Hello again, my friends! We are now in Week #2 of our Reading Project and I have a small housekeeping issue to discuss with you.
PLEASE be careful when you are selecting the blog post to which you are planning to respond! I had some issues last week and over the weekend with students who had written lovely comments, but they wrote them in the WRONG PLACE. To preserve what little sanity I have left, I did NOT approve those comments and I sent emails to those students telling them that they needed to re-post.
This is not the first time Mrs. Scott and I have taken students to this particular rodeo, so there are OTHER posts that have “Week #2″ in the title! If you notice, our posts for this project have the dates of our particular “Week #2″ in them, so hopefully that should help get you to where you need to be going!
So without further adieu, this week’s topic is (drumroll, please!) SETTING!
- Describe the setting of your first project book (and pretty please include the title of the book in your comment!). Remember that setting is made up of two concepts – place and time – and you need to describe them BOTH. Let’s think of setting more in terms of time period than time of day and if there is a city, state or country that is a part of your setting then that would be helpful, as well.
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- Tell us about a specific event in the book and explain how the setting was important to that plot point. Setting and plot always work together and we want you to illustrate that for us using your book! Select an event and then describe how the “where/when” of that event taking place is important to the “what” that is happening in the story. We’re looking for a setting-plot connection!
We look forward to reading your responses!
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14snbryant
// Aug 31, 2009 at 1:38 pm
My book, “THe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks” is taking place at Alabaster Preparatory in the present time.
A specific event that happened was when they go to the golf course. It was @ nightime and no one was supposed to know about the get together. The setting is important because the golf course was the only place that they could hide the get together.
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Jordan M
// Aug 31, 2009 at 1:39 pm
The setting of my first book Running Out Of Time is in 1840 the place is in Clifton. The time is 1840 when there is no medicine to for them. The place is Clifton that is where they live.
A specific event in the book is that there is a sickness in Clifton and children are dying.How it is important because there is no medicine so the chidren can die if someone or somthing doesn’t help.
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Mrs. S. Reply:
September 4th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
What’s so great about this book is that the setting changes as you continue to read. It’s an interesting surprise!
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Justin T.
// Aug 31, 2009 at 1:39 pm
The setting of The Hunger Games is cold, and a little bit dark. It was in the early morning in district 12 / all districts in panama.
A specific event in the book is the reaping. It is in district 12 and all districts as well. It is important to the capital. Because it chooses two people a boy and a girl to kill each other at the Hunger Games for entertainment.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Watch out for using a “time of day” as part of your setting! Remember, you’re supposed to think of this more as a “time period”. Is this book set in the past, present or the future?
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Brianna R.
// Aug 31, 2009 at 1:41 pm
My book is called Imopssible. Lucylives i n Bosten with her foster parents , at their house. This book can be real in ways but not the curse. Lucy is a girl who stays at home most of the time never does much so prom night’s big for her. Her parents were nerveous and worried about her going out by herself and now they wish she would have never gone because if she wonldn’t have gone there would be no story.
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Kinley d.♥☻☺ Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I am really thinking about reading this book it sounds so cool!!!!!!
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Alek B
// Aug 31, 2009 at 1:45 pm
The setting of my book Enders game would be in the battle school which is in null in SPACE . the book has not mentioned the time of the setting.
An important setting to the book is battle school which is very very important to the plot because when Graff trys to recruit Ender to battle school before they go to space.
(Ender Wiggins is 6 years old, and alieans have invaded earth twice already and they want to prevent the third time from happening)
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:06 am
The book didn’t mention a time? I think that you could infer “when” this book is taking place if you think it over a bit. If the main place the action happens is out in space, then does the book take place in the past, present or the future?
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Justin S.
// Aug 31, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I heart you,
You haunt me.
The setting was a huge part in this book. It was a warm evening at a graveyard in Florida for Jason’s funeral. Jason is Ava’s dead boyfriend. The plot in the stroy is that even after Jason is dead, Ava can stil talk to him. If Jason wouldn’t have died, Ava wouldn’t be talking to Jason’s ghost.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Very good! Is there anything in particular about the book being set in Florida that has a direct impact on the plot? How did Jason die and become a ghost?
