What kind of people that you think could be a hero for other people? I just read an article called "I Had a Hero" by "Mike Tidwell." This story is about Mike went to a place in Zairian to teach the people over there about raising fish. One day, he saw Ilunga and they became friend. After that Ilunga decide to dig a fifteen by twenty meters pond by a shovel that he bought from Mike on credit against his next corn harvest. Mike always came to visit him and tried to help him sometime but he got tired. Ilunga was sick but he never stop digging the pond. He kept doing it everyday for two months with no complain. After Ilunga finish digging the pond, they both felt very happy and saw the fishes in the pond together.
When I read this article, I used some reading strategies to helped me remember the things that happen in the article and also helped me out of the part that I could not understand such as, I use a dictionary to help me understand what I read. For example, in paragraph three I used the definition of the words antelope, spear, machete and mongrel so that I could understand what happen in this paragraph. I tried to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read and it also helped me to understand the story better. For example, in paragraph 41 "We ran ... , watching the fish and marveling at what a wonderful thing a pond was," when I read this sentence I tried to picture in my mind that Mike and Ilunga were looking at the pond, smile at it and felt very happy about completing the pond. When the text became difficult, I pay closer attention, read aloud and slowly to help me understand what I am reading. I also think about the what I knew to help me understand what I read. For example, in the article mike and Ilunga wanted to dig a fifteen by twenty meters pond and I knew that the size is as big as twice of my classroom so I knew that this job was going to be a hard job and very tired and it also showed me how hard Ilunga work and what kind of person he is.
I realized that Ilunga is a hero for Mike after Mike saw the hard job that Ilunga did, but I think people who also read this article are also think that Ilunga is a hero for them too.
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I agree that you think that Ilunga is a hero for Mike because he completed the pond. You write that“it also showed me how hard Ilunga work and what kind of person he is,”in paragraph two, I think that you can be more specific in your explanation about what kind of person Ilunga is.
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