Summer Reading 2017 by Christina Zacharias https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017 Login to Padlet (I will not grade anyone who is "Anonymous"). Name the "title" the name of the novel. USE PROPER GRAMMAR!!! (1) Give a brief summary of "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder. (2) Give an example of three literary elements the author used. (3) What lesson(s) did you get out of this novel? What is the theme, or central idea? (4) After you are done with your post, comment on two other students' posts (give feedback). en-us 2017-08-28 10:33:51 UTC 2017-08-29 17:53:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Our Town samuel_juskiewicz https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183178171 (1)Our Town was a story of the people in a small town, but mainly focused on the Webb and Gibbs families and the major events in their lives. ]]> 2017-08-28 17:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183178171 Our Town jerry_burke https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183178405 1. Our town was a story about a small town called Grover's Corner. The story took place in  1938 and takes place in three acts.The three acts are about life , marriage , and death. There are two main families the Gibbs and the Webbs . George Gibbs and Emily Webb are neighbors and end up marrying each other . They together work on a farm till Emily dies. In the third act they talk about how humans take life for granite and Emily realizes that she doesn't want to go back to life. 
2.They use setting because they often change and talk about the setting. For instance usually in the beginning of every act. They also use flashbacks like the one where Emily looks back on her past life.  Symbolism in the book are represented by the cars it means change.
3. What i got most from the book is mortality. Death will always come no matter what take advantage and enjoy the small things in life.

]]> 2017-08-28 17:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183178405 Our Town hanna_maione https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183178545 1. Our Town is a story, turned in to a play, about a small town in Grover's Corner, and the people who live there. The story begins with the narrator introducing the setting, and some main characters. As the book progresses, we get to follow along, throughout the lives of the characters. During the first act, we learn about the characters . They are Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs, their children who are George and Rebecca, and Mr. and Mrs. Webb and their children Emily and Wallace. By the second act, we learn that Emily Webb, and George Gibbs have fallen in love and are getting married. We read about their love story and how it started in school, and later come to learn that the Webb family is full of wedding day superstitions. Once we reach the third act, we see that Emily Gibbs has passed and is now lying in her grave. She yearns to go back and relive a day in the living world. After being warned by Mrs. Gibbs to not go back, Emily chooses to do just that. She then realizes why she was warned, Emily now feels even more sad than she previously did because she wishes to be part of that world once more.
2. Mood- In the 2nd Act, you feel happy and joyful for the couple about to get married and their cute love story of two children in middle school
Diction- In the 3rd Act, the writer chose words that make you feel upset and sad for Emily and her wishing to return to the living world
Symbolism- the piece of furniture Mrs. Gibbs left represents her wanting to visit France
Characterization- the author takes the entire first act to characterize the characters and develop their personalities.
3. The lesson/theme I took away from Our Town is life, more than that, the simplicity of it. Its is so simple that it can be reduced to 112 pages, 3 acts and one story.]]> 2017-08-28 17:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183178545 Our Town christina_katsouris https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183178814 1. Our town is a play of the people who live in a small town called Grover's Corners. The setting takes place in New Hampshire in the year of 1901-1913. This play shows the everyday lives of their citizens and begins introducing us to the setting and personality of each character.  Throughout the play, we learn about the characters, Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs and their children George and Rebecca. We also learn of the other Webb family and their children, Wally and Emily.
2. The tone of this book starts out Morbid but hopeful as we all know that everyone will die. The setting takes place in New Hampshire in a small town with a population of 2,642. it also takes place in the years 1901-1913. The last one is tone, the play shows you a happy wedding with everyone joyed and then immediately changes to act three where people are dying and it turns into a morbid feeling.
3. This story has taught me to never take moments for granted, and how we must always live our lives to the best of our ability, so that when we are old, we never have to regret the things we didn't do.]]> 2017-08-28 17:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183178814 Our Town samuel_juskiewicz https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183179402 (2) Our town uses setting when it describes the town in the beginning of the book, telling the reader the date and the location. The book also used similes when they describe a western poem. Finally, they used imagery at the beginning of every act. ]]> 2017-08-28 17:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183179402 Our Town alyssa_agnew https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183179515 Our Town was a story focused on two families who live in the small town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire. The story took place in the year of 1938, it contains three acts: "Daily Life", "Love & Marriage" and "Death". Each act is remarkably different from the others, all teaching you important things you should learn in life. The names of the two families this play centers around are the Gibbs and the Webbs. Dr. Gibbs is the head of the household, he's a doctor at a local hospital and is in charge of bringing in all the income for their family. Mrs. Gibbs, a stay-at-home mom who loves to garden and make her family breakfast every morning. Their two kids' names are George and Rebecca, George the oldest and Rebecca the youngest. As for the other family, Mr. Webb works for the Grover's Corners Sentinel, his wife also being a stay-at-home mom to assist their two kids. Their names are Emily and Wally, Emily the eldest and Wally the youngest.

