Guess what, kids? We’re starting to get VERY close to beginning work on our Book Videos! This is our 4th week of reading and responding to one another and soon you will need to begin writing your scripts, creating your storyboards and choosing images to illustrate your thoughts!
Also, have you been taking your AR tests on your project books as you finish them? I hope so! Passing your quizzes is a nice little chuck of your project grade!
Now, the part you’ve all been waiting for…THIS WEEK’S PROMPT! For this round, we’re going to think about the literary element of PLOT.
- When you’re creating your Book Videos in a week or so, we’re going to ask you to consider using a “cliffhanger” at the end to make viewers curious about what happens later on in your book. The videos are supposed to persuade others to want to read the books that they are based on and what better way to do than than to leave the audience wanting more! Your job is to identify and describe an exciting moment of the story and then leave us with a couple of questions. To help you out, I’ve included the following example:
In Masterpiece by Elise Broach, Marvin the beetle reveals that he has a talent for creating miniature drawings that are similar to the work of the famous artist Albrecht Durer. However, the drawings are attributed to his human friend James. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art wants James to help catch an art thief by creating a copy of a famous artwork, James and Marvin must go to the museum and not get caught while Marvin is working! Will they be able to fool everyone? Will Marvin be able to survive in the world without being squished? Read the book to find out!
- You may use any book that you have read on our project list to respond to this prompt!
If you have questions, please feel free to ask me or Mrs. Scott to help you! I’ve been really impressed with some of your comments and responses so far. Keep up the good work!
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charityb
// Sep 14, 2009 at 9:17 am
Everlost
Nick and Allie are trying to not get caught by a monter that lives in the forest. They are in a forest and mcgill does not know that there is a forset.And if he finds them they will get eaten and die. Do they get caught?Does Mcgill know where the forset is? Do Nick and Allie live?
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sierra g. Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 10:09 am
why are they in a forest? what are their last names? would you reccomended it? do you like this book or not?
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Trace m Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Is the Mcgill a human being?
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Mrs. S. Reply:
September 15th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Eaten and die? I thought they were already dead?
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travis h Reply:
September 18th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Do they live our die?Dose the monster have a name?
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Donovan.H
// Sep 14, 2009 at 9:57 am
In Artemis Fowl by Eion Cofler, Artemis is a 12 year old billionare crimanal mastermind. The young mastermind has been searching for a mysterious book, the fairy bible. Artemis finds the book but it is written a mysterious language called gnommish. Artemis decodes and reads the book. Now Artemis is after a real fairy.What does he want with a fairy? Will he find one? Read the book and find out.
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Hannah B - JCMS Reply:
September 17th, 2009 at 10:48 am
A fairy? Honestly? A FAIRY? For pete’s sake, this author sure does have an imagination…
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sierra g.
// Sep 14, 2009 at 10:00 am
In “trouble” Henry smith’s brother Franklin was hit by a pickup truck while he was out running.He lost his arm and went in to a coma.Henry decides he is going to go climb a mountain he and his brother were going to climb? Will they find who hit Franklin?will Franklin live or die? Will Henry make it up the moutain? Read “Trouble” to find out!!!!!!!!!!!
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kellie grider
// Sep 14, 2009 at 10:06 am
This book is called Savvy. In this book the main character is Mibs a 12 year old about to turn thirteen.Mibs wants to go see her poppa so she takes an adventure in one of the other characters bus. Mibs gets a savvy on the way or a special power. She is a good friend with a boy that goes on a trip with her his name is Will. Will Mibs see her poppa at the hospital? What will Mibs savvy be? What happened to Mibs poppa? Does Will like Mibs? You’ll have to read the book to find out.!
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Natalie P. Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Savvy sounds really good! What is Mibs like?? I might like to read it some time!!! So, the savvy is a special power she gets?? I will try to read it!
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seth
// Sep 14, 2009 at 10:09 am
The book Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. Harriet is a spy and has been for 3 years. keeping all her secrets in a note book. She has written in every day. In this notebook are things the world should never see – some good, some bad. She has written about a lot of things. But one day she loses it and her life falls apart. For it falls into the wrong hands and the person who has it spills her secrets. Can she get her notebook back and put her life back together? find out by reading Harriet the Spy.
