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This week for Literacy Circle, we will be reading chapters 5-11( read 11). We will meet on Thursday afternoon at the time required. Be ready with the jobs you received and we will talk about Hatchet. 

(Please- DO NOT READ AHEAD!!!!!!! IT WILL MESS EVERYTHING UP!!!!!!!)

Wild and Crazy Word Finder Chapters 1-5

hummocks 39
stricken 12
glide 23
jolts 11
lurched 6
visitation 6

Hatchet Chapters 1-5 Summary Director

     "Hatchet" is a realistic-fiction book by Gary Paulsen about a teenage boy named Brian Robenson going to visit his father in Canada flying in a bush-plane. His parents were divorced and it was all that he could think about. It was only him and the pilot in the plane. Before he left, his mother gave him a hatchet.He was sitting in the co-pilot seat and the pilot offered to let him fly it so he did. When the pilot took over again, it was going fine. The pilot started having chest pains and Brian knew that he was having a heart attack. The plane crashed in the woods and Brian was all alone.He began to get thirsty and he drank water from the lake. He made his shelter against a stone with twigs. Brian did not know what he was going to eat. The first five chapters of "Hatchet" are great!

Selection Director

I chose the part where Brian's mom gave him the hatchet. I liked it because MY mom would never in a million years give me ONE!!!!!!! I thought it was cool he got it as if his mom might know what was going to happen and he was going to plunge and maybe not get rescued. How cool would it be if YOU got a hatchet????????? 

Hatchet chapters 1-5 disscusion director

1. Do you think Brian will die?
2. Do you think the pilot will suddenly come alive and save himself why?
3. Do you think we will ever learn the big secret behind the divorce?
4. Do you like this book so far why or why not?
5. Do you think that he will be reborn if he does die?
6. Do you think he will make a new life where he is?

Connection Director

        I can relate to that feeling, when your doing it for the first time and your anxouis and feel like everything's your fault. When Brian was practicing to fly the plane, I remembered back to all the moments when I was having my first shot at something. And then when everything goes wrong, it seems like the world's shutting down and everything you do is like you should have never tried in the first place- like everything was your fault.


  To the left is the Cessna 406 (a.k.a. the plane Brian was attempting to fly.)

What do you think is going to happen?Are brain's parents fighting for divorce?DO you think brain might think of the words and crash the plane?

Hello again literacy members we are starting the new book  called Hatchet.  We will be meeting EVERY Thursday unless the school day is canceled, then it will be Friday.  The jobs are


Luis-Discussion Director
Lorrie-Discussion Director
Isaiah-Summary Director
Hannah-Art Director
Cole-Word finder
Jasmine-Connection Director
Jackson-Selection Director

Test not really just testing\making sure it works

New Book?

We need to know what the next book we're reading is so that we can finish it in the short amount of time in school left!!!

some questions...........
WHY do you think that HALT thought he could take the two kalkaras with only one person and only one person?????
WHAT do you think was running through WILLS head when the battleschool master and the baron finished off the kalkara and he saw halts bloody figure running and diving??????
DO you think you would  be proud or WILL if you were one of his wardmates???????
WHAT did you think of the KISS??????????

Ranger's Apprentice Summary

     "The Ranger's Apprentice Book 1: The Ruins of Gorlan" is a fiction book by John Flanagan about a boy named Will that is picked to be an apprentice to a Ranger. He has to learn the arts of being a Ranger. He practices shooting targets with a bow and arrow. He also receives other weapons such as a knife and throwing knife. Will gets a horse named Tug for transportation. At the end, Will is given the opportunity to become a knight but declines it. Halt tells Will about a story of when Will's father saved him. "The Ranger's Apprentice" is a great fiction book.

Art Director :)

    I drew a picture of when Sir Rodney came up to Will and the two armed soldier and said, "WHAT THE HELL, DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?!!!??"

                 And then while that occurred I drew a picture of Halt chasing down the Kalkara.