3 literary terms the author used: 
1.) Flashback - when Emily chose to revisit her 12th birthday.
2.) Point of View - 3rd person omniscient 
3.) Setting - Grover's Corners, New Hampshire 1938

Some lessons I got from this novel are you never know what life has planned for you, so live your life to the fullest potential. Sometimes it's not always the best thing to expect the most positive outcome you can think of, because you really don't know what is going to happen one day.]]> 2017-08-28 17:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183179515 Our Town andres_gil https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183179543 [1.] Our Town is a story that takes place in the small fictional town called Grover's Corner, New Hampshire, in the spring of 1901. It is about two families, the Webbs and the Gibbs, who are neighbors. The Webbs family oldest daughter, Emily, who is very smart, and the Gibbs family's only son George, who plays baseball, fall in love one afternoon while walking to their homes. After a while of falling in love and having a wonderful relationship, they end up getting married. When the marriage started, they ended up moving to a farm which was owned by George's uncle. One night, Emily suddenly died. Emily watched George cry in grief of her from her grave, laying their sobbing. She realizes how fast life can go, and how you should enjoy every second of it. 
[2.]  Three Literary Elements that they used in Our Town were:
- Direct Characterization - at the beginning of the play, they explain about many of the characters you hear throughout the story.
- Flashback: there are many times in the story, where they will mention or take you back to an earlier time and setting in the town.
- Static character: Emily for example, is a static character. She does not change much i
[3.] The theme of Our Town is that time flies quickly and that you really need to enjoy it while you can because, you never know when it could end. Always appreciate everything in lie]]> 2017-08-28 17:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183179543 Our Town robert_donovan1 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183179854 1. Our Town was a story of a small town and the people who lived in that town but it mainly just focused on two families.

]]> 2017-08-28 17:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183179854 Our Town anthony_constantis https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180157 1.) Our Town is a Book/Play about a town in New Hampshire. It takes place in the year of 1901 and has three acts: Life, Marriage, and Death. The story focuses on the Webbs and Gibbs.
2.) Setting:Since it is a play, they change the setting. 

3.You can never fully be ready for what life has to give you. You cannot predict the unexpected on what life has to offer.]]> 2017-08-28 17:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180157 Our Town daniella_quinn https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180221 1. Our Town was a story based on a small town called Grover's Corner. It was based on the families in the town and what they did. 

]]> 2017-08-28 17:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180221 Our Town david_amirain https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180424 Our Town is a story about a small city and people within it. Even though the story mainly focused on two families the Gibbs and the Webbs other people within Grovers Corner got mentioned too. Author used Similes Metaphors and Flashback. The lesson i learned in this novel is that we should live our lives and not waste time as we dont get seconds chance.]]> 2017-08-28 17:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180424 Our town david_fernandez2 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180454 1) our town is a play  about a town called Grover  corner ,which take in three act which  is about the life of The  family Gibbs and Webb.

