The+City+of+Ember

20 to 25 Pre-reading Questions A oK 1. why is it called Ember? 2.What douse it say the first book? 3.What douse ALA Notable book mean? 4.What are the main charters name(s) 5.What are "the lights"? 6. What generator? 7.What is a mesanger? 8.Who is linda mafle? 9.What is a pipe laborer? 10.Who is Doon Harrow? 11.Why is there endless darkness? 12. Why are "the lites" flickering? 13.Why do they nead a generator? 14.Why is thee last name,DuPrau with the D and the P in caps? 15. How many books wer sold? 16.who published the book? 17. why is the book all brown sierisly why couldent they make it more bling? 18.Why would they let them work at the age of 12? 19. how many books has she writen in her lifetime? 20.Dous she have kids or animals?

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1) why does it say The first BOOK OF EMBER and for all i know there is only one book in the series? I found out that there actiouly is 3 books in the series. 2) why on the cover is there a lightbulb? The hole book is based on the light bulbs flickering. 3) who is Jenne DuPrau? Jenne DuPrau is the outher of the citi of ember,the People of sparks and the Citi of flames. 4)Do they live undreground? No they don't live under ground they just live in a world where there s no sun. 5)When was is the coppirite? The copptrite was in 2003. 6.how many people red the book? I am not shure but it is a good book so a lot of people should have red it. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. Are there actually burning embers in the city of ember? 2. Does the copper wiring in all the light bulbs say ember?
 * live4horses*

=__//Characters: There are two main characters and they are Doon and Lina.//__=

=__//Setting**: The setting is underground and way down underground in pipe**//__= =__//**works. Most of it in the first chapter tok place at school on Assignment Day.**//__=

=__//Themes: Doon is worried that the generator will break and all the people//__= =__//have to do is keep it from exploding!//__=

=__//Conflicts: Lina didn't get the job she wanted.//__= =__//Nether did Doon.//__=

=__//Plot: Doons plan is to learn and create electricity.//__=

Prologue: When the City of Ember was built the builders left a set of instructions so when to time comes the people of Ember will know what to do. But they don't know when the time comes or what will come, so they put the in a box with a time lock so when the time comes the box will open. This worked for some time, the instructions box was stored at the bottom of the Gathering hall. The mayor would keep it secret and when his time was up they would tell them about the box and the mayor would keep it secret and do the next to the next mayor and so on. Up to the seventh mayor he was ill and thought the box held the cure so he took it home and tried to open it. He got a hammer from the backof his closet and tried to breack it open. He was so ill he only dented the box, he died before he could tell any one so it ended in his closet and there it set until the time came when the box will open. A oK

Chapter 1: In the City of Ember the only light comes from flood light or the street l amps. Lina Mayfleet is an 12 year old girl.Her school is different, you only have to go until you are 12.When you are 12 on the last day of school every one gets assigned a job you, must keep your job for 3 years. Lina got Pipe works laborer. That was the last job she wanted.She wanted messenger.Doon Harrow,He got messenger. He wanted the job Pipe works laborer, but got messenger. So he traded with Lina.He did her a "big favor". live4horses

Chapter 2:Linda is felling rely happy at being a messenger. She is rely grateful because she traded Doon for messenger fore pipeworks laborer. She is enjoying her job and wondering if the lite bulb's are going to go out. The moments when the lights go out are getting longer and longer and Doon thinks that they will go out one day. live4horses

Chapter 3: Doon starts his job as a pipework laborer. The boss gave him a job and some one to help him. They were going down the stairs. The helper showed him his map and how to fix the pipes. When he was done the helper left she said she would be back at lunch. She told Doon to stay there until she comes back. Well Doon left just after he could not see her any more. Using his map he found his way back to the mane tunnel, He found a door marked Generator. He went in. There was a bunch of guys running around. He asked one of the guys how it worked they didn't know they just made sure the machine dint fall apart. Doon was mad he wasted his time. When he got back to his dads shop. He went up stairs he was still mad he was so mad he threw a old shew heal,it hit his dad in the ear. He is sort of said because his dad is always saying he an o it but he feels like he can't. A oK

Chapter 4: Lina goes to the green houses were her father use to work. Well she was there a man named Sage Merrall. He was brave and went in to the "Unknown Regions" .He came back to the green house all scraped up he was bleeding, he stared to talk "I went in to the Unknown Region." "I thought darkness cant hurt me, but I fell, and I thought what is out there maybe a 1,000 ft hole or a river." "I got scared and ran, that is how I got hear." Lina heard the hole thing. Clary the green house manager Asked Lina "Do you think there is something beyond the darkness". She told her "I dream of a shining city,were there is light everywhere but no light bulbs." A oK

