Close to Shore

Comments
1. This is the lat blog i will probably be ever doing so just to let you all know it's been fun.
2. I'm very sad that i will not be able to guide you all the way through this story but i will give u some of my predictions of what might happen in it.
3. I believe there will be about 4-5 more attacks on people.
4. That they will eventually kill the shark.
5. And finally that those beaches are going to be empty for years to come.
Questions.
1. How did they kill the shark?
2. Who killed it?
3. When did they kill it?
4. How many people died in total?
Vocab.
1. Man-eater. A type of animal or thing that eats man.
2. Murky. Some what cloudy or unclear.
3. bloody. Covered with extreme amounts of blood.
Literature Terms
1. direct characterization. The shark is described as a big lad with skin like sand paper.
2. Resolution. Even though i didn't get to the ending i got to the end of my posts so that's my blogs resolution.
Final thought
If you liked Jaws read this book.

Close to Shore

Comments
1. It is just the beginning of summer when the vasuets arrive on the New Jersey Shore line.
2. The Doctor's son is on the shore playing with a dog when he decides to go into the water and the dog comes with him.
3. Researchers say that you are much more likely to get attacked by sharks if you go into the water with a dog. A young great white was near the cost when charlies the doctor's son got into the water.
4. A crowd was watching Charlie race the dog in the water when for no reason at all the dog turned back the crowd assumed that the dog just tired out so charlie decided to return himself.
5. As he was swimming in the crowd saw a large fin appear out of the water and start approaching him fast the crowd then started to yell watch out! to him but he didn't know what was happening until it was to late. he tried to escape it when only in 3 and a half feet water the shark grabbed his leg and took a huge bite it left him bleeding badly someone tried to pull him out when the shark surged fourth and grabbed him again other tried to help and got caught in a tug of war match with the shark. They eventually won out but the injury caused so much bleeding that Charlies
bleed out.
Questions.
1. How big was the shark?
2. Why do dogs effect attacks so much?
3. Why didn't people do something rather than stand around in shock for half the attack?
4. Were there life guards in this time period?
Vocab.
1. submerged. When something comes out or is on the surface of the water.
2. hoisted. To bring something up to lift something.
3. brutally. To be vicious, relentless.
Literature Terms
1. Rising action. This is hard to believe but this is just the rising action because the climax will be much more bloody.
2. Direct characterization. The shark is described as black about ten feet and 500 pounds by one of the witness's of the attack.
Final comment.
I haven't even reached the middle yet and this book is the best thriller I've ever read.

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comments
1. The shark that atacked in 1916 was 22 feet long.
2. Dr. Vansuat and his family are going to the new jersy shore for the Summer.
3. The Shark attacks of 1916 took place in New Jersy.
4. Before the summer the Great white was taken up the Gulf strem were it was forced to live with little food.
5. Because of this it became a Rouge wich is the equivilant of a Serial killer in our socity.
Questions.
1. How do they know how long it was?
2. What does the Doctor have to do with anything?
3. How do they know the Shark was a Rogue?
4. Why is philly in such bad condition right now?
Vocab
1. Predator. A hunter in the animal kingdom it cosumes other animals to live.
2. fear. to be scared of a certain thing or object.
3. hunger. to be extremly hungery.
Literature terms
1. Riseing action. the story is nearing the attacks.
2. Setting. A packed beach during a hot summer.
Final thought
I realy find alll the facts about sharks in the sttory interesting

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Comments
1. The book goes into great detail of a Dr. Vausent and what he was ding before the attacks in his life.
2. He is a well off doctor and has a summer home were the attacks took place.
3. The book also goes into how sharks mate which is described as a sort of violent collision.
4. The Great white shark is said to be very quick when it is young but once it gets older it no longer needs its speed but is still very quick for it's size.
5. The Great white that caused the attacks of 1916 was said to have come up the Gulf Stream.
Questions
1. Why is the book talking about all the events before the attacks?
2. Why is the doctor so important?
3. Why do sharks eat other sharks?
4. How big was the shark?
Vocabulary
1. Cannibal. Something that's eats its own kind.
2. Doctor. A Worker in the medical field.
3. Jagged. Serrated, very rough.
Literature terms
1. Direct charicterization doctor is described as a short man with dark hair.
2. Protagonist. i am pretty sure that the doctor is the protagonist.

