So Far From the Bamboo Grove

1) I think that Yoko is very generous and nice. Like when she wanted to give her water to people that needed water more then she did. Or when she gave her blanket to the pregnant woman even though she did not want to. I thought that was very nice, even though she could of have been a little more giving to the pregnant woman. She is also kind of whiny and everything. Like when she wanted food or water when she was on the train. She also listens to her mother and does what she is told.

2) Ko and Yoko are great sisters. They fight a little like when she was whining about the food and the water but other then that they are fantastic sisters. Ko is also bossy because Ko kind of boss's Yoko around which is probably the answer why Yoko calls her bossy.

3) I think that the Kawashima are very nice to the people that are on the train. They treat the patients very nicely. Like when the mother told Yoko to give her blanket to the woman and the baby even though she did not want to. But it was very nice. Also when Yoko wanted to give water to people that needed it more then she did. Which was very generous. The mother, Yoko and Ko are very nice to the people that are onboard. They are really giving.

Reading Response #3

Name: Trent Smith
Date: November 15, 2007
Book: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Pages Read: 102-266
Pages: 81 pages

1) The thing that is confusing to me in the book, The Adventures of Huckleberyy Finn is that it is kind of hard figuring out the words because they are really different. They are like the words in The Crucible.

2) The thing I wished to say to Jim (Miss Watson's slave) is that I think it was pretty noble of you to run away from your master (Miss Watson). Jim heard that Miss Watson was going to sell Jim to a plantation down the river. If I was on the spot like you were, I would probably run away to.

3) What I felt when I was reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was sad. I was sad because Miss Watson wanted to sell Jim to a plantation down the river. If I heard that Miss Watson was going to sell me to a plantation, I would be shocked. I felt really bad for Jim. Because if he went, he probably would feel weird being in a different enviroment. It is also sad because he would be treated horribaly and would be away from his wife and his children. Luckly he ran away! =D

Vocabulary #3

The words that I thought were interesting, good verbs or words that i didn't know were...

Budge: It means to begin to move.

Whooped: The sound of a person suffering.

Glimpse: It means to view or look.

Snag: To quickly take something.

Aggravate: To annoy someone or to make things worse.

(I made these definitions in my own words. Please tell me if I said them wrong.)

Reading Response

Name: Trent Smith
Date: November 8, 2007
Book: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Pages Read: 1-102
Pages: 102

I chose the questions 4 and 17 as my questions.

4) The thing I thought was exciting in this book so far is that Tom wants to play a trick on Jim while he was sleeping. Tom and Huck go up to the tree and steal 3 candles. And in return he puts a nickel were the 3 candles as pay. Then Tom walks very quietly to Jim and takes off his hat. He then puts it over a branch over him. And then Tom tells Huck what he did. When Jim wakes up he believes that someone had bewitched him and keeps the nickel. He thinks that the nickel has been gavin to him by the devil.

17) Well the person that I would want to be friends with would be Jim. He is one of Miss. Watson's slaves. He is the one character that acts more then a adult, compared to the other characters in the book. But he has lots of knowledge. And that knowledge can help me with my homework, if I get stuck on a math or humanities problem.

(This book is kind of like The Crucible)

Weekly Vocab

The words that I didn't know or I thought sounded cool were...

Blotted: A spot or a stain.

Ransomed: To release someone by paying the person that captured you money.

Ignorant: Unlearned.

Temperance: Self Control.

Thrashed: To get a beating as a punishment.

If I didn't get the definitions right, please tell me!

New Book

The book that I chose is called The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn. By: Mark Twain

Hatching Magic Reading Response

Name:Trent
Date:10-2-07
Title:Hatching Magic
Author:Ann Downer
Time:2 hours
Pages:1 - 242
Total Pages This Week: 242

I used 1, 15 as the questions I used.

1) One of the characters named Theadora reminded me of this kid, Luke, that was in the movie The Witches. Theadora is a very clumsy and very curious girl. Theadora and Luke are both curious and want to find every detail they can possibly find. Luke is also kind of clumsy but mostly very curious. Theadora reminded me of Luke.

2) I think that Kobold and his demon servant Febrys are very important to the story. They are the bad guys in the story. I think that they are very important in the story because with out them, the book wouldn't be as good. They made the conflict (situation) happen. And a great play, novel or movie has to have a great conflict so the play, novel or movie can be good.

This was a really great book. Theadora made her boring summer into the summer vacation of her life. =D

Vocabulary of the Week! Hatching Magic

The vocabulary in the book I chose were...

VOCABULARY

Drafty: Means not alright or uncomfortable.

Melodious: a beautiful tune. Like a bird singing.

Vanity: Means a character or quality or being vain

Begrime: To get something dirty.

Lavish: Giving things in great amounts. Lavish of his time (Used the sentence form the Dictionary)

That is all of My Weekly Vocabulary! =D