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Maria: Investigator
Ben: Summarizer
Arianna: Vocab Enricher
Westin: Discussion Director
Soroush: Literary Luminary
Rowan: Illustrator

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I investigated the authors James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier.
James Lincoln Collier grew up in a family full of writers. His father wrote children’s books and many of his aunts and uncles were writers too. He has been a journalist for more than 30 years and graduated from Hamilton College in 1950. He wrote several books and more than 600 published articles. Not only that, but he also is a jazz musician who plays the trombone professionally.

He wrote My Brother Sam is Dead with his brother, Christopher Collier, who is a historian. They have collaborated on many other books including With Every Drop of Blood, a story that takes place in the last days of the Civil War.

His books have received praise from many different sources.

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Ben: Literary Luminary
Arianna: Investigator
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Soroush: Illustrator
Rowan: Summarizer

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Questions:
1. Who were the Lobsterbacks? Why were they called that?
2. Why did Father want to know who fired first? Why do you think it mattered?
3. What side was Father on? What side was Sam on? Why do you think that?
4. What do you think it means when it says: "Sam couldn't boast abut his triumphs to Father or Mother or Mr. Beach or anybody like that, because boasting was pride and pride was a sin..." Why was pride a sin?
5. How do you think Sam's brother felt during the argument between Sam and Father? Who did he agree with more? Why?

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The one special section that stood out to me was when Sam and his father were arguing about fighting against England.

Pages 6-10

One word I found that was used a lot was manage.

-The pages explains why Sam wants to fight for the colonies and to have freedom, when Sam's father want's to still be ruled against England, and is against the Patriots. I chose this section because I thought it was interesting why 2 people in a single family have different opinions on which side to fight for in a war.
Question: Why did Sam want to fight for the colonies and why did Sam's father not want to fight for them?

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The collier brothers have made many historical fiction and nonfiction books. Christopher is an American history scholar, while James is an established fiction writer. The colliers frequently set their narratives in colonial America and depict major milestones in American history. Throughout many of their books they examine social issues and racism.

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Taproom-a room that contains alcoholic drinks ex specially beer
Lasciviousness-showing desires
Bayonet-a blade that can be fixed to a muzzle of a rifle
Tavern-an establishment for the sale of drinks and food
Lobsterbacks-a British soldier during the American revolution

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Her brother

Has just

Came back

From fighting

In the war

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Minutemen, Citizens who were participating in the war

Lobsterbacks, British troops

Ammunition, bullets of all sorts

Rebellious, Going against whats normal because you think its wrong

Triumphant, A person who is brave and works towards their goals

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Soroush: Investigator
Rowan: Vocab Enricher

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One Sentence Summary: Sam and Tim are outside, arguing that Sam should help with the chores. Sam also argues with his dad that he should be fighting for America, and not be ruled by a king and be taxed.
1. Sam and Tim argue outside when taking care of jobs
2. Sam and his dad argue about which side to be on.
3. There was a hole in a basket, and Sam was annoyed that he couldn't use a newer basket hanging on the wall to collect eggs.
4. Sam doesn't agree with his father on anything
5. Tim agrees more with his father than Sam, because Tim's father has more reasoning.

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Sam Standing at the door.

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Ben: Investigator
Arianna: Discussion Director
Westin: Illustrator
Soroush: Summarizer
Rowan: Literary Luminary

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Arianna: Summarizer
Westin: Investigator
Soroush: Vocab Enricher
Rowan: Discussion Director
Reading goal: Chapters 8-11
In progress, read and then assignments and we will have the discussion tomorrow

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The Part where Sam and his father were arguing about Sam being able to fight in the battle stood out for me.

The word uniform was said a lot, and I was able to tell that there was a large difference in the perspective of Sam and his father.  Sam's dedication for the freedom of the colonies could easily be seen. This section stood out to me, which is why I chose it.

Question: Why was Sam afraid to tell Tim of his plans?

