Thursday, March 4, 2010


We hope that you are enjoying the book. Please answer the questions below in complete sentences and respond to two students. We will see you on Wednesday. Please remember to put your name on every post and if you are commenting on another student's post, please put their name.
Mrs. Gershon & Mrs. Malec


Chapters 1 - 3

1. What was your impression of the Amos family, through Bud's description? What impression did they have on him?

2. What was one of Bud's rules? Why do you think he made up these rules?

3. Bud says that his eyes don't cry anymore. Why do you think his eyes don't cry?


EXTRA CREDIT

Why is the suitcase so important to Bud? If you were Bud, what items would you put in your suitcase? Why?

24 comments:

  1. Anonymous said...
    Mrs.Malec/Mrs.Gershon,
    So far in the book I have learned about how Bud (the main character) is living in his foster home with his friend named Jerry. That morning Bud and Jerry find out that they have been put into seperate foster homes and that they will be moving automatically. When Bud gets to his new foster house, he is treated very fairly but when he wakes up from a long nap he sees the Amoses sung next to him. Before Bud knows it, Tood is punching & kicking at him. When Bud tries to fight back, Mrs.Amose comes into their room. Now both boys are bruised and Todd has begun to imitate an asthma attack. Not a split second passes by until bud is shut and locked in their shed with thoughts of gory, terrifying stories of the other foster children. When bud tries to kill the hornets nest. (he had mistaken it for a vampire bat)Bud has no choice but to crash through the window and run for his life. Only he DOESN'T leave their house he heads back for his revenge.


    -Spencer Babcock

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  2. Great summary Spencer, I look forward to your answers to question 2 and 3. I hope you are enjoying the book!!

    Mrs. Malec

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  3. Question 1: Bud thought they did what ever Todd said and it was true. Todd punched him and the Amoses just blaimed everything on Bud. They even made him sleep in the shed with a hornets nest.(which he thought was a vampire bat) So, he had to break the window to get out.

    Troy Saulnier

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  4. He won't cry anymore because he has cried so much.



    Troy Saulnier

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  5. Question 2: I'm not really sure why Bud made up those rules. Unless it was ways to do better in life.


    Troy Saulnier

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  6. Question #1:I think that the Amos family is good and bad. I think they're good because they treat Bud nicely. But, they're bad because Todd is very mean, he shoved a pencil up Bud's nose! And the parents believe everything Todd says.

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  7. Question # 2:One of Bud's rules is make a better liar of yourself. He probably made that rule because sometimes you need to lie.

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  8. Question # 3:His eyes probably dont cry anymore because he has cried so many times before.

    Brianna Logue(if there's some without names that one is mine, I forgot to put my name)

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  9. Troy,
    Good answers!

    Brianna Logue

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  10. Spencer,
    Good summary!!

    Brianna Logue

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  11. Question #2

    One of Bud's rules is When you make up your mind to do something, hurry up and do it, if you wait you might talk yourself out of what you wanted to do in the first place. I think he made up these rules so that he doesn't make the same mistake again.

    -Kaitlyn Kiley

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  12. Question 1:
    My impression of the Amos family was that Todd got away with everything by lying. Mrs. Amos believes him and I feel that is unfair for Bud.

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  13. Brianna,

    I agree with you that Bud's eyes don't cry anymore because he has cried so many times before.

    -Kaitlyn Kiley

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  14. Question 2:
    One of bud's rules was, if you got to tell a lie make sure it's simple and easy to remember. I think he made this rule maybe because he's almost an expert liar.

    *Amy (I forgot to put my name on the first question)

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  15. Question 3:
    I agree with everyone saying that Bud can't cry because he has cried so much when he was younger.

    *Amy

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  16. Great job answering the questions Briana.

    *Amy

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  17. question #1 i think the afamily is rude and only cares about there son that is a spoiled brat

    question #2 one rule is - if you r going to make pu a lie make it simple and easy to remember

    question #3 i think he cant crie any more because he cried so much when his mom died
    -julianna

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  18. i think you did a awesome questions brianna
    -julianna

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  19. kaitlyn i think your questoin 2 was awesome and was very good
    -julianna

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  20. i think it was unfiar that bud had to go to the scary and horifiing shed when didnt do a single thing and there son was just liing the whole time
    -julianna

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  21. question #2 (forgot rest of the question)i think he made up these rules because he knew he was going to lie sometime in is life because he had to go to were everthe foster home sent him.
    -julianna

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  22. Julianna,
    I agree that the Amoses are all SPOILED BRATS!!!!!!!

    Brianna

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  23. Some of you posted how Bud was treated unfairly. Have you ever been treated unfairly? How did you feel?

    Mrs. Malec

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  24. Mrs. malec,

    i think i have been trated unfairly at times because sometimes my brother and sister get things and i sometimes can't get things.

    Brianna

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