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Remember to always use textual support in your responses:)
- Briefly describe the Foster's house and yard. (Remember to use textual support) How do they reflect the Foster's personality?
- At what time of the year does the story begin? What is the mood?
- Who is "Tuck"? what does he dream about?
- What object is special to Mae Tuck?
- Who kidnaps Winnie? How does she feel aabout being kidnapped? How do her kidnappers feel about kidnapping her?
While reading note and record the character traits of the various characters in the novel. Also, note the attitudes about what has happened to each Tuck since they drank from the spring and their feelings about living forever. Include Angus, Mae, Miles and Jesse. Remember to record page numbers so you can easily refer back to them during your discussion. This will be part of your ongoing discussion with your teacher.
Mrs. G
1. a square solid house with a 4 foot, iron fence enclosing it, it looked like a dont touch me I am perfect house. " On the left the first house, a square and solid cottage with a touch me not appearence, surronded by grass cut painfully to the quick and an enclosed by capable iron fence some four feet high.(pg.6)" I think it reflects the Foster personality that the Fosters think everthing needs to be perfect and have to stay that way.
ReplyDelete2. The time of year Tuck Everlasting takes place in is the first week of August."The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of a live-long-year.(pg.3)
3. Tuck dreams about being in heaven and about never knowing Treegap. "I was having that dream again, the good one where we're all in heaven and hever heared of Treegap.(pg.9-10)"
4. The object special to Mae Tuck is her music box." Dear me no. said Mae, peering at her hopefully. Its only my music boxl.(pg.35)
5. Winnie felt alarmed at being kidnapped(pg.31) and the Tucks felt gultiy about kidnapping(pg.32)." her kidnappers were just as almarmed as she was hearself(pg.31)" and "It was they who were pleading, we wouldnt harm you.(pg.32)
Kyla
1) The Fosters house is the first cottage on the left side of the road that leads to Treegap. it is square, solid and has a "Touch-me-not apperence. It is "...Surrounded by grass cut painfully to the quick and enclosed by a capable iron fence some four feet high..." This quote explains what the Foster's yard looks like. The house reflects the Foster's personality because they don't want people near their house and are sour.
ReplyDelete2) The time of year the story takes place in is the summer. The mood is peacefull and trangquil. "... In the first week of August." "... Let us keep its peace." These quotes Explain that it's the first week of August and it is peaceful.
3) Tuck is Mea Tuck's husband. He dreams about that they're "...All in heaven and never heard about Treegap." This quote explains Tucks dream.
The object that is special to Mea Tuck is her music box. "... A music box painted with roses and lilies of the valley. It was the one pretty thing she owned..." This quote depicts what the box looked like and why it is important to her.
Mea, Jesse and Miles Tuck kidnapped Winnie. At first she was scared but then "...Her head was fiercely calm." this shows part of how Winnie thought when they were kidnapping her. The kidnappers felt just as alarmed as Winnie did. "... Her kidnappers just as alarmed as she was herself." It depicts how the kidnappers feel.
-infinite(5) Having no boundries or limits
-brooch(11)Large decorative pin or clasp
exasperated(16) To make very angry or impatient,
-remnants(21) Something left over; a remainder
-straddling(31) To sit or stand with a leg on each side
-accessible (7) Easy approached or entered
-bristly(13) Thick with bristles
-galling(23) Irritating,exasperating,or bitterly humiliating
-troupe(31) a collection of people; a company
-marionette(18) A jointed puppet controled from above by strings or wires attached to its limbs
-bovine(5) Sluggish, dull and stolid
-plaintively(29)Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.
By:Elisa-Jean
Definitions-
ReplyDeleteInfinite: unlimited or unmeasurable in extent of space, duration of time, etc.: the infinite nature of outer space
Brooch: a clasp or ornament having a pin at the back for passing through the clothing and a catch for securing the point of the pin.
Exasperated: to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely: He was exasperated by the senseless delays.
Remnants: a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
Straddling: to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
Accessible: easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
Bristly: covered or rough with bristles.
Galling: that galls; chafing; irritating; vexing; exasperating.
Troupe: a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, esp. one that travels about.
Marionette: a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
Bovine: of or pertaining to the subfamily Bovinae, which includes cattle, buffalo, and kudus.
