Journal-Ara+Cho

__**Reading strategies and resources **__ CHAPTER 4 VOCAB untoward-unfortunate Most people think that evey event in the thirteenth of friday would all be very untoward.

thatch-covered with layers sentence: The thatch hut is made out of banana leaves piled and weaved together.

bailiff- a person that does something within a legal limit sentence: The bailiff did not feel bad for what he did because he knew that it was not against the law.

reeve-the president of a village sentence: The reeve tried to make the town a cleaner and better place for the villagers to live.

mean-opposite of grand, humble sentence: She won first place although the condition of the pool was mean.

pinnacle-a high, pointy end of a rock sentence: The elderly man meditated on top of the pinnacle to find a way to make peace.

meander-to flow sentence:The water meandered between the round rocks as it headed to the sea.

impenetrable-not able to put a hole through, strong sentence: The shield I am holding onto is impenetrable.

gallow-a cross to hang criminals sentence: Jesus Christ was hung up to a gallow.

infidels-people who do not have a religion sentence: The followers of the religion wanted to lead the infidels to believe in their god.

CHAPTER 5/6 VOCAB canonical-reliable, authorized sentence:Nowadays, the most canonical time is known from the time on one’s computer screens.

strident-harsh sentence:The strident voice of the criminal threatened the little child.

clamor-racket sentence:The sudden faint of the nun created a clamor at the whole church.

apprehension-anxiety of a loss of something or somebody. sentence:The mother could not stop crying for the apprehension of the loss of her child was so great.

implore-beg sentence:As soon as he realized that the opponents realized he was spying on them, he implored for mercy.

hue-hullabaloo

cry-weep, hullabaloo,fuss sentence: The sudden loud rock music created a hue and cry at the church.

CHAPTER 7 VOCAB skittish-unpredictable sentence: Little Bobby is very skittish, so his mother is worried bout what kind of.

petitions-a formal written request signed by many people. sentence: There was a petition disagreeing with the new law the president was going to pass.

moot-debatable sentence:The topic about the necessity of school uniform is moot.

Treason-treachery, betrayal sentence: I could not believe the loyal governor made a treason and gave the important information to the opposing countries.

plight-situation sentence: The plight of the men was so pityful

curfew-the time ordered for people to be inside or outside sentence: Many students refused to accept the curfew to go out and hang around with friends.

CHAPTER 8 VOCAB alb-white clothes worn by priests at churches sentence:The white alb of the priest always makes me feel that the church is a pure and orderly place.

tonsured-shaved(hair) like a monk. sentence: The tonsured hair of the monk looked funny to the little child.

sanctuary-a refuge for safety sentence: The people of China who lost their homes from a flood are seeking a sanctuary.

tallow-a hard substance made out of animal fat sentence: The tallow candle is handy when you are abandoned alone in a deserted island because you can eat it when you are really urgent.

genuflect-to lower the body to show respect sentence:In our culture, it is very impolite to not genuflect to one who is older than you are.

distraught-upset, troubled sentence: The tutor was distraught that she lost her keys and could not go to teach her students.

sullen-sulky sentence: The girl replied sullenly as she dropped her lollipop.

scrutinize-examine closely and thoroughly sentence: The detective scrutinized the crime scene with his assistant, Watson.

siege-a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building sentence:The Jewish town is in siege by the Germans. **__Responding to literature__ ** Ulysses encounters Libya, also known as "the land where Morpheus plays". The land is named like this because Morpheus, the son of Hypos, the god of sleep, gained a flower from his aunt Persephone that can make sleep and dreams. The flower was called the lotus and Morpheus planted them in Libya where it was summer all year. Morpheus always read people's dreams in Libya making them sleep all the time. When Ulysses came, Morpheus gave all the crew good and hopeful dreams, when he realized Ulysses was a hero and read his dream without any bright thoughts added by Morpheus.The lotus' kept on putting sleep to Ulysses and the crew. Ulysses overcame that and continued his voyage to what he had always dreamt about the past 20 years, seeig his family. **
 * Ulysses- Summary-Ara

ALL SUMMER IN A DAY Readers Response

The way Margot gets treated by other students make me angry. Although she does not talk a lot, they do not seem to trust any word she says. They refuse to listen to her at all and even locks her up in a closet. This manner of disrespecting others makes me feel furious and unpleasant to see.

Thematic Focus

You should recall your actions and should truly be sorry at yourself. It is embarrassing and nasty to torture one, especially one of your classmates to see for a few hours what she had craved for and wanted for so much. You should be sorry for yourselves and to Margot.

Check Your Comprehension 1-6


 * 1) 1 All the students are excited because it is the first day they will see he sun in seven years. They are nine years old, so they cannot remember how it looks like.


 * 1) 2 Margot had come to venus only five years ago from Earth. She was from Ohio and she could lively remember the sun.


 * 1) 3 The children lock her in a closet just before the rain stopped.


 * 1) 4 The children ran and turned their faces toward the sky to feel the warmness of the sun. They played around in the great jungle of Venus and stared at the sun.


 * 1) 5 At the very end, when the rain starts to fall again, the children let margot out of the closet.


 * 1) 6 The point that when you let proud words go, it is not easy to get them back makes proud words dangerous.

Interpret 1-8


 * 1) 1 The other children are unkind to Margaret because she is different form one of them. She only sings songs about the sun and the sun’s colors. She does not play games with the other children. She does not like water on her, for example the school shower.


 * 1) 2 The other children rejects Margarets description of the sun because, they think she is not normal and they also think she does not remember the sun.


 * 1) 3 All the children go along with the idea of putting Margaret in the closet because they all think the same way.


