In our ELA class, we have been working hard as readers and writers to understand authors' messages and purposes for writing. This is a useful skill for all of us since choosing the right format to convey our messages is just as important as the words themselves. Understanding what an author "meant" when they say something is a difficult task, not just for fourth graders, but adults as well. Each week we spend time examining quotes and lines from stories to help understand what the author meant or their reason/purpose for saying it.
To continue practicing this skill , we revisited an old story that many of us were familiar with. The story was, The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss. You may be familiar with it yourself, and if not, you should definitely check it out.
For your comments for this post, I would like you to do your best as writers to explain to our readers what the last lines of the story mean to YOU or what you think Dr. Seuss was trying to tell us.
"UNLESS someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It's not."
Mr. Fletcher
It makes me mad when someone makes the person mad at me when I was not in their problem.
ReplyDeleteby Johnathan
What it means to me is when nobody cares about something and they ignore it, nothing will happen.
ReplyDeleteby Joseph
Nothing will get better unless you tell the problem to someone. Then things will get a little better for you or for your friend.
ReplyDeletePeyton
what I think this quote means is if you think something wrong is happening and you dont do anything about it, its not gowing to get better
ReplyDeleteThis message means to me is to care for people and the earth. If you don't the problem will get worse and worse and it will be harder for you or the person that has the problem to solve it. Thats is what I think the quote means. By Elisa
ReplyDeleteI think it means if you don't care if someone falls and you just walk past you're an awful person. If noone does help that person to the nurse it is not going to get better' for you, that person, and other people.
ReplyDeleteBy Lauren
This quote means that if just one person cares for something it is enough to make a change.
ReplyDeleteBy Anthony
When I read this quote I think that if one or more people do not help, nothing is going to get better. It is just going to stay the same."Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot" means to me that if you like problems to get solved, then you have to care a whole awful lot about fixing them. This is what happened to the little boy in the story.
ReplyDeleteby Cameron
Someone who does not to try something to fix a problom nothing will get better.
ReplyDeleteby Benjamin
i agree with petyon because i think that is best answer.
ReplyDeleteBy Lauren