Tuck+Everlasting+(MI9)

Tuck Everlasting

Natalie Babbit

pre-reading questions 1. Is Tuck a person? 2. Is it any different from the movie? 3. Why is it called Tuck Everlasting?4. Why are the girl's eyes so piercing? 5. Does the movie make the book harder to understand? 6. Why does the boy look so nice and the girl look so mean? 7. Are there any more characters? 8. Are the boy and girl in love? 9. Is it a children's novel either or book? 10. If Tuck is mortal, does he last forever? 11. Where does the book take place? 12. Does the girl kill or betray the boy? 13. What does a magic spring have to do with the book? 14. Does the girl or boy drink from the spring? 15. Why is the girl staring at us?!?!

predictions?

**Day 1 Reflections:**
==**What is the mystery so far? Describe a time when you met someone mysterious. Have you ever been in the woods alone? If so, how did it feel, sound, look, etc.** ==


 The secret is that the Tuck family...... Is not really your “average joe” family. What do they do with the spring. It seems like it has something to do with the Tuck family. One time at McDonalds I met a guy that looked like he just committed a crime. He was all nervous.... Sweating with his hands in his pockets. I really did not actually meet him I just saw him. I was in the woods alone and it felt really weird. I was scared and it felt bland, like pop without it’s fizz. I eventually found my way out but it was spooky. I felt as if there was a ghost inside me...   Winnie is rich and is an only child. She is lonely so she talks to frogs and she is always bossed around by her dad, mom, and grandma. She met a man, Jesse, and thought he was beautiful. She wants to run away because she hates her life but she changes her mind and stays. She is suspicious because she thinks Jessse is up to no good. by fatcow47

The mystery is that Tuck and his family are really old and that that might tie into the title. Mae Tuck says that she is 83 years old and usually a 83 year old is not going to ride a horse. I think that that probably is what the mystery is. The time that I met someone mysterious is when I was shopping with my mom, and all of a sudden this kid came out and started asking me questions. It was very scary and I wanted to run away. Never trust little kids. I was in my grandparents woods one day, I heard growling noises. Then I saw a very skinny coyote right in front of me. My head was spinning so fast I thought I was going to barf. I ran off and never went in that part of the woods again. M and M  The mystery is that the Mae Tuck has been 83 for a long time. I think that she and her family are magic and Mae used a potion or something to make herself be 83 and live forever. I saw this guy who was a janitor and he would stare out his windows and look through the curtains at this girl and when she looked his way he would close the curtains so she wouldn’t see him. I only saw it on a movie but it was really mysterious looking and scary. bball4life so far the mystery is why dose the Tuck family live for ever! One time I was at a restraunt and this guy was thier and he was super creepy! Yes I have been in the woods by my self! Their was a coyote in the woods with me and he was growling and it was really creepy!

  Spartini22 The mystery to the Tuck family is that they live forever. The family drank from a magical spring in the woods and it caused them to live forever. Mae Tuck said in the book that she is 83 years old. Tuck said he was 104, Miles hasn’t said at all,and the Father hasn’t said. If I ever was in a situation like that then I would immediately call the cops, the only reason I would call the police is because they are total strangers. I would freak out if I was alone with all of them

**bball** **The mystery is that a women named mae has been living at age 83 and has not been older or younger for a long time. One time a women was just starring at me and I kind of wanted to now why.**

=__**Day 2 :Literal comprehension**__= =**Describe what you know to be true about Winnie. Be sure not to include subjective statements or opinions, try to keep to the facts.**=

she is lonely and has to do everything her family tells her to do. She has no friends and plays with a toad and also troughs rocks at the toad. Her family is really poor. She wishes that she could have a new name and life. bball    DAY 2 RESPONSE bball4life winnie is a ciruse and young girl she is very tamed by her parents.Can not do much because her parents are to pretective of here. So she now talks to toads and other animals.

** Winnie is a 10 year old girl whose parents own the woods and almost all the land beside it. She is very curios. She doesn’t have any friends, so she talks to animals like the toad. She does not like her parents and think they are mean and give her to much attention. She wants to run away, but is not to sure about it. She really likes Tuck, and thinks he is handsome. She has a granny, a mom, dad. Her grandpa died in one of the chapters. She has no brothers and sisters. Her personality is very laid back and she gets her anger out by throwing things. pbandj

**m and m Winnie is a only child and her parents do not treat her nicely. She wants to run away and change her name. Her real name is Winifred but people call her Winnie. Her parents and other people just boss her around and tell her what to do. She really likes Tuck and thinks he is so cute. Her only friends are animals, she does not have any human friends. Winnie is a ten year old girl.

