Passage Picker MILOS

In this Literacy Circle I was Passage picker and my job was to see and look in what paragraph there are important parts or the parts that we dont need in the book. In this job the first paragraph i chose was chapter 9 and it was the first sentence in the first paragraph. I thought this paragraph explains a lot about what is the chapter going to be about and the first paragraph already predicted for us. My classmates agreed with me that it was very important.
The second paragraph i chose was a paragraph that didn't include any important information about the book. I think if there wasent this paragraph in this book that the book would stay the same because this paragraph dosent give any information. Again my friends said they agree with me because when they read through it also they saw it was useless.
The last paragraph i chose was because that particular paragraph was very helpful for us to predict because it told us what is going to be in the awaiting chapter and how the setting and place will be held. My group disagrees with me because they think it dosent say so much and is the most important paragraph because i think that without this paragraph we wouldn't know what the chapter is saying. 

Discussion Director Kiki

Discussion Director:

1. What did you like the most about the part that we read?

me=Details

Miles=the setting and details

Milos=details

Seo=feelings of characters

2. What do you think will happen next?

me= Milo will find people to get out

Miles=they will find more people

Milos=they will find more people

Seo= people gather more people so they can get out easier

3 What would you do it you were milo?

Try to get help to get out= everyone

4. Would you like to meet tok and why?

me= no because i dont like the "world"

Seo=no because i have to go in the "World"

Miles=yes because he seems nice and fun.

milos=no because he seems weird and i would not want to go in that "world"

                                   

Word Wizard - Seohyun Lee

Page 89 paragraph 3 - rigmarole = a lengthy and complicated procedure.

Miles: He thought it was food.

Kiki: She thought it was food.

Milos: He thought it was food.

Page 91 paragraph 6 - Assortment = a miscellaneous collection of things or people.

Miles: He thought it meant group

Kiki: She doesn’t know

Milos: He thought it was when someone is in jail.

Page 129 paragraph 5 - Magenta = a light mauvish-crimson which is one of the primary subtractive colours, complementary to green.

Miles: Shade of pink

Kiki: Magenta is a shade of pink

Milos: Shade of pink

Page 131 paragraph 3 - Podium = a small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience, as when making a speech or conducting an orchestra.

Miles- He thought it meant Floor.

Kiki- Dance floor.

Milos-First place, second place, something like that

Page 137 paragraph 6 - Hubbub tonic =

Hubbub is a fun, rhyming word for an uproar, a brouhaha, or another crazy situation that has gone completely higgledy-piggledy.

Tonic = a medicinal substance taken to give a feeling of vigour or well-being.

Kiki-Never heard, and no guess

Miles- Something big

Milos- Never heard

literary luminary-Dasha

                                                           

 literary luminary

For this meeting we decided to read the chapters fifteen through twenty. The titles of these chapters were:

• this way to infinity
• a very dirty bird
• unwelcoming committee
• castle in the air
• the return of rhyme and reason
• good-by and hello

This was our last meeting for 6th grade, therefore we finished our book. The book was very entertaining and had a lot of dialogue , metaphors as well as alliteration. All of these qualities made the book very fun to read.
For this meeting I decided that I wanted to be the literary luminary the paragraphs I chose were

• paragraph 2 page 197. The reason I chose this paragraph is because it had a lot of metaphors which caught my attention while reading it
• paragraph 3 page 201. I chose this one because it was very funny and caught my attention while I was reading it.
• paragraph 1 page 219. I liked the way the author used the dialogue to bring the story to life
• paragraph 2 page 234. This paragraph was very silly which is why i enjoyed it and it caught my attention

Inger 6B - Volcabulary Enricher - The Phantom Tollbooth

During this Literacy Circles meeting, I took the role of Vocabulary Enricher and my word were:
1. Laudable
Definition - Deserving praise
2. Monarch
Definition - A sole ruler of a state or nation
3. Interlude
Definition - Short dramatic piece
4. Crestfallen
Definition - Dejected. Discouraged.