2)The three literary elements are Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory.

3)Life is unpredictable.]]> 2017-08-28 17:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180454 Our Town justin_lozano https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180707 1. Our Town is a play turned into a book  about a small town named Grover's Corners. The book  was telling a story about the citizens (the people who lived there) who live there between the years 1901 through 1913
2. Setting - Grover's Corner, 1901-   1913 
Tone - At the beginning of the story the author were introducing the charecters to the readers to but the author also gave us their death dates like we were reading the book wrong or back words]]> 2017-08-28 17:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180707 Our town brandon_sadowski https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180793 Our town is a story which was acted out in a play. It is about a town in Grover's Corner, New Hampshire 1938 it focus on two main families. The Gibbs and the Webbs they are neighbor's which Emily Webb and George Gibb  end up marrying each other. They're three acts Life, Marriage, and Death. The setting changes often because it is a play and they jump around in time.]]> 2017-08-28 17:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183180793 Our Town angel_mercado https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181434 1.)  Our Town is a play put into a book that has three acts to it and the story takes place in Grover's Corner and it is about two families the Gibbs and the Webb's. George Gibb and Emily Webb end up falling in love and getting married and soon after Emily ends up dying.

2.) Three literary elements that the author uses in the story are similes, symbolism, and imagery.

3.)The lesson I had learned from this story  was that life is precious and you never know when your time can be up, so we should always live our lives to the fullest and do our best to stay happy with the ones we love.]]> 2017-08-28 17:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181434 daniella_quinn https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181517 2. It has point of view because the person telling the story was in third person because it was a narrator. Also. they used similes when talking about the poem. Third, it has setting because it was based in Grover's Corner's, New Hampshire.

]]> 2017-08-28 17:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181517 Our Town ian_thelwell https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181525 1. Our Town is a book about a small town, Grover's Corner, and is played in three acts. The story revolves around the Gibbs and Webb families.
2. It has point of view which the story is told in third person. It has setting because it takes place in Grover's Corner, New Hampshire 1938 throughout the entire play.
Finally,it uses simile when they are describing the poem. 
3. the lesson that this book has taught me was to cherish your life because you only get one.w]]> 2017-08-28 17:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181525 Our Town joseph_steinke https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181784 1. Our Town is a story/play that takes place in Grover's corner, NH. The story is narrated by the stage manager. The play is composed of three acts all depicting the lives of the citizens that lived there. 
2. symbolism,allegory and, imagery.
3.Throughout the story it is emphasized that we only have one chance to live our lives because there is no going back]]> 2017-08-28 17:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181784 Our Town robert_donovan1 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181787 2.It uses similes when talking about the poem, it uses setting when they talk about Grover corner, and the mood when the author talks about the people in this town and their lives.

]]> 2017-08-28 17:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181787 Our Town ashley_demmery https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181889 1) In the play of Our Town took place in small town called Grover's Corner in 1901. There are two main families in the story line the Webb family and the Gibb family. These families had a son George and a daughter Emily. One afternoon they were walking home together and were talking and had fallen in love with each other. They decided to move into George's uncles farm in Grover's Corner, soon after Emily dies from giving birth to her newborn. 
2) Since this was a play they used many similes to compare things.
3)The lesson I received from this play was to be happy and grateful for what I have and to cherish the moments that I have because you never know how much longer you have.]]> 2017-08-28 17:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181889 Our Town manuela_herrera https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181901 1.Our Town is about a little town around the early 1900's, and it shows the story of two families that live on that town.]]> 2017-08-28 17:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181901 Our Town samuel_juskiewicz https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181941 (3)The lesson I perceived that this book was trying to teach was that you have to cherish your life while you still have it, make the most with what you are given.  ]]> 2017-08-28 17:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183181941 Our Town aidan_gold https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183182169 1. Our Town takes place in Grover's Corner, NH. Narrated and illustrated by the Stage Manager. The story takes place in 1938 and describes the lives of these citizens of this era and their way of life.
2. Symbolism, Imagery, and allegory.
3. The play is basically trying to tell us the way of life and how we should live our lives and that there's no second chances after life.]]> 2017-08-28 17:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183182169 Our town lucas_muley https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183182464 The book our town takes place in a town called Grovers Corner. the two main families in the book is the Webb family and the Gibb family. The son from one family and the daughter from the other end up getting Married at the end of the book. The author used flashbacks in the book. Also the author foreshadows the marrage of the two young lovers.

