Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Final Response
In the final response from pages 156 to 210 there once again were hardly any geographical references, the three were King County, Pierce County, and Minneapolis.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Final Response
In the last part of the book the characters talk about coke and coke ovens. Coke is the solid residue remaining after certain types of bitumous coals are heated to a high temperature out of contact with air until substancially all of the volitile constituents have been driven off. Coke is used in blast furnaces to manufacture metal products.
Also in the last part of the book one of the characters is part of the red hat club. This club means that the women are enjoying life to the fullest no matter who they are or what their doing.
Also in the last part of the book one of the characters is part of the red hat club. This club means that the women are enjoying life to the fullest no matter who they are or what their doing.
Final Response
Hi there, in this response, like all my others, I did not find any intersesting words, metaphors, personifications, hyperbole, alitterations, etc. But I did find quotes.
As Josh is digging up Willies leg he finds a box which he later opens up. Here are the contents.
"Still holding the bill up to the light, I moved it to a different angle, and that's when I remembered. My teacher had not demonstrated a one-hundred-dollar bill, but he'd told us about a special ink that's used on the numerals in the bottom right-hand corner when one hundred dollar bills are printed. As I tilted the bill, the number 100 in that corner changed from green to black. I moved the bill back and forth, watching the numeral turn, then black again.
The money was not fake; it was real.
I used my thumb to flip through the edges of the rest of the bills in the stack, looking at the number in the corner of each one. All of the bills were the same.
I counted: There were one hundred bills in this stack. One hundred times one hundred dollars . . . I held ten thousand dollars in one hand!
As Josh is digging up Willies leg he finds a box which he later opens up. Here are the contents.
"Still holding the bill up to the light, I moved it to a different angle, and that's when I remembered. My teacher had not demonstrated a one-hundred-dollar bill, but he'd told us about a special ink that's used on the numerals in the bottom right-hand corner when one hundred dollar bills are printed. As I tilted the bill, the number 100 in that corner changed from green to black. I moved the bill back and forth, watching the numeral turn, then black again.
The money was not fake; it was real.
I used my thumb to flip through the edges of the rest of the bills in the stack, looking at the number in the corner of each one. All of the bills were the same.
I counted: There were one hundred bills in this stack. One hundred times one hundred dollars . . . I held ten thousand dollars in one hand!
Final Response
The last section of the book is exciting. Mr. Turlep finds out where Ethel Hodge lives. He decides to leave town that night after getting his money box back. When he packs he takes a ski mask and gun with him, prepared to get his retirement money back at any cost. He goes and parks in the driveway and is happy that the house is isolated in case he needs to use his gun.
Josh goes to the barn and pries open the box and finds money. The amount is the same as the amount the robber got from the Cash for Critters fundraising for the animal shelter. Josh goes to take the box into the house and sees a car in the driveway and almost goes out to see who it is. He stops just in time when he sees that the man has a ski mask on and he know that this person is not a friendly visitor. He hides behind a bush and puts the box in the bushes.
The man yells for Ethel Hodge and when she doesn't answer he goes into the house and searches every room. Josh sees him turning on and off lights as he goes threw the house. The man leaves without finding the money. The man gets in his car and Josh thinks he leaves. He grabs the money box and goes into the house and tries to call the police. He see the telephone line is cut. He hides the box in the washer and all the sudden the man returns with the gun and demands the box. Josh says he doesn't know what the man is talking about. Then a friend of Aunt Ethel's comes to the door looking the cake that Aunt Ethel has made for her. The man hides behind the couch and Josh gets the door. He knows the man will shoot him if tells the woman anything. He goes to the kitchen and writes HELP on the cake in frosting. When he hands it to the woman he makes her look at the cake to make sure it is alright. She leaves and Josh tries to stall for time. He calls out for Willie and spooks the man. The man is very superstitious and even he doesn't believe in ghosts, he gets scared. Willie knocks over the telephone first, then a plate, but ghosts are not able to move things very much and he runs out of energy. The man keeps threatening Josh and he finally takes him to the washer and gets him the box. Just then Willie makes Florence the peacock screams very loud and scares the man again. Josh tells the man if he kills him the ghost will haunt him forever. The man goes out the front door and sees it is only a peacock and goes to shoot the bird. Josh jumps in and saves the bird knowing that Aunt Ethel would be very upset if the peacock she thinks is her dead sister is killed. The man gets in his car and decides to leave and as he is going out the driveway two police cars block him in. The man jumps out and tries to have them believe he is just the bank manager out to visit. Josh runs out and tells them to look in the car for the gun and mask. The police find it and arrest him telling Josh that he is a hero.
