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 * 4Book Preview: List 25 questions the reader might have before opening the cover to read this novel.**



Saint's bones Picture From Fruitloop

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1Why is there there dogs 2 what is the is Leonard's code 3 who is the boy on the cover 4 why is it 9:15 5 why are there three dogs 6 what is the mural 7 why is there a nun 8 why is there a man ridding a bat like thing 9 what does the nun have to do with this 10 what are the things in the mural 11 why is there lips in the mural 12 what is the gang 13 why is the town burning 14 what is the point of the mural 15 where is ST. Adalberts high school 16 is the mural a proficy 17 why are there faces 18 who is the gang 19 why is the tittle Saint's Bones 20 is the mural a face 21 what is the nun going too do 22 is something bad going to happen in the future 23 what does the boy have to do with it 24does the boy have a destiney? 25 what is the mural and who is the nun =__**Day 1 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?"

CTPACK20

I have never been to a new school besides from pre school to elementary school. I think that a freshmen at a new school would be really hard because you do not know anybody and also your kind of the small kid in the school because you are the youngest class. I think that we will also be the small ones but it will not be as hard because we know some of the kids in middle school. I'm nervous for the evil teacher but I am excited about having different classes with different teachers. I have heard that the middle school teachers are really mean and give you detentions for no reason. You can relate your school to the school in the book and also the teachers in the book. Ya, I think so because his books were really good and I think that when a kid reads them they can compare the school in the book to their school and they might like the book more.

FRUITLOOP1- Yes I have been to a new school. I used to go to Midway Elementary in Holt, Michigan. Then I moved to Laingsburg and started going to Laingsburg Elementary. I think they might fell that they are the best because they are new. Also they might fell left out because they don't know anybody. I think I will fell very nervous and also a little scared. I am nervous of the work and if we are going to have any more that 5th grade. I am exited for the pods and also the freedom that we will have well not alot, but more than now. Also I will be exited for P.E. and a little more harder subjects like chemistry. I have heard a lot of stories that the teachers have told me. They say some are nice and some are mean. It makes it more interesting and so we can relate to it more that like mid-evil times book. Well no because she can not relate to the books that she writes. Because she can not relate to wars and magic.

Squirt- No, I have not gone to any other school so far. If I were a freshman I would feel scared and nervous. I think that next year in middle school I will be really nervous and a little scared.I am nervous about missing classes or not doing something right, although I am excited about P.E. and doing harder things like chemistry or pre-algebra. I have heard a lot of stories about the teachers there being mean and sometimes a little weird. I think the book takes place in a school so it can introduce a lot of characters and make it seem like the setting is bigger. In harry potter Books I think tthat it takes place at the castle/school and it leaves that big and sometimes scary impression.

Widget I haven't ever been to a new school.I think that they would feel a little weird there as well as okay because of all the other freshman.I think that the idea of being in a whole new school is a little weird and really hard to cope with as well as that having more work is the same to.I'm excited about getting a new teacher,cool lunches,using a calculator in math,band and a whole lot more.I'm really going to miss Mr. Meyer,our building,using the computers a lot,and recess.I haven't really heard any stories.It actually makes it harder to read for me because its hard to understand.Yes,it is but also because the series is just awesome.

burn_nob- I have been to a new school in was not the best day of my life. I thought that no one would like me. They might feel like I did. Maybe because it is a new school and an unfamiliar place. So they might feel uncomfortable. I probably match up with my feelings because I am usually scared or not sure about new places. I am pretty nervous about some things and others not so much. I have heard some stories about teachers and other classes. These stories are from teachers and friends. I have heard stories about a lot of other things too. sometimes it does make a difference but usually not for me. I think it does give her a big success but I have not read any harry potter books. If you ask me Don't take myopinion.

iammurloc I have been to a new school and it is really cool! I would think they would be trying to fit in with people. I will feel really happy that I can see my friends again, and meet new people!:) I am excited for the playground, friends, teachers, and cutting frogs in two! I have herd they don't give that much homework, and that the gym is great! It makes it really fun because we can relate to the book, so it is easy to read! I think yes because she went through school and had the same exp as some of us. So I think it was a little easy for her then people that didn't go to school. Prediction- I think that the mural is going to let out monsters and Apple and the nuns will fight them off.

Zman I have been to a new school. It was when I moved from Bath school to Laingsburg school. Well, I felt that they where being left out. I will feel a little sad that I leave my teacher Mr.Meyer. I'm exicited to have band. I have never heard any stories. Because I'm in school.