]]> 2017-08-28 17:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183182464 ~Our Town~ zatoria_thompson https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183182696 1. Thornton Wilder's play, Our town, that was written in 1938, was turned into a book.
This book and play is composed of three acts. These three acts are named Daily Life, Love and Marriage, Death and Dying. The story follows Emily Webb and George Gibbs. They fall in love and get married. Time is moving by and something happens to Emily Webb. As she is giving birth to her second child, she passed away. She turned into a spirit and realized how precious life is but it was too late.

2. The author used many flashbacks throughout the story to go back to earlier times in the town. 
3. The lesson I learned from the story is don't try to rush life and appreciate the small things. Just before you know it, you're gone off this earth.]]> 2017-08-28 17:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183182696 Our Town kyle_seligman https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183182747 1. Our Town takes place in Grovers corner, the story takes three acts and is about two families, the webb, and gibb families. The story tells about the lives of the families.
2. It uses similes when the author talks about the story,  setting when describing the place,  point of view when telling the story in someones eyes. 
3. I learned that you have to appreciate your life.]]> 2017-08-28 17:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183182747 Our Town zachary_smith10 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183183029 (1) The book Our Town takes place in Grover's Corner. It tells the story of two families who live there. 
(2)  Our Town uses noticeable similes when talking about the plot. Another literary element that is used is setting when talking about Grover's Corner, the hometown for the two families in the book, and point of view of course when all the characters come into play. 
(3) Throughout this book I've learned that you only have one life to live so make the most of the time you have now or regret it in the end. ]]> 2017-08-28 17:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183183029 Our Town jalen_moss https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183183339 The story Our Town is about a town called Grover's corners and about the people who live their. The story tells you about their daily lives. The main families are the Gibbs and the Webb's families. The literary term "mood" was used a lot in the story. A plot was used in the story by sequenced events. Simile was used when comparing the characters using like or as.

]]> 2017-08-28 17:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183183339 Our Town robert_donovan1 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183183513 3. The lesson i got was that you always have to enjoy life to the fullest.]]> 2017-08-28 17:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183183513 Our Town manuela_herrera https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183183988 2. They use setting when they talk about the Grover,and they use tone because in the beginning of the story the stage manager gives us the death dates of each character,its like reading the book backwards, and they also use conflict because when Emily helps put George with his homework, he gets all conceited, so Emily tells him so then they make up again.]]> 2017-08-28 17:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183183988 daniella_quinn https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183184698 3. Some lessons are that time passes by quickly. You have to live your life. Also, when someone died they noticed that life isn't long.]]> 2017-08-28 17:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183184698 Our Town zahria_allers https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183185169 Our town is a story about8]]> 2017-08-28 17:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183185169 lucas_muley https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183185944 The lesson I learned from the play is that life is great and you must cherish it while you have it]]> 2017-08-28 17:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183185944 Our town kaitlyn_michaud https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183186668 It show how we should live our lives to the fullest. We should appreciate every moment because do not get a second chance. 
Three lessons I've learned was that you should live life to the fullest. You start to notice that life is not long when your relatives die so soon. Everything you do should have 100% effort. The theme/central idea to me is that life is short and time flies by. 

