Chasing+Vermier+(MI8)




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

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Caulder's teacher is a bit, well how would I say it, hmmmm interesting. Describe your teacher and what makes him hmmmmm, interesting. Why would the author include that bit about the book mystery?
 * __Day 1 Response__:

aflack8 What makes my teacher,hmmmm interesting, is all the tech stuff we do in his class. It really keeps a lot of us on our toes. Instead of just blah blah blah,it's pretty fun. To give a the reader a idea of what is going to happen in the book.

French_fry My teacher is so cool. He lets us go to the computer lab for 3 hours. He shows us how to make movies. The author should should put scary parts in there to make it more intrseting and exciting.**

Mario_bros Our teacher is different **because he is the only 5th grade teacher that teaches technology. He is very "funny"by jumping on desks and using his vocal cords.** Who is the girl? Why is the FBI involved in this? Where is the setting? Who is or r what is Vermier? Why is there a door knob? on archetecture? Why is there an indian on the podium? Why does the boy have a flashlight? Is it the future,present or past? What is the the mystery of the story? Who or what are they looking for? Do they live in a foriegn country?** Does someone get hurt during the process? Are there any family problems? Is there something following them? Are they related? Why is there so much archtecture? Are there monsters? Where does the train go to? Whats in the envolope? Who are the 3 people? Why was there no returing address? Who wrote to the man? Could she change her mind if she agreed? Why could she putt her life in danger? Is Ms. Hussy the women in the front?
 * Who is the boy?

I think that because the teacher might be on to something when she asked did you find anything when they went on there class trip. So I think that the Author put her in the book because it goes along with because it has been mysterious.

I think my teacher isn't like that because he isn't weird or mysterious because he only is, is if he sets a prank on us! He is also nice to people like there teacher but she is creepy and I think she is up to something!!

Mountain_Dew


 * jjballer44

My teacher is interesting because he does really funny things and he jumps on our desks at school. One time he even jumped out of the window and ran around the school and that was interesting to see a teacher do that and it was really funny. The author probably wants to get people to not stop reading and keep on going. The author could have tried to make it exciting and interesting, then when people read the summary they probably want to buy the book and read it.**

Ms. Hussey's class visits the Chicago Art Museum. What museum or place would you like to visit and spend class days at? How does being in a different place enable kids to get motivated to learn?** Describe your experiences at the Big Zoo Lesson in comparison to this.Day 2 wiki response
 * __Day 2: Response Questions:__

I would say the zoo because it is nice and quite and we got a lot of fresh air instead of being in school and suffering from not being out side. Also when you are at a place like the zoo you are learning but also having a good time at the same time of learning. It is the same as the zoo lesson because the kids in the book are having fun but the other 2 are figuring out the mysteries and problems. mountain_dew

aflack My grandparents hayloft because you can make the hay into desks. It's also a very quiet place to work. Instead of learning in the same place forever;it;s some where different. At the big zoo lesson we got to get a lot of fresh air;we could get a lot of fresh air in the hey loft.

Mario_bros
 * There might be something that you like, Petra was looking around in the storage closet. I really want to go to The Mall of America. Instead of being the same classroom you get to work** somewhere different.


 * jjballer44

I would spend a school day at my house in the yard because you are outside and it would be a really cool experience to have school outside in the fresh air. Well say you were at a museum there are so many things to learn there in a different way. The big zoo lesson was an awesome experience and it was so much fun to learn in a different way and learn so much information about it.**

French_fry I would spend a day at the beach because I like going in fresh water and getting fresh air! You can go to a aquarium and learn about the fishes. Big zoo lesson was exciting to see what the animals do all day. It is the same because you get fresh air and you can enjoy learning!

__Day 3 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 three (3) text to text (t-t) connections you've made so far about your novel.

aflack8**__
 * One connection I made is Tuck Everlasting and Chasing Vermeer are both boring. Also there was a boy and a girl charecter trying to solve the problem. Plus,I did not understand it.

One of them reminded me of Dive because they are in a problem that things are getting creepy so they found out problems. Just like the kids are figuring out things. Also right now the book I'm reading is like the beginning because the kids don't want to go to the museum. Also the book I'm reading is like that because the girl doesn't want to go to a class trip to a beach. Also they remind me about when Harry Potter is figuring out lots of things. Just like The kids. Mountain_dew**

__**French_fry**__
 * I think about Lightning Theif because there is a problem and they need to solve it . I also think that the cops are probaly looking for the kids just like in the book in Lightning thief. This reminds me about the books Nancy Drew because the guy in the book does not want to get into the problems. It also reminds me of pirates of the caribean when they are hunting for a treasure.**

__mario_basketball__
It reminds me of Pirates of the Caribean that they are looking for something that has a curse with it. It reminds me of the Hardy Boys, they are solving mysteries. In Dive, the kids are figuring things out. __**jjballer44

I**__**n the book they do a lot of cool things and in Rotton School they do a lot of cool things too. This book is a mystery and in Comeback Kids Two minute drill the entire book is a mystery too In the book they have in awesome teacher and in another book their teacher is all crazy and wild.**

__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.

aflack8 When something is going wrong,I try really hard to fix it. mario_basketball In the novel, Petra and Calder have lots of fun, a crazy teacher, and fun field trips. Mr. Meyer is crazy, we have fun doing survivor, and have fun field trips.

Mountain_dew

Text to self We have a crazy anf funny teacher just like they do because she is weird!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Text to world

We went to a zoo for a whole week just like they went to a museum for a field trip.


 * jjballer44

text-self In the book they have a really fun and crazy teacher that likes to have a lot of fun. My teacher is fun and crazy and loves to have fun.

text-world The class that I'm in all went to the zoo for a week and the class in the book went to a museum on a field trip. This is making the story easier because we can all make connections and understand it better.**

French_Fry

Text-to-world Everybody in my class is fun and crazy like the people in the book.

Text-to-text What I have read is michigan chillers and these two childeren are trying to find clues to see if the babys are real and were they have been. That is like what we are reading because the kids are trying to find clues.

__Day 5 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 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.

Mario_basketball Petra, Calder, and his old friend, Tommy are solving the mystery of a Robie house painting. No, I would not recommend the novel because it was hard to "hang on." aflack I wonderd if Calder and Petra were family members? Also,if another charecter was going to to get thrown in the story? I would think another,bigger,object gets stolen,but this time there chasing the thief around the world. No,because you really don't care for the book to much twards the end.

French_fry I would predict that the sequel would be about another mysterery that they solved. The auther would probally put the poor childeren into another problem. I would not recommand chasing vermier becouse its boring. I wounderd if the teacher was a bad person.

Mountain_dew

I predict that the next kids who go somewhere will find the mystery just like they did. I do not recommend this book I didn't like it was boring.