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Wild Things-Summary of Ending

Ending of the “Wild Things” Summary:

                        We left off at Harlan making a huge confession to Zoe. He tells her that he really cared about Zoe and wanted to help her. He even looked into having her taken from her mother so she would be in a better living condition. After this conversation, Zoe see’s that there is a lot of good in Harlan and she tells him that he should stay in town.

            When Harlan leaves Zoe from their conversation, the wild boy and his deer approach. Zoe engages in conversation with him and we find out that he had been watching over Zoe since she first came to live with Henry. The boy tells Zoe that she didn’t notice that the day she was lost and fell asleep in the woods, he had carried her home. Then once when she was sick, he had sneaked into her house and checked on her. The time her cabin was broken into and two boys were looking for her, the wild boy was there and shot an arrow at one of the boys. Zoe feeds the wild boy and the deer with the food she brought with her on her way to the cabin and reads them the story of the boy who liked to draw. However, once the boy hears Henry coming, he leaves suddenly and swiftly.

            After this, Zoe has a terrible encounter with a blast from her past, Ray. Ray shows up one day at her home and asks to talk to her and Henry. What he wants to tell her is that he has her mother’s old possesions for sale if she wants to buy it. However, Zoe knows that it is probably not her mother’s belongings and tells him to leave. After no offer is made for the things and the Sheriff comes to Henry’s house and tells Ray he has to go, he leaves the belongings behind and leaves unsatisfied. When he finally leaves, Zoe starts to become sad and remembers how her mother died. We learn that she died of an overdose of an unknown substance. She confesses this to Henry and he listens to her as she unwinds her story. Together, he and Zoe make a sculpture and Zoe seems to work out some of her sadness.

            It is now the Christmas season and Zoe has the wild boy visit her unexpectedly at home and she learns his name is Wil, like it says on his bag that he carries with him. He wanted Zoe to finish reading him the story but Zoe wanted to warn him of the price that was on his head for shooting the Mayor’s son in the arm with an arrow. Then, Zoe hears Henry coming to her room and Wil hides in the closet. When Henry saw that Zoe was ok, he offered her to read a story and she accepted. Henry read on but Wil was still in the room hiding in the closet. When Henry finally leaves, Zoe goes to open the closet and finds Wil asleep on the floor of the closet. When she goes back to sleep, Wil slips out without saying goodbye.

            The next day, the phone rings and Zoe finds out that Bessie went missing. Bessie had stepped out in the middle of the night to look for the wild boy and the deer. A search crew is formed and they go out to look for her. While out on the search, Zoe finds Hargrove and his father out too and they had captured Sister. The poor deer was trapped and Zoe was about to jump in and help. Then, Curtis, a hunter, comes walking up holding a bow and arrow and Wil with him. Zoe makes out that there is a heavy load in Wil’s arms through the darkness. She finally see’s it is Bessie’s body. However, Hargrove sets sister free and Zoe literally jumps in to the rescue as well and lands on the mayor knocking him down and his shotgun to fire.

            Luckily, Zoe only ended up with a broken arm but Bessie went into intensive care. However, Bessie does wake up and talks with Zoe about what happens. Zoe fills her in on their exciting night and how Wil was the hero of the night for finding Bessie. Later, when Zoe goes home, she finds a big surprise. Zoe finds Wil and all of his prized possessions in her room. They talked and Zoe warned him that he was now in greater danger but that maybe Henry, Fred and the Sheriff could help. Wil refuses the help and he and Zoe fall asleep after they are done talking. When Henry walks in the next morning, Wil is gone but she is surprised to find the amazing carvings Wil had left behind; most importantly, a mysterious picture with a man and woman on their wedding day. He and Zoe look at the picture and recognize the man as Zoe’s father, Own, and his bride on their wedding day. We now know that Wil and Zoe are half siblings, sharing the same father.

            Our novel ends with Zoe and Henry at the art sale opening in New York with Lillian and Sid. Henry’s art sold successfully and Zoe tells us of the wonderful Christmas she had. She received an original piece by Henry, a quilt from Bessie, and a laptop from Helen and Franklin. Sadly, Bessie passed away when Zoe and Henry were away but made it in time to attend her service. They make it back for the funeral and Zoe reads from her journal to the community and shares her entries about Bessie. Then, to everyone’s surprise, the entire town seemed to be gathered at Henry’s place to remember Bessie. To our surprise, Hargrove shows up as well, although he was too shy to come inside the house. He apologizes to Zoe for taking her journal and returns it to her, and he also apologizes for the cabin she loved being wrecked even though he did not do it himself. Hargrove also tells Zoe that he is being sent away to another school. Zoe sees it as a positive turn out because he might have the chance to practice art and love animals if he is away from his father.

