Saint'sBones

=nkkjjiiu= = = =__**Day 1A Response Questions:**__= Have you ever been new to a school? How might the freshman students been feeling now that they are in a new school building? How does the experience parallel that you will be feeling next year in middle school? What are you nervous & excited for? What "stories" have you heard about middle school from older siblings / friends? Why does a school setting make this book more interesting / easier to read compared to a different setting? Depending on your answer, is that why J. K. Rowling has had so much success with the Harry Potter series - placed in a "fantastical school setting?"

spartan 117 No I have not ever gone to a newe school but maybe some day I mite. the freshmen may have felt a litte shy, on there first day angery, happy, unorthadox, out of place, sad. my experince will make me feel a bit sad because I will no longer have the right to call my self the mature ones of my school but when I go to middle school I will miss my old school.

moemoe411 Yes I have. The experience was a little scary a first but, then when one of my present friends asked me if I wanted to play with him that made my day. I think that the freshman students are feeling a little left out and scared too. I think that it praralells with it very well. I am nervous about what the teachers will think of me. I am excited for the lunches and the lockers. I heard that some kid hated the teacher so much that she put hand sanitizer in her coffee to try and kill her. I think so.

I haven't ever been to a new school, and I agree with Nintendoo. I wouldn't want to leave all my friends that I grew up together with. So it's probably awkward to be in a school where the only person you know, is, well, nobody. I'm excided because you get much more choices for lunch, so don't worry about that lunchbox adding extra weight to all your homework!=) Yes I'm nervous about all the work and the mean old bats of teachers. It makes it easier to read because we can relate to it. The bullys, the friends, the "STOP BREAKING THE FREAKING RULES!!" lecture from the principal, or should I say the //screaming// from the principal. Same reason for Harry Potter, even though their all witches and wizards. THIS MESSAGE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN 5 SECONDS -courtesy of Wingman42

Nintendoo- I have never been to a new school, but I wouldn't like leaving my friends behind. I think they may be thinking that Sister Providence has freakish bat-like hearing because she was searching for the source of a sound no-one heard. I can imagine they were kind of scared, especially Noah, being a twelve year old in High School. It will be a new setting when we go to Middle School next year, but at least we aren't going to Middle School directly after, say, Kindergarten. I'm nervous that I may become over-scheduled because of band, but I'm not that concerned. I have heard many stories about what happens in Middle School from my sister, but none of the stories are about what she learned. The book, The Saint's Bones, is easier to understand with it being in a school setting because I've been in school for six years and I'm used to and understand school goings on. I do not think that a fantastical school setting helped in the success of the Harry Potter series, on the contrary, I think it was the reality of the storyline and the magical explanation or version everything logical.

Mario_basketball No, I have never moved, yet. Just in four weeks we are going to sixth grade. So that will probably feel like moving to me. The new freshmen feel just at home, NOT! Jay Weazel is the christian bully. He is giving Noah, Jerry, Leonard, and Eddie a hard time at St.Adalbert's. His followers are Rhino and Karl.

Feedback42- Yes, 3 TIME. well it would feel weird because of not knowing people and being the youngest in the school.Next year is really a new open door for us. I mean new teachers, going to different rooms for classes. but you can't change my feelings for next year, IT WILL BE FLIPPING AWESOME!!!!!! I am exited for the new experience at the new school. one story my sister told me was that she was really thirsty so she asked the teacher if she could get a drink. he said no then pulled out a Coke and started to drink it. well I think thats why all school/camp settings make good stories. I mean Lightning Thief, Harry Potter all those. bye!


 * __Day 2A Response Questions:__****The emergence of a few new students leads the reader to predict what powers they might have. If you were a character in the novel, what superpower would you want to have? Explain & give reasons why. Making Connections are important when reading, it helps the reader to be more engaged with the text. One type of connection is text to world. This type of connection draws the real world (real life, movies, songs, t.v. shows, etc.) in parallel with the novel. Describe two T-W (Text to World) connections you've made so far in the novel.**


 * moemoe411**
 * My super power would be a swiften because I could get away from bullies without them knowing that I ran off. Also I would use it durring track so I would be faster that all of the kids in the school combined. Acept for when there is another swiften in the school. This book connects to the movie Sky High where every kid in the school has super powers. That is my text-to-world connection.**

spartan 117 t to be able to absorb any radiation any object and be able to use for my advantage or being able to be so smart I know any anwser to any question before. I was asked beacause I want to know what happens before the incident happened.

