CHAPTER TEN
1. How do Mark’s aunt and uncle feel about him?
He Never home the never really see him.
2. Why do you suppose Mark’s mother has a nervous breakdown and says she never wants
to see her son again?
His father died couldnt take it.
3. What does David’s grandmother remember about the day before that upsets David?
That he gave he gave her jello and said he wasnt hungry and that he had left with someone
4. In the conversation with his grandmother, what mistakes does David make that may hurt
his alibi?
Because,he was getting loud and yelling at his grandma
5. Why does Lt. Baca ask Mrs. Griffin if there is trouble in their marriage?
She is about to look for mim
6. What does Mrs. Griffin say that convinces Lt. Baca to begin searching for Brian?
He said that Susan was the last to talk to him.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
1. Why isn’t Susan surprised to hear her name over the loudspeaker?
She dreamed about it.
2. Compare Susan’s attitude toward her family at the beginning of the story with her attitude
now.
In the beginning she was close now she is not really around them.
3. Why does Susan agree to Mark’s lie?
She don't know what to say
4. Why does Mark want her to lie?
Last person to talk to him and they would believe her.
5. Do you think Mark really believes everything will be all right? Why?
Yes, because he told her everything to say
Thursday, January 28, 2010
KMG 6-9
CHAPTER SIX
1. What little things go wrong with the kidnapping?
-Susan didnt go in the right way.
With David alibi?
Had to put his grandma to sleep.
With Betsy’s alibi?
She got pulled over by the police and got a ticket in Mark's car.
2. In what way does Mr. Griffin earn the respect of his kidnappers?
Because he was stubborn.
3. Why is Susan especially upset about her part in the kidnapping?
Because she didnt want Mr. Griffin to get hurt. Mr. Griffin yelled for her to run while she was gettin kidnapped.
4. Why does Betsy say the following to Susan? “Honestly, I don’t understand you.”
She did'nt want to be apart of it no more.
CHAPTER SEVEN
1. What do Mr. Griffin and Mark have in common?
They both did not change there minds on nothing.
2. Find a flashback in this chapter. What important facts about Mark do we learn?
Lanodn steals a paper give it to Mark and Mr.Griffin was going exposes them for cheating.
3. What mistake(s) does Betsy make with the police officer?
She told him that it was her boyfriend car and got a ticket.
4. Why do you think Betsy participates in the kidnapping?
She wants to be round Mark.
5. Why do you suppose the incident with Shauna Berman is included?
To show that Besty was the one everyone lkiked that no one want to cross.
6. Who finds the container of pills? Where?
Besty,where Mr.Griffin fell.
7. How does Mr. Griffin’s tie appear here?
He is tied up well.
8. What does Mr. Griffin think of his kidnappers?
Punks and ridiculous.
9. What question does David ask him?
How does it feel to be tied up.
10. Who wants to let Mr. Griffin go? Why don’t they?
David,Jeff,and Besty. Beacause Mark don't want thet want to make him beg.
CHAPTER EIGHT
1. Explain, with examples from the story, how David begins to see Susan as a real person.
She is feeling Guilty about the kidnapping. Because he told her to leave while he deal with the kidnapping.
2. Why does David doubt that Mark and Jeff are going to release Mr. Griffin after the game?
Jeff would be tired and might stop and get a bite to eat and would not go because it was Jeff car.
3. How does David know Mr. Griffin is dead?
They took of the blindfold his eyes are wide openn and he is not blinking
4. What is the implied but never stated cause of Mr. Griffin’s death?
Home sleep and the house caught on fire.
CHAPTER NINE
1. Betsy and Susan both have fathers to turn to for help. Why do you suppose Susan wants
to go to her father for help, but Betsy doesn’t suggest going to her father?
She trusted her dad
2. What two things does Mark say that they need to do to be safe?
They need to get rid of the body and the car.
3. How does Mark convince Susan they need to bury the body?
4. How does Mark’s father die?
his dad was home sleep and the house caught on fire
5. What does David’s father have to do with his decision to go along with Mark’s plan to bury the body?
They wanted to play it off like David dad left
6. Why does Mark comfort Susan?
She wont feel bad and wont tell her dad
1. What little things go wrong with the kidnapping?
-Susan didnt go in the right way.
With David alibi?
Had to put his grandma to sleep.
With Betsy’s alibi?