            Everyone finally leaves Henry’s home except Fred, Maud, Franklin and Helen. They pass around the carvings will gave Zoe and admire the crafty work. Then Zoe starts to miss Wil and wishes he was there with them. Zoe falls asleep and wakes up to everyone gone except Henry. She wakes up to him drawing Mr. C’mere on her cast and remembers the book about the boy who drew cats. Zoe finally understands why Wil took the book. He took the book because he knows he is part of their family like the boy in the story who was also an artist.

A Long Walk to Water- Character List

A Long Walk To Water 
by Linda Sue Park

Character List:

• Nya: An adolescent aged girl who lives in Southern Sudan during 2008. We learn that her daily routine is to go down to the pond and fetch water for her and her family. She would make the tiring journey multiple times a day. Nya lives with her mother and father in their village and has a younger sister, Akeer, who is 5 and a baby brother. Her older brother, Depp hunts with her father frequently. She is also part of the Nuer tribe. 
• Salva (Salva Mawien Dut Ariik): A boy living in Southern Sudan in 1985. He is 11 years old and lived at home with his mother, father and siblings until his village was raided while he was at school. Salva had three brothers and two sisters. His two sisters Akit and Agnath. Then his younger brother is Kuol. The civil war outbreak separated him from his family. He is now on his own trying to survive and find his family. Salva also lives in the village of Loun-Ariik. 
• Buksa: A young man from the Jur-chol tribe that walks with Salva in the beginning of his journey. He finds the honey comb with Salva and they enjoy a sweet meal for an evening. 
• Marial: A boy the same age as Salva and whom he becomes friends with. They both had separated from their familes because of the war and walked with the group. However, Marial does not survive and gets eaten by a lion one night when they are in lion territory. 
• Uncle Jewiir: Salva's uncle who he finds on in the group and stays with him for some of the journey. He looks after Salva and keeps him safe while he can. Uncle Jewiir seems like the leader of the group and is respected because he had fought in the war already and had a riffle. 
• Mawien Dut: Father of Salva. He has stomach problems and is treated at a hospital where Salva reconnects with him. 
• Michael: The young aid worker from Ireland at the IFO Refugee camp in Kenya who taught Salva English and how to play volleyball.
• Chris and Louise: Salva's new parents in America. They take him in and help him in his journey to locate his father and start a public water program. 

Discussion Question -

What would you do if you were Nya or Salva and had to survive in these tough conditions?

Theme: Bravery

Maya Angelou "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"                             

                   

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Des'ree "Gotta Be"

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Group Question:

Think of a time when you had to be brave like one of our four main characters. Who could you relate to and why? When were you brave?

A Long Walk To Water Intorduction

Sudan Civil War Timeline:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14019202



A Long Walk to Water- Book Trailer

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Trouble With Half A Moon-Character List

Character List:

Dellie: The main character of the novel. A young girl of 14 who feels guilty for her brother’s death.

Corey: The five year old boy who Dellie tries to save in the novel. He has a neglectful mother who does not feed him and hurts him.

Louis:  Dellie’s little brother who passed away when a car hit him. He was about six years in age when he passed.

Kayla: Dellie’s best friend from the apartment complex. She was once rich but when her mother lost her job, she had to move to Dellie’s neighborhood.

Diana and Alejandro: Dellie’s mother and father. Her mother is very grief stricken with the loss of her son. She expresses a lot of moments of depression and mourning all up until she meets Corey. Dellie’s father is a bit more relaxed and easy going although he still feels the loss of his son as well.

Michael: Dellie’s love interest at school who is good in math and tutors Dellie.

Shayna: A classmate of Dellie’s who is mean and says hurtful things to Dellie.

Sophia: A classmate of Dellie’s who is mean to her and reminders her that her brother is dead. (20)

Rihanna: A classmate of Dellie’s who is not very nice and makes fun of her in math class. (27)

Mr. Lang: Dellie’s homeroom teacher.

Alexa Rodriguez: A classmate of Dellie’s. She also likes Michael and tries to get him to like her instead of

Dellie through being his partner in tutoring math for other students. (24)

Bryan: A classmate of Dellie’s who is also Kayla’s love interest. He gets Dellie in trouble by setting her up to look like she was trying to steal items at a convenience store and starts to become a bad influence on Kayla.

