Assignment #21

Pages 473-486

The last chapter, at last!

If you could write a new ending to the story, what would it be?? Hmmm.......

Assignment #20

Pages 465-473

Escapes and Returns

How does Milligan say that he escaped from the waiting room? As he is telling the children something happens to him. What was it, and is this a significant event?

Assignment #19

Reynie thinks that Mr. Curtain suffers from a disease. What disease does he suspect and how are the episodes brought on?

What happens when Constance takes her turn in the "Whisperer?"

Assignment #18

Pages 423-448

What noise did Kate wake up to that she found terribly annoying, but yet insightful?

On page 439 Mr. Curtain tells Reynie that "his friends session was unsuccessful," what does he mean?

Assignment #17

Pages 399-422

Sticky wants to run away instead of visiting Mr. Curtain in the Whispering Gallery. What is he worried about? What is the best thing that Sticky can do?

Assignment 16

Pages 385-397

Constance does something that horrifies Sticky and Reynie. What is it and why does she do it? What would you do if you were Constance?

Assignment 15

Pages 372-384

What did Kate need help in doing? And, if you were her, would you have realized sooner that you needed help?

#14

Pages 363-384.

Why do you think that Reynie kept writing to Miss Perumal? How is this important in the story?

Pages 329-341

Pages 329-341

What moment do you think was going to be the "right" moment for Reynie. See page 337. Do you agree with Reynie?

Assignment #12

For pages 313 - 327

Who goes into the "whispering gallery?" How do you think the messengers play a part in Mr. Curtain's evil plan?

Assignment #11

After you have read pages 305 thru 311 tell us what Mr. Curtain tells the boys that makes them feel "stunned." Why is this important to the team?

Assignment # 10

Assignment #10; pages 287-304

After reading the above pages, what do you suppose happens to someone when they are in the waiting room? Please give details. What do you imagine it looks or feels like?

Assignment #6

Which two characters were referred to as the Gemini?

Describe the setting of the "Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened".

Assignment #9

What was the unusual request that Mr. Benedict made to the kids? Is this something that they would normally do? Why or why not. Use previous details to support your answer.

Assignment #8

What are the heroes hearing that the other students do not hear? Which of our heroes is the one to send the messages in Morse code?

Assignment #7

What do you think the "Waiting Room" was like? Write a few sentences describing your thoughts.

For next week read pages 203 thru 220.

Assignment #5

What happened to Mr. Benedict's parents? How do you think that impacted his life? What was the name of the place the children would have to travel to? Do you think that you would have been willing to go on this mission? How could you help the team?

For next week read pages 163-186.

Assignment #4

What type of communication are the children learning? Give a brief description of it and write your name in that code. Example; dash dash/dot dash dot/dot dot dot/dash dot dash dot/dot dash dot/dash dash dash/dot dash dash/dot dot dot/dash dash dash/dash dot or --/.-./.../-.-./.-./---/.--/.../---/-.
Note: you may have to do a bit of research to write your name. Give it a try!

In what ways has this code been used over the past century?

For your next assignment read pages 131-162.

Assignment #3

What disease does Mr. Benedict have? Any what does that disease do to him? How would your life be different if you had that disease?

Assignment #2

How did Sticky Washington get his nickname? What are some of the character traits that Sticky's character has?

For next week read pages 67 thru 106

Assignment #1

What did Reynie do for the girl who lost her pencil? What kind of a person do you think Reynie is?

For fun go to http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/kids_fun_index.aspx

scroll down to the Mysterious Benedict Society and play the game.

Read pages 29 thru 65 by next Friday.

Why Use Digital Technology?

Here is a sample of the type of digital project that I hope our students will be creating this year. Special thanks to Ollie the Wonder Dog!

Welcome!

Welcome to the blog for Price Harris' gifted and talented students who are reading the "Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart.

As students read the book they will follow the blog and leave their comments as directed. This group novel study students will be expected to communicate through this blog. In addition to reading the novel and completing the activities on the blog, the students will create a visual prop that they will share with the class as they present their interpretation of this selection. More information about project/prop ideas will be given out.

For your first assignment, read pages 1-27. This should be completed by August 28. If all students complete the reading assignment sooner we will move on to the first activity sooner.

When you wish to leave a comment on the blog please choose the "name/url" option and enter your name. If you would like to be notified when the blog has been updated please email me with your email address and I will make sure that you are notified. My email address is: kcrowson@usd259.net.

One last item. The author of our selection, Trenton Lee Stewart will be visiting Watermark Books (Oliver and Douglas) on Wed, October 21st at 7 pm. If you have not been to an author's book talk before I would highly recommend it. I would think that he will read selected pages of one of his books and answer questions. Let me know if you plan to attend so I can make sure to see you there!

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