The woman decides to stay with Josh and talks to him about her grandson who is about his age. The next day the go to the hospital and get Aunt Ethel who didn't know what had happened the night before. She is amazed. The friend decides to stay and help Josh take care of Aunt Ethel. Aunt Ethel says Josh can tame the kittens and find them homes. Josh can't believe it has only been five days since he started his first letter to his Mom and Steve. Over the next month he joins the grandson's baseball team, tames the kittens and his parents say he can keep the mother cat for himself. Aunt Ethel's friend decides to move in because she loves the quiet and to keep each other company. Josh thought he would be bored over the summer but it has been really exciting. He decides to wait to tell him Mom and Steve about his adventures until he sees them so they don't worry.
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Josh goes to the barn and pries open the box and finds money. The amount is the same as the amount the robber got from the Cash for Critters fundraising for the animal shelter. Josh goes to take the box into the house and sees a car in the driveway and almost goes out to see who it is. He stops just in time when he sees that the man has a ski mask on and he know that this person is not a friendly visitor. He hides behind a bush and puts the box in the bushes.
The man yells for Ethel Hodge and when she doesn't answer he goes into the house and searches every room. Josh sees him turning on and off lights as he goes threw the house. The man leaves without finding the money. The man gets in his car and Josh thinks he leaves. He grabs the money box and goes into the house and tries to call the police. He see the telephone line is cut. He hides the box in the washer and all the sudden the man returns with the gun and demands the box. Josh says he doesn't know what the man is talking about. Then a friend of Aunt Ethel's comes to the door looking the cake that Aunt Ethel has made for her. The man hides behind the couch and Josh gets the door. He knows the man will shoot him if tells the woman anything. He goes to the kitchen and writes HELP on the cake in frosting. When he hands it to the woman he makes her look at the cake to make sure it is alright. She leaves and Josh tries to stall for time. He calls out for Willie and spooks the man. The man is very superstitious and even he doesn't believe in ghosts, he gets scared. Willie knocks over the telephone first, then a plate, but ghosts are not able to move things very much and he runs out of energy. The man keeps threatening Josh and he finally takes him to the washer and gets him the box. Just then Willie makes Florence the peacock screams very loud and scares the man again. Josh tells the man if he kills him the ghost will haunt him forever. The man goes out the front door and sees it is only a peacock and goes to shoot the bird. Josh jumps in and saves the bird knowing that Aunt Ethel would be very upset if the peacock she thinks is her dead sister is killed. The man gets in his car and decides to leave and as he is going out the driveway two police cars block him in. The man jumps out and tries to have them believe he is just the bank manager out to visit. Josh runs out and tells them to look in the car for the gun and mask. The police find it and arrest him telling Josh that he is a hero.
The woman decides to stay with Josh and talks to him about her grandson who is about his age. The next day the go to the hospital and get Aunt Ethel who didn't know what had happened the night before. She is amazed. The friend decides to stay and help Josh take care of Aunt Ethel. Aunt Ethel says Josh can tame the kittens and find them homes. Josh can't believe it has only been five days since he started his first letter to his Mom and Steve. Over the next month he joins the grandson's baseball team, tames the kittens and his parents say he can keep the mother cat for himself. Aunt Ethel's friend decides to move in because she loves the quiet and to keep each other company. Josh thought he would be bored over the summer but it has been really exciting. He decides to wait to tell him Mom and Steve about his adventures until he sees them so they don't worry.
