Reading for MUD
Directions: Watch the video three times.
With each viewing, record your responses and thinking in the boxes provided. M
Main Ideas
I gathered the main idea to be about dogs being loved by the people in their community. Also, I take it to be dogs are a man’s best friend. The dogs in the slide betray to be hard working dogs that help the men in wintery weather. I believe Balto is the hero of all the dogs. U
Understanding
(What does the author want
me to remember about this?)
I believe the author wanted me to remember the song that was being played. The words in the song says, “I’m the world greatest”. Stating that
the dogs are the greatest. The author wanted to show a correlation between a man, and a heroic dog and how fidelity, endurance and intelligence plays a role with the dog.
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For the final viewing I noticed the title stood out a little more than before. The words in the title pretty much tells the whole movie. The title
sets the mood for the whole movie. I also noticed the setting of the movie. In the beginning of the clip, it’s appeared to be cold, gloomy, and frozen. Also, it appears to be specific skilled dogs that are leading the
