Writing Requirements for This Blog Post
1. Remember to include a topic sentence to introduce the setting.
2. Write at least 5 sentences to describe your setting and answer the questions above in a way that
flows smoothly.
3. Write a closing sentence to wrap it up (no new information).
4. Write your description so that you can draw a picture of it on Monday in class.
Thimble Summer Setting Description
What was the setting of this Newbery book? (my topic sentence) One of the reasons I chose to read this book is because it takes place in the year 1938, a time period that has always fascinated me. When I think of the setting, I think about the outdoors because the main character Garnet spends most of her time there with her friend Citronella. You can taste the dirt on the road outside her house every time a Ford truck or carriage drives by. When it's windy, you feel the hot wind smack you in the face as the dust storm completely covers you in dirt. During a dust storm, you have to cover your eyes with both arms, or it's nearly impossible to get all the dirt out. The swooshing of the hot air makes you want to get a cold drink of water, but it hasn't rained for so long that there isn't any water to find. Even though living outside of a small town in Wisconsin was difficult in the 1930s, everyone continued to make a living by farming. Along this same road is where Garnet ran in her high heels and fancy dress as she ran away from home after a fight with her brother Jay. As she ran down the road, all she spied were the brown dry cornstalks drooping and dying tan oats for as far as the eye could see. They lived on the plains so the landscape for the most part was flat. The hot sun beat down on her, and sweat trickled down her face, reminding her again of the drought and how badly they needed the rain in order to survive. This was also the road where Garnet's luck began to change. Many good and bad things happened on this rocky dirt road in the middle of Wisconsin, and you'll learn all about these events when I teach you about my book. (my conclusion sentence)
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Setting Description
ReplyDeleteBy Lindsey
I loved this book!
My story takes place in New York in 1967 during the time of President Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War. The protagonist, Holling spends a lot of his time at his school, Camillo Junior High. In Holling’s homeroom you can hear the groaning of students as they diagram sentences with Mrs. Baker and the rats Sycorax and Caliban squealing in their cages. You can feel the cold air coming in through the air conditioning vent. You can see Doug Swieteck’s brother rushing through the halls, ditching class again through the glass on the door. You can taste the chalk dust wafting in the air. As you feel your hand touch the bottom of your desk you have an unpleasant surprise. Your hand is stuck in a 2 – month - old glob of Danny’s chewed up bazooka bubblegum. Yuck! You can hear Holling mumbling curses that Shakespeare wrote because Mrs. Baker assigned him to read that last week. You see the concerned look on Mrs. Baker's face because her husband Lieutenant Baker who is fighting in the Vietnam War is missing.
That is the average day in Mrs. Baker's room.
Whoops! I posted my thing twice!
Deleteit's okay
DeleteI DID get confused when I saw two things from you, Lindsey.
DeleteSounder summer setting
ReplyDelete50 years ago in 1962 there was a poor black family with a dog named sounder. In this time black was discrimated. The father was treated cruely. He had to steal food because they were starving and then he got arrested. The father and the dog died in the end. Sawyer
“The Wednesday Wars” setting description
ReplyDeleteBy Lindsey
I loved this book!
The story takes place in New York during the time of President Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War. The main protagonist, Holling spends a lot of his time at Camillo Junior High. In his homeroom you can hear the groaning of the students as they diagram sentences with Mrs. Baker. The rats Sycorax and Caliban are squealing in their cages. It makes your ears hurt! The unpleasant smell of chalk dust is wafting in the air. You can see Doug Swieteck’s brother swiftly running through the halls. He must be ditching class again. As your hand touches the bottom of your desk, you have an unpleasant surprise. Your hand is stuck to a sticky chewed up glob of Danny’s bazooka bubblegum. Yuck! You hear Holling is mumbling “Toads, beetles, bats” and other curses that Shakespeare wrote. Mrs. Baker has a concerned look on her face because Lieutenant Baker is missing.
That is the average day in 7th grade at Camillo Junior High.
Dear Class,
ReplyDeleteMy book was Shiloh. The setting was way down in Friendly, West Virginia, but sometimes people aren't so friendly. Like Judd Travers. Every time Judd comes to Marty's house in his beat-up red truck Shiloh backs up and sticks his tail between his legs.Every morning Marty takes Shiloh half of his breakfast and takes him over to the fields. then Shiloh has to be as quiet as a mouse or else Marty's secret will be reveled. again Marty lies to his parents and brings Shiloh half his dinner. But Ma an Pa are sitting on the porch and Dara Lynn and Becky are playing in the leaves. But the question is will someone find out about Marty's secret? Read the book to find out.
