pg 175-232
Five Things I understand
1.Gogol remembers a time when he was small that him and his dad went to a light house near the ocean.
2. Gogol stopped going out with Maxine and later found out that she had gotten engaged to another man.
3. Went on a date with an Indian girl that her mom told her to named Moushumi. He had met her before at the parties his parents had when he was small.
4. Gogol and Moushumi are going to be married in a year.
5. Go to Paris for a vacation.
Four questions I have
1. Did the author write the story from her experience?
2. Was the author born in India?
3. Does the author’s son go through some of the thing Gogol went through?
4. When are they planning on having children?
Three Vocabularies
1. Anoint pg 189: smooth
2. Appalled pg 209: Shocked or horrified
3. Obscured pg 210: hidden, covered
Two literally elements
1. “The train rattles forward” pg 184, this is a pun with the word rattles.
2. Gogol is a round character. At first he did not like the Idea of marrying a Bengali girl but then changes his mind.
One sentence Summary
1. Gogol marries the Bengali girl and starts having a new life being married.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Namesake Third Journal Entry
Pg 116-174
Five things I understand
1. Ruth and Gogol broke up. Gogol changed his name to Nikhil.
2. The train that he was in stopped because someone had jumped in front of it.
3. Ashima and Sonia go to India for a wedding when Ashoke decides to tell his son what his name means.
4. Gogol meets Maxine and starts going out with her. He meets her parents and sees the difference with his.
5. Gogol has never seen his parents showing affection. Ashoke dies of a heart attack.
Four Questions I have
1. Will Gogol marry Maxine?
2. Will Gogol end up marrying an Indian girl?
3. Why don’t Gogol’s parents show affection in public?
4. How old is Maxine?
Three vocabularies
1. Chiding pg 165: to scold or blame
2. Baffled pg 124: perplexed, you don’t know
3. Perpetually pg 163: It keeps going
Two literally elements
1. “Down creeping into the sky” pg 158 This is personification.
2. “The sun’s strength already draining from the sky” pg 163 This is personification, the sun’s strnth does not drain, the earth just moves around it to make it dark or day.
One Sentence Summary
1. Ashoke, Gogol’s father dies of a heart attack.
Five things I understand
1. Ruth and Gogol broke up. Gogol changed his name to Nikhil.
2. The train that he was in stopped because someone had jumped in front of it.
3. Ashima and Sonia go to India for a wedding when Ashoke decides to tell his son what his name means.
4. Gogol meets Maxine and starts going out with her. He meets her parents and sees the difference with his.
5. Gogol has never seen his parents showing affection. Ashoke dies of a heart attack.
Four Questions I have
1. Will Gogol marry Maxine?
2. Will Gogol end up marrying an Indian girl?
3. Why don’t Gogol’s parents show affection in public?
4. How old is Maxine?
Three vocabularies
1. Chiding pg 165: to scold or blame
2. Baffled pg 124: perplexed, you don’t know
3. Perpetually pg 163: It keeps going
Two literally elements
1. “Down creeping into the sky” pg 158 This is personification.
2. “The sun’s strength already draining from the sky” pg 163 This is personification, the sun’s strnth does not drain, the earth just moves around it to make it dark or day.
One Sentence Summary
1. Ashoke, Gogol’s father dies of a heart attack.
The Namesake Second Journal Entry
Five things I understand p 58-116
1. Gogol’s parents wanted him to be called Nikhil at school but then the teacher decided to call him Gogol, since he preferred it. It made me really mad that the Americans didn’t understand the feelings that the Indians have about the pet names and who can call them.
2. Ashima had another baby.
3. At a ceremony, she played with the mud and dollar and refused the food. Gogol hadn’t played with anything at all.
4. Gogol is growing up and is starting to see the discrimination shown against the Indians.
5. Gogol goes to a cemetery but doesn’t find his name. He thinks that his name is weird. Gogol starts going out with Ruth.
Four Questions I have
1.Is it hard to live in America in that time?
2. Will Gogol grow up hating his name?
3. Why are there so many restrictions in the Indian culture?
4. Will Sonia go through the same hardships?
Three Literally elements
1. “Lingering sadness” pg 87. This is personification, a sadness cannot literally linger like a person can.
2. “Thick clouds conceal the sky, which appears only here and there like the small lakes on a map” pg 102. This is a simile. It is comparing something using like or as.
3. “Setting sun feverishly beautiful” pg 111 this is imagery. It is describing the sun.
Two vocabularies
1. Parched pg 111: Means to be dry
2. Prominent pg 112: Well known
One sentence summary
1. On these pages we learn more about the life of Gogol as a young adult and the hardships that he goes through being an Indian.
1. Gogol’s parents wanted him to be called Nikhil at school but then the teacher decided to call him Gogol, since he preferred it. It made me really mad that the Americans didn’t understand the feelings that the Indians have about the pet names and who can call them.
