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=The boy in the Striped Pajamas= By John Boyne toc

Interactive Notebook #2, 11/16/10
1. Read through Mrs. Blattner's comments listed under last week's summary. In addition, review Mrs. Blattner's comments on your discussion board. You may have some work to do before you can move on to Interactive Notebook #2--if so, take care of business!

2. Add to your summary: What has happened since you and your partner last composed the bare bones summary? Start a new paragraph below this question and compose a BRIEF review of what has happened since last time. Remember to compose this on one computer with your partner collaboratively. You ca nnot have more than one person editing this page at a time. Think before you post! All writing should be edited for CUPS (capitalization, use of language, punctuation, and spelling).

Summary, Part 2 o
One day Bruno gets bored and wants to go on a walk because he remembered that he loves adventuring. So he remembers what he saw out of his window and wants to go there. After the better part of an hour he then saw a dot that became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy. and he went over and said hello and they became friends and then everyday he went there and they talked. Also they never played and everyday Bruno would ask if Shmuel if he wanted to go under the fence and every day Shmuel would say it's a bad idea.

3. Passage Journals--Discussion Board: A "passage Journal" is a chance to discuss a small chunk of text from the book you are reading. You and your partner both selected one passage each that either struck you as interesting, surprising, confused you, or even inspired you. Maybe you selected the passage because you like how the author crafted his/her words.

On the discussion board, EACH of you will type up the passage you selected and list the page number at the end of the text. Each of you will create your own "new post." For the SUBJECT line of the post, think of a phrase that captures what the passage is about or the moment in the story. For the MESSAGE of your post, type up the passage and page number for your book. Then, go back and REPLY to your OWN message and write about your thoughts on the passage. After, comment on your partner's passage as a REPLY to their post. Remember to click on the DISCUSSION TAB on this page to begin. Then click the "NEW POST" button:)

-What came to mind when you read this? -Is there something interesting about how the author crafted his/her words? -What surprised you? -What confused you? -Did this passage increase tension in the story? Why? -Is this a defining moment in the story--Explain. -How did this passage make you feel? What did it remind you of? Explain. -Did this passage remind you of other things you have read? How so?
 * Here are some "think abouts" to get you thinking about your passage and your partner's passage: **

Interactive Notebook #1, 11/5/10
So far in the book //The Boy In Striped Pajamas// the main character is Bruno and he is living in Berlin Germany. when he realizes that he is moving houses he gets really upset and a little scared. When he gets to his new house he doesn't like it and he complains about it a lot. P.S. the house is named Out-With. Anyway one day he is looking out his bedroom window and first sees a fence with dangerous wires. Past that there is people in striped pajamas surrounded by armed soldiers. Because he is only nine he doesn't understand much so he decides to go down stairs to ask his father. When he gets into the room he finds soldiers in his fathers room saluting him. After that he says hail Hitler.One day Bruno gets lonely and wants to make a game. He sees lieutenant Kotler talking with his sister and Bruno goes up to them and asks if any of them have a tire. They say no so the Butler takes him to find a tire he gets one and makes a swing. He falls and he thinks he is going to bleed to death and Pavel comes out and saves him cleans him up.
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Mrs. B Says: Capital letters and italics on book titles--please correct in your summary. Thanks. Also, please use formal language and follow the rules for punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. Please go back through this summary and fix it up. Spelling errors will have a red underline when you are in edit mode. This is a formal learning community, even though it is online. Thanks:) (By the way, don't you think the name "out-with" is very symbolic?)