Close to Shore

Comments.
1. Usually for my comments i descirbe the story and all its details myself but this story is not really a sotry it's more like a collection of first hand accounts and research. So I will instead give the research in my own words.
2. The shark attacks mof 1916 took place outside a beach called the Engleside.
3. At this point the hotel is flourishing with the invention of the horseless carriages, cars,.
4. Sharks are thought to be tales of myth and are consider cowardly by the public.
5. Famous Sportsman have swam with sharks and have not been bitten making it look even more like sharks are harmless.
Questions
1. Why weren't accounts of shark attacks kept back then?
2. Why are sharks considered to be myths?
3. When was the hotel founded?
4.what kind of sharks did these Sportsmen swim with?
Vocabulary
1. Apex. On top the highest point.
2. Reluctant. Refusing hard to get rid of.
3. Wager. A bet 0or challenge.
Literature terms.
1. Direct characterization. The Great white shark is descibed as a large vicious predator.
2. Setting. A bright fancy hotel on a nice sunny beach.

Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the ring

Comments
1. Gandalf has lead the party to the Mines of Moria because they could not go over the mountain. Altough most of the party protested they decide to go in.
2. Gimli was very eager to go in while on their way through Moria they discovered the tomb of the dwarf Balin who was a dear friend of Bilbo and related to Frodo. Then Frodos sword shined blue meaning that Orcs were near. They all quickly blocked the doors. But there was something else coming tha the orcs eve seemed to be afraid of. Aragon lead the party while Gandalf put a spell on the door to seal it. He later joined them they ran he said that something extremely strong broke his spell. At the Bridge of Kasza-dun They found that the enemy stupidly laid a trap on at the wrong area.
3. just when they thought they were safe a huge creature tried to cross the bride and attack them it was a Belrog. Gandalf confronted it and used his magic to shatter the bridge. The Creature fell but not before using his fire whip to bring Gandalf down with him it is there Gandalf fell to his death. The others ran to the Rivers of Mirkwood.
4. There Elves greeted them and took them into their forest. There Lady Galdreial showed Frodo what would happen of he failed. They then resumed their journey down the river on boats.
5. On their finally y stop before the Falls Frodo wandered off to think when Beromier came to talk to him and asked for the ring Frodo refused and Beromier then tired to take the ring when Frodo slipped it on and became invisible and ran for now he knew he must leave to go this journey alone. He was about to shove off when Sam went after him saying he wasn't going to leave without him Frodo agreed and they set off.
Questions
1. Why didn't Gandalf just run with the other sout of the gate?
2. Why did lady Galdreial go evil for a second?
3. What Happened to the Ring Wraiths?
4. What is happening on the front lines well this journey is taking place?
Vocab.
1. Swift. Quick, immediate.
2. Wanderers. Move about place to place with curious attitude
3. Fair. Beautiful, very pretty.
Literature Terms
1. Resolution. This book is over which would have left me sad but i know there is a sequel.
2. Irony. Gandalf The one character that seems invincable is killed.
Final Thought
This book was great I can't wait for the sequel.

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comments
1. Frodo Attende the council of whom cosited Gandalf, Bilbo who Frodo was happy to see, Strider, Golin, Gimli, Legolous, Beromier, Elrond, and some of the high Elves.
2. There Bilbo told the story of how he found the ring, and Gandalf reviled what had happened to him. It turned out when Gandalf went to see sarumon for aid the other wizard reviled he had sided with Saruon and then he tried to hold Gandalf on top of his tower for information about the ring but Gandalf was rescued by one of the great Eagle's.
3.The counsel then Decided they would have to go to Mount doom to Destroy it and Frodo volunteered to take it. They Sent all four Hobbits, Gandalf, Strider, Beromier, Legolous, and Gimli.
4. While on their journey they saw that the path they wanted to take was being watched by Crows who served as spies for the enemies.
5. They then tired to go over a mountain pass but ran into a storm that forced them to go back.
Questions.
1. Why didn't Sarumon just lock Gandalf up?
2. How did Golum know of the attack?
3. WHy not Just combine their armies and attack Mordor?
4.Shy didn't Gandalf Try to kill Sarumon?
Literature Terms
1. Setting. The setting has once again changed to a Dark countryside.
2. Rising action. The story is almost close to the climax.
Final Comment
This stiory has a huge variety of charchters its great.