No Product Placement.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Response #3
When this section began Josh is gathering supplies and making plans to dig up Willie's leg from the grave. He plans to do it the next day, June 19. Then the story makes a big change and Mr. Turlep, the bank manager is introduced. He didn't appear to be a criminal, but we find out that he was the one who took the animal shelter money at gunpoint to use as his retirement. He buried the money in a box at the cemetery in a small marked grave that looked ignored and overgrown. He thought no paid attention to this grave and his money would be safe for the two years he waited for his retirement. His two plan was to dig up the money on June 19 and go to Florida to live out his retirement fishing.
Josh decides that he will take some flowers to the graveyard with him so that if anyone asks him what he is doing, he can say he is planting flowers at his aunt's grave. As he digs up the bones he hits metal and finds a locked box in a plastic bag. He doesn't know what is in it, but takes the box along with the leg bones and walks up to the place some ways away where the rest of Willy's body is buried. He tries to get the box open, but can't so takes it back to the house. When he gets home he finds Aunt Ethel on the floor and that she has broken her ankle. They go to the hospital in an ambulance.
Mr. Turlep goes by the graveyard and sees new flowers on the grave where he has buried the money. He goes and digs up the grave looking for the box. At the same time the ambulance with Aunt Ethel and Josh goes by and Josh sees a man digging up the grave where he found the box. Aunt Ethel has to stay overnight in the hospital so Josh takes a cab back to the house and is glad the box is still there. He wants to open it to see what is inside.
Mr. Turlep is frantic when his box full of money is gone and looks around the graveyard. He notices that there are the same newly planted flowers on another grave and sees the name Florence Hodge. He remembers sisters named Hodge and wonders if the sister is still alive. He goes to the post office to see if he can get her address but it is already closed. He goes to the local store to look in the telephone book, but it only lists the Post Office box and he can't remember her first name. He decides to go to the bank and look her up and find the home address. This section ends with a cliff-hanger, Mr. Turlep has found her name, Ethel Hodge.
Product Placement;
Hillside Bank
Josh decides that he will take some flowers to the graveyard with him so that if anyone asks him what he is doing, he can say he is planting flowers at his aunt's grave. As he digs up the bones he hits metal and finds a locked box in a plastic bag. He doesn't know what is in it, but takes the box along with the leg bones and walks up to the place some ways away where the rest of Willy's body is buried. He tries to get the box open, but can't so takes it back to the house. When he gets home he finds Aunt Ethel on the floor and that she has broken her ankle. They go to the hospital in an ambulance.
Mr. Turlep goes by the graveyard and sees new flowers on the grave where he has buried the money. He goes and digs up the grave looking for the box. At the same time the ambulance with Aunt Ethel and Josh goes by and Josh sees a man digging up the grave where he found the box. Aunt Ethel has to stay overnight in the hospital so Josh takes a cab back to the house and is glad the box is still there. He wants to open it to see what is inside.
Mr. Turlep is frantic when his box full of money is gone and looks around the graveyard. He notices that there are the same newly planted flowers on another grave and sees the name Florence Hodge. He remembers sisters named Hodge and wonders if the sister is still alive. He goes to the post office to see if he can get her address but it is already closed. He goes to the local store to look in the telephone book, but it only lists the Post Office box and he can't remember her first name. He decides to go to the bank and look her up and find the home address. This section ends with a cliff-hanger, Mr. Turlep has found her name, Ethel Hodge.
Product Placement;
Hillside Bank
Monday, May 23, 2011
Response Four
In the section of pages 54 through 156 there are no geographical references. The only thing that is mentioned is the cemetery in Carbon City but, because this is not a real place this can not be but as a actual geographical reference.
