My Sister's Keeper Book Review (Excerpt)

 

These excerpt paragraphs are taken from my Book Review of My Sister's Keeper published in Triond.com that is no longer existing. For the purpose of illustrating hypertexts in my co-authored Reading and Writing Skills textbook for Senior High School, I posted these two paragraphs on this site. 

2. Family systems theory is very much evident in the novel My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. In his family systems theory, Bowen (1978) as cited in Gurton (n.d.) suggests “that individuals cannot be understood in isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their family, as the family is an emotional unit ” (para.1). Anna’s behavior was influenced by her sister Kate whom she dearly loved; Brian’s, on the other hand, was also shaped by his love for his family; Sara’s actions as a mother was called for out of strong love for Kate, and this same love she expressed for Anna upon learning of her death.

3. Similarly, Bronfenbrenner’s (1990) ecological systems, particularly, the microsystem is evident in the novel. “Microsystem refers to the first layer in ecological system by which the child has direct contact with like family, school and immediate environment which affects the development of the child. “Microsystem is the layer closest to the child and contains the structures with which the child has direct contact. The microsystem encompasses the relationships and interactions a child has with her immediate surroundings (Berk, 2000). Structures in the microsystem include family, school, neighborhood, or childcare environments (Paquette & Ryan, 2001, p. 2.). It is evident in the novel that Sara was showered by so much love by her parents, Brian and Kate Fitzgerald. They did everything for Sara to survive even to the extent of sacrificing the life of Anna who was conceived through IVF just to provide a perfect match for Sarah to have a donor for blood, bone marrow, and kidney.

Classroom Learning

 

Below is an excerpt from an article I wrote before in Triond.com. However, the website is no longer existing so I posted on my blog this excerpt with hyperlinks.

What enriches learning in the classroom is cultural diversity. Learners come from various backgrounds which impact classroom processes. Huitt, (2003) states that classroom processes include “teacher and student behaviors in the classroom as well as some other variables such as classroom climate and teacher/student relationships (p. 3).” Teacher’s behavior involves planning, management, and instruction (Huitt, 2003). To effect learning, a teacher prepares her daily lesson from the motivation or preliminary activity to make students relate prior knowledge to new concepts about to be learned up to the evaluation or assessment of students’ learning either through paper-and-pencil exercises or performance-based activities for better retention of concepts. Classroom Management, on the other hand, refers “to a set of strategies that teachers and students use to ensure a productive, harmonious learning environment to prevent disruptions in the learning process,” (Rothstein-Fisch, & Trumbull, 2008, p. 2). Finally, instruction refers to orchestration of student learning.