AP Inquiry Project

Layton

Subject of Inquiry-Decisions(Life/Death,Life-Sports,school)

Guiding Question-How can an important decision(not an everyday decision) affect our life?

Rationale-I had started reading Through My Eyes when we were introduced to this project for the first time. The first thing that came to my mind was this autobiography is all about the decisions Tim Tebow made throughout his college career and knew that making decisions would be the perfect topic. So after finishing Through My Eyes I found a book that went along with making decisions. The two books I read are Through My Eyes and Hatchet. Both about making decisions. Doing research and learning from these two books will hopefully help me on my decision making.

Summary-I have decided to read an autobiography about someone making decisions and a fictional book about someone making decisions. I think reading these books will help me on my decision making and learn how to make the important decisions in life.

Prediction-I think,again, this will help on my decision making and I’ll learn about some important decisions the people in my books and reflect of those to make the best decision in whatever the situation.

Titles and Authors- 1)Through My Eyes-Tim Tebow   2) Hatchet-Gary Paulsen

Importance-I think it is important to know how to make decision and when to make the right one because a decision could be a life or death situation, whether you advance to the next grade, and other important times to make decisions.

Other possible resources- To get more/better information I will go to a dictionary, ask a wise adult, then if all else fails(not really) I will go to the internet and get further information from pacific websites.

Hatchet

By Gary Paulsen

         He pulls out his hatchet and starts at the tree.  “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen is an inspirational and based off a true story about Brian Robeson trying to survive in the Canadian wilderness.

“Hatchet” is about Brian Robeson in the wilderness with nothing except nothing except the hatchet his mom gave him.  He goes through hardships such as a tornado, a moose, and a bear.  He finds the strength and determination to keep fighting and survive.

My favorite part in the book is when the tornado hits, and destroys, all of his “home” or camp.   He doesn’t let it get to him, and rebuilds his camp  to where it’s new and better than before the tornado hit.  He regains confidence to feed, clean, and survive, for himself.

    I would recommend this book because once you start reading you can not stop.  On a scale from one to ten, ten being the best, I would give “Hatchet” a ten because it’s a heart stopper and simply a great book.

Submitted by:

    Layton A.

“He throws a hail mary to the end zone! Oh, incomplete.”  A quote from Through My Eyes, an autobiography by Tim Tebow.  This heart-warming, inspirational book will catch your eye from the beginning and carry you all the way to the end.

Through My Eyes is about Tim Tebow’s life, all the way from life on the farm to his walk with Jesus Christ.  “I simply pray that I will continue to have the humbling privilege to touch others and lift them up through His Word-all for His glory,”  Tim Tebow.  This was his mindset in everything. Football.  Farming.  Everything he did he’d do it to the fullest; whether it ended up good or bad he would give the glory to the Lord.  To be a successful athlete, he thought, this was the kind of attitude you would have to have.

My favorite part in this book is in the year 2005 when Tim Tebow is choosing, again turning to the Lord, which college to attend.  This was one of the hardest decisions throughout the whole book that Tim had to make.  It’s my favorite because it shows him turning to the Lord and him making decisions he thinks the Lord turned him to.  When he took the podium to announce to the world which college he would be attending  This is what happened,”…I will be attending …..”  He froze, left it blank, and looked away!  This is one of the best parts of the book, I think.
I would absolutely recommend this book to someone who loves sports, a good adventure, and has, or wants, a good, strong Christian faith.  I would give this a ten on a scale from one to ten, ten being the best, simply because it is a great book for young athletes like me.