Summarizing - Team 5-4 - Block 1 2022 by Heideman, Josh

Summarizing - Team 5-4 - Block 1 2022 by Heideman, Josh https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd Once you finish independent reading today, write a two paragraph summary on your book today. The first paragraph will outline the exposition of the book (characters, setting, and character motivations). The second paragraph will give a brief outline of the events that have taken place so far in the book. en-us 2022-08-16 13:10:01 UTC 2025-10-23 00:31:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dd.png Because of Mr. Terupt jheideman1 https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262218160 Because of Mr. Terupt follows seven students in fifth grade at Snow Hill School in Connecticut. The book changes in narration in each chapter. The main characters include Danielle, who is kind and lacks confidence in her body image, Jeffrey, who despises school, Peter, who enjoys causing mischief and pranking others, Alexia, who stirs up drama and preys on other's emotions, Anna, who is uncomfortable in her family situation, Luke, who is confident and the class "brainiac, and Jessica who is a shy book-worm from California. They are led by their energetic, compassionate, and rookie teacher Mr. Terupt.

The book begins in September as Mr. Terupt shows his versatile personality. He is compassionate towards Jessica and stern with Peter's pranks in the bathroom. Mr. Terupt assigns different projects. The Dollar Word competition is a successful project that Luke enjoys. We learn that Alexia is also a bully who enjoys starting drama. She is rude to Danielle about her weight, and she tries to pin Jessica and Danielle against each other. We find our through a conversation with Danielle and Jessica at recess that Anna's family situation makes her uncomfortable at school. ]]> 2022-08-16 13:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262218160 The Hunger games https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262392726

In the the book, Katniss and her friend Gale, they live in district twelve, “district twelve where you can starve to death in safety” a quote by Katniss . The reaping is a good thing because it’s to get out of district 12. The reaping is when one boy and one girl get chosen for the hunger games.

Prim gets chosen for the hunger games and then Katniss volunteered in stead. Which nobody has done in a little bit.so everyone thought she had lost her mind.

]]> 2022-08-16 16:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262392726 Guts https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262397033 In the book gut the main character is Raina she is scared when she hears the word vomit. She has 4 people in her family they live in a apartment that dose not have much space and she dose not have her own room. She is 11 years old.
She goes to middle school and her personality is nice she is nice because she shares her food and goes to all there party’s and defend her friends.

Events
Beginning
In the beginning she was sick and was throwing up and her mom was also sick and throwing up. And was scared of the word vomit

Middle
Her mom made her go to a therapist because she was not wanting to go to the house and was scared she was going to get sick again. She was no longer afraid of the word vomit and was not scared of her house

End. She was no longer afraid of the word vomit and was not scared of her house ]]> 2022-08-16 16:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262397033 Rules https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262397556 In the book Rules the main character is about Catherine and her autistic little brother, David. Catherine is embarrassed about the way David acts, so she wrote these rules so David can be a “normal” little brother. She adds onto these rules over time. David really likes to go to the video store, and he doesn’t seem to care about what others think about him. The setting starts at Catherine’s front yard during summer break.

The book starts with Catherine trying to get David to agree to go to occupational therapy, but David doesn’t want to go because he want to go to the video store. Then they see movers and David wants to go over and say hi. We also learned that Catherine’s best friend Melissa, goes to California for the whole summer break to live with her dad. They learn that the family who has the last name, “Peterson” are moving in to the house at 5 o’clock. The same time Catherine promised David that their dad would take him to the video store.]]> 2022-08-16 16:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262397556 Insignificant Events in The Life of a Cactus https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262397630 Insignificant Events in The Life of A cactus follows the main character, Aven, in stagecoach pass in Arizona. In Arizona she meets two people, Connor and Zion, which quickly become her friends. Aven is 13 and wasn’t born with arms. Connor is the same age as Aven and has arms, but he also has Tourette’s so he occasionally makes sounds which are called “tics” and he can’t control them. Zion is 13, too, and has nothing really different about him and other characters, other than his personality.