She got pulled over by the police and got a ticket in Mark's car.
2. In what way does Mr. Griffin earn the respect of his kidnappers?
Because he was stubborn.
3. Why is Susan especially upset about her part in the kidnapping?
Because she didnt want Mr. Griffin to get hurt. Mr. Griffin yelled for her to run while she was gettin kidnapped.
4. Why does Betsy say the following to Susan? “Honestly, I don’t understand you.”
She did'nt want to be apart of it no more.
CHAPTER SEVEN
1. What do Mr. Griffin and Mark have in common?
They both did not change there minds on nothing.
2. Find a flashback in this chapter. What important facts about Mark do we learn?
Lanodn steals a paper give it to Mark and Mr.Griffin was going exposes them for cheating.
3. What mistake(s) does Betsy make with the police officer?
She told him that it was her boyfriend car and got a ticket.
4. Why do you think Betsy participates in the kidnapping?
She wants to be round Mark.
5. Why do you suppose the incident with Shauna Berman is included?
To show that Besty was the one everyone lkiked that no one want to cross.
6. Who finds the container of pills? Where?
Besty,where Mr.Griffin fell.
7. How does Mr. Griffin’s tie appear here?
He is tied up well.
8. What does Mr. Griffin think of his kidnappers?
Punks and ridiculous.
9. What question does David ask him?
How does it feel to be tied up.
10. Who wants to let Mr. Griffin go? Why don’t they?
David,Jeff,and Besty. Beacause Mark don't want thet want to make him beg.
CHAPTER EIGHT
1. Explain, with examples from the story, how David begins to see Susan as a real person.
She is feeling Guilty about the kidnapping. Because he told her to leave while he deal with the kidnapping.
2. Why does David doubt that Mark and Jeff are going to release Mr. Griffin after the game?
Jeff would be tired and might stop and get a bite to eat and would not go because it was Jeff car.
3. How does David know Mr. Griffin is dead?
They took of the blindfold his eyes are wide openn and he is not blinking
4. What is the implied but never stated cause of Mr. Griffin’s death?
Home sleep and the house caught on fire.
CHAPTER NINE
1. Betsy and Susan both have fathers to turn to for help. Why do you suppose Susan wants
to go to her father for help, but Betsy doesn’t suggest going to her father?
She trusted her dad
2. What two things does Mark say that they need to do to be safe?
They need to get rid of the body and the car.
3. How does Mark convince Susan they need to bury the body?
4. How does Mark’s father die?
his dad was home sleep and the house caught on fire
5. What does David’s father have to do with his decision to go along with Mark’s plan to bury the body?
They wanted to play it off like David dad left
6. Why does Mark comfort Susan?
She wont feel bad and wont tell her dad
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
KMG 1-5
CHAPTER ONE
1.Briefly identify the children in the McConnell family.
-Mom,Dad,Susan,Craig,Melvynne, and Francis
2.What does Susan mean by “someday”?
-Someday she would live her dreams. Live in a cabin on the shore with everything peacelful.
3.Who is David Ruggles? How does Susan feel about him?
-The boy she has the crush on.
4.Several other students of Room 117 are introduced. Briefly identify them.
-David president Mark messed up in head. Besty was not pretty.
5.In the classroom scene, what emphasizes Susan’s feelings of being an outsider?
-Susan like David and never talk to him.
6.Two teachers are introduced. Briefly identify them.
-Dolly Luna ans Mr. Griffin which are both mean teachers.
7.Mr. Griffin is very strict and stern with the students. Do you think these qualities make
him a good teacher? Briefly explain your answer.
-Yes,but he is to hard on the way he grades.
8.An allusion is when a writer refers to a person, place, poem, book, or movie that the
reader, is expected to recognize. Find an example of allusion in this chapter.
-Write a song for Oplelia.
9.In what ways does Susan think she and the dying female in Hamlet are similar?
-Could barely make out for the cars he like a bird flying half blinded.
10. A metaphor is a comparison of two things that are basically unlike, in order to create a
sharp picture. In this first chapter find the metaphor involving a bird that helps the author
define how Susan is feeling about her life.
-Dropped like a feather,covered stove to the ground below
11.Jeff says, “That Griffin’s the sort of guy you’d like to kill.” Why does’t Susan think he is serious?
-Crazy thinking about killing someone
12. Frequently, objects which seem inconsequential when first mentioned become an
important part of the plot later. In the last six paragraphs do you notice any object that might be foreshadowed?
