https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8 en-us 2018-12-14 15:59:22 UTC 2019-01-21 17:39:00 UTC hello@padlet.com 423639 https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/317136936 The boy says when he is born and how old he was found when he was just wandering the streets, at 5 months old.

The author used those numbers to show that the boy was born into this life and this is all that he knows.

I think this will change the way that the boy acts compared to the other boys that are around him based on where he was born and who he was raised by.]]> 2019-01-03 00:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/317136936 423639 https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/317137044 Why does the boy want to be a blacksmith so badly when he grows up? It seems like a peculiar dream job.

The author assumes that I know who the boy's mentor is/will be.

The boy is not originally from America so the job he wants so badly could be because it is a family tradition or a way of life where his relatives are from.]]> 2019-01-03 00:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/317137044 423639 https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/317137178 When the boy was young, he was found out all alone but now he lives with so many other people that it is hard to keep track of.

This shows a major contrast because he has to learn to live with people and have a "family".

]]> 2019-01-03 00:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/317137178 423639 https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/317137242 The word, "shetlander".

I don't recognize this word from anywhere else but based on what he is talking about, his dreams and "the coin", it seems like it is another word for a blacksmith.]]> 2019-01-03 00:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/317137242 423639 https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/317137351 "I'll do whatever it takes" 

The boy is trying to find someone to teach him the ways of blacksmithing and will do whatever he  can to get the chance.

The boy also says that he is so grateful of all the other stuff that the blacksmith has done for him and wishes that he would keep helping him out.]]> 2019-01-03 00:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/317137351 423639 https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/322737162 After they become stranded on an island, the boy has to kill their prized and pristine sheep to survive.

This is a contrast to how the sheep used to live. She was pampered and well taken care of but since they needed the food, they had to kill her.]]> 2019-01-21 17:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/322737162 423639 https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/322737735 The word, "ewe"

The word means female sheep. I know that it means a female, specifically, because he claims that their prized ewe was a, "proven producer of twins".]]> 2019-01-21 17:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/322737735 423639 https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/322738701 What happened to their boat that caused them to crash?

The author assumes that I k now about certain weather patterns when he says, "knots, starboard, bow, hull", etc...

We never find out how the place they were going really looks but we might find out later in the book.]]> 2019-01-21 17:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/322738701 423639 https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/322740322 "he roared, spit flying as he spoke"

The author writes it like this to show how much rage the character is feeling. He is mad that his sheep was killed but doesn't realize that it was for their survival.]]> 2019-01-21 17:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/322740322 423639 https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/322740874 "Snuff her out".

The boy is replaying what his dad told him when he wanted him to kill the sheep.

After the sheep died, the boy was traumatized. Unfortunately, he keeps replaying it in his head and he is upset about it.]]> 2019-01-21 17:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/423639/frdpm7i5s0k8/wish/322740874