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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Vocabulary corrections

I need to add 4 weeks of vocabulary to raise my grade, so here are my 2 words and definitions:]


Sojourn: to dwell for A time
Prink: to dress up
Longueur: A dull passage in a book
Slaver: to drool
Physiognomy: the face or facial features
Iota: ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, or I
Risible: rising laughter
Elysium: Paradise
Purblind: reduced vision
Fillip: a snap
Flaneur: a lounger
Clamber: to climb with difficulty



Friday, May 13, 2011

Readers Response 3

The Spanish embassy members are flying to Ireland now to pick up Liam Devlin. He is a bartender in a bar on a back street in ireland.

Readers response 2

The team recruited to recover colonel steiner will be led br a Former IRA agent Liam delvin. He is a number one wanted criminal in London.

Readers response 1

This week I read the eagle has flown. Himmler has sent a team of German paratroopers to kidnap Churchill. This sounded impossible, but the team came incredibly close. He is now sending someone to snatch up the last survivor of the paratrooper squadron.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Readers Response 3

The boy who dared: Helmuth got caught creating the letters. he will be put into prison until his trial. I would hate this with all the torture it comes with.

Readers response 2

The Boy who dared: Helmuth's cell is a crammed and small place where he has nothing to do. He cant even look out the window without torture. I would honestly hate this because I dont like being bored.

Readers response 1

The boy who dared: Helmuth is making leaflets to spread the non German news. I could never do this because I wouldn't be able to break the law that easily.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Readers Response 3

The buy who dared: Helmuth feels like he should share the information he receives but does not know how. I wouldn't feel like this because of all the trouble I could get in if I did.

Readers response 2

The boy who dared: Helmuth is listening to the radio on a non german station, which is verboten (forbidden). I would never be able to do this because I would fear the consequences.

Readers response 1

The boy who dared: this week I read the boy who dared. Helmuth is in prison and hears someone get executed. I would do what he does during this, Vomit. I would hate to have to listen to that

Friday, March 25, 2011

Readers Response 3

The boy who dared: Helmuth is now starting to doubt the Nazis as they start to blame Jews for Germany's problems. He doesn't know what he can do about it yet. He thinks that this treatment is unfair.

Readers response 2

The boy who dared: Helmuth's mom refuses to let him go to a Nazi rally, claiming he is too young... Helmuth tries his best to go but still cant. The next day at school there are Nazi symbols everywhere. there is a nazi guard with the teacher and all he dose is teach nazi beliefs.

Readers response 1

The Boy Who dared: Helmuth is a patriotic little German during the time when Hitler rises to power. He thinks highly of the Nazis and wants to become one when he gets older. His mom hates the Nazis and thinks Hitler is a very bad leader. I think that I would think good of Hitler during this time too.

Vocabulary words

Verboten- German for Banned
Luftwaffe- German for Air Force
Mutti- German for Mom

Friday, March 11, 2011

Readers Response 3

Rangers Apprentice:

  Will is meeting up with his friends when his old rival/bully walks up and insults his ranger horse. Horace, the bully, then decides to try to ride the ranger horse, which then flips him off his back and makes will laugh. this really helped will get even with horace.

Readers response 2

Ranger's Apprentice:

     Will is now heading over to meet with all the other orphans who were with him. they had all gone their separate ways and he is sort of scared to meet with them. he feels like they wont accept him as he is an apprentice to a lesser craftmaster.

Vocabulary

Largess: gifts of money
truckle: to bend to the will of others
confute: to prove false

Readers response 1

This week I read rangers apprentice. I feel that the character will is really progressing along. He has gone from a lowly orphan child to a ranger (a mideval ninja) who is respected by many others. he killed a massive wild boar that was terrorizing the farms around the castle.