Chapter 5: Lina is out shopping and she hears some one talking about collard pencils there had not been collard pencils in Ember for years. So she goes to by them, well the store did have them but they were $5.00 a peace ! But she byes two. Well looking at the collard pencils Poppy her three year old sister goes missing! Well looking for her the lights go out ! After looking for a little whale she gets to Doons dads store, and there is poppy! A oK

Chapter 6: The mayor was holding a town meeting when a riot Brock out. People were mad and scared because the mayor said there was a solution even thought there was none. When Lina got home her grandma (witch Lina thought was going mad) was digging thought the closet trying to find something lost long a got. Poppy was behind the couch (witch grandma partly destroyed looking for the item) with a lock and a box witch held some writing but poppy ripped it up! A oK

Chapter 7: Lina is very curios. she thinks it is something very important. But Poppy chewed it up so she took the peaces and put them together but it was full of holes. She showed Captain Fleery witch i think is some sort of cop. But she didn't it was important. Captain Fleery said it might be an old recipe. She told Lizzie but she was not listing. So she told Doon and Doon thought it was important to. A oK

Chapter 8: Doons job is very easy he would do his job then go wonder. He wondered a lot, probably because he is good at his job. Once you get use to it it us easy. Most of the workers get done and play cards or sleep. Not Doon he goes exploring. he has found three new crawly bugs and a new tip of mouth. He found a bunch of rocks down by the river with marking in them, they kind of look like some one put them there on purpose. He found nothing important. He still dint know how to fix the generator thought. A oK

Chapter 9: Lina sees Doon and she invents him over to show him the instruction. he wants to help Lina with finding a way out of ember. Lina wants to go the Pipework so Doon takes the spare key and meets Lina by the Pipework's entrance. They sneak back in to the building they find the door. Well in the tunnel they hear a scraping sound then foot steps. They peek around the corner and see some one walking with a box. But who was it? Why was he down hear? Doon has never seen him before. A oK

Chapter 10:Lina grandma is sick and Lina is scared. She called the doctor and the doctor said she is very low on medicine. Lina had to stay home and take care of hear. She played with Poppy and she drew but she always thinks there is more to draw.Her grandma said she feels funny. In the morning her grandma was dead. Pore Lina and what abbout Poppy?

Chapter 11: Lina's grandma died. So Mrs. Murdo said poppy and Lina could live with her. One day on her way home Lina saw Lizzie an old friend. She had a bag and she was holding it very close like she was hiding something. Lina and Lizzie was talking and Lizzie said that she had a boy friend. His name was looper. Lizzie tripped and the stuff in her bag fell on the ground. Lizzie had stuff that was thought to be gone. She told Looper had found this stuff and gave it to her. A oK

Chapter 12:Doon goes into the tunnel with linda and The door is unlooked and they find a stor room and The mayer is sitting in the midle of it all on a sagging coutch. The mayer, that is the same person who was going in tothe tunnel before. Who was the outher person who was carying that box? Then lina remembers that Lizzie was acting all funny with a bag of cand food ,Looper had given her the food and said he found a old stoorroom. He was getting that food froom here. They have to get to the mayers gards to tell him that the mayer was getting fat on all the food that they could be eating. There wasa enough food fore the entie town fore a month. And here was the mayer eating it all in as day. live4horses

Doon tries the roped off tunnel again and he turned the handle and it opened! He found a bunch of stuff. Like light bulbs,food a rug and a arm chair. Boxes and boxes full of stuff. Right in the middle of it all was the mayor. That lowdown, dirty, rotten, cheating rat. He has been steeling from the store rooms, the poor people of Ember has gotten all the left overs well the fat pig of a mayor has been pigging out. A oK

Chapter 13: Doon is starting to lose faith in finding a was out. Lina shows Clary the instructions. Clary think they are real. She thinks that in steed of Egres as a name maybe Egress witch means the way out or exit! Lina goes to Doons house and they figure out a lot of the instructions. "Go down by the river . Find stones marked with E, go to the ledge and find small steel pan." They don't know about the small steal pan thought. A oK

Chapter 14: Doon finds the rocks with thr marking E ! It was doen by the river bank that is a good sine that means the dirctions are right! Doon got down and looked down at the river and saw a ledge, and what looks like a ladder! He and Lina went down the ladder to the ledge there was a door and a small steel panel not pan. The door opend to the left and that was kind of strange. They flowed the passege they found a box withe matches and candles of corse Lina and Doon dint know what matches were. They also found bouts they were spose to sail the bouts down the river. It was just a day before the singing so they could tell all the people of Ember then!

