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 * Check Your Comprehension**
 * 1) Italians, Yugoslavs, Ecuadorians, and Americans were in her community.
 * 2) Quidlen’s children were friends of the different people in the community so connected the two family together.
 * 3) Quindlen has stayed in this town before so she gets along with her neighbors. Since she understands both the people that have stayed in this town for a long time and people who just moved here.
 * 4) Because of the children’s role of connecting different families, the people in the neighborhood got along “on a micro level”.

**Critical Thinking** **Interpret**
 * 1) The neighborhood thinks that the people that stayed in this community for a long time should not be close to the people who just moved in.
 * 2) Even though it makes a clear division of old and the new, it shows us that every communities unite even though they are different.
 * 3) Quindlen is trying to make people feel welcomed in the society and to feel that they are a part of the community. When she finds this important she also finds out that the other citizens may feel lonely without any of the others helping them.
 * 4) I think that Quindlen will tell the people that there may be some misunderstanding between different culture so they should try to understand the other cultures and respect the other cultures as well.

Evaluate
 * 1) I think that it would be rare to be in both “them” and “us” because you need to understand and welcome both of the different people to unite them.
 * 2) I think that the story suggests that since America is a place with a diversity of different culture, the citizens should try to unite with the other culture to learn and also to be a stronger community.

Check Your Comprehension 1. Spain, Ecuador, Italy, and America are represented by the people in Anna Quindlen’s neighborhood.

2. Quindlen’s children could talk fluently in both their native language and their adopted language so they were able to communicate with the old neighbors. 3. She accepts the different culture that the others have and this place is her hometown so she gets along with her neighbors. 4. The neighbors try to adjust themselves in the community to get along on a micro level.

Interpret 1. Melting Pot is what the most people in the neighborhood believes because the diverse ethnicity of the community can teach others different culture. 2. These shared beliefs both unite and divide the residents because the neighbors can understand the other culture and be more closer with them. Or the neighbors can misunderstand and separate themselves from that kind of culture. 3. Quidlen finds out that a diverse community of different ethnicity is called a melting pot of a great mixture. 4. I think that the Quindlen would give us an advice that says that all people should try to understand that people are from different culture and all of the people do not think the same.

Evaluate 5. "One of them" and "one of us" both have a similar meaning but when people use it, it is used in a different way. One of them is excluding yourself from the main majority of the group and one of us is including the people that are similar to you.

6. It suggests that in the American community, there are people who think differently and have different culture so we should try to understand their acts and respect them.

Summary of the Musical

The play was about a girl who was born and found by peasants. The girl meets a boy dead so she brings him in her home and treats him. The god of death makes a deal that the girl can give up her life for the boy to survive. The girl has a boy she loves but the boy that she loves is in a upper class so she cannot marry him. So the girl is told by the gods that she could kill the boy and in return she could not die. Even though the girl tries to kill the boy she can’t and so she dies and the 4 gods who pity her make her into a tree.  The musical was very thought out and the actors put in a lot of effort in it. Even though it was the middle school musical I think it was the best I saw. The only thing that bothered me was that I couldn’t hear the sounds of some people talking and singing. If there was another musical i think it would be more awesome than this one. media type="youtube" key="t95jWQNM3Bc" height="344" width="425"
 * Crispin encounters two dead men shortly after fleeing the village. How does each affect him?

Crispin figures out that one of the dead men is Father Quinel. Crispin who had almost lost everything only trusted Father Quinel. As he saw the dead body he believed that God had abandoned him.** Chapter 11

character - Crispin, Father Quinel conflict - internal: fighting his emotions external: running away from Aycliffe foreshadowing - something bad is going to happen mood - terrified protagonist - Crispin antagonist - four men setting - mill, forest, river symbol - torches - danger of fire/ water - purity/ black - dead theme - sometimes you have to control your emotions Chapter 12 character - Crispin conflict - internal: the faith in God external: man vs nature foreshadowing - Crispin might not be able to rely on other people in the future. mood - tired, desperate protagonist - Crispin antagonist - none setting - forest outside of his village symbol - cross: peace/pouch: protection theme - the basic needs are important

Literary Elements Use your literature book to look up the following literary terms. 1. character - an individual in a story that shows different qualities. 2. conﬂict - a disagreement in a story -internal: a disagreement within one’s self -external: a disagreement with others 3. foreshadowing - be a warning or indication of a future event 4. mood - the atmosphere in the story 5. protagonist - the leading character in the story 6. antagonist - a person who opposes 7. setting - a place the story is set 8. symbol - anything that represents a topic or a theme 9. theme - the main meaning of a story

Crispin Father Quinel tells Asta's son that his name is Crispin. He also reveals that his mother could read and write. After the talk with Crispin, Father Quinel assured Crispin that he would tell him more about his father later on.

Chapter - 4 untoward - unlucky The untoward officer couldn’t catch the fleeing criminal.

thatch - to cover with He teatched the present with scraps of paper so no one could see what it was.

bailiff - an officer The bailiff stopped the citizen to stop causing fights.

reeve - a medieval English manor officer The reeve gave orders to the other citizens.

mean - to intend The plan was mean to help the people who were living here.

pinnacle - a high, pointed piece of rock The pinnacle was used to sharpen the weapons.

meander - a winding path or course The cat meandered to find food for its dinner.

impenetrable - incapable of being penetrated or pierced. The impenetrable wall blocked the city from other invaders.

fallow - of a light yellowish brown color The fallow color fit with the red wall.

inﬁdels - one who is not a Christian The infidels didn’t pray to the Christian God.

Chapters - 5/6 canonical - conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure The canonical procedure stunned everyone.

strident - characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound The strident officer was very strict

clamor - noisy shouting The clamor made the teacher scared.

apprehension - suspicion or fear especially of future evil The apprehension struck the officer when he was about to loose the war.

implore - to pray The Christians implored in the holy church. hue - complexion The hue of the situation became more complex.

cry - to utter loudly The cry of the monster made everyone scared.

Chapter - 7 skittish - lively or risky action The skittish adventure was very risky so we could have lost our lives.

petitions - an earnest request The petitions from the neighboring empire was denied.

moot - a deliberative assembly primarilty for the administration of justice. The moot made the decisions for the city.

treason - the betrayal of trust He had overcame the treason that he had experienced last year.

plight - a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate The plight task was very dangerous and hard so we decided not to finish it.

curfew - a regulation requiring people to remain indoors The curfew was broken as the people inside rushed out of the room. Journal Entry 1 Ulysses is great hero known for his wisdom and intelligence. His cunning ideas of the Trojan Horse and other ideas gave the Greeks and advantage. In spite of his intelligence, his strength was mighty as well. He was also very strong and had well built muscles. His adventures back to Greece proves that he is strong physically and mentally. He is also favored by the goddess Athena.

Journal Entry 2 Why did Ulysses' men betray him and open the bag of winds from Aeolus? What happened to those men?  Ulysses’ men betrayed him because Poseidon clinked his golden armlets which made the men think the sound was the coins in the bag clicking against each other. The thought that there may be a fortune in that bag since Ulysses had guarded it very carefully. When they opened the bag,the men were flung out of the deck and ended up in the sea.

Journal Entry 3 It would be very hard to survive in these hard conditions. The constant change in the darkness and brightness could be hard for the people to manage. People may not able to get enough sleep and it would be hard to find food when it is dark. Since night came right after the day, Ulysses and his men couldn’t see their surroundings well so when they saw big giants, they assumed they were trees.

Journal Entry 4 In Chap. 9,The 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?

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. If I went to travel, I would like to go back home to go to my comfy bed or relax. I would try to tour all places so that I could go home quickly.