Rangers Apprentice chapters 28-epilogue CRAZY AND WILD WORD FINDER

1. Debilitating pg 209
2. intervals pg 210
3. jostling pg 210
4. contentedly pg 211
5. shrewd pg 212
6. disheveled pg 212

Selection Director

     I liked the part where Will chose not to be a night. I liked it because I didn`t know what he would do. He might say no he might say yes. I especially liked it because everyone was surprised when Will decided not to be a night.

Discussion Director

1. How do you think that the hunt for the Kalkara went? Even though they were both killed, do you think that the battle went the best way? Do you think that they weren't smart in falling in the same situation as the boar hunt?
2. How skilled do you think Halt is compared to the other Rangers? Do you think all of them are like him?
3. Do you think that Will is a abnormally skilled apprentice, or just average?
4. How is this setting connected to medieval times? Do you think that some sort of group of people back then were like the Rangers?
5. According to Cryptid Hunters, there is a group in the military called the Rangers that know every way to kill a man with only hands. Are these two elite groups related? Or, is it just a coincidence?
6. How did Will and Halt's relationship as an apprentice and master change when Will learned of Halt's background with Will's dad? Are they more than just an apprentice and master now?
7. Has Will adopted Halt's dry sense of humor? Or has he always been that way?
8. Do you think most Ranger's apprentices have the connection (other than his father) that Will and Halt has?

Assignments

Read chapters- 28-Epilogue. Remember that this is our last meeting( for this book.)  If you have any sheets with your job PLEASE Remember to bring them back.Ms. Zimmerman wants to use them again and again. CONSEQUENCE: AND if you don't, then you will get written up on your green sheet.

Discussion Director

Starting Discussion..................NOW!!!  

Do u think........

1. That Morgarath has some sort of deep secret?

                                           2. Will, will have the courage to defeat Morgarath and the Kalkara? Why or why not?

                                              3. That Halt will get defeated or paralyzed by Morgarath and the Kalkara?

                                              4. That Will, will meet a new friend? Why or why not?

                                              

                                              5. How'd you like the end of chapter 24? Shocking? Anxious feeling? What was going through your mind? And what where you feeling?

                                              6. What do you think of Gilan? Suspicious? Like him? In the middle?

                                              7. Gilan will become a trader? On Morgarath's side, just leading them into              the bait?                 

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Connecter Director

                      I am connecting to the part where Will, Halt, and Gilan are walking through The Solitary Plain  and it seems like they are going nowhere. I have been on a walk before where it seems like you going nowhere when you really are.

summery director

Chapters 21-27 is about Will meeting Galin then setting out to kill Morgraths new servants.The Kalkara,Halt and Galin think they are going for ether King Duncan or the Gorlan Ruins.Halt and Will have been tracking them and they are worried that something bad will happen.Like the kalkara will succeed in there mission.Or that they might get injured in there operation.

Chapters 21- 26 Selection

I really enjoyed the part in Ranger's Apprentice where they hear the Kalkara. I could hear the Kalkara and feel the fear Will was feeling. After all, he's just an apprentice and he is already tracking deadly creatures. This part brought my "high definition" feeling to me. :)

Ranger's Apprentice Chapters 22-27 Discussion Director

1. Do you think Halt, Will, & Gilan can kill the Kalkara?
2. Do you like Gilan, Why or why not?
3. Do you think the Kalkara are going to King Duncan or the Gorlan Ruins?
4. Do you think the Kalkara will rebuild the Gorlan Ruins why or why not?
5. If the Ranger Corps could have saved two other senior rangers for Halt and Halt left Will & Gilan do you think Will would be apprenticed to Gilan until Halt came back, if he did why or why not?
6. Do you think anyone lives in the Gorlan Ruins why or why not?
7. do you think Gilan was happy to give Blaze over to Will why or why not?
8. Do you think Will, will make it back to castle redmont and lead the baron and sir Rodney back in time, why or why not?