T-W CONNECTION I think this movie goes along with sky hi and X-Men th 2 super power acttion packed movies. (T-W) I always want to be a hot shot at every sport but not wanting to deal with commpetitors

-wingman I think I would be a Swiften, mostly because nintendoo has told me that I would be. But there are a lot of people who are faster than I am. Even he's faster than me, and I have extremely low stamina. =[ **-**I'm not very strong, or as smart as Leonard, and have anything BUT a high-tolerance of pain. I won't tell you how I compare with Noah an Juan, because I DON'T relate to their powers either. :{

Mario_basketball If I were a character in a novel, I would want invisibility power. I think this because I could go into Min'Otoo without being detected.(Only if Beel's army of animals, if you call them that, has heating powers that can see me! I made a connection with real life. Where Pope Benedict the 16th makes most of his speeches in Europe. That "church" was/is made on St. Peter's grave.2.) In Sky High all the freshmen and older have powers.

Feedback42- I would have the power to control water and ice. I think this because there are really cool quizzes on the Internet that tell you a power determining on you personality. they rule!!!!!

Nintendoo- If I were a character in a novel, I would be like Leonard, a psychic with amazing tolerance of pain. I only think this because I could have a huge bruise and not notice its there until you point it out a week later. The whole psychic thing is not because I can actually read minds, but its because I just happen to have lucky guesses as to when thing are going to happen. One connection I have with this book is with Sky High, the book is about a school that is home to many superheroes. Another, more of a question than a connection, of mine is, like in Harry Potter forums, does it help to make the villain mysterious until an epic battle at the end? I think it does because it worked very well in Harry Potter and Maximum Ride, plus I could probably find thousands of other examples of that same affect, some good, many terrible.

__Day 3A Wiki Repsonse Question:__

 * In reading, strong readers often make connections to help make their book more interesting, exciting, and desirable to read. One type of connection is a text to text connection. This means that the reader is connecting some aspect of the current book they're reading to another book they've read. List three (3) text to text (t-t) connections you've made so far about your novel.

moemoe411**
 * 1 This book connects to the book called Diary of a Whimpy Kid because in the book the kids are getting knocked around by a bully named Rodney.**
 * 2 This book connects to the book called Harry Potter and the sorceror's stone because they are new to the school and they all have powers.**
 * 3 This book connects to the book called City of Ember because the mayor of Ember was hiding somthing just like the nuns are hiding somthing.**

My first connection is about Jerry Flanagan, he is an //exact// replica of Ron Weasley. They both have red hair, are pretty dang stupid, and everyone in their family has gone to their school. If you don't know what I'm talking about, let me take this slow, //Ron//... ... //is//... ... //from//... ... //Harry Potter.//

My second connection is that Leonard Reasoner is like Fang from Maximum Ride. He's the smartest in the group (in Fang's case, smarter than the Flock) (in Leonard's case, smarter than the Gang, and the world). They also don't talk much or show much emotion (Leonard with Nelke is an exception, and some times he can be a chatter box about facts) (Fang's exception for both of those rules can be described in one word, Max).

My third connection is between Rachel Elizabeth Dare and Noah. They can see things other people can't, through ancient Greek Mist, or just automatically know stuff that he never learned. To know what I'm talking about, read Percy Jackson and the Olympians, books one to four. They both show their friends the way and become the voice of reason in a time of evil and danger. Those have been three connections solely about people by Nintendoo. See Ya -Nintendoo

spartan blame (T-T)this is like the book maximum ride the kids have powers in both the books. (T-T)the other book is Eragon the book this is alike because Eragon has powers that he never knew he had.

-It's true that Ron is Jerry's twin brother, but I can't seem to think anything that relates except for what nintendoo said //(DANG IT!)// It's a very unique book combining football and fantasy, and still make it interesting and fun to read. And I need to add from my last wiki response: -I have incredibly TERRIBLE reflexes. Anyway, let's get to the point. It kind of reminded me of City of Ember (which freaking rocked!) when they went underground to the base-thingy :} THIS MESSAGE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN 5,4,3,2 -WINGMAN42

Feedback- This book reminds my of the Flash comics because of Jerry. And yes I'm bringing it up to jerry IS Ron!! other than that...(pondering)... yup the other to got it all. Bye.

mario_basketball I agree with Nitendoo and Wingman Jerry are like twin brother. It must be hard to write a interesting with football and fantasy.(T-T)this is like harry potter. (T-T) the other book is a WW2 book the army people used trees and other things to hid and plan missions in.

