Part 2 - Annotating Palooza A2 by Georgia Koepke https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4 Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2020-11-18 14:20:19 UTC 2026-02-26 14:34:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Deepak I predicted that they were going to call 911 or the police, and I was correct because it said that their mom took the phone and called the police. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937427504 2020-11-18 16:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937427504 Deepak I was really confused when his grandfather shot the police because they are there to help and his grandfather is shooting him. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937436986 2020-11-18 16:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937436986 Deepak I am still confused about if the thing making the noise was a ghost or a burglar. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937444442 2020-11-18 16:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937444442 I tiptoed to Herman’s room s1877068 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937447423 2020-11-18 16:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937447423 Deepak A connection I had was when there was a shooting in my apartment and I woke up in the middle of the night and ran into my parent's room. I thought that someone was banging at our door until the next day. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937450742 2020-11-18 16:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937450742 grandfather grabbed Zither’s gun from its holster and let fly. The report seemed to crack the rafters; smoke filled the attic. s1877068 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937450974 2020-11-18 16:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937450974 realized that it would be bad if they burst in on grandfather unannounced, or even announced. He was going through a phase in which he believed that General Meade’s11 men, under steady hammering by Stonewall Jackson,12 were beginning to retreat and even desert.13 s1877068 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937453154 I think the grandfather will be spooked once the cops come inside his room/the attic.]]> 2020-11-18 16:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937453154 grandfather grabbed Zither’s gun from its holster and let fly. The report seemed to crack the rafters; smoke filled the attic. s1877068 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937457862 I made a connection to the sentence I was confused about "..and ended up
with my grandfather shooting a patrolman."]]> 2020-11-18 16:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937457862 Throughout the story, many clues are provided that emphasize that the house they live in is old. This confirmed/supports my prediction throughout. s1827342 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937466797 2020-11-18 16:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937466797 We never learnt why in the world was he taking a shower at 1:15 AM!!!!!!! https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937471092 Vedika Tandon]]> 2020-11-18 16:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937471092 I did not see the date, but with context clues, I inferred that the house was old. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937472407 Kevin B]]> 2020-11-18 16:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937472407 We still don't know if the noise was a ghost, a robber, or someone playing a prank https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937475078 Vedika Tandon]]> 2020-11-18 16:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937475078 When the text read, "caused my mother to throw a shoe through a window of the house next door and ended up with my grandfather shooting a patrolman." I was confused with this because it was at the very beginning and I wasn't familiar with the text yet. s1827342 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937475558 2020-11-18 16:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937475558 When he went to Herman's room. Is Herman the dog??? https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937475828 kevin B]]> 2020-11-18 16:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937475828 I wonder how the story ends https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937479221 Kevin B]]> 2020-11-18 16:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937479221 When the text read, "They were the steps of a man walking rapidly around the dining-room table downstairs." I wondered why the ghost was walking around the table hurriedly. s1827342 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937480740 2020-11-18 16:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937480740 One connection I had was when the policemen talked about deserting, the grandfather thought they were deserters from the army. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937482373 Kevin B]]> 2020-11-18 16:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937482373 We see throughout the story, there are clues that the house is quite old, such as: - The creaking of the stairs https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937482788 Vedika Tandon]]> 2020-11-18 16:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937482788 There are many little hints to the story’s path, with how the mother overreacted and led to the police. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937486617 Tatiana Reyes]]> 2020-11-18 16:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937486617 When the text read, "“Nothing,” he said, gruffly, but he was, in color, a light green", I made a connection. I have heard this wording in other literary pieces . I think if someone's face is light green it means that they feel sick or that they are about to throw-up/puke. s1827342 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937486701 2020-11-18 16:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937486701 when the "ghost" runs up the stairs. That confirms something was there. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937489998 2020-11-18 16:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937489998 I agree with Ojaswi, why would Mother throw a shoe out the window and through the neighbor's window? Couldn't she just go knock on the door? https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937490669 Vedika Tandon]]> 2020-11-18 16:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937490669 I was confused by the dialect at first, but the more I read, the more I understood. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937493504 Tatiana Reyes]]> 2020-11-18 16:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937493504 i was confused when the police ran sacked the house https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937494225 2020-11-18 16:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937494225 I am wondering what the "ghost" was doing in there house https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937496915 2020-11-18 16:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937496915 I am wondering how they were able to clean up the mess the police left when they ransacked the house. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937497622 Tatiana Reyes]]> 2020-11-18 16:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937497622 When the police asked the kids who they were i am the connection that the police man though he could be the robber. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937501903 2020-11-18 16:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937501903 When the mom overreacted about the supposed breaking in, it reminded me of my mother’s behavior. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937506597 Tatiana Reyes]]> 2020-11-18 16:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937506597 At the beginning, he says that his mother https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937511919 2020-11-18 16:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937511919 grandfather grabbed Zither’s gun from its holster https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937523176 2020-11-18 16:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937523176 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937523954 why did they think it was a ghost]]> 2020-11-18 16:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937523954 Everything in the house was pristine so it must have been a ghost all along. s1826425 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937525663 2020-11-18 16:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937525663 The house is very old due to clues https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937527291 Abhishek

]]> 2020-11-18 16:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937527291 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937527654 why did the ghost go in the house]]> 2020-11-18 16:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937527654 I was confused why grandfather was acting weird https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937528927 Abhishek]]> 2020-11-18 16:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937528927 Confused why the character said I am sorry at the beginning of the story s1826425 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937528932 2020-11-18 16:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937528932 I was wondering what the ghost's purpose for being in the house was s1826425 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937531769 2020-11-18 16:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937531769 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937533438 when i was in my neighbor hood they said there was a robber i locked all the doors and i thought robbers were ghost so I was sooo scared]]> 2020-11-18 16:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937533438 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937535022 I was wondering why they thought it was a ghost ]]> 2020-11-18 16:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937535022 I made a connection with the interrogation of the police with people in real life that assume everything was your fault but it is not :/ s1826425 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937535271 2020-11-18 16:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937535271 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937538061 I got scared a lot in 3rd grade when my sister would act like a ghost]]> 2020-11-18 16:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937538061 s2096422 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937565116 why was he still awake]]> 2020-11-18 16:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937565116 s2096422 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937566942 I'm wondering why he woke up his brother. ]]> 2020-11-18 16:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937566942 s2096422 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937575832 I also have heard things that sounded like a ghost. I had nightmares for two weeks, but it was long ago, when I was 7 or somewhere near that age]]> 2020-11-18 16:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937575832 I was confused on why the Grandfather shot the police officers https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937606878 2020-11-18 16:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937606878 There are clues that tells why the mother threw the shoe at the neighbor's window, not calling 911 on the phone downstairs. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937755456 Takaaki Suzuki]]> 2020-11-18 17:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937755456 I was confused of why the main character took a shower at one o' clock in the morning. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937810703 Takaaki Suzuki]]> 2020-11-18 17:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937810703 I wonder who the ghost was and why he went into the house. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937835209 Takaaki Suzuki]]> 2020-11-18 17:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937835209 I have once had a dream about a ghost breaking into our house and it seemed so real that that night after I woke up from the dream with beads of sweat on my face, I went to talk about it with my mom. https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937839521 Takaaki Suzuki]]> 2020-11-18 17:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/937839521 s2096422 https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/938422845 I think that the mom threw the shoe because they either didn't have a telephone, or it was broken, or they just didn't want to use it.]]> 2020-11-18 19:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/p00120045/1fah1t4zxriyjat4/wish/938422845