ELA

__﻿This is my ELA Literature Circle Activity Page__ __Elijah of Buxton__ __By: Christopher Paul Curtis__ 

Here it is:  Elijah - The main character and the title of the book. Cooter - The bestfriend of Elijah Preacher - An adult friend of Elijah Christopher Paul Curtis - The author of "Elijah of Buxton" HoopSnakes - The animal that Preacher told Elijah and Cooter about, and Elijah is now panicking about ToadyFrogs - The animal that Ma is afraid of.
 * May 12th, 2011 (Chapters 1-5) :** The Literature Circle Activity I did today was number nineteen, which was to create an imagechef using the title, main characters, the setting, and other important words about these chapters.

**May 19th, 2011 (Chapters 6-10) :** The Literature Circle Activity I did today is number seven. I had to describe how the title was important, if I would change it, the title I would give it, and why. I had to right a paragraph explaining why.

Here it is: The title is very important to the story. The title is Elijah of Buxton. It is important because Elijah is the name of the main character of the book, and Buxton is the town where he lives. I would only change it a little bit. I would make the title Elijah from the Settlement. I would do this because they always call it the Settlement, but they never say where they live is Buxton.




 * May 25th, 2011 (Chapters 11-16) : **<span style="color: #010713; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Literature Circle Activity I chose to do today is Menu choice number one. To begin with, I had to find at least six words or phrases from my book that I would like to add to my personal vocabulary. Afterwards, I had to right a definition for each word.

<span style="color: #010713; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here they are:
 * <span style="color: #010713; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Intriguing - **<span style="color: #010713; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate.
 * Unpleasant:** Not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive
 * Grumbling:** An expression of discontent
 * Dumbstruck:** Temporarily de prived of the power of speech.
 * Brogans:** A heavy and sturdy shoe.
 * Bawling:** To cry or wail lustily.

Those were the words I chose from these chapters of the book.

Here is the traitr: I also listed six character traits to describe his personality. Here they are: 1.) Caring 2.) Jovial 3.) Optimistic 4.) Ambitious 5.) Benevolent 6.) Diligent
 * June 2nd, 2011 (Chapters 17-24) :** The literature Circle Activity I chose to do today in Menu choice number fifteen. I created a traitr of the main character of my book who is Elijah Freeman.