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=//James and the Giant Peach// Book Club Page= Connor, Brea, Joey, Jenna, Jake, and Sabrina

Assignment #1 - Chapters 8 - 13 (Jobs - Connor #1, Brea #2, Joey #3, Jenna #4, Jake #5, Sabrina #6)
Due Date - Monday, May 2

Job 1: Why did the bugs swallow the green seeds? Why did the aunts think the giant peach was unsafe to touch? How did the news of the giant peach spread if the aunts never told anyone? How much did Aunt Spiker mean by a "shilling"? Why were the bugs hungry?

Job 2: Some things that are the same for in James and the Giant Peach and Harry Potter are James parents and Harrys parents died. In James and the Giant Peach the peach grow and in Jack and the been stalk the been stalk grow. The tree in james and the Giant peach and the tree in my backyard are the same because nothing grow on the peach tree and nothing grow on my apple tree.James and the Giant peach and a song i learnd growing up named hurrman the worm are the same because the peach and the worm grow fat.

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Job 4 -
 * ~ Word and Page # ||~ Definition based on context -- use of dictionary is encouraged! ||~ Reason word was selected ||
 * brute p. 21 || Of or relating to beasts. || I chose this word because I thought it was strange and it is a word not used very often. ||
 * scornful half of page 29 and half of page 30 || The way fo saying somthing with a certain atitude. || I chose this word because I didn't know what it meant. ||
 * primly p. 29 || Very fussy about someones apperance and behavior. || I chose this word because I didn't know what it meant. ||
 * gossamer p. 39 || Something light or delicate. || I chose this word because I never heard it before. ||
 * ambled p.33 || To walk in a leisurely manner. || I chose this word because I didn't know what it meant. ||

Job 5- James is the main character and I would describe him with words like short and sad. Short because his parents had gotten eaten by a rhino when He was only a little kid. But worst of all he had to live with his mean aunts named aunt Sponge and aunt Spikier. He is short because he is only a kid. The two aunts on the other hand are very mean and they take advantage of James. The two aunts are mean because whenever James asks if he can go some ware the two aunts say no. The aunts take advantage of James by making him do all sorts of work while they sit down and relax

Job 6 -
" It felt soft and warm like the skin of a baby mouse". The author chose this simile to tell what the peach felt like. " The peach was as big as a small house". The author chose this simile to tell how big the peach was. " The next day there was a stream of people came scrambling up the steep hill to gaze upon this marvel". The author chose this metephor to tell the reader that the people were coming up like a river to see the giant peach. " It looked like a tremendouse silver ball lyeing there in the grass silent, mysterious, and wonderfull". The author chose this simile to tell the reader that the peach looked like a giant silver ball when the moon shined on it.

Assignment #2 - Chapters 14 - 19 (Jobs - Connor #2, Brea #3, Joey #4, Jenna #5, Jake #6, Sabrina #1)
Due Date - Thursday, May 5

1. Why was the centipede always mean? 2. Why did the peach not stop when it went up hills? 3. How could seaguls pull a giant peach out of the water? 4. Why did the sharks come after the peach if they eat meat? 5. Why did the bugs always go to James for answers to their questions?

Job 2 James and the Giant Peach is like Charlie and the Chocalate Factory because Grandpa and Centipede both sing a song because they're happy. James and the Giant Peach is like Cloudy and a Chance of Meatballs because the peach and the rocket both damage the town. Jamas and the Giant Peach is like The City of Ember because they both paniced when the light/lights went out and there were no other lights to be found. James and the Giant Peach is like Ice Age 3 when Manny, Elly, the twins, and Diego didn't know were they are because of a mistake.

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Job 4 - Job 5 __The Lady Bug__ is kind, caring, nice, helpful and is afraid that she Miss Spider and the Glow Worm are are going to drown or die. __The Centipede__ acts like a snob, is stuckup and thinks he's better then all the other bugs. I can tell because he is always mean to james and the earthworm __The Grasshopper__ would be described as aleader and tries to keep everyone under control when the peach falls into the ocean. __The Earthworm__ is emotional twards the Centipede and is only happy when he is sad or gloomy. __James__ is calmer and more relaxed then all the other bugs when they're on the ocean on the top of the peach. The __Glow worm__ and __Miss Spider__ are both afraid they're going to die or drown because they can't swim.
 * ~ Word and Page # ||~ Definition based on context -- use of a dictionary is encouraged! ||~ Reason word was selected ||
 * Lurch pg. 36 || Sudden swaying or tipping movement || Didn't know what word meant ||
 * Desolate pg. 37 || Lacking signs of life || Didn't know what word meant ||
 * Tufts pg. 37 || Lots of grass or plants bunched up together || Didn't know what word meant ||
 * Jolsting pg. 38 || To run or knock against || Sounded interesting ||
 * Minced pg. 52 || To cut in very tiny or small peices. || Sounded interesting ||