                                   Connector

1. When Milo felt so tired when they were on the stairs, he fell down because there were so many stairs.That reminded me of a time when   I was climbing up the stairs, and I got tired, I l also wanted to fall but I survived going to the very top. 

2. The gentleman they met after the bird reminded me of slender man. He was tall , he wore a tie and a suit, but the thing that reminded me of slender man the most was the white mask on his face. But he was nice that's the only difference.  

Madison - Illustrator - Chapters 15-20

       For this literacy circles meeting, we read chapters 15-20, and I was the illustrator. I drew Milo's magic staff as I thought of it before they described the staff itself. I actually liked my magic staff much better than the one described in the book. 😃😃😃 The magic staff saves Milo from a demon, who makes them do ridiculous tasks that take forever.

Madison 6B - Director - Phantom Tollbooth

          For this Literacy Circles meeting, I was the Discussion Director. We read chapters 13-16. Here is a summary of what we did.

1. Inger presented her connections.
2. Lena presented her vocabulary words.
3. Dasha presented her locations.
4. Then, I presented my questions and answers, and got replies from the rest of the group

• Why do you think chapter 13 was called "Unfortunate Conclusions"?
• Me: The land of Conclusions is a bad place, and the chapter ended badly with almost no sounds being restored to their proper places.
• Others: The chapter didn't end well, and there were unfortunate resolutions (quote by Inger
• What do you think about the Mathemagician?
• Me: He seemed completely focused on numbers.
• Others: When I first saw his name, I thought of Mr. Daws. 
• Did anything surprise you?
• Me: I was surprised that "This Way to Infinity" actually meant, well, 'this way to infinity'!
• Others: Nope.
• Predict what will happen when Milo goes into Infinity.
• Me: He'll go into infinity, come out five minutes later, and everyone he knows will be dead.
• Inger: I think that he'll start playing with Star Wars and Disney characters!! (Disney Infinity)
• Lena: I think that he'll never come out. (Dasha agrees)

                       Vocabulary Enricher

          Word                     Page                  Definition

        

          hastily                     160                  hurriedly

          fuse                         161                  a device containing a strip of wire that melts

          vaults                      161                   a large room used for storage

         plodding                  163                  slow-moving

         invitingly                 165                  attractive

         tweed                       166                  a rough surfaced cloth

         desolated                  168                 to appear

         bleak                        169                 miserable

         billowy                    170                  something rough

         nimbly                     172                  quick and light in movement

         Dodecahedron          173                  mathematical shape with 12 spaces

         glaring                     175                  shining

         nuisane                     182                  a law

         famine                      186                  a shortage

       

            

Inger 6B - Connector- The Phantom Tollbooth

This meeting I had the role of Connector. My connections were:

1. When Sound-keeper says she hopes she didn't insult the Humbug and I chose this line because I say this a lot. I say dumb stuff a lot and I am always worried if they take offense of what I said.

2. The word Dodecaherdron reminds me so much of the number ten because the geometrical shape with ten sides called a decagon.   

Dasha-Travel tracer

                      I was the travel tracer for the chapters 13-16

the action starts on the road to dictionpolis as they saw the sign which tells them how much longer 

they need to travel

then they go into a mine with a dodecahedron called dodecahedron

the action ends at the magicians office

                                             

Miles-Illustrater

This picture is when the Which was telling Milo and Tock a story of how the land of dictonopolsis was made.
Every one in my group said it was when Milo and Tock arrive at the kings palace.

                        Discussion director

    1. How would you describe the humbug in 3 words?

            My answer: Grumpy, he tries to be the smartest, and he is bossy

            My groups answers: Self centered, and grumpy 

       2. What did you think when you heard the humbugs plan?

              My answer: I thought it will be dangerous.

             My groups answer: They thought that the humbug wanted to kill Milo.

         3. What did you think about the family of Alec?

              

            My answer: I thought they were a bit weird, because they are born flying in the air. 

            My groups answer: They also said its weird, but they thought that that's normal for them in that city.