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Comments
1. At the village of Bree Frodo and his companions go to the inn of the Prancing pony. There they meet a man named Mr Butterbur who tells them about a note he received from Gandalf. Which tells him to trust a Ranger named Strider who offers to help. They then find out that Ring Wraiths have been sighted in the village and flee it.
2. Frodo and his companions Are fallowing Strider when they decide to Make camp at a place called Weather top When they see Wraiths in the distance. Strider makes them keep their heads down and gets a fire going because he says the wraiths are afraid of fire.
3. Then At night Pippin and Merry decide to go to bed then they come back saying that they have seen wraiths coming up the tower. They then saw them approaching the camp. Frodo did not know why but he suddenly felt an urge to put the ring on and he did and he saw the wraiths in their true form. They wore helms and were in gray robes. The tallest one wore a crown and took out a knife and stabbed Frodo in the shoulder.
4. They then retreated. Strider The tired to take Frodo to Rivendale with all speed because he had no clue how to treat such a wound. They meet a elf on the way who straps Frodo on a horse and they move out to Rivendale. On the way the wraiths try to attack them again. The elf tells the horse to run and it does over the river and suddenly right when the Wraiths try to pursue over the river it suddenly flooded up and frodo went unconscious.
5. Frodo awoke in the house of Elrond who healed him. Their Gandalf Was waiting for Frodo And told him that their would be a counsel to decide the fate of the ring.
Questions
1. Why didn't the wraiths kill Frodo instead of just injuring him?
2. Why didn't they attack the others?
3. Why is Bilbo living in Rivendale?
4. What happened to Gandalf?
Vocab.
1. earnest. Serious in intention, purpose, or effort.
2. chant. A short, simple melody.
3. hollow. An empty space within anything.
Literature Terms
1. Direct Characterization. The wraiths are described as tall in gray robes.
2. irony. The ring the wraiths are seeking is right in front of them and yet they don't take it.
Final Comment
I love how this Story jumps form place to place so it doesn't just take place in one contained place.

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Comments
1. Frodo and his companions are leaving Tom's house.
2. After saying their farewells they go off and soon find themselves in a deep dense fog. The horse's start to get scared and Frodos horse starts running wildly in fright.
3. Frodo then hears some sort of song and realizes that a barrow wight is upon them.
4. Frodo awakes to find him and his companions are tied up and then he sees a long pale arm coming from behind him. He then takes a dagger and hits it the barrow wight it cries in response.
5. Suddenly Tom comes out of nowhere and starts singing a song and the barrow wight flees in fear. Tom frees Frodo and his companions and they head out again Tom stops along the way and tells them he must go back but they should head to the village of Bree.
Questions.
1. What is a Barrow wight?
2. Why did it flee just because of a song?
3. Why go to Bree instead of just going to Rivendale?
4. Why didn't the Bright just kill them?
Vocab.
1. Trembling. To shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear.
2. Flank. The side of anything, as of a building
3. Bade. to express a greeting, farewell, benediction, or wish.
Literature Terms
1.Gothic Novel. The Lord of the Rings has a Gothic fell to it with constant terrors and dark settings.
2. Direct Characterization. The Barrow Wight is descirbed as a dark tall figure.
Final Comment
This Story keep getting Darker and darker as it goes on.

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Comments
1. Frodo and his companion's are leaving Frodo's new home.
2. To make sure the that they are not seen by anyone especially the black riders they are going through the old forest. The others are terrified of this place.
3. While on the way through merry tells them how the trees in the forest are alive and will even try to harm them if they are not careful.
4. Suddenly they all feel very tired and they rest under an old willow tree but when they awake they find that the tree id trying to crush Pippin and Merry, And is trying to drown Frodo and Sam. Sam and Frodo get away but they aren't able to free Merry or Pippin. Then Tom comes along and sings a song to the willow tree and Merry and Pippin are freed. Not one of them have any Idea who this Tom is.
5. He Bring them all to his house deep in the Forest and They find he is a very kind cheerful person.
Questions
1. What exactly is Tom?
2. The riders don't even know what Frodo looks like So why are they going to all this bother?
3. Why are the trees so evil?
4. Why Does the Forest listen to Tom?
Vocab.
1. Spirit. The principle of conscious life.
2. Tinder. Small dry easily flammable objects.
3. Forest. A large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
Literature Terms.
1. Setting. A Dark almost Magical and dangerous Forest.
2. Irony. The Place Frodo And his companions seek rest trys to kill them.
Final Comment
This story has some of the best characters I've ever seen in a book.