Soccergirl12: Yes I have been to a new school and I will be in a new school in a couple of months. They might of felt scared but also exited I know I would be. I would be sad to leave elementary school but exited it is going to be awesome. Nervous for detentions because I have a tendency to chew gum. But I am exited for theexperience. Once my sister had a long sleeve t-shirt on with a tank top under it. She got in trouble and had to where her coat the howl rest of the day. Both of the books are fun to read and have Cliff hangers on the end of the chapters it makes you want to read more.

~dramaqueen15~ no. scared because they don't know their surroundings that good. always be aware of your surroundings even if they act nice. I'm excited to learn more about math like geometry and AP calculus. it's hard and you don't get a second try. because you are waiting to figure out what will happen to the school. yes all it does is makes the story more intristing.

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 * __Day 2 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.

iammurloc If I where a super-hero I would have the power of all-know intellect. Because if I knew everything I could invent things to give me even more powers like a super straight suit. #1 T-w, in the news I heard of a kid that went to collage at the age of 11, and in the novel Noah is at a like collage level in intellect, something tells him the answers that is in his brain. #2 T-w, n the novel a kid tried to go over the fence to get a short cut, and in real life people always take short cuts even in "reading the __Saints bones.__"

Squirt- If I could choose a super power, I would choose to have the ability of flight. I would want this power because humans can't fly without the assistance of a machine. Another reason why I would choose this power is because if i did I could fly to school, instead of being stuck on the anything __but__ tranquil school bus. I too have heard about kids that are like 10,11, and 12 years old and are already in high school or even college, and I think that Noah is one of those kids. Another connection is that in the novel there are a lot of fights in and after school, and in real life it's the same way for some schools.

CTPACK20 If I could have a super power I would won't to be able to fly. I think that it would be really cool to fly because you would have a different way to look at something and you could get to places a lot faster then normal. One of my self to world connections is, in the book Jerry and Jay get in lots of fights in and out of school. In the real world lots of people get in fights just like in the book. My other connection is, in the book Jerry is 11. In real life I of heard of kids that were like 11 or 12 years old and they are in high school.

Soccergirl12 If I had super powers I would want to read peoples minds I would want to do this because then I would always know if people were lieing to me because then I would know who my real friends are because if they were telling the truth that is what good friends would so that makes me happy because I do know who my good friends are the good people who do not lie to me because i know when my friends are lieing so it is like I read there minds. In the book the people fight and I know and saw a lot of fist fights but I have never been in a fist fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

burn_nob I would like to have the power of invisibility or intelligence. These would help me get through school easily because I always could pass and get through school. I also could get revenge on the people I don't care for. That would help a lot. t-w A lot of friends cover for each other so they do not get in trouble. That is just like what happened in the book when apples friend covered for him. t-w A lot of people can call other people cheaters. That was like in the book when the teacher called Apple a cheater.

~dramaqueen15~ I would like to have the power of hipnotic, so I can hipmatize people to listen to me. not only that but I would use that power for people who arn't that noticebal so they can make new friends. ~t-w ~in the book their was a fight 3-1, and i'v been in a fight 3-1 and I was the 1:-( /:-)

FRUITLOOP1- If I were a "Super-Hero" I would choose to have the power of being able to fly. I would want to have this power because no one else can do this so it would be unique. A nother reason is that I could fly to the places that I want to go like school. Then I wouldn't have to ride the tranquil bus! (i ride Kurt's bus!) Yes I also saw that article in the newspaper that a kid went to collage at the age of 11. For some reason I do not believe it! In our lit circles book Noah is as smart as a collage student. Another connection is that in the novel there are a lot of bad things happening after school like fights. In real life you hear about gang fights and kids getting hurt. Not with 11 year old! Well I hope not!

Zman If I had a superpower, it would be the power of healing. I would use that power to help heal others with thier pain and sufferings. It would be cool to have the abilities to help others and my self in this way. One of my T-W connections are that I have a handicapped brother who goes to alot of hospitals and doctors and I have seen the good that healing can do, whether it is from medicine or therapy. My second T-W would be that I have seen alot of movies that are like the "Saint Bones" book.

Widget If I had a superpower it would be a shape shifter because then I would be able to change into a whole bunch of different things for a whole bunch of different purposes.It would be better than flying because you could turn into something that flies and you could become super smart by changing the size of your brain.A text to world connection would be that kids do fight and a negative text to world connection would be in the book some kids have powers in real life,thats not so much the case.Another text to world connection would be when the little kid fell off the fence I've done that plenty of times and it hurts.

__Day 3 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.**

Ctpack20 1t-t. In the book all the kids have powers and in the book Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets the kids that go to Hogwarts have powers. 2t-t. In the book there are suspicious teaches and also in Harry Potter there are suspicious teachers. 3t-t. In the book all of the kids have powers and in the book Lightning thief the kids that go to this special school have powers or are mortals.