-Jeff whisper that Mr. Griffin is the sort of guy you would have to kill.
CHAPTER TWO
1. Why does Mark say the following? “Jeff’s done a neat job of lining us up for a mass flunkout.”
-Its not good.
2. Explain Mark’s special dislike of Mr. Griffin.
-That he will not let students pass his class,He repeated his class.
3. “Jeff had seen that look before, and it always meant something.” What look does Jeff see? What does Jeff think it means?
-That Mark is up to something.
4. Why do Jeff and Betsy go along with Mark’s plan to kidnap Mr. Griffin?
-Mark tells them that can't get in trouble.
5. Why does Mark believe Dave will go along with the plan?
-He his the president and no one would expect him to do anything.
6. What does Mark know about Susan that makes him think she will be their decoy?
-She would do it because she has a crush on him.
7. A flashback is a scene that interrupts the ongoing action to show an event that happens
earlier. Briefly describe the flashback in this chapter. Explain why the author chooses to
include it.
-Jeff is being weired shows how he can change.
CHAPTER THREE
1. The members of David’s family are introduced. Briefly identify them.
-Mom works,grandma needs lot of help,and his dad is dead.
2. Why does David think he needs a good education?
-Needs to help his family out.
3. Find the metaphor in this chapter that helps illustrate the emptiness of David’s life.
-mom barely home.grandma can't do much.
4. Support or refute the following statement:
David goes along with Mark because he dislikes Mr. Griffin and needs a better English
grade to get into law school
-need to help his family
CHAPTER FOUR
1. Why are Saturday’s special for Susan?
-She sleeps in.
2. Find a quotation in the chapter that illustrates the idea that Susan feels a part of the picnic
group.
-Its a heat dag out.
3. Who is Lana?
Mark ex-girlfriend
4. How does Susan feel about Mark before the picnic?
-She thinks he is a little awkward.
5. A symbol is an object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands
for something larger than itself. How may the eyeglasses be a symbol in this chapter?
-They show her looks.
6. Foreshadowing is also used to create interest and build suspense. Since this is a mystery
story, there are many examples of foreshadowing. Find an example of foreshadowing in
this chapter that lets the reader know Susan is going to have problems.
-She is as happy as she will ever be.
CHAPTER FIVE
1. How does the author illustrate Kathy Griffin’s stubborn personality?
-Didn't do much she pregnant.
2. Briefly explain Mr. Griffin’s reason for leaving Stanford to teach high school.
-To prepare high school kids for college.
3. What does Mr. Griffin think about Susan?
-Very talented but careless.
4. Why is Kathy Griffin upset by her husband’s description of Dolly?
-Pretty
5. How does her husband make her feel better?
-He said he loved her
6. Why does Mrs. Griffin want Brian to compliment Susan on her writing?
-She is one of his best writers.
7. Find an example of foreshadowing in this chapter.
-Mr.Griffin thought his wife was saying bye for good.
8. Why do you suppose the pills are mentioned again? Why does the author bother
mentioning his tie?
-Might be addicted to the pills or they are important.
9. We learn that Mrs. Griffin is pregnant. How does she hope having a child will change her husband? Why might the author have added the pregnancy into the story.
-Important fact Mr. griffin might be easier on the kids
1.Briefly identify the children in the McConnell family.
-Mom,Dad,Susan,Craig,Melvynne, and Francis
2.What does Susan mean by “someday”?
-Someday she would live her dreams. Live in a cabin on the shore with everything peacelful.
3.Who is David Ruggles? How does Susan feel about him?
-The boy she has the crush on.
4.Several other students of Room 117 are introduced. Briefly identify them.
-David president Mark messed up in head. Besty was not pretty.
5.In the classroom scene, what emphasizes Susan’s feelings of being an outsider?
-Susan like David and never talk to him.
6.Two teachers are introduced. Briefly identify them.
-Dolly Luna ans Mr. Griffin which are both mean teachers.
7.Mr. Griffin is very strict and stern with the students. Do you think these qualities make
him a good teacher? Briefly explain your answer.
-Yes,but he is to hard on the way he grades.
8.An allusion is when a writer refers to a person, place, poem, book, or movie that the
reader, is expected to recognize. Find an example of allusion in this chapter.
-Write a song for Oplelia.
