Lots, lots and lots of illuminated things.
The things I have seen since I have been in Astoria could fill a book or a dream.p187
a herd of brothers hyperbole p189
The temperature dropped and the Columbia has frozen up like a sheet of glass.p198 simile
I,August Olson,will lynch Captain Jordon and fillet him like a salmon.p200 simile
They're like dumb cows who won't come in during a snowstorm,who just stand there till they're dead from the cold.p200 simile
As we run down the streets, my heart beats faster and faster, I think it will explode.p201 hyperbole
I say, Emma, you must be crazy as a lunatic if you're thinking of kissing a boy.p207 simile
Like how?she says, wrinkling her nose just like Aunt Alice.p208 simile
She is so polite, she really is like a miniature Aunt Alice.p209 simile
Until then, we have to keep our lips sealed.p211
Otto wears pajama pants like the Chinamen I've seen down at the docks.p212 simile
He gets to climb the high masts and Ed Grady says that Wilbert moves faster than the monkey's he's seen climbing the trees in the jungles of Africa.p215 hyperbole
They leave me standing there like a porcupine while they walk around me and adjust this hem and that tuck and nip the waist in just a bit tighter here and there.p217 simile
Wilbert's eyes just about fall out of his head when he sees her walking down the stairs in her fine yellow dress; she looks a picture to be sure.p218 hyperbole
More of the food is ending up on my dress than in my belly.p222 hyperbole
rapscallions; a disreputable person rascal or rogue.p233
Mamma just blushes, like a girl really, like one of those girls who used to chase Matti.p241 simile
I grab Bosie by the piece of rope around his neck and swim as hard as I can to the bank, but the logs are coming fast as Salmon.p245 simile
Then all of a sudden, I see that Wilbert has climbed the tree on the bank as fast as a monkey, and he swings down from a branch and hoists me up and Bosie too, and when I look down I can't see any water at all only logs crashing down the Nasel.p245 simile
like an angry waterfall p246 simile
Pappa reaches us first and his face is as dark as thunder.p246 hyperbole
I was the only May Amelia Jackson they had.p247
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Responce # 5
Part five of "Our Only May Amelia" tells about May Amelia's grandmother dieing and being buried on The Smith Island. It also tells about Amelia finding out that her brother Matti wasn't shanghaied after all he ran away to live with his Irish girl friend in Astoria. Part five also talks about these Geological references...
List of Geological references from pages 188,194,195,196,198,214,215,221,237,242,245
San Francisco
Seattle
Astoria
Boston
Nova Scotia
Nasel
China
Cape Horn
Baby Island
Smith Island
Finland
Knappton
The Orient
Africa
Columbia River
Wind is Blowing
Daffodils
Crocuses
List of Geological references from pages 188,194,195,196,198,214,215,221,237,242,245
San Francisco
Seattle
Astoria
Boston
Nova Scotia
Nasel
China
Cape Horn
Baby Island
Smith Island
Finland
Knappton
The Orient
Africa
Columbia River
Wind is Blowing
Daffodils
Crocuses
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Response #2 (late)
May Amelia is the only girl to be born on the Nasel River for many years, in a way, she is a miracle. She has eight brothers, and the only other girls in the town are already women, like May Amelia's mother. May's mother is going to have another baby, and May hopes it is a girl, so she has someone to relate to.
May wants to be able to do the things a boy is allowed to do, like go to the logging camp.
May's family have a dog named Bosie. May's brother Kaarlo is not really her brother he is the child of some long-lost relatives, and he is mean to May. May's Aunt Alice comes over and brings treats. May Amelia helps count all the sheep. Isaiah, one of May's brothers, loves the sheep and names them after people that live near them. A sheep is named after a neighbor named Mrs. Peterson, and the sheep is hurt. Isaiah calls in his family to see the hurt sheep but they misunderstand and think they mean the neighbor is hurt. May gets caught in a bear trap on Baby Island, and some Indians help untrap her and bring her home.
Also, there is NO product placement in this section.