**m and m** **They have a spring that makes them older and stay the same age forever. They were on a camping trip and they were out of water so they drank out of the spring. So people don’t think they are witches. I would try to keep it from everybody so nobody would know. It would be a curse for me. I feel this way because it would make me feel weird and people would think I was some kind of creature or something.** =**NOT SURE IF ONE OR BOTH ARE M&M's WORK?** =

she is lonely and has to do everything her family tells her to do. She has no friends and plays with a toad and also troughs rocks at the toad. Her family is really poor. She wishes that she could have a new name and life.bball

Day 2 Response Winnie is a rich girl and is raised as a “perfect” girl not a “flaw” girl. She can’t do anything that her parents don’t allow, she can’t lick her fingers after she eats something messy, and she can’t really do anything that she wants. Winnie only has a choice of is living with her family or running away secretly. Spartini22

__Day 3 Reflection questions:__
==**What is the interesting fact about a the Tuck family? How did it happen? Why are they so protective of their "condition"? What would you do if you had the same condition? Would it be a blessing or a curse? Explain WHY you feel this way?**== **They drank from the river and there was something** **in it. There was everlasting in it when they drank it.** **I would not have many friends and my family would** **live far a way from other people. I think it would be** **a bad curse. Because I would not have any friends** **and I would not be able to live by my friends. bball**  ** bball4life The Tuck family lives forever! They were on a trip and ran out of water, so they dank out of this spirng.The reason that they are so protective of the spirng is because their friends and other people think it is witch craft.I would kinda be happy but also be kinda upset.Happy because you would be able to have so many adventures.Sad because you wold be trapped in the world forever.A blessing probably. Because all of the adventures. Winnie is a 10 year-old girl who abused and neglected on a regular basis. Winnie talks to a toad who really doesn’t care and sleeps the entire time she talks. Then Winnie runs away and meets Tuck. She tries to tell Tuck her feelings about how she is abused,but she gets distracted by the magical spring. She asks about it but Tuck covers it up. She tries to drink from it but he doesn’t listen. **m and m** **They have a spring that makes them older and stay the same age forever. They were on a camping trip and they were out of water so they drank out of the spring. So people don’t think they are witches. I would try to keep it from everybody so nobody would know. It would be a curse for me. I feel this way because it would make me feel weird and people would think I was some kind of creature or something.**
 * Spartini22

The Tuck family has a spring that they drink out of to live forever! They were on a camping trip and they had no water supply. They, and the cat, drank it. The cat got shot and lived. They found out it was magic. Because everyone thinks they are witches and do witchcraft. I would never drink out of it. It would be a curse. I would not want to live forever because you would be alone for a long time. I would want to if my friends drank it too. ** **They drank from the river and there was something** **in it. There was everlasting in it when they drank it.** **I would not have many friends and my family would** **live far a way from other people. I think it would be** **a bad curse. Because I would not have any friends** **and I would not be able to live by my friends. bball**
 * fatcow47

They were on a camping trip and were out of water, so they drank out of the spring. They all, even the horse. When they went back to their house, later on two men shot their horse. The men thought it was a deer. The horse did not die. It merely made a mark. Then they new what had happened. It was magic! Everybody in the town thought they were doing witch magic. The Tuck family did not want anyone to know because then every person would find the spring and live forever! Also they didn’t want the people to know that they were everlasting either. I think it would be a curse because then you would live and live and never be able to go to heaven. I would like it to be everlasting because then you could see so many amazing things. pbandj **
 * The Tuck family found a spring that made you live forever.

__**Day 4 Wiki Response 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 two (2) text to text (t-t) connections you've made so far about your novel. m and m A book that I read that is like this is __Chasing Vermeer__ because they both are a mystery and they both take place outside and inside. Also, they both had suspicious people in the book that try to disguise there self and not let anybody know. Plus they both have a family.

Spartini22 1. One connection from another book I’m reading is that there are the same settings and almost the same characters. Except that they’re in an alleyway. 2. Another connection is that they meet up in the woods,but not by a small pond with a horse. 3. The last connection I have is the season. It’s in the summer and it has the almost exact temperature. bball4life When they capure Winne that reminded me of the BFG when the guy in the yellow suit is a stranger in the book The Hidden Stair Case. Another book with a stranger in it was Little House On The Praire. fatcow47 There is a lot of Tucks. In my book there is a lot of things called Darklings in Midnighters. It is hard to keep track of which ones they are talking about. There is poor family and rich family. It reminds me of a book (can’t remember name read in 4th grade) where the same thing is happening only they are fighting. It reminds me of the book Geronimo where his mom always made bread, corn, and rabbit. They do that in this book. PBandJ
 * 1) 1 __The Alcymest__ is a book that I have read that is similar because some of the people ever-last.
 * 2) 2 __The Lightning Thief is__ a book that has lots of magic.
 * 3) 3 __The Elephant Run__ is a book that has a kid that is a only child.

