Summarizer

          The three kids meet in the alley with the Egyptians and enter the yard to find the Oracle's answer to Ken's question. When April took the paper out of the beak there really was an answer on the slip. The kids all started to argue. They accused Toby but he denied it. 
          The next day every one just wanted to move on but Marshall lost Security. No one could find him any where.
          At school, Toby confesses to April and Melanie that it was him writing the Oracle's answers. During the ceremony, he commanded the Egyptians to prostrate themselves, and while they were bowing he took a peek at the question.
          

Vocabulary Enricher - Kai

Flattered - Paragraph 1, Page 122
Cause someone to feel honored.

Homesick - Paragraph 2, Page 122
Distress caused by separation from home.

Respectful - Paragraph 1, Page 122
To admire someone deeply.

Fink - Paragraph 2, Page 122
To inform someone.

Thrilled - Paragraph 2, Page 123
Feeling of excitement.

Lifelike - Paragraph 2, Page 123
Very similar to thing that it representation

Wicked - Paragraph 1, Page 124
Evil or morally wrong

Theatrical - Paragraph 1, Page 124
Relating to theater

Altar - Paragraph 2, Page 124
Table in church where communion is held

Balefully - Paragraph 3, Page 124
Menacing

Unglued - Paragraph 2, Page 125
No longer stuck

Everyplace - Paragraph 3, Page 125
Everywhere

Crummy - Paragraph 2, Page 126
Dirty/unpleasant

Blotchy - Paragraph 2, Page 129
covered with blotches

Discussion Director - Kai 6B

1. Why do you think Ken and Toby are so exited about the death ceremony?                                    A. Because they are boys and they like stuff related to death.
2. Where do think Ken and Toby get their ideas?                                                                                A. They probably get their ideas from books and their imagination.
3. Where do you think security is?                                                                                                       A. I think Marshal left him at the Egypt game or left it a day care.
4. What do you think they thought the thunder was?                                                                           A. They probably thought it was an omen from the gods.
5. Do you think anyone stole security or what do you think happened to him?                                  A. The owner of A-Z Antiques probably took it and is selling it or taking care of it.

Vocab Enricher

pg 142 Oracle a prophet that speaks through the gods
pg 158 Giggly to laugh oddly
pg 158 Bast fibrous material from trees
pg 159 Anxious showing worry or nervousness
pg 159 Pestering trouble or annoy
pg 166 Ceremony religious or public occasion

Literature Circles #5 (last) - Illustrator

This literature circle session was the fifth and last one, and the end of the sixth round of reading.

Jobs & Pages:
Pages: 185 to 215 (the end).

David: Illustrator
Aleksa: Discussion Director.
Riley Discussion Director.
(Miss understanding between Aleksa and Riley).

About My Job:
This time I was the Illustrator again. I was supposed to read the assigned pages and then do some kind of drawing of something I read, I decided to do a sketch. I drew a sketch of April getting grabbed by a man in the professor's storage yard.

The presentation plan was to show the other group members the sketch and they would guess what it was. Both Aleksa and Riley guessed the correct answer, a man grabbing April in the storage yard.

Conclusion:
I think this literature circle session went very well. Although, there was a miss understanding between two of the group members so they did the same job, they still did it. Everybody read the assigned pages and brought their work, so it was good. It was the last literature circle session, so it is good that it went well.

THIS IS MY SKETCH:



   

The Disscusion Director-Aleksa Djuraskovic

Who did you think grabbed April before we found out? Why did you think he grabbed her?

Me: The professor, even though everyone thought someone else than the professor I thought it was him since he was weird.

David: I thought it was Mr. Smith.

Riley: I thought it was someone else than the professor because the old man does not like to crawl around his so why would he crawl now.

 

Why were people buying more things from the professor then before?

Me: Because he was a hero.

David: Since he saved April and because of that they respected him more.

Riley: Because he saved a person’s life and that should be recognized.

 

What was April's reply to Dorothea's letter asking her to come visit for Christmas? What does this show about her?

Me: She declined since she liked were she had better friends there than at Hollywood and she knew she was becoming a better person there.

David: She replied that she didn’t want to go, it shows that she has made friends and wants to be with them.

Riley: She thought that her life in Hollywood wasn’t as good as life there because she didn’t have friends there like she did here.

 

What do you think will happen to the Egyptians and the Egypt Game?

Me: I think they will move on and new kids will come to play.

David: I think they would want to work with Egyptian things when they grow up.

Riley: I think that a new game will happen.

 

Tell me how April's character was developing throughout the story?

Me: She started of being a spoiled child, used to being listened to and being rich and now she is a good friend and a normal child.

David: She became less of a Hollywood girl.

Riley: She became less fancy.

 

 

 

 

Riley Discussion-Director (last time)

1.Who do you think the killer was when it first happened?
Aleksa: The Professor
David: He thought it was Mr.Smith
Me: It was someone other than the professor .
2. Why did the professor be depressed most of the time.?
Aleksa: He was lonely
David: He did not have many customers
Me:His wife died
3.Did you like the book? Why?
Aleksa: Yes. It had cliffhangers, action and everything I like except comedy.
David: Yes. Because in the end it was kinda exciting .
Me: Yes. Because the suspense was well made.
4. Why do you think Marshall did not need security around as much anymore?
Aleksa: Because he was becoming more independent.
David: Because he was becoming more mature.
Me: The incident made him grow up.
5. What did the Professor give the Egypt game players?Why?
Aleksa: The keys, because he thought it would be more useful for them.
David: The keys, so they could play the Egypt game.
Me:The keys, because he like watching them have fun.