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There are many metaphors and similes in the novel such as this one: "His skin was so dry and wrinkled, his feet looked like they were chiseled from stone."Add at least three here, and label whether each is a simile or metaphor.  Forget what a simile or metaphor is?  Use this chart as a reminder.

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There are many metaphors and similes in the novel such as this one: "His skin was so dry and wrinkled, his feet looked like they were chiseled from stone."Add at least three here, and label whether each is a simile or metaphor.  Forget what a simile or metaphor is?  Use this chart as a reminder.

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Take a look at some of the vocabulary words below from the novel.  Use at least five to write a paragraph about wind energy below. 

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Take a look at some of the vocabulary words below from the novel.  Use at least five to write a paragraph about wind energy below. 

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As a reporter for the local newspaper, write a newspaper article about William and his recent accomplishment, constructing a windmill. Make sure to answer the journalism questions: who, what, when, where, why, how and so what? Have an eye-catching headline so people will read your article! Post your article below. 

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As a reporter for the local newspaper, write a newspaper article about William and his recent accomplishment, constructing a windmill. Make sure to answer the journalism questions: who, what, when, where, why, how and so what? Have an eye-catching headline so people will read your article! Post your article below. 

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Theme: Magic vs. ScienceEarly in the novel, William said, “Before I discovered the miracles of science, magic ruled the world.” What did he mean by that  Compare and contrast Williams thoughts about magic and superstition versus his thoughts about science at the end of the book. Record your thoughts below. 

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Theme: Magic vs. ScienceEarly in the novel, William said, “Before I discovered the miracles of science, magic ruled the world.” What did he mean by that  Compare and contrast Williams thoughts about magic and superstition versus his thoughts about science at the end of the book. Record your thoughts below. 

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What genre would The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind fall under?  How do you know?Tip: Use the summary on the back of the book to guide your reasoning. Post below. 

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What genre would The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind fall under?  How do you know?Tip: Use the summary on the back of the book to guide your reasoning. Post below. 

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Post a video of your finished windmills in action below!

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Post a video of your finished windmills in action below!

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This is a autobiography. I know this because, this book talks about William’s life in Malawi. It also says on the back that it is a part Autobiography and part adventure.

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This is a autobiography because it talk about his life in this book. It tells about William and his family.

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Willams tinkered a great invention. It is called a windmill and looks like a pinwheel. It needs a gale of wind to power it. They need it to water there plants. There land turned into a scorch. The plants needed water. The crops needed a gush of water to grow! That is my vocabulary words!

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This is an autobiography because William is using the word “I” to talk about his own life and he wrote it himself. It is mostly biography and part adventure because there is another author writing this book and adding things that make it part adventure. So it’s not about what exactly happened in his life.

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I think it is an autobiography because he wrote it himself about one of his greatest achievements.  He’s not just writing about how he made the windmill, but other parts of his life. Lastly, I think it is an autobiography because there are acknowledgements at the end of the book.  There was a co-author, who helped him with the English, I think.  I still think it would count as an autobiography.

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I think this book would be autobiography because the author is himself with someone else to help him. It is talking about himself.

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I think it would be a autobiography because it is talking about himself how he lived back in his childhood. He is also talking about the good things and the bad things. Most of the book is him telling what happened back in the day. This is why it should go under a autobiography.

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I think the story is a autobiography because the boy wrote the book himself with a author. I know this because on the front cover it says William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

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It took two day and we had to work together.

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He ment that before he discovered that science could also change things, magic was the only thing he knew would change things. William thought that science

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He ment that before discovers magic, he thought that magic ruled the world. He believed in magic, but his dad didn’t. He always thought magic helped and made you do bad things.

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1. P. 127: “His tongue was dry like paper.” (Simile)
2. P. 11: “So cracked and wrinkled that his hands and feet looked as if they were chiseled from stone. (Simile)
3. P. 31: “The medicine stung like a hundred bees.” (Simile)

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He ment that before William discovered science, magic was the only thing that could heal and change things. Science is something  you make with stuff like cups and materials. Magic is stuff with things like potions that are made with ingredients.

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I think this might fall under Biography or Autobiography. First, I think it is a Autobiography because it is written by William Kamkwamba, who is the main character in the book. But then, I think it can also be Biography because it is not only written by William Kamkwamba, but also by Brian Mealer, probably because Kamkwamba didn’t have much experience as and author like Mealer did. Also, in the blurb, it says, “This gripping book—part biography, part Autobiography,...”. That is what I think about this book’s genre.

