Novel Approach Book Clubs Round 2!

4/30/2018

Today we got new novels for the second round of book clubs. We reviewed the criteria for success, chucked our books into 4 sections, and then got reading. Remember the reading counts for your home reading program. After lunch, we had music and then worked on finishing our raps and animations.

1) Reminders:

Book club meeting date are as follows:
Meeting 1: Wednesday, May 2nd.
Meeting 2: Friday, May 4th
Meeting 3: Tuesday, May 8th
Meeting 4: Thursday, May 10th
Raps will be preformed Friday at 1pm so get memorizing!

2) Post A Response:

Choose 1 gift of words from your novel to share in the PAR tonight
Post the gift of words example word or phrase and then share your thinking around it. Be sure to explain the meaning within the context of the story

26 Comments

Emily

4/30/2018 03:59:25 pm

FIRST

Emily

4/30/2018 04:07:24 pm

Gift of Words Phrase: "Pure gold. That's what she was."

Context: It's being used from Liberty's point of view to describe her younger sister, Billie.

Meaning:
-could represent how innocent Billie is, she's only eight years old, and is trying to deal with the loss of their mother
-because she thinks of Billie as gold, it shows how much she loves her younger sister, unconditionally
-it also shows how Liberty holds Billie in high regards, that she cares about her, and that their relationship is very strong, unlike some siblings that argue constantly

LAWRENCE

4/30/2018 03:59:58 pm

Lawrence

5/1/2018 08:14:25 am

Mr.Fisher I couldn't comment yesterday it didn't show up the comment box. Right now, I go to go I'll do it tonight.

Tasia

4/30/2018 04:11:51 pm

Third

amairis

4/30/2018 04:17:04 pm

Fourth!

Amairis

4/30/2018 08:22:38 pm

Strange warmth of his magic eyes

Meaning/ My thinking
- William could feel the wizard staring into his eyes.

Miikka

4/30/2018 04:38:14 pm

Phrase: "Each piece had been lost then found.......reborn."

Context: Its being used in William's point of view to describe the items he used to build the windmill.

Meaning:
—It could mean he found the items in a "dying state" and he made them into a bigger, better item to use in life

—When he combined all the broken down items together, it could mean they were "reborn" into a more helpful source in his village

—It could mean they have a better "job" or "life" now that they are giving wind to people instead of giving more waste and worry to the ocean and humans.

Jordan

4/30/2018 04:43:29 pm

Book: The Boy who Harnessed the Wind

Gift of Words Choice: Each piece had been lost and then found... reborn

Meaning:

- Each thing people already used was lost/thrown away because they had no use for it

- It was found by him probably and was used again for another purpose he found. Each piece, which means they all become something more and else.

veer

4/30/2018 04:56:42 pm

5th

VEER

4/30/2018 05:20:48 pm

WHO has all there raps lines memorized

Emily

4/30/2018 05:27:31 pm

Moi

Tasia

4/30/2018 09:24:04 pm

Yup our group does :)

Jordan

4/30/2018 09:39:22 pm

ME!!!

Aaron

4/30/2018 05:42:52 pm

"A million bat wings beat against the lining of my stomach"

Context: Liberty was ditched at the gas station and is worrying about what to do.

Meaning:
- when your not feeling well mentally or physically you feel things in your stomach

- she's nervous, the oldest one so feels responsible for her sister but is unsure what to do

- scared, because she doesn't know what to do or what will happen to them

- Or Maybe she doesn't feel well, her stomach is upset (beginnings of heatstroke) because their sitting in the middle of the Arizona desert

Aaron

4/30/2018 05:43:28 pm

SIxTh

Lainey

4/30/2018 07:03:55 pm

7th

Lainey

4/30/2018 07:17:39 pm

Gift of Words Phrase: "As if one were looking into the clear water of the river, down to the bottom, where things might lurk which hadn't been discovered yet."

Meaning:
-The baby (Gabriel) has the same light coloured eyes like his, which is very rare. Maybe it means that it seems like you know that person very well and knows everything about them, but at the bed of the river, there are many things lurking in the dark that you know nothing about.

-Or that even though the baby has a high chance of getting Released, it might be special and is different from the rest of the newchildren.

-He might get along really well with Jonas

-I have a feeling Gabe is going to be a big part of the book (is he?)

David link

4/30/2018 07:35:19 pm

Book: Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave

Phrase: "Angry like the sun that burned a hole in the desert sky so hot and bright it might just eat us up."

Context: Twelve-year-old Liberty has been ditched by her unpredictable dad in the middle of Arizona with no one but her sister Billie, at a filthy gas station. So, as anyone would be, she's madder than mad can describe.

Meaning:
• Shows the raw anger of Liberty, both heated, but dangerous. The sun is the embodiment of Liberty because she feels both angry but powerful.
• Because of the sun's sometimes destructive power, it can also represent how anger can or will break Liberty's will and spirit. In a way, it shows the reader how anger can consume someone and break them from the inside.
• Anger never ends, as we've learned before; the sun won't either. Again, the length of the sun's life is a way of describing how anger will last.

Matt

4/30/2018 08:01:25 pm

Gift of word: I wished the world would open up and swallow me whole.

My thinking: That Georgina, the main character doesn't want to live that moment and just wants to be erased from existence.

Meaning within context: Georgina's friend Luanne Godfrey found out that she lives in a car because she has no money to rent or buy a house.

matt

4/30/2018 08:02:10 pm

How to steal a dog, book.

ray

4/30/2018 09:52:51 pm

i didnt bring my booklet home today

Kaya

4/30/2018 10:09:43 pm

I didn't bring my booklet home today because I finished it at school.... I'll do this PAR tomorrow?

Eric. Z

5/1/2018 08:27:44 am

I couldn't do this blog because I already finished my booklet at school, so I didn't bring it home.

Kaya

5/1/2018 08:32:43 am

“A million bay wings beat against the lining of my stomach...”

-she’s nervous
-like butterflies in her stomach
-wants to throw up

Tasia

5/1/2018 08:35:55 am

"His shoes were crazy glued to the floor."

- Ben wanted to hug his Mom, but he didn't want to show any signs of
weakness
- he wants to prove that he is strong and independent despite his
father's death

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