Sarah+5C

__**Language Arts**__ Sarah 5c Twisted Fairytale Winnie's Journal Sarah-5C-Poetry Voice

__Humpty Dumpty__ Humpty Dumpty sat on a **bulwark**. Humpty Dumpty had a **huge topple**. For all the king's horses and all the king's **males** couldn't put Humpty together **anew**.

__Pop Goes The Weasel__ That's the way the **cash** goes. Pop! Goes the Weasel. Up and down the **urban area** road. In and out the eagle. That's the way the **cash** goes Pop! Goes the weasel.
 * 8 ounces** of Tuppeny rice.
 * 8 ounces** of treacle.

__Hush-a-Bye Baby__ Hush a bye **infant** on the tree top, When the wind blows the **crib** will **sway;** When the bow **busts** the **crib** will **plummet,** And down will come **newborn**, **crib** and **the rest**.

__A Mock Trial__ 1. Do you think the trial and the outcome (result) were fair? No, I don't think the results are really fair because the results were that Kris should pay Lee(me)$350 instead of $500. Lee worked hard and Rags was Kris's responsibility. I don't think the trial was fair because my opponent kept interrupting me. 2. How did you feel when the opposing party explained his/her point of view? I felt angry and I wanted to object, but I sort of felt like Kris was reasonable. 3. How did playing your role make you feel? It made me feel confident. I felt like my story had reason and I was making sense. 4. How would you change the trial if you could? I would change it by making this rule: No interrupting while others are talking. 5. Why is it important to examine and understand all points of view before making a decision? It is important because if you make a decision without listening to both sides of the story, that won't be fair to one person. You should make a choice that is fair for everyone.

__Point of View__ Song 1: This song made me feel tired because the music is very slow and smooth. The music is not rock or something very fast. It is sort of like a lullaby to me. Song 2: This song made me feel mad at it because the singer is sort of yelling while he is singing. To me, it seems like he is yelling at me. The music is the helping the singer. I just want to yell back at him saying I didn't do anything. Song 3: This song made me feel like I was floating or flying in the air because the music and the voices are high and calming. When you fly, it is sort of calm and you are high up. Song 4: This song made me feel annoyed because the music sometimes makes a sound that is sort of like buzzing and it is like a fly buzzing in your ear. The voice that sings this is too loud for me and I just feel like turning it off. Song 5: This song made me feel like throwing a t.v. at the singer because the singer was once again yelling while singing. The song said, " Don't you dare stare" and I felt like the song was telling me what to do. It also said something about cops. Talking about a cop makes me feel uncomfortable. Song 6: This song made me feel happy and uncomfortable at the same time. I felt like I was in an Italian restaurant eating spaghetti and I felt like I was in and elevator. The music sounded jazzy and elevator music is usually jazzy. Those two pictures in my mind collided and I got a picture of me eating spaghetti in the elevator. I was happy because there was food, but I felt uncomfortable because eating in an elevator is plain weird.

__Tuck Everlasting Movie & Book Comparison__ 1. One major change was that Winnie did not talk to the toad. The camera was on the toad only once or twice, but there was no meaning for it. I really didn't like that. Another major change was that the whole plan to get Mae out was different!! Tuck was in jail, too! I can't believe it was like that! I think that part really ruined the movie for me. The last major change I saw was that the man in the yellow suit wasn't listening when Miles and Jesse were telling Winnie about the spring. Mae was supposed to be there too but she wasn't. They also told Winnie at the wrong time. They told her too late. 2. I think the movie had these changes because the director might not have been able to work it out as well as you can just describe it in a book. Maybe the director couldn't find a toad that stays still long enough for Winnie to talk to it. Maybe the director couldn't make thunder and lightning or make the iron bers come off the wall. Maybe the director just wanted more things to happen in the movie so he/she made Winnie find out later. 3. I liked the book better because it had more detail and it seemed more realistic even though the movie had people in it. I guess I liked the book better because I read it before I saw the movie. The book gives me a feeling that the movie didn't give me. I think they are really different.

