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Summary: A Week in the Woods
Review: A week in the Woods is a great book. It is about a 11 year old boy who has everything in the world. Rich parents, a cool house, great friends, and a great life. Then they have to move. This is common for them becasue his parents find better buisness elswhere. This time they move, Mark is really crushed. This was the first place he really loved and now they have to move to a small town in New Hampshire. The first week he gets there he goes to a small public school. He never pays attention in class and is always melancholy and grumpy. Then one day the science teacher, Mr. Maxwell hands out the information packet for a week long, camping trip in the woods. The whole 5th grade is going, but Mark doesnt want to go at all. Then one night he slept outside in his barn. He loved it so he wanted to try sleeping outside in the woods. His parent wouldnt let him so he had to sleep outside with his nanny. Leo, (nanny), also taught him how to snowshoe. Mark loved this. After about a week Mark loved the woods. So Mark gave his teacher his packet and got everything he needed. Finally it was the day. On the first day Mark's friend Jason got out his knife he had brought. He let Mark hold it and the next thing he knew Mark was in the back of Mr.Maxwell's truck about to be driven home! While Mr. Maxwell was talking to the ranger Mark jumped out of the truck and ran into the woods. For all day and all night Mr. Maxwell looked for Mark who was doing great with his food and he had also built a fire. They found each other in the middle of the night. Mr. Maxwell was in a lot of pain. When he was looking for Mark, a bolder had fallen on his leg and he was stuck. By the end Mark and Mr. Maxwell had become great friends and Mark had become much happier. If you want to read about a great adventure, some laughs, and a great story you should read this book.
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Summary: A good adventure book
Review: Do you like the feeling of being one with the woods; do you know what it feels like to be lost in the woods at night, to be running from a crime that you didn't commit?
A Week in the Woods written by Andrew Clements is a good book that takes place in New Hampshire during the early summer. The protagonist's name is Mark Chemsly, Mark is a boy that is in the fifth grade with an attitude towards his new school in the country. He was mostly used to the private schools that his parents had sent him to. Mark had a bad attitude the first few weeks and when he finally adjusts to his new school something goes wrong. The fifth grade always goes on a camping trip at the end of the year, but Mark gets blamed for breaking the rules.
The one part of this novel I did not like was the beginning. I thought that it was too slow going because, it was mostly about Mark just being a spoiled kid not wanting to go to school or even leave the house. The only thing he did in school was sit and daydream. The middle and end of the book were better because, Mark decides to be a part of school and to go on the school camping trip, and when he goes camping he gets lost in the woods of New Hampshire.
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Summary: It felt like a month in the woods!
Review: I have to say that every single book I have read by Andrew Clements has been a winner! This author really knows what makes middle school kids tick... let alone his understanding of what makes adults kids! Andrew Clements is a true student of human nature.
The theme I find most encouraging in this particular book is that no matter what a jerk we may be or no matter what mistakes we make or no matter what terrible choices we make, every day is a new and fresh one!
Mark is a young man who has extremely rich parents, who barely pay any attention to him and ship him all over the place from home to home and school to school. This experience has left the 5th grader cynical and jaded. Who could blame him?
When Mark gets to yet another new home and school in New Hampshire he decides he is going to tune out everyone and everything at his new school. He decides he will not interact with them because he won't be there long enough to get to know anyone anyway.
Mark's science teacher, Mr. Maxwell is an innovative, environmentally concious educator. He seems like a typical liberal gentleman who is open to all ideas and all people. But he immediately labels Mark as a "Spoiled Rich Kid" and decides to shut him out too.
The great thing that happens in this book is that Mark and his teacher both change. They aren't trapped by the choices they made and they both evolve into better people in the end!
Every day we start with a clean slate and it's all about what we decide to do with that day, that makes us who we are.
This is a very encouraging book... well written and as always perceptive! Yet again, another winner from Andrew Clements!
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Summary: Everyday a Clean Slate
Review: I have to say that every single book I have read by Andrew Clements has been a winner! This author really knows what makes middle school kids tick... let alone his understanding of what makes adults kids! Andrew Clements is a true student of human nature.