9.In what ways does Susan think she and the dying female in Hamlet are similar?
-Could barely make out for the cars he like a bird flying half blinded.
10. A metaphor is a comparison of two things that are basically unlike, in order to create a
sharp picture. In this first chapter find the metaphor involving a bird that helps the author
define how Susan is feeling about her life.
-Dropped like a feather,covered stove to the ground below
11.Jeff says, “That Griffin’s the sort of guy you’d like to kill.” Why does’t Susan think he is serious?
-Crazy thinking about killing someone
12. Frequently, objects which seem inconsequential when first mentioned become an
important part of the plot later. In the last six paragraphs do you notice any object that might be foreshadowed?
-Jeff whisper that Mr. Griffin is the sort of guy you would have to kill.
CHAPTER TWO
1. Why does Mark say the following? “Jeff’s done a neat job of lining us up for a mass flunkout.”
-Its not good.
2. Explain Mark’s special dislike of Mr. Griffin.
-That he will not let students pass his class,He repeated his class.
3. “Jeff had seen that look before, and it always meant something.” What look does Jeff see? What does Jeff think it means?
-That Mark is up to something.
4. Why do Jeff and Betsy go along with Mark’s plan to kidnap Mr. Griffin?
-Mark tells them that can't get in trouble.
5. Why does Mark believe Dave will go along with the plan?
-He his the president and no one would expect him to do anything.
6. What does Mark know about Susan that makes him think she will be their decoy?
-She would do it because she has a crush on him.
7. A flashback is a scene that interrupts the ongoing action to show an event that happens
earlier. Briefly describe the flashback in this chapter. Explain why the author chooses to
include it.
-Jeff is being weired shows how he can change.
CHAPTER THREE
1. The members of David’s family are introduced. Briefly identify them.
-Mom works,grandma needs lot of help,and his dad is dead.
2. Why does David think he needs a good education?
-Needs to help his family out.
3. Find the metaphor in this chapter that helps illustrate the emptiness of David’s life.
-mom barely home.grandma can't do much.
4. Support or refute the following statement:
David goes along with Mark because he dislikes Mr. Griffin and needs a better English
grade to get into law school
-need to help his family
CHAPTER FOUR
1. Why are Saturday’s special for Susan?
-She sleeps in.
2. Find a quotation in the chapter that illustrates the idea that Susan feels a part of the picnic
group.
-Its a heat dag out.
3. Who is Lana?
Mark ex-girlfriend
4. How does Susan feel about Mark before the picnic?
-She thinks he is a little awkward.
5. A symbol is an object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands
for something larger than itself. How may the eyeglasses be a symbol in this chapter?
-They show her looks.
6. Foreshadowing is also used to create interest and build suspense. Since this is a mystery
story, there are many examples of foreshadowing. Find an example of foreshadowing in
this chapter that lets the reader know Susan is going to have problems.
-She is as happy as she will ever be.
CHAPTER FIVE
1. How does the author illustrate Kathy Griffin’s stubborn personality?
-Didn't do much she pregnant.
2. Briefly explain Mr. Griffin’s reason for leaving Stanford to teach high school.
-To prepare high school kids for college.
3. What does Mr. Griffin think about Susan?
-Very talented but careless.
4. Why is Kathy Griffin upset by her husband’s description of Dolly?
-Pretty
5. How does her husband make her feel better?
-He said he loved her
6. Why does Mrs. Griffin want Brian to compliment Susan on her writing?
-She is one of his best writers.
7. Find an example of foreshadowing in this chapter.
-Mr.Griffin thought his wife was saying bye for good.
8. Why do you suppose the pills are mentioned again? Why does the author bother
mentioning his tie?
-Might be addicted to the pills or they are important.
9. We learn that Mrs. Griffin is pregnant. How does she hope having a child will change her husband? Why might the author have added the pregnancy into the story.
-Important fact Mr. griffin might be easier on the kids
Monday, January 25, 2010
Black Cat DQ's
1.Showing feelings to other an dnot to others
2.The cat knew the man was abusive and knew to stay away.
3.Pluto is a name of hell.
4.He was drunk he drank alot.
5.He loved Pluto.
6.He hates everything that loves him.
7.He feels sorry for just a while and don't feel bad.
8.He loves being and doing what he does and he believes that is human nature.
9.
10.He ended up there because someone.