__Chapter 25 & Epilogue__ 1. I think Babbitt is trying to say that the weather is changing slowly and it is becoming fall, then winter. I also think she is trying to say that while Winnie was having an adventure with the Tucks, the wheel sort of slowed down or stopped. It did this because it was so exciting and the weather, too, has something to do with it. Maybe because it was so hot, that the wheel stopped spinning. 2. I think that Mae and Tuck were pretty glad that the spring was gone. They were probably glad because both of them didn't like living forever, and they don't want other people finding out about it. I am sort of happy that it is gone, and sort of sad. I am happy because I thought living forever is a curse, and I didn't want anybody finding out about it, either. I am sad because it brings back memories like Winnie about to drink the spring, and the Tucks who are now alone. I remember the sad memories the most. 3. I think an epilogue is an end or a wrap up to the story. I think an epilogue just explains what happened after the story. I think Natalie Babbitt wrote an epilogue in the book because without it, pieces of the story are missing and everyone will want to know what happened. She wrote it because she needed to tell what happened to everything and if Winnie drank the spring.

__Chapter 24__ 1. In the beginning of the chapter, the book said it was nighttime in August. Then, it said that the sky had a flash of white and then the storm was coming soon. And because the storm was coming to them, they could hear thunder and soon, they could see the flashes of lightning. Finally, rain came down and started pouring. 2. The weather is connected because the feelings are dark and gloomy. So is the weather. It is also connected because the rain and thunder help Miles take off the window. In the book, it says that Miles always waited for the thunder to make a lot of noise so the constable wouldn't hear them.

__Chapter 23__ 1. I think Winnie was excited and guilty because in the book, it says, " Winnie wandered restlessly about her room, sat in her rocker, lay an her bed, counted the ticks of the hall clock." on page 118. 2. In the third quarter, we did the talent show. I was anxious because I didn't really want the anyone watching me act like a queen. I thought it was going to be embarrassing. I was nervous because if I made many mistakes, I might have made the others mess up, too.

__Chapter 21 & 22__ 1.Dear Winnie, I know how you feel. How about I give you some advice? Okay, so you feel good about the Tucks, right? I would too if I were you. I can't believe that the man in the yellow suit died! That is horrible because now Mae has to go to the gallows. I'll tell you what to do. What if you distracted the constable and somehow Jesse or Miles can get the key. You can also travel to the Tucks' house and sneak to the gallows together to untie Mae and get her out! Aren't those good ideas? How about this one? You go to Mae and the constable when the constable is just taking Mae to the gallows. One of you can dress up as another sheriff or constable and say, " Oh, you did a lot of hard work. I'll take her to the gallows." and then you run away with her. Don't be so stressed and worried. everything will turn out fine! From, Sarah 2. Miles wants to take off the window of the jail house Mae is in. Then, somehow everyone can help her out of the window. Miles will put the window back and run away with Mae. I don't think it is a good plan because many problems can happen like: Mae can make a lot of noise or the constable will be looking the whole time. Miles might make a lot of noise also when he is taking the window off. Mae might not be able to fit in the window to get out, and many more things.

__Chapter 19 & 20__ 1. I don't agree with the man because I understood how the Tucks felt first and their feeling has more reason to it. I think he is a very bad man and I think what he does is really bad. He spied, he eavesdropped, he knew that they didn't like him telling, and yet he still attempts to. I am so angry at that man! 2. I think Tuck looks envious because the man in the yellow suit is hurt, and of course he wants to die and be extremely hurt. If I were in his shoes, I would have felt sort of the same way, and sort of not the same. I would feel the same because I know how bad living forever is. Of course I haven't experienced it, but I thought hard about it. I would sort of feel different because being hurt really hurts. I wouldn't ever want to be hurt. I wouldn't want to die right away either.

__Chapter 18__ I think the two events are in the same chapter because the author has some other event that has to happen with them both in the same chapter.I think they connect because the author wants trouble to happen at some point. Maybe the climax, who knows! Since Winnie loves staying with the Tucks and the stranger came to get her, I think there is going to be trouble and we are going to come across the climax.

__Chapter 17__ 1. The talk was similar because when Winnie talked to Angus, they talked about how the spring was bad. When Winnie talked to Miles, they also talked about how the spring is bad. 2. The talk was different because when Winnie talked to Angus, they only talked about what the spring does. When Winnie talked to Miles, they talked about the spring, the fish, and Miles's life with children. 3. Miles didn't have his family drink from the spring because he thought it wouldn't have worked out well. He thought it was no use because the children had already grown and his wife was more than forty then and it was too peculiar and wouldn't work out. He said, " ' The fewer people know about the spring, the fewer people to tell about it.' " I think what Miles said is true and wise.