Mr. Dumbrewski: He becomes Dellie’s new math teacher, replacing Mrs. Robertson. (28)

Miss Etta and Miss Liz: Two women who live in the apartment complex who are best friends and are friendly with Dellie. (36)

Ms. Warren: Kayla’s mother. (40)

Connie Boy: Louis’ stuffed bear that Dellie still has.

Mrs. Lawrence: A neighbor of Dellie’s who also feeds Corey.

Mr. Millson: An older resident of the apartment complex where Dellie lives. He used to live next to Dellie and have her read the paper to him to distract her from thinking of her brother after he passed. (51-52)

Miss Shirley: Dellie’s new neighbor who replaced Mr. Millson. She is very eccentric and full of a unique energy. From Jamaica and has a strong accent. (52)

Wild Things- Guiding Questions

Wild Things- Clay Carmichael

Quiz Bowl Questions
1. What is the name of the town where Henry and Zoe live?
-Sugar Hill, (25)

2. Name a significant person in Zoe’s past.
-Her mother was significant to her past along with her mother’s boyfriends.

3. Name at least one similarity between Henry and mom’s boyfriends.
-Their clothing and their smell of working men. (32)

4. Zoe’s mom had many boyfriends that Zoe mentions. Ray is one. Who were the other 4?
-The other four were Lester, Manny, Charlie and Harlan.

5. What kinds of things does Zoe enjoy the most?
- Zoe enjoys, reading, writing, being outdoors, she loves animals and solitude.

6. Interpret Figurative Language-On page 35, when Zoe says “When I saw who it was, an ant could’ve knocked me over, easy” what example of figurative language is she using? Explain its meaning.
- She is using a hyperbole to describe how she felt unbelievably surprised.

7. From which point of view is the story told when the cat is not speaking?
- From first person, Zoe’s voice.

8. When, on page 24, Mrs. Wilson says “ I see that mendacity and smart tongues run deep in the Royster Family…” she means
-That Henry and Zoe are both liars.

9. What is Henry’s profession?
- He is now a famous artists who makes sculptures and was a heart surgeon.

10. Who are two significant characters that Zoe meets at her new school?
- Zoe meets Ms. Avery (her teacher) and Hargrove ( a boy who gives her some trouble)

11. Zoe felt most happy in Henry’s library and the cabin. There was one more time in which Zoe seems happiest. When or where did this happen?
-Zoe seemed happy during the snow storm that also gave her a day away from school. ( 89)

12. Name the significant object that Ms. Avery gave to Zoe?
- Ms. Avery gives Zoe a journal. (97)

13. Name at least one similarity between Henry and Zoe. Prove it with a quote from the text.
(examples: their mothers were sick, they both like books, they have similar feet, they have red hair, they both have a gap in their two front teeth, they both like solitude)
Pg 92, Henry to Zoe: ‘my mother was that way too; pg 93, Henry to Zoe: “like your mother in her own way,” pg 90, Zoe to Henry: “we both have the same feet”

14. Zoe found a picture and six carved animals inside a cigar box in the cabin. There was a squirrel. What were the other 5 animals.
- An otter, a possum, a white deer, a raccoon, a field mouse. (87)

15. When Zoe yelled at Henry “you promised you wouldn’t leave me,” Henry responded with : “Abandonment and _______________ are not the same thing.” Complete the quote with the right word.
-The word “education” should be added because Zoe is not wanting to go to school and her uncle tries to explain that it is required by law that she attends. (65)

16. We learned that Henry joins metal together by ______________.
-“welding” (97)

17. The women  in the church demand that the Father/Padre get rid of the cat. Why was one of the women particularly upset?
-The cat was urinating on the graves flowers. (80-81)

18. What was the reason for Bessie rejecting a heart transplant?
-She believed that the heart makes the person who they are, and a new heart would change her. (50)

19. What did Zoe like to do the minute she came home from school every day?
-She liked to head for the woods and explore, especially when she found the cabin she made her own. (83)

20. In the novel, we meet another character who is related to Zoe and shows up one day at Zoe’s home. Who is this new relative of Zoe’s?
-Maud Booker, she is Zoe’s grandmother. (103 and 107)

21. Why was the cat unwilling to go to the cabin?
-The cat was unwilling to go to the cabin because he did not trust the humans that had lived there before. He had watched the savage man and his family there before. (138)

