Home+of+the+Brave

**Group members:** Kayla, Cristian, Jordan, Tess, Kris, Amanda

 * Reading:** (pg. 3-22)

//I watched Ganwar and my brother receive in our villiag ceremony. (Page 21)//
 * Vocabulary By Kris: //__Ceremony__-//** //(//noun)- A formal activity that is conducted by an immportant figure.

//**__Mornful__-** (adj)- Feeling or expressing sorrow; sad.// //She moos, a harsh and mournful sound. ( Page 16)//

// __**Scolding**__ **-** // (verb) - to find a fault with anger. //Two chickens trot behind her scolding and fussing. (Page 14)//

December 1


 * Summary**
 * So far in the novel a male refugee named Kek has traveled to the United States by an airplane. When he landed he was shocked by how bright and cold the snow is. He traveled with a friend named Dave to Minnesota. When they were driving he noticed that there was a cow sitting in the middle of the snow. He got out of the car and it reminded him of his old life in Sudan. When they finally reached Minnesota, Kek goes to Dave’s house and meets a girl named Hannah. Hannah aks him if he is the new kid and he doesn’t know how to answer. So he just shrugged his shoulders. Then as they were walking away he tripped and fell and said “How can i trust a place where even the ground plays tricks?" Then they went to Kek’s aunt’s house. She made him feel loved and like family. When Kek was talking to his cousin Ganwar, it reminded him of the time where his old life came to an end. He lost his dad and his brother in a war and his mother is missing. BY CRISTIAN DITMAR **


 * Significant Quotes**

//**-"When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers"-African Proverb**//

• This quote is trying to say that fighting harms not only the two warring opponents, but also negatively impacts the innocents.

//**-"A cow is God with a wet nose"-Pg. 15**//

• This quote means that in Sudan, cows are loved and praised. It is part of their culture.

//**-"I try hard not to look at another scar, the place where Ganwar's left hand should be..." Pg. 2**//

• Kek doesn’t want to be rude to Ganwar, but couldn’t resist asking about his hand even though he new what had happened to cause him to lose that hand.
 * Written by Jordan Londergan**
 * December 10, 2010**


 * Illustrator**

The Sudan Project helps the people of Sudan by giving them seeds and helping them get clean water. My church (Ginghamsburg) is the main supporter of the Sudan Project.

So lately, I've been wonderin Who will be there to take my place When I'm gone, you'll need love To light the shadows on your face If a great wave should fall It would fall upon us all And between the sand and stone Could you make it on your own
 * Soundtracker By Tess Greene 12/1/10**
 * "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling**
 * I believe this relates to Kek's story in many ways :How he had to leave his home, how he lost his father and brother, and how he continues to hope for the return of his mother. It also can be compared to how Ganwar tells Kek that scars follow you.**

If I could, then I would I'll go wherever you will go Way up high or down low I'll go wherever you will go

And maybe, I'll find out The way to make it back someday To watch you, to guide you Through the darkest of your days If a great wave should fall It would fall upon us all Well I hope there's someone out there Who can bring me back to you

If I could, then I would I'll go wherever you will go Way up high or down low I'll go wherever you will go

Runaway with my heart Runaway with my hope Runaway with my love

I know now, just quite how My life and love might still go on In your heart and your mind I'll stay with you for all of time If I could, then I would I'll go wherever you will go Way up high or down low I'll go wherever you will go

If I could turn back time I'll go wherever you will go If I could make you mine I'll go wherever you will go

Reading: (pg. 23-46)

__**Vocabuary:**__

Optimist- a person disposed to take a favorable view of things

“Ah, says Dave, an optimist.” (pg. 27) Kingdom- a basic group of natural objects “There are more? I ask. How can that be? You have a kingdom here! ATV machine, a sitting place, a cooking fire! ” (pg. 32) TV Machine- Television (TV) is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic ("black and white") or color, usually accompanied by sound “When she’s gone, Ganwar and I watch the TV machine.” (pg. 41) by: Amanda Gray 12/2