Response #4
Throughout pages 104 to 154 they identify that the characters live in a place called carbon city wich thay have mentioned before as well. This is not a real place but i beleive it is based on a place called Carbonado. This mining town was founded in 1880 and grew and grew in population by over one thousand bye 1900. In 1889 many men and women were killed in a mine explotion. And in 1974 the mines were closed because of the costs of phone lines that were then required.
Also throughout pages 104 to 154 the main character Josh says he would be a rotten pioneer because he is used to modern technology. Here are some things pioneers in washington had to do to survive. They had no cars or tractors so they had to deal with wagons and horses and oxen to pull the wagons which means they had to care for the animals. Also they had no washer or dryer so they had to wash in a river and dry in the sun. Also they had to kill and skin animals for their clothing.
Also throughout pages 104 to 154 the main character Josh says he would be a rotten pioneer because he is used to modern technology. Here are some things pioneers in washington had to do to survive. They had no cars or tractors so they had to deal with wagons and horses and oxen to pull the wagons which means they had to care for the animals. Also they had no washer or dryer so they had to wash in a river and dry in the sun. Also they had to kill and skin animals for their clothing.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Response #4
I think that this would definetely be the perfect retirement plan. "Each X brought him one day closer to the happiest moment of his life: the time when he would walk out of the Hillside Bank forever, retrieve the money, and start his new life in Florida. He would spend every day fishing in the sunshine and would never again-not once-sit behind a desk in a bank". pg.108
But this man didn't work for that retirement plan listen to this quote. "By now, he'd nearly forgotten that the money didn't really belong to him, that he'd taken it a gunpoint from two terrified bank customers as they approached the night deposit box. He had erased from his memory the fact that the entire community had been outraged by the theft of the Cash for Critters proceeds". pg. 109
Now as Josh is digging out the buried leg of his ghost friend Willie this is how he describes the experience. "All I knew for sure was that I held part of Willie's leg in my hand. I didn't bother to brush off the dirt that clung to the large bone. I laid the bone on the towel and stuck my hands back into the hole.
Nervous sweat soaked my shirt. If anyone had sneaked up behind me and whispered, "Boo," I would have fainted and toppled headfirst into the open grave."
But this man didn't work for that retirement plan listen to this quote. "By now, he'd nearly forgotten that the money didn't really belong to him, that he'd taken it a gunpoint from two terrified bank customers as they approached the night deposit box. He had erased from his memory the fact that the entire community had been outraged by the theft of the Cash for Critters proceeds". pg. 109
Now as Josh is digging out the buried leg of his ghost friend Willie this is how he describes the experience. "All I knew for sure was that I held part of Willie's leg in my hand. I didn't bother to brush off the dirt that clung to the large bone. I laid the bone on the towel and stuck my hands back into the hole.
Nervous sweat soaked my shirt. If anyone had sneaked up behind me and whispered, "Boo," I would have fainted and toppled headfirst into the open grave."
Monday, May 16, 2011
Response three
In this section of The Ghost's Grave there were very little geographical references. From page 52 to 104 there was only one reference and it was the the Carbon River.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Pages 52 to 104.
Throughout pages 52 to 104 the book mentions a mine explosion on May 10th 1905 so I found out that this didn't happen in Washington but in Wilburton Oklahoma. I think that the reason the author says this took place in Washington is because it makes sence because in the story the main character can see the ghost of a dead coal miner who died in this event. Even though it didn't happen here. And just like in the book the explosion killed thirteen miners.
Also throughout pages 52 to 104 the ghost miner says he used to fish in carbon river and i found out all of the fishing spots in western Washington. They are Mineral Lake which carries some of the best rainbow trout, Little Mashel River which has sturgeon, pink salmon and redbreast sunfish. There are more places but these are really nice ones.
