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May 4, 2009 Lauren Bartlett Today I am the WORD WIZARD!!!!!! Some of the words I thought were interesting were: Toady-frog - is found in a lot of places in these two chapters, but is found first on page one, paragraph one. I think it means that it is some kind of a fish or lizard thing, but this is not really a real word, so I really don't know!!!! I think that caint is an interesting word because it is a slang word for can't, and I have never heard that word before. I think that it is cool that the author spells the words the way the characters pronounce them. This word was found on page 18 paragraph 2. I thought the word dis-eases is interesting because I don't know why the author would put a hyphen there. I don't think that you could say it that way.This word was found on page 9 paragraph 6. The word n'em is cool because I think it is a word for them, even though there is no n in the word them. It is on page 19 paragraph 1.

May 6, 2009 Lauren Bartlett Today I am the ARTFUL ARTIST!!!!! I drew this picture of Elijah chunking rocks at the fish to go fishing! I think that is a cool way to fish! I think that it was very mean of the preacher to take four of Elijah's fish that he worked hard for, and to sneak up on him and say that Elijah had a "gift" and then not tell him what it was. 

May 11, 2009 Lauren Bartlett Today I am the CONNECTION CREATOR!!!! Some things today's reading reminded me of were: Elijah goes to school and gets into trouble like we do! He also guesses at the meaning of words, and is completely wrong like I am sometimes am! Elijah and Cooter hang out together and try to figure things out, like I do with my friends, and a lot of other people do with their friends. There is a carnival in the story like carnivals today that I have been to. That carnival is a lot different than the ones today, though.

May 13, 2009 Lauren Bartlett Today I am the DISCUSSION DIRECTOR!!! Do you think that the boy was actually mesmerized by the man, or do you think he was just pretending? Why do you think the preacher made Elijah watch the mesmerizer if he didn't want to? Do you think he wanted Elijah to be mesmerized? And what do you think a MaWee is? Why doesn't the Preacher ever explain anything to Elijah? Why did the Preacher take the real MaWee? Why do you think that Emma Collins is so good at getting the people down from the trees?

May 15, 2009 Lauren Bartlett Today I am the PASSAGE PICKER!!!!! I liked the part on page 194-196 on the parts where the letter is "writ". I think that this is a very interesting and shocking passage because Mrs. Holton's husband died, and that he endured such a terrible punishment that it KILLED him! May 22, 2009 Lauren Bartlett Today I am the SUPER SUMMARIZER!!!! First, Eb told Elijah not to go straight to Mrs. Holton's place, but to stop by the sawmill. Mr. Leroy wants Elijah to rewrite the words Mrs. Holton wrote, because they are really harsh. Elijah isn't sure how to rewrite them, but finally he gets it right, and Mrs. Holton loves it! She even gives him a nickel for just writing some words down on paper! The finished thing that is going on top of her door is really pretty because Mr. Leroy puts a border around and makes all these designs! Then Mr. Leroy comes to the Freeman's house, and Elijah gets to be treated like he's "growned up!" Mr. Leroy tells Elijah's dad that Mrs. Holton has given him enough money in gold to buy his entire family! Mr. Leroy says that he will pay back every cent, but you can tell that Mrs. Holton doesn't really care about the money. Mr. Leroy isn't sure how to deal with all of this, or how to buy his family, because he was only going to buy Zekial first, and then get his wife and daughter. But then the Preacher comes and said that the Abrams boys are sick, so they are going to wait three or four months for the Railroad people to come. Mr. Leroy said that he can't wait that long, so the Preacher says that he will make arrangements with John Jarvey, a white man that buys slaves like he is buying them for his own plantation, but is really buying them for free slaves up north. He is down in Michigan, so the Preacher says that he will ride down for Mr. Leroy. Mr. Leroy asks Elijah if the Preacher can be trusted, and Elijah says yes. So the Preacher and Mr. Highgate are going. Then Cooter tell Elijah that a man is coming back, and he thinks it is Mr. Highgate! The Preacher shot him, took the money, and is gambling it away!

