Your Task: You are going to be "Lifting A Line." That's when you take a line from the book and really think about it. You may find a connection, make a prediction, infer the meaning, think about how things in the story are related, and etc.
Example:
Story: Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Author: Beverly Cleary
Line Lifted: She tried not to think of the half-overheard conversations of her parents after the girls had gone to bed, grown-up talk that Ramona understood just enough to know her parents were concerned about their future.
My Understanding: I know that Ramona's father is working much less than he used to since he is going back to school. I think that this worries Ramona because the family has to be more careful with their money. I also think that Ramona believes that her parents are concerned about money too and that they talk about it after Ramona is in bed. They probably think that Ramona doesn't hear them, but she is trying to listen closely. I think that since Ramona is a kid, she should be more concerned with "kid issues" like helping around the house, going to school, and being friendly towards others. She should do this instead of worrying about grown-up problems that she can't do anything about.
Story: The tale of the forth grade nothing
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Beverly Cleary
Line Lifted: We keep our equipment under my bed. We have a set of Magic Markers, Elmer's glue, Scotch tape, a really sharp pair of scissors, and a container of silver sparkle.
My Understanding: I know that Petter's family keep's there equipment under Petter's bed. I think they do that because Petter's has a litter brother named Fuged. So that is why I think they put they equipment under Petter's bed.
Story:Percy Jackson and the sea of monsters
ReplyDeleteAuthor:Rick Riordan
Line lifted:Just "listen.The real story of the fleece:there were these two children of Zeus,Cadmus and Europa,okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices,when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool, which picked them up in Greece and carried them all the way to Colchis in Asia Minor. Well, actually it carried Cadmus."
My Understanding:I learned that the golden fleece is magical and can help injured or sick parts of nature like,if you cut a branch off a tree you can get the fleece and put it near the tree and that branch you cut off will grow back.
Story:Diary of a wimpy kid
ReplyDeleteAuthor:Jeff Kinney
Line lifted:We are getting our stuff from our lockers at the end of the day,and Rowley came up to me and said,"do you want to come over to my house to PLAY??" I have tolled Rowley at least 1 billion times that now we are in the middle school you're supposed to say "hang out!" Not "play."
My understanding:I know that Greg is fed up that Rowley keeps on saying "play." Not "hang out." Now that they are in the middle school it is a lot cooler way to ask someone if the would like to come over to your house tonight! I know Rowley is a person who is if someone says something to him it will go through the first ear and out the other ear. My last understanding is that Greg gives Rowley noogies so he will listen but Rowley still never listens!
Story: Witch & Wizard - The Gift
ReplyDeleteAuthor: James Patterson
Line lifted: My brother actually looks impressed with Byron's efforts, while I'm thinking he just ruined my chances of hiding from all the New Order loving neighborhood snitches.
My understanding: Whit looks impressed because Byron got footage of Margo getting eliminated by the use of magic by sneaking into the Court of Justice with his camera phone and he got the video of Margo dying. Whit is surprised because he doesn't think that Byron got caught and actually got the footage safely.
Wisty thinks that Byron might have actually got seen by a new order guard using the camera phone and the guard might follow Byron then they might find her and Whit and they are wanted wizards. Wisty is scared and worried because they might go to jail or get eliminated probably.
Story: Little House on the Prairie
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Line Lifted: Laura and Mary were up next morning earlier than the sun. They ate their breakfast of cornmeal mush with prairie-hen gravy, and hurried to help Ma wash the dishes.
My Prediction: I know that they are traveling in a wagon. I'm predicting that they are going somewhere in the wagon because they are excited and that's why they were up so early. They still had to help with the dishes even though they were going somwhere.
Story: Diary of a Whimpy Kid
ReplyDeleteAuthor:Jeff Kenny
Line lifted: It turns outthat I didn't have the headphones plugged into the stereo.So the music was actually coming through the speakers, not the headphones.
My understanding:Is that Greg thought he had the headphones plugged in but he didn't and the music was coming from his spreakers. IT was load and Greg's dad was very mad.And Greg got in trouble.
Title: The Mysterious Benedict Society
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Trenton Lee Stewart
Line Lifted : The room was on the seventh floor, as Reynie had suspected. The door had no sign on it, but after roaming the empty hallways and looking at all of the other door signs (there was a 7-A, 7-C, 7-D,and a 7-E) they returned to the unmarked door, upon which Kate knocked boldly
My understanding: Is that Sticky, Kate ,and R eynie want to get to the 2nd test so the were proplem sloving to find 7-B so they knew there were 7-A, 7-C, 7-D ,and 7-E, there was a unmarked door so it made sense to them that it mite be 7-B.
Title: Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery
ReplyDeleteAuthor: David A. Adler
Line Lifted: Cam turned and watched the two agents and the police officers go to the back of the library. She looked at the large windows in the new library. She looked up at the skylights. She took a deep breath and then whispered to Eric, "I don't see or smell smoke. If a gun was shot in here, there would be smoke."
My understanding:I think that a gun shot was outside of the window and missed. The person lost their balance and missed the window. I want to read more of the story.
Title:bugs
ReplyDeleteauthor:Jinny Johnson
chaper:scorpions
Usually just a few inches long,scorpions are feared as deadly huters by there sinner and vemon.
I understand that scorpions are very hurtful to humans by there deadly wepons.I don't know why the author used huters as a dcriping word.