]]> 2017-08-28 17:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183186668 Our Town manuela_herrera https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183187078 3. the lesson that taught in this book was that life is too short and you have to cherish the people that you love or love you.]]> 2017-08-28 17:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183187078 Our Town tyler_woods1 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183187091 1. Our town takes place in the small fictional town called Grover's corner, New Hampshire, in the spring of 1901. It is about two families, the Webbs and the Gibbs, who are neighbors. The Webbs families oldest daughter, Emily who is very smart falls in love with the Gibbs families only son. They eventually get married and move to a farm. One night suddenly emily died. Emily watched george cry from her grave.

2. the three literary terms are direct characterization, flashback, and static character. 

3. The lesson from this book is to cherish all the time you have and to live your life to the fullest. ]]> 2017-08-28 17:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183187091 Our Town matthew_dorcinvil https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183199255 1. Our Town is about an old man who goes fishing. The old man used to work with a young boy, and they had a great relationship with each other. The old man was left to fish alone  because the boy's father would not allow him. The old man set out to catch big fish.

2. Flashback, personification, and mood

3.  I learned to try hard to reach my goals. The central idea of Our Town is to work hard to reach your goal.]]> 2017-08-28 18:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183199255 Our Town mackenzie_grushoff https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183199855 (1) Our Town by Thornton Wilder is a play that Thornton Wilder himself says to be one of the greatest American plays if not the greatest . This play consist of three acts. It takes place in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire  around the time of 1901-1913. Act I starts with no curtain and no scenery the play goes on to describe the day to day lives of the people living in the small town of Grover's Corners. This play goes on to describes the lives of Emily Webb and George Gibbs. Later in the play Emily and George get married. Act III takes place 9 years later and a lot has changed in the small town. Several people have died since the Wedding. Emily was able to choose a day from her childhood and go back and relive it. She choose Tuesday February 11, 1899.

(2)
-Setting: 1901-1913 Grover's Corners, New Hampshire 
-Flashback: Emily goes back to February 11, 1899
-Tone: It goes from happy during the wedding to in act III nine years later many people have died so the tone changes to sad and depressed

(3)
A lesson I learned from this novel is to live life to the fullest so you don't look back onto things and have regrets. ]]> 2017-08-28 18:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183199855 Our town xavier_miot https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183200190 1.Our town is about two families, the webs and the gibs. The two families are neighbors. Emily, one of the webs daughters falls in love with their neighbors son, they get married move to a farm and then emily dies.

2.characterization, setting, and conflict.

3.Never second guess yourself, and live life to the fullest.]]> 2017-08-28 18:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183200190 Our Town vincent_manguno https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183200379 1. "Our Town" takes place in Grover's Corner, New Hampshire, in 1901 during spring season. The story mainly focuses on the lives of 2 neighboring families, The Webbs and the Gibbs. The Webbs have a daughter named Emily and the Gibbs have a son named George. Years later, they got married and lived in a farm for the rest of their lives. Later, Emily's ghost went to say her parents, neighbors, and lover from the past; but they couldn't see her so she went back.

2. Flashback, ambiguity, hyperbole

3. Never take things for granted and live your life as much as you can.]]> 2017-08-28 18:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183200379 Our Town denis_watson https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183200431 Our town takes place in a fictional town called Grovers Corner, New Hampshire, in the spring of 1901. it is about the webb family and the gibbs family. emily webb falls in love with the gibbs son. when emily died one day after being married to george she would watch him cry at her grave and it was very sad. 
      Three literarry terms that were used were characterization, similes and flashbacks.
the lesson i learned from this book is to live life as good as you can cus you never know when it will end.]]> 2017-08-28 18:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183200431 Our Town cody_benton1 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183200554 1. Our Town was written by Thornton Wilder. It is a fictional town named Grover's Corner, located in New Hampshire, spring of 1901. The two main families are the Gibbs and Webbs. The Webbs have a daughter named Emily and the Gibbs have a son named George, Emily falls in love with George and they end up getting married.