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Comments
1. Frodo, Sam, and Pippin are still on there way to Frodo's new home.
2. On the way There while walking down the road they encounter another black rider. They all quickly hide but the rider starts to sniff crawel torwards were Frodo is hideing then three eleves start coming down the road singing and the rider flees
3. Frodo and his friends talk to them and they are very cheerful. Frodo ask's to join them at first they refuse but then Frodo tells them of thr rider's and the eleves then turn very grim and asks him and his friend's to come with them.
4. The elevs led them to safety and one of the eleves warns frodo never to go near the rider because they are dangerous.
5. Frodo then finally arrives at his new house Where he tells his friends that he will be leaveing them to go to rivendale but they say to him that their going with him.
Questions
1. Who are the eleves?
2. Why do the rides sniff?
3. Why does Frodo leaveing a house he just bought?
4. What was the point of buying it when he's going to just leave it anyway>
Vocab
1. Enemy. Someone or something that is trying to hurt you or beat you in something, a rival.
2. Brew. a certain group of drink that was made in the same pot.
3. Fairy. A small boat that is usually found on lakes or rivers which takes people to the other side.
Literature terms
1&2 dramatic Irony. I'm putting both of mt Lit. terms together because their are two really good examples of dramatic Irony in the story. The first would be when frodo reveals that he is going to rivendall we know this but his friends don't. The second would be when Frodo tells the elves about the rider he knows it serious but they don't and he knows about the rider but they don't. The reader also knows which makes both cases dramatic irony.
Final Comment
It is really comgufseing what the riders are I still don't understand.

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Comments
1. Frodo is now getting ready to leave the shire and move to Brandybuck.
2. He is selling his house and many of his other good possessions to the Sackville Baggin's whom more or less have hated Frodo through out the years.
3. Gandalf has gone off and left frodo to himself again in search of information.
4. Frodo has began his journey away from the shire with his friends Sam and Pippin.
5. On their way to Frodo's new home they hear a rider coming down the rode so they decide to get off only to see a man cloaked in black come down the rode. The rider gets off his horse right were Frodo and his friends are hiding and starts looking and sniffing. Frodo suspects the rider was looking for him.
Questions.
1. Why does Frodo sell Bag end to his own enemies?
2. What information is Gandalf looking for?
3. Why does merry have to go ahead?
4. Why does the Rider hide his Face?
Vocab.
1.cloaked.Something that covers or conceals.
2.plundering.To seize wrongfully or by force.
3.inquisitive.Unduly or inappropriately curious.
literature terms
1.irony. The home that Bilbo never wanted to fall into the Sackville Baggin's hands did.
2.anthropomorphic. you are allowed to read what a fox that see what the hobbits sleeping under a tree is thinking and it is very much like a humans thoughts.

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Comments
1.Gandalf told Frodo more about the rings of power but then he did his test took Frodo's ring and threw it into the fireplace.
2.Gandalf asked Frodo if he saw any writing on the ring and Frodo answered yes.
3.Gandalf then told Frodo how no mortal can resist the ring s of power and told Fodo that the writing proved that this ring was forged by Saron.
4.Gandalf then described how that Saron was the dark lord of Mordor and how he nearly took over all of Middle earth. But eleves and men came together and took the ring from him.
5.The Ring was then taken by Isildur. Who then was betrayed by the ring and killed. It then fell into Golem's hands who murdered his best friend to get it. Then Bilbo and Frodo.
Questions
1.Why is this done now instead of it being in the mines like in the movie?
2.Who is Aragorn?
3.Did Sam hear them from the garden?
4.What are they going to do now?
Vocab
1.Bind.To wrap or constrain around something.
2.Pale.Very light or white.
3.Track.To fallow something by clues left behind.
Litature terms
1.Irony. The ring Isildur expected to protect him killed him.
2.Metaphor. You can;t really bring rings into the darkness and bind them.
Final comment
This story is really getting interesting it's so weird hoe it can start with a birthday party but then turn into a deadly story.