Emma-connector director 
Lorrie- Discussion director  
Cole-selection director
Hannah- art director 
Isaiah-word finder 
Jackson-summary director 
Jasmine-discussion director

Discussion Recording 4/6/12

Discussion Recording 4/6/12

Connection Director:

Lorrie: Awesome

Discussion Director:

Lorrie: No, not really

Hannah: The knife would be good

Isaiah: “ditto”

Lorrie: Bow and arrow

Lorrie: I think you know the answer

Jackson: Knows animal cruelty, might be scared

Isaiah: Throwing knife

Word Finder:

Lorrie/Jasmine: Forced (galvanized)

Cole: In shock (galvanized)

Selection Director:

Jackson: I liked that

Isaiah: I liked that part

Summary Director:

No comment(s)

Art Director:

Jackson: What is it

Assignment

chapter(s) 22-27

Ranger's Apprentice 16-21 Connection Director

     One of the parts that I can connect to in "Rangers Apprentice" chapters 16-21 was when George was begging for a piece of pie. I really wanted some food but I still had to wait for someone else to arrive before we ate. I know how anxious George was feeling to have a piece of pie.

Discussion Director

1.What would you do if you were Will and when the boar attacked Tug would you defend him or let him defend him self?

2.How would you feel if you were Will and you only had the weapons he had?

3.Would you let Horace defend himself or fight for him like he did?

4.Would you stay with them and wait for the boar to come out?

5.Would you agree to have that peace treaty with Horace?

6.What would you do when the second boar came out?

7.Would you practice the weapons every day like Will?

8.Would you like the bow and arow,the the knife,or the throwing knife?

9.Would you like to learn how to shoot and throw the arows and throwing knife off of Tug?

10. Would you voluntarily go boar hunting like the battleschool people         

Rangers Apprentice Word Finder

                                                         Absoloutley Amazin' Words For Book Fans!
                                                            I found these words most interesting:

Galvanized pg. 120Meekly pg. 122

Merely pg. 123

Deliberatly pg. 125

Sprawled pg. 125

Babble pg. 125

Smock pg. 126

Unremitting pg. 113

Ranger's Apprentice chapters 16-21 Selection director

    This week as selection director i actually had two favorite parts.  My first part was when Halt and Will were doing Will's tracking session because it makes it feel so like you are right in nature.  My second favorite part was when Will and Horace totally forgot their childhood fights and they made up and became friends. ;)

Chapters 16 through 21 were mostly about how all of WIll's old "roommates" meet at the fair on their free day. Horace and Will get in a fight and resolvee to finish it some other time since the battleschool master stopped it. A few days later, Will and Halt find a farmer who is looking for a wild boar. That sequence turns into a massive boar hunt that Horace and the other boar hunters attend as well as Will, Halt, and the Baron himself. Will saves Horace's life and they agree that if the other person needs help, they had each others backs.

Discussion 3/23/12

Discussion:

Connection-

Lorrie likes this because it lets her look back on her memories.

Selection-

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Summary-

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Word-

Burdened- Agrees with definition

Acerbity- Agrees with definition

Discussion Director-

1. H- half and half

2. L- never scared of them

5. L- happy

5. H- ok

1. J- obey them

1. H- wonders why the Battlemaster didn’t do anything

6. J- not good

6. H- half and half

Visualization-

I-Good job

Important Information About ALL Assignments

Do NOT read ahead. We have agreed to not do this 

assignment

read chapters 16-21 in the week after spring break AND DO YOUR JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Ranger's Apprentice chapters 10-15 Connection director by lorrie gray

A connection I had while reading this is when Will first met tug.  At this part I connected to the first time i saw a horse up close and got to ride it.  With this i can relate how will is feeling when he finds that Tug is his own horse.

Selection Director

           My favorite part of chapters 10-15 would probably be chapter 12. The whole chapter was amusing because Old Bob continued to laugh at Will, which in my opinion was funny. I also enjoyed meeting Tug.

