Children+of+the+Lamp

== = = =Day 1A Wiki Response= Names are often important keys or cues to gaining an insight into a book's characters. Do a bit of research and look up the dictionary entry for "gaunt" and tell what it means. 1.) What might be important about the chapter 1 title - "The Naming of the Dogs"? Tell a bit about what happens in the chapter. 2.) ...this made the twins as fit as fleas... What do you think that idiom means? 3.) Chapter 2 is "A trip to the Dentist" and we find that there is something about getting your molars removed. Describe a time when you've had a painful injury or had to visit the doctor.

FRUITLOOP1- It is an adjective very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. 1.) Same with bb they got new dogs but i got no clue what is happening!! 2.) To be very healthy and strong just like __As Fit As A Fittle__ 3.) I'm sorta allergic to bee's and at the time I did not know that so I had to figure it out the hard way! One sunny day I was playing in the woods and I see a huge bee nest. So I walk up to it and start kicking it so it is dead. Well, there was tons of bees in that nest!!! So I get mauled all over, and have to go to the hospital. I have to get an IV. I got it once and they told me I had to come back to sparrow every 6 hours and get a nother one!!!!

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1. I think that they get new dogs I REALLY didn't under stand the book. 2. To not be weak but be healthy. 3. When I got my tonsals out. I went to the hospital and was knocked out and woke up to pain. It was extreme pain!!!

Its gotten better

Zman 1.I think they make new names for the dogs. 2.Not to be really overweight. 3.Well, I went to the doctors and had to get a wart removed. They had to give me four shots, and laser it off. It really hurt. They cut all of my nail off. OUCH!!!!

Piggy08 1. I think that it is because they get new dogs and wants to name them. 2. They are really healthy and grow really fast. 3. I think that it was when I got in a bad car crash and I hurt my neck. I had to go in an ambulence and had to go to the hospital.

cece1 Gaunt-adj.-emaciated;lean. 1) I thought they were naming dogs, they were but it was new names for older dogs. 2) I think that it means that they are in good shape. 3) Seeing as I just went though my knee surgary, I can say that the day after was very painful but know my knee is feeling better.

**John and Phillipa meet their Uncle Nimrod. Describe a "crazy-type" relative that you have or know of (you don't need to use their REAL NAME).**
===**As they learn to use their powers, the twins realize that there are people who would like to take advantage of them. Describe a time when you have been taken advantage of by others. How did it make you feel? Have you ever done that to someone else?**=== fruitloop1- OH YA! I have a crazy aunt too! She is not crazy but she just does things that are very funny! She also is very nice! One time I was at a Detroit Pistons game and I brought like $50. I was going to get a water bottle and I saw this little boy in a wheel chair and he had no money. He asked me if he could have 2 dollars. I gave him the money thinking that he a nice little boy, and would say thank you! OH NO!!!! All he did was take off in his chair and wasted it on other boy! And no i have NOT!

Piggy08 I have a crazy Aunt.There is a lot of funny things that she does.She never stops talking. I swear this is true, I counted how long it would take for her to not talk and the longest it was would be 15 seconds! I have proof. Yes, I have been taken advantage of. When we went to the mall in Pennsylvania, I had to take my little cousins. I have $70 with me. They ran out of money for an Ice-cream so I gave them $5. I told them to give me the change back and they didn't. Instead they took it to Claire's and wasted it on candy. It made me feel really bad and they lied which made me fell worse. I did not mind the they took the five dollars, it is just that they would not admit it. NO,I have never took advantage of someone else. I know how that would make them feel.

cece1 I have an Uncle who is as old as my mom but acts like my sister at times. I can't always guess what he is thinking, sometimes it is funny but alot of times it is not. I really do not feel at this time in my life that anyone has ever taken advantage of me, and I know I would not take advantage of anyone as this is not something I would do.

Zman My Grammie Tower is the weird person in our family. She does all sorts of crazy things that drives my mom crazy. Her house is kinda like a store and a junk yard. She has everything you can think of and doesn't like to throw anything away. I have never been taken advantage of. I wouldn't do it to anyone else. It's kinda mean.

duetches,

I played football just to be defense and then i couldn't play again. I felt used and not part of it. No, and i never will.