22. Which event made Zoe realize that the cabin was not an ideal home?
-She got sick and realized she would have no one to take care of her. (119)

23. Name at least one new similarity between Henry and Zoe. Prove it with a quote from the text.
-They both like alone time. “Aloneness was as much his was as mine,” (108)

24. Zoe had a few favorite book characters, who had no parents at all. Lennox was one. Name another?
- Mowgli; 112 (The others have at least one parent)
25. Zoe knew that the person who cared for her during her sleep was not her father. She says, “Because whoever it was actually _______________. “ Complete the quote with the right word.
-“cared” (123)

26. We learned that Zoe calls her cat_______________.
-“C’mere” (124)

27. Why did Zoe suspect that Hargrove was the person who destroyed her cabin?
-She suspected that Hargrove had looked at her notebook and then her journal disappeared. He would be the only one who would know about the cabin through reading Zoe’s journal. (129-131)

28. There are two things in Bessie and Fred’s life that Helen says are real art? Quilting is one, what is the other?
-Fred’s gardening. (144)

29. What was the reward that Mayor Peters offered to whomever turned in the person who hurt Hargrove?
-5, 000 dollars (140)

30. When do we begin to realize that Hargrove has a “soft spot”?
- While he is playing and petting Mr. Sylvester’s dog. (174)

31. What was the important event during which everyone gathered together as a family?
-Everyone gathered together at Thanksgiving dinner. (160-161)

32. What is the name of the dog Hargrove is petting one day when Zoe notices Hargrove has a “soft spot”?
-His name is Sparky. (174)

33. Name at least one difference between Harlan and Ray?
-Harlan apologizes for the mistakes of the past and attempts a relationship with Zoe, while Ray returns to take Henry’s money buy trying to sell Zoe’s mother’s possessions to them. Harlan also confesses to trying to save Zoe and get her away from her mother because he saw that she was not a very fit parent for Zoe.

34. What event makes Bessie call Henry and Fred “fools and hypocrites” after they call Zoe foolish and rash?
-Bessie recalls the memory of Fred and Henry jumping in a river to save Sheriff Bean as a child. (164)

35. Many of Uncle Henry’s actions demonstrate that he is a kind, selfless man. For example, where did Uncle Henry spend the day on Thursdays?
- He would spend his Thursdays Volunteering at the Sugar Hill free clinic. (174)

36. On page 153, when Zoe says “staring into the face of wilderness itself” what example of figurative language is she using? Explain its meaning.
-She is using personification to describe the wildness of the boy as a real person.

37. On page 188, when Zoe goes to the workshop and wants to talk to Henry, she ends up leaving the workshop instead. Why?
- She left because she felt that Henry was not ready to talk to her. He was too absorbed in his work.
38. On page 24, the cat is napping under a rhododendron. A rhododendron is most likely a ________________.
- A plant.
39. What does Zoe call the metal scarecrow?
-She calls it a one-of-a-kind, one-hundred-percent-guaranteed combination universal craziness deflector luck magnet and wild thing. (197)

40. How does the author first show us that the cat begins to trust Zoe?
- The cat lets her tough it and sleeps on the porch of the house. (206-207)

41. On page 201, Zoe reads from the book “The Boy Who Drew Cats”. How do we know that she is reading from a different text?
- The words are italic when Zoe reads.
42. Where was the New Year’s Eve gallery opening? How much did Zoe’s sculpture sell for?
-The gallery was in New York and it sold for more than $4,500. (226)

43. What two words does Uncle Henry use to describe the white deer, Sister after reading the story to Zoe while Wil was hiding in the closet?
-Fine and Magical. (204)

44. In the quilt that Bessie left Zoe, she included 9 important symbols. Mr. C’mere and Henry’s farmhouse were two. What were the other 7?
-Padre, Fred’s red truck, a log cabin, Sister and Wil, her journal, a pack of Juicy Fruit, a heart with wings.

45. How does Zoe learn that Wil is her brother?
-He left her the picture of his parents wedding and his father was also her father. (222-223)

46. On page 233, when Zoe says, “he vanished like a dream in daylight” what example of figurative language is she using? Explain its meaning.
-She is using a simile to say that Wil disappeared.

46. Why was Zoe mourning Wil, if he had not died?
- He left so she felt cheated of him. (237)

47. What does Wil take with him when he leaves that makes Harlan worry?
-Wil takes a motorcycle that he was fixing. (235)