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Aaron L.
// Aug 31, 2009 at 1:52 pm
In i heart you, you haunt me It is present time. they have cars, computers and trains.
There’s a part in the book were ava is at home. She started to get cold and Then her music player Turned on by its self and it started to play a song by greenday. Ava knew is was her dead boyfreind Jason.
The reason why it is important is that it shows that Ava can still Communicate with Jason
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Simon T. Reply:
September 4th, 2009 at 10:19 am
that seems scary man…and interesting..so i might, MIGHT read it but if you can read it in about a day like i saw you do then it seems like its really empty book and would end to fast….to fast isnt good if you really like a book.
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mason m.
// Aug 31, 2009 at 1:52 pm
In my book Sunrise Over Fallujah all the character (Birdy) sees is sand, sand, and more sand. Fallujah is a scortching hot dessert in Asia. The green zone (north of Iraq) is where everyone wants to be but in the cities and fights is where everybody is eager to be. In the story a humvee traveling on a sand covered road slides out of controll. Without the sand this event would not have occured.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Very perceptive of you, Mason! Are there any other ways that you can think of that the geography and climate of Iraq impact the plot of the novel?
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Kinley D.♥☻☺
// Aug 31, 2009 at 1:53 pm
My book is titled no more dead dogs. The setting in this book is mainly in a school. the setting in this story is in a school during modern day. The plot in this book is that Wallace Wallace is trying to rewrite a play Old shep my pal. The setting is important because it is a school play.
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Mrs. S. Reply:
September 4th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Is there anything else that is significant about the setting? Could this story have happened anywhere else?
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Kelly S.
// Aug 31, 2009 at 4:12 pm
The title of my second project book is “I heart you, You haunt me”. The main character is a girl named Ava who is in love with her boyfriend Jackson. Ava dared him to bungee jump off a cliff into the water in the afternoon. Right when Ava realized it was a bad idea she screamed “No, Jackson stop!”, but it was two seconds too late. Two days after Jackson’s death Ava was at her house in her bathroom, and she saw Jacksons face in her mirror. Ava can’t feel him, she can’t hear him, she can only see him in things that are reflective, and only the quiet whispers in her mind. Sometimes he does little things to let her know he’s there, like turn on the radio to a certain song they listened to in the past, turn the fireplace on, and even flip through the channels on the television.
I liked this book very much because I thought it was absolutely amazing how even after his death, their love didn’t die. I highly recommend this book to those who love to read books about love.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:27 am
That’s an excellent description, Kelly! However, I don’t think you addressed the promp exactly.
What is the setting of this novel and are there any important plot points that are directed impacted by the “where” or “when” factors?
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melanie h.
// Sep 2, 2009 at 8:46 pm
The book “The Adoration of Jenna Fox” was set in a futuristic time period. I know this because all of the medical equipment was much more advanced than we have now. The family moved from Boston to Cotswold where most of the story takes place around Jenna’s house. The school setting is also used for part of the story.
Jenna was in a really bad car accident where she ended up in a comma. The hospital setting was used to let the reader know how serious Jenna’s injury was. While the machines in the hospital gave the reader a sense of drama would they be enough to save Jenna’s life. During this time Jenna’s life hin the balance and at this point the reader is so engaged aobut what is going to happen that it’s hard to put the book down. In order for you to learn what happens to Jenna you will need to read this book!
It’s a GREAT book!
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Mrs. S. Reply:
September 4th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Can you imagine that something like what happens in this book could ever happen? This is somewhat science fiction and I don’t usually like science fiction as much as other types of fiction, but I really liked this book.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:30 am
I actually like science fiction
, but my favorite sort of sci-fi is the type where you can easily imagine the technology being real. Like in this book, for example! This book also is a very “human” story, which I think makes it more accessible to a larger group of people.
I’m so glad that you liked it, Melanie!
