Monday, April 19, 2010

Clues

1. For Grain Plain Shed
2. Sea Mountain Am O
3. Fruited Purple Waves For Sea
4. His N On To Thee For
5. Skies Am Shining Brother
6. Good Grace From Hood Spacious

CLUES PUT TOGETHER:

Good Hood From Spacious Grace
King Queen Purple Waves
On (No) Grains Mountain (Empty)

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Author Post

1. Ellen Raskin was born in March 13, 1928.
2. She died on August 8, 1984.
3. She won a Newberry award for best childrens' book of the year.
4. One of her books, The Westing Game became famous.
5. Ellen Raskin was the illustrator for Children's Christmas in Wales.
6. She wrote a book called Figgs and Phantoms.
7. She was also an illustrator for Piping Down the Valleys Wild: Poetry for the Young of All Ages.
8. Ellen Raskin also wrote a book called The Mysterious Disappearence of Leon.
9. A book called Spectacles was also written by her.
10. She also wrote a book called The Tatooed Potato.

Works Cited

Ellen Raskin Biography, Bookrags.com
Ellen Raskin: Books by Ellen Raskin, bestwebbuys.com

Character List and Description

1. Sun Lin Hoo: "cook". Jake Wexler: "standing, sitting, not lying down".
2. Turtle Wexler: "witch" (what she said about herself). Flora Baumbach: "dressmaker".
3. Christos Theodorakis: "birdwatcher" (what others said about him). Dr. Denton Deer: "intern, St Joseph Hospital, Department of Plastic Surgery".
4. Alexander McSouthers: "doorman". J.J Ford: "judge, Appellate Division of the State of Supreme Court".
5. Grace Wexler: "heiress". James Shin Hoo: "retauranteur".
6. Berthe Erica Crow: "Good Salvation Soup Kitchen". Otis Amber: "deliverer".
7. Theo Theodorakis: brother. Doug Hoo: first in all-state high school mile run.
8. Sydelle Pulaski: "secretary to the president". Angela Wexler: "none", "bomber" (what others say about her.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010