Summary By Tess Greene 12/2/10 On pages 23 to 46 Dave showed Kek his new home and how it worked, and Kek is relieved to know that at least someone is watching out for him. Kek tells about his father and how everyone revered him and his songs. Kek remembers how his dead brother and his cousin Ganwar used to play. He tells about his old life and how Lual (Kek’s brother) and Ganwar used to make fun of him. Ganwar now seems hard and cold, maybe because he lost a hand the same night Lual died. Ganwar doubts Kek and thinks he is immature and childish. His aunt cooks food that reminds him of home, but he only remembers the things he has lost. When Kek says his mother will return, his aunt and Ganwar doubt it. "7th Febuary 2008" By LindsayLooBrush. [] i chose this picture because in this reading Kek was learning how to things around the house like turn off the lights and flush the toilet and change the thermostat. BY CRISTIAN DITTMAR So far in the novel, Kek has felt the sting of snow but is still anxious for his mother. While waiting for his mother his aunt, cousin, and new friend Hannah keep him company. He is sort of socially awkward. He does seem to be trying to adjust to American culture but is haunted by the events that took place in the refugee camp he previously lived in before coming to America. Jordan Londergan December 13, 2010 __**Significant Quotes By Kris:**__
 * __Summary__**

// In camp, I said they call America a heaven on earth //. - Page 25 What Kek is talking about is that they said America is way better than their homelands.

// You have a kingdom //. -Page 32 Kek is surprised by all the rooms and electricity of the house and thinks it is so amazing to have all that space.

// They’re all gone Kek. They’re all dead //. -Page 44 What Ganwar meant by this was that all of Kek’s family is dead and that Kek should stop hoping on something that won’t come true.

Reading (47-65)

Vocabulary:

__ Barren: __ (adj) unproductive; unfruitful. // "When we step outside it isn't sky we see, but endless, barren land dotted with dead trees." // (pg 50)

__ Inquiry: __ (noun) a question: query // "We've sent out an inquiry about two camps on the border." // (pg 57)

__ Honor: __ (noun) honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions. // "I'm excited,yes,because to go to school and learn is a fine honor" // (pg 63) ~Kayla 12/3

Illustrator By Tess Greene 12/3/10 I chose this picture because it shows the paperwork Kek had to do. He didn't like it because it bored him and some questions were hard. There seemed to be an unending supply of it.

MUDVAYNE LYRICS
 * __Soundtracker__**

"World So Cold"

When passion's lost and all the trust is gone, Way too far, for way too long Children crying, cast out and neglected, Only in a world so cold, only in a world This cold Hold the hand of your best friend, look into their eyes Then watch them drift away Some might say, we've done the wrong things, For way too long, for way too long

Fever inside the storm, So I'm turning away. Away from the name Away from the stones 'Cause I'm through mending the wounds of us

Keep your thorns 'Cause I'm running away, Away from the games Away from the space The circumstances of a world so cold

burning whispers, Remind me of the days, I was left alone, in a world this cold Guilty of the same things, provoked by The cause, I've left alone, in a world so cold Fever inside the storm, So I'm turning away. Away from the name Away from the stones 'Cause I'm through mending the wounds of us

Keep your thorns 'Cause I'm running away, Away from the games Away from the space The circumstances of a world so cold

I'm flying, I'm flying away, Away from the names Away from the games The circumstances of a world so cold

Why does everyone feel like my enemy, Don't want any part of depression or Darkness, I've had enough sick and tired, bring the sun, or I'm gone, Or I'm gone

I'm backing out, I'm no pawn, No slave to this, Never lied Never left Never lived Never loved Never lost Never hurt Never worry about being me, or anyone else Not a care, no concern, don't give a darn about Anything

Backing out, giving up, no slave to this, Never lied Never left Never lived Never loved Never lost Never hurt Never worry about being me, or anyone else Not a care, no concern, don't give a darn about Anything,

I need to find a darkened corner, A lightless corner, Where it's safer and calmer,

I'm turning away. Away from the name Away from the stones 'Cause I'm through mending the wounds of us

I'm running away, Away from the games Away from the space The circumstances of a world so cold

I'm flying, I'm flying away, Away from the names Away from the games The circumstances of a world so cold I think this song fits the book because of Kek having a rough time adjusting to American way life. Jordan Londergan December 13, 2010

**__ Soundtracker: __** “Does Anybody Hear Her” Casting Crowns

 I believe this relates to Kek’s mother. I think this song especially is talking aboutwhen Dave and Kek went to the information room to find Kek’s lost mother.  They tell Kek that nobody has heard from her or seen her. That shemay be in a different shelter that they are contacting to get information.

“Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see? Or does anybody even know she's going down today? With all the lost and lonely people” Reading: (pg 66-84)
 * //Kris December 3//**

__**Summary**__ In the story so far Kek is going to school. Kek was so surprised how well the school looked. Kek was placed in an ESL class with other students that were learning English. Kek meets his teacher and classmates and is told to take the shiny desk with a chair. Kek‘s reaction to the desk was that he did not have enough cattle to own/use the desk. Kek was taught that if he has any questions to raise his hands. Kek then drew a picture in the board of the finest bull with curved horns, from his father’s herd, to show where he came from. Kek then gets a piece of paper to get lunch. Kek was wondering how the blue paper from Mr. Franklin was going to be tasty but he then gave it to the lunch lady. Kek saw Hannah again in the line and was making a face at Kek’s meal n his tray. Kek tries a fry and liked it. Hannah starts to ask why Ganwar is so sad. Kek started to bring up why Ganwar was sad because he had lost his sister, and his father in the war. Hannah had asked Kek about his mother and Kek had lost his appetite for what he called good food.


 * Kris December 6**



I feel this image best fits the reading because it features Kek's adjustment to a new school in America to get a new education. This shows that Kek has more opportunities than in Sudan. Jordan Londergan December 13, 2010

//**__(I smother the thought like an ember near dry grass. pg 68)__**// //**__(The eating room is grand with long tables and strange and wonderful smells and many students chattering. pg 77)__**// //(**Guilt grabbes my throat. pg 84)**// //**__Cristian Dittmar.__**//
 * __Word Wizzard__**
 * __Smother-to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.__**
 * __Chattering-to talk rapidly in a foolish or puposeless way, jabber__**
 * __Guilt-the fact or state of having commited an offence,crime,violation against moral or penal law__**.

__** Sinifigant Quotes **__ "A chair of my own and a table, too? I smother the thought like an ember near dry grass." pg 68 Kek is used to paying his way and not getting nice things.

"I'm used to not understanding, i say. It's like playing a game with no rules." pg 70 I liked this metaphor because it can be very true.

" Hannah laughs, a sound like bells on a windy day." pg 80 Describing Hannahs laugh as bells on a windy day gives you a good mental picture of her laugh. ~Kayla 12/6

__** Soundtracker **__

**Temporary home by: Carrie Underwood** Little boy, 6 years old  A little too used to bein' alone.  Another new mom and dad,another school,  Another house that'll never be home.  When people ask him how he likes this place... <span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> He looks up and says, with a smile upon his face,

<span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> "This is my temporary home <span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> It's not where I belong.  <span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through.  <span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going.  <span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> I'm not afraid because I know this is my  <span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> Temporary Home." <span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">This song relates to the story because in the story I’m reading Kek loses his family and hast to move to a new home. Kek likes his new home, but he wants his parents and older brother back. In the song a little boy hast to move from house to house looking for a home. The house in the song is only temporary for the boy. In the book Kek wishes that his home is only temporary because Kek hopes someone will find his mom so he can live with her. ** //<span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Amanda Gray, 12/ 6/ 10 // **

Reading (pg 85-106)

Soundtracker:

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">The heart is a bloom <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">Shoots up through the stony ground <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">There's no room <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">No space to rent in this town

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">You're out of luck <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">And the reason that you had to care <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">The traffic is stuck <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">And you're not moving anywhere

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">You thought you'd found a friend <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">To take you out of this place <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">Someone you could lend a hand <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">In return for grace

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">It's a beautiful day <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">Sky falls, you feel like <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">It's a beautiful day <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">Don't let it get away

