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Journal Gloria L.

Reading strategies and resources Chapter 4 Summary Ulysses went on to the Cyclops's island to find food for his people, but they got in danger because there were some giant monsters in the cave. A person called Polyphemus told Ulysses and his men to go inside the cave and trapped them. When they went in, one of the Cyclopes ate some men and people felt shocked. As the Cyclops ate people, Ulysses stopped him and gave some wine to drunk him. When the monster drunk, he and his men escaped by the crowed sheep and left.

Responding to literature **Describing Ulysses** Ulysses was like a hero. Also he was a dirty looking person who was very hungry during the journey, but he was still strong enough to drag his men to the ship. He had some beard and was very smart. Ulysses was a good leader, who took care of his men very well and tried his best to find the safety way for the journey. Ulysses was very creative because he told the monster his name and it was Nobody. The name Nobody made the monsters fell confused. Also, all the cyclops could not help his friend because they thought that he meant that he pocked his own eye.

Ulysses's men thought that the wind bag was filled with golden coins, when they heard the the coins hitting each other. So, they thought that Ulysses should share with them. While Ulysses was asleep, the two men went toward the wind bag with a knife. Then they ripped the bag and made a big trouble. After the two men made a terrible mistake, they were killed.
 * Why did Ulysses's men betrayed Ulysses?** **What happened to those men?**

**What would it be li****ke to live on Cannibal Beach? What problems would it create to have a quicker cycle of day and night? How do you think this kept Ulysses from discovering what the trees were?** I think that if you live in the Cannibal Beach, it would be very stressful and dangerous. Since the night time was short, you wouldn't get the time in the Cannibal beach. While you are asleep, the giant might appear and eat you up. Also, it was dark that Ulysses kept discovering what the tree was in the dark.

All the advice that the ghost gave Ulysses was useless so he ignored them and made his own decision. Ulysses and his man turned toward the Sun Titan. I have been in a situation where I needed to make my own decision. While I was doing my homework, I didn't understand what to do, so I ask my friends and everybody had different opinion, so I made my own decision, which was very hard.
 * Journal Entry #4 Ulysses - I****n Chap. 9,Th****e Wandering Rocks, Ulysses has to decide what to do for himself. All of the advice that he has been given turns out to be useless. What does he decide to do? Have you ever been in a situation that required you to make an important decision on you own? How did you decide what to do?**

I would fight like Ulysses for my family, which are father, mother, and sister. Even though they make me fell angry sometimes, I would fight for my family. The reason I would fight for my family is that they helped me a lot and I need to try my best for my family too.
 * Journal Entry #5 - Ulysses has gone through much physical and mental hardship. Through all of this he has been determined to return to Itacha. What people and/or places in your life would you be willing to ﬁght as hard as Ulysses to get to/see. Explain your answer.**

The three things Father Quinel revealed are Asta's son has been declared as a wolf's head, his real name is Crispin, and he revealed him to go to the Goodwife Peringe's house. Also, Asta's son founds out that his mother could read. Father Quinel promised that he would tell about his father to Asta's son. One of the dead men that Crispin encounters was Father Quinel. As Crispin saw a dead body of Father Quinel, he felt scared, afraid, and terrified. Also, the dead body made Crispin to run away. Writing strategies and resources
 * Father Quinel reveals three things in chapter 8. What are they? What does he promise to reveal later?**
 * Crispin encounters two dead men shortly after fleeing the village. How does each affect him?**

Personal spelling and vocabulary Chapter 1 baubles - up and down movement shaft - an arrow especially for a longbow head wind - A wind blowing in a direction opposite to a cause especially of a ship or air craft. hull - the frame of body of ship scudded - to move or run swiftly. stays - a strong rope or wire used to steady or brace something booty - money or goods taken in war or by robbery prow - bow of a ship quartering winds - wind coming from a direction behind or side vessels - A craft bigger than a rowboat for navigation of the water

Chapter 4 shrouds - something that covers, screens, or guards (For dead people) reveling - noisy festivals mischievous - harm or annoying sullen - gloomy outwitted - to get the better of by superior cleverness coursed - direction followed by ship