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Lauren H. Reply:
September 16th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
This book looks interesting. but mabye you could leave me with more questions.
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Dallas B. Reply:
September 18th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
have you ever wached the movie? i wached a little bit of the movie. it seems like the book a little.
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Natalie P.
// Sep 14, 2009 at 10:11 am
Deep, Dark, and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn is about a girl, and her aunt, and her aunt’s little girl go to a cabin for the summer. Ali and Emma meet a mysterious girl named Sissy. She is always causing trouble between Ali and Emma. When Ali’s aunt Dulcie was a little girl, another little girl drowned in the lake. Will they find out the person who drowned the little girl??
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kellie g. Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
this book seems so good. i want to read this book so bad. so do you think that this book is good? i can’t wait till i can read it looks so interesting and awesome. maybe i can read it next as an extra book.
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Natalie P. Reply:
September 16th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I hope u get a chance to read it!
It is such a good book! I couldn’t believe that it ended so soon!
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seth Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Scary! that book realy sounds deep, dark, and dangerous. I think I might like to read it some time. How can they come up with stuff like this.
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Natalie P. Reply:
September 16th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
It is really the BEST book I have ever read!! I have no idea how they do it! Amazing, huh??
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Jodie B. Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Is the book your reading scary? Or interesting where you just can’t stop reading?
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Natalie P. Reply:
September 16th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
It is both kinda! My advice would be read it!!!!
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Mrs. S. Reply:
September 15th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Sounds like a good one!
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Natalie P. Reply:
September 16th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
OMG!!! You haven’t read it! It s like the best book ever!!!!!!!!
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Hannah B - JCMS Reply:
September 17th, 2009 at 10:44 am
I love that book. I guarentee that the ending will be surprising.
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Natalie P. Reply:
September 17th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I had finished it and it was sooooo good!!!
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sierra g.
// Sep 14, 2009 at 10:11 am
do you like this book. would you reccomended it for some one? what are the characters last names?
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Jodie B.
// Sep 14, 2009 at 10:18 am
In the book Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls, Sam wants to become a scientist, so he’s writing a book but the problem is he has leukimia so he’s tired all the time and he might not be able to finish it. Sam comes up with so many questions to answer in his book. Will Sam become a scientist or not? Does his book get published? Read the fastinating book to find out!
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Natalie P. Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I really do want to find out what happens! It sounds like a very good book! Can’t wait to read it!
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Jodie B. Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
YOU SHOULD read it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mackenzi G. Reply:
September 16th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Is it sad ?
Natalie P. Reply:
September 17th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
I am going to try to if my mom won’t let me read Twilight until next year!
Hannah B. Reply:
September 15th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
This book seems intertaing… Is it exciting like it sounds or is it just you don’t like it??? Or is it intertaining where you just can’t stop reading the book??
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AshleyR.
// Sep 14, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Deep and Dark and Dangerous
Ali goes with her ant to the river.her mom does not want her to go but she does.her mom says it is scary and she will dround.Ali has to watch Emea and her mom says she will be to busy. so will Ali dround?will Emea dround?read the book to find out!
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Natalie P. Reply:
September 17th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
OMG!!! It is soooooo good isn’t it!!!!!!! I have finally finished it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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skylar.w
// Sep 14, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Football Double Threat
One of the interresting moments in the story is a football player
named Rocky Fletcher goes from high school to callege and is a great football player and his favorite part is when he wins games
and his coaches wants him to play both open sides and both of his friends breakone of there legs.
Questins
Is Rocky Fletcher astar in football?
Is Rocky Fletcher a man for any spot?
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charityb Reply:
September 15th, 2009 at 7:36 am
how did they brake their legs.
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Skylar.w Reply:
September 16th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
By Getting Hit By Another FOOTBALL Player On The Other Team.
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Donovan H Reply:
September 16th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Skylar you spelt “Questions” wrong. This book sounds interesting for someone who likes football. What is his friends name who breaks his legs.
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Julia D.
// Sep 14, 2009 at 2:41 pm
In this book Waiting For Normal by:Leslie Connor.Addie tries to deal with her mother’s behavior and how her mom and dad are split up and all of her step sister.So Addie and her mom move to a trailer in front of a rail road track.Will her mom and dad get together again?Will addie stand up to her mother? You will find out after you read the book!
