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May 4, 2009 Maddie Schultz Job 1: Discussion Director Chapters 1+2; Pages 1-28 __**Elijah in Buxton**__

Today I am the discussion director. I thought that what the pastor did to Elijah and Cooper was mean. Do you think he made up the story about the hoop snakes? I think that what Elijah did to his mom was mean, too. His mom pulled a great trick back on him, though. I don't think that Elijah will pull any more mean tricks. Why do you think Elijah is so fragile?

May 4, 2009 Nikki Albrecht

Maddie I do think that the pastor is over reacting about the hoop snakes, but I do not think he is making it up. I think Elijah is so fragile because he was the first born free in their village and maybe they expect something great from him. Mabe that's why he is so fragile. Or maybe it's the story of the hoop snakes that is making him so fragile and scared.

May 6, 2009 Michael M

I don't know whether he's making it up or not, but I think Elijah is too afraid, so that makes him fragile. 



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**Maddie Schultz ** =====

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**__Elijah of Buxton__ ** =====

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**Pages 29-77; Chapters 3-5 ** =====

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**<span style="color: rgb(12, 115, 115); font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; background-color: rgb(203, 251, 211);">Today I am the __<span style="color: rgb(84, 14, 119); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(203, 251, 211);">Passage Picker __. My favorite passage was on <span style="color: rgb(206, 3, 125); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(203, 251, 211);">page 76, paragraph 3. I liked how Christopher Paul Curtis described how Mr. Leroy ate his fish. It made me feel like I was sitting right next to Elijah watching Mr. Leroy eat. ** <span style="color: rgb(18, 155, 155); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(203, 251, 211);"> =====

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; background-color: rgb(203, 251, 211);">You know what Maddie if I was the Passage Picker today I would have picjed that same passage! I thought that passage was the best too! I love the way that C. Curtis said that Mr. Leroy doesn't care that the bones are still in the fish. ** =====

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(206, 18, 131); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(203, 251, 211);">Thanks, Nikki!!! I thought that passage was so odd that I had to do it!!!! ** =====

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(206, 18, 131); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(203, 251, 211);">-Maddie ** ===== <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(18, 155, 155);"> May 6, 2009 Lauren I loved that passage, too, Maddie!! I could never eat fish like that!

<span style="color: rgb(16, 115, 193); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">May 11, 2009 Super Summarizer Chapters 6-8; Pages 78-115

Today I am the Super Summarizer. In the pages we read, Elijah's teacher, Mr. Travis, writes Familiarity Breeds Contempt on the board. Cooper thinks that this means family breeding contest, so he tells Elijah that it means family breeding contest. They go inside the classroom and then Cooper gets his ear twisted (literally) by Mr. Travis. Mr. Travis is mad so he gives some children lines to write over and over and then those children get whipped. After this, Elijah takes a walk with Mr. Leroy and is telling him what happened at school and called the kids at his school niggs and all of a sudden, __**//WHAM!!!!!//**__ Mr. Leroy backhands Elijah. Mr. Leroy gets really mad and worked up because when his kids were sold as slaves they were called niggs. After this, the Preacher takes Elijah to a carnival and they see a person that can shoot very well with a slingshot.

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<span style="color: rgb(16, 115, 193); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Maddie

<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">May 11, 2009 Nikki Maddie, I couldn't have wrote a better summary that you just did! Your summary was so detailed. I thought twisting Cooter's ear was a little unessisary. That must have hurt!

<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(18, 155, 155);">May 11, 2009 Lauren Maddie, that was a great summary, but one thing: Elijah didn't say niggs, he was starting out to say negroes, but Mr. Leroy didn't let him finish. At least that's what I think.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lauren I think you are right. He did start saying that word but Mr. Leroy stopped him. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nikki<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

Chapters 9-11; Pages 116-169
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Today I am the Word Wizard. Here are some words and definitions from the dictionary I wasn't sure about:

conjurer- one that practices magic arts; one that performs feats of sleight of hand and illusion

rapscallion- alteration of earlier //rascallion//, irregular from rascal

dappled- marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background

-Maddie

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">May 13, 2009 Nikki I thought that rapscallion was like a horse. I am happy that you noticed that word. I asked my mom what conjurer meant and she said exactally what you wrote. There was one other word that I got baffled on. That word is chafing. It means to iritate by rubbing, but that's just me. You must have known that word.

May 13, 2009 Thanks for telling me that, Nikki!! I didn't know that word and must have accidently skipped over it. -Maddie

'Welcome Maddie -Nikki

May 15, 2009 Great words, I didn't know "dappled". Eric Greuel **


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<span style="color: rgb(0, 184, 31); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">May 15, 2009 Elijah In Buxton Artful Artist

This is the bell that Cooper and Elijah ring when new folks come to Buxton. Elijah did his math wrong and accidentily rung the bell 100 times. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> **

<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">May 15, 2009 Nikki Albrecht

Why did you pick this part to draw Maddie? I would like to know why you chose it. I also would have chose that part to draw to because I thought about how Elijah did his math when he was going to ring the bell. THat was funny! It was also funny because when one of the ladies asked Elijah how many people were freed, Elijah replied," 'bout four or five", but she said that she would have thought that all of Kentucky was freed. What about it did you like ,Maddie? I would love to know what you liked about the part that you drew from the book.

