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