2. Flashback, Emily had flashbacks (one scene was in the morning with her mother and father in it) when she was 'dead'.
Mood, the mood seemed to be happy in the beginning and later on when Emily died, the mood changed to sad.
Conflict, the conflict would be between life and death.

3. The lesson I learned from this novel is that you should cherish relatives and friends and enjoy your life. The theme is life.]]> 2017-08-28 18:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183200554 Our Town pierrivena_jean https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183200633 Our town take Grover´s corner, New Hampshire in spring. In my point of view I would say]]> 2017-08-28 18:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183200633 Our Town conor_cameron https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201240 (1)Our town is a small town located in Grover's Corner, New Hampshire.  There are two main families, the Gibbs family and the Webb family. George Gibbs , son of Dr Gibbs marries Emily Webb and they live on a farm.

(2) Flashback ( Emily's 14th Birthday) 

Mood (Happy when George and Emily got married and sad when Emily died) 

 Setting (When the lights dimmed or focuses in one spot)

(3) What I got out of the book was to always appreciate life and live it out as if there is no tomorrow. ]]> 2017-08-28 18:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201240 Our Town megan_guthrie https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201281 1. "Our Town", written by Thornton Wilder follows the children, specifically Emily and George, of the Webs and Gibs family in Grover's corner, New Hampshire in 1901. Emily Webs and George Gibs met as children and fell in love. They eventually get married and Emily dies. The stage manager narrates the story and confronts her at her grave as she relives moments from her life including her fourteenth birthday party. This play pushed the boundaries of acceptable plays through a theme of life.

2. FLASHBACKS(fourteenth birthday party), dynamic characterization(changes in Emily) , static characterization(Mr.Web) , and breaking the fourth wall (Stage manager).

3. A main recurring theme of the novel is the circle of life showing families and people being born to reflecting on their life in a graveyard.]]> 2017-08-28 18:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201281 Our Town nathaniel_alperi https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201415 (1.0) Our town is a play with three acts. It takes place in Grovers Corner, New Hampshire (a fictitious town). There are two family's in the play: the Gibs and the Webb family. The main character from the Gibs family (George) falls in love with the main character in the Webb family (Emily). After the two got married they moved to a farm. They tried to start a family but Emily died during child birth. 

(2.) The authors literary terms such as Flashbacks, similes and conflict. 

(3.)  The lesson the story tells us is to be thankful for our lives and to take advantage of every moment that life gives you. The theme of this play is that the circle of life keep moving, we all are born and we all die. 



]]> 2017-08-28 18:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201415 Our Town maximo_gomez https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201565 1. Our town is a story that has two families the Gibbs family and the Webb's family. Each family has two children a boy and a girl in the first act we see George and Emily just be friends but by the second act we about to see them getting married. By the third act we see Emily died in child birth but she sees that Death has brought Emily a heightened awareness of life; it is too painful for Emily to watch living people who take their time for granted. And we see her return to her own grave next to George at her own grave. 2. A literary term that i saw the author use is flashbacks to tell us about the couple 
3.A lesson that I got out of this story is to never take life for granted.


]]> 2017-08-28 18:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201565 Our Town emelia_chatfield https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201668 1. Our Town takes place in New Hampshire ,in a town called Grover Corner. Its about two families the Webbs family and the Gibbs family. Emily is the daughter of the Webbs family and and she falls in love with George which is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs only son. They get married and move onto a farm , Emily dies from child birth. She watches as George cries over her grave and want to go back but she cannot.

