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

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Gruff- Rough and low pitch talk

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Sobbing- Crying

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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.
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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