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">This song to me says that someones getting used to a new place and they make a friend who helps along the way. To me this is Kek and Hannah. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">~Kayla 12/7

Literary Luminary Quote number 1- “I’m going to learn how to dunk slam in a class called PE” Pg-87 I choose this quote because I think that it shows humor from the author and that Kek is still trying to learn the English language and wants to succeed in PE class. Quote number 2- “you’ll never really feel like an American” pg-87 I choose this quote because I think that it shows how hard immigrants have to try to fit in, and that they might never actually fit in. Quote number 3- “Life changes, so you must hope.” Pg-104

I choose this quote because I think that it shows that when things aren’t going as they should, you should never give up and always have faith in what you are doing. Cristian Dittmar

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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Planetarium** : (noun) A building in which images of stars, planets, and constellations are projected on the inner surface of a dome for public entertainment or education. ======

**Foster** : (noun) encourage or promote the development of (something, typically regarded as good).
"**Foster** family. You stay with them when your real family is messed up." - Pg.103

**Moron** : (noun) a stupid person.
"This is your punishment for being a **moron**" - Pg. 100

I chose this picture because Ganwar told Kek that washing dishes were fun. So when Kek was home alone he took his aunts dishes and went down to the basement. Kek saw Hannah how gave him money. Well when they put the quarters in the washer the dishes broke. So what Kek and Hannah did was go back to the room and try to glue them back together.
 * __Illustrator__**

[[image:1386741970_ac67cb3da5_m.jpg width="311" height="200"]]Laundry Mat By: Late Night Movie []

 * Kris December 7**

When Kek gets home he learns about the washing machines at the bottom of the stairs. After a while Ganwar leaves and Kek’s aunt hast to go to work her night job. Kek learns how the clock is the sun and the stars in America. Later Kek wants to help his aunt so he decides to do the dishes, and heads to the room at the bottom of the stairs. When Kek gets there he puts the dishes into the washing machine. Hannah comes down the stairs with a basket of cloths. Hannah shows Kek how to use the machine, and they soon discover the broken dishes. Hannah Hannah and Kek head to Hannah's apartment to find some crazy glue so they could glue the dishes back together. Hannah and Kek have some chockolet milk. Amanda 12/9
 * Summary**

=<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Reading : 107-127 =

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Significant Quotes <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Tess Greene <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">12/8/10

"The driver makes a face that says //stupid-new-to-this-country-boy."// pg 113 This shows the difficulty and prejudice Kek will have to face that we haven't really seen yet. Kek is a smart child, but culturally it's like he is from another planet.

"He stumbles a little when he enters the room, and he carries the bitter smell of smoke." pg 123 Ganwar comes home late at night after smoking and possibly drinking. His life has obviously been hard, but he is being a bad role model and could become a danger to himself, his mother and Kek.

"It all made sense. Here, nothing makes sense." pg 126 Ganwar says this about how life in Africa was understandable to him, but in America everything confuses him. He has had a hard time adjusting, but hopefully Kek will have a better time transitioning now that he has something to remind him of his old life.

Summary: Kek and Hannah try to fix his aunt's dishes with Krazy Glue. When Kek tells his aunt he broke the dishes, she is upset. He feels bad so he wants to get a job. He asks Dave if they can go see the cow again. At first Dave says no but then Kek asks if he can go with Hannah. Dave gives him the address of the lady who owns the cow. Kek and Hannah talk to Lou. She decides to let Kek care for her cow. When Kek tells Ganwar, he is jealous because they have lived there longer and he hasn't even gotten a job after a year and a half, but it only took Kek a week. ~Kayla 12/8


 * __Word Wizard__**

Honnor- a social status which means nobility in ones dignity

Detention- a form of punishment used to demeen the one being punished

Longing- a strong desire for an object, person, or thing Jordan Londergan December 13, 2010

Sound tracker- Immigrant song-Led Zeppelin A-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah We come from the land of the ice and snow from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow

The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands To fight the horde and sing and cry, Valhalla, I am coming

On we sweep with, with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore

Ah-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah We come from the land of the ice and snow from the midnight sun where the hot springs FLOW How soft your fields, so green can whisper tales of gore, of how we calmed the tides of war We are your overlords

On we sweep with, with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore

S-so now you better stop and rebuild all your ruins for peace and trust can winthe day despite of all you're losin' Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ahh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

I choose this song because I think that immigrants may come from a not so good place and have a much better life in America. It shows that all they want to do is find a way to a good place and leave their bad country. Cristian Dittmar.