11.It symbolizes pluto and its like to change it around with Pluto.
12.He decribes his self as being the most evil.
13.Because Pluto did the same.
14.His wife tried to stop him from killing the cat.
15.They happy that they can't find their killings.
16.He thinks he is amarter than everyone.
17.He doesnt think the cat will bother him.
18.
19.He thinks he id so well.
20.
21.You will get found out.
2.The cat knew the man was abusive and knew to stay away.
3.Pluto is a name of hell.
4.He was drunk he drank alot.
5.He loved Pluto.
6.He hates everything that loves him.
7.He feels sorry for just a while and don't feel bad.
8.He loves being and doing what he does and he believes that is human nature.
9.
10.He ended up there because someone.
11.It symbolizes pluto and its like to change it around with Pluto.
12.He decribes his self as being the most evil.
13.Because Pluto did the same.
14.His wife tried to stop him from killing the cat.
15.They happy that they can't find their killings.
16.He thinks he is amarter than everyone.
17.He doesnt think the cat will bother him.
18.
19.He thinks he id so well.
20.
21.You will get found out.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Black Cat Vocab.
1.Solicit:(V)-to seek for (something) by earnest or respectful request,formal application,etc.
2.Mad:(Adj)-mentally disturbed; deranged;insane;demented.
3.Succinct:(Adj)-expressed in few words;concise;terse.
4.Phantasm:(N)-an illusory likeness of something.
5.Docile:(Adj)-easily managed or handled
6.Disposition:(N)-the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood;characteristic attitude.
7.Sagacious:(Adj)-having or showing keen discernment,and judgement.
8.Paltry:(Adj)-lacking in importance or worth; trivial
9.Gossamer:(N)-something delicate,light,or flimsy.
10.Fidelity:(N)-faithfulness to obligations,duties,or observances.
11.Procure:(V)- to get by special effort;obtain or acquire.
12.Allusion:(N)-the act of alluding;indirect reference.
13.Intemperance:(N)-excessive use of alcoholic beverages.
14.Maltreat:(V):-to treat in a rough or cruel way;abuse.
15.Scruple:(N)-a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
16.Malevolence:(N)-ill will;malice;hatred.
17.Atrocity:(N)-the quality of being extremely or shockingly wicked,cruel,or brutal.
18.Debauch:(N)-a period of wanton self-indulgence, an excessive party which includes consumption of alcohol.
19.Sentiment:(N)-a mental feeling;emotion.
20.Remorse:(N)-deep and painful regret for wrongdoing.
2.Mad:(Adj)-mentally disturbed; deranged;insane;demented.
3.Succinct:(Adj)-expressed in few words;concise;terse.
4.Phantasm:(N)-an illusory likeness of something.
5.Docile:(Adj)-easily managed or handled
6.Disposition:(N)-the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood;characteristic attitude.
7.Sagacious:(Adj)-having or showing keen discernment,and judgement.
8.Paltry:(Adj)-lacking in importance or worth; trivial
9.Gossamer:(N)-something delicate,light,or flimsy.
10.Fidelity:(N)-faithfulness to obligations,duties,or observances.
11.Procure:(V)- to get by special effort;obtain or acquire.
12.Allusion:(N)-the act of alluding;indirect reference.
13.Intemperance:(N)-excessive use of alcoholic beverages.
14.Maltreat:(V):-to treat in a rough or cruel way;abuse.
15.Scruple:(N)-a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
16.Malevolence:(N)-ill will;malice;hatred.
17.Atrocity:(N)-the quality of being extremely or shockingly wicked,cruel,or brutal.
18.Debauch:(N)-a period of wanton self-indulgence, an excessive party which includes consumption of alcohol.
19.Sentiment:(N)-a mental feeling;emotion.
20.Remorse:(N)-deep and painful regret for wrongdoing.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
150 words
No, I think people are turned evil. I think they are turned evil because of their past and their lifestyle and/or where they live. A person that you call evil probably had lost someone close them, lost a job, or they are not happy with themselves. It also comes from people they hang around there friends might live a bad life and it rubs off on them. they are probably showing lack of discipline because they get no attention at home or at school. My definition of evil is not carrying about others and there feelings mean and cruel to others. Peer pressure could also be a effect on being evil they might try hard to fit along and do things others do that are evil. My last reason for being evil is probably want to have friends but no one wants to be their friend.
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