 * 1) 4 It was just a prank so they wanted to take Margaret out when the sun comes out but, they were so happy about the sun and forgot about her.


 * 1) 5 They are shocked that they forgot her, and kind of scared. They also are very sorry.


 * 1) 6 Don’t take away what people were craving for.


 * 1) 7It means they are

Extend 9-10

Build Vocabulary 1-3


 * 1) 1 A feeling of being alive: vitality


 * 1) 2 Elements in food that are essential for life: vitamins


 * 1) 3 The body’s indicators of life: vital signs

Spelling Strategy 1-3


 * 1) 1Constantly rain saturated Brandbury’s Venus


 * 1) 2 In actuality, there is no rain on Venus.


 * 1) 3 The fictional situation makes a good story.

Using the Word Bank 1-7


 * 1) 1 Yes, water is vital to life.


 * 1) 2 Yes, the meal that I savored is one I like.


 * 1) 3 It means rain is decreasing.


 * 1) 4 No, it does not cause much concussion.

Literary Focus 1-4
 * 1) 5 No, it means they are loud.


 * 1) 1 It rains all the time and you can never see the sun.


 * 1) 2 Margot is affected by the rain. She does not like the rain, she became different form other children because she was depressed. This was because she could not see the sun.


 * 1) 3 The other children are not affected as much as Margot but they are still affected. They dream about the sun and the sun’s colors, feeling the sun on their skin.


 * 1) 4 No, the events that happen in this story can not happen in a different setting. This is because it is all about raining and the sun not coming out, but finally coming out for two hours. If this is possible this should happen on.

Practice 1-5

-Preposition: for -Object of the preposition: seven years
 * 1) 1 It had been raining for seven years

-Preposition: from -Object of the preposition: these children -Preposition: in, about -Object of the preposition: class, the sun -Preposition: with, in, of -Object of the preposition: them in the echoing tunnels, the underground city -Preposition: into, in -Object of the preposition: midnight, a flash
 * 1) 2 Margot stood apart from these children.
 * 1) 3 They had read in class about the sun.
 * 1) 4 She would play no games with them in the echoing tunnels of the underground city.
 * 1) 5 The sky darkened into midnight in a flash.

Writing Application 1-2


 * 1) 1 It rains heavily in London during the winter.

 **Writing Strategies and resources ** According to the novel, Ulysses had wide, grooved brow, sunken eyes, red hair, and a jutting chin. Morpheus noticed that he was a hero. From this, I can guess that many heros in that time looked similar to Ulysses. I believe Ulysses was a tenacious man with ambition and a strong will. He must do something he wished to do. In chapter three, after seeing his family in his dreams, Ulysses overcame all the sleep with only one thing in his mind,his beloved folks.
 * 1) 2 One boy spoke in a soft voice to his best friend.
 * Ulysses-what does he look like and act like? Try to be specific.-Ara ** 

**In class assignment for Fri., Sept.11, 2009. Assignment due Mon. Sept. 14. Answer the following journal question. What would it be like 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 tree were? Post to the wiki/journal/response to literature. Life on the Cannibal Beach will be painful and frustrating every day. With only a few moments of light and dark, I would not be able to get any proper sleep. However, before I can even take a nap I will have to hide or run away. The gigantic cannibals would attack as the sun appears after a few moments of night. I would find no good place to hide as the beach is full of the legs of the giants disguised as trees. The reason why Ulysses had a hard time discovering what the trees were was because when he was climbing the leg, it was night. However, as the sky paled again, he could fortunately realize that it was the cannibals and quickly fled from the beach. I would not want to stay at this beach and risk even for a few minutes.

****Journal Entry #4 Ulysses - 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?** He decides to take the difficult way. He reluctantly goes to Sicily because he is blocked by huge moving rocks. I am currently in the situation that requires me to make an important decision on my own. I still have not decided whether I should go to Beijing, China, or not. Few of my friends do not go and few of them do. I am not sure what to do, but I feel the cost of this trip is too expensive. However, I believe that I can make special memories with my best friends and the teachers. I am 70 percent sure that I might go, but I feel bad for my parents to work so hard to pay for my extremely short trip. I should make this decision before today ends, o I wish myself luck.

** Journal Entry #5 ** ** you be willing to ﬁght as hard as Ulysses to get to/see. Explain your answer. ** ** As it would be the same for other people, my family is the most precious being in the world. I would be able to fight as hard as Ulysses to get back to my family. After my family, I would happily sacrifice my life for my best friends because they are the people who can understand me the best and are very similar to me. As I think they are my clones(and I am their clones) I would use all of my ability to go to them and meet them. I would also try to reach home as it can comfort me and help me to achieve what I have to do. **
 * 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 **

Father Quinel reveals three things in chapter 8. What are they? What does he promise to reveal later? his name is Crispin his mother, Asta could read and write. She wrote for the red cross. The Aycliff met as Sir Richard du Brey. He is ill and he is ill and might die. he will talk about his father.


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1. character-A character is a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work 2. conﬂict- A conflict is a struggle between opposing forces. It is one of the most important elements of stories, noves, and plays because it causes the action.

-internal-An internal conflict is one that takes place within the mind of the character. The character struggles to make a decision, take an action, or overcome a feeling

-external -An external conflict is one in which a ccharacter struggles against some outside forces.

foreshadowing- Foreshadowing is the use, in a literature work, of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.

mood-Mood, or atmosphere, is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or a passage.

protagonist-The protagonist is the main character in a literary work.

antagonist- An antagonist is a character or force in conflict with a main character.

setting-The setting of a literary work is the time and place of the action.

symbol-A symbol is anything that stands for or represents something else.

theme-A theme is a central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work.