Thank You Mr Falker

In the children's book Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco Trisha is excited about the idea of learning how to read, but by the end of the school year she notices that some kids have already started learning to read, but she didn't. In first grade the kids could get the words right, but when Trisha looked at a page she only saw weird shapes. While the other kids were on their second or third book she was still on her first. She soon began to feel dumb. Trisha's mom got a job in California. When she started fifth grade there was a new teacher. Mr. Falker helped her learn how to read and by the end of the story she learns how to read. Trisha is a dynamic character. She is enthusiastic about the idea of learning how to read. Later on in the story she is discouraged. By the end of the story she is proud of herself for …show more content…
“Then, one day, her mother announced that she had gotten a teaching job in California! A long way from the family farm in Michigan, Even though her grandma and grandpa were gone, the little girl didn't want to move. Maybe, though, the teachers and kids in her new school wouldn't know how dumb she was” (2). She hopes the kids and teachers in her new school won't notice that she can't read. She still couldn't read at the new school. “At the new school it was the same. When she tried to read, she stumbled over words…” (2). The kids in her class laughed at her. She wanted to go to school less and less. For fifth grade Trisha gets a new teacher. “Then, one day, she had to stand up and read, which she hated. She was stumbling through a page in Charlotte's Web, and the page was going all fuzzy, when the kids began to laugh out loud” (2). Then, Mr. Falker stands up for her and says, “Stop! Are all of you so perfect that you can look at another person and find fault with her?” (2). That was the last time anyone laughed or made fun of