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In the beginning they relied on magic. They used magic for doing things and to save people. Now that William knows about science people are starting to relie on it instead. It is more reliable and way more resourceful. People now day do no believe in magic people relie

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On science instead

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It was dry like a paper and covered with ants. Page 127

All that remained were empty bags piled in a corner like dirty laundry. Page 78 and 79

The very word made him shoot upright, as if he’d been shocked. Page 119

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I think this book is an autobiography because on the front it says it is by the author, and in this book, the author is a main character. Also the book uses words like I, and my.

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Hayley, Carina, Natalie B

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“It was dry like paper and covered with ants.” (Simile) page 127

"So cracked and wrinkled that his hands and feet looked as if they were chiseled from stone.” (Simile) page 11

“The medicine stung like a hundred bees.” (Simile) page 31

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Genre of the boy who harnessed the wind.

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Genre of the boy who harnessed the wind.

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I think the genre is an autobiography because fiction is not real. Biography is writing about someone else. Autobiography is writing about yourself. Also William kamkwamba wrote the boy who harnessed the wind.

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It is a autobiography because it talks about himself and he wrote the book on his own. William is the main character. That is why i think it is a autobiography

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William Kamkwamba Shifts Malawi’s Future!

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William Kamkwamba Shifts Malawi’s Future!

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William Kamkwamba, 14, has made history with his creation of “electric wind” in the city of Wimbe, Malawi. This accomplishment is a hard task for a college student, let alone a 14-year-old. As a terrible famine struck his home country, the village was in need of a miracle to survive. William himself was starving. Many people started dying from hunger. William couldn’t pay his fees at Kachokolo Secondary School and he was forced to drop out. William started looking for anything that would educate him. He went to a local library and came out with a book called Using Energy. He found the idea of building a windmill, a tool to pump water from the ground and produce electricity from the wind. William worked hard to have two harvests a year so the Kamkwambas could have food. With help from his cousin Geoffrey and his good friend Gilbert, the three succeeded in doing what most people couldn’t do and proved those who thought he was openga, or crazy.

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Page 127. “ His tongue was dry like paper.” Simile
Page 31. “ The medicine stung like 100 bees.” Simile
Page 115. “ He was covered in mud and so thin, it was hard to understand how he was even alive.” Metaphor

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I think this is a autobiography or a biography. It is written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. So WIND could be both.

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William Kamkwamba wows the world with his windmill in Malawi. It all started with hunger, school, and a library.  It started when hunger came to Malawi. William’s family lost all there money and ate one meal per a day. That meant William’s parents could not pay the $80 for high school so Willam had to drop out. But that did not stop willam from learning. He went to a library. The libary was a gift from our government. There is where Willam about the windmill. Many people thought he was crazy or a madman. But when they saw a light bulb glow there minds knew different.

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I think the boy who harnessed the wind would fall under a autobiography because he’s talking about himself and what happened to him. Also, it said it was by himself too.

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William tinkered a life saving invention. It was a windmill and looked like a pinwheel it needs a gale of wind to make the blades spin, or power it. They need it to water their plants, because the land turned into a scorch. The plants needed a gush of water to grow. That is my five vocabulary.

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Page 31. “For each one, Shabani pinched a little powder and rubbed it into the cuts. The medicine stung like a hundred bees.” Simile
Page 115. “A few nights later, we were sitting outside having our meal when a man approached from the road. He was covered in mud and so thin, it was hard understand how he was alive.” Metaphor
Page 127. “Then I saw his toungh sticking out. It was dry like paper and covered with ants.” Simile

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#1: In Chapter 7, after Charity and Mizeck leave, William’s legs feel like they’re made of grass. (Simile)
#2 and 3: In Chapter 5, it says,” There was a line of women moving on the road like slow moving ants.” And,”I snagged a long piece of skin with my knife. It was sticky, like it was covered in scalding glue.”

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Willam tinkired a life saving machine. It is a windmill and it looks like pinwheel. It need some wind to make the blades spin and when the pleads spin it powers the how windmill. They need it to pump water because the plants are dying because of no water. This is my five vocabulary.

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William tinkered a very interesting invention. It was a windmill and it looked like a pinwheel. It needs a gale of wind to make it spin. They need it to water their plants, because the land turned into a scorch. The plants needed a gush of water to grow.