2. The author uses flashback, mood, characterization 

3.The lesson it tells us is too cherish life while you have it because you can not go back and do it again, You only live once.]]> 2017-08-28 18:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201668 "Our Town" mackenzie_falla https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201942 1. In a town called Grover's Corner, NH, where two families live, the  Webbs and the Gibbs. Emily Web and George Gibbs have know each other there whole lives and they fall in love and soon get married. They move into a barn and later Emily gets pregnant and after she gives birth she dies.
2. setting( Grover's Corner NH,and the barn for example), characterization(The way her husband reacts to after she dies) , mood (Very happy in the beginning and then gets really sad after she passes away), and flashbacks( from when they were little kids and then they grown up and get married and have a kid of there own)  
3.  I learned to live life and to enjoy friends and family the most you can. You never know when something bad is going to happen so take advantage of everything you can in life.


]]> 2017-08-28 18:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201942 Our town hannah_furshman https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201948 1. Our town is about two families that are neighbors, the Webbs and Gibbs family. During this story, the author shows the love that the daughter of the Webb family and son of the Gibbs family. The author constantly shows a mix of love and heartbreak while showing the couples best moments like their wedding, and their worse, like the death of one of them. 

2. the author uses literary terms such as flashbacks to tell about the couple like when she went back to February 11th, setting like the barn and New Hampshire, and tone to make the audience feel what the couple would feel. One way the tone changed was it was happy when they were getting married but sad when there was death

3. I learned to always live life to the fullest because you never know how long it will be. 


]]> 2017-08-28 18:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183201948 Our Town mateo_ramirez1 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183202072 1. Our town takes place in the town of Grover's Corner New Hampshire in 1901 and the main families are the Webbs and the Gibbs and it tells the story of how Emily Webbs and George Gibbs fall in love with each other and that they end up getting married, but as Emily dies while giving birth and how George grieves over her.

2. Setting- Grover's Corner 1901 New Hampshire
Tone- The death of Emily
Flashback- The couple going to different dates and things they di.d

3. The lesson I learned from this play is to not take anyone you have in your life for granted and to cherish every moment you have with them.]]> 2017-08-28 18:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183202072 our town marius_lambert https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183203196 1.) our town is a story about 2 familles how took place in a town called grover s corner. The  story was based during the 19 th century. the 2 familly are neighbors. the familly are gibbs and webbs.
 2.) They use a lot of similis, flashback and characteristics.
3.) i learned to read. because i did not realy understand the important basic of the story.]]> 2017-08-28 18:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183203196 Our town jet_lica https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183203230 1.Our town is about two ordinary families that are neighbors, the Gibbs family and the Webbs family.   This play specifically focuses on Emily Webs and George Gibbs.   They met as young kids and fell in love.   They eventually get married and Emily later dies.   The stage manager is the one who narrarates the story.   he confronts her at her grave as she recalls her fourteenth birthday party.
2. This is an allegory of life structured over three days.   The author also used symbolism because the play was a theory of life and death.He also used imagery because he painted a picture in our mind using a play format.   
3.I learned that you need to charish life and be thankful for what you have.   I believe the central idea was life and death.]]> 2017-08-28 18:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183203230 Our town keddie_vales https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183203395 1. In Grovers corner, New Hampshire there lived your everyday neighbors: Emily Webbs and George Gibbs. These two grew up together and ended up falling in love. They eventually get married. Later on, Emily dies during childbirth, and George is heart-broken.  Emily joins the dead, but she misses her previous life and decides to go back and relive part of it. 
2. Simile
Flashback
Characteristics
3.The lesson learned in this story is not to take life for granted and the central idea of this story is life, consciousness, and existence.]]> 2017-08-28 18:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183203395 Our Town otis_mcduffie https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183203723 1. Our town is about two families who live in Grovers Corner, New Hampshire. Grovers Corner, New Hampshire is a fictional town. The two families are the Webb family and the Gibbs family. The daughter of the Webb family and the son of the Gibbs family fell in live in the book and we having different feelings. Eventually they got married and Emily the daughter from the Webb family dies.