Some of the events that happen in the book were Aven moving to Arizona, Aven meeting Connor, Aven and Connor finding an old shed with tons of do not enter signs on it, which they suspect belongs to the owners of stagecoach pass, the cavanoughs, which are missing, and Aven meeting Zion. After all those events occur, Aven starts to suspect that there could’ve been a murder in stagecoach, being why the cavanoughs could’ve disappeared.]]> 2022-08-16 16:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262397630 Heart of a samurai summary https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262398214 In the book heart of a samurai, the reader follows a Japanese boy named manjiro-chan, on a journey through the vast seas of past Japan. He is not the only one there, though. Jusuke, Denzo, Goemon- Chan, and Toraemon-Chan, as well as captain whitefield, and his crew of kind and helpful barbarians.

You may not believe me that Barbarians could actually be from America-but this proves that they are well Americans. This quote from the book states: “why, she’s only the prettiest nation in all the world, isn’t she?” This is stated by a barbarian crew member, who strongly believes their nation is best.

Manjiro-Chan, and his fellow fishermen, get caught in a rocking storm, that shakes their boat so hard that water flies in, and a single strike of lightning breaks their mast and forces them to take the full force of the storm, stranding them, on a place called bird island, and they are in great danger of starvation, because of the lack of fresh food and water.

In search of food, they are taken in by a group of barbarians,
That barbarically, kill a whale for food. Manjiro is Incredibly
stunned at their barbaric and messy way of getting food. A lot of the valuable recourses are thrown out.]]> 2022-08-16 16:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262398214 In the book Unstoppable, we are met with the protagonist, Harrison, the horrible foster family of Harrison’s Mr.Constable and Mrs.Constable, the great foster family of Harrison’s is Coach aka Dad and Mrs.Godfrey the Mom.This is in present time and at the start he is mostly in the barn, but a little further in the book,Harrison can be found at his new home. https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262400605 More towards the start of the book, The Constables are Harrison’s parents.They treated him like an animal.Mr and Mrs.Constable had him doing all of the work, most of it being in the barn.But they got caught the constables treating him terribly, so they put him with a new family.He felt a little more comfortable going to this new family knowing that it is his friends daughter.His new dad goes by coach, he is a football coach and Harrison loves football too.This is amazing for Harrison to hear.His mom is very kind to him and feels comfortable with her.He takes a tour of the house and he loves his room.Harrison and his dad go fishing, he had tons of fun and thought the fish taste great.]]> 2022-08-16 16:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262400605 The hunger games https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262401372 The main character Katniss starts in district 12 where she her sister and her mom live in a poverty driven town (district 12).
Katniss is a good hunter with some good skills with bow and arrows. she also knows some snare traps from her friend named Gale. They live in the state of Panama where there are 12 district.

The book starts in district 12 where Katniss goes to the woods witch is forbidden. She picks up her hidden bow made by her father who passed In a explosion of a land mine at the mines. She then grabs some arrows and goes looking for game (food/animals) where you then in then (only in the movie) see her aiming and a deer, she gets ready to shoot but her friend scares her and she shoots randomly. Then the yearly thing named the reaping takes place in the town center at 2 p.m. where the people of the city (12-18 years of age) gather in there age group Katniss (at the age of 16) Gale (at the age of 18) and prim (Katniss’s sister at the age of 12) then you get introduced to the person (I can’t remember their name) that picks the tributes that will fight to the death. All 12 districts will pick 1 woman and 1 man to be put in a zone to fight. The person that picks the tributes says just like I always say laddies first, she walks over to a bowl of names where she picks 1 and it says “Primrose Everdeen”( Katniss’s sister) and Katniss yells and says no I volunteer so she walked up on stage and stood there in silence then the person chose a boy and it was a boy Katniss knew. Then they say there goodbyes and go on a train to the capital where they meet Himitch the only winner that is still alive from district 12. They go to the capital where they train for the hunger games and that is where I am at.]]> 2022-08-16 16:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262401372 Reading summary https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262401711 In the book Holes, we are met with the main character Stanley along with some secondary characters like Zero, X-ray, Mr. sir, and their counselor. Stanley was misplaced of stealing a baseball player’s shoes, so goes to camp green lake as a punishment.