2. Ashima had another baby.
3. At a ceremony, she played with the mud and dollar and refused the food. Gogol hadn’t played with anything at all.
4. Gogol is growing up and is starting to see the discrimination shown against the Indians.
5. Gogol goes to a cemetery but doesn’t find his name. He thinks that his name is weird. Gogol starts going out with Ruth.
Four Questions I have
1.Is it hard to live in America in that time?
2. Will Gogol grow up hating his name?
3. Why are there so many restrictions in the Indian culture?
4. Will Sonia go through the same hardships?
Three Literally elements
1. “Lingering sadness” pg 87. This is personification, a sadness cannot literally linger like a person can.
2. “Thick clouds conceal the sky, which appears only here and there like the small lakes on a map” pg 102. This is a simile. It is comparing something using like or as.
3. “Setting sun feverishly beautiful” pg 111 this is imagery. It is describing the sun.
Two vocabularies
1. Parched pg 111: Means to be dry
2. Prominent pg 112: Well known
One sentence summary
1. On these pages we learn more about the life of Gogol as a young adult and the hardships that he goes through being an Indian.
The Namesake first Journal Entry
Five things I understand Pg 1-58
1. Ashima’s grandmother got stroke and her right side is permanently paralyzed. Pg37
2. Ashima Ganguli got pregnant, she’s from India and came to America.
3. Ashoke is her husband; he’s a doctoral candidate in electrical engineering at MIT. Bengali wives don’t call their husbands by their first names.
4. Ashoke was in an accident while on the train, he remembers what he felt as there was a smell of blood and dust in the air. P18. Ashima means “she who is limitless without borders”. Ashoke means “he who transcends grief.” Gave their son the pet name of Gogol, because the letter from the grandmother did not arrive..
5. Ashima’s father died of a heart attack. Decided to move to a University town outside of Boston and then named Gogol, Nikhil.
Four questions
1. How did Ashima feel about the arranged marriage?
2. Could she have opposed her parents?
3. Why is the Indian culture so strict?
4. How will Gogol’s life in America be different from India?
Three Vocabularies
1. Sari pg1: A sari is a strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from four to nine meters in length that is draped over the body in various styles.
2. Concoction pg 1: A combination of many ingredients.
3. Roused pg 12: To awaken
Two literally devises
1. The setting is in India and then it moves on to being in America.
2. “One steel colored winter morning” p11 this is imagery.
One sentence Summary
1. Theses pages introduce the characters and how their culture is compared to others.
1. Ashima’s grandmother got stroke and her right side is permanently paralyzed. Pg37
2. Ashima Ganguli got pregnant, she’s from India and came to America.
3. Ashoke is her husband; he’s a doctoral candidate in electrical engineering at MIT. Bengali wives don’t call their husbands by their first names.
4. Ashoke was in an accident while on the train, he remembers what he felt as there was a smell of blood and dust in the air. P18. Ashima means “she who is limitless without borders”. Ashoke means “he who transcends grief.” Gave their son the pet name of Gogol, because the letter from the grandmother did not arrive..
5. Ashima’s father died of a heart attack. Decided to move to a University town outside of Boston and then named Gogol, Nikhil.
Four questions
1. How did Ashima feel about the arranged marriage?
2. Could she have opposed her parents?
3. Why is the Indian culture so strict?
4. How will Gogol’s life in America be different from India?
Three Vocabularies
1. Sari pg1: A sari is a strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from four to nine meters in length that is draped over the body in various styles.
2. Concoction pg 1: A combination of many ingredients.
3. Roused pg 12: To awaken
Two literally devises
1. The setting is in India and then it moves on to being in America.
2. “One steel colored winter morning” p11 this is imagery.
One sentence Summary
1. Theses pages introduce the characters and how their culture is compared to others.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
New Moon Tenth Journal Entry : )
Pg 292-563
Five things I Understand
1. Edward brought Bella back home.
2. Decided to put her mortality to a vote in the Cullen house.
3. Most of them voted in favor of turning Bella into a vampire.
4. Carlisle decided to turn Bella into a vampire after graduation.
5. If Edward were to do it, he wanted Bella and him to get married first.
Four Questions I have
1. Is Bella going to be turned into a vampire?
2. How will Jacob react?
3. Will Jacob be friend with Bella?
4. What will happen to their friendship if Bella turns into a vampire?
Three Vocabularies
1. Mangled pg 495: Confused
2. Coherent pg 503: logical
3. Asinine pg 519: silly
Two Literally Elements
1."Tears welled up and then gushed miserably down my cheeks" pg 510. This is personification.
2. "My will crumbled into dust" pg 512. This is a metaphor. Will cannot crumble into dust. It’s only used to make a person imagine a feeling.
One sentence Summary
1. The Cullens aren’t harmed by the werewolves because they made a treaty with them. The problem is that if Bella is going to be turned into a vampire she has to be bitten and that would go against the treaty.