**Day 3A Wiki Response**
===**Craziness is ensuing in Egypt with all the characters, mischief, and conflict. What methods / strategies are you using to keep track & make sense of the plot events? How does a book with lots of characters make it easier / harder to follow events? What has been your favorite section of the novel so far? Why?**===

=**FRUITLOOP1**= =**When anything happens I try to think the oppisite of that, because there has been a lot of mischief in this novel so far! From my point of view it makes it harder because you have to keep track off all the people and what they do. My favorite part so far would be when the kids have to get their teeth pulled out!**=

Well, I think of what is real and what is fake. It makes it easier for me to know that each character has its own way of being a character. I know that all of the characters act different. It makes it harder because sometimes in the book, it doesn't tell what is going on very descriptive. My favorite part is where the twins have to get their teeth out and they have to have surgery. I like it because it is a very interesting chapter.**
 * Piggy08

Duetches

I think of the most important thing remember that first and then go down the list. Its harder because that's one more thing to think about. When the mom gives them claustrophobic pills because that makes you think.

Zman I think it makes it easier for me to know each character has its own felling about what happend. When John and Phillipa where talking with Nimrod about there dinjin powers it made me un der stand the book better. When John and Phillipa got there silver pills and the "GOLD BOTTLE" I was thinking really hard.

cece1 I try to keep it all straight by reading carefully and tracking the main characters. This makes it easier to remember some of the other characters that go with a main one. This can also help out on plot events and even tracking. I have to say though that the more characters you have the harder to me it is to keep track of everything, but it can help you out with more things going on to keep a book interesting. When they got the scrorion off the tomb, it was scary but exciting so it made you read on.

**All djinn need a power / focus word. What word would you choose and why?**
**Basically like some sticky situations, or stuff that you are not supposed to be in! They have a lot of stuff that they can do! Some are they can read peoples minds, they can be invisible, ect.** **I would want to have the power to be mortal, because I can go to things more fast than usual.
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Piggy08 Maybe that they are getting into some trouble and want to get out of them. They have SO MANY things they can do. They can read peoples minds, turn invisible, make people dissapear and more. I would have the power to make wishes and never run out of wishes. I guess my focus word is wish ** duetches

Like when they get in trouble. They can bassicly do every thing, they can turn invisible and turn people invisable and read minds. I would want the power of flying because i could get around faster and easer!

cece1 It means to get into trouble or have something happen to you. The can give wishes, they can wish or things, they also can turn into or become other people/animals. My focus word would be, whobadobado,because uncle nimrod said it has to be a word you would not use everyday!

Zman It means to get in BIG trouble or get in a bad situation where you cant get out of it. I think because the bad djinn don't know that John and Phillipa are dijinn. I would like the power to give wishes because it would be fun.

**Day 5A Wiki Response**
=== As the novel comes to it's conclusion, what did you think about it in hindsight? Would you have chosen it to read or instead gone with another choice? Why? What was your favorite part of the novel? Who was your favorite character? Why? Will you read the sequel (there are three more)? === fruiltoop1- ** Same with Zman I would never go to uncle Nimrods house!! I really did not like the book because, it skipped around a ton and also it just did not keep my intrest! I would of picked INKHEART. I would of chosen that novel because it is good and it is a big challenge! I really did not have a favorite part because it was so lame! My favorite character was Mr. Nimrod! No way hoza!!!!!!
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Zman
===   I would never have gone to Nimrod's house. I really liked the book it was interesting, it was good worded and very good. I liked the part were John and Phillipa go into the coke bottle. My favorite character is John, because he was a good at being a djinn. I will maybe read the rest of the books. ===

cece1
===   I did enjoy the book. I am not sure I could have been a willing to go that far away from home,but having someone to go with me would have helped. I think my favorite was Phillipa she seemed willing to help out others and was quick at figuring out some of the this to find out where the 70 djinn were. yes I would read the other books. ===

Piggy08
===I would have to say that book was in my opino n one of the worse book I have ever read. It was boring. I would not read that book again. I would want to choose something more interesting than that. My favorite part is where they go to Uncle Nimrods house. I also like the part where they have to get their teeth out. My favorie character was Phillippa. She helps out and solves the problems quick most of the time. If I ahd a choice, no, I would not read the other books. ===

Duetches
===I would also go to Uncle Nimrods house, and i would read Kingdom Keepers because i heard it again and would not do it again!!! I like when the librarian's head band was a snake. My favorite character is Phillipa because she will help anyone.No, I think they should have made the first one good and then I mite read it but NO!===