====Job 6- Here are some literary devices that the author used in James and the giant peach. On page 36 the author states that the centipede is as sharp as razors. that is an example of a simily. Also on pg 43 the author states that the ships have been swallowed by the sea. this is a example of a medaphor. Also on page 43 it sais that the big bugs were all tangled up like a big mass. this is a medaphor on pg54 the auther sais that the peach is like a giant golden ball on a silver sea. this is also a simily ====

Assignment #3 - Chapters 20 - 24 (Jobs - Connor #3, Brea #4, Joey #5, Jenna #6, Jake #1, Sabrina #2)
Due Date - Thursday, May 12

Job 1 I am going to tell you some thought provoking qustons about james and the giant peach chapters 20-24. #1 why didn't the silk worm wake up when the peach was going down the hill ? #2 what dose the author mean by the watter is boiling with sharks? #3 how can seagals lift up the peach by the stem with out breaking the stem? #4 why do the bugs think that the peach is sinking if the sharks anly eat meat? #5 how dose james come up with all the good ideas that help the bugs? and him ?
 * 1) James and The Giant Peach is like Hot Rod when Rodney rolls down a hill, and the peach rolls down a hill.
 * 2) James and The Giant Peach is like Charolettes' Web. Charolette is great spider, and James is a great boy, they both do amazing things.
 * 3) James and the Giant Peach is like Cinderella. James has two mean Aunts, and Cinderella has 1 mean step mother and two mean step sisters.
 * 4) James and the Giant Peach is like Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. James has a Giant Peach,and Giant Bugs, and Charlie has a Giant Chocolate River, and a Giant Chocolate Waterfall.

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Job 4 - Job 5 James- A leader- Lead everybody to safty from the sharks. Miss Spider- Happy- She started dancing when they were safe. Earthworm- Brave- He let James use him as bait for the plan. Silkworm- Mellow- When everything exciting was happening he was down stairs sleeping.
 * ~ Word and Page # ||~ Definition based on context -- use of dictionary is encouraged! ||~ Reason word was selected ||
 * Skyhooks Page 58 || To lift and transport heavy things. || Didn't know what it was. ||
 * Distinctly Page 69 || Clearly Defined. || Didn't know what it meant. ||
 * Faintly Page 62 || Quietly. || Didn't know what It meant. ||
 * Fascinating Page 72 || Very Interesting. || Sounded Interesting. ||
 * Inferior Page 72 || Lower in rank, Status, or Quality. || Didn't know what It meant. ||

Job 6
 * 1) He (James) pointed to the peach stem, which was standing up like a short thick mast in the middle of the deck. (simile p.59)
 * 2) One half of the Earthworm looking like a great thick juicy pink sausage lay innocently in the sun for all the seagulls to see. (simile)
 * 3) The boy's dotty! (idium)
 * 4) It was like a violin. (simile p. 71)
 * 5) The water was boiling with them. (idium)

Assignment #4 - Chapters 25 - 29 (Jobs - Connor #4, Brea #5, Joey #6, Jenna #1, Jake #2, Sabrina #3)
Job 1 When the Ladybug says it is a fine thing to be a nine spotted ladybug why is it a fine thing to be? Maby she just thinks that it looks prettier. Why does the centipede say he is proud of being a pest? Maby he just likes being thought of as somthing evil. Why does the Centipede think the cloud men can't hear the bugs and James?Maby because he had never seen them before and thought they couldn't hear. When it says the white cloud men were throwing hailstones at the peach why did everyone lay flat instead of going into the peach right away instead of later? Maybe because they didn't have enough time. When the centipede cut the one seagul off why did the peach not start to drop because when they were in the water they needed all the seaguls to fly away? Maybe because they were so high up that it didn't matter.

Job 2 james in the is like my me and my sister because the earthworm and centiped fight like us. james wants to get to now the bugs and i want to get to know my classmates. the two spotted ladybugs are illmanerd like a kid named beans in Wringer james jumped of the peach and some people jump of plains. Job 3

Job 4 - Job 5- 1.James- is Successful because all of the planes he made up worked. 2.The Centipede- is silly for dancing around the peach when the spiter was singing. 3.The Ladybug- is loud because she was talking very loud when the cloud men were by them and James said "sshh!" 4.the Grasshopper is nice because he suggested that "Perhapes we were all so scared to not enbaris the othe person/thing.
 * ~ Word and Page # ||~ Definition based on context -- use of dictionary is encouraged! ||~ Reason word was selected ||
 * Essential PG 75 || Of the utmost importance. || Didn't know what it meant ||
 * Alas PG 76 || Grief,pity,or concern. || It sounded interesting ||
 * Menacing PG 81 || In a malignat or hostile manner. || It sounded interesting ||
 * Wraith PG 82 || Strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds. || Didn't know what it meant ||
 * Flabbergasted PG || A surprise, or greatly astonished. || Didn't know what it meant ||