May 27, 2009 Lauren Bartlett Today I am the WORD WIZARD!!!!!!! Again. Anyway, these are some of the words I found: __axed__- I think that this word is slang for the word asked. I found this word on page 272, in the last paragraph. __paddy-roller__- I found this word on page 273, paragraph 5.I think that this word means something soft that Elijah stabbed with a knife. By the way, what chapter am I supposed to be on? This got really confusing when we missed a day, so I'm not sure.

June 1, 2009 Lauren Bartlett Today I am the ARTFUL ARTIST!!!!!! Again. I drew this picture of Mr. Leroy having the heart attack( I think) with the dark liquid pouring out of his mouth and nose I think that this was a very scary part of the book, because Mr. Leroy died, and Elijah has to get his family out of the South. 

--- **May 11, 2009 Nikki Albrecht You know Lauren those things were great to connect with our life because that sounds a lot like the things I would do like hanging with my BFs, going to carnivals(fairs), and guessing on many words that I don't know the meaning of. ( sometimes in this book )**

May 4, 2009 Maddie Schultz I think that Elijah's mom can't tell the difference between a toad and a frog so she calls them toady-frogs.  May 4, 2009 Nikki Albrecht I thought about that word too Lauren!!! I think that Toady-frog is a real word though. I love your choice of the word Toady-frog.

May 6, 2009 Michael M I think a toady-frog is a toad, but, like Maddie, I think Elijah's mom can't tell the difference, and neither can Elijah.

May 13, 2009 Eric G. I definitely agree with you about the carnival, great connections!

May 13, 2009 Nikki A.

Yes ,Lauren, I do think that the boy was mesmerized by the man because he did many things that he wouldn't have done because they were to imbarassing. I do not know why the preacher would pull Elijah with him even if he did not want to go. No Lauren I deffinetly don't think the preacher wanted to get Elijah mesmerized. Lauren MaWee is the stage name for the boy that plays him. The preacher doesn't tell him anything because he is a __mean, cruel, jack-legged man.__ I don't know why he took the real MaWee. She is not good at getting people down from trees she is good at welcoming slaves into the settlement. 

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(255,0,191);">May 16, 2009 Nikki Albrecht

Lauren I also thought that paragraph was the strongest in emotion. The most fascingating part was how Mrs. Poole said that Mr. Tillman exacted a punishment so severe do to the rigors of the march home, John's body could not endure. That part was the most beautiful way to say that he was killed with a whip.

May 22, 2009 Michael I know that doesn't seem like a lot today, but a whole nickel for writing a bunch of words, WOW!

<span style="color: rgb(0,255,112); background-color: rgb(117,26,111);">May 27, 2009 Nikki chapters 20-22

Lauren those are some good words. On the word axed I think it also is a slang word for the real word asked. I think that is just how Elijah says it because he probably hasn't been taught proper English. I know what a paddy-roller is. It is an offensive term for an Irish or someone of Irish ancestry. I think when they were trying to say things about the paddy-rollers they were saying that they did not want the money getting stolen. I still do not know what "twixt" means. Do any of you know what it means. I do know that it is a slang word.

<span style="color: rgb(0,255,112); background-color: rgb(117,26,111);">P.S. Lauren you are on the right chapters but I think you should finish the book tonight and write on your wiki tomorrow night.

<span style="color: rgb(0,255,112); background-color: rgb(255,0,191);">Lauren thanks, Nikki. i think that twixt means between because of the way they use it in the book <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: rgb(128, 0, 128);"> **Nikki Albrecht June 1, 2009 chapters 23+24

Lauren, I loved what part ofhe book you chose to draw about. I thought that this part was interesting, It was also scary or creepy like you metioned. You ussally would not see a man just lay down and die having blood coming from his nose and mouth. That was pretty discousting. I think for Elijah it would be suprizing that Mr. Leroy was dieing right in front of him. And it would be scary because he would have no adult with him on the journey that lay before him. Again great part to draw. I will miss doing the wiki with you** <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**.**