2.  Mood, Setting, and Characterization

3. Life is so unpredictable and we should enjoy enjoy every second of life we get because the world is unpredictable. Anything could happen in a blink of an eye.]]> 2017-08-28 18:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183203723 Our Town nathanlittle https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183203748 1)Our town is a story that takes place in a town named Grovers Corner, New Hampshire. The two families in the story are the Gibbs family and the Webb Family. The families are neighbors. The kids from the two families end up falling in love. Unfortunately, Emily ends up dying in the end of the play.

2) Includes flashbacks which tell about the couple, similes, and conflict.

3) I learned that you should always enjoy your life because you never know what can happen. ]]> 2017-08-28 18:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183203748 Our Town shai_aroshas https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183207065
  • In the novel our town by Thornton wilder there are three acts. It starts off by introducing the setting, which is Grover's corner new Hampshire. The author also introduces us to the Gibbs family and the Webb family who are neighbors. Shortly after they tell the readers about the fictional town. The Webb family and the Gibbs family are very close especially their kids who end up falling in love.

    • 2) Flashback Emily birthday Setting Grover's Corner New Hampshire
    3rd person point of view

     3)the lesson and central idea of the book is to make the best out of what you have. 



    ]]>     2017-08-28 18:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183207065     Our Town annabelle_flambert https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183233757 1. Our Town", by Thornton Wilder is about two families that live in Grover's Corner, New Hampshire in 1901. Emily Webbs and George Gibbs both grew up together as neighbors and were very close. As Emily grew up she started to fall in love with George. George had also fallen in love with Emily.  Later on in the play they get married and are living on a farm together.As they grow older and have a child together Emily dies during childbirth. The stage manager then narrates the story and talks to Emily while at her grave. Emily asks the others who are also in their graves who have died, about the life they are living. They tell her that she is able to relive moments from her past life. One of the moments that she relived was her 14th birthday. There were many different moods and tones during this play one happy moment was when Emily and George had gotten married and it quickly changed to sad when Emily had died. 

    2. One of the literary terms that the author used was flashbacks when she had relived the moment of her 14th birthday. Another literary term used was tone because the tone started off as happy as they fell in love and quickly changed to sad when Emily had died. Lastly the author used settings such as Grover's Corner, New Hampshire.

    3. Basically the theme of the play was to show that you shouldn't all take life for granted. You should think about the future because you never know what could happen. A lesson that I learned from the book was to live in the moment and not underestimate yourself.

    ]]>     2017-08-28 19:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183233757     Our Town kaya_ables https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183245191 1. Our Town is a story that is set in Grover's Corner, New Hampshire. There are two main families living there, the Webbs, and the Gibbs. They are neighbors and are very close. Emily Webb and George Gibb grew up together as neighbors and started to fall in love with each other. Later in the story they get married and spend their life on a farm. They have a child together and Emily dies during child birth. The narrator than talks to Emily and he told her that she is able to relive moments she had during her life. She starts to relive happy moments but it starts to get sad when Emily dies at the end.

    2.There were flashbacks when she was living her past memories. The writer also used mood because the book went from really happy to sad. The setting of the book was Grover's Corner in New Hampshire during 1938.

    3. This book taught me to enjoy the little things in life and not just wait for the big things to happen.]]>     2017-08-28 20:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183245191     ¨Our Town¨ pierrivena_jean https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngII_SummerReading2017/wish/183268595 1. ¨Our Town¨ Takes place in Grover´s Corner, New Hampshire. There are two families; Webb's family and the Gibbs family. Growing up The youngest from both sides of the family; Emily and George started to fall deeply in love with each other. Then later marry each other and lived on a farm. Unfortunately Emily died during child birth but during her death she had flashbacks she was able to go back to the important parts of her life again before she passed away and left George heart broken. 

    2. The author used Flashbacks, Tones, Characterization and also Moods. 

    3. They lessons I learned from this book are that life is short live it to its fullest, and that true loved exist and that you should  cherish your love ones you never know when they could be taken from us. 

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