__Chapter 16__ I think Babbitt talks about the gallows because she wants to let us know that the Tucks are in danger. She is telling us that the constable is going to hang the Tucks. It is very bad because the Tucks live forever and if they hang on the gallows, they will not die but suffer. I feel bad for the Tucks if it is going to happen to them.

__Chapter 15__ 1. In this chapter, it describes the man in the yellow suit in a peculiar, kind of strange way. In the book, it says, " He gestured with his long, white fingers and smiled, his face crinkling pleasantly. " It sort of gives you the chills. If you are looking at white fingers, wouldn't it look like a ghost's hand? It also says, " ... crossing his long, thin legs." That description isn't very pleasing, is it? Everything of his seems to be long and thin. Maybe that is Babbitt's way of giving her reader the chills. 2. I think he made the deal with the Fosters because he wants the spring. If he gets the spring, a lot of people will come charging toward it. He might charge them money for drinking the spring. I don't think he cares about people suffering from living forever. He just wants the money. 3. I think the Fosters didn't talk in that chapter because they were in too much shock. I think the man in the yellow suit took over the talk either because Babbitt wanted to give more information about him, or he just wanted the spring so much that he had to make a point and talk the whole time.

__Chapter 14__ I think Winnie is confused because she thought the Tucks were bad because they kidnapped her, but they are trying to make her feel comfortable. It would be confusing for me too if I were her. She was thinking about it when she lay down on the lumpy couch. Then Mae came and said," 'I wish you was ours.' " If they kidnapped her just because they were bad guys, they wouldn't have cared for her like Mae did. If you don't like somebody, you wouldn't say that you wish they were yours, but Mae did and it shows that she is compassionate towards Winnie. Winnie is also confused about the whole spring thing. She started to doubt all of the things that the Tucks told her. Here is a quote from the book that shows her confusion: " Was it true? Could they really never die, these Tucks? It had evidently not occurred to them that she might not believe it. ...... Well, she did not believe it. It was nonsense. Wasn't it? Well wasn't it? " That really gives it away, that she does not really believe what the Tucks had told her. Maybe she will change.

__Chapter 13__ I think the man in the yellow suit steals the horse so that the Tucks will find him and follow him. He wants them to follow him so that when they meet, he will ask for more information, and the Tucks will have to answer. If they don't answer him, he will threaten never to give the horse back. If the Tucks want the horse back, they will have to tell him everything he wants to know. That is my idea of what the man in the yellow suit will do.

__Chapter 12__ I think that Tuck is explaining life as a wheel and all of the people who get to live and be happy are spinning. I think of this "wheel" like a ferris wheel. Everybody who is on it is living and then dies when it is their chance. Whoever dies gets off the ride and goes to heaven. People are in line, waiting for their turn to get on the wheel. Tuck is saying that his family is not spinning with the rest of the wheel, but they are living. Winnie wants to live forever, but Tuck is telling her that it is better to be spinning than to be staying still. He wants to grow more and he thinks that he is just a rock on the side of the road. I think that the road is like life, and pebbles on the road are people. The Tucks were kicked off the road and now they live forever. I feel sorry for them.

__Chapter 11__ For homework, I chose choice A. When Tuck said," I got a feeling this whole thing is going to come apart like wet bread" I thought he meant that everything is going to be ruined. Bread is easy to rip. It is even easier to rip when it is wet. He meant that with a child to keep their secret, everything is going to be ruined like if you ruin a wet piece of bread. I don't think he really trusts a child to keep a huge secret like that.

__Chapter 10__ I think it is a curse because some time after everyone is off the earth, the Tucks might be the only ones left. How bad is that? They will be so lonely. Imagine yourself living forever. What if you have a disease forever? Not dying is the good part, but you have to suffer for such a long time! What if the earth turns into a planet that doesn't have enough oxygen? You would suffer alright, but you wouldn't ever die! What if the Tucks have glasses and they broke? Nobody would be there to fix them if everybody passed away. They wouldn't be able to see. I just can't stand the fact that they have to live forever! When I only read some of this book, I thought it was the best thing that could happen to you, but now I've changed my mind. Living forever is a curse. Remember that. A curse.