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Brian David Sandoval
// Sep 14, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George. The main character, Creel gets a dragon for her birthday from her grandmother. The dragon makes her go to a dungeon or cave. Creel talks to the dragon. At the end of the trail she finds a pool with a female dragon trapped in a spell. What did Creel say to the dragon? Who is the female dragon? Will Creel escape the cave? To find out, read the book.
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Matea .M
// Sep 14, 2009 at 6:21 pm
The book The Serial Garden written by Joan Aiken, there is two kids, Mark and Harriet that have the most craziest adventures you could never find in any other book. Theres ghost, goblins, dragons, griffins,
and many more that they find in their new town. Theres ghost in the attic, dragons under bridges, goblins next door. Do you think they can live with it?
Will they survive with all the animals? Read the book
The Serial Garden to find out.
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Trace m
// Sep 14, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Cirque Du Freak
A living nightmare….
Darren Shan is the main character and he has always loved spiders. One day him and his friend Steve went to a freak show called “Cirque Du Freak ” french for circus of freaks. During the show Darren saw this HUGE poisonous spider named “Madam Octa” and he just had to have it so in the next couple of days he had the thought of actually thought of STEALING the spider. If you want to find out if he steals th espider read on to find out.
To Be Contineued…….
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Natalie P. Reply:
September 17th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
I really want to read those books but every time I look for the first one it is always out!!!!!
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Matthew s. Reply:
September 18th, 2009 at 1:24 am
I love that book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kimberly.h
// Sep 14, 2009 at 7:43 pm
My book is Lunch Money by Andrew Clements. Someone took a boy’s lunch money and tried to give it to someone else. The boy needs his money back that the boy took to buy his lunch. He can not use the money anymore because the boy took it to give to someone else.
What do you think happened next?
Do you think that the boy gave his money back?
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Mackenzi G.
// Sep 14, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Hoot is by Carl Hiaasen there was alot of pranks that happend in the book . The one where someone put alligators in a portapotty was my favorite it happend at Mother Paulas Pancake House.Who is it do you know ? Can they stop him/her?
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courtney h.
// Sep 15, 2009 at 7:39 am
how is she trying to deal with her mother’s behavier.
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Chelsea H
// Sep 15, 2009 at 7:41 am
Cirque Du Freak A living Night Mare…
Darren Shan has always been fascinated with spiders. Darren has a friend named Steve Leonard. He likes vampire books. One day they found a flyer it had a freak show called Cirque Du Freak and all the performers. About a week later they go to the freak show at 12:00 P.M!! They see the act. Steve stays after the show is over he wants to become a vampire. Will he become a vampire?
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Cameryn D Reply:
September 16th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Why is Darren Shane so fancinated with spiders?
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Travis H
// Sep 15, 2009 at 3:31 pm
In this book Griffen and Ben find a old Bube Ruth card in the Rorldefrod house before tron down.Griffen and Ben are wanting there card after Swindle prices it at?They have to find a good team of detectives to get what is theirs.Will they get the card our get arrested?Find the price they put it at and see if they get back their card our get coat
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Hannah B.
// Sep 15, 2009 at 4:58 pm
1. The book that I have chosen is Game. An exciting moment in this book was that when their school won the basketball games.
2. A few questions that I have is will there be another book? Another question that i have is will the sieries continue? The last question is The book Game is an basketball book why didn’t the Author conclude more imformatin about basketball such as: fouls,walk, double dribble and etc?
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MaHailey
// Sep 16, 2009 at 7:25 am
My first book was ” Extra Credit.”The most exciteing part of the book was that Abby and another girl her age kept on passing notes to a different contry.
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Zachary S.
// Sep 16, 2009 at 2:20 pm
in the book the dangerous days of daniel x by james patterson the day that daniels parents were brutally murdered before his very eyes daniel has used his unique gifts to hunt down their assassin finally with the help of the list he is closing in on the killer. the question is will he find out who killed his parents?read the book to find out.
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Zachary T. Reply:
September 17th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
What are his unique gifts? How old is he? Tell me more about this book. Would you recommend it?
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Blake Q
// Sep 16, 2009 at 2:46 pm
The Big Feild.