Camp Green Lake is a old dried up lake where they dig to at first seems to be for building character. But after finding a gold lipstick cap of a famous outlaw he wonders if he’s digging for something more then building character. There a many dangerous species like scorpions, spiders, rattlesnakes, but most of all yellow spotted lizards. After they dig they go to a lounge where who ever is done they can hang out. They have to wake up at 4:30 so they can dig before the sun comes up and burns them alive.

When Stanley first got to camp green lake he was introduced to his counselor and everyone in his group, him and zero become great friends. One day zero ran away and after 2 or so days Stanley went after him. They went up a hill and dug out onions and water to eat and drink. Then they made there way back to camp green lake and dug a case but where caught.]]> 2022-08-16 16:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262401711 Insignificant Events In The Life Of A Cactus https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262402084 In the book “Insignificant Events In The Life Of A Cactus” the main characters are Aven, Connor, and Zion. Aven Green was born without arms, but she tells people that she lost them in an alligator wrestling match or a wildfire in Tanzania. Aven is friends with Connor because they both have a disability. Aven has no arms, and Connor has Tourette syndrome.
The setting takes place at Stagecoach Pass and the School that they go to. Stagecoach Pass is where Aven lives. There are many secrets about Stagecoach Pass that are unknown. School is where the trio of a lifetime meet. Aven met Connor in the school library, she met Zion outside behind the office.

]]> 2022-08-16 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262402084 The wimpy kid movie diary: how Greg heffley went Hollywood https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262402112 The book is about the movie diary of a wimpy kid and who played each part Greg heffley : Zachory Gordon rowley Jefferson: Robert capron : fregley: Grayson Russell and manny heffley: connor and Owen fielding (they are twins).

Events

When they first started making the movie they had to get the right actors so first they emailed a bunch of family’s and anyone really, once people started coming in they have a tryout for each part of the movie and people could come for a specific roll once each actor has been chosen they start getting ready to make the movie. While making the movie the use multiple acts the choose what one is best. Because it’s production may take a long time they have a trailer to stay in and take a break
Lastly because it’s takes weeks to make a movie they will miss out on school so when they are on break they hired a tooter to help the study and make sure they are not falling being is school.

]]> 2022-08-16 16:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262402112 ⚡️Harry Potter & The Cursed Child⚡️ https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262402158 § •A summary• §
Te opening of Harry Potter & The Cursed Child begins with Albus Serverus Potter and his family, consisting of four others (including James Potter Jr., Lily Potter Jr., Harry Potter, and Ginny Weasley-Potter). He worries that he would be sorted into Slytherin, which he believes is not for brave wizards. Harry comforts his child by saying that he is partially named after one of the bravest men he knew, Serverus Snape, who was a Slytherin, hoping to install newfound confidence in his possible house. He did not. ]]> 2022-08-16 16:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262402158 The Parker Inheritance https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403145 In the book The Parker Inheritance the main characters are Candice Miller, and Brandon Jones. Candice is a curious girl that moved to lambert from her old house in Atlanta, when she found out that her grandma got a letter informed that there is a hidden treasure hidden somewhere in Lambert. Brandon is a shy kid, that gets bullied and pushed around by Milo, and his friends, when Candice moves to Lambert and finds the letter Brandon is motivated to help Candice find what they think will save Lambert. The setting is in Lambert, Mississippi.
In the book Candice had to move from her giant home in Atlanta to a smaller home in Lambert. When Brandon goes to Candice’s house to trade books, Candice finds an old puzzle book with a letter addressed to her grandma in it. When Candice and Brandon go to the memorial room to pick up the yearbooks for their “school project” they get locked out and a teacher thinks they are trying to break in, but their escort’s car wasn't in the parking lot. A fe moments later their escort came out, and she said that her cousin’s car was in the shop, so her cousin was borrowing her car.]]> 2022-08-16 16:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403145 Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403190 In the book “Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them”
there is Newt Scamander he is a wizard, and he keeps magical creatures in his briefcase. Then there is Tina she used to be a Auror, but then she exposed magic to non-maj (people that aren’t a wizard or a witch) so she lost her job. Also there is Jacob he is a non-maj and all he wanted was a loan but he got turned down then he accidentally got in a fight with one of Newts beasts so that’s how he figured out about magic. Last but not least is Qeenie she, can read people minds she also has a crush on Jacob.
The story first takes place in the bank then it takes place MACUSA. First, Jacob asked for a loan for a bakery but he got turned down then he accidentally got into a fight with one of Newts beasts. The beasts got out because someone opened Newts brief case. Then when Newt was on the hunt he bumped into Tina. At the end she figured it out and then they found Jacob and went to Qeenie’s house. Then Newt and Jacob ran away but Tina followed them. They all got captured by the MACUSA.
]]> 2022-08-16 16:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403190 Sherlock Homes The Hound of the Baskerville https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403256 Sherlock Homes is a detective for London in 19 hundreds.His best and only friend is Dr. Watson a former roommate in college . Sherlock is very observant and energetic he likes playing the violin and likes science. Dr. Watson is an a doctor who likes to write.