Also throughout pages 52 to 104 the ghost miner says he used to fish in carbon river and i found out all of the fishing spots in western Washington. They are Mineral Lake which carries some of the best rainbow trout, Little Mashel River which has sturgeon, pink salmon and redbreast sunfish. There are more places but these are really nice ones.
Response #3
As this section starts Josh decides to slowly make friends with the cat in the woods he calls Mr. Stray. He bought cat food without his Aunt Ethel knowing and when he takes it back to the tree house he finds his book has been moved again. He wonders if someone has been there. Mr. Stray comes and Josh goes down to refill the cat dish. After he comes back up to the tree house he sees his book has been moved again and is shaken. He thinks he should read back at the house - and ask his Aunt, without alarming her, why Florence thought the tree house was haunted. He goes back to the house and tries to calm himself and thinks about everything that has happened since he came to Carbon City. He wonders if it was wrong to feed the cat when his Aunt told him not too.
The next morning he returns to the tree house and decides to read a different book. As he picks it up a voice tells him he won't like the ending. He sees a man outside the tree house window and wonders how he moved the ladder without him hearing. He wonders if he can escape and thinks the man might be an escaped mental patient. The man continues to him and he finds out that he is dead. Josh wonders how this is all possible and the man, named Willie, tells him a story of being killed in a coal mind accident over 100 years ago. Josh cannot believe what he is hearing. Willie tells him about coal mining in Carbon City and that he lost his leg is an accident and then lost his life due to one of the workers lighting his pipe before leaving the mine and causing an explosion. He tells Josh that fifteen men were killed in the accident. He tells him his leg is buried in the town graveyard but not his body. His wife knew Willie would not have wanted to be buried next to the man who caused the explosion because he didn't like him in life so wouldn't like to be buried next to him in death and so she buried him somewhere else. Willie is happy that Josh can see and hear him, only one little girl had done that before and that was Florence. He tells Josh that Florence got scared before he could ask her to dig up his leg and move it to the grave where the rest of him is buried, so asks Josh to do it. Josh tells him no way but then says he will think about it.
When he returns to the house he asks Aunt Ethel about what Florence said about the ghost. He also does research on the mine explosion and realizes that Willie really is a ghost. He goes back and forth about helping Willie because he doesn't want to be arrested and he knows it is against the law. The next day Willie tells him no one will see and he should check it out. He promises Willie that he will he help and begins making plans by visiting the graveyard and where Willie is buried.
Product Placement: page 80
Three books:
The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
The Adventures of Sammy Jay
The Birds' Christnas Carol
The next morning he returns to the tree house and decides to read a different book. As he picks it up a voice tells him he won't like the ending. He sees a man outside the tree house window and wonders how he moved the ladder without him hearing. He wonders if he can escape and thinks the man might be an escaped mental patient. The man continues to him and he finds out that he is dead. Josh wonders how this is all possible and the man, named Willie, tells him a story of being killed in a coal mind accident over 100 years ago. Josh cannot believe what he is hearing. Willie tells him about coal mining in Carbon City and that he lost his leg is an accident and then lost his life due to one of the workers lighting his pipe before leaving the mine and causing an explosion. He tells Josh that fifteen men were killed in the accident. He tells him his leg is buried in the town graveyard but not his body. His wife knew Willie would not have wanted to be buried next to the man who caused the explosion because he didn't like him in life so wouldn't like to be buried next to him in death and so she buried him somewhere else. Willie is happy that Josh can see and hear him, only one little girl had done that before and that was Florence. He tells Josh that Florence got scared before he could ask her to dig up his leg and move it to the grave where the rest of him is buried, so asks Josh to do it. Josh tells him no way but then says he will think about it.
When he returns to the house he asks Aunt Ethel about what Florence said about the ghost. He also does research on the mine explosion and realizes that Willie really is a ghost. He goes back and forth about helping Willie because he doesn't want to be arrested and he knows it is against the law. The next day Willie tells him no one will see and he should check it out. He promises Willie that he will he help and begins making plans by visiting the graveyard and where Willie is buried.