May 22, 2009 I liked everything that you said that you liked I just didn't know how to put it in words ( see next entry ). -Maddie

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(245, 143, 15);"> <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(245, 143, 15); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(253, 196, 230);">May 18, 2009 Elijah In Buxton Connection Creator

Here are some things I can relate to in the story: Sometimes, I can't put something into the right words. I know what I want to say, but when I say it it doesn't come out right. I always get really excited when I know I'm going to get something a really wanted and I want it right away, like Mr. Leroy wanted his family right away. I think everyone knows what it's like to relay on someone and then they let you down, just like Mr. Leroy relied on the Preacher to bring his family back but the Preacher stole the money instead. -Maddie <span style="color: rgb(245, 143, 15); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(253, 196, 230);"> Nikki Albrecht Chapters 19-20
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Maddie you are exactly right on your connections. A lot of the things that you discribed do happen to me in life. Us, kids always know what we are going to say, but then those words get mixed up. Sometimes we know what we are going to say but then mix the words that were thinking of right then and there. Maddie, I definetly get excited when I know I'm going to get something that I really want. For instance I got a preaent for my birthday and I knew exactly what it was. I was just like Mr. Leroy when he wanted his family out of slavery. Yes, that has happened when I rely on someone too much and then that person turns me down. But, I have never had something so serious, like a huge amount of money getting stolen.

Eric Greuel I completely agree, that happens to me, too.

I thought that these things happened to all of us, especially me. -Maddie**

<span style="font-size: 156%; color: rgb(31, 149, 9); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">May 22, 2009

Today I am the Discussion Director. Here are some questions about the book: What do you think would happen if Mr. Leroy rode Jingle Boy way too hard and Jingle Boy stopped? How did Mr. Leroy die? Do you think he had something like a heart attack? What would happen if the Preacher was still alive? What is Elijah going to do with the captured slaves? -Maddie <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 184, 31); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">

Nikki Albrecht chapters 20-22
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(24, 148, 247);">May 24, 2009

I think if Mr. Leroy rode Jingle Boy too hard Jingle boy would pass out from exastion. He might have died. If Jingle Boy stopped Mr. Leroy would probably be yelling at him to get a moving again. He did have a heart attack! It says in the book. You might want to read that over again. I think if the preacher was still alive he would have killed Elijah right when he walked in the door of that barn. I know that Elijah will try to help them in every single way. Elijah will do whatever it takes to help them maybe even free them. Great questions Maddie .**

<span style="color: rgb(206, 18, 131); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(253, 196, 230);">May 27, 2009 Chapters 23+24

Today I am the Passage Picker. My favorite passage is on page 336; paragraph 6. This paragraph is about when Elijah handed the baby to Kauma and Kauma just sadly held the baby before Elijah left. I thought that this was beautiful, even though they were captured slaves chained against a wall. I think that another beautiful part was just these simple words from the book, <span style="color: rgb(24, 148, 247); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(253, 196, 230);"> <span style="color: rgb(24, 148, 247);"> **<span style="color: rgb(24, 148, 247); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(253, 196, 230);">Once we set foot in Canada I put Hope Too-mah-ee-nee back in the tote sack. I decided I waren't gonna to take no chances by running Jingle Boy too hard. i made him go mule speed 'stead of horse speed. It took a lot longer that way, so we didn't get to the west part of Buxton till sometime 'round noon. And Hope slept the whole way. **<span style="color: rgb(206, 18, 131); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(253, 196, 230);">

I don't know why I like that part so much, but it grabbed me by surprise. -Maddie<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 184, 31); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 309.4%; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(218, 16, 138); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(140, 253, 253);">May 27, 2009 23+24 Nikki Albrecht

Maddie that was the most beuatiful passage in the whole book. It was so sad that I was just about to cry. Well, it wasn't sad-sad but happy-sad. It was so wonderful because Hope was not going back to Kentucky to live a life of slavery. She would be free! Maddie, one other passage that I absolutly loved was when Mrs. Chole said to her baby that she was not going back to Kentucky. It is on page 335. There was also one other passage that I thought was wonderful. It is also on page 335. The passage is... "Something told me to wait, and I ain't never had no fear nor softness in me, so itwas something else. And lookit this what my waiting brung. Lookit this here boy. He did come back. And I ain't never been so proud of no young man in all my days." I bet that made Elijah feel so happy and proud of himself. And ,Maddie, just to tell you, you forgot to write what job you had.

Lauren Bartlett Nikki, she said right at the beginning that she is the Passage Picker!!! Oh, I did like the passage, Maddie.

Nikki Albrecht May 28, 2009 Sorry, MAddie I did not see the job at the top of your page.

That's O.K. Nikki. -Maddie