4. What does the title "The color of symphony" make you think of?

My answer: I though about a rainbow, and i thought about the whole city they are in would be full of color. 

My groups answer: It reminded them of rainbows, and colorful plants and flowers. 

5. If you could rename chapter 9 what would it be? (The title was "Its all in how you look at things.")

My answer: I would name it "The imagination city".

My groups answer: They would name it "Different perspectives."

Inger-Illustrator-The Phantom Tollbooth

Illustrator

I drew a picture of Alec, Milo and the Humbug running through the forest. I drew this because I never got the chance to do this and I love when movies or books have this scene because I imagine it to be beautiful and it always creates tension when something goes wrong. For example: In the book they get lost.

Dasha-connector

 Connector-Dasha

connections:

-on page 58  paragraph 2  it says “for several minutes no one spoke an understandable sentence” because everyone was mixing up the order of the words in the sentences. This made me think of when say you are new in an international school and you do not speak English this is how it feels, everyone spoke to each but there was no sentence you could understand.This also made me think of when say you are on holiday in a new country and you can not understand a single word because of the fact that all of them are peaking in a different language

-on page 80 paragraph 2 it says “long hallway which glittered with crystal chandeliers” which made me think of real castles with ballrooms inside of which  there are gigantic crystal chandlers.It also reminded me of a castle which I visited where all the wall were covered with reflective mosaics as they glittered like diamonds. 

The Phantom Tollbooth - Chapters 7-12 - Madison - Literary Luminary

        For this Literacy Circle meeting, I was the Literary Luminary. I chose five paragraphs, each from a different chapter. The ones I chose were either strange, or had some sort of play on words. I hope that you enjoy these paragraph as much as I did. :)


Milo noticed many of the people he had seen in the market place. The letter man was busy explaining to an interested group the history of the W, and off in a corner the Spelling Bee and the Humbug were arguing fiercely about nothing at all. Officer Shift wandered through the crowd, suspiciously muttering, “Guilty, guilty, they’re all guilty,” and, on noticing Milo, brightened visibly and commented in passing, “Is it six million years already? My, how time flies.”

“Too much too quickly, too much too quickly,” wheezed the uncomfortable bug. “To be sure, too much too quickly, I most certainly should have eaten too little too slowly, or too much too slowly, or too little too quickly, or taken all day to eat nothing, or eaten everything in no time at all, or occasionally eaten something any time, or perhaps I should have---” And he toppled back, exhausted, into his chair and continued to mumble indistinctly.

 “Well,” said the boy. “In my family, everyone is born in the air, with his head at exactly the height it’s going to be when he’s an adult, then we all grow toward the ground. When we’re fully grown up, or as you can say, grown down, our feet finally touch. Of course, there are a few of us whose feet never reach the ground no matter how old we get, but I suppose it’s the same in every family.”

Pg. 104 PG#9

“Do you know where we are?” ask Milo.

“Certainly,” he replied. “We’re right here on this very spot. Besides, being lost is never a matter of not knowing where you are; it’s a matter of not knowing where you aren’t-and I don’t care at all about where I’m not.”

Pg. 110 PG#2-3

All the flowers suddenly appeared black, the gray rocks became a lovely soft chartreuse, and even peacefully sleeping Tock turned from brown to a magnificent ultramarine. Nothing was the color it should have been, and yet, the more he tried to straighten things out, the worse they became.

Pg. 129 PG#7

Milos Milovanovic illustrator

In this job the job to do is illustrate a picture or a thought that you had from reading the book. The picture that i draw was when Milo was in the market place. It is a drawing of him and the lines in the background. The lines in the background represent the market place, words and different shops.

Miles-Discussion director

1.  How would you feel if your parents named you wrong? I would feel sad but I would not think about it,
2. What was going through your mind when Tock was in the car? What was going through my mind was that dog is wired but also funny.
3. How would you feel when you get to the gate of Dictionapolis? I would feel exited but scared.
4. What 3 words you buy? I would buy Happy, Miles and Awesome. 
5. What 3 letters would you buy. H, M and A.