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Joni M. Reply:
September 4th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I may need to read this book!! It sounds GREAT!!!! Do you think I would like it?? =)
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I think you might! It’s not the kind of thing that you normally read, but I think that you’ll really get into it.
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Amber H.
// Sep 3, 2009 at 3:15 pm
A:My book :Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales” has many short stories but the one I’m going to pick is “Writing on the Walls.”
In this story the setting takes place at a victorian house and it is supposed to be haunted while a family moving into it are trying to fix it up. The time period takes place during the summer.
B:In the story Mark Banks daughter Kate Banks stood at the window of the so called haunted victorian house where they say a girl got pushed out of that very same window and Tom Mayer walked behind her and tried to kill her the exact same way the other girl got killed…because she resisted true love! In this part of the story the setting is important because a event that happened in the past is happening all over again in the exact same house and the exact same spot but to a very different person!
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Good connection, Amber. Which of the stories in this collection was your favorite?
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Miranda M.
// Sep 3, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Q. A) “Every Soul A Star,” it is in the present. It is at camp MOON SHADOW. The camp is in the midde of nowhere. The closest town is 80 miles away.
Q. A) All the main characters have met. The only reasons they have met is because: 1. Ally is ging to move to the city.
2. Bree’s family is taking over MOON SHADOW. 3. Jack has went to camp because it was that or summer school.
They are becoming friends.
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Brianna R. Reply:
September 4th, 2009 at 10:04 am
You make me want to read this book! You leave without telling it all.
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Jordan G Reply:
September 8th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
manda very goooooooooooood description of the setting it makes me feel sooo sad for all of themm being stuk in the middle of nowhere and it tells me alil bout the plot or wat happens.
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Will M.
// Sep 3, 2009 at 8:41 pm
A: My book is called Me, The Missing, and the Dead.
In my book a 16 year old boy named (Luckas Swain) has found this urn in a cab service bilding on the shelf in the bosses office. The wierd thing is he think she is trying to talk to him. He also think she is trying to tell him wut has happend to his dad (Peat Swain) that has went missing 5 years prviously. All this happends in a Town in England.
:B Dureing the book Luckas go to a taxie servic bilding at 12:00 at night and finds a urn sitting on a shelf in the bosses office. This is inportant to the plot because if he did not find the urn he would have never thought the urn would be trying to tell him something about his dad.
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Justin T. Reply:
September 4th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Hey wil I might want to read this book in the future some day, and it does sound like a good book!
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Simon T.
// Sep 4, 2009 at 10:15 am
in graceling the setting is in a land were the land is divided up into 7 kingdoms and is surrounded by water, i would sat its set back in older times.one place were something important happens is at the archery range when its dark. its important that katsa is there because if she wouldn’t have been there then she wouldnt have met Po. This is important because the whole book is centered around this couple going on a big adventure to save Princess Bitterblue.
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tristain m. Reply:
September 6th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
That sounds iteresting because if she had never met him there wouldn’t be a book.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:35 am
I’m currently on Chapter 11 of “Graceling” and I’m really enjoying it so far. I agree that the scene at the archery range is very important. What a fight!
I can’t wait to find out who kidnapped Po’s grandfather!
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Brandon S.
// Sep 4, 2009 at 6:30 pm
My book is called Brooklyn Nine and it takes place in the war in 1864 with a guy named Louis Schneider who is a union solider who plays baseball in between battles the civil war.
It happens in he present durng the war.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:36 am
How does the novel take place during the present? I thought that you said it took place during the Civil War. Also, I’m unclear as to “where” the action takes place.
Please explain!
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Joni M.
// Sep 4, 2009 at 8:10 pm
A) The setting of All the Broken Pieces, is mostly on the baseball feild (well that is where the most important part of the book takes place.) It is in the past it was based around the Vietnam War.
