Think&Respond A Do-It yourself project

1.)What does Mari learn by taking part in winning this contest?
You can always do stuff on your own instead of asking adults for help.
2.)How does Mari feel about herself at the beginning and at the end of the story?
Mari feels that she did bad because she does not have money for supplies and no one helped her, while her other classmates got help from their parents, she feels good and she feels that she deserves it.
3.)What is the authors message about being Dependent on other people?How do you know?
That you really do not need any one's help on a project, the book.
4.)How do you think teachers should judge students' projects? List at least two suggestions.
On what they have, The eco system, the main majority's.
5.)Which reading strategies did you use?Why?
I used the read ahead strategie, for i know what will happen next.