Summarizer - Seohyun

3)As the 2 travelers make their way toward Dictionopolis, the watchdog apologies for his gruff behavior and explains that people expect watchdogs to be ferocious. Importance of the watchdogs' role in preserving it as he and Milo approach the gates of Dictonopolis. Once inside Milos and Tock discover that it is market day day in the city and the square is filled with merchants selling all sorts of words and letters. Later, they meet the 5 royal advisers.
4)Milos and Tock explore the word market, looking over the shelves full of everyday words and fancy sounding words. The insect claims that he can spell almost any word and proves it by taking challenges. When Milo expresses his amazement at this skill, another insect, this one looking more like beetle, that is over and pronounces it Balderdash. dodging swing of the grumpy beetle's cane, the spelling Bee introduces him as a Humbug. "a very dislike able fellow".

Vocabulary Enricher- Kiki

Page 32, Paragraph 1
Gruff- Rough and low pitch talk

Page 33, Paragraph 3
Sobbing- Crying

Page 34, Paragraph 1
Disrepute-state something

Madison - Summarizer

         For this Literacy Circles, I was the summarizer. The chapters we read were three through eight at this meeting. Here is my summarization and main points:

        Summary:
          Milo and Tock explored the word market, meeting the Spelling Bee and the Humbug during their stay. The Spelling Bee and the Humbug get into a fight, leaving the market in chaos. Officer Shift arrives on the scene, and the Humbug tells him that Milo caused the predicament. Officer Shift then gives Milo a jail sentence of 6,000,000,000 years. Milo shared his cell with the Which, Faintly Macabre. She was the king's aunt, and was in charge of choosing what words people would use. Eventually, she limited it to no words at all and was stuck in jail. Milo vowed to get her out, if he lived out his sentence. Macabre told him that Officer Shift never checks on the prisoners, and that the big red button on the wall would let him out. Milo walked free with Tock, and they started toward the banquet.

Main Points:

• Milo and Tock went to the word market
• Spelling Bee and Humbug fought
• Humbug blames Milo
• Milo gets put in jail
• The Which tells her story
• Milo escapes jail
• Heads to the banquet

Inger-Discussion Director- The Phantom Tollbooth

During this Literacy Circles, I played the role of Discussion Director. My questions were:
1. What things did the Humbug do to become such a bad person?
Answers: He blamed all the fuss on Milo which got him arrested.
2. How did you feel about the character Spelling Bee?
Answers: A very show off character because she was always spelling things out. Simply a clever pun.
3. How was the tension when Milo was walking down the dark stairs?
Answers: It was very concerning and worrying because we didn't know what happened
4. What was your first idea of the witch?
Answers: very gruesome and evil but in the end she turned out to be a good guy.
5. If you were in this story what would your reaction to these chapters be?
Answers: I would be mad that I was thrown in jail and someone would probably get hurt.

                         Literature circles Notes

                                                   Vocabulary words

                                         

                                             bargaining- To be prepared

                                             disdain-  A feeling that something is unworthy

                                             misapprehension-  A mistaken belief 

                                                    Questions: 
                         1. Why were there so many strange rules?
                     
                         2.  Why were there so many strange words?

                         3.  Why did everybody call the which, the witch?





                                                Notes 
                           - Milo and Tock went shopping 
                          - They met a spelling bee which could spell anything 
                          -  A policeman came
                          -   The policeman took them to prison
                          -  They met the "which"
                           - They came to the kings palace                  
                     

Dasha-illustrator

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The part of the story that I chose to draw was when officer Shift arrested Milo.

I believe that this is a very important part of this story because it is the turning point .It is what the whole chapter was going towards.The whole idea with the spelling bee was to have Milo arrested.this is the part where officer shift is sending Milo to jail.

Illustrator- KIKI

I drew Milo. My drawing explains how Milo doesn't care about a thing. My drawing also explains Milo's imagination and the way he thinks.

Milos Word Wizard

Our group has been reading the Phantom Tollbooth and my job was to find different words that i dont know or are interesting. I found 7 words and they are words that sound good that i like or hard words.

