Now that we are finished the global read aloud novel One For The Murphys, we are participating in reflections and discussions of our feelings. Today we reflected our thoughts in our notebooks...now do some reflecting with each other. POST your comments about how you feel about this novel. Were you satisfied with the ending? What would you have done differently if you were the author? We are fortunate to have a youtube recording of this wonderful author answering student questions. You have already watched up to 20 minutes and now you can watch the rest to find out what she thinks happened to Carly. Start at 20:56 and watch to the end. You will not be sorry. Then POST your impressions of the author Lynda Mullaly Hunt. What do think about her as an author, as a person, as a primary interviewee? French tomorrow
All reading marks should be explained and shared with parents by tomorrow. Math: Grade 7s pg. 123 #5d-f
26 Comments
Carl grimes
12/3/2014 07:30:49 am
I would have extended the book by 2 more chapters when carly is living in vegas
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gymna5t
12/3/2014 08:07:05 am
I think this novel teaches a lesson maybe each chapter.
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Tyler Oakley
12/3/2014 08:31:05 am
I agree. I would have extended it by 3 more chapters and checking on how Carley and her mom are doing in Vegas. I also would have made an alternate ending where Carley lives with the Murphy's. It would have ended with Carley going to her actual mother but then 2 more chapters about Carley living with the Murphy's.
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Tyler Oakley
12/3/2014 08:33:33 am
I also think that the lesson in this book is that everyone deserves to be loved like they are family. Just because you dont know them that well doesn't mean you know what they have gone through. They deserve to feel like they belong and like someone out in the world does love and care for them. I never thought that Carley's mom was innocent and tried to save her but at the same time you were thinking, oh, maybe she was innocent. Be Someone's Hero.
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Marilyn
12/3/2014 09:16:12 am
I do like the book very much, I also agree with tyler oakley about an alternate ending but I think the author was smart in her choosings for the ending because of how emotional and thought provoking it was.
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Tfios girl
12/3/2014 09:27:14 am
I loved this book! It was a emotional and amazing story! If their was a second book I would TOTALLY read it :) I did not like the ending because it just left you on the edge of the cliff. I wanted to know what happened next but I couldnt. But at the same time I love it for those reasons! I wouldn't change anything except for maybe getting to know the dad better I wanted to know if Carly and the dad were close .
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Tfios girl
12/3/2014 09:34:40 am
I think Lynds Mullaly Hunt is a good author. Her words from the book created so many pictures in my head that I will never forget. She seems like a nice person.
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2BARUNNER
12/3/2014 09:34:55 am
I just want to thank our teacher for reading the book! Ms.Wilson you read the book like your the character. In your voice. It makes me visualize the book in my head way better with you reading it!! At the end it just made me cry inside when Carly hugged Ms. Murphy, and for how she has changed and became somoens hero. I thought the author was trying to say that " You can be loved by anyone, leave and still be in there heart no matter what...
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gymna5t
12/3/2014 09:37:33 am
I agree 2BARUNNER!!!
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2BARUNNER
12/3/2014 09:36:13 am
Sorry I meant hero
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baconeater
12/3/2014 10:24:45 am
I think the end of the book a lot since Carley was with her mom and Carley's mom is not as bad as we thought
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bug
12/3/2014 11:32:53 am
I am so torn about that book because I really think she should stay with the Murphy's because they made her a better person in my opinion. they told her it is ok to cry and they has really softend her up. Carly even said " I love you". so that is why I wanted her to stay and I also want her to go with her mom because saved her life. she had had some bad experiences with bad memories but there were also a lot of good ones.
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Joe
12/3/2014 11:41:55 am
I was upset. With the ending. I also thin she should of stayed with the murphys it made her a better person, overtime we read the book we saw as she changed her personality from the begging to the end seeing as she started as a rough tough
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Little boy
12/3/2014 11:43:24 am
I thought that the book was really good. I really enjoyed how emotional and thought provoking it was. I'm still wondering about Carely's choice though. She was treated way better with the Murphys, but she also has a mother, who had good times with Carley. Even though I'm a little confused, i really enjoyed it, and i would thank Ms Wilson for reading us this awesome book.
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Joe
12/3/2014 11:44:53 am
And at the end we saw her become softer and nicer and more loving
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12/3/2014 11:49:27 am
I thought this was a great novel! I saw a huge transformation of Carley. She started off hating the Murphy's, but later on she learned to love them. I was sad she left the Murphy's because they were amazing and kind, but it is nice to know that her real mum does love her lots, and saved her life! If I were doing a book talk on this I would rate it five Murphy's out of five Murphy's!
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DiamondPickaxe
12/3/2014 12:35:55 pm
I think the novel was a good read and it was fun to listen to. If I were the author I maybe would've let Carly stay with the Murphy's because she obviously didn't want to go back to Vegas with her mother when she had such a good life at the Murphy's.
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Willow
12/3/2014 12:36:37 pm
I feel sad and mad of how the story ended, I did not like the ending because you don't know if she lives with her mother or the Murphy's. What I have done differently if I were the author is to create one or two more chapters to see if Carley runs up and stays with the Murphy's or goes to live with her mother.
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kawaiipeach
12/3/2014 12:47:10 pm
The author did say in the video that she was a foster child, so she probably wrote the book from experience. She is a very good writer. I would love to read more of her books. I liked how she talked about what happened to Carley later on after the book ended because the book kind of left things open, so it was nice to know more.
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DiamondPickaxe
12/3/2014 12:51:11 pm
I think Lynda is an excellent writer who wrote an excellent book and she deserves to be in the Global Read Aloud. I might even go as far to say she should win one of those book awards they give to really good books. She deserves it.
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slug
12/3/2014 01:01:58 pm
They arther should put at lest 3 chapters in the book. But still it was a good ending I think I cryed in class possibly. And that book was so touching that I want to read it my self. I alsdo wonder if the arther is going to make a second or thered one four the Murphys. And one more thing GOOD NIGHT EVERY ONE !!!!!!!
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bug
12/3/2014 01:11:06 pm
Mrs.Wilson do I have to come in early for dance tomorrow?
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westcoastwhale
12/3/2014 02:22:27 pm
I think the author should have extended the book by a chapter or two because it was sort of a abrupt ending with Carly leaving the Murphy's forever and not having any part about her when she is back in Vegas. I though the authors video we watched today was great because it filled in what it was really based on like kawaiiPeach said how the other mentioned she was a foster child. I really didn't want Carly to leave the Murphys and I thought the book was great and very supenceful and there were a lot of cliff hangers in the chapters. It was a great book and I hope she makes one for the Murphys 2 and maybe even 3.
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Tyler Oakley
12/3/2014 11:30:29 pm
I loved reading your comment! You used alot of good words and so did everyone else! Great comments and thinking.
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Gus
12/4/2014 12:35:32 am
I would not do it differently because it is a cliff hanger but I would write a second book. I am satisfied with the novel because I still know what is generally going to happen but she could put a twist to it so I hope she writes a second book.
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gymna5t
12/4/2014 08:51:19 am
If you want to watch why Carly left the Murphys watch the video from 19:36 maybe.
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