Happy Thanksgiving!!

I've VERY happy with the reading and work we have done so far in Tuck Everlasting!  I am looking forward to more readers theater, daily reflections, visualizations, and coming soon re-writing chapters in our own voice!

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend and come back to school well rested and ready to learn!

Chapter 7 Question

How does a cat help the Tucks realize they are somehow different than everyone else?  Please"QUOTE" the text in your answer if possible.

Class Actor Awards Go to...

It was great to watch everyone act out scenes from chapter 5 in class yesterday. I was thrilled to hear the emotion that many people read with and delighted when you recreated an emotional scene where Jesse and Winnie meet. WELL DONE!!

-Below please nominate classmates of yours who you thought acted well, read with passion, and brought some life to the character they were reading about.

Chapter 6 Question

After the Tucks have kidnapped Winnie, what do we now think about the Tuck family? Are they good people? (Maya thought of this question, if you would like to come up questions for future chapters, come see me during extension)

Chapter 5 Question

Why do you suppose Jesse asked Winnie if she was married? What do you think his intentions are?

Chapter 4 Question

What is your first impression of the man in the yellow suit? Please copy down the text that gave you that impression of him.

Chapter 3 Question

I really like this chapter, it made me think a lot about my house, my parents, my possessions.  I think that's one of the things I like most about Natalie Babbitt's writing, she makes me think.  Here is the question:
-How do you think Winnie's life at home compares to yours?

Chapter 2 Question

Why doesn't Mae care about her appearances anymore?

Chapter 1 Question

Why aren't the Fosters curious about the wood?  Would you be?

Prologue Question

WOW Natalie Babbitt sure does use a LOT of adjectives in the first paragraph of this story to describe the feeling of a summer day!
  Below please copy one of your favorite sentences and explain why you like her choice of adj. in that sentence.
 
  Ex:  "There is no thunder, no relieving rain."  I like her use of the word relieving because usually I think of rain as something that annoys me or that ruins a day, but she just reminded me that one those REALLY hot days I look forward to the rain, and when it comes I feel relieved.

Movies vs. Books

   I find that most movies made after a book really let me down.  I do however really like most of the Harry Potter movies and I also like the books (I'm currently reading #5). 
   The movie Tuck Everlasting is MUCH different than the book and has a totally different ending, for that reason I am not a big fan of the movie.
  Let's make this a blog about comparing movies and books of the same title.  Please tell us the name of the movie / book and tell us which one you liked more and why?  Of course other people are encouraged to write back to you about your choice in a RESPECTFUL way.

Vocabulary Words

   A lot of the time as we read we tend to just skip over those words that make us think "what in the world does that mean?"  Lets make this the place where we list those words.  If someone else knows what it means then please add a comment telling us what you think it means.
   It would be helpful if you told us all what page this word was on.

EXAMPLE:
-humble p. 5

Hi Everyone, please read this information about Blog Rules

I'm very excited to start this blog with all the members of team 6-5.  This should be a great place for all of us to talk after school is over and to ask those questions that we never seem to have enough time for in class.
  Please read the following bulleted points carefully so we all know what the rules are for this blog:

• Just like in school there is to be NO swearing or bad language on this blog
• This blog is NOT graded, so please feel free to ask questions, make comments, and don't feel bad if you don't know what is happening on here, we are all learning together!
• This is a place where you are in control of how much fun we have, I'm asking you to PLEASE check in and add something to this blog at least twice a week.  The more comments we have, the more fun it is 
• One more thing...when you leave a post on here please use a make believe name as the person who wrote it.  For example your name on this blog can be Super 6-5 Fan 

-If you agree to the ideas listed above please add your name to this blog and respond that you have read this.  
 -Mr. Janow