NICOLE M.
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ReplyDeleteDear class,
ReplyDeleteMy book is "A Single Shard" and the story is set in Korea. The main character lives under a bridge with a disabled old man named Crane-Man. They make their home close to the river and I imagine he falls asleep to the sound of rushing water every night. During the winter, Tree-Ear moves into a dugout. He roofed the dugout with straw to keep warm. I can almost feel the soft and cold dirt against my skin. He comes to be in Min's work after breaking a pot in Min's store room and is forced to repay the debt by working for Min for a week. Mun ets inspiration for his pots from the luscious garden surrounding his work place. Just from imagining I can see hw mIn's pots resemble a blossom. It is the 12th century and Tree-Ear is trying to deliver his master Min's pot to the roya emissary over rough, dangerous terrain trying to reach the king's palace without dying from the hazards of robbers, cliff hanging, dehydration, and starvation.
Sincerely,
Shrey R
nice job Shrey.
DeleteDear class,
ReplyDeletemy book is called Everything on a waffle. It takes place in a restaurant that a lady named Miss Bowzer is eventually going to be Primrose's friend. Miss Bowzer is very touchy. Miss Bowzer is a lady who works at a restaurant that serves everything on a waffle like if you ordered a stake you would get it on a waffle. And that's why it is called everything on a waffle. I think Miss Bowzer hears a lot of things wrong like when she takes orders from customers. Primrose is a character in the story everything on a waffle. She has "hair the color of carrots". She lives in Coal Harbour,British Columbia were she lost her parents. And if you what to learn more about the story everything on a waffle you have to read the book yourself.
Sincerely,
Anisa Mohamud
Anise ibet you took a long time on this
DeleteYah i bet you did.You did a nice job.
DeleteDear class,
ReplyDeleteMy book was bridge to terabithia and my setting is terabithia. That one setting terabithia stands out because it's a magical place that Jess and Leslie make up and magical creature come out of there minds and put into there terabithia. Yes it's a setting that is unique because of the creatures and the tree house and it's unique because of the rope. Yes it has special meaning to the story because someone dies there creature try to eat them there and they become friend there. Jess falls in love with Leslie there. They fight creatures there. Yes most of the time it take place there. About 50% in terabithia. About 25% in jesses or leslies house. And about 25% at school. Also the setting is meaningful to Jess because they go troll hunting together.
-Madi
Dear Class and Miss Shaw,
ReplyDeleteMy newberry book was "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson,
In My book the story takes place at Birdsong creek in Texas, in the late 1860's right after the Civil War.
Texas was full of wild game and fertile ground.
Travis (who is the main charecter) lives on a farm with a little brother, a mom, and his dog (Old Yeller).
On the farm there is the worst smell you could ever imagine, coming from the wild hogs.
If you were on Birdsong creek farm You would want to go exploring, because there is a cave, and many other fun places.
Birdsong creek got it's name by all of the mocking birds singing in the white blooming bushes.
That's the adventure's of Travis and his dog.
Sincerely,
Percy
Dear class,
ReplyDeleteMy book is Dogsong and is written by Gary Paulsen. The setting is in the Tundra, where the cold ice and snow is too much too bare with just a winter jacket. Most of the time it's bare and has no trees.
The wind is cold and stings your face. The snow is piled high and ice is very thick. If you fell in the water you would freeze because it's so cold. My book doesn't really say when it takes place so that is my setting.
Sincerely,
Althea
Dear class,
ReplyDeleteMy Newbery book was” Sounder” by William H. Armstrong.
My setting was in Georgia around the 1970’s
The boy and Sounder and his Father (the main characters) find food for the family.
They can’t find enough food so his father starts stealing food from other people. Then his father gets caught then he goes to jail.
The best smell you could smell is the boy’s mother cooking sausage and hambone.
The coolest sight you would see would be the long prairie and forests.
You would hear birds chirping, dogs barking and the wind whistling.
The taste of cool water from the creek and the taste of sausages. Yum!
You can feel the warm air, the soft coon hide and rough ground.
That's the story of the boy and the the great coon dog Sounder!
Regards
Raghava
i did sounder also.
Deletesawyer
my newberry is mr.poppers penguins
ReplyDeletethis book is awesome. it takes place in minnesota salt lake city. its a very cold place.
_diego
My book is The Giver by Lois Lowry. The setting is in the Community where nobody can see color, have feelings or lie. Everyone in the community has to live by the rules or else they get released. My favorite setting in the book is when Jonas decides to leave the community and bikes many miles over many days. When he gets far enough away, he starts seeing color, animals and has feelings.
