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== You will be responsible for fulfilling one of these roles for every week of reading. We will talk about it in class so that you know exactly what is expected of you. Before you begin, read the description of what you are to do. If you need more information, click on the title of the role to read a more detailed, in-depth description of what the role entails. Then dive in! Be sure to __**sign your name**__ after each post you make. As always, please do your personal best! ==

Daily Log

 * Day || Reading Assignment || Due Date || What to do ||
 * 1 || p. 11-34 || May 13 || Character Captain ||
 * 2 || p. 35-59 || May 16 || Artful Artist ||
 * 3 || p. 60-84 || May 21 || Passage Picker ||
 * 4 || p. 85-98 || May 24 || Discussion Director ||
 * 5 || p. 99-126 || May 28 || Individual list of five most important events so far ||
 * ||  ||   || Come up with a group list of the top five important events so far ||
 * 6 || p. 127-153 || May 30 || Summarizer/Connector ||
 * 7 || p. 154-end || June 4 || List of five most important events from the end of the book ||

Character Captain:
==== Fill in the chart below by telling about the main characters in the story. Write the name of the character and a description of what they are like. Read what your classmates write as well to see if you view the characters the same way. You will be expected to write descriptions of two characters. You may choose the same characters as someone else, but try to add your own unique ideas. ====

==== (Click on the title "Character Captain" above for ideas of what you could write about the characters) ====

H.M.G || of the 4 kids from his father's second wife who had earlier passed away. He went to a catholic school and lived in a mansion until shortly after his father passed away. He is currently dead (2013) J.E.D || H.M.G || country so her children can go to school in England. "No child of mine is going to a school anywhere else than England." Said her husband so she kept her promise. A.K.S || Thwaites Thwaites is Roalds childhood friend who was the leader of Roalds little group of friends, his dad is doctor so everybody thinks he is really smart.
 * ==== Character ==== || ==== Description ==== ||
 * Mr.Aadnesen || Harelds partner(they met when Oscar went away),became a shipbroker(gave supplies to sailors),took care of Dahl family(dad died so mom moved close to him,Aadnesen & Dahl(that was lis companies name). S.C. ||
 * Sofie (mom) || She had 4 children(a girl,a girl a boy( Roald Dahl ),and one more girl),she raised 5 kids(says that husband and one kid died),sent kids to english schools(husband wanted the best schools),was expecting another kid(she was 7 months into pregnancy). S.C. ||
 * **Harald Dahl** || He is ambitious (he went to France when he was not allowed to go), one-armed (A drunk doctor made his broken arm worse so that he could not use it), a merchant (In the beginning we find that out), and currently dead (There is NO WAY he could possibly be alive).
 * Roald Dahl || Roald Dahl is one boy out of 5 other siblings. He was one
 * **Uncle Oscar** || He is successful (he became very rich with his company), he owns a canning factory (it tells us that), he has a town house and a country house (It tells us that as well), and is Harald's brother (That's why he is Roald's uncle).
 * **Astri Dahl** || Died of appendictititis at age 7. She was the mother''s eldest child. She was the father's favorite and because she died her father died as well. J.E.D ||
 * Sofie || She was the second wife of Harald Dahl. Like her husband she also loved beautiful things, so she and her husband filled their house with beautiful things. Even though she lost her daughter, and husband she chose to stay in a foreign
 * Harald Dahl || When he was 12 he got his arm cut off. So he invented a tool that helped him eat. And he went to France when he was not allowed to. He had two wives and he died of penomia. ||

Mrs Pratchet the mean and very dirty old candy store owner. When Roald sticks a mouse in the Gobstopper jar she tells the principal and Roald and his friend get whacked by a cane really hard. ajm


 * page 83-84 || paragraph 3 || i picked this passage because it shows that his headmaster is sneaky and mean. ajm ||  ||   ||



Passage Picker:
==== Click on the Discussion tab above. Add a post that describes a part of the story that you would like to read aloud. Be sure to include the page number, paragraph, and why you chose that part of the story. ====

====Sometimes when our little vessel slipped between two small islands, the channel was so narrow we could almost touch the rocks on either side. We would pass row-boats and canoes with flaxen-haired children in them, their skins browned by the sun, and we would wave to them and watch their tiny boats rocking violently in the swell that our larger ship left behind.====
 * I chose this passage because it gave me a very good picture of Dahl's family boating. And I have no idea what 'flaxen' means, so I thought an interesting word might be a good selection in a passage. This passage is on page 61, paragraph 2.** -H.M.G

As we got out of the taxi, I saw the whole driveway abustle with small boys and their parents and their truck-boxes, and a man I took to be the Headmaster was swimming around among them shaking everybody by the hand. I picked the passage on page 78 paragraph 4 because it uses a lot of detail. It also makes me feel like Roald Dahl probably felt when he was experiencing this part of his life. S.C.