The basese are loded the runner at third is try to still home. The pass gets around pete the chater. He runs to home plate he is out. Pete jumps up and up joy.
Does pete and his team win?
Does Pete hit a home run or not?
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Cameryn D
// Sep 16, 2009 at 7:52 pm
My first project book was “The Goatnappers”, their is a family living only with their mom. They come home from school one day and find out their mom has lost her job at the dairy farm. They have to sell some of their cows at a cow show. The oldest brother Justin decides he is going to sell his goat. He sells his goat to Mr. Grimstead a man that is in show buisness. Mr. Grimstead abuses the goat Little Billy. And then the kids dad comes back. Justin, his sister and brother Kate and Chip and their friends Luther and Lily decide to make a plan to kidnap Little Billy back. Will their plan work? Will they get caught? Does their dad want to come back? Read the book to find out.
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Lauren H.
// Sep 16, 2009 at 8:25 pm
* Runaway Dolls *
When Annabelle sees Mean Mimi she freezes wondering if MM was in p.d.s- permanent doll state. Anne was sitting trying to remember the first time she had meet MM. When kate went to school and anne and tiffaney got trapped in kate’s backpack and gets brought to a boys house and MM gets put into kate’s backpack accidentally and then kate goes home. Then Nora- kates little sis- sees MM talking to annebell-as a statue so she would not go into PDS. Rumors was said that she was put into PDS.
So is Mean Mimi in PDS?
Will annebell get hurt by Mean Mimi?
Read The Runaway Dolls a fascinating novel to DIE for!!!!!
HOPE U LOVE IT
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Audrea B.
// Sep 17, 2009 at 12:57 pm
This is a book called Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians. It is where Alcatraz is a boy and he has a talent. It is breaking things. His last name is Smedgrey. All Smedgreys have a talent. One day instead of breaking anything he burned the house down. He was sent to some other foster parents but that morning instead of going with the foster parents he went with his grandpa. Well, at least we think it is his grandpa! Do you think this man is really Alcatraz’s grandpa? If you want to know more, read the book!
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Zachary T.
// Sep 17, 2009 at 10:02 pm
In the book Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Chip and Jonah are new friends both are adopted, both are receiving mysterious letters saying they are one of the missing.Things get stranger as they try to find out about their adoptions. The FBI want them to drop it .People hang up on them and they find out there are a lot more kids that where adopted 13 years ago.Why were so many kids adopted at the same time? Will they find out the connection?Why is the FBI involved? Read Found to find the answers to the mystery.
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mackenzie.a
// Sep 18, 2009 at 11:20 am
11 Birthdays
In 11 Birthdays Amanda an Leo are born togather, on the day of their birth a woman with a duck shaped birth mark says that the children will have their birhday togather forever.On their first birthday they learned to walk , on their fifth they planted seeds in homemade pots and on their tenth they learned some words you cant take back.The kids find their selves on the same day over and over agian. why?Will they ever see saturday?How will they solve this? read this book to find out.
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Dallas B.
// Sep 18, 2009 at 6:06 pm
In this book The Potato Chip Puzzles by Eric Berlin. Winston and his friends love puzzles. Winston helps the principal solve a puzzle that came to the principal in the mail. After they solved it they had to get 2 other kids and a teacher from that school for an all day puzzle contest plus the winning team gets $50000.00 for their school. But when they leave they get a flat tire they go back and there is glass there that was not there be for. Then they get to the first puzzle some one has moved the sign that tells them were the puzzle is. Hue will get hit next by the cheater? Will Winston and his friends find out who the cheater is? Who is the cheater?
Dallas Bailey
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Matthew S
// Sep 18, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Hello, I’m Matthew. I’m here to tell you about The Lightening Thief. Zeus’, one of the gods, staff is stolen. Percy is given the quest to save a war between the gods and to save his father, Poseidon. Ares tries to frame Percy for stealing the staff. Will Percy catch the thief or will there be a war between the gods?
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Kimberly H
// Sep 23, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Lunch Money by Andrew Clements is about a young boy who likes money. He will do anything for money, he loves to make, save, and spend money. After noticing, that kids have extra to spend after lunch, Greg starts operating his business at school and starts selling.
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