__Day 4A Wiki Response Questions:__

 * Connecting prior knowledge and experience to reading deepens comprehension. I would like you to explain one type of connection that you've made with the book you've been reading.** __List__ and __explain__ the __type of connection made__ & __answer how this helped you to understand the story better__.

The four types of connections are: Text-to-Text (T-T) These connections made between the text and you are reading and what you have read elsewhere.

Text-to-World (T-W) These are connections made between the text you are reading and the bigger issues and events going on in the world.

Text-to-Self (T-S) These are connections made between the text you are reading and your own experiences.

Text-Within-Text (T-W-T) These are connections made between the text you are reading and another section of the same text. spartan blame T-T this is connected with X-men comics because the kids have super powers as speed ,flight inntelegence, strength. T-W This has some sky high in it the kids in saints bones have powers as well and Spider Wick Cronickles this book has some mythical creatures. T-S Me compare to this book are pretty different I a,m more of a basket ball guy and athletes in this book are foot ball players but I do some foot ball to.

moemoe411 T-to-W My connection is the movie Harry Potter #1 because one of Draco's friends are kind of big and strong and fat so that reminded me of Rhino in the book. This helped me understand the book better by helping me think of what the bullies looked like and how big they were.

Feedback42- Maximum Ride is a lot like this book. High School kids who have flipping awesome powers. So please read Maximum Ride. Bye.

Nintendoo- (T-T) One connection that I've made with this book is that every character has an equal from a different book. As you have read in my previous response, Jerry is like Ron, Leonard is like Fang, and Noah is like Rachel. I have come across another likeness, General Beel and Voldemort. They have expressionless white faces, red eyes, and are evil to the core. This connection helped me to understand the story by having examples of treachery to decide on a general personality for Beel.

Maximum Ride. BUT FEEDBACK42, only three of the five-six-of them are in high school. And I can relate with the characters from Maximum Ride to Saint's Bones: 1. Nudge = Maria. WAY too happy-go-lucky. SERIOUSLY! Maria is always smiling and Nudge won't shut up! 2. Fang = Leonard. Extremely smart. Doesn't talk much. Somewhat creepy. No, really creepy. 3. Angel = Leonard. Messes with peoples minds. Like Fang = Leonard, their also really creepy. THIS MESSAGE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN 5,4,3,2 -WINGMAN42

mario_basketball I agree with Nintendoo, General Beel and Voldemort. They are evil to the core, expressionless white faces, and red eyes.

__Day 5A Response wiki questions:__

 * Coach Amos Gunn has a grudge against the Flannagan family. He takes out his frustrations on Jerry, because of the incident with the coach's son, Jerry's brother, and the big game. Describe a time when you've seen / experienced a grudge against somebody or from someone else.**


 * moemoe411**
 * Well during this year I had a grudge on someone in our class because they were steeling my stuff and I noticed that they were cheating off of my papers so I tried to stop that by covering my paper. Then after a while I noticed their grades started to go down right after I started to cover my paper. So that made me feel like I was just being used. That is when I had a grudge on that person**

Feedback- I've never really seen or been through that many grudges, But sometimes my friends get on my nerves, sorry guys. Bye.

spartan blame I have had many grudges but one can,t be compared to the most meanest person in the world my brother Zach but as well as he makes me want to pull my hair up and then send him to prison with no excuses.

Wingman42- I know this isn't suppose to be personal, but you can be pretty mean to us sometimes, feedback. Well, there are a lot of people who annoy me or I dislike, or both. I do however have an extremely large grudge on my 3rd grade teacher because he/she sent me to the back of the room one time, for no reason!! AT ALL!!! NOTHING!!!!!!!!!! WINGMAN OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mario_basketball Like Feedback, I've never really seen or been through that many grudges, but sometimes my friends "at home" get on my nerves.They mostly ask for all these just bought action figures.

Good readers make many predictions while they are reading. Some predictions turn out to be true, while others are "off."
 * __Day 6A Wiki Response Questions:__**

List some of your predictions you made while reading this novel.

What would you predict would happen if there was a sequel to this novel? What direction might the author take with the characters?

Would you recommend the novel to others? Why or why not? Explain.

That the next book they will gain a all new enemy in the next book. The sequel would at least have some more battles and maybe more cliff hangers. hat the characters are going to start a new year at Saint Adalberts HIGH SCHOOL.**
 * spartan blame

Mario_basketball I would TOTALLY recommend Saints Bones! Even though the pages are long, it is full of "delicous" facts and the book is action packed every step of the way. I would predict they are across the country from each other and have to "form" together again. Beel is back, but he is weaker.**