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

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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.