 * Illstrator**

Voyageur Solitaire-mladjenovic [] //**__Amanda 12/9/10__**//

Reading (131-149)


 * Word Wizard:**

Interview:( noun) A meeting in which one or more people ask questions. " //In ESL class we learned a new gamw called __interview".__// (Page 131)

Graze:( verb) To feed n growing grass. " //I tell her of my father's great herd and how they would __graze__ each day, walking many miles.//" ( Page 136)

Herding:(noun) Number of animals traveling together. " //I wish I could be herding." I say (Page 140)//


 * Kris December 8**

illstrator:

"Winter Barnscape" Cindy47452 [] This represents Lou's farm. ~Kayla 12/

Soundtracker Tess Greene 12/9/10 "Imagine" by John Lennon I believe this song could speak to Kek's whole story, but this reading specifically. In the zoo, he sees how many different types of people are here and America, living as one. He is amazed that they all live here together "without fear, all free to gaze at the same sky with the same sky." He says his family is with him, in his friends.

Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky

Imagine all the people Living for today, aah haa

Imagine there's no county It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too

Imagine all the people Living life in peace, you ooh

You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people Sharing all the world, you ooh

You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one.

Reading ( 150-170)


 * Sinifigant Quotes: **

//"I should not takr these gifts,I do not deserve." (Page 151)// I think Kek is relizing that not all peopl ehave all of this stuff and he is getting it. //" And my home, Iadd is nit Kenya. It's Sudan." (Page 153)// I think Kek was telling the boy in the back that he is wring of where Kek lives and kek is twlling him where. //"Flies teased her eyes and her arms hung like broken sticks." ( Page 159)// Kek was telling Hannah of the camp and how a baby was dieing and they could not do anything but to watch the flies tease her little eyes.


 * Kris December 9 **

__Freedom__- the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints “Why should I have freedom to hope while my brother and father sleep in bloodied earth?”(pg. 150)
 * Word Wizard** By Amanda 12/10

__Detention__- A state of being confined (usually for a short time) “The teacher gives me a detention slip. I’m not sure what this slip means… I am very lucky to be selected by my teacher for such an honor.” (pg. 154)

__Grocery store__- A place to buy food “The grocery store has rows and rows of color, of light, of easy hope.”

Summarizer Tess Greene 12/10/10 In this reading Kek starts feeling something like Survivor’s Guilt. He doesn’t understand why he gets all these nice things and no one else does. In homeroom, before his ESL class a boy picks on him for being African. The boy throws Kek an apple and Kek throws it back, hitting the kid in the nose and getting himself a detention. He thinks it is a great honor. When he and Hannah go to the grocery store he remembers a baby dying in his camp and begins to cry. He tells Hannah and it haunts her too. Hannah takes him to a mall and everything begins to overwhelm him. He is amazed by escalators and elevators and then buys his aunt new plates and a box of chocolates for Hannah. Kek realizes how Americans don’t really respect the cow as they should. They like cats and dogs and other pets, but so few know the greatness of a cow.

