Monday, October 20, 2008

54321 #1

Timothy Roberson-Smith
Hole in my life, by Jack Gantos
5/4/3/2/1
Pgs1-20

5 comments:
1-First part of the story tells us about Gantos.
2-Gantos describes his prison life at the beginning.
3-Gatos explains his life in and out of prison.
4-Gantos began to write when he was in prison.
5-The Bacon family…………confusing.

4 questions:
1-Why was Gantos in prison in the first place?
2-How was he able to survive in prison?
3-Why does Gantos tell the story the way he does?
4-Where was his family and friends at?

3 vocabulary:
1-larded-white cooking fat
2-vacantly-without occupant
3-prosthetics-medicine dealing with artificial body parts

2 literally terms:
1-sensory imagery- “I parted my hair down in the middle and grew a mustache…………”
2-foreshadowing

1 overview sentence
1-The story starts off in prison and Gantos give us a story from there.

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