Plaintively: expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
1.The Foster’s house and yard is a cottage with a fence around it. It sounds like a typical “perfect” house to me. “At noon of the same day in the first week of August, Winnie Foster sat on the bristly grass just inside the fence and said to the large toad…”(13) In this quote it makes me have a visual image in my mind of a white picket fence home in the forest that’s picture perfect. The Foster’s seem like a typical family, which is why they would live in a typical house. In conclusion, the Foster’s yard and house seems perfect.
2. Tuck is the father of the Tuck family. He dreams about being in heaven and never being in Treegap. “’Why’d you have to wake me up?” he sighed. “I was having that dream again, the good one where we’re all in heaven and never heard of Treegap.’” (9-10) Tuck wishes that that dream came true. I can conclude that Tuck is the father of the Tuck family and this is what he dreams about.
3. The object that is special to Mae Tuck is her little music box because she said it’s the prettiest thing she owns. “Then she stood and took from the washstand beside the bed a little square-shaped object, a music box painted with roses and lilies of the valley. It was the one pretty thing she owned and never went anywhere without it.”(11) In the quote it shows the importance of this music box to Mae Tuck. In conclusion Mae Tuck’s music box is very special to her.
4.The Tuck family kidnaps Winnie in the book. Winnie doesn’t feel as she thought it would feel to be kidnapped. She isn’t scared. “ Winnie had often been haunted by visions of what it would be like to kidnapped. But none of her visions had been like this, with her kidnappers just as alarmed as she was herself.”(31) I think that Winnie knows the Tuck family means well and that is why she isn’t very scared. The Tuck’s feel somewhat guilty about kidnapping Winnie because they never thought that it would be a young child who would have to find out about the spring first. The Tuck family thought it would have been someone older. “’The dear Lord knows there’s been time enough to think of one, and it had to happen sooner or later. We been plain bone lucky it hasn’t before now. But I never expected it’d be a child!’”(35) In this quote Mae Tuck seems frantic that it is a child who found out first and not an adult or even teenager. In conclusion, the Tuck family kidnapped Winnie Foster because she found out about the spring in the woods.
-Julie
infinite- boundless, endless
ReplyDeleteBrooch-an ornament fastened onto clothing with a pin
exasperated-extremely annoyed
remnants- Small remaining quantity
straddling-a sit or stand with the legs on either side of a person, horse,etc
accessibility-the quantity of being accessible
bristly- stiff prickly texture to your hair
galling-cause anger, bitterness
troupe-a company of dancers, actors, etc
bovine-of or resembling oxen or cattle
plaintively expressing sorrow,mournful,sad
marionette-a puppet worked above by strings
Kenenth
The fosters home is a fenced in cozy little cottage built by a wood .
ReplyDeleteIts protective like the family themselves because Winny was never aloud to leave she was stuck like a prisoner in her own home which her grandparents and parents keep her in safely
Kenneth
Tuck is mae's husband he started off in bed in a dream which was about him and his family up in heaven without a tree stump in peace.
ReplyDeleteKenneth
mae tuck loves her special music box which has beautiful melody.
ReplyDeleteShe carries it everywhere with her it is elegant beautiful and decorated with pretty floral decor
Kenneth
The tucks kidnaped her to tell her the story about the water when they did'nt mean to scare her they just wanted to help but she felt very scared and wished to go home while she had cried several times and the tucks felt so bad especially mae
ReplyDeleteKenneth
Infinite(5) Having no bouindries or limits
ReplyDeleteBrooch(11)Large decorative pin or clasp
Exasperated(16) To make very angry or impatient,
Remnants(21) Something left over; a remainder
Straddling(31) To sit or stand with a leg on each side
Accessible (7) Easy approached or entered
Bristly(13) Thick with bristles
Galling(23) Irritating,exasperating,or bitterly humiliating
Troupe(31) a collection of people; a company
Marionette(18) A jointed puppet contrioled from above by strings or wires attached to its limbs
Bovine(5) Sluggish, dull and stolid
Plaintively(29)Expressing sorrow; mouirnful or meliancholy
The Fosters house is fenced in by a wooden fence.
It started off in a dream of Mae`s husbend.
Tuck is the dad and he dreams about the family in a hevean above without a tree stump.
A little music box that she has had since she was a little kid.
The Tuck family kidnapped Winnie, they did not want to hurt her they just wanted to get her out of the forest by herself and keep her safe.
Rayne