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. ;)