Nikki+A

Nikki Albrecht May 3, 2009 chapters 1-2

As Artful Artist I chose an exciting part. This part was when Elijah's mom tried to teach Elijah a lesson by putting the snake into the cookie jar so Elijah wouldn'tbe so fragile She didn't do this to make him not fragile! She did it to get back at him for putting the toad in her knitting. She was so angry at him, but she didn't want to just punish him. Maybe you should re read that section! Mrs. Best THank you. I will read that part again

May 6, 2009 Nikki Albrecht chapters 3-5

As the Connection Creater some of the things that are like my life in the chapters 3-5 are fishing and going to school. Elijah goes to school like any other girl or boy just like we do. He also is good at fishing but, I BET most of us would rather go fishing with a firshing pole instead of chunking a rock at a fish's head. If you think that I missed anything please tell me what! I loved these chapters!!!

I loved this section too. I especially loved seeing how the preacher was able to steal the fish from Elijah. He is a fast talker,and he is also an authority figure. This makes Elijah afraid to confront him, but Elijah KNOWS he is wrong! Did you ever think an adult was doing a mean thing, a trick, or something that was wrong? Wouldn't it be tough to tell them that! Mrs. Best 

May 11, 2009 Nikki Albrecht chapters 6-8

I am the Discussion Director! Yep that is my job. You know how Elijah always worries about being so fragile. How fragile do you think that Elijah thinks he is? What kind of thing do you think the Preacher wants Elijah to do to "help" the settlement? Why do you think that the Preacher wants Elijah to come with him to the carnival and why did you think that the preacher pulled Elijah out of the tent to talk? What about Mr. Travis! How weird is he/

I thought you did a great job Jack This is not what I am expecting when you are supposed to be discussing the questions, Jack.  May 11, 2009 Lauren I think that the preacher just wants Elijah to help HIM, not the whole settlement!

I agree with you, Lauren. The preacher is only out for himself. He saw an opportunity to make some fast money. I also think that Elijah is just a sensitive boy. I think that crying was not very acceptable back then, and his folks didn't want him to cry. I think he was not very fragile at all. I think he is very, VERY smart, talented and thoughtful. Mrs. Best  --May 13, 2009 Nikki Albrecht Today I am the Passage Picker. My favorite passage was the paragraph was on page 145 when Elijah raced against the slingshot lady at chunking rocks and he won. The paragraph is... MaWee said," Is he gunn take her place boss? I ain't never seent no one what throwed so good! LOTS of folks pay to see that boy throw! It would be a waste of time having to get pelt with grapes." I chose that passage because I thought it was funny how MaWee said it would be a waste of time having to get pelted by grapes and I bet Elijah liked beating that slingshot woman. -May 15, 2009 Nikki Albrecht This day I am the Super Summarizer. This is how I would summarize the chapters that we read. Elijah and Cooter rang the bell to let the settlement know that there were knew people coming into the settlement. But Mis Carolina told Elijah that he did his math wrong because he rang the bell 100 times. She said that I thought that all of Kentucky escaped because the bell rang so many times. When the family of four or five came to the schoolhouse many people of the Settlement cheered and applauded, but Miss Duncan the first started asking so many questions, then she figured out that the slave wife was her baby sister. Elijah's favorite job was going to check on the mail in Chatham. When Elijah was only two miles out of Buxton Mr. Polite told him to turn 'round and get one them horses so Elijah could get his package faster. After Elijah got to the P.O. a sign said closed til fifth. See George at Dry Goods Store. George told him 'bout what happened to Mr. MacMahon and that he was dead because of a horse. Elijah went back to the Settlement to give Mr. Polite the package then saw that there was another letter that was typed in fancy printing. That Only meant one thing! Someone had died! Elijah went back home to show his mom the letter. She said to get his church clothes on and they would go tell Mrs. Holton about the bad news. They went to tell Mrs. Holton, but she could not read the letters so Elijah read it for her. The next day they all went to church which Elijah disliked. ( We should not dislike church atall ) After church Elijah and his friends hopped on the buckboard and road down to Lake Erie. On the way ma told a story about what her slave life was like and the children would pick who would be the slaves and the abolistionists in a game that the kids would play when they got to the lake. When the families got tothe lake they et a lot of food that Mrs. Holton brought because of the death that accurred to her husband. Elijah thought that the most peacefullest thing ever was the waves slapping against the sand. About half way through the meal Elijah saw his dad dig a hole and put a piece of pie in the hole, then told Elijah before they leave to dig a deeper hole and put the pie in the hole.

I just love how Elijah talks. I just love the word peacefullest. I think it should really be a word! This summary is quite detailed, and that probably made it a ton of work. It could have been shorter. Good job, Nikki. Mrs. Best 

May 18, 2009 Nikki Albrecht

Today, I am the Word Wizard and do I have some great words. These are the words I chose that I thought were challenging in the chapters we read. __Manumission__- the word means a freeing or being freed from slavery.

__Calamity__- the word means deep trouble or misery. It also means any extreme misfortune bringing pain and sorrow.

__Paddy-roller__ - this word means an offensive term for an Irish person or someone of Irish ancestry.

__Tolling__- this word means to ring slowly and repeatedly and to announce something with a bell

If you guys and girls saw any other words that I missed please tell me.

Great words, Nikki! -Maddie

Eric Greuel

Manumission is a really great word!

Michael I had no idea what manumission meant either!

May 22, 2009 Nikki Albrecht Chapters 20-22

Job: Artful Artist

I got a little behind so if this part sounds like you didn't read it, that is because it in chapter twenty. I chose the part when Mr. Leroy had already died and Elijah lied to keep a promise. That was about the bravest thing that Elijah did. I love how Elijah said that a promise is a promise and that Elijah weren't gunn let Mr. Leroy down. I chose this because this was about the least fragile thing Elijah has ever done. What I loved about it was that Elijah said that he was gunna find that preacher even if it took him ten years. Here is my picture:

Maddie May 22, 2009

Nikki, did you accidently read ahead? Now I'm going to have to read ahead and find out what happened.

<span style="font-size: 132%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I thought this was so very brave of Elijah too. He is an amazing boy. He is respectful, intelligent, thoughtful, incredibly smart about animals, introspective (that means he looks inside of himself to see what he is thinking and doing). I just LOVE him! Mrs. Best <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> May 23, 2009

No, Maddie, I did not read ahead. I read in my reading log that it says to read chapters 20-22 and the part that I chose was in chapter 20, page 286. It was right before chapter 21. I am sorry if I did read ahead

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">May 30, 2009 Nikki Albrecht chapters 23-24

For my last job I am the connection creater! It is so sad that this is my last job. I had so much fun doing the wiki with you guys and Mrs. Best. Today I am connecting the way that Elijah went back to the tavern where the men were gambling to tell them about the slaves in the stable, then came back to help them when Mrs. Chole said no to come back. What Elijah did took a lot of courage and some friendship. I think that he got to know them well, because he could have just left them there and went home like Mrs. Chole told him to. But he came back. I chose to connect that because sometimes we want to help a friend so badly, but they say that they don't want you to. Still, you help them out. I did that once. My friend did have enough money to get something that she has been saving up for a long time, and I offer to help. She says no, but I still help out even know she said no. I felt like Elijah.

Michael Great Connection!