Sara

Vocab- - Alabaster: a white or transparent form of gypsum. - Linoleum: floor that is made by renewable materials. - Cauterized: to seal a wound, with a heated instrument. pages 1-50 Vocab for Sept 4th. - Litany: ceremonial form of prayer - Discalced: members of a religious group that go barefoot. - languor: Lack of energy and lack of spirit

pages 50-102 connections: page 70 - "I want you to wait here, he said. I wont be far away. I'll be able to hear you if you call." this is a connection to the world as a whole because it is the thought of a child being able to stay home alone for the first time. The idea of being alone for a young kid is difficult for them to understand that they would have to get something for themselves, and be independent. whenever a kid is left alone, the parents always say, im just one __#|phone__ call away, or I will be back as soon as possible don't worry. The idea of being alone is scary for a kid especially in a world where nothing is known as safe, and everything is either defined as good or bad.

discussion Director: 1. what do you think the boy was thinking on the first few pages when the "bad guys" walked by? 2. Why did they leave the storage rooms? 3. Would it have been safer to stay in the storage room? or were they smart to leave? 4. how did you feel about the bodies in the downstairs room?

what is your opinion of the father now? how is the son's actions changing? why has the father been able to survive this long besides having his son? do you think the cannibals are still after them? what do you think wilkl happen next? what is going to happen to the boy?

tendrils-a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, derelict- to be left or deserted