An inspector comes to Sherlock’s home and asks for help with a murder case here are the facts: Sir Charles had anxiety so,he moved to London. One night he when on a walk and the body was found a little bit later with the footprints of a giant dog! Mr. Homes was very interested about that.

]]> 2022-08-16 16:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403256 Percy Jackson the titans curse https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403341 In the book Percy Jackson the Titans curse it concludes of 1 main character named and 3 important side characters. The main character is Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon which means he’s a half blood and monsters are always trying to kill him. He’s in 8th grade and he has a pen that he always Carrie’s with him that can turn into a sword when you uncap it. He has a loving mother and a not-so loving stepfather that Percy doesn’t live with. Percy usually lives at camp half-blood with his friends Annabelle, Grover and Thalia so he can stay safe and train to get stronger. Except in this book Grover went to a boarding school to find more half-bloods so Percy, Annabelle and Thalia are finding him and helping him. The side characters are Annabelle, Grover and Thalia which are friends of Percy. Annabelle is very strong and powerful, Grover is a satire which means he’s half human, half goat and he’s very adventurous, and Thalia is the most powerful of them all because she’s the daughter of Zeus and she likes to do things on her own.

The main event right now in the book is Percy, Annabelle and Thalia went to go find Grover and help him bring these 2 half bloods he found at a boarding school safely back to camp half blood. They snuck into the boarding school and went to the gym where the boarding school was having a school dance. Percy, Annabelle and Thalia found Grover there and the half bloods were there too, but the problem was that dr.thorn (the school principal and a monster) was guarding the 2 half bloods. So Percy, Annabelle, Grover and Thalia had to act natural and start dancing. Eventually everyone got split up from each other and dr.thorn took the 2 half bloods. Then Percy ran after him and dr.Thorn took Percy too.]]> 2022-08-16 16:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403341 Treasure Hunters https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403487 In this book there are 4 kids and their parents go missing, so they have to survive on their own. One of the characters is Tommy he is a leader and love his family, another one is beck and bick they are twins who are most of the time mad or arguing with each other, but bick is fear less and determined, beck is also a leader and an artist, last but not least storm she can see something and can remember it exactly plus all the details, she is the brains and a careful leader

The setting of the book is everywhere, they travel all over the world.]]> 2022-08-16 16:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403487 Lost in a book https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403557 In the book the main main characters are The Beast and Belle.Belle is kind and is very smart and brave.She lived in a small village and went to find her father.She found her father sick and imprisoned in the Beast’s castle.So she decided ti take her father’s spot and promised to escape.The Beast is very sensitive and is trying very hard to be kind.The Beast used to be a prince and as a punishment for his actions he and everyone in his castle were transformed.Some were transformed into things and he was transformed into a beast.Some other characters are Love and Death.Love is very kind and lives with her sister Death.Death is the enchantress that turned the prince into the Beast.

The setting takes place in the Beast’s castle were the Beast and Belle hang.