ReplyDeleteIt was one of the strangest and most interesting books I've ever read.
Sincerely,
Andrew
Dear class,
ReplyDeleteMy book is called "The Sign of the Beaver".It takes place in the Maine wilderness in the long winter of 1768.Matt Then meets a kid named Robinson.Then they became friends.After three days Matt got a mosquitoe bite in the wilderness.After Robinson told a lie,he told the truth.When they were hungery Matt caught a fish and ate it.That is a little of my book "The Sign of the Beaver".
Sincerley,
Abdi
My book is On my honor.
ReplyDeleteThis story takes place in moddern times and at Joel's house. At the beggining Joel promised his dad that he wont go anywere besides the state park on his and his best friend Tonys bikes. Along the way Tony dares Joel to go swimming in the deadly Vermillion river but Tony cant swim. Joel sayes "OK". Next Joel reaches the sand bar and he turnes arround butt Tony is not there! they look for Tony. At the end they find Tony.
And that is the story of on mnory honor
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DeleteDear Class,
ReplyDeleteWe are supposed to write a setting description. Not a summary of the book. Everybody's paragraphs are very descriptive but some aren't about the setting of main events.
Happy setting describing!
From
Lindsey
My book is called ''The bears on Hemlock Mountain''. it takes place on a mountain in the wilderness in the winter in modern days. there were bears on the mountain and he brought a pot. at night time he heard some sounds so he dug a hole then he put the pot there then hid under it. After the bears came and watched the pot and heard him breathing.So he was up all night that is a little bit about my book.
ReplyDeletesincerely
Jake hankinson
My book is "the Watsons Go to Birmingham, and it takes place in 1964. and in Flint, Michigan, and the road to Birmingham. Alabama.
ReplyDeleteIn Flint, It is very cold, the mother says its an icebox. and its very white because of the snow. on the way to Birmingham The outhouses reek as if they've never been washed before. and its getting warmer as they go south.
from Jung Haye
P.S you are supposed to write a description of the setting, not a summary
Dear Class,
ReplyDeleteThe Newbery book I chose was "The Dark Frigate". It takes place in the early 1600s, when the U.S colonies were starting to form. It mostly takes place at sea, but sometimes the main character's ship lands and then it's on land. That's just a little bit about the setting of my book. I'll see you on Monday.
Brendan
My book is called " The Watsons Go To Birmingham"
ReplyDeleteThe setting is 1963 ( so during civil rights) in the f Flint Michigan, but there is also a little in Birmingham Alabama. The book is told over seasons but the most important parts are in the freezing cold winter. In the book the main character Kenny, brother gets sent away to the Sizzling heat of Birmingham. In Birmingham there is NEVER a cloud in sight, but Flint on the other hand... In Flint if you have enough Winter gear and are lucky enough to not get frozen, the winter should be a breeze. A really cold breeze.
Grace
The name of my book is called "Princess Academy" .It takes place during the Middle Ages at a village in the mountains of a kingdom. 1 out of 20 teenagers have to be chosen to win the Prince's hand in marriage. The weather is mostly cool. Once Miri ,the main character, gets herself and the class grounded from their last chance to visit their homes before the snow comes for the rest of the year. Now you have to read the book to find out what happens next.
ReplyDeleteforever: Emily
Dear Miss Shaw and our class,
ReplyDeleteMy book is called Ginger Pye and it is written by Eleanor Estes. My book takes place in a town called Cranbury, Connecticut, halfway between New York City and Boston. It happened in 1919 when you could buy a dress or get a full dinner for 10 cents. The main event of this novel takes place on a cold, damp November day. The Pye family had just finished tasting their Thanksgiving feast when their dog, Ginger Pye, is kidnapped. The Pye family could no longer see the kidnapped dog who had vanished so quietly. Ginger, the dog, was found and brought back home on Jerry Pye’s birthday which was May 29th.
Sincerely,
Jeremy
P.S. The town of Cranbury was originally called West Haven which was renamed by the author of this book Eleanor Estes.
Dear Miss Shaw
ReplyDeleteMy book is called Rufus M. My book does not have one main setting but the main one is school and im guessing the year 1997. But agian my book does not have one main idea so ill go whith the train load of soldiars. Rufus could not knit good so his mom did it for him. Rumus gave his knitting(his moms) to a soldiar named Al. A few days later he gets a letter saying thanks wee all use it>
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