Fruitloop- 1t-t In our novel the kids have powers fro good and evil and in the movie "SKY HIGH" all the kids have powers in the movie that are fro good and evil. 2t-t In the book there are people that have powers that are sort of secret. In the book the "GOAL" a kid has a power of streangth. 3t-t In the novel teh kids have really cool powers and the movie Harry Poter they have sweet powers!

Zman 1t-t. In the book " The Chronicles of Narnia" the people have powers both for good and evil. 2t-t. In the book the kids get bullied and that also happens to Edmund by the White Witch in the " Narnia" book 3t-t. In the book the kids all help each other and stick together like the sisters and brothers in "Narnia".

dramaqueen15 1t-t- In the book kids have powers, in the book "sky high" the kids have powers. 2t-t- In the book some teachers are suspicious, in the book "harry potter and the chamber of scecrets" some of the teachers were suspicious. 3t-t- In the book some of the kids have super powers, in the book "lightning thief" kids have powers or is mortal.

iammurloc 1t-t in the saints bones the school is a "superhero" school, and in superhero there is a lair where the heroes meet. In THE SAINTS BONES they have a fight, in spider-man it is Peter fighting and in both you learn some of their powers. In SAINTS BONES Jerry is a speedy, and in JLA Flash is the speedy in the DC comics.

widget 1 t-t In the Saints Bones Jerry Flanagan is super fast like in the DC comics Flash is super fast too.2 t-t I think that in the Saints Bones some of the teachers you should be suspicious of just like in Harry Potter or Animal Farm.3 t-t In the Saints Bones some of the kids have super-powers just like in Sky High they have powers.

Squirt- 1st t-t In Saint's Bones there is a group of kids that have super powers and are called "The Gang", and in sky all the kids that attend the school have some kind of super power. 2nd t-t All superheroes have a meeting place or a lair, for example the Batman's is the bat cave and in Saint's Bones the Gang has a meeting place too. 3rd t-t Like widget and iammurloc said, in comic books the flash is really really fast, in the saint's bones Jerry Falagan is a swiften and has similar powers.


 * -Burn nob-**
 * t-t In saints bones most of the kids have super powers just like in Sky High. In Sky High they have many kids that have powers.**
 * t-t I the book there are many suspicious teachers and that is like Harry Potter. There are many suspicious teachers. Or animal farm where there are many suspicious animals.**
 * t-t In the book there are many kids that have powers and in lightning thief there are kids that go to special schools that have powers or are mortal.**

SOCCERGIRL12 t-t in the movie/book sky high they have kids and all of those kids have super powers. t-t There are suspisious animals in animal farm.

__Day 4 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.

Squirt-
 * t-t** In Saint's Bones the author made it sound like St. Adalberts is a big dark school, and in the Harry Potter books Hogwart's gives the same impression.
 * t-w** In Saint's Bones kids at St Adalbert's get into fights, and in real life there are lots of fights at schools.
 * t-s** In Saint's Bones all the main characters attend St. Adalbert's High School, in real life I attend LES.
 * t-w** In Saint's Bones some of the main characters are very mischievous, and in reality many kids are mischievous( especially //**ME**//).

Ctpack20

t-w.In the book there is a gang and in the real world there are also gangs. t-t. In the book the kids have powers and in most comic books there are kids that have super powers. t-s. In the book Jerry plays football and in real life I play football. t-w. In the book there are tribes and in real life there are also tribes.

iammurloc t-w In the book there is a hermit, and in the real world there are hermits. t-s in the book the children go out to MIN-OTO, and with me I love to ride my bike to other places. t-t In the book there are zombies, and in DAY BY DAY ARMAGETA there are living ZOMBIES! t-w In the book the kids to dum things, and in real life kids also do dum things all the time.

FRUITLOOP1- T-W- In our novel the high school kids are normal except fro their powers, in the world students are normal, OR ARE THEY........ T-S- In our novel the kids travel to a place called Min-o-too, and in real life I love to travel in cool places. T-T- In our novel the kids have powers, in Harry potter the kids have powers. T-W- In our novel kids have "Gangs", in life kids have "Gangs" or a group of kids that they hang ouy with all the time..

Burn nob- T-S It helps me to better understand the book when I know how it feels to be in that same situation. So When me and my sister fight a lot it helps me to understand when the boys at St. Adalberts get in fights.

T-W It helps me also with stuff that happens around the world. So in the book a gang is forming and just like out in the real world all around gangs can be forming.

So those are some things that are happening in the book and in the world.

~dramaqueen15~ T-T-In Saint Bones kids at St. Adalberts have powers, in the books of Herry Potter kids at Hogwarts have powers,too. T-W-In Saint Bones thier is a "gang", in the real world people have "gangs".