Chapter 15:There were in a room and it was really dark so they let a candle and they saw a black wall they pushed and opened a the serect door.It was a huge room adn there was alot of boats in it. Anough boats for everyone.There was boxes with paddles in it to.

Chapter 16:She was singing and then the gaurds shouted and she ran she ran and opened the door ran up the stairs and then she could hear the guards she said they are close.Then a guard grabbed her she tryed to open the door but the guard puled her she yeleed your hurting me. ~live4boys2 Chapter 17:

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Chapter 19: Linda and Doon find a crack in the ground and look down it and see, more than a hundred feet below, The City of Ember! Doon reminds Linda of the note and She ties it aroned a shirt and a rogk and throws it down. The person who found it is Mrs.Mayflet. She cant beleve that Linda went of all alone accept for Doon and Poppy. She tells the people of ember that there is a way out and they all go into a mad rush. Some people are killed on the way down into the pipeworks. live4horses

Chapter 20:The people of ember are amased and are scared of the new land. They are walking and are verry tired and some people are scick. The people have no leader because the mayer has dround. The people of ember are determined to get to a town or somthing like one. They are tired of walking but keep going and find aq city. The people in the city dont beleve that they came from underground. They call them selvs The People of Sparks.

You can ocntinue to reed about he city of ember in the secong book __The People of Sparks__.

**__Day 1 Response Questions:__**
Lina and Doon start the novel with "assignment day." Why is important for students to be excited about school? What is the purpose of school? How is your school similar / different to that of Lina & Doon's? How did the kids percieve the mayor? Is this perception of theirs about adults in general or just the mayor? Why do some people put on a "show for others?" Doon does a "Big Favor" for Lina. Describe a time when a friend has done you a big favor or you did one for someone else? What motivation would a person have for doing a big favor for someone else?

It's important that the kids like school.They have to like there job to thats what assignment day is.They have to work at 12 years old but they get out of school early.But Doon got the job that lina wanted so he trated so he could look at the jenerator.
 * live4boys**

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Live4horses In Doon and Lina's school It is important fore children to be excited to go to school because they could get in troubl for not liking or being inthusyastic about there work.

A oK because on "assignment day" the kids get assined there jobs.The purpose of school is so they can learn. At Lina & Doon's school you like only have to go unitll you are 12 years old. Doon didn't get the job he wanted, Linda didn't eather. So Doon traded with Linda and they both gotthe job they wanted. My friend lilve4horses shared her lunch with me because I forgot mine. If you are friends and you want to help them out.

weird al Its impotant for the kids to be enthusiastic about school because on assignment day they get their job and they have to be enthusiastic about their job. If they dont they wont have a good job that they actually like. Linda and Doon's school is like ours because it gets us ready for the jobs we want when we are older. The kids percived the mayor as though he was better than everyone else. Their perception is just about the mayor. People put on a show for others because people like to be accepted by other people. Some people just have a need to please everyone. I did a big favor for Jacob Arthur. I taught him how to make a minnow trap, The other person is their friend and you help friends when they need your help.

__**Day 2 Response Questions:**__
Doon looks forward to his job in the Pipeworks. He finds lots of interesting things, but isn't allowed full access to everything. Describe a time when you've been really close to achieving a goal only to experience failure. What advice would you give to Doon? Doon has a hobby of collecting bugs (entomology). What hobbies to you have? A citizen returns from the Unknown Regions with a message of fear. The city's security force locks him away. Should individuals ever be penalized for telling the truth? Describe a time when it would not the be best time to tell the truth.

Well,a goal i tried to acheive but failed is getting all problems right what i learned is study if you can and never give up. live4boys

weird al have had that happen to me before at the carnival when I was trying to win an iguana, I was in the zone and hitting every shot but this cup like the other cups in the stand it didn't have water in it like the rest.It was a choice cup and it was really hard to get it to stay in there and if you did you got to choose between a turtle and a iguana but I got a fish and my mom gave it to a kid who had tryed to beat me up. But I failed.Then started to protest and itdidn't work.The advice to him i would be to keep trying