The theme I find most encouraging in this particular book is that no matter what a jerk we may be or no matter what mistakes we make or no matter what terrible choices we make, every day is a new and fresh one!
Mark is a young man who has extremely rich parents, who barely pay any attention to him and ship him all over the place from home to home and school to school. This experience has left the 5th grader cynical and jaded. Who could blame him?
When Mark gets to yet another new home and school in New Hampshire he decides he is going to tune out everyone and everything at his new school. He decides he will not interact with them because he won't be there long enough to get to know anyone anyway.
Mark's science teacher, Mr. Maxwell is an innovative, environmentally concious educator. He seems like a typical liberal gentleman who is open to all ideas and all people. But he immediately labels Mark as a "Spoiled Rich Kid" and decides to shut him out too.
The great thing that happens in this book is that Mark and his teacher both change. They aren't trapped by the choices they made and they both evolve into better people in the end!
Every day we start with a clean slate and it's all about what we decide to do with that day, that makes us who we are.
This is a very encouraging book... well written and as always perceptive! Yet again, another winner from Andrew Clements!
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Summary: A great story for the whole family
Review: Our family listened to this book on tape in the car. Our 6- and 9-year-olds were entertained for hours in the car, as the whole family listened to the story. We thought the characters were interesting, and the last couple of chapters really held everyone's attention. I know my children were especially intrigued by how the main character dealt with his fears. It was a terrific way to pass the time on a long car trip.
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Summary: A Week in the Woods
Review: The book A Week in the Woods is a fantastic book. This book was a little sluggish in the beginning but toward the middle and end of the book is when it got interesting. The book is about a boy by the name of Mark Chelmsley. Mark is a very wealthy child. When Mark's parents announced that they were moving Mark was very heart broken. After all this was the only house Mark truly knew. This part of the book went by very slowly. The book talks about Mark's teacher, Mr. Maxwell, and how he is very organized. This to me is useless and pointless information in this stage of the book. After all Mark has not moved into his new house yet, and he has not even met his teacher. In the next section of the book Mark goes to his new school and gets all the information for a trip called A Week in the Woods. Also in this part of the book it tells you that Mark is not putting his best foot forward in school. He is being very lackadaisical and just plain does not care. This information about Mark not caring and not listening in class really is just a waste of space. They really don't need to tell you that Mark does not care about school. This is part of the reason that the beginning is very slow. Toward the middle and the end Mark goes on his trip and Mr. Maxwell starts to like him. Now Mark gets los in the woods and Mr. Maxwell has to find him. This search could be just two minutes or it could be the whole week. It's up to Mark to find Mr. Maxwell or for Mr. Maxwell to find Mark. This part of the book was definitely the pinnacle of the story. Because you have Mark trying to find his way back to camp, Mr. Maxwell trying to find Mark and an officer that has no idea what he is supposed to do. All in all once the book got started it just kept going. All the suspense just kept building up. You, the reader, do not know what to think of it all. This book is a well illustrated book. I would recommend it to people of all ages.
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Summary: A REVIEW
Review: This book was great and Andrew Clements is a great author! I've all but one of his books! So far I've loved them all~!...
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Summary: It felt like a month in the woods!
Review: This drawn out tale has only one or two interesting chapters, and they are near the end. I can hardly believe I stayed with it that long. We get way too much background on the major characters, especially the teacher. (...)
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Summary: An okay book
Review: Title:A Week in the Woods
By:Andrew Clements
Reviewed by: S. Chan
Period: 1 In A Weeks in the Woods, it is about a rich boy named Mark. He moves to a new town, new city, and even a new school. The original neighborhood was rich like him, but his new neighborhood were not so lucky. They weren't poor, but they didn't havew that much spending money. Mark felt kind of wierd, being one of the only people who rode in a very expensive car, wearing fancy clothes, and being so spoiled. One of his teachers, Mr. Maxwell, doesn't like Mark and his bad ways, like being rich, spoiled, and a slacker. However, Mr. Maxwell soon changes his mind about Mark when their class went out camping in the woods for a week. Mark gets lost, but Mr. Maxwell knew that it was important to find Mark, whether he liked him or not. When Mr. Maxwell does find Mark, they got to know each other better, and that ws when Mr. Maxwell cahnged his mind about his student. Mark gets used to his school and neighborhood, and from then on, he was like any other student in his school.