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1. Frodo is dealing with many relatives seeking inheritance ever since Bilbo left.
2. Gandalf left very soon after Bilbo did and didn't come back for 3 years. He then left and Frodo has not seen him for 9 years.
3. Ever since Frodo got the ring he does not seem to get old and people are starting to notice.
4. Gandalf has returned and tell Frodo he suspects that the ring he got from Bilbo is one of the rings of power.
5. Gandalf says there is one more thing he can do before he is sure of this horrible news.
Questions
1. Why are the Elves leaving middle earth?
2. Why does the ring matter so much?
3. If this ring is so powerful why did Bilbo find it in the mountains?
4. What is this thing Gandalf can do?
Vocab
1.packet. A small group or package of anything.
2.tendency. A natural or prevailing disposition.
3.rumour. A story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty.
Literature terms
1. anthropomorphic. People suggest that the forest of Mirkwood is evil.
2. Irony. The ring that Bilbo left as a gift turned out as maybe being a evil ring of power.
Final Comment.
This book is really starting to get interesting.and the plot is coming into frame.

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1. The story starts off years after the events in the Hobbit. In the neighborhood of habitation.
2. Bilbo is getting ready for his 111 birthday. He has invited all his friends family and even some of his enemies.
3. His dearest friend Gandalf has also come to the party. He is the only one who knows that Bilbo is leaving after the party.
4. Bilbo being the trickster that he is uses his magic ring that he found all those years ago in the mountains to turn invisible and makes his get away. Gandalf notices that Bilbo used the ring and grows very weary and scared for some reason.
5. Bilbo leaves the ring and all of his other possessions for Frodo, Bilbos nephew and heir.
Questions
1. Why Does Gandalf get scared of the ring?
2. Why did Bilbo invite his enemies?
3. Why doesn't the story actually tell how Bilbo leaves?
4. Why aren't any other of Bilbo's friend's from the hobbit present?
Vocab
1.spouted. To gush forth in a rapid stream or in spurts.
2.badger. To harass or urge persistently.
3.heir. A person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the letter's death.
Literature Terms
1. Dramatic Irony. The reader knows that something is going to happen at the birthday party but no else but Bilbo does.
2. setting. the setting of the story is in the shire at the moment.
Summary
The book is very interesting right now but it is sort of boring at the same time.

Cousteau's Great White Shark

Comments
1. At the end of the fourth expedition Rocky West who was one of the divers on the expeditions went on another trip with the artist they had on the expedition with their own crew.
2. Team combined all of their information including the information Rocky obtained and found they sighted 74 sharks and tagged 40 to 45 of them.
3. They found that the Females and Males live separate to each other. The crew speculated it was because the females seek out warmer water to help with child birth.
4. As for their main goal they do speculate that because of how the sharks live if conditions keep up they will be in extreme danger.
5. Not all people are trying to kill these sharks even fishermen care because without them the fishing business would actually suffer. So before you think how evil and bad sharks are think of hoe they play an important role in society.
Questions
1. What motivated you to write this book?
2. What would happen if the great whites die out?
3. Are you excited about how many countries are considering protecting Great Whites?
4. Who inspired you to study sharks?
Vocab.
1. Pinniped. A seal like creature.
2. Complex. Complicated. Hard to understand.
3. Reluctant. Refusing to do or act.
Literature terms
1. Resolution. Sadly I have reached the end to a great book.
2. Irony. IN the book the crew chummed because they had a permit other wise it is illegal but greedy fishermen took the chance to get great whites even though the chumming was to help sharks it actually hurted them.
Final comment
I loved this book. I'd recommend it to anyone who is even curious about sharks.

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Comments
1. During a scientific conference in Sydney Austrailia there was a speaial event held in schools to inform them about how important great whites are to our socity and the food chain.
2. The kids all participated in a art contest foucsed on sharks also during these events. the drawings they made after being told of the danger sharks are in especially in South Austrailia were not ones of hate and fear fo sharks they actually said things like "Save the Sharks" and "Sharks are not Mosters".
3. The crew were the judges of this event and were in high spirts on thier return to the Alcyone ,the ship,.
4. Then the Fourth expedition came to an end and the crew had accumulated 115 hours of footage and nearly 10'000 photgraphs.
5. On the end of the expedition the crew celebrated with with hugs and shampane>
Questions
1. How did it feel to finally complete your goal?
2. How many sharks did you sight in totally?
3. Are you going to miss the expeditions?
Vocab.
1. Conference. Meeting for consultation or discussion.
2. Accumulated. To gather or collect, often in gradual degrees
3. Superstition. A belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge.
Litterature terms
1. Falling Action. The story is now in it's falling ac tion and soon it will reach its resolution.
2. Charecterization. Sharks the crew has encountered are considered thoughtful and curious.
Final Comment
I belive that any person who reads this story will deffintly have a different outlook on sharks.