__bball__ 1 Winnie gets kidnapped and I have read a book called the BFG and the girl gets in the book gets kidnapped. 2 well the tuck family lives in a small and house and little house on the parie and they live in the small house. 3 in this one book called summer camp secrets these girls are mean to other people and in clque the girls are mean to pther people too.

**__Day 5 Reflection questions:__**
= = **Winnie is experiencing the feeling of excitement and mystery. What way has she been raised to make her want to run away? Do you agree with her choice to do so? What events of the Tuck's past do you find the funniest as they begin to share stories of their misadventures?**

Winnie has been raised as the only child. Her parents are very clean and their house is tidy, clean, and spotless. The parents treat her like a child. They also make her come in and never let her do anything alone. She thinks that her parents give her too much attention, so she runs away. I agree because her parents are treating her like a child. I agree because they give her too much attention. The funniest thing was when the horse got shot and it still lived. Another is when the father is tired of living so, long so he shoots him self with a shot gun, but still lives. pbandj  **m and m** **She wants to run away because she is an only child and doesn't have any friends, her only friends are animals. Also, her parents don’t really care about her and just tell her to do something even if she doesn’t like it or if she doesn’t want to. Yes, I do agree why she wants to run away but I also disagree because she should talk to her parents and tell them how she feels. Then in Tuck’s past it was funny when he said he shot himself in the foot with a shotgun.**

fatcow47 Winnie was raised alone and was never allowed to do anything exciting. She was also always yelled at by her dreadful grandmother. I do agree with Winnie because she would probably have met the Tucks. I think it was “punny” that the Tucks were like servants to Winnie and “kissed” her goodnight

**bball4life She has been growing up in a very formal life.** **She wants a more of a exiting life.** **Yes, because everthing is so boring.** **Really all she wants is a more exiting and intresting life.** **I thought it was funny when Tuck shot himself in the foot.**  Winnie has been raised as a proper young lady by rich people and was taught not to do anything “out-of-turn” or “inappropriate” for a young lady to do. But since she has learned to escape her fears from doing things that are “inappropriate” for rich young ladies. The memories of the Tuck’s I have that I think are funny are when they first came to the spring in Treegap Woods. The entire family, except for the cat ,drank from the spring. Its also funny because they carved a T into a tree. An the tree nver dies as well. ---whose response is this?--- **She has been growing up in a very formal life.** **She wants a more of a exiting life.** **Yes, because everything is so boring.** **Really all she wants is a more exiting and interesting life.** **I thought it was funny when Tuck shot himself in the foot.** Spartini22 **She has to do every thing that her mom and family tell her to do and she is so annoyed about it. I would say yes to the choice of running away because I would not like to be bossed around. I think the part were the Tucks drink the water from the river is funny. bball**



 * ===<span style="color: rgb(21,133,10);">**I recalled what I know about the topic.** ===
 * ===<span style="color: rgb(21,133,10);">**I asked myself questions as I read.** ===
 * ===<span style="color: rgb(21,133,10);">**I was reminded of personal connections.** ===
 * ===<span style="color: rgb(21,133,10);">**I thought about the reasons why things happened.** ===
 * ===<span style="color: rgb(21,133,10);">**I pictured what was happening.** ===

fatcow47 I pictured what was happening. I pictured Winnie yelping to let the fish go. I pictured the Tucks drinking from the spring and Winnie spying on them. I pictured the man in the yellow suit discussing the wood deal with the Fosters

**bball4life I thought about the reason why things happened.When Jesse would not lrt Winnie drink from the spring! Why they would not let the man in the yellow suit come in the Fosters house!** <span style="background-color: rgb(190,91,91);"> I pictured what was going on at that moment in the book. I asked myself if Winnie would catch the fish or not. I reminded myself of when my mom and uncle went fishing and got a fish. I didn’t really think about the reasons why it was happening. --whose writing is this?

I pictured Winnie watching Jesse when he took a drink from the spring. I pictured the constable spying on the Tuck’s and Winnie. I pictured the horse being stolen. I pictured it all. Spartini22

I pictured what was happening; When Winnie was talking to the frog about her feeling. I pictured too how Tuck was trying to tell Winnie his story. I also asked myself questions; When the family was talking like a hillbilly. I could not even understand them. pbandj <span style="background-color: rgb(187,114,114);"> **yes, when my parents asked me if I wanted to move to this one house and I said yes because everything was,well, as it felt,so than we moved their all of that wonderful things banished.She would live forever. And would never die.** -whose writing is this?-- m and m • I pictured what was happening. I used this strategy to picture the moment when Tuck said he shot himself in the foot, and another time was when Winnie was talking to the frog in the water.