Read ( Pages 171-194)

Kek starts to show symptoms of depression in this reading. He quits his job at the farm when he learns it is going to be sold and there will be no place for Gol, the cow that Kek named. Ganwar tries to convince Kek to come back to work. Kek won't budge. Then Ganwar tries to tell him that the farm won't be sold until after the next summer. Kek is still broken up about the loss of Gol that will eventually come.Ganwar still attempt to get Kek to come back to the farm. It doesn't work, but Kek wants to go back. He just won't let himself. Later in the reading Kek buys new dishes to replace the ones he accidently broke in his aunts washing machine. His aunt is over-zealous.
 * __Summary__**
 * Jordan Londergan**
 * December 13, 2010**

Scars by Alison Iraheta
 * Soundtracker: **

I feel this song talks a lot about I reading. This song talks about scars. It it expalning that why would you want to have scars when you could have the chance not to have them. This relates to how Kek is telling Ganwar that Kek would have loved to have they scars that his cousin ddoes because Kek thinks that if he does not have the six scars he will never know when he is a man. Ganwar though is telling him that they are not all that great in america and that Ganwar would love not to have them on his forehead. Ganwar is so confused also because he is trying to tell Kek that he does not need scars to be a man because Kek has already proven that by coming to America by himself.

Do you know how hard I tried to become something I'm not
 * Lyrics: **

Scars

Scars

Just let it go

Your explanations don't make sense to me.

Kris December 11

Word Wizard:

Poison: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">something harmful or pernicious. //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">"They glare at us with eyes that shoot poison." pg 171 //

Trudge:<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">to walk laboriously or wearily. "//I trudge up the stairs.//" pg 172

Teeming: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">abounding or swarming with something. //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">" The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." pg188 //

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">~Kayla 12/13 //

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">Illustrator // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">Tess Greene // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">12/13/10 // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;"> I think this picture shows the true meaning of spring, that life is finally returning to things that were once barren and dead. By: Olibac Fleur de Lin/ Flax Flower []

"I feel happy about the dishes and bad about the angry boys .It's hard to feel two things at once so I try not to feel anything."(pg. 173 )
 * Significant Quotes**

" Gol is a veary old animal. I don't think we'll probibly be able to find anyone who wants her. I'm sorry hon." (pg. 180 )

" I wonder if somday it will feel like they are ment for me, too." (pg. 188) //**Amanda Gray 12/15**//

Reading pg (195-216)

Literary Luminary:

"None of them was your mom Kek." pg 196 This is important because Kek's mom was very important to him.

"Run, Kek, my mother screams, run now. pg 199 Kek is remembering the night his village was attacked and his mother was trying to save him.

"Dawn comes, silence comes, blood and death are everywhere." pg 200 This was a very powerful statement that painted a good mental picture for me. ~Kayla 12/14


 * Summary:**
 * So far in Home of The Brave Kek was just informed that the search for his mom was not going so well, and that she was not in the camp they check but they still will look. Kek also had horrible dreams of the night that he last saw his mother and he was so upset that he had left her and was not being a man. Kek then ran away so that he could go back home and find his mother, so he took his money and left. He than went to see Gol to say good-bye. Well Ganwar woke up and saw Kek leave so he followed him and found Kek in a tree. Ganwar than told Kek that it was not safe and it was a bad idea.**
 * <span style="color: #822682; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Kris 12/13 **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reading (206-238) **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Soundtracker: **
 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Sweet sixteen **
 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Gonna spread my wings **
 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Sweet sixteen **
 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">It's my chance to shine **
 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Sweet sixteen **
 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Discovering **
 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Sweet sixteen **
 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">So much more to life **
 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Sweet sixteen **


 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">This relates to Kek growing up. **
 * <span style="color: #545454; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">~Kayla 12/14 **

__//**Word wizard**//__

Hope- A belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life

Defeated- the opposite of victory

Confession- The acknowledgment of sin Jordan Londergan December 14,2010
 * Illstrator **

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I think that this pictures really says a lot about this book. When Kek was think about running away he ran to Lou's house to say goodbye to Gol. He that

he was Lou goming so Kek hid in the tree. Well Gol would nt leave and when Ganwar was look for him he went straight to the tree. Well then Lou found

the boys in the tree and told them to get down and come in for some cookies. Well Kek found a picture in Lou's house and saw a girl and a man behind a

tree. Lou then told them that it was her husband and her.