Every day, for several summers, that tiny secret sand-patch on that tiny secret island was our regular destination. We would stay there for three or four hours, messing about in the water and in the rock pools and getting extraordinarily sunburnt! **I chose this paragraph (page 64 paragraph 2) because I believe it showed detail in the location of the small island on which they play. I feel like I am on the island reading that, and I can see Roald and his siblings in the water with red faces and arms. - J.E.D**

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Discussion Director:
==== Click on the discussion tab above. Your job is to post at least 4 good questions that you think your group would like to talk about. Then you must respond to at least 2 of your groupmate's questions. Be creative and ask thick questions (avoid yes/no questions or questions that can be answered with just a few words). ==== ==== (Click on the title "Discussion Director" above for ideas of types of questions you could write) ====

H.M.G
 * What was your first impression on the Matron when Dahl began by describing her as an ogre? (Ugly and really mean. S.C.) (Headmaster in Matilda. A.K.S.)(like Mrs. Trunchbull)
 * Why do you think the Matron was happy when she heard the CRACK of The Cane from downstairs after she sent a boy down there? (because she didn't like little boys so she was glad one was getting hurt.)
 * Remember when Dahl said that the Matron would rip lint off your cut and it would hurt? Have you ever had an experience like that? Describe it.
 * Why do you think that the Matron was mad that Wragg put sugar in the hallway? (She is mean and it is disrespectful. S.C.)

Who put the sugar on the floor and why did they do that? Why did the Matron put soap in the mouth of the kid that snores? What do you think would happen if Wraggs was caught? Why didn't the doctor tell the Headmaster Roald Dahl was faking being sick? S.C.

1. Where did Roald Dahl get his ideas for the chocolate cake in Matilda from? 2. Where did Roald Dahl get his ideas for the principle in Matilda? 3. Do you think Nanny is lying about the toothbrush bristles? 4. What did you think the chapter would be about when it was called The Matron

1. What did you think of The Matron after reading the first page of that chapter? 2. What did you think the crunching was before you found out it was sugar? 3. Do you think Nanny was lying when she said toothbrush bristles caused appendicitis? 4. Why would the doctor not tell the school about Roald's faking appendicitis? - **J.E.D**

1 What did you think of the headmaster after you read about the letter system? 2 What did you think of Roalds step sister after she crashed the car? 3 Do you think they really cut open the whole stomach to get out the appendix? 4 Do you think that allot of the teachers at his school are very mean? that is not actually what it is it could be i guess but an appendicitis is an infection of the appendix. I didn't really know what a matron was but I thought it would be about the janitor.ajm

Artful Artist:
==== Illustrate what you read today by creating a sketch, cartoon, chart, diagram, or graph. You may do this on a regular sheet of paper. Be ready to share your illustration with your group, and explain what you drew and why. ====

http://artpad.art.com/?mmulxjc91xk H.M.G http://artpad.art.com/?mmum713r6a4 J.E.D

[] AJM

http://artpad.art.com/?mmvcmc2lfqg AKS

http://artpad.art.com/?mmwi0w1d6d0w S.C.

Interesting Words:
==== As a group, keep a list of interesting words you encounter in your story. These could be new words, unusual words, or creative words that you would like to use in your own writing. Fill in the table below for each word you find. You will be expected to add at least 5 words each. ====

H.M.G || H.M.G || H.M.G || detachable. 136. First there was a white shirt with a detachable white collar. To un attach.S.C.
 * < ==== Interesting word ==== ||= ==== Page # ==== ||= ==== Sentence ==== ||= ==== Definition in your own words ==== ||
 * tourer || 101 || The canvas hood had been folded back because of the mild weather, converting the car into a magnificent open tourer. || A large car with a big opening top that usually sits four people. H.M.G ||
 * rickety || 62 || The lavoratories were in a rickety wooden outhouse at the back of the hotel.. || Something that is shaky and will soon collapse. H.M.G ||
 * appendicitis || 93 || inflammation of the appendix || when the appendix gets infected ||
 * supercilious || 154 || ...a supercilious and obnoxious seventeen year old called Carleton. || Haughty and disdainful.
 * ritual || 155 || ...while he preformed the ritual of inspection. || A type of ceremony.
 * smidgen || 156 || ...would lean forward and peer at the tiny smidgen of dust that lay on it, and we would remain silent. || Speck, trifle, tiny little teensy weensy amount.
 * anaesthetic || 32 || We had not the slightest doubt that these things were saturated in the dreaded anaesthetic which, as Thwaites had many times pointed out to us,could put you to sleep for hours at a stretch. || Something that makes you pass out and not feel pain.S.C. ||
 * hollandaise || 57 || Large white hunks of this fish were carved out and put on to our plates,and with it we had hollandaise sauce and boiled new potatoes. || A egg and butter sauce.S.C. ||
 * vermilion || 108 || It was a brilliant dark vermilion, like a ripe orange, and it was plastered back with immense quantities of brilliantine in the same fashion as the head masters. || A red color.S.C. ||
 * ignited || 129 || The tobacco ignited and glowed, and the lovers headwas enveloped in clouds of blue smoke. || Set to flame.S.C. ||