Product Placement: page 80
Three books:
The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
The Adventures of Sammy Jay
The Birds' Christnas Carol
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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Response #2
The book begins with the main character, Josh, arriving at his great aunt's house in a rural setting located in the made-up town of Carbon City, Washington. We later learn that his parents are going to India for the summer due to their work. Josh is forced to stay the aunt of his step-father, a woman he has never met before. He is angry because the family had just moved from Vermont to Minneapolis and he had just made the baseball team and was hoping to meet new friends. Instead he has to go to a place he doesn't want to be. Carbon City is very small and everyone knows everyone. Also, his aunt has no television and there is no cell phone service. He feels very isolated and alone.
His aunt is quite a character and we learn that quickly when she and Josh first enter the home to find a bat in the kitchen. His aunt gets her shotgun and shoots it off the ceiling. It falls behind the cupboard where they cannot reach it, so she just leaves it there. In addition there is a peacock that the aunt is convinced is her dead sister. His aunt has over 50 acres of land and tells him about a treehouse in the woods. He finds the treehouse and cleans it so that he can spend time there reading and looking for deer. In addition to seeing deer, he finds a cat. He thinks the cat is hungry and feeds it some of his food. When he asks the aunt for cat food she says no, that she doesn't want any stray cats around the house - especially since her aunt, as a peacock, is on the front porch.
Josh thinks his aunt doesn't like animals and wonders if there is a shelter to take to cat too. His aunt tells him about the community coming together to build a shelter and that everyone worked on it, but at the end, all the money was taken by an armed robber. Josh decides to ride a bike he found to town to buy cat food and not his aunt. When he returns with the food and goes to the tree house he finds his book has been moved - but nothing has been taken. He wonders who has been there.
Product placement:
Page 3: Greyhound bus station
Page 11: Stellaluna
Page 33: Mall of America
Page 50: Wal-Mart
His aunt is quite a character and we learn that quickly when she and Josh first enter the home to find a bat in the kitchen. His aunt gets her shotgun and shoots it off the ceiling. It falls behind the cupboard where they cannot reach it, so she just leaves it there. In addition there is a peacock that the aunt is convinced is her dead sister. His aunt has over 50 acres of land and tells him about a treehouse in the woods. He finds the treehouse and cleans it so that he can spend time there reading and looking for deer. In addition to seeing deer, he finds a cat. He thinks the cat is hungry and feeds it some of his food. When he asks the aunt for cat food she says no, that she doesn't want any stray cats around the house - especially since her aunt, as a peacock, is on the front porch.
Josh thinks his aunt doesn't like animals and wonders if there is a shelter to take to cat too. His aunt tells him about the community coming together to build a shelter and that everyone worked on it, but at the end, all the money was taken by an armed robber. Josh decides to ride a bike he found to town to buy cat food and not his aunt. When he returns with the food and goes to the tree house he finds his book has been moved - but nothing has been taken. He wonders who has been there.
Product placement:
Page 3: Greyhound bus station
Page 11: Stellaluna
Page 33: Mall of America
Page 50: Wal-Mart
Response #2
The book begins with the main character, Josh, arriving at his great aunt's house in a rural setting located in the made-up town of Carbon City, Washington. We later learn that his parents are going to India for the summer due to their work. Josh is forced to stay the aunt of his step-father, a woman he has never met before. He is angry because the family had just moved from Vermont to Minneapolis and he had just made the baseball team and was hoping to meet new friends. Instead he has to go to a place he doesn't want to be. Carbon City is very small and everyone knows everyone. Also, his aunt has no television and there is no cell phone service. He feels very isolated and alone.
