Color of Water Post #5

5 Questions I Have
1.Why Rachel was sad
2.Why Aunt Mary didn't want Rachel to see Mameh
3.Why Mameh died
4.Why James didn't find Dee-Dee
5.Why Dennis and Rachel were discriminated against

4 Questions I Have:
1.How did Bubeh die?
2.Why is Tateh so heartless?
3.How did Tateh know that Rachel was going to marry a black man
4.Did Tateh care that Mameh died?

3 Vocab Words
1.shvartse- offensive term for somebody of African ancestry
2.dank- unpleasantly moist or wet
3.macabre- having death as a subject

2 Literary Elements
1."the pain it would have cause her would be nothing like she had ever experienced" simile
2."her memory was like a minefield" simile

1 Summary Sentence
1.The story end, and James recalls on the happy days he had with his mother

Color of Water #4

5 Things I Understand:
1.How Rachel felt after her husband died
2.What Jack and Chicken Man advised James to do
3.Why Rachel was never going to drive again
4.Why Rachel quit her drive
5.What Rocky's intentions were

4 Questions
1.Why did they move to Delaware?
2.What other schools did James apply to?
3.How will James do in college
4.How will Dee-Dee and Rachel's relationship be affected?

3 Vocab Words
1.thrust- puch forcefully
2.immaculate-perfect
3.sputter- To spit out or spray particles

2 Literary Elements
1."emotional feet" personifcation
2."smelling like a pot house" simile

1 Summary Sentence
1. In these chapters, we learn more about the teenage years of James.

Color of Water Post #3

5 Things I Understand
1.What Tateh thought a family outing should look like that
2.Why Rachel loved Peter
3.Why Rachel couldn't tell anyone she was pregnant
4.How Mameh found out about Peter
5.Why Aynt Betsy helped Rachel

4 Questions I Have
1.What will Rachel do?
2.Will Tateh find out?
3.Why didn't Rachel still go to her graduation?
4.How did Rachel feel after the death of Hunter?

3 Vocabulary Words
1. gentile- a person of a non-Jewish nation or of non-Jewish faith
2. epitomize- to make or give an epitome of
3.kosher- being proper, acceptable, or satisfactory under the Jewish law

2 Literary Elemets
1. "my life was the store" metaphor
2."it was like the sun was shining on me for the first time" simile

1 Summary Sentence
1. In chapters 10-15, we find out about Peter, Rachels first love, the abortion and also the death of Rachelf husband.

Color of Water Post #2

5 Things I Understand
1. What Tateh did for a living
2.WhyRachel was embrassed by her mother
3.How living in Suffolk was
4.The difference between Mameh and Tateh
5.Why Rachel's family had no family life

4 Questions I Have
1.Why didn't Mameh want to go south?
2.Why didnt Suffolk like Jews?
3. What happened to Sam after he ran away?
4.Why is Helen being so bad?

3 Vocab Words
1.denizens- citizens
2. absentminded- deep in thought
3. frantic- emotionally out of control

2 Literary Elements
1. "go around singing like a cantor and such." simile
2."talking to him was like talking to a wall" simile

1 Summay Sentence
1. In these 5, chapters, we learn more about Rachel's family and her children in detail.

Color of Water Post #1

5 things I Understand:
1. How Orthodox Jews mourn deaths.
2. What "Tateh" means.
3. What happened to Hudis' town during the Holocaust
4.Why Mameh was deformed
5.Why James acted so bad

4 Questions I Have
1. Why did the speaker change her name?
2. Why is she did to her family?
3.How did Rachel deal with all the deaths and all her children.
4.Where is the rest of her family

3 Vocabulary Words
1.fedora- soft felt hat that is creased lengthwise down the crown and pinched in the front on both sides
2.nonchalance-Casual lack of concern
3.invariable- Not changing or subject to change; constant

2 Literary Elements:
1. "Ive been dead to them for fifty years" methaphor
2."He was hard as a rock" simile

1 Summary Sentence:
1. In chapters 1-5, characters are introduced and backround information is given on Rachel's imidiate family.

She's the Man Post

What I Found:

Ceasario is the name of the Pizza place that the characters hang out at in the movie, in the book it is the name of the disguised Viola

Malvolio is not a character like he is in the book, but rather a tarantula

Antonio, Maria, Malvolio, Feste, Valentine, Andrew and Toby are charactrs in the book that have no major or important role in the movie.

Rather than a country, Illyria is the name of the school that the disguised Viola and Duke attend.

Cornwall, is the orignal school of Viola which in the book is the country of origin of Viola and Sebastian.

Sebastian is departing from London on the 12th of the Month (12th night)

The Duke, Orsino, of Illyria becomes Duke Orsino in the movie.

In the movie Olivia is sad over he brothers death, in the movie she is sqad over a recent break-up.

Duke is in love with Olivia, just as Orsino is in the book.

Olivia didnt want a smart, rich (cream of the crop) guy in the book, similarily to how Olivia didnt want Duke, the most wanted guy in school.

Olivia falls in love with Viola just as she does in the book.

Rather than using Ceasario, Viola disquises as her brother.

In the movie, Sebastian goes away to London and is virtually none existent until her returns to school, in the book he is also none existent until the end of the book, however he is thoguht to be dead by his sister.

Viola tricks Duke just as she tricked Orsino in the book.

Viola falls for Duke jsut as she falls for Orsino in the book.

In both the movie and book, Orsino wants Viola to hook him up with Olivia.

Orsino promised Viola a reward if she was successful at hooking Olivia and him up just like the movie, Orsino promises that he will help her make 1st string buy the Cornwall game.

"I have to go match making for the man I want to marry myself"<<< Story of Viola's Life

In both the movie and book there are instances where all the characters are united including Sebastian and Viola. The major one occurs at the end of the movie and book.

12th Night........Act 5

5 Things I Understand
1.Why Orsino wants to murder Viola
2.Why Orinso wants to exile Viola
3.Why Orinso feels like he was betrayed
4.Why Malvolio is so angry
5.How everything was settled at the end

4 Questions I have:
1.Why isnt Orsino mad?
2.Will Orsino find love?
3.Im confused...who got married?
4.Will Antonio be released?

3 Vocabulary Words
1.fancy- love intrest
2.apt-ready
3.racked-tortured

2 Literary Elements
1."As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war" simile
2."Punish my life for tainting of my love" personifcation

1 Summary Sentence:
1.The story ends, and Viola reveals her true identitiy.