54321#3

Timothy Roberson-Smith
Hole in my life, by Jack Gantos
5/4/3/2/1
Pgs40-60

5 comments:
1-Jack Gantos feels like he’s alone and needs someone.
2-In this chapter there seems to be a lot of flashbacks….maybe it’s the way Gantos tells the story.
3-As I read I noticed Gantos likes talking about books, to people.
4-Gantos really wants to go to college.
5-Gantos was charged up with a new desire to write.

4 questions:
1-Does Gantos and his friend take drugs or smoke?
2-Why did Gantos quite work?
3-Is Gantos going to start selling drugs to get money for college or in general?
4-Why are some parts of the story confusing?

3 vocabulary:
1-gleefully- happily or anyone
2-ferry- a ship, commuter boat, or ferry boat
3-frenzied-frantic….hyperactive

2 literally terms:
1-Foreshadowing-Gantos really wants to go to college but has no money, what might he do!!!
2-n/a

1 overview sentence
1-We are introduced to Gantos’s friend and we learn more about Gantos.

54321 #2

Timothy Roberson-Smith
Hole in my life, by Jack Gantos
5/4/3/2/1
Pgs20-40

5 comments:
1-Gantos wrote many things but couldn’t organize it into something for people to read.
2-There are little passages from books included in this book.
3-We learn some interesting things about Gantos.
4-There is very strong vocabulary in the book.
5- The book is good so far.

4 questions:
1-Why did Gantos dislike the Bacons?
2-What is the king’s court?
3-Why does Gantos write the way he does?
4-Does Gantos have any friends?

3 vocabulary:
1- podium-a small raised platform
2- hibiscus-bush with large flowers
3- accustomed-habitual or usual

2 literally terms:
1-sensory imagery
2-n/a

1 overview sentence
1-They talk more about Gantos’s high school life and what happens.

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.