B) A specific event in the book is when Matt and Rob share thier stories with each other concerning Vietnam. Matt talks to Rob about his life in Vietnam and Rob talks about how he lost his brother in the Vietnam War. This all takes place on the baseball field. (The baseball field is the setting.) This is important to the story because Matt and Rob both play baseball and they both have secerets about Vietnam. This is conneceted to the story because they both tell there stories about Vietnam on the baseball feild.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Good description! What brings Matt and Rob to the baseball field? Do they play together on a team? Is this some sort of neighborhood pick-up game?
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alanis c.
// Sep 4, 2009 at 9:45 pm
A:the setting of my book “peeled” is in a small town called banseville.my book is taking place in the present time.
B:one event in my book is when the little girl namde missy is riding her bike in front of the ludlow house and a tree almost fell on her and she rode out in the rode and almost got hit by a car.
the setting was important because there were alot of trees in front of the ludlow house and in order for a tree to fall over there would have been atleast one tree in the yard. also she was rideing on the side of the rode so it was posible that a car could have almost ran over her!
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Good connection! Why is the Ludlow house important to the story?
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tristain m.
// Sep 6, 2009 at 2:32 pm
My book Life as We Knew It is taking place in a small town in Philadelphia.
In the winter season Miranda’s mom and brothers get the flu and they can’t take care of themselves. She has to stay home and take care of them becuse if she doesn’t they will die and at one point she just wants to pull her hair out because they’re so annoying. But she does get away from the to go skiing.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Do you think this book takes place in the past, present or future, Tristain?
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tristain m. Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I beleave the book takes place in persent time Mrs. Northcutt.
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Katlyn .M
// Sep 6, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Thristy setting is in Bradley, Massachusetts and other town’s around that area I do not know what time it is placed
Apart in the book I thought was kinda intersting was at the very end where Chet the Celestial being (read and find out what he really is) and Chris are in the woods awaiting Tch’muchgar the vampire lord to arrive and inslave the planet while Chris is in horror Chet was welcoming Tch’ muchgar the woods over looked a river and in the midle of the river Chris started to see a fingure of the one and only Tch’ muchgar but as his form started to take place he dissapeared
I think the setting play’s a big role in this scene because the spooky forset with a river make’s the scene sound even more finger biting intersting the dark high point of the story need’s a dark setting to keep you on you’re feet!
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Think about “time” in the sense of past, present or future. Which of those does it seem most likely matches the book? Remember, it could be a POSSIBLE present and not the same one that we are currently experiencing.
Good connections in your response, Katlyn!
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courtney a.
// Sep 8, 2009 at 1:09 pm
MY first book was kalideoscope eyes the setting was in the backyard of the A.M.E church. they were digging for treasure they were back there every night for 6 weeks trying to look for treasure they finally found the treasure and got it out they found out hw much it was worth and sold it lyza, carolann, and malcolm split the money for good causes.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:44 am
You forgot the “time” part of your setting! Does this book take place in the past, present or the future?
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Jordan G
// Sep 8, 2009 at 9:17 pm
A) The setting of my first book (the earth my butt and other big round things) is in the modern time of New York City, New York. the main places in the book are the Shreves’s apartment and the private school Brewster. In one scene of the book the setting is in modern time Seattle. An when i say modern i mean the day we teenagers live in.
B) one event that happened in my book that relates to the setting and plot is… Virginia Shreves bought 2 nonrefundable plane tickets to Seattle without even thinking about asking her parents for permeation. She went 2 Seattle, Washington stayed with her friend and got her eyebrow pierced another thing without permeation!!!!!!!!!the setting part of this is important because Virginia did a modern day reaction.(she want to see her friend so badly she didn’t care what her parents said) for example teenagers may be told they can’t go, do, or buy what they want but if they have the money and a way to go there or whatever most of them will do it. the reason it the setting cliks with the plot(sequents of events) is it happens when Virginia is finally waking up to who she is and wants to be and learning alot more about her family that helps wake her up.
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Mrs. Northcutt Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Excellent job, Jordan! I think you’ve captured something that illustrates why this is a wonderful book. I feel like Virginia is such an authentic, dynamic character that she just jumps right off the page!
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