https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl en-us 2016-12-05 15:25:57 UTC 2016-12-16 15:22:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl/wish/141772271 1.  pg. 37: "At the end of the tryouts he was third fastest overall, which meant he had a place on the Holminster High School boys' swim team. It was as simple as that. He shook the hand of the square-headed man in the sweatpants, who turned out to be the swim coach, and then had his fingers crushed by the grip of someone who turned out to be the team captain. Back in the locker room the only attention he received this time was friendly nods and admiring glances." I chose this passage of the story because it shows that things were coming around for him. He isn't being noticed in the wrong way and that's why he went out for swimming. So he wouldn't be noticed in no activities and he would be a swimmer.]]> 2016-12-05 15:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl/wish/141772271 https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl/wish/142058967 1. How does Elliot feel after swim tryouts?

2. What are "guardians" that Oliver talked about and what do they do?

3. Why does Elliot like going to school and hate going home?

4. Do you think teachers know about the punishments that are happening?

5. After the punishment, why does Ellliot say he was crying for himself, not anyone else?


]]> 2016-12-06 16:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl/wish/142058967 ippollock21 https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl/wish/142327689 SINISTER: adj. giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen page: 42

CORRIDOR: noun. a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms page: 37

SURGING: verb. (of a crowd or a natural force) move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward page: 45

GLUTINOUS: adj. like glue in texture; sticky page: 46

CONJURED: verb. make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic page: 46]]> 2016-12-07 16:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl/wish/142327689 https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl/wish/142387142 Oliver- Helpful- Oliver is helpful by telling Elliot what the guardians and who they are. In the book it says on page 39, " Let me tell you about the Guardians. This shows that he is helpful by him telling Elliot about the guardians.

Elliot's Mom- Exhausted- Elliot's Mom is exhausted because she doesn't even talk to Elliot any more, they eat in silence, and Elliot hears her cry in the morning. In the book it says on page 44," His mom seemed to be tired all the time-- too tired to talk to him, anyway." It also says,  "A few times he woke in the early hours of the morning and heard his mom crying downstairs. This shows that his mother is exhausted because she doesn't even talk to Elliot anymore.

Boy being bullied- Helpless- The boy being bullied is helpless because he can't do anything about the boys shoving his face in the toilet. It says in page 48, " Being forced down again and again, sometimes five or six times, depending on how bored or angry they were." This shows that he is helpless because the boys are pushing him down and not letting him up. 


]]> 2016-12-07 18:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl/wish/142387142 https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl/wish/142390775 2. pg.46: "He found himself on the edge of a rough semicircle in front of the toilet stalls. The crowd pushed against his back, eager and impatient. Its excitement spilled over in a continuous roar of noise, which, in the confined space was deafening." I chose this passage because he kind of shows us that he has a past getting bullied in a bathroom, by how he says, " He knew what was going to happen here. He had to get out". He is scared and nervous for what is going to happen because he's been there before and doesn't want to live through it again.]]> 2016-12-07 18:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ippollock21/nrfs4nwbbmcl/wish/142390775