Thursday, June 16, 2011

Chapter 3 and 4 Discussion Questions

Please answer the discussion question that you have been assigned. This is an independent task. Post your answer as a comment. Use complete sentences and capitalization.

When you finish answering your question, turn to workbook page 10. Choose a character of your choice and fill in the web. Use page numbers from the book to support your answers.

Yara and Blaize:
1) The house of Dies Drear is like a character in the novel. When a non-living object is given human qualities, it is called personification. Find 3 examples of personification of the house in chapter 3.

Liz and Tristan:
2) Tristan compares the house to a castle which is under seige. Who so you think is the king of the house and why?

Noah and Branden:
3) Why do you think Mr. Pluto arranged the furniture? Why do you think this disturbed Thomas and his dad?

Tachsia and Martin:
4) What unusual thing did Thomas find on the front door? What do you think is unusual about this?

Justin and Mason:
5) Why did the twins cry while Thomas was pushing the button? What did they see that Thomas did not?

Josh and Christine:
6) How did Thomas meet the Darrow children?

Jacob and Christopher:
7) What frightening thing did M.C. Darrow tell about the black hole?

Tanner:
8) How did Thomas land in the black hole?

15 comments:

  1. Mr.Pluto I think he knows all of the house's secrets
    and, that he has been living in it longer.I also think Mr.Pluto is Dies Drear himself.

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  2. Christopher glesmannJune 20, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    Christopher Glesmann
    7)That if you go down the black hole you may get lost forever and that there are ghost down there to.

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  3. TACHSIAAA
    He found a wooden button. It was unusual because the twins were scared of it and it moved to porch.

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  4. (: josh :)
    6) Thomas met the Darrow children because they were in his yard with a pony and they came to a hole close to his porch.

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  5. M.C. Darrow tould about gosts and how some of the soules were still in the tunnles

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  6. branden hunter ramend gierJune 20, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    Branden
    He arranged the furniture because he wanted to have mrs.small would want to stay at the house of dies drear

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  7. (: josh :)
    6) Thomas met the Darrow children because they were in his yard with a pony and they came to a hole close to his porch.

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  8. Tanner

    He lost his grip and fell in the hole

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  9. native brents:Thomas lost his grip and fell face first into the black thin air.

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  10. a stream of cold air

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  11. Yara
    1)Looks dark and isolated.
    2)Looks like it is bleeding.
    3)The tunnel was moaning.

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  12. well it is the trap door

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  13. Because he wanted Mrs. Small to stay at the house.

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  14. blaize :) says....................

    blaize shawbuck

    the house groans
    teh house loomed out of mist and murky sky

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