2012-OCT-1

English 70 Book Report Materials

Complete the following book report based on the chapters you read for this week's assignment.

Book Title:The secret life of bees
Author: SUE MONK KIDD
PART 1: DESCRIBING
What are the main events in the chapters you read? Use the table below to describe three main events in the story according to your opinion.  

Questions	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3
What happened?	Zach got into the jail because his friends.	May killed herself.	June changed her mind, and she want to married with Neil.
When did it happen and where?	In the town	In August's house. In the river.	In August's house. August fifteen.
Who was involved? What did they say? What did they do?	Jackson, Zach, Police, white man, Lily, Zach's friends Jackson said," you gotta be dumb as dirt to believe Jack Palance is coming to Tiburon." Jackson threw a bottle to a white man's head.	May, June, August, Lily, Rosaleen May said," That was Zach's mother. Why did not you tell me about him getting put in jail?" August said" I will go with you." May said," No, please, August, just me." May went to the wall, then she died in the river.	June, August, Lily, Rosaleen, Neil Neil said," Hell, I came over here planning to ask you, for the hundredth time, to marry me." June said,"All right, let's get married." August broke into the biggest smile. Neil and June kissed each other and went to the jewelry store.
Why is this an important event?	Because this event cause May died.	Because May died brings many changes.	Because it is a big change.

What do you think will happen next?
  1. I think June and Neil will have a wedding, and Lily with Zach will get together.

2. Lily will tell August about her mom. 

3. Lily's father will finds Lily, and the relations between Lily with her father will be improve.

PART 2: CRITIQUING
Make three questions about the chapters you read. Try to ask different questions, using more than one type of question word, such as “why,” “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “how,” etc. You can also make “yes/no” questions, such as “Do you think...?” “Is that true that...?” “Will...?” Share your questions on your personal blog page.

Question 1: 

Why Jackson threw the bootle to the white man's head?

Question 2: 

What change Jun to agree with married with Neil?
Question 3: 

Do you think Lily and Zach will have a happy end?
PART 3: VOCABULARY LOG
Gather 5-10 words you did not understand, liked, and/or found interesting in the passage you read for this week, look them up in the dictionary, and complete the table below.

WORD	PART OF SPEECH	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE FOUND IN THE BOOK	PAGE
Choppy	Adj	rough with small waves	Suddenly the water turning choppy.	165
Initiated	V	beginner	Count yourself initiated.	167
Aim	V	purpose	Wondering at the true aim of life.	170
Desperate	Adj	arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope	His face and voice suddenly, oddly, desperate.	185
Awful	Adj	exceptionally bad or displeasing	Her body made an awful sticking sound as it broke the surface.	193
Wrinkled	N	a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface	I wrinkled up my forehead.	198
Brim	N	the top edge of a vessel or other container	It was already to the brim with grief for may.	201
Suicide	N	the act of killing yourself	August found May's suicide note.	209
Drained	V	flow off gradually  flow off gradually	When we had drained the cokes.	218
Escorted	N	someone who protects a prominent person	Escorted by fish.	230