His aunt is quite a character and we learn that quickly when she and Josh first enter the home to find a bat in the kitchen. His aunt gets her shotgun and shoots it off the ceiling. It falls behind the cupboard where they cannot reach it, so she just leaves it there. In addition there is a peacock that the aunt is convinced is her dead sister. His aunt has over 50 acres of land and tells him about a treehouse in the woods. He finds the treehouse and cleans it so that he can spend time there reading and looking for deer. In addition to seeing deer, he finds a cat. He thinks the cat is hungry and feeds it some of his food. When he asks the aunt for cat food she says no, that she doesn't want any stray cats around the house - especially since her aunt, as a peacock, is on the front porch.
Josh thinks his aunt doesn't like animals and wonders if there is a shelter to take to cat too. His aunt tells him about the community coming together to build a shelter and that everyone worked on it, but at the end, all the money was taken by an armed robber. Josh decides to ride a bike he found to town to buy cat food and not his aunt. When he returns with the food and goes to the tree house he finds his book has been moved - but nothing has been taken. He wonders who has been there.
Product placement:
Page 3: Greyhound bus station
Page 11: Stellaluna
Page 33: Mall of America
Page 50: Wal-Mart
His aunt is quite a character and we learn that quickly when she and Josh first enter the home to find a bat in the kitchen. His aunt gets her shotgun and shoots it off the ceiling. It falls behind the cupboard where they cannot reach it, so she just leaves it there. In addition there is a peacock that the aunt is convinced is her dead sister. His aunt has over 50 acres of land and tells him about a treehouse in the woods. He finds the treehouse and cleans it so that he can spend time there reading and looking for deer. In addition to seeing deer, he finds a cat. He thinks the cat is hungry and feeds it some of his food. When he asks the aunt for cat food she says no, that she doesn't want any stray cats around the house - especially since her aunt, as a peacock, is on the front porch.
Josh thinks his aunt doesn't like animals and wonders if there is a shelter to take to cat too. His aunt tells him about the community coming together to build a shelter and that everyone worked on it, but at the end, all the money was taken by an armed robber. Josh decides to ride a bike he found to town to buy cat food and not his aunt. When he returns with the food and goes to the tree house he finds his book has been moved - but nothing has been taken. He wonders who has been there.
Product placement:
Page 3: Greyhound bus station
Page 11: Stellaluna
Page 33: Mall of America
Page 50: Wal-Mart
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Response #3
The first thing that I found was Aunt Ethel's interesting choice of breakfast and dinner. She always seems to have dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner. For example on page 58 she says, "While your doing that" she said, "I'll start our dinner. We're having oatmeal pancakes with applesauce." Then on page 60 Josh encounters his first ghost, then on page 63 he describes the ghost in great detail. I gasped. He must be a ghost! How else could he float through the wall that way? All his talk of learning to read to read after he died made sense, if he was a ghost. I stared at my visitor. I'd always thought ghosts were delicate, transparent beings that a living person could see through, but this man was as solid as a tree stump. If I had not seen him go fom outside to the tree house like magic, I would of never have suspected he wasn’t a flesh and blood person.
You cant judge book by its cover
The book title is The Ghost’s Grave, I believe the author chose this title because it probably has some meaning to the story such as a ghost having a grave. I think the title is probably a figurative type of writing because it is talking about a ghost and its grave.
first response The Ghost's Grave
In the book The Ghost’s Grave there are many different geographical references. From page three to fifty-two the geographical references are; Minneapolis, Carbon City, Town of Diamond Hill, Vermont, and India.
Monday, May 9, 2011
You can't judge a book by its cover
You can't judge a book by its cover, but if I could I would say that this book is spooky and dark. The impression the cover gives is that this book is filled with adverture and full of mystery.There is a picture of a boy with a shovel in a graveyard. Maybe he is going to dig up a grave. Maybe he is going to rob a grave. The thing is that you just don't know until you read the book. This cover is trying to get you to read the book by having a picture that makes you wonder what is going to happen. You want to read it because it looks interesting.