Zman T-W I have read a book where somebody went in a tunnel and found zombies. It was a cool book! It was a cool zombie book. T-T Alot of old buildings are spooky and so was their school. T-S Noah was nervous about boxing in gym and I felt the same when my parents made me join wrestling in the first grade. T-W-T In the book there are bullies and In real life there are people that try to make you do things that you dont wanna do.

Widet t-t In the Saints Bones people have powers and in DC comics people have powers too. t-w In the Saints Bones the kids meet native peoples to minotoo untouched by society,in real life there are people like that t-s In the Saints Bones there's spy's and I've sort've been a spy before t-w In the Saints Bones there's a hermit and in real life there are hermits too.

Soccergirl12 T-T In the book the girls and boys have powers and in the book cranicals of narnia they have powers like that. T-W In the book a girl can tame. Like she tames dogs and stuff and There are people who can tame dogs and stuff like that could be fun. T-S In saints bones there are fights and stuff where people are picking on other people and A long time ago I was picked on. T-W In the book he is 12 and he went to high school and i learnd on tv that there is really peiople who has went to high school then

__Day 5 Response wiki questions:__
Good readers make many predictions while they are reading. Some predictions turn out to be true, while others are "off."

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.

Soccergirl12 I would predict that the saint bones would come back and there will be more power things in the book it will be so cool to read this book and then read a notherbook that is bast on the same thing it would be cool. I would recomend this book to others it was long but it was so good and I could not wait to read more everytime we stoped reading.

ctpack20 I predicted that Jerry was going to get beaten up when he got in fights with Jay(Nick). I also predicted that when Jerry's football team played the seniors they were going to win the game because Jerry made an awesome touchdown run. I think that the author would make the characters older and I think that if there was a book 2 then in the book the Saint's bones would have been stolen. I would definitely recommend this book, it is a really good book and it keeps you interested al the way to the end.

FRUITLOOP- I'll list a few. One is during reading I was thinking that one of the kids was going to get killed by another kid, the other kid killed him by using his powers unexpectitley. Another thing was that a kid was going to use their powers against a teacher or nun! I think in the next novel all the kids will lose their powers and only one kid will have their power. I think the author will take the kids and make them all be horrible and mean! I would want all kids to read this book because it is very interesting and keeps your interest!

Widget I made many predictions and a couple turned out right,like the one where I thought they were going to go into minotoo and get into trouble,what do you know they did.I think that they will fight the emperor or another of his Henchmen.Maybe one will die or a new character will appear,or one will get new powers like Juan.I would recommend this book to a lot of people it is my 2nd all time favorite book,it is one of the most amazing books ever because of action,cliffhangers,and other things.

iammurloc I think that "Weasel" and the gang will go and fight Beel and that "Weasel" will do a self sacrifice to save the gang. I think the author will make half of the gang and the teachers DIE!!!! I would recommend if you like super hero zombie fighting kids!

Zman One prediction I made was that I thought that everyone in the gang was going to die at the end of the book. Another was that the gang would be trapped in Minnotoo forever. I also thought that Nick, Eddie's brother would go back home. I think that it would be cool if General Beel wasn't really dead and that he came back to have revenge on the gang. Yes, I think that this was a really good book. It made me want to keep reading.

Squirt- I thought that one of the gang members would betray the gang and the good side, and that one of them would never be seen again. If there is a sequal, i think that there will be an evil gang from a foreign country or something like that. Another perdistion that im making is that in the sequel the Gang will have to fight "the Emperor". I think that something will happen to one of the stronger members of the gang, like one of them will turn **//EVIL//** and join the bad guys. I would recomend this book because it was so good I found it **//very//** hard to put the book down and stop reading it!

burn nob- I thought that beel would defeat them but I was wrong. They defeated beel __**big time**__. I thought that they would get caught going to minnotoo. If there was sequal to the book then I think that there would be a gang but an evil gang. Maybe from an arch enemy school or something. That is if they have an arch enemy school. And that they challenge the last years gang. I also think that they would fight the emperor. I would reccomend this book because it was very hard to put the book down. I would take all of my interst and put it into that book. yaa!41

~dramaqueen15~ I thought that Juan was going to FLY, and I was correct. If there was a sequal I think Beel will come back with Saint Bones body, and a new, evil, gang and they all are healers. So to beat them the gang has to work twice as hard to earn new powers, and strengthen thier old powers. Also since this book was called "The Gang" the next book is called "The Retreat". I would recemend this book to everybody who can really comprehend, annalize, and discuss the book after you read it. A short summary for you is that... This book is an adventure on every page. It has nuns, football, AP calculis, and many many amgical creatures in Min-O-Too... Oops, I'm not suppost to tell you that much. Guess you'll have to read the book to figure out what happens to "The Gang".