Job 6 Her tummy and waist is as soggy as paste- similie Aunt Spiker was as thin as a wire- similie And as dry as a bone, only drier-similie

Assignment #5 - Chapters 30 - 34 (Jobs - Connor #5, Brea #6, Joey #1, Jenna #2, Jake #3, Sabrina #4)
Job 1- Why did James think they were going to die when the rain started? Why did the cloud men beat the drum to represent thunder? Why were the bugs so suprised about seeing America? Job 2 It's like Madagascar because the peach is falling straight down and the airplane the animals are flying in fell straigth down. The Earthworm and Centipede are like Katie and I because they argue with eachother. It's like Ice Age because when Sid is climing up a wall he thinks he is ging to fall and die and James and the bugs think that they are going to die. It's like The Ant Bully because they seem tiny because of the giant peach and James is human surrounded by bugs. Job 3 Job 4 -
 * ~ Word and Page # ||~ Definition based on context -- use of dictionary is encouraged! ||~ Reason word was selected ||
 * Deluge Pg. 98 Middle || A great quantity of something || Didn't know what it meant ||
 * Sinister Pg. 100 Top || Wicked or criminal || Sounded interesting ||
 * Billowy Pg. 100 Middle || A large mass of something || Sounded interesting ||
 * Cyclones Pg. 100 Middle || Wind rotating inward to an area with low atmosperic pressure || Sounded interesting ||
 * Melancholy Pg. 101 Top || Sad, gloomy, or depressed || Didn't know what it meant ||


 * < Pandemonium Pg. 103 Top ||< Wild and noisy disorder or confusion ; uproar ||< Didn't know what it meant ||

Job 5 Centipede is scared, he's scared because he got covered in rainbow paint and was afraid he would never move again.Earthworm is grumpy,he's grumpy becuase everytime Centipede talks he tells him to shut it.Ladybug is relying,she is relying because if there is a problem she turns to James.James is smart,he's smart because everytime there is a problem he fixes it.
 * < Stupor Pg. 106 Bottom ||< A state of near unconciousness or intesibility ||< Didn't know what it meant ||

Job 6 1.the cloud seemed to split and burst open like a paper bag. Similie page 97 2.It was a great solid mass of water that might have been a lake of a whole ocean. Medifor page 98 3.the land looks like streets and houses. Simile page 101 4.The cars were like little beetles crawlingalong the streets. Similie page 102

Assignment #6 - Chapters 35 - 39 (Jobs - Connor #6, Brea #1 Joey #2 Jenna #3 Jake #4 Sabrina #5)
Job 1 1. Why did James use the pit of the peach for a home in the park? 2. What was James' reaction when he was finely on the Empire State Building? 3. How did the centipede feel when all the people were looking at him? 4.Why were the bugs excited about going to the Empire State Building with James? 5.What is a the best reaction that James had about the city?

Job 2 It's like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory because James tells about his adventures on the peach and in Willy Wonka's Ch. Factory the main character tells about his adventure in the chocolate factory. It's like Cinderella because in the end they both lived happily ever after. I's lke superman the movie because the police chief was; "It's a Gorgon" "It's a Sea-Serpent" "It's a Prock" "It's a Manticore" Job 3 Job 4 - Job 5- James- Generous because he let all the kids have some of his peach, instead of being greedy and not sharing. Centipede- Successful because he became the Vice-president-of-the- sales-of-high-class-firm-boot-and shoe-manufacturers. Glow worm- Wonderful because he's the light of the Statue Of Liberty. Ladybug- Lucky because she was worried of her house catching on fire her whole trip, and she married the head of the fire department.
 * ~ Word and Page # ||~ Definition based on context -- use of dictionary is encouraged! ||~ Reason word was selected ||
 * page || word/definition || reson why I chose it ||
 * 106 || plummeted = fell very fast || I didn't know what it ment ||
 * 106 || stupor = thinking about pleasent things || i didn't know what it ment ||
 * 106 || knelt = crouched || i didn't know what it ment ||
 * 107 || tapperd = a hug grin || i did n't know what it ment ||

Job 6 His black eyes as big as marbles glared down at the Police and Firemen below. Similie To some people it looked like the Pied Piper from Hamlin descended upon New York.Similie Snakes And ladders.Idiom Strong men said things like "I guess this is it Joe" and "Good bye".Similie