Eric+G

May 4, 2009

Chapters Read: 1-2

Job: Super Summarizer

I am the Super Summarizer, 'Tis my job, it's true. So, 'Lijah's ma found a toady-frog in her knittin' basket. She was afeared of 'em so 'Lijah thought it'd be funny to scare her. She got back at him by puttin' a snake in the cookie jar. Then 'Lijah ran of screamin' like a lil' girl. Eric Greuel

Eric, I loved the voice you used in your summary. I think that if this is your job, you must make more of an effort to recount all the important information. This is just too brief, which is what Maddie and Nikki are trying to tell you. I know you can be more thorough next time. Mrs. Best

May 4, 2009 I noticed that you forgot to add that Elijah was the first person in his village born free. -Maddie

May 4, 2009 Nikki Albrecht I also noticed that you forgot about the preacher and the HOOP SNAKES.

May 6, 2009

Chapters Read: 3-5

Job: Word Wizard

Today I am the Word Wizard, I chose jackleg because I don't know what it means. I'll bet it's an insult or curse. It seemed in the passage like it meant someone who cheated people out of their possessions. Or it could mean someone who tells tall tales and little white lies. Pg. 53. I chose okree because it sounded awkward. I think it's some kind of vegetable, or maybe seasoning. It was served with a bunch of other vegetables in the passage, so it's probably edible.Pg. 76.-Eric Greuel

May 6, 2009 Michael M

Those are some pretty good words, and I didn't know okree either, and it probably is edible.

May 6, 2009 Maddie You chose awesome words! I don't know what those mean, either.

May 6, 2009 Nikki Those are some great words Eric. There were a lot of words that I did not know in these three chapters.

May 6, 2009 Lauren Those are good words! I had no idea what those meant, either!

May 11, 2009 Job: Artful Artist

May 13, 2009

Job: Connection Creator

Today I'm the Connection Creator, one time I made a misunderstanding, too. I thought that my mom said to come over with my friend home, but I wasn't supposed to and I ended up following him, so when he saw me he asked, "Why are you following me?" it was one of my many screw-ups, but a large one.

May 13, 2009 Nikki Albrecht

Eric, I know what you are trying to say. I know that Elijah made a mistake, but you don't say anything about Elijah. I was so baffled that I thought what you said was what happened today when you got home from school. You should really say what the mistake is that Elijah made. It would be a lot easier to understand.

May 13, 2009 Lauren Bartlett I agree with Nikki, but I think that that is a good story! So funny!

May 15, 2009

Job: Discussion Director

Thank you for the advice, Nikki, sorry about the font. I wonder why Mrs. Holton gave all that gold? What will happen to The Preacher? Will Ezekiel and the rest of the Leroys get out of slavery? I wonder why Elijah wasn't afraid, at first. And finally, what will happen to Elijah? (He's running in fear from Mr. Leroy, by the way.)

May 17, 2009

Eric, what chapters did you read because it sounds like you read ahead. We were supposed to read chapters 12- 14 on Friday. I did read the chapters 15-17 on Sat. and Sun. and I can answer your questions. Maybe you should ask those questions with your next job as Passage Picker.  Nikki Albrecht

May 22, 2009

Job: Passage Picker

Elijah is afraid of Mr. Leroy because he's thinking it was //his// fault that the money was stolen by that "preacher". So he's being chased around by that man, it must have been //terrifying// for the boy, it was pretty scary for me too.-Eric Greuel

May 22, 2009 Michael Eric, it is probably smart to give the paragraph and page number of the paragraph. I know what paragraph it is, but some people might not remember  May 23, 2009 Nikki

Eric, Michael is right. You should put the page numbers in. I think that you should give more thought to your paragraph. He's not being chased by Mr. Leroy ,Eric, he is being chased by his dad. It was still terrifying though because Elijah thought that he was gunn get killed by Mr. Leroy.

May 27, 2009 20-22

Elijah is on a wild goose chase to track down the preacher, but soon after they leave, Mr. Leroy kicks the bucket. Elijah is on his own and needs to find help, get the money, stay alive, and most importantly, get some slaves to Buxton it's a dangerous goal to accomplish, but i'll bet that he can pull them all off! Maybe. -Eric Greuel

May 27, 2009 20 -22 Nikki Albrecht

Eric please put what job you are. It would be easier if you could write that down instead of looking at the reading log. I do think there could be many more things in your summary. I think that you should have put more detail into your summary. You should say how Mr. Leroy died. Maybe you could say how Elijah was planning to help the slaves to get out of the barn. You could also tell about the way that Elijah chunked that bear-dog right to the ground. That would be awesome! Can't you just picture Elijah with his chunking stones hitting the dog right into the doggies' eye!

June 1, 2009 23-24 Word Wizard

Twixt-between, also, I chose this word because I had no clue what it meant.

Tote-to haul or carry, I chose this word because it sounded familiar.-Eric Greuel

 June 1, 2009 Nikki Albrecht chapters 23+24

Eric, I like your choice of words. Well, there really were not a lot of words to choose from in the chapters. I think twixt is a good word to choose but, you said that the word tote sounded familiar to you. You should have picked an unfamiliar word. I know that you said that you did not know the word twixt but you should have wrote what you thought it meant. It is a slang word that Elijah uses. It means between because of how they use it in the book.