Five things I Understand
1. Edward brought Bella back home.
2. Decided to put her mortality to a vote in the Cullen house.
3. Most of them voted in favor of turning Bella into a vampire.
4. Carlisle decided to turn Bella into a vampire after graduation.
5. If Edward were to do it, he wanted Bella and him to get married first.
Four Questions I have
1. Is Bella going to be turned into a vampire?
2. How will Jacob react?
3. Will Jacob be friend with Bella?
4. What will happen to their friendship if Bella turns into a vampire?
Three Vocabularies
1. Mangled pg 495: Confused
2. Coherent pg 503: logical
3. Asinine pg 519: silly
Two Literally Elements
1."Tears welled up and then gushed miserably down my cheeks" pg 510. This is personification.
2. "My will crumbled into dust" pg 512. This is a metaphor. Will cannot crumble into dust. It’s only used to make a person imagine a feeling.
One sentence Summary
1. The Cullens aren’t harmed by the werewolves because they made a treaty with them. The problem is that if Bella is going to be turned into a vampire she has to be bitten and that would go against the treaty.
New Moon Ninth Journal Entry
Pg 436-492
Five things I Understand
1. Alice was thinking that she should turn in Bella into a vampire.
2. Stole a car in Italy to get to where Edward was.
3. Edward was thinking about making the Volturi kill him.
4. Met Marcus, Caius and Aro who were in a painting that Carlisle owned.
5. The Volturi let Alice and Edward go but only if they turned Bella into a vampire.
Four Questions I have
1. Are they going to make it in time?
2. How come the Cullens don’t hunt on their grounds?
3. What’s’ going to happen to Alice?
4. How did the vampires come up with the name "singer’?
Three Vocabularies
1. Scourge pg 437: bane
2. Faust pg 438: A magician and alchemist in German legend who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge
3. Undulated pg 453: To cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion
Two Literally Elements
1. "Sun continued to climb in the sky while Alice raced against it" pg 442. This is partly personification because the sun does not climb in the sky.
2. Irony; "Saint Marcus day" p440, when a man drove all the vampires away from the city. On the same day Edward was planning on exposing himself.
One sentence Summary
1. Edward was lucky that Bella made it in time to save him.
Five things I Understand
1. Alice was thinking that she should turn in Bella into a vampire.
2. Stole a car in Italy to get to where Edward was.
3. Edward was thinking about making the Volturi kill him.
4. Met Marcus, Caius and Aro who were in a painting that Carlisle owned.
5. The Volturi let Alice and Edward go but only if they turned Bella into a vampire.
Four Questions I have
1. Are they going to make it in time?
2. How come the Cullens don’t hunt on their grounds?
3. What’s’ going to happen to Alice?
4. How did the vampires come up with the name "singer’?
Three Vocabularies
1. Scourge pg 437: bane
2. Faust pg 438: A magician and alchemist in German legend who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge
3. Undulated pg 453: To cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion
Two Literally Elements
1. "Sun continued to climb in the sky while Alice raced against it" pg 442. This is partly personification because the sun does not climb in the sky.
2. Irony; "Saint Marcus day" p440, when a man drove all the vampires away from the city. On the same day Edward was planning on exposing himself.
One sentence Summary
1. Edward was lucky that Bella made it in time to save him.
New Moon Eight Journal Entry
392-436
Five things I Understand
1. Jacob felt like there was a vampire near by.
2. Jacob didn’t want to go back and leave Bella where the vampire was.
3. Alice was the vampire that was there.
4. Rosaline told Edward about Alice’s vision that Bella had jumped of the cliff.
5. Edward thought that Bella was dead so he went to Italy to go and find death.
Four Questions I have
1. How long was Alice staying?
2. What type of life did Alice’s parents have?
3. Are the Volturi that powerful?
4. How old are they?
Three Vocabularies
1. Stupor pg 433: Trance
2. Charade pg 400: false
3. Recoiled pg 410: jump back
Two Literally Elements
1. "Marble skin" pg 388. This is a metaphor. It is using the word marble to describe Edward’s skin.
2. "Remorse pinned me against the seat" pg 380. This is personification.
One sentence Summary
1. Alice came back and told Bella about her vision and about what Edward was about to do.
Five things I Understand
1. Jacob felt like there was a vampire near by.
2. Jacob didn’t want to go back and leave Bella where the vampire was.
3. Alice was the vampire that was there.
4. Rosaline told Edward about Alice’s vision that Bella had jumped of the cliff.
5. Edward thought that Bella was dead so he went to Italy to go and find death.
Four Questions I have
1. How long was Alice staying?
2. What type of life did Alice’s parents have?
3. Are the Volturi that powerful?
4. How old are they?
Three Vocabularies
1. Stupor pg 433: Trance
2. Charade pg 400: false
3. Recoiled pg 410: jump back
Two Literally Elements
1. "Marble skin" pg 388. This is a metaphor. It is using the word marble to describe Edward’s skin.
2. "Remorse pinned me against the seat" pg 380. This is personification.
One sentence Summary
1. Alice came back and told Bella about her vision and about what Edward was about to do.
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