In the beginning, I thought the book was a little boring, since it just introduced the characters and the background of the story, like the setting. It didn't have much interesting actions in the first few chapters. One quote in the book that described Mark's move was,"Next stop, New Hampshire". It tells you where Mark moved and what happened during his move. The following quote describes how MR. Maxwell felt about Mark in the beginning when Mark was still a new student. "Because the only kind of people Mr. Maxwell dislike more then slackers were environmentally insensittive, buy-the-whole-world rich folks". That desribed Mr. Maxwell's first impression of Mark, which was not a good one. Another quote that described Mr. Maxwell's fellings was,"And the only people he disliked more than rich folks were their lazy, spoiled kids". After the first few chapters, I started to enjoy the book a little. Mark was getting ready for the one-week camping trip with his class. On the second day of the trip, Mark gets kicked out for getting caught holding a pocket knife that was actually his frind's, but Mr. Maxwell didn't know that. Because of that, Mark decides to run away into the forests. After spending one night and one and a half day there, Mr. Maxwell finally finds him. I enjoyed that part because it had more suspense than the first few intorductory chapters. My favorite part of the book was the end because it had a satisfying ending. It answered all my questions about the book, and I found out that once Mark got used to his new town, he actually enjoyed living there. I was glad that Mark got found, but it would be interesting to know what will happen if he didn't. Would Mark survive in the wild with a limited supply of food and water? Overall, I think it is a very interesting book, and I would recommend this book to readers that like nature and being outdoors.
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Summary: A Week in the Woods
Review: Title:A Week in the Woods
By:Andrew Clements
Reviewed by: S. Chan
Period: 1 In A Weeks in the Woods, it is about a rich boy named Mark. He moves to a new town, new city, and even a new school. The original neighborhood was rich like him, but his new neighborhood were not so lucky. They weren't poor, but they didn't havew that much spending money. Mark felt kind of wierd, being one of the only people who rode in a very expensive car, wearing fancy clothes, and being so spoiled. One of his teachers, Mr. Maxwell, doesn't like Mark and his bad ways, like being rich, spoiled, and a slacker. However, Mr. Maxwell soon changes his mind about Mark when their class went out camping in the woods for a week. Mark gets lost, but Mr. Maxwell knew that it was important to find Mark, whether he liked him or not. When Mr. Maxwell does find Mark, they got to know each other better, and that ws when Mr. Maxwell cahnged his mind about his student. Mark gets used to his school and neighborhood, and from then on, he was like any other student in his school.
In the beginning, I thought the book was a little boring, since it just introduced the characters and the background of the story, like the setting. It didn't have much interesting actions in the first few chapters. One quote in the book that described Mark's move was,"Next stop, New Hampshire". It tells you where Mark moved and what happened during his move. The following quote describes how MR. Maxwell felt about Mark in the beginning when Mark was still a new student. "Because the only kind of people Mr. Maxwell dislike more then slackers were environmentally insensittive, buy-the-whole-world rich folks". That desribed Mr. Maxwell's first impression of Mark, which was not a good one. Another quote that described Mr. Maxwell's fellings was,"And the only people he disliked more than rich folks were their lazy, spoiled kids". After the first few chapters, I started to enjoy the book a little. Mark was getting ready for the one-week camping trip with his class. On the second day of the trip, Mark gets kicked out for getting caught holding a pocket knife that was actually his frind's, but Mr. Maxwell didn't know that. Because of that, Mark decides to run away into the forests. After spending one night and one and a half day there, Mr. Maxwell finally finds him. I enjoyed that part because it had more suspense than the first few intorductory chapters. My favorite part of the book was the end because it had a satisfying ending. It answered all my questions about the book, and I found out that once Mark got used to his new town, he actually enjoyed living there. I was glad that Mark got found, but it would be interesting to know what will happen if he didn't. Would Mark survive in the wild with a limited supply of food and water? Overall, I think it is a very interesting book, and I would recommend this book to readers that like nature and being outdoors.
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