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Comments
1. The crew has started their first expedition. This will be the last one they all go on together.
2. On this trip they have been joined by two of the most skilled divers in the world one was Valerie Taylor and the other was Bob Talbot.
3. they encountered two males right at the begging of this trip in water that was colder then the water at the Dangerous Reef. This lead the crew to support the theory that females go to warmer waters because their children live better in it
4. During a encounter with a great white a seal came up and started rolling and pretty much mocking the shark.
5. Valerie claimed she had seen this before, Seals seem to like to take advantage of the great whites slowness and mock it. She said she had seen it before when her and Rodney were studying sharks there were a couple of small great whites but than a huge one came she said it must have been at least 18 to 20 feet and a seal started to mock it. This shark got mad and the seal got a little arrogant and made the mistake of getting to close to the mouth of this monster. The shark attacked the seal dogged but one of the smaller sharks got to close and tried to get away but it was to late and was accidentally killed by the other shark.
Questions
1. Why would a seal want to do that to it's greatest threat?
2. How can you tell the size of a great white while underwater?
3. Is it possible to immobilize a great white?
4. Why would great whites eat great Whites?
Vocab.
1. Discriminating. Noting differences or distinctions.
2. Stimulus. Something that incites to action or exertion.
3. Christened. To name and dedicate ceremonially.
Literature Terms
1. GENRE. I would clasify this as a sciecnce adventure book.
2. KINESIC. One of the sharks in this story showed it's feeling'sof anger by fliping out and attacking.
Final Comment
It makes me sad to know that this book is coming to end because I enjoy it so much.

Cousteau's Graet White Shark]['

Comments
1.Near the end of the third expedition of the crew encountered seven Great white sharks at once. For some reason they were very aggressive and repeatedly made bite attempts at the divers. Some of the crew figured it was because of all of them were together is why they were so aggressive because the Great white is a lone creature that only usually get together to mate.
2.Also the Shark Amy returned and did something that surprised teh crew she came up to the plastic cage put her snout up against it and hovered there for awhile just staring. Arrington who was in the cage in the time said he wasn't scared because the shark was not in a attack position all it was doing was looking and inspecting. He described it as that the shark was just as king who and what are you.
3.During the last part of the third expedition the team encountered the largest shark of all the expeditions they called her Bertha and she was at least eighteen feet long very close to the largest shark on record that was actually measured which was nineteen feet long. Some people who actually have enough credit not to be lying have even claimed to have seen great whites over twenty feet long but since they were not measured properly it does not count.
4. At the end of the third expedition the crew was away with family while Cousteau got a call from Barry who gave him bad news that three of the sharks they tagged had been caught already by fishermen one of them was a seven foot young male called Tiny.
5. The crew found out that people didn't care as much about a animal that didn't have a name. But when an animal has a name even a shark people fell sorry for it . The crew didn't consider the sharks they named just any sharks they were their sharks and they the team felt bad for them.
Questions
1. How come no other sharks but White's come around with all the chum they throw?
2. How did Amy see with her snout against the tank?
3. How big was Bertha's mouth?
4. What would a shark the size of Bertha eat?
Vocab.
1. Lithium. A soft, silver-white metallic element.
2. Ambient. Completely surrounding; encompassing.
3. Solemn. Serious or earnest.
Literature Terms
1. Irony. The crew felt sympathy for the dead sharks while any other person would not care some would think it good that their dead
2. Foreshadowing. In the book for one of the sharks it says it was the largest they had come by so far hinting that a larger shark would be found.
Final Comment
It amazes me that Animals like the sharks can go so long in their lives without wanting to socialize with other sharks.

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Comments
1. After the failure with the model great white shark the crew set out again by the dangerous reef.
2. At 5:00 am one of the crew noticed one of the tuna bait lines missing instead of waking the crew he waited until he saw a dorsal fin and then woke everyone up.
3. They tagged him then used the tracking boat they named the titanic for the small leak in the boat.
4. They soon soon lost track bot ran into another shark they named Antoinette the next morning she was fourteen feet long female and had the largest girth of any shark they had come by. she was soon joined by Rosy and anew eleven foot female they named Amy.
5. The crew decided to tag and track Antoinette it proved to be a extremely long track that lasted twenty one and a half hours.
Questions
1. How do they get the tag to stay on the shark?
2. How many pups do great whites usually have?
3. Why would the DNA vary in sharks just because of where they live?
4. How does the tracking system actually work.
Vocab.
1. Girth. Size or bulk.
2. Anchorage. The act of anchoring or the state of being anchored.
3. Biopsy. The removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
Literature Terms
1. Ambiguity. the word tissue means in the story a part of somethings body but it also can mean a piece of cloth we blow our noise in.
2. Litotes. the size of Antoinette is really underrated in this book because a fourteen foot great white actually is pretty rare.
Final Comment
It surprises me how hard these people are trying to track these sharks in order to save them when they would do the exact opposite to us by eating us . It very inspiring.

