Pre-service teachers used blogs to discuss award-winning Newbery books using reading roles creativiely adapted from Harvey Daniel's 'Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-centered Classroom'. Contact Anne Davis at adavis@gsu.edu if you have questions.
These blogs were moved from Manila blogs to TypePad blogs. The author shows up on each post as Anne Davis as a result of the transfer. The original posts were made by students and the instructors Lynne Jordan & Anne Davis. The initials on the post title signify who did the actual blogging of the post.
Reverberate means to resound or echo back. At the end of chapter 11, "Suddenly a thundering voice reverberated throughout the great hall: 'WWEEE ARRE HHEREE!'" I thought the word reverberated allowed me to visualize what was happening at the end of this chapter. When we graduate from Georgia State the cheering sounds will reverberate through the city.
On page 101, Mrs. Who says "...For that he was a spirit too delicate to act their earthly and abhorr'd commands,"
The word abhor is a verb, it means to hate or despise. An antonym of the word abhor is to admire. I chose this word because I have never seen it before. Furthermore, I don't understand the suffix added the way it was used in the book (add an r'd?). I am going to try to use this word in a sentence, if you can think of a sentence please reply.
The abhorr'd comments made by the victim showed her rage.
Hey everyone! I hope you like the book so far, I think it is great. Anyway, while reading I noticed that the book uses some unfamiliar words. One of the words I noticed is "prodigious." The word can be found on page 11. I have never used the word prodigious, so I looked it up in the dictionary. Prodigious is an adjective meaning marvelous, monsterous, or huge. The word was used as a reply from Mrs. Murry, after Charles Wallace said "impressive isn't it." The following is a sentence I made up: The cure for cancer would be a prodigious revelation for modern medicine. If you think of another sentence that uses the word prodigious write me back...Talk to you soon!!