Story:Ramona's World
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Beverly Cleary
Line Lifted: " I have a lot of family members but the most exciting part is a baby sister named Roberta after her father, Robert Quimby. " Look at her tiny fingernails," Ramona marveled as she looked at the sleeping Roberta, "and her little eyebrows. She is already a whole person, only little. Ramona could not wait for the first day of school so she could spread the news about her baby sister.
My Understanding: I know that Ramona's mother just had a new baby and Ramona is dieing to tell her school classmates about the new baby. I have a connection that my aunt is having her 3rd baby just like Ramona's mother had her 3rd baby. I am excitsd to tell my classmates about the cool news just like Ramona was excited to tell her classmates. I have a perdiction for the rest of the book. I think that Ramona will grow to be older and then Roberta will grow up just as fast as Ramona did and they both will be all grown up by the time Beezus is out of school. I also wonder how Ramona might react if Roberta grows up later in the story. I think that I will be looking at the baby the same way Ramona did when Roberta was sleeping. That is what I think about this line!!
book: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
ReplyDeleteLifted line: Some day I wil be rich and famous but for now I am stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.
I understand that Greg Heffly dreams of being rich and famous some day and he is in his first year of middle school.
Title:Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
ReplyDeleteAuthor: J.K. Rowling
text:The old scar on his forehead,witch was shaped like a bolt of lightning. was burning beneath his fingers as though had just put a white-hot wire to his skin
line lifed: I understand that when his scar starts to burn it means danger is coming. But the thing that really keeps me wondering is what is the danger when I read this book. Like was the danger from his dream like that may happen to him or was it just from the dream that probeley made him paronoid. But thingdn't get when I read this book if it was just a dream why would his scar be burning so badly.
My book:The Mouse Island Marathon
ReplyDeleteAuthor:Geronimo Stilton
My line lifted:''Wow big brother,when did you become a sportmouse? I thought I DEFINETLY wasn't a sportmouse.Later my cousin Trap came in. He blabbered,How is traning going? How could a wimp like you become a sportmouse?
I have a connection that I blabber on and on and on and on like Geronimo's cousin, Trap.I also have a connection that I am a weak person(can't lift alot of weight) like Geronimo.
MY book: Guinea Dog
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Patrick Jennings
Sole' Sharpe
My line lifted: I didn't see anything wrong with that. People all over the world had dogs. My best friend had one. So did my worst friend. A lot of people had more than one. Our next-door neighbor's had two. The family down the street had three.
Sole's comments: In the story the boy says that he does not have a dog. I don't have any pets either. All my friends in my neighgorhood have dogs and I would like to own a dog. One of his parents does not like dogs and my mom does not like dogs either and won't let me and my dad have one. The boy in the story can't have a dog either because his dad does not like dogs either.
Title: Lost Treasure Of The Emerald Eye
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Geronimo Stilton
Line I lifted: "Hooray! Way to go Geronimouse I'm starved!" squeaked Trap. "Geronimouse? Geronimouse? How many times do I have to have to say it? If I've told you once I've told you a hundred times...my name is ...
GE-RO-NI-MO!"
I understand that Trap called Geronimo Geronimouse. Geronimo told Trap a hundred times that his name is Geronimo not Geronimouse.
Tittel:Toy Story 3
ReplyDeleteAuther:Jasmine Jones
Line lifted:"1-2-2-5" Woody typed on the key bord.
Understanding:I understand that Woody the toy was tyeping the pass code to the computer in the kichen. I also understand from what I have raed is that woody the toy is triying to figyer out how to find were he is lokated .
Story:Geronimo Stilton
ReplyDeleteAouther:Geronimo stilton
line lifted: Geronimo worked and work and could not stop he denied at least 13 mice because his relitive would have fired him he thought because he said work or I will fire you but he was joking. Then an elf came and said come on my sled to see santa. He came then once they got there santa said can you deilver the presents Geronimo said yes and deliverd them once he was done delivering the presents santa gave a note to himfrom his nefew saying can Geronimo spend more time with me. Then Gerionmo realized it is not about work or gifts it is about family.
I undersand that Gerionmo realized that he needs to spend more time with his family more then work and gifts.
Tittle: Percy Jackson
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Rick Riordan
Lifting a line: Percy, Annabeth and Grover were getting ready for the battle of the Titans. Percy and his friends, and all the people at Camp Half Blood were getting ready to fight the army. It was a big army full of monsters,giants, and worriers. Camp Half Blood was guarding the entrance to the Labrynth for the Titan army to come out. Everyone was prepared to battle the army.
Understand: I understand that Percy and Camp Half Blood are getting ready for the Titan army to come. The camp is working hard to get all the weapons ready to fight them. I understand that the Titan army will be hard to fight because of the size of the giants, monsters and worriers.
Title:Judy Moody Predicts the Future
ReplyDeleteAuthor:Megan McDonald
Line Lifted:Judy Moody started to predict the future and she tried to predict if her teacher likes a crayon lady named Ms.Tater. Judy Moody works so hard on finding out if her teacher likes Ms.Tater she almost asks her teacher but before she askes her teacher he told his class that he does like Ms.Tater.
I understand that Judy Moody is trying to predict the future and she thinks that her teacher likes a crayon lady named Ms.Tater because he invited her in to the class and the next day told his class that he likes Ms.Tater.
Tile: The Book Report From The black Lagoon
ReplyDeleteAuthor:Mike Thaler
Lift A Line:
Mrs Green gave the class a book report and everybody was happy except the boy. The boy was puzzled about the project. The boy asked her if he could write a movie report or a video game report but the teacher said no.The boy told the teacher that it took him 3 minuets to read a stop sign.
I understand that the boy doesnt want to do the project and he thinks that he is a slow reader.