Chapter 5 cannibal - person who eats other human beings indifferent - having no interest mumbling - speaking quietly; making it difficult for others to listen trooping - a group of soldiers brutal - violent

Chapter 6 perils - serious and immediate danger It is peril when you ride an airplane with bad weather. inhabitants - a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place My parents inhabitant of South Korea. moored - make fast to the shore or the anchor People moored the boat to stay in a place. marrow - a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones, in which blood cells are produced My bones marrows whenever I was drinking cold things. ogres - a giant man There was a ogress who had 100 eye balls. provisioned - providing or supplying something for use People was provisioned with foods. sorceries (sorcery) - the use of magic The fortuneteller used the sorcery. ethical - relating to moral principle Reading ethical book helps you learn things.

Chapter 7 **loom**- an apparatus for making fabric by weaving yarn or thread. My mom is good at looming. skiff- a boat with sharp bow and square stern. Using skiff is very dangerous. spur- a device with a small spike worn on a rider's heel used for urging a horse forward. haughtily- arrogantly superior and disdainful gorged- narrow valley between hills or mountains. prophesy- to say that a something will happen in the future. The fortuneteller prophesied to other people. glut- abundant supply of something Ulysses and his men did not have glut of foods. venerable- accorded a great deal of respect intoxicating- to lose control The king was intoxicating.

Chapter 8 My father always wear girdling went he goes out for work. Sometimes, the weather forecaster foretold and people gets confused. If students distract other people while they take quiz, the teacher curdle them. Some old people, who are feeble needs to go to the hospital. I gurgle when my neck hurts. Some teacher fathoms when their student does not attend to class in time. I can't believe some of the counsel that my neighbors tell me because I is bad advice.
 * girdling** - belt that you wear around your waist
 * foretold** - to predict
 * curdle** - to separate
 * feeble** - Physically weak
 * gurgle** - sound of making bubbles
 * fathoms** - to understand
 * counsel** - advice

Chapter 9 The frog had a lot of spawned eggs in the water. Travelers should be careful of the vengeful gods.
 * spawned** - to produce
 * sheared -** a strain in the structure of a substance produced by pressure
 * rendezvous -** meet at an agreed time or place
 * vengeful -** harming people to return in injury
 * ordained** - to order

Chapter 10 Sailors need to be careful of the strait. Ulysses' men covered their ears with beeswax to avoid the sound of the sirens. There was spume as I made the bubble by a straw. The rope for people to stand on needs to be in hawser.
 * strait -** a narrow passage of water connecting two seas
 * beeswax -** the wax by bees to make honeycombs
 * rawhide -** untanned leather
 * cinder** - small piece of partly burned wood, ash
 * purled -** to flow with the sound
 * spume -** foam
 * hawser** - big, heavy rope

Chapter 11 The ship was submerged because of the strong wave made by the wind. The insatiable hunger began to start because of the starving. Ulysses and his men were contending by the Scylla. The teacher was dumbfounded that the annoying student reached their goal. The starboard was broken by the monster, who crashed it. The helmsmen was in danger because the bow was broken.
 * submerging (92) -** cause to be under water
 * insatiable (93) -** impossible to satisfy
 * contending (94) -** struggle, danger
 * shuddering (94) -**
 * dumbfounded (94) -** amaze
 * starboard (95)** **-** the side of a ship
 * helmsmen (95)** - a person who steers a ship or boat.

Chapter 12 The girl summoned the lady to buy a candy. The actress had good intentions. Staying near the stern is dangerous. The room was scour. I found limpets with my sister in the ocean. My clothes became makeshift because its been 10 years. I did the libation because the water was unclean. The kines were walking slowly. I felt ravenous, when I ran without eating before. I unfurled the mat. The vertex made the sailors very tired and danger. Lichen looked very dirty. The tumult made my ears hurt. 
 * Summoned**(96) - To do something specified
 * Intentions**(97) - To act
 * Stern**(98) - The part of a vessel
 * Scour**(99) - clean
 * Limpets**(99) - a marine mollusk with a shallow conical shell
 * M****akeshift**(100) - temporary substitute
 * Libation**(100) - A pouring out of liquid
 * Kine**(101) - Cows
 * Ravenous**(102) - Extremely hungry
 * Dappled**(102) - Having spots of a different shade, tone, or color from the background
 * Unfurled**(102) - To spread or shake out
 * Forestays**(103) - A stay leading aft
 * Keel**(103) - A central fore-and-aft structural member
 * Vortex**(104) - A whirling mass of water
 * Lichen**(104) - composed of a fungus
 * Tumult**(104) - V iolent and noisy commotion

