THE REDDING TIMES by Alivia Baldwin https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet SAM IS DEAD?! en-us 2017-10-26 15:55:44 UTC 2025-12-05 12:46:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Summary abal5687 https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet/wish/200909152
When Sam Meeker returns home from college in the spring of 1775 and announces that he has decided to enlist in the Rebel army, his parents are appalled, but his younger brother, Tim, is wide-eyed with admiration. Time passes and a neighbor, Mr. Heron, stops by the tavern and asks Tim to deliver some letters for him Tim's father says no, but Tim, hoping for a taste of the kind of adventure that Sam is having, sneaks away to do it. While he is walking down the street with the letter in hand, Betsy sees the letter and wrestles it away, convinced that it contains spy information on Sam (it does not).Tim spends the summer around the tavern and then he goes on a trading journey with his father to Verplancks Point, his first trip away from home On the way there they are stopped by "cow- boys," Rebel roadside terrorists. On the way back Tim's father is kidnapped by the same cow-boys Tim outsmarts them, saves himself, and has to bring the wagon of goods home on his own. In the spring of 1777, British soldiers troop into the Meeekers' hometown of Redding, Connecticut, and Tim watches as they ruthlessly kill men and boys, including one of his own close friends He has trouble deciding where his loyalty lies. Several months later, Tim and his mother hear the news that his father has died on a prison ship then Sam returns to Redding with his troops and advises Tim to kill the cows and hide the meat so as to prevent cattle theft, but Tim is hesitant. Eventually, two men try to steal the cows from the barn, and when Sam runs out to stop them, the men grab him and frame him as the cattle thief and since cattle stealing has been a problem in the armed forces, General Putnam is determined to make an example out of somebody. Both Tim and his mother talk to the rebel officers, pleading Sam's innocence, but the general will not change his mind. Tim tries to break into the encampment and save his brother, but nothing comes of it. On February 16, 1779, Tim looks on as Sam is publicly shot.]]> 2017-10-26 16:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet/wish/200909152 The Redding Times abal5687 https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet/wish/200910069 My Graphic
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]]> 2017-10-26 16:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet/wish/200910069 Conflicts https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet/wish/201824677 INTERNAL:
Tim was scared that Sam is in the war and might die CH.2   PG.
Tim was also confused that he didn't know if he was a Tory anymore CH.10   PG.145
EXTERNAL:
A external conflict is when timmothy was delivering a "buisness letter" for Mr. Heron and betsy wrestled with him. CH.6   PG.83
Another extiernal conflict was when]]> 2017-10-30 16:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet/wish/201824677 Characters https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet/wish/204488548 -Timmy: He is the main character and the younger brother of sam.

-SAM: he is the one who after collage disobeyed his fathers specific ORDERS TO NOT GO TO WAR THEN DID IT ANYWAY! oh that silly sam.

-Eliphalet Meeker/life/father: he is he father who disagreed with sam going to war. He was also captured by cowboys


-Susannah meeker/mother: she is the mother of sam and timmy she was very sad when sam died because her husband and one of her sins died and she kinda became depressed

-Betsy: she is the one who kept sam safe while he was visiting and also his girlfreind

-Jerry Stanford: A young local boy and a friend of Tim's, he is captured by the British and dies on a prison ship.

- Lietenat Betts: 

-Mr. Heron: i cant exactly remember but i think he was like a spy or something

-Mr. Beach:  An elderly, loyalist preacher.

-Col. Read: Betsy's father, he is a staunch and aging Patriot.

-Tom Warrups: An Indian living on Colonel Read's land who allows Sam to hide out in his teepee.

]]> 2017-11-07 17:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet/wish/204488548 Book Review https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet/wish/206384515 I like this book because it was realistic and it was a good perspective it gave you the feeling as if you were in the 1700s . I would personally recommend this book to a history lover or someone who enjoys like role play because there is a lot of information in the book if you want to teach it or just to learn it or if you want to put detail into a costume.]]> 2017-11-13 17:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/abal5687/omgmypadlet/wish/206384515