Cousteau's Graet White Shark

Comments
1. After tagging Rosey another female thirteen foot great white came towards the boat they named her Isbelle.
2. The crew decided while all four of these sharks around who were Katie, Rosey, Peaches, and Isbelle they would put their artificial shark into the water. the sharks didn't pay any attention to the shark except Peaches.
3. Peaches who mind you is a fifteen foot shark seemed scared of the model for awhile he just circled the model then he bumped it with his nose after that about two minutes later she came up right underneath it and attacked it.
4. Peaches bit the model on the gills then attacked it repeatedly five times. she bit so hard that the ribs f the model which were made out of the same material of the plastic cage snapped in half. The ribs were two inch's thicker than the cage wall.
5. The team could not figure out why Peaches attacked the shark it couldn't be for dominance because she was with three other sharks the whole day the only thing the crew know was that she was really scared of the model.
Questions
1. Why did they keep using the plastic cage?
2. Who made the model shark?
3. Why did Peaches attack the shark while none of the other's did?
4. Why didn't they pull the model up after the first attack?
Vocab.
1. Latex. A milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air.
2. Bail. To dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
3. Artificial. Made by human skill; produced by humans.
Literature terms
1. Simile. In terms of how smart they are sharks are compared to dogs or birds.
2. Characterization. In this story actually the thing I notice about characterization is that there is almost none.
Final Comment.
It's very scarey to know that a shark can literialy bite through bullet proof plastic.

Cousteau's Graet White Shark

Comments
1. The team returned to the dangerous reef to look for some sharks and they were more than happy to encounter the shark they named peaches.
2. Peaches was a fifteen foot adult great white shark.She hung around the boat for awhile the team even was able to tag her. It was very difficult because this shark's hide was so ruff that the tagging spear's glanced off of her but near the end of the day they finally got it.
3. After this success they got hit by a couple days of bad weather. After this though a small twelve foot great white came around she was dubbed Katie. after she was around the ship for awhile another female small great white came she was nine and a half feet long and was named Daisy. they were both tagged too.
4. The next day there were no sightings but they heared about sharks being sighted by the Neptune islands. They went there the next day and were greeted by a twelve foot long male white they named Wes. He did not stick around though and left shortly.
5. After about a week of no sightings they returned to the dangerous reef and within three hours there were three great whites around the ship. two were return visitors both Peaches and Katie had returned. the other white was nine and a half feet and she was called Rosy by the crew she was tagged.
Questions
1. Why are so many of the sharks female?
2. What are the inspirations for the names of the sharks?
3. Does the tagging spear hurt the sharks?
4. How do the sharks react to getting tagged?
Vocab.
1. Tagging. A piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something.
2. Repellent. Causing distaste or aversion.
3. Neptune. One of the plants in our solar system.
Lititure terms
1. Anthropomorphic. the sharks are given different personalities such as Rosy who was considered a very affectionate,
2. Irony. The first shark they find that stays around long enough had such hard skin they almost couldn't do it.
Final Comment
This book gives such a good outlook on sharks that is so much better than societies.

Cousteau's Graet White Shark

Comments
1.After only seeing three great whites on the expedition the crew disappointed returned to port Lincoln.
2.There they filmed sea lions and a Small octopus that had a extremely dangerous venom in it.
3.After that they continued with their expedition and encountered a eleven foot White shark they called Simone. She was actually very curious and stuck around the ship for more than three hours.
4.The team even got the chance to go down and film it for three hours.
5.She even almost took a bite out of one of the divers fins that was sticking out of the new plastic cage they designed.
Questions
1.What kind of plastic could hold a great white?
2.What can ordinary diviers use to protect themselves from a shark?
3.What are other shark cages made out of?
4.What kind of camreas do the camreamen use.
Vocab
1.abalone.A large mollusk.
2.swiftly.Moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity.
3.glum.Sullenly or silently gloomy
Lititure terms
1.direct charecterization.One of the crew members is described as a tall young man.
2.irony.In the story One crew member actually says he pities the sharks because of how many of them are killed but I know many people who say they are horrable. Actually most people think this.
Final Comment
This book is so fasinating that I can;t take my eyes off it.

