Literary Circles - Caddie Woodlawn (#2)

Caddie Woodlawn

By Carol Ryrie Brink

Last Task (from Friday to next Monday): Finish reading Chapter 6 (p. 33-62)
Last Roles:
Celine- Summarizer
Ellie- Vocab Enricher
Jihyun- Discussion Director
Andrea-  Connector

New Task (Until May 8th): Finish reading Chapter 12 (p. 63-128)

New Roles:

Andrea- Discussion Director

Ellie- Illustrator

Celine- Vocab Enricher

Jihyun- Travel Tracer

Discussion Director

• Why does Uncle Edmund want to take Nero to St. Louis?

Celine- He wants to take Nero to St. Louis, because Uncle Edmund wants a hunter dog. And Nero is a very good dog. Uncle Edmund really loves him too.

• Will this affect the other people?

Celine- For the kids, yes. Because they really love Nero. And if the kids want to go playing, then they wouldn't have a dog to go play with. But I don't think I they will live will affect them if Nero's gone. Because they can just buy a new sheep dog.

• What does Mrs. Conroy try to say (mean) on page 62? ("Faith any ye'll not be so plaised before th' winter's over,")

Celine- They...survival...and good things will still be there even when it's still winter.
Jihyun- Do you think she meant to do something with turkey?
Celine- Yes. I think it'll do something with turkey... yes.
Jihyun- If we look at what her mistress says: "They'll be tired of turkey soon enough, but let them enjoy themselves while they can."  I think that means that Mrs. Conroy and she will going to do with Woodlawns' turkeys.

• Why do you think Obediah was so confident and not scared?

Ellie- Because last year, he was the boss of the school teacher.
Jihyun- But why was he the boss? Why was he so confident? 
Ellie- Because last time, even the teacher was scared of him.

• What kind of a teacher do you think Miss Parker is?

Ellie- Small teacher.
Jihyun- But what do you think made the big boy to go outside, comb his hair and then come back again?
Ellie- Because she spanked him with a ruler, I think.
Celine-I'm going to answer the question you had before, what do you think Miss Parker's like? I think she is a strict teacher. I think she hit the boy like what Ellie said, but in a way, I think she didn't, because if she's scared of the boy, why would she hit him? 
Jihyun- I believe that Miss Parker is originally a nice teacher, but as soon as she sees a misbehaving boy who is making these fights, I think she was being a little bit strict and scary to make him do things right.

• Summarize the chapters that we've read.

(Celine's post)

• Connect the events in the book with something else.

(Andrea's post)

• What were some texts that you didn't understand?

(none)

• Can you explain some new vocabularies that you've learned?

(Ellie's post)

• Does anybody have anything to share?

(none)