__Chapter 9__ I think the Tucks talk like this because the book takes place a long time ago. If I were Winnie, I'd definitely correct them when they talk like that. This tells me that the Tucks didn't get an education. It also tells me that they don't really care what they say. First, they seem like they don't care about how their house looks and now they don't seem like they care about grammar. What a family. It makes me think whether they really did have an education. If they did, then why in the world do they talk like that? If they did go to school, maybe they got kicked out because they weren't changing. Hmmm... I wonder.

__Chapter 8__ The man in the yellow suit overhears the Tuck's conversation. When I read about him, I always get suspicious because I don't know much about him. In chapter 4, he appears and he says he is looking for someone but he doesn't say who. That makes you suspicious of what he is doing. You don't know if he's good or bad. Then, in chapter 6, he appears while the Tucks are taking Winnie. You don't know why he is there,so you get suspicious. Finally, he hides behind the bushes in chapter 8. He doesn't seem like a very nice person in chapter 8. Hmmm... he makes me really suspicious.

__Chapter 7__ I think the 'plan' is that the world and the people would live forever. Maybe the 'plan' changed to people passing away and not living forever. I think there were once many bubbling springs that made you live forever and then once people came to the Earth, they disappeared except for that one little spring. That one that makes you live forever. I think Jesse and Angus are talking about that 'plan'. I guess the plan just didn't work out the right way.

__Chapter 6__ 1.I think Babbitt is using a simile. I think she is trying to say that Winnie is really scared that she has goosebumps. When you have goosebumps, you are usually cold. Sometimes when you are nervous or scared, you get cold. Winnie is probably very scared. She's being kidnapped, why wouldn't she be scared? I found two similes in chapter 6. ( p. 34 ) " ...her throat closed and her mouth went as dry as paper." Here is the other simile: (p.35) " Yes, it was the same music she had heard the night before. Somehow it calmed her. It was like a ribbon tying her to familiar things." The first simile means that Winnie probably needed water because she did not for a very long time. The second simile means that Winnie heard the music and it reminded her of things she knows. 2.I think Winnie didn't do anything because she was in so much shock that her mind was too busy thinking about other things. I would be shocked,too. I wouldn't call for help to the man because I'd think he will believe Mae when she says she is teaching horseback riding.I would be too curious to know what it is that they were trying to explain. Of course, I would want to yell for help, though.

__Chapter 5__ I found three senses in chapter 5. I found sound, smell, and sight. Sound: On page 28, it said Jesse laughed and then Winnie laughed. It made me see laughing faces and it made me feel happy. smell:In the book on page 23, it said it smelled damp in the wood where the air was cooler. I felt uncomfortable and calm at the same time. sight:On page 25, Babbitt described Jesse as relaxed,wonderful,and thin with brown curly hair. That was Winnie's point of view.

__Chapters 2,3,and 4__ The prologue is connected with those chapters because in the the prologue, it says exactly the same thing as chapters 2,3,and 4. Natalie Babbitt did this because she wanted to get the reader's attention. Of course, she couldn't explain everything in the beginning and otherwise, there would be no story. When the reader reads the prologue, they would want to find out how those three things that happened connect. They would read on and they would be so into the book that the reader cannot let go of the book no matter what. That is the little trick of Natalie Babbitt's. How clever she is!

__Chapter 1__ I think Natalie Babbitt sees land ownership as something that is always to be kept private. It seems like she feels that private land should only be touched by the owners. In the book, Babbitt explains that the wood is private property of the Fosters'. I agree that someone else should not be on a piece of land that is not theirs, unless the owner gives permission to be there. Babbitt also explains that land ownership is odd when you come to think of it. She questions land ownership in a way I never thought of it before. Her description makes me think about whether an owner of a piece of land really owns all of the layers of it in the earth, or just one layer of it.

__Prologue__ I would choose to live forever at this age because I want to stay young. Many people want to. When I am young, I get to live with my parents, I can stay in 5th grade which is easier than middle school, I can also grow taller. There are many things to do when I am young. I can have fun when I am young, but when I get older, I have to work a lot. As I get older, I will start to miss being young. I don't want that to happen.

Social studies __Sarah's Favorite Confucius Quote__  Forget injuries, never forget kindness. - Confucius This quote makes me think about how people can be kind and unkind to each other. This quote is telling you to forgive and forget the bad things that someone did to you so that you can think about the good things they did. Think about people forgetting your unkind mistakes and remembering your kind acts. Wouldn't that be nice?