    SUMMARY DIRECTOR


                           Chapters 10-15 in the book Rangers Apprentice by John Flanagan, are mostly about Will and Horace are doing in their apprenticeship. It tells about how Horace is considered an "advanced" student but he doesn't know it. The chapters also tell about how Will is doing with Halt. This is a great book and I can't wait to continue reading.

word findings

Amazing words and what they mean.....
acerbity- bitterness in ,tone, taste,ect                                                                                          pg71
concealed- hidden                                                                                      pg71
accusingly- in an accusing manner                                                                                      pg73
ruefully-   to be causing sorrow or pity                                                                                           pg74
burdened- worrying responsibility                                                                                          pg77
bewilderment- confusion resulting from failure to understand                                                                                 pg79
deficiencies- poor provision                                                                                      pg81

Chapters 10-15 Discussion Director

1. If you were Will, would the Ranger's horses make you think that the Ranger's are even weirder than you thought, or make you admire the Ranger's for their idea of password protecting horses? 2. Why does Horace obey Bryn, Alda, and Jerome's orders? Would you obey them in Horace's situation? 3. What do you think of the Ranger's weapons? Are they better, equal, or worse than those of a knight? 4. Are you impressed with Halt's skill? 5. Would you have felt Will's disappointment in getting Tug? Or, would you be happy with Tug, even though he's shaggy and not sleek?

Chapters 10-15 by next Friday. Do your jobs and be ready!!!

Word Finder

                                           INTERESTING WORDS

1. REGIME,    PAGE 68
2. INFRINGEMENT,    PAGE 65
3. FIEFDOM,     PAGE 59
4. IMPLEMENTS,    PAGE 55
5. FORESTALL,    PAGE 53
6. CURT,    PAGE 51
7. WHIPCORD,    PAGE 48
8. HAPHAZARD,    PAGE 47
9. BERATED,    PAGE 44
10. COWL,    PAGE 42

                          I read this on my Kindle, so the page numbers might be a little different.

What we read for the week 3\15\12

Read chapters 1,2,and 3 by Thursday, March 22.

Literacy Circle Summary Director

     In chapters 5-10, Will gets chosen to be the Ranger's Apprentice. The Ranger introduces will to his cottage and his duties. As a Ranger's Apprentice, Will has to do all of the housework. He gets all of it done by noon. The Ranger tells Will that he is already good with the techniques of stealth. Will is going to be a good apprentice.

Rangers Apprentice (chapters 5-10) Discussion Director

           Please read the following for deep and unobvious questions:

1.Why do think the author chose to start out with large lettered print in the beggining of each chapter.

2. Do you think Will will have go go on an enormous journey?

3. Do you predict that Morgarath Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night and Will will have to battle against each other in some dramatically weird way?

4. Why do you think the author chose to make Will such a specail character?

5. If this were your story would you would have changed something? If so, what is it? Why or why not?

6. Who do you think the warrior on the cover of the page is?

7. If Cole woud had never recommended this book, would you still be interested in it if you found it in a library? Why or why not?

8. Is there a favorite part in chapters 5-10 where you either questioned it or liked it very much?

9. Why do you think the author made Martin in the story and the way he is?

10. Go online and search Rangers Apprentice  , are the characters the way you imagined them in your head as you read?

11. How do you think the author had the idea to make this book and to call it Rangers Apprentice ?

12. Do you predict that something terrible might happen to Halt or Baron Arald?

13. Do you think the author might include some sort of secret book that Will will discover?

14. Do you predict that someone evil might kidnap or talk to Will?

15. Do you think that the author created a series of this book becuase a battle between Will's people and some of the bad people?

And the final question is..........................

16. If you had the option who's apprentice would you want to be? And why?

I have a few questions to make you wonder from Rangers Apprentice. 
1.What did you find most interesting/ your favorite part when Will was making his grand break in?
2. Do you like Wills job as a Rangers Apprentice? Would you willingly do his jobs or would you try to duck out?