====(Click on the title "Summarizer/Connector" above for ideas of things you can connect your story)====

The half-sister got engaged to a "manly man" who like to smoke. So one day, when Roald's family is playing on the beach, the man goes swimming with his fiance. Roald sees some goat's droppings and decides to replace the tobacco in the man's pipe with the goat poo. The man then comes out of the water and begins to smoke his pipe. After a while, he screamed and dropped the pipe. When he recovered, Roald's 7 year old sister tells him what happened and he chases them all. Next, when Roald is 13, he enrolls in a school called Repton. He thinks the fancy uniform he has to wear looks hideous. He gets thrashed by a prefect named Williamson and the prefect will say, "Four with the dressing-gown on or three with it off?" He never had been beaten by the headmaster, though, but his best friend Michael gave him a vivid description of it all. Throughout the school year, each boy was given a box of chocolates and a "grading paper" to write how good the chocolates where, or vis versa. These where then sent back to Cadbury's, the chocolate company from which the chocolates where sent. Roald used to picture himself working for Mr. Cadbury and coming up with the most fantastic chocolate in the world. After, Roald Dahl told us about an amazing teacher named Corkers. Corkers never taught math, as he would distract himself from teaching it to give the class something less boring to do. He only came slightly close to teaching math once. And once in three weeks, he would leap up and declare that someone has farted and all the boys swing the door back and forth to fan out the smell, and the others open all the windows to air out the room. They would not see Corkers for the rest of the day after this procedure.

I can connect to the part about Cadbury's chocolate testing. I sometimes picture myself working for Mr. Willy Wonka and coming up with new rooms and new inventions with him. Which is weird, because the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" came from that experience of Roald Dahl's.
 * H.M.G**

A manly man was engaged to Roalds sister and always smoked except when he was swimming. When they were swimming Roald put goat poo in his pipe and when he came back and started smoking again. It took a few minutes and then he started to cough and choke. Then the 7 year old sister told him it was goat tabacco. The manly man started to chase the Dahl family. Later he chooses to go to the school called Repton and has to wear the fanciest thing he ever wore and every one thinks it is so funny and ugly. The prefects can beat you for anything and Roald got beat by the worst perfect. He had not got beat by the headmaster but his best friend told him he hits you 10 times and gives you a lecture the whole time. They also get chocolate and try it to rate it and see which one would sell more. He also dreamt that he would would work for Cadburys and invent the perfect chocolate to rush in mr.Cadburys office and he would try it and double his salary. That is how (35 years) later he wrote the book Carlie and the chocolate factory!!!! He also talked about his math teacher Corkers. Even though he was a math teacher his never taught math. He always did something funnier or more fun. The only time he did something sort of like math is when he had paper he asked if he folded it in half 50 times how long would it be? The answer was all the way from the earth to the sun. Also sometimes he put his nose in the air and sniff. He would say someone farted and three boys would go and use the door as a fan while the rest of the boys would go and open all of the windows. That is the last time they saw Corkers for the rest of the day. They did see him the next day when they did stuff like crosspuzzles the next day in math class. I wish I could go to that math and real math to.

The connection I have is that I always wish that I could have a funny teacher but still learn and also that I can create something special that tastes wonderful and doesn't have lots of bad chemicals in it like smoke has toilet cleaner,rocket fuel,nail polish remover,and a lot of other stuff that is bad for you and your lungs.S.C.

List of Important Events
====As you have been reading, what are the important events that have taken place in your book? As a group you should be able to come up with at least ten main events. List them below.====

1 Roald is born. 2 Dad dies. 2 Roald goes to cathedral school. 3 Beaten with cane because he put a mouse in a gobstopper jar. 4 Goes to st peters boarding school. 5 Goes home for the holidays and his nose nearly falls of.

1. Roald's dad dies 2. The family moves to England 3. Roald goes to St. Peter's boarding school for boys 4. Roald gets beaten with the cane 5. Roald goes home for the holidays H.M.G

1. Roald's dad dies 2. Family moves to England 3. Roald goes to St. Peter's boarding school for boys 4. Roald goes to Repton 5. He joins the RAF H.M.G


 * GROUP LI****ST**
 * 1) Roald was born
 * 2) Harald Dahl died
 * 3) They move to England
 * 4) Roald goes to boarding school
 * 5) Roald's nose almost came off in a car ride when he came home for break.

Nose almost came off Captain hard castle Broke nib and got a stripe Quarter star and stripes Got whipped again. S.C.

Fags on cleaning day no DUST Roald warmed a Boazers seat all one winter Good at fives and sqash-racquets captain of both Got to work at a shell company Went to Africa. S.C.