I was realy close to having a clear ride and then my horse took of as fas as it could and i fell of on the jump. I just got up and tried to cetch my horse. My advice to Doon would be to do it any way, or keep trying. One of my hobbies is art. I go outside and the first 'thing i see i draw some times it is trees or twigs and sometimes it is my brother or sister. I think that if you kill someone and you go and say Hey cops i just killed so and so, I think they should get penilised. In that situation they should just let him live a normal life and not be penilised. A time when not would not be the best time to till the trouthis when your blaming someone. Like if you say i was third base and the pitcher was not paying attention so I was smart and cough the ball. That just makes you sound like a bratty person even though you may be not. live4horses

A oK when I was only one miss Spelling word and had to take the Spelling test over .I would tell Doon never give up. I like making ear rings. No you have the right to freedom of speech. When your friend has three strikes with the bus driver and she go in troble and was going to get a pink slip, but you have 0 strikes so you say you did it so they won't get a pink slip.

__**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.

In the book it says linas mom dies. So lina tries to impress her dad just like doon is trying to impress his dad. live4boys

A oK in a book I read her mom died and so did Lina's. Her dad is a star so she tries to make him pay attion to her so she gets the top part in all the plays. Doon wants to impress his dad. Lina wants to do a good job and maybe fit in. So douse Ruby. All t-t from One of those sad books were the mother dies

Well Hank Zipzer is kinda like Doon because he has to fix a cable box and Doon has to fix the generator. I would connect frainke to doon because they like taking things apart.weird al

__**Day 4 Wiki Response Questions:**__
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.
 * Connecting prior knowledge and** experience to reading deepens comprehension. I would like you to

The four types of connections are: 1. Doon only wants to fix the genartor to make his dad proud and I want to get good gradesto make my mom proud. 2. when I was little I didn't know what a hog was. and the people for Ember dose not know eather A oK 3. Once there was no food in the house and i felt how the people in Ember feel. 4. I have a little sister that can ruin stuff ( like home work) and Lina has a little sister that ruined the instructions. A oK

I am more like Lina cuz she is aventurios and she is not afraid to do stuff and say stuff 2.Doon and Lina want to find an exit like I'm trying to make an exit from my moms side of the family. 3. weird AL__//** Text-to-Text (T-T) These connections made between the text and you are reading and what you have read elsewhere.
 * live4boys**
 * //__1.Doon wants to fix the generator to make his dad proud like me I'm trying to make my dad happy.

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.


 * I have a T-T conection**

__Day 5 Wiki Response Questions:__
Lina experiences loss when her grandmother passes away. Altzheimer's is a disease that affects a person's perception of reality, and their memory. Before her grandma died, she had a memory of looking for the box. What text within the text connection should you make about the box? Later once it's open, Poppy eats the directions. Describe a time when a younger sibling / pet destroyed something important to you. How did it make you feel? How did you react? //__weird al My little brother destroyed my boogie jaws.I was relly angey that he did that.I reacted by not letting him in my room and i ignored him.__//


 * My little sister spilled ornage juce on one of my XC math sheets and din't tell me, latter I found out it was runed. I got mad but she offerd to help me and I got it done well watching a movie because she said I could have the down stairs to watch a movie she could becaus it was to scary for her. A oK**

My older sister spilt chocolate all over one of my new shirts i was so mad but i got over it. ~live4boys

My sister is always wering my shirts and my mom is always complementing her on how cute she looks but then i didn't allow her to were any of my cloths so my mom yelled at me and pittied my "adorable" sister. I was not happy. My sister put on this puppy look and said "Pleeeees?" I said yes if she would try to stop making a big deal out of everything. It worked on my part but on here part it is still dramatized. Not Fare! livehorses


 * Day 6 wiki response 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 direction might the author take with the characters?

Would you recommend the novel to others? why or why not ?

I never thought that Lina and Doon were going to be arrested. Ever thought the mayor is a low down dirty rat was going to die. I was hoping that a bunch of the bulders like grate grate grate grand children would be there to great them. I would recommend this book because it is so good you will never wan;t to put it down A oK

At the end of a chapter i made lots of predictions like Linda was never going to escape from the mayers office. She ended up escaping because of a luckey black out. I thought that the auther was going to make the charictors were going to have a argument and not be friends. I would definetly recomend this book to anyone from 3d through 5th grade. It was a great book it just started off kinedove boring at the begining. I realy liked the book and wanted more people to reed it. live4horses

I thought Linda was never going to make it out of the office. I woud recamend this book to 4rth and 5th graders because it might be a little to challenging for 3rd graders. I had a really good time reading it. ~live4boys**

=**i didnt know that the mayor was going to** __DDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!**__= Weard Al