24 17:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1554672347 Aniyah https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558681015 My text is homestuck. it is a window because what happens to the characters couldnt happen in real life. Homestuck is about a group of friends playing a game then after a certain point in the game a metior is going to hit one of the characters house. I can see each characters reaction to the situation they're in. ]]> 2021-05-25 17:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558681015 Reyli https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558681923 I read a book called Mississippi blood and it was interesting is Penn Cage, his family, and the enemies show hatred and revenge that explores how the sins of the past continue to haunt the present. and as a mirror what I learned was sometimes you need to let things go eventually ]]> 2021-05-25 17:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558681923 Darin https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558682089 The text im reading is called Mouse guard. The book is a window because these mice live in the medieval time and Im in the future right now. They always separate from each other and me and my brothers don't do that. They are not related like me and my brothers all though i did say this was a mirror because there are three of them. one mice in particular is a window because he is very competitive and has different goals in life like being the best mouse guard there is.]]> 2021-05-25 17:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558682089 Jason https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558683440 The text I’m reading is called the graveyard book but I could tell it’s a window because of the main characters life story on what happened to him that he is the person in the book. So what happened is his parents abandoned him at a graveyard and ghost of the people that are buried in that graveyard are raising him and teaching him how to be a human and live life thins is a window because I don’t live in a graveyard yard and I was never abandoned my family. In stead my mom takes care so one day I can be a good person.]]> 2021-05-25 17:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558683440 Isabell https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558683727 What I'm reading is called hush by Jacqueline Woodson ]]> 2021-05-25 17:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558683727 McKai https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558683990 the book I'm reading is dogman and it is a window because the main character is half human and half dog. ]]> 2021-05-25 17:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558683990 John johnrand3 https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558685108 My text, The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien, is a window because it's showing me the experiences that hobbits have to go through when staying away from giant humans like us. Nobody can experience this because this is fiction and this is like an imaginary world that nobody knows about. Technically this is real in a sense because hobbits have interactions with humans. 

On page 4 it talks about the main hobbit that we're seeing. His name is Bilbo Baggins. He is a hobbit trying to stay away from trouble. Although this is fiction, this could be happening somewhere in the world right now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.]]> 2021-05-25 17:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558685108 Andrel https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558704753 Im reading a book or text called]]> 2021-05-25 17:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558704753 Arynn https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558709511 I read a book called]]> 2021-05-25 17:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558709511 Rihanna https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558714717 The text I’m reading is the watsons go to Birmingham and it’s a window to me because , they lived through a baptist church bombing and it kind of concerns me because so many inoccent people got killed and just not knowing something like that could happen any second is scary  because you could be at a normal place and not see anything thing happen and all of a sudden something like that happens ]]> 2021-05-25 17:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558714717 Manny https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558737951 The way my text is a window (Jurassic park lost world) is because this isn't possible it’s placed in a fictional world where humans bring back the dinosaurs which isn’t possible in the real world (at least yet...)now even tho this is a fictional world it’s possible in the future this could be possible since the world off genetics is constantly expanding. It’s not too different from the real world but still fictional since dinosaurs can’t be able to come back to life ]]> 2021-05-25 18:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/latrice1/zzzy0c1dcacaytg2/wish/1558737951