Nurin Yubazlan Post #2 THE HOBBIT

Nurin Yubazlan

Ms. Jennifer Nelson

English 7B

6^th May, 2014

Literature Circles

Week: 3

The Book: The Hobbit

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

Number of Pages: 306

Number of Chapters: 19

Number of Chapters and Pages Read: 6 chapters, from pg. 112-233

Number of Chapters and Pages to Read by Next Meeting: 7 chapters, from pg. 233-305

Jobs from Last Meeting:

     

      Angela Craven- LITERARY LUMINARY and VOCABULARY ENRICHER

     Danijel Micevic- ILLUSTRATOR

      Nurin Yubazlan- DISCUSSION DIRECTOR and CONNECTOR

Jobs for Next Meeting (4):

     

     Angela Craven- DISCUSSION DIRECTOR and TRAVEL TRACER

    Danijel Micevic- VOCABULARY ENRICHER and SUMMARIZER

    Nurin Yubazlan-  LITERARY LUMINARY and ILLUSTRATOR
     

     DISCUSSION DIRECTOR

Chapter #7:

1.     Who lives in the “Carrock”?

      Angela and Danijel: Beorn lives in the Carrock.

3.     His personality?

      Angela: Seems like a kind person but I feel like there is a dark side of him.

      Danijel: Kind of annoying...?

4.     His physical appearance?

      Huge man, thick black, beard, great bear arms, knotted muscles.

Chapter #8:

5.     In chapter 8, Bilbo was left in the dark, he slept, and woke up seeing a spider wrapping him; how would you feel if you were in that situation?

     Angela: Sticky?

     Danijel: Creeped out by the spider.

Chapter #9:

6.     How would you feel and what would you do if you were lost in the forest with no food and water and suddenly Wood-Elves surround you?

     Angela: I would communicate with them and work something out. 

     Danijel: I would run around and get creeped out.

Chapter #11:

7.     Whose key did they use to open the door to the Lonely Mountain?

      Angela and Danijel: Thorin's Dad's key.

Chapter #12:

9.     What was Smaug lying on?

      Angela and Danijel: Jewels, gold, treasures.

Extra Questions:

Did anything surprise you in the six chapters you read?

       Angela: I was surprised when Gandalf was gone because it was kind of his journey.

Do you have any predictions?

       Angela and Danijel: The dragon will die?

     

      EXTRA CREDIT: CONNECTOR

      At first, I thought of doing connector as an extra credit but I figured out that it is very challenging to connect my life to this book because it is very fictional and all of the things are unrealistic.