Response #2
Between pages 3-54 I didn't find any interseting words but I definetely found lots of interesting quotes. When Josh's parents send him to his Aunt Ethels house for the summer because they are traveling to India for a job, Josh's mom tells him to write to her. This is the first letter he writes. "June 15
Dear Mom and Steven,
Did you know that a bullet makes a whizzing sound as it flies past your head? I found that out in person, and I hope I never hear the sound again.
When Aunt Ethel and I got home tonight, we saw a bat flying around in the house.
Aunt Ethel does not like bats, so she got out a shotgun and chased after it. I told her not to kill it, but she pulled the trigger anyway. I'm glad I wasn't standing any closer. My ears rang for an hour. She hit the bat, and it fell down behind a cuboard. We couldn't get it out so now it's rotting back there.
Aunt Ethel baked a cake for me, but we had to throw it out because it had bat blood all over it.
Your nervous son,
Josh
P.S. I can't wear a seat belt because Aunt Ethels truck doesn't have them. It doesn't matter; the way Aunt Ethel drives, even a seat belt won't save me. pg. 23
Dear Mom and Steven,
Did you know that a bullet makes a whizzing sound as it flies past your head? I found that out in person, and I hope I never hear the sound again.
When Aunt Ethel and I got home tonight, we saw a bat flying around in the house.
Aunt Ethel does not like bats, so she got out a shotgun and chased after it. I told her not to kill it, but she pulled the trigger anyway. I'm glad I wasn't standing any closer. My ears rang for an hour. She hit the bat, and it fell down behind a cuboard. We couldn't get it out so now it's rotting back there.
Aunt Ethel baked a cake for me, but we had to throw it out because it had bat blood all over it.
Your nervous son,
Josh
P.S. I can't wear a seat belt because Aunt Ethels truck doesn't have them. It doesn't matter; the way Aunt Ethel drives, even a seat belt won't save me. pg. 23
You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover
When I searched The Ghost's Grave on google it came up with a bunch of stuff mostly stuff on amazon to sell the book. When I looked at the reviews on amazon it looked like people liked the book. It ranged from about 3-5 stars. Then I searched Peg Kehret on google and found a site that said all the awards she has won and the Ghost's Grave won the childrens choice award in Florida, Indiana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pensylvania, South Dakota, Tennese, Virginia, and Washington.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Pages 3 to 52.
Throughout pages 3 through 52 in the book it was established that aunt Ethel lived in a major mining area. There was only 1 coal mine in washington and 356 nonfuel minerals mines in Washington state. Mining started in the 1760s and reached its peak in the early 1900s. They are still important companies today. Another fact about mining in Washington state is there are over 18000 miners wrking in Washington state today. They are extracting everything from coal to silver to gold to granite.
Also throughout pages 3 to 52 The town they live in is Carbon city and as far as I know that is not a real place. But it is supposed to be bye the Carbon river which is a real place. The Carbon river is a white water river in some parts and in those parts the level of rapids is a class two wich is considered easy. The Carbon river is 9 miles long going through peirce county.
Also throughout pages 3 to 52 The town they live in is Carbon city and as far as I know that is not a real place. But it is supposed to be bye the Carbon river which is a real place. The Carbon river is a white water river in some parts and in those parts the level of rapids is a class two wich is considered easy. The Carbon river is 9 miles long going through peirce county.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret was published in 2005. Some important historical events that lead up to this date are: In 2000 George Bush was elected as presedent, also in april of 2000 there was a stock market crash which made many companies send work overseas, In 2001 the 9/11 terrorist attack happened, from 2002 to 2003 the Gulf war started which put alot of pressure on Americans living in other parts of the world. I think that the stock market crash will affect the characters because it explains on the back cover of the book that the main characters parents will be working overseas so I think that the stock market crash will be the reason for that. I also think that the other facts wont affect the books plot line at all throughout the story.
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