Chapters11-20


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1. In your reading notebook, you listed all of the onomatopoeias you found in these chapters. Why are onomatopoeias helpful to use in your writing? Think of an interesting sentence using an onomatopoeia. Morgan: Onomatopoeias are important in writing because they are great sensory details and make people feel like they are really there. Also onomatopoeias help the readers understand what is happening along with helping hook the reader. A sentence with an onomatopoeia is, //Creek//, the classroom door opened and Cassidy walked in. Mrs. N: Morgan, you have some great ideas! I'm impressed that you put so much thought into how they can help the reader better picture your writing :) Samantha:onomatopoeias are important in writing because you can hear it in your head sometimes. The haunted house had noisey mice and I opened a creeky door and it went ,Creeeeek, when i opened it.

trevor: i think the same thing as morgan Danny Same. 2. Tiller and Sairy's house has no plumbing and no electricity. Dallas says "It's like pioneers." What do you think of the way Tiller and Sairy live? Would you like to live this way too? Deija- I think they are living like the old time. The old time has no electricity and plumbing so i might be able to live there. Kendall: Deija i agree with you on that. I could also live there because i love to think of living in a place like that. trevor: i could live there but not forever. Morgan: Deija I agree. Danny: I think Tiller and would like it in the holler because the house is not that much money.

3. Tiller is shocked when he realizes that Florida has never seen a rocking chair. Especially since he spent so much time rocking his own children in it. What is one item that you have used many, many times that you would be surprised if someone had never seen? What would you do to teach them about trevor: i play guitar alot of people have not played guitar because guitars are costly.

Cassidy: A item that I have used many times is a bike. I would be surprised if someone hasn't seen one before. I would teach them how to ride it, what it's used for, and how can you have fun on it. Morgan: I like your answer Cassie. Mrs. N: Cassidy, I agree, I would be shocked if someone had not seen a bike before. What if you only rode a unicycle or a tricycle? Would you be surprised too? Morgan: An item I have used often is a book. I would be shocked if someone has never seen them and I would teach them how to read. Kendall: A thing that I would be really suprised if no one had ever seen would be a softball or baseball. I would try to teach tem how to throw and catch. Samantha:a item that i have used many times is a book. I would be shocked if nobody have ever used a book before.I would teach them to read and under stand the words and how to say it. Danny: I agree