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#1 page 115 “he was covered in mud so thin, it was hard to understand how he was even alive.”
#2 page 31 “the medicine stung like one-hundred  bees”
#3 page127 “his tongue was dry like paper”

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Page 31. “For each one, shabani pinched a little powder and rubbed it into the cuts. The medicine stung like a hundred bees. “Simile
Page 115. “A few nights later, we were sitting outside having our meals when a man approached from th road. He was hard to understand how he was alive.” Metaphor
Page 127. “Then I saw his toungh sticking out. It was dry like paper and covered with ants. “ Simile

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1.  “So cracked and wrinkled that his hands and feet looked as if they were chiseled from stone.” Pg. 11 (simile)
2. “He was covered in mud and so thin, it was hard to understand how he was even alive.” Pg. 115 (metaphor)
3. “It was dry like paper and covered with ants.” Pg. 127 (simile)

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William Kamkwamba saves his family by building a windmill. He got the idea from a library near his house, where he read books. A few months earlier, there was a famine. Everyone started to starve, and his parents couldn’t earn enough money for the family. As a result, they could only eat 1 meal per day, and his parents couldn’t pay his school fees, so he couldn’t go to school either. After the famine was over, he learned about science in the library, and went to the scrapyard. He collected spare parts there, and built a windmill that powered his house, making it so that he could stay up late. Another famine came later, but thanks to Kamkwamba’s windmill, his family survived.

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Page 127, “ His tongue was dry like paper and covered with ants.”
Simile
Page 115, “ He was covered in mud and so thin, it was hard to understand how he was even alive.”
Metaphor
Page 31, “ The medicine stung like 100 bees.”
Simile

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I think it is autobiography because it was a story about him self. Also it a story about his achievements in his life. All in all I think it is a autobiography.

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I think the book is an autobiography because it tells about William KamKwamba life.

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William Kamkwamba builds a windmill next to his house. He has made it out of materials he found in his neighborhood’s scrapyard, and natural resources. His cumbersome creation generates power for his house. A few times, the energy created nearly incinerated his house, and nearly caused a disaster in the already terrible famine. But his windmill works now. And that’s what matters.

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You have probably heard about the boy who harness the wind. He is an a amazing boy. He made sooooooooooooooooooooooo! Meany wind miles! But his most famous one is his first one. It is a wind mile that makes electricity. His second one is one that pumps water. This is your favorite new Natalie binfield.

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William tinkered an invention that saved everyone in Malawi. It is called a windmill. It look like a bigger version of a pinwheel. It pumps water and creates electricity. This is how it works: A windmill needs a gale of wind, so it can pump water and create electricity.

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William tinkered an invention that saved Malawi. It it called a windmill. It looks like a bigger version of a pinwheel. It pumps water and creates electricity. This is how it works: A windmill needs a gale of wind so it can pump water and create electricity.

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What William meant by “Before I discovered the miracles of science, I thought that magic ruled the world,” was that he thought that magic is a invisible force that makes you take action in random situations. He thought that people like the sing’aga used magic to control and dispel things. That’s what I think...

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William made a windmill. He needed bearings in order to make the windmill spin, creating wind. William pulled the string. A strong gust of wind blew from the windmill. There was a scorch on the ground below the plants. A gush of water spilled out and just what they needed, they had water to grow the dry plants. A gardener used a hoe to dig up the dried up plants but most were watered by the gush of water. William had to scan at the top of the windmill to find the way to turn off his windmill.

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William tinkered with parts and pieces and made a windmill! A windmill is like a enlarged pinwheel. As you Probably know a pinwheel spins for Williams windmill he used bearings for it to spin smoothly. When a gale came it produced a gush of power. So when power comes you will see some spinning blades!

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This is my windmill.

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William tinkered a life saving invention it was a windmill and it looked like a pinwheel it needs a gale of wind to make the blades spin or power it. They need it to water their plants because the land turned into a scorch.the plants needed a bit of water to make it grow.

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Page 127 ‘’his tongue was dry like paper it is a simile’’

Page 115 ‘’he was covered in mud and so thin,it was hard to understand how he was even alive.’’metaphor

Page 31 ‘’the medicine stung like 100 big bees’’simile

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William made a “huge pin wheel” (Windmill) that collects gales and uses that wind power to  pump up gushes of water. Some parts of the windmill was made out of bearings and it was so tall that when William went up to fix it he could scan a far distance of the horizon.

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I think it is a autobiography because he talks about himself and he wrote the book He is talking about himself when he was young. That is why i think it is a autobiography.

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Does anyone have any metaphors from chapters 1, 2 and 3?

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Does anyone have any metaphors from chapters 1, 2 and 3?

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does anyone poop

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One metaphor was "

1. “Without water, the sun rose angry each morning and scorched the fields, turning the maize into dust.”

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What genre would The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind fall under?  How do you know?Tip: Use the summary on the back of the book to guide your reasoning. Post below. 