Chapter 11-12 by Ireland Pollock https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi Inventing Elliot en-us 2016-12-16 15:23:01 UTC 2016-12-21 15:03:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Discussion Director- Olivia Decker https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi/wish/144129944 1. Why didn't Elliot try reinventing himself like he said he wanted to on page 100?

2. Why didn't Ben want Elliot's help when he spilled the container of fixer? 

3. Why didn't Elliot tell his Mom that he was fine when she asked before she went to work?

4. Do you think that Elliot was thinking about the guardians when he was talking to the girl?

5. Do you think that when Louise asks Elliot if he has an opinion that he doesn't have an opinion or he just likes this girl so much that he agrees with everything she says? Why do you think that?]]> 2016-12-16 19:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi/wish/144129944 Vocabulary Enricher- Madison Greenley https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi/wish/144381124 1. MOORINGS (pg.99): noun, the ropes, chains, or anchors by or to which a boat, ship, or buoy is moored.

2.RESPITE (pg100): noun, a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.

3.CONFINES (pg.102):verb, keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time).

4.SIMULTANEOUSLY (pg.117):adverb, at the same time.

5.EUTHANASIA (pg.120):noun, the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. The practice is illegal in most countries.



 
]]> 2016-12-19 19:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi/wish/144381124 Literary Luminary-Ireland Pollock ippollock21 https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi/wish/144480696 1. Page 100: "He'd imagined that reinventing himself would involve simply leaving behind the old Elliot and becoming a new one. But the reality had turned out to be far more complicated than that. To start with, it wasn't a question of a single "old Elliot." There were at least two: the Elliot he'd been before his dad had been attacked, and the Elliot he'd become afterward. Nor was there one "new Elliot ." Every relationship he had to manage-- with the Guardians, with Ben, with home--required him to wear a different person." I feel like this passage is important because it is talking about Elliot changing himself and inventing a "new" one. The entire story is about him changing and the book is called, "Inventing Elliot."]]> 2016-12-20 15:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi/wish/144480696 Literary Luminary-Ireland Pollock ippollock21 https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi/wish/144483940 2. Page 104: "'Rule the crowd, Elliot. That's what you must learn to do. Watch it. Understand it. Feed it. But always make sure it's you in control. Don't just give people what they want. Make them wait for it. Make them practically beg for it. Make them grateful to you for giving it to them. Never let them take you for granted. Rule the crowd, Elliot. Never let it rule you. . ."'  I feel that this passage is important because the is the first time that Richard is telling Elliot how to do something and he wants him to do it that way. ]]> 2016-12-20 16:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi/wish/144483940 Character Captain- Haley Bahlmann https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi/wish/144536850 Louise- unpredictable: I think Louise is unpredictable because you  never know what she will say next or what mood she will be in. On page 119 and 120, "her dramatic and unpredictable mood swings from animated, upbeat opinions, on everything and everyone, through mocking anger, to that wonderful throaty giggle, often all in the space of five minutes." I think this makes her unpredictable because she can change from giggling to anger all in a very short amount of time.

Elliot-  deceptive: I think Elliot is deceptive because he lies to the principal when he says he hasn't seen anything or doesn't know anything about a "gang." On page 110, "Elliot had been mentally rehearsing his answer. He looked into the principal's eyes and spoke with conviction and with the slightest movement of his head from side to side. 'No.' He let his gaze drop slightly. 'I've never come across anything. Nothing at all like that.'" This shows that he is deceptive because he knows about the guardians and that they bully the weaker kids. 

Elliot's mom- caring: I think Elliot's mom is caring because she asks Elliot if everything is alright. On page 111, "'Is everything okay? You look... I don't know.'" and on page 112, "'Look, if there's something bothering you and it's something you don't feel you cant talk about-- you shouldn't feel like you can't ask me. Promise me that, will you?'" this shows that she is caring because she is concerned about him and says that he can always talk to her if he needs to.]]> 2016-12-20 22:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ippollock21/q0h89l3m8kzi/wish/144536850