Cousteau's Great White Shark

comments
1.After the bad luck in the Farron Islands Cousteau's team decided to move on to another area there called the Dangerous Reef.
2.The Dangerous Reef is known to have a huge population of great white sharks mostly because of the sea lion population in the area.
3.Right when they got there Rodney started to bait the area with his special mix of chum which is made up of whale oil and guts and blood of tuna.
4.While they were waiting that first day Rodney started to describe the moment he was attacked he said that he doesn't hate the animals for it but says they are beautiful creatures.
5.After that it was night so they all turned in. That morning they awoke to Rodney yelling "shark!" it was a eleven foot great white but sadly do to poor wheater conditions they could not film.
Questions.
1.What part of the whale does the oil come from?
2.What was the gender of the shark?
3.What does Rodney do other than study sharks?
4.How big do these sharks usually get?
Vocab
1.reef.A ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
2.whale oil.Oil rendered from whale blubber, formerly widely used as a fuel for lamps and for making soap and candles
3.murky.Obscure or thick with mist, haze, etc., as the air
Lititure terms
1.irony.There is a bit of irony in the fact that the first chance the team gets to film a great white they can;t do it.
2.personification.When they sight the shark they describe it as curious.
final comment
I was surprised when I read that the shark was only 11 feet usually you only hear about the big ones.

Cousteau's Great White Shark

1. This book is about Jean Micheal Cousteau and his team's expedition to find and film a great white shark underwater.
2. One of the leading advisers on the crew is Rondey Fox who was attacked by a great white shark in a spearfishing contest in Australia and had to get 475 stitches to patch up the wounds.
3. The expedition started in the Farllon islands where the area is supposed to be flourishing with great white sharks.
4. This failed with the result that not even one shark was spotted even with chumming for extended periods of time
5. The great White's history is also diced into in these chapters with the fact that white sharks are related to the C. Megalodon. This creature was more than 40 feet long and had 6 inch teeth.
Questions
1. When did the megalodon live?
2. Where are the Frallon islands located?
3. How big was the shark that attacked Rodney Fox?
4. Are White sharks endangered?
Vocab.
1. Anxieties. Distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger.
2. Chum. Cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish.
3. Shark. carnivorous fishes with fins and tough skin covered with small tooth like scales.
Literature terms.
1. setting. This story takes place on the oceans in Australia
2. simile. Sharks way of replacing their teeth is compared to a conveyor belt.
Final comment.
This book has immediately captured my interest and I will not stop reading it.

A Delusion of Satan - The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials

1. The final part of this climax ends with the hangings of at least nineteen people with another 150 in jail for witchcraft and with 300 new accused witches.
2. The cruelest death came to Giles Cory when he refused to go to trial because he knew how all the others who were sent to trial died. He saw no point in going and refused to go so they pressed him. Pressing was when you put rocks on a person until they said innocent or guilty. Giles only said more weight until he was crushed.
3. The Puttmans justified this by saying that Ann Putman saw a vision of Giles doing the same thing to one of his servants who was mysteriously murdered seventeen years ago.
4. Everyone else such as Rebecca Nurse, George Burroughs, and Martha Cory were hanged unless they confessed.
5. The witchcraft Hysteria ended when the afflicted went so far as to say that the Governor’s wife was a witch. That was a mistake. The Governor then made a law that stated you needed real evidence to convict people and not just the girls visions. The rest of this book went into finer detail about the trials and the fight to keep it going.
Questions
1. What happened to Giles Cory?
2. How did it make you feel?
3. Who were some of the people hanged?
4. How did the witch hunt end?
Vocab.
1. Crushed. To break, pound, or grind.
2. Evidence. That which tends to prove or disprove something.
3. End. The concluding part of an action, story, etc.
Literary terms
1. Falling action. The witch hunt started to lose support.
2. Resolution. The hysteria final ended with the Accusing of the Governor’s wife.
Conclusion
It is important that we never forget these tragic events and also not ever fall into enough dismay to make us kill nineteen people.