Every day that students read their independent novel, they will be expected to write a journal entry about what they read. They should include what they like dislike, character development, themes, etc. Here is an example of what I would expect.
Now that the crew is finally headed towards Montana, it is interesting to see if they will be able to survive the elements such as wind, rain, and dust storms. It is somewhat funny that the men in this small calvary are mostly inexperienced in cattle driving, and have already come to terms that many of their livestock will be lost in making this trek. I believe McMurty does a great job describing what it would be like trying to steer a team of horses and cattle through a dust storm, and poor inexperienced Newt has trouble seeing anything in front of him. There also seems to be three plots going on throughout the book this far. There is the Call, Newt, Deets, Pea, the Irish men brigade, Jake Spoon and Lorena, and the Texas rangers that are trying to catch Jake for the murder of their one and only dentist. I believe at this point in the novel survival is the key element here.
Will they survive the elements and start a cattle business?
Will Jake and Lorena's relationship last and/or will Lorena ever make it to San Francisco? Will Roscoe find July and tell him his wife has run off?
Will July and his step son find Jake?
In a way there are all of these sub plots going on at once, but surprisingly enough, the story is making more sense that it did before.
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