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Why does Sam not like his father?
-sam doesn't like rules and his father is a dictator
Why did sam become a Patriot?
-He was forced to become a Patriot and decided that's what he liked
Why is father a loyalist?
-Because he was taught that England was the motherland and to not disrespect it
Why was sam not allowed to use the freshly woven basket?
-the kids weren't allowed to touch it because it might break like the one sam was using

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Sam's family owns a tavern in Redding, states were still divided by religion except for Connecticut, 50 minutemen and lot's of troops were killed in Lexington or Concord, Father thinks that war won't solve anything because it hasn't done anything for Europe, Sam is staying at Tom's place

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Questions:
1. Where does Tim and his family live? (ǝƃpᴉɹ ƃuᴉppǝɹ)
2. What does their family own? (what place) (uɹǝʌɐʇ ∀)
3. What were the 2 sides in Redding? (ǝƃpᴉɹ ƃuᴉppǝɹ puɐ ɹǝʇuǝƆ ƃuᴉppǝɹ)
4. What did Sam take from his father? (unƃ sᴉɥ)
5. Is Betsy Read's family Loyalists or Patriots? (sʇoᴉɹʇɐԀ)

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I Investigated the Collier Brothers. I learned that they were journalists and historians. My Brother Sam is dead was a book they worked on together, like a few other books the two brothers wrote. My Brother Sam is dead won a Newberry Honor Book award.

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This is a drawing of the town setup. The Angelican or English church is on the ridge, and the presybertian is not. All the people who belong to English church are on the ridge. There are some random houses about because some farmers choose their land and then go to whatever church they want to.

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hunker down- crouch down
commissioner- a person appointed a position
tavern- basically a bar

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James Lincoln Collier, an American journalist, is also a professional musician, and an author of many books such as his Newbery Award winning book, "My Brother Sam is Dead". He writes most of his books with his brother, Christopher Collier.

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Clambering: climb, move, or get in or out of something in an awkward and laborious way.
"So I ran uphill and down, clambering over the stone and rail fences that divided the pastures." pg.52
Heave: To lift or haul something with great effort.
"... and I'd have to grunt and heave to get myself untangled from him." pg. 53
Muzzle: The open end of the barrel of a firearm.
"He lunged at me, grabbing for the muzzle of the gun." pg. 55
Commissary Officer:  The commissary officer of an army is one that is in charge of the supplies, food, and forage, for the troops.
"They sent me down from Cambridge with Captain Champion, the commissary officer because I'm from around here." pg,57

Connecticut General Assembly: the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a bicameral body composed of the 151-member House of Representatives and the 36-member Senate.
"It's orders from the Connecticut General Assembly." pg, 57

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what stood out to me is that Sam's younger sister also supports sam so she is probably against loyalists even though her father and mother probably are loyalists.

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As the investigator I decided to research more into "cowboys" in the American Revolution, I found that the "cowboys" were a loyalist military unit raised for service during the American Revolution, They also attacked Colonel Christopher Greene who was third cousin to Major General Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lancey%27s_Brigade#:~:text=De%20Lancey's%20Brigade%2C%20also%20known,the%20American%20War%20of%20Independence.

http://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/first-cowboys-were-not-of-western-lore-but-from-new-york-loyalist-partisan-groups-terrorized-farmers-during-the-american-revolution/

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1. Why didn't they want tom to walk down the fairfield? (Because they were worried that he would get sopped)
2. Why did Tim get quiet after he passed the wildflower patch?(He was scared people would see where he was going and ask questions)
3. Why did Tim think he was wasting his time walking?(Mr. Heron was supposed to be a Tory but he knew where the American commissary was)
4. Why was Betsy trying to stop him from delivering the letter?(She thought that is was gonna be to ambush Sam)
5. What did the letter say?(If this message is received we will know that the messenger is reliable)

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This chapter was about Sam going to battle. Sam took the Brown Bess from his father, and Tim didn't like it. Tim, however, finally, was fine with it. Sam left for the war. No word came from him for some time, but he finally returned. And when he did, Their father was threatened by a Continental Officer for his gun. Tim asked Sam for help, and Sam came, Their father was fine, but Sam left with the gun.

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Keg: A small Barrel
Shilling: A former British coin, about 12 Pence
Sulk: Bad-tempered, silent

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Page 115, Paragraph 3
I would describe this paragraph as thoughtful  because it talked about how his mind was wandering and how he was thinking about his escape plan in case something happened.

I chose this paragraph because I think it displayed a good lesson and concept. When I was reading this, I thought it raised a very good point about loneliness. It also had a very good description about his mind wandering.

Follow-up question: Why do you think he was so nervous? Why was he imagining things?

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who was the man on the horse who got shot?
rebel messenger

what happened in the cabin that made Tim puke?
a mans head being cut off

Who's troops are coming through Redding?
General Arnolds

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Tim finding the cow-boys in the middle of the road: (sorry the image is bad, my computer doesn't take pictures well)

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This chapter was about them going to see their cousins and seeing how they were living and how crowded everything was because they are on a farm. They were also talking about the things that had happened on the way up. They were also talking about the patriots.