Chapter 13 <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**tunic (107)** - a loose clothing A girl was wearing a tunic with a pin to make it tight. The island is hemmed by water. The bear went inside the grotto. The people was defying the god. My boring presentation was full of inattention. The tapestry looked amazing in the zoom. The embrasure of the book was amazing. The winnowing on a rainy day was hard to walk. I was wielding my pencils when I was writing an essay. Poor people looted things from others, since it looked pretty. People needed to make some kind of advertisement to enticement others. (?) I want to play the lyre. The king decrees to the village people.
 * hemmed (107)** - surrounded
 * grotto (107)** - cave
 * interlude (109)** - period of time
 * defying (110)**- refuse to obey
 * exploits (111) -**
 * inattention (113)** - lack of attentions
 * tapestry (114)** - piece of thick fabric
 * veto (114)** - right to reject a decision
 * notion (115) -** belief about something
 * embrasure (115) -** opening
 * winnowing (116)** - blowing a current of air
 * wielding (120)** - to hold and use
 * looted (120)** - to steal goods
 * enticement (121)** - attract
 * lyre (122)** - a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar, used in ancient Greece
 * entranced (122)** - to fill someone with wonder
 * decrees (123)** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> - an official order issued by a legal authority.

Chapter 14 My friend is meddlesome whenever I am talking with my friends. The teacher scowled at the student, when he noticed that twp people were talking. The tube was buoyant.
 * meddlesome** - to interest oneself with someone else's concerns.
 * scowl** - a facial expression of displeasure
 * buoyant** - capable of floating
 * exerting** - to put forth

Chapter 15 The towel was writhed after you twisted the towel to take all the water out. The cooker anointed the pan, to cook. The student was dazed after hearing the weird pronunciation from the Indian teacher. The baby's cloth was grimy. They pond was glade in the forest. The boy dashed around the soccer field. The tagger was besieged by the guarder. I received partial points in the word problem because I plugged in the wrong number. The horse was laden with some cloth and foods. The oracle told me that I need to listen to my parent, instead of my sister. Kids were ruffian because they ran around the classroom, very fast that they bumped into each other. The player smiled sneeringly and made his friend mad. The hungry people cut the meat with the cudgel. The flow of the wine is undiluted.
 * writhed** - to twist
 * anointed** - to rub with oil
 * dazed** - confused
 * grimy** - covered with uncleaned substance
 * glade** - an open space surrounded by woods
 * dashed** - to hurl against violently
 * besieged** - to be pressed with request
 * partial** - existing only in part.
 * laden** - carrying a load
 * oracle** - who gives wise decisions.
 * ruffian** - a brutal person
 * prudence** - caution as to danger
 * sneeringly** - to smile in a way that other wouldn't feel happy about
 * cudgel** - a short thick used as a weapon
 * undiluted** - unwatered or thin



Grammar and usage Idioms #5 All thumbs- to be awkward and have difficulty. Ants in your pants-to be excited and can't stay still.<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

Idioms #6 Apple of your eye - someone who is very special to you As the crow flies - by the most direct way

Idioms #7 Asleep at the switch - not doing their job or taking their responsibilities very carefully <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> At the drop of a hat - If you would do something at the drop of a hat, you'd do it immediately

Idiom #8 At the end of your rope - at the limit of your patience Ax to grind - to have something to complain about

Idioms #1 Babe in the woods - new Back to square one - to begin all over

Idioms #2 Back to the drawing board Backseat driver - being bossy

Idioms #3 Baker's dozen - one more dozen Ballpark figure - general idea of something

Idioms #4 Bark is worse than your bite - Bark up the wrong tree -

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