**I ask myself questions as I read.** **like i asked myself why the tucks drank from the river.** **Also when Winni said she was going to run away I asked myself why? bball**

<span style="color: rgb(245,5,5);">__**Day 7 Response Questions**__
==The offer is made by Jessie to Winnie. Has there ever been something that someone offered you that seemed too good to be true? Explain. What scientific concepts are taught during the reading selection today?==

**Yes when my mom and dad asked me if I wonted o go on vacation. And I was so excited because I had never been to that place and it seemed as if it was just a joke.They are never going to die.And mabey if they try to kill themselves it wont work. bball** One time my friend offered me 45 bucks for an old ipod. It was cool. Tuck was really supposed to catch the fish but Winnie let him go.by fatcow47

My sister told me that we were going to Disney world and I thought she was lying. If the public learned about them the would perform surgery and tests on them to see if it was true. pbandj **
 * The offer is when Jesse asks her if when she was 17 she could drink from the fountain and marry him.

<span style="color: rgb(247,2,2);">__**Day 8 Response Questions:**__
==The man in the yellow suit obviously has intentions of getting the water for himself. What makes a good villain? What characteristics make a villain more interesting than "regular good / nice" characters?==

fatcow47 A good villain always has a secret identity(man in the yellow suit). He always is against the good people and always has good weapons or powers. The villains always have better weapons and always lose to the good guy. They always turn out to be someone that used to be nice. They always try to talk so cool. **bball** **To like kill people or even hurt them. The mom of tucks because she shot him and he got so hurt. And the mom is pretty snooty and she is not nice.**

A good villain has very weird ways of making themselves a “GOOD” villain. Some have powers or evil laughs to make them more interesting. A lot have secret identities such as the man in the yellow suit. The people that are villains always have been someone with a kind heart. Another thing that they have are magic or a god like in the book __the Lightning Thief__ or in __the Alchemyst.__ Dee in that book destroyed people that threatened him. And if you are looking for a good book those two are on my top list of fun wonderful books. pbandj

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<span style="color: rgb(228,1,1);">__Day 9 - 6 questions to answer__
==The novel ends with a rescue & escape. What discovery did Winnie make about herself during the choices she faced? How was the setting & ending different than if the novel took place during today instead of in the 1920's? What was the author's purpose for writing Tuck Everlasting? How much did you enjoy the novel? What was your favorite part?==

Day 9 Response The authors purpose of the book is that living forever isn’t really a necessity that no one needs and that living a complete lifetime is better. I kinda did like it and I didn’t. It was a little hard to put together when a person in your group is literally always laughing. But, I could put part of it together. My favorite part was probably the part when Mae hit the dude in the suit in the back of the head with the shotgun and killed him. Spartini22 Fatcow47 She did not need to live forever and she found her inner self. She could not have escaped today because we take things more seriously. She probably would have had a chance to defend herself in court too. The purpose was to teach a lesson… Rather pour or rich you can still step up to the plate and be a hero. I enjoyed the book a lot at some times and disliked it at others. My favorite part was the dramatic end when Winnie sacrificed her water from the spring to the toad because the toad helped her so much.

<span style="font-size: 18pt; color: red; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">She did not need to live forever because she had done something that made her a hero. She could not have pulled it off today because we take things more seriously. The purpose is to teach a lesson about even if you were rich or poor you could be a hero and achieve good things. I enjoyed the book, but people in my group were being way too silly and talkative. My favorite part was when Winnie poured the magical water on the toad that helped her be a hero. <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: purple; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">pbandj ☻ <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #009900; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">☺☼♣♫□¢§♠♥♦♪○●◦♂♀#$*¥¤ **m and m** **She didn’t have to live forever and be a hero. It would be more new and better then back then. To teach a lesson and be happy ever after. I didn’t like it and it was bad. My favorite part was when Winnie didn’t listen to Tuck.**

Day 9 Response The authors purpose of the book is that living forever isn’t really a necessity that no one needs and that living a complete lifetime is better. I kinda did like it and I didn’t. It was a little hard to put together when a person in your group is literally always laughing. But, I could put part of it together. My favorite part was probably the part when Mae hit the dude in the suit in the back of the head with the shotgun and killed him. Spartini22 **She dicovered that she is really a great person.It was lot diffrent then today.The setting was in a whole diffrent place then today.The Athor proubly thought that it would be fun to go back in time to write a book about way back when.I think that it was not the best book and it could be better but it was alright. I did not have a favorite part bball**

**She discovered that she is really a great person. It was lot different then today. The setting was in a whole different place then today. The Author proudly thought that it would be fun to go back in time to write a book about way back when. I think that it was not the best book and it could be better but it was alright. I did not have a favorite part bball**