Fish In A Tree Sparknotes

Imagine moving to a new school, unable to read and write, without friends. The book Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt is about a girl named Ally, who recently moved to a new school. Ally doesn’t have any friends, and she cannot read or write. Her teacher doesn’t see this and always sends her to the principal’s office. Throughout the book Fish in a Tree, Ally has changed in many ways such as her abilities to read, make friends, and behave. To start, at the beginning of the story, Ally is a bad reader and writer. She has something called dyslexia, but she doesn’t tell anyone that she can’t read because she thinks that people will call her dumb. She also has a gullible teacher who keeps sending her to the office not knowing this is helping

The letters seem to be moving for her, so it is hard to put together words. Nevertheless, at the end of the story, Ally can read and write way better. She gets a better teacher who sees her problem and ends up helping her. Evidence to prove my answer is, “I’ve always used my art for projects at school, but this is a three-dimensional scene on a piece of wood. A scene from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. The book Mr. Daniels gave me to read.” (pg. 225) This evidence shows that she is a better reader at the end of the story because she can read full books. She used to have trouble with one poster, and now she can read a full book. Furthermore, at the beginning of the story, Ally was not a socially active kid. She used to get bullied by a group of kids, but she never told anyone or did anything about it because it wasn’t affecting her. This is evident when the author states, “Shay interrupts. “Ally, maybe you can be a waitress when you grow up. But can you read the flavors of ice cream for me? I’m having trouble.’ She points up at the slow-turning cube hanging from the ceiling that lists the flavors on each

And scribbled over my desk. ‘Ally!’ She steps forward quickly ' ‘Why would you do that?”... "That's it, OFFICE NOW!” (page 4), This evidence portrays my answer as Ally keeps getting in trouble. She scribbled over her desk knowing that her teacher likes being neat. She keeps doing this and successfully gets herself out of work. To finish, at the end of the story, Ally is an amazing student who has an amazing teacher who helps her learn and make friends. This teacher, Mr. Daniels, notices her way of getting out of work, so he creates a rule stating that what happens in the classroom stays in the classroom. Evidence to prove my answer is, “It says impossible. As you just said. You told me you think it seems impossible to read as well as everyone else…’ I looked up and locked eyes with him and I had the words to tell him how grateful I am for his helping me.” (pgs. 175-176) This evidence proves my answer as now Ally has an understanding teacher who helps her start to read. He even did as much as teaching Ally after school. The old Ally would have skipped his classes to not have to do extra