Review Of Avi's Story 'How I Got My English A'

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In Avi’s Story “How I Got My English A” Pokey finds himself going into school and not knowing how to spell, unlike the other kids do. While on his journey to learn to spell he meets his language arts teacher which leads him through the way of getting that english A. Miss Cannister Teaches him how to spell and read correctly, he comes along some obstacles such as not having confidence in himself. through the story Pokey slowly learns how to read and write like he always wanted to. Poky uses his language arts teacher to show that somebody can change completely with only a single person.
While Pokey doesn’t know how to spell, He starts to have no confidence in himself. Pokey Starts to make conclusion that if somebody doesn’t know how to write or read they are a
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Miss canister is the only teacher that gets pokey, she teaches him a way that no other teacher would., which is having fun with it. They both joke around and laugh through the learning process. While they continue to try and learn , Pokey’s self confidence starts to get higher and higher every step of the way, Pokeys states “She wood smile - she did hav a nice one - but then she wood put down a mark for me which was usually toward the end of the alphabet” (19). They would always have a fun time learning.
Pokey is a dynamic character in “How I got My Englsih A, “ who at first has no confidence in writing , but at the end learns that he can get better at writing. Pokey learns that by learning from his mistakes is a better way of learning. Pokey also learns that just because he doesn’t know how to write or read that doesn’t mean that he is a bad person. Pokey state's “ Only thing that she never gave my riting back to me instead she gave me an English A back - the furst i ever got in english so I guess I did rite good after all.” Pokey finally got his English A through confidence, hard work, and

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