Some of the events that had happed #1 is that Belle was cleaning up the library and found a book called Nevermore.The book grew bigger and Belle went into the story.She made it back out safely and just in time for dinner.#2The Beast took her to a ice skating rink and they had a blast.They even got hot chocolate and warm cookies.#3 Belle had to tell Chip a story before bed and she decided to tell him about Agatha and how she stood up to a man who had just lost his son and turned him good just with her words.#4 Belle wanted to know more about the Beast’s past so she read a story to him and upset the Beast and then decided that that was enough.

]]> 2022-08-16 16:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403557 Michael Vey https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403618 In the book “Micheal Vey” the main characters are Michael Vey who has a power that allows him to make a electric shock and is a target for bullies because of how puny and scrawny he is. But Micheal has to his powers a secret. Taylor Ridley who has a power too, she can read minds and do a “reboot”. A reboot is when Taylor alters the brains electricity flow which results in a reboot and the target forgets what their doing.Finally Ostin, Ostin doesn’t powers but he is extremely smart. A character is Michael’s mom who is struggling to get by on rent and groceries. The reason why is that Michael and his mom have been moving.

The book starts off with a short dialogue of the bad guys. The dialogue explains that there are 17 kids with electric powers. That’s why Michael has to move, to avoid being found. The bad guys have caught 15 of the kids and the 2 getaways are Micheal and Taylor. The it the book cuts to Michael going to school and getting bullied. But as he is getting bullied he did a shock leaving the bullies on the ground in pain. After that Taylor figures out Michael has powers and does research and she figures out both their birth certificates was erased from the hospital they were born at.

]]> 2022-08-16 16:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403618 Esperanza Rising https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403668 In the book Esperanza Rising we follow a young girl named Esperanza and her mother, Ramona, in the book we meet the two main antagonists, Tío Luis and Tío Marco who are the banker and mayor and Esperanza’s uncles. It takes place in Mexico 1930 on a big ranch (unfinished)]]> 2022-08-16 16:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262403668 https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262404115 2022-08-16 16:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262404115 https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262404165 2022-08-16 16:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262404165 Charlie bone and the time twister https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262404273 In the book “ Charlie Bone and the time twister ” Charlie Bone is able to hear the voices of photos, he also lives in his house with three aunts his mom,Amy, grandma bone, and his uncle Paton. He goes to Bloor’s academy, a boarding school for kids with talent in music, art, or drama, on the exception of the 12 endowed children with powers, he is one of them. Henry Yewbeam, is a person who lived along time ago and accidentally time traveled forward in time by looking into a mystical sphere, and everyone thinks he is missing.

The book starts off with Henry yewbeam warping out of a frozen academy and into time and space. Next Charlie bone pack up and is at Bloor’s academy when a tree falls and he thinks he sees a tree move. Afterward Henry yewbeam makes it to Bloor’s academy and Charlie hides him but then Henry decides to try and go back by making it the same temperature in a freezer and three cats named the flames saved him from freezing to death.]]> 2022-08-16 16:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262404273 https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262404583 2022-08-16 16:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262404583 https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262404659 2022-08-16 16:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2262404659 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (pt. 2) https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2264552222 After arriving onto the Hogwarts Express with his friend Rose Granger-Weasley, Albus unexpectedly and ironically befriends Scorpious Malfoy, son of Draco Malfoy, Harry’s Arch-nemesis. They talk about some of their problems over candy, one of Scorpious’ being the accused son of Voldemort, according to the rumors everyone has believed, thanks to The Daily Prophet. He struggles making friends for this reason. Albus has troubles with feeling second best to his father, compared to his older brother, James, the “Golden Child”. In the end, they both accept their fears & overcome them. Scorpious is more outgoing, brave, and sporty, whilst Albus understands that even though he and his father have their differences, they are mor alike than they think.

“Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, only when one remembers to turn on the light.”

]]> 2022-08-18 16:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2264552222 Treasure Hunters https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2265403279 In the book Treasure Hunters, the events that have happened include the uncle selling the boat that the kids live on. We have yet to find out why he sold the boat. After their lives out living in the ocean they had to go to school which is unfamiliar to them. The other event taking place is them trying to get money to flee to Africa to find King Solome’s mines.]]> 2022-08-19 11:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jheideman1/gehsql2q7hl26uqd/wish/2265403279