Kris December 14

Word Wizard Tess Greene 12/15/10

Frantic: "Cars come and go like frantic ants." pg 230 (adj) Desperate or wild with emotion; frenzied

Custody: "Custody, I correct myself." pg 237 (n) Guardianship or care; imprisonment or legal restraint

Grouchy: "Only everyone is grouchy." pg 233 (adj) Sulky; morose

In this reading Kek decides to run away from home. He goes to Lou's house first before he goes on his way. At Lou's house Kek sees a picture of Lou when she was younger and could not belive it was her.Kek decides to go bake to work for Lou and not run away after a talk with Lou and Ganwar Kek gets an idea for finding some sun for Gol. Hannah, Kek, and Ganwar start to walk with Gol down a busy road.Gol does not like the trafic and does not want to move across the street. The cops come after a while and help move Gol out of the way of trafic.The police gave them an escort to the zoo. The lights on the car reminded Kek of the American flag. Kek wishes that Lou could be with them to see the escort. That is what happend at the end of this reading. //**Amanda Gray 12/15**// Reading(238-253)
 * Summary**

Summerizer: Kek, Hannah, Ganwar, and the police take Gol to the petting zoo. The people are shocked to see 3 kids bringing in a cow. They agree to take Gol. 15 months later, Ganwar has a girl friend. Kek, Hannah, Ganwar and his girlfriend, and Dave are waiting at the airport. Kek's mother comes of the plane. They are reunited after a long time. He happily welcomes her to her new home. When she is afraid to take the escalator, he helps her because he knows how she feels. ~Kayla 12/15

Literary Luminary Tess Greene 12/15/10

"Oh, what the heck, he says, and once again I see that //heck// is a very good word." pg 241 Kek has been here a while and there are still language barriers he still hasn't reached yet. This shows it in a innocent way, but it can be very difficult in reality. It shows that Kek still has some growing up to do.

"I told her that if she can moo, she can sing." pg 242 Kek still holds on to his old home and culture. He still has hope in his heart.

"I can't find words. There are no words, not in my old language, not in my new one." He has finally found his mother. He held on to hope and he is speechless. What could he say?


 * Illustrator** __//by:Amanda Gray 12/16//__

**soundtracker**

//**I feel this song best relates to the book when Kek decides to run away from his Aunt's appartment.-Jordan Londergan December 20, 2010**//

Second Chance

Shinedown

(Verse 1)

My eyes are open wide

By the way, I've made it through the day

(Verse 2)

I watch the world outside

By the way, I'm leavin' out today

(Chorus)

I just saw Haley's Comet, she waved

Said, “why you always runnin' in place

Even the Man in the Moon disappeared

Somewhere in the stratosphere

Tell my mother, tell my father

I've done the best I can

To make them realize

This is my life

I hope they understand

I'm not angry, I'm just sayin'

I'm just sayin' sometimes goodbye is a second chance

(Verse 3)

Please don't cry one tear for me

I'm not afraid

This is my one and only voice

So listen closely

It's only for today

(Chorus)

I just saw Haley's Comet, she waved

Said, “why you always runnin' in place

Even the Man in the Moon disappeared

Somewhere in the stratosphere

Tell my mother, tell my father

I've done the best I can

To make them realize

This is my life

I hope they understand

I'm not angry, I'm just sayin'

I'm just sayin' sometimes goodbye is a second chance

(Bridge)

Tell my mother, tell my father

I've done the best I can

To make them realize

This is my life

I hope they understand

I'm not angry, I'm just sayin'

I'm just sayin' sometimes goodbye is a second chance

Here is my chance

This is my chance

Tell my mother, tell my father

I've done the best I can

To make them realize

This is my life

I hope they understand

I'm not angry, I'm just sayin'

I'm just sayin' sometimes goodbye is a second chance

Sometimes goodbye is a second chance

Sometimes goodbye is a second chance

//__**Illistrator**__// //__**To me this represents the freedom that Kek thought there was in running away from home**__// Jordan Londergan December 20, 2010

Literary Luminary “Detention, what a great honor” > “This will never be our country” > “... Sudan is my home country, not Kenya” > Jordan Londergan December 20,2010
 * Kek thinking that detention was a reward shows how hard it is for him to adjust
 * Ganwar has a hard time believing he will be safe in America
 * Kek does not realize he is being bullied