1. The first word that i picked is dejectedly. This word I found in the beginning of chapter one. It was on the first page.This word means that someone is walking sadly and depressed because of something, I really liked this word and it was i interesting

2. The second word that i had is anxious. This word means that someone is showing their feelings or showing that he is worried.

3. The third word is scattered and this word is very interesting by its pronounce and cool meaning. This ord means that something is fallen apart or separated.
page 12

4. The fourth word is beyondand this word i found in a sentence.This word means at or to the farther side.

5. The fifth word is sparkled and i chose this word because it is interesting and a interesting meaning. This word means that something is shine or glittering.

6. The sixth word is effusive and this word means showing or expressing gratitude.

7. The last word is budge and this word is the last word that im going to present.This word means make or cause the slightly movement. 

MILES Travel Tracer

Where the action begins:
The action begins when Milo makes the tollbooth. Milo makes this tollbooth in his room after he gets home from school.
Where key events happen:
Milo took a wrong turn and started going to the doldrums. There he meets the watch dog.
Where the events ended:
The final event is when Milo and the watch dog are back on the main highway.

Seohyun-Discussion Director

1.What do you do when you come back from school?
-I first eat and do my home work.
2.What would you do if you spotted a mystery box in the corner of your room?
-I would go and check then open the box to see what's init.
3.How would you use this tollbooth if you got one?
-.I would not tell my parents. I would keep it as secret and use it to travel some places.
4.What was going through your mind when you read the chapter 1?
-I was really surprised to see a tollbooth because it sound really good and I want one tollbooth like that.
5.Predict something about the next section of the book.
-.I think he will use this tollbooth for something bad and get in trouble.

Dasha-Discussion Director

1) Before you started reading the second chapter what did you think could happen?
Dasha-that he would get lost and meet someone who like the story would be crazy
Lena-He would get lost and happen someone to help him
Inger-That thee watchdog would come

2) How could you describe Milo in under 10 words?
Dasha-A boy who is always bored
Madison-stupid,bored,acts like is dumb,confusing                
Lena-bored all the time,unhappy, not like school
Inger-annoying,boring,kid,unappreciative

3)Was anyone surprised by what the tollbooth was?
Dasha-I thought it would be a real phantom
Inger-A phone box
Lena-A monster

4)What was your favorite quote(only I answered this one)?
Dasha-Welcome to expectations

5)What did the title welcome to Dictionopolis remind you of?
Inger-A dictionary
Lena-A Dictionary
Madison-A book/dictionary
Dasha-A dictionary

Inger-Summarizer The Phantom Tollbooth

Literacy Circles

During this class, we were discussing the three first chapters of The Phantom Tollbooth  and I was the summarizer.

This was my summary:
Milo was always bored. he  went to his dull apartment and was bored. Then he saw a huge package with a bright blue envelope on it. There were instructions and he followed them. He ended up with a small car which he started to drive in a world called expectations. He met a person who talking only nonsense. He told him to go where ever he wants. He met two other people who ran away when the "Watchdog" came. Milo was worried at first but then they became great friends. They traveled to the great wall where they found a strange guard. They enter the wall and they found a place called the Word Market. He met many strange men inside.

Illustrator- The Phantom Tollbooth

                             This picture shows the moment when Milo saw the mysterious
  box in which his tollbooth was in. At first he was sitting on the chair thinking about how boring his life is and,suddenly he sees a weird shaped box which said ; TO: MILO WHO HAS PLENTY OF TIME.

Madison - Vocabulary Enricher

        For this Literacy Circles meeting, I was the Vocabulary Enricher. I chose six important words out of the 3 chapters we read. Here is a list of the words and definitions:

• Dull - causing boredom or uninteresting.
• Dejected - disheartened, or low spirited
• Phonograph - record player
• Turnpike - high speed highway, often with tolls
• Doldrums - a state of inactivity or stagnation
• Gruff - rough, brusque, or surly
• Connotation - something suggested or implied