Ranger's Apprentice chapters 5-10 art director

  I made 2 pictures the first one is when Will climbed the wall like a spider.  The second was when Halt was telling Will about the ranger's past.

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Chapters 5-10 Connection

The connection I made when reading chapters 5-10 was with how, even though Will would prefer battle school, being a Ranger's apprentice seems more fitting. Will already has beginning skills of a Ranger, which he demonstrated when he got the note. My connection was that at some point in time, we all will run into a scenario like Will's and want something else, but what we get suits us better than what we had wanted.

Homework 3/9/12- 3/14/12

Read chapters 5-10 and complete your job by Wednesday the 14th.

I drew a picture of the Horace, Alyss, George, Jenny, and Will in line from tallest to shortest.

Rangers Apprentice (chapters 1-4) Summary Director

    Rangers Apprentice a fictional book (chapters 1-4) by John Flanagan is mostly about what they call The Choosing Day at The Ward, the Choosing Day is the day they find out who their apprentice master is. And Will was known as the shortest, so at the Choosing, all the apprentice masters told Baron Arald that he was too short, and they had no use for him.Will had been so disappointed because his dad was in battleschool, and Will wanted to follow in his foot steps. Halt ( one of the apprentice masters) handed Baron a note telling him something he knew about Will, so Will could be someone's apprentice. Discover what the note said and who Will will end up with by reading more.

Ranger's apprentice chapters 1-4 discussion director

1. Who didn't get chosen at choosing day?
2. Where was choosing day taken place?
3. Why didn't Will get accepted to battleschool?
4. What do you think will happen to Will?
5. What do you think was on the note Halt gave to Baron Arald?
6. How do you think Will will take him not being chosen as an apprentice?
7. What did you infer about these chapters we read?
8. What era does this take place?

Selection Director

Hi this is JACKSONZABEST here. I was told to blog out my favorite part in chapters 1-4 so that's what I'm going to do.

My favorite part was when they were introducing the craftmaster wards and everyone was excited to choose the path they will be taking. I like this part because the book said that everyone got so excited but Will --not so much.    

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Chapter 1-4 Word Finder

1. Monotony-------1 2. Penchant-------5 3. Anteroom-------9 4. Florid-faced---17 5. Burr-----------30 6. Frisson--------32

Directions for 3/1 to 3/7

Read chapters 1-4.  Make blog post for your job.  Be ready to discuss on Wednesday.

Thank You

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Hi Guys (and girls),
     I'm CGZaNerd. I am an airplane enthusiast, computer geek, and avid reader. I'm looking forward to working with you, citizens of The Blog!

Hello people of the blog, I'm Isaiah H. [a.k.a. Zaiha]. I LOVE school and video games!

My name is JasmineDreadinobssesor. I love to read and I am an excellent writer. Although, I am still learning, I am told to publish all of my work. My favorite types of colors are neon. And I love to do fashion.

Hi i am jackson, i rule and i like the greek god POSIEDON

My anagram is raregloryi.  I love to ride horses, my real name is Lorrie, my favorite animal is a horse, my favorite color is blue, and my favorite kind of horse is a Friesian.

Hello!!!!! I am HannahB.16 I enjoy sports of all kinds and I love reading as well. I am almost always outside.

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Books to Choose From at Colorow

Here are some titles that I believe would be a good fit for your group (plus you won't have to worry about going to the library or finding other copies):

Elephant Run, by Roland Smith

The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster

Pictures of Hollis Woods, by Patricia Reilley Giff

A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle

Book Selection

We need to select a book that you can read as a group for your literacy circle.  Because we have limited book copies, I can suggest a few titles that we have here at Colorow that I think would work well.  If you you decide to choose a book that we do not have multiple copies of at Colorow, you will each need to be able to quickly find it in the library, or purchase it on your own.  As a group, discuss what you would like to do.