May wants to be able to do the things a boy is allowed to do, like go to the logging camp.
May's family have a dog named Bosie. May's brother Kaarlo is not really her brother he is the child of some long-lost relatives, and he is mean to May. May's Aunt Alice comes over and brings treats. May Amelia helps count all the sheep. Isaiah, one of May's brothers, loves the sheep and names them after people that live near them. A sheep is named after a neighbor named Mrs. Peterson, and the sheep is hurt. Isaiah calls in his family to see the hurt sheep but they misunderstand and think they mean the neighbor is hurt. May gets caught in a bear trap on Baby Island, and some Indians help untrap her and bring her home.
Also, there is NO product placement in this section.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Response #4 from Elsa
You won't believe how many more illuminated things.
small and pink like little Moses in the rush cradle, Simile p126
I once heard a cougar cry like a baby calling for its mother. simile p126
And I imagine we look like supper. simile p127
he has not moved an inch, he is frozen with fear, hyperbole p127
The cougar is still growling on the bank, any minute it will be on the bridge and it will be good-bye May Amelia Hello supper unless I do something.p127
like a sack of flour, barreling across the bridge. simile p128
Well then, I say, I reckon it's a Darn Good Thing I'm not a Proper Young Lady or you'd be that cougars supper right about now.p129
Wilbert says there are some days that are so bad there's no mending them.p 131
small and pink like little Moses in the rush cradle, Simile p126
I once heard a cougar cry like a baby calling for its mother. simile p126
And I imagine we look like supper. simile p127
he has not moved an inch, he is frozen with fear, hyperbole p127
The cougar is still growling on the bank, any minute it will be on the bridge and it will be good-bye May Amelia Hello supper unless I do something.p127
like a sack of flour, barreling across the bridge. simile p128
Well then, I say, I reckon it's a Darn Good Thing I'm not a Proper Young Lady or you'd be that cougars supper right about now.p129
Wilbert says there are some days that are so bad there's no mending them.p 131
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Responce #4
Part four of "Our Only May Amelia" tells about May's brother Matti disappearing in Astoria. It also tells about her baby sister dieing and May Amelia being so sad her and her brother Wilbert go to live with their Aunt and Uncle. Part four also talks about these geological references...
List of references from pages 125,126,133,141,143,147,149,157,162,165,180 and 188
List of references from pages 125,126,133,141,143,147,149,157,162,165,180 and 188
- Nasel River
- Columbia River
- Nova Scotia
- Astoria
- Smith Island
- Baby Island
- Seattle
- San Francisco
- Fierce wind
- Thick fog
- Rain
- Cold in November
- Freezing cold in the winter
- Cougar
- Raccoon
- Bears
- Cows
- Fish
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Response #3 from Elsa
Even more lluminated things!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's no accounting for luck, especially luck in getting brothers.p63
Wilbert says Ignore her May,she must be desperate is she's chasing after Matti like a cat in heat.p64 simile
Pappa says the Irish are like locusts.p65 simile
Uncle Aarno looks like Pappa, only older and kinder, even though he is really younger.p73
Ladies and princesses don't get to have adventures because they get left behind.p75
Your mother would have my hide if I sent you home in weather like this.p77
the shadows of the trees are dancing against the windows and look like ghosts.p80 simile
Mamma bends her head, and her hair falls over her slender neck like a waterfall on the Nasel, hiding her face.p83 simile
Kaarlo looks full of rage and sadness and suddenly pushes back his chair and runs out of the room as if a demon is on his tail.p84 simile
Wendell says there's no mending a torn heart, but he wishes he could.p85
You got a pack of brothers to look after you here.p86 hyperbole
Let's sit down and eat this pie your ma made for us, Mr.Clayton says, as if Kaarlo stacking wood by his fireplace was an every day occurrence.p88
I hang my head like Bosie when he's been whupped.p88 simile
He gives me a ghost of a smile.p89 hyperbole
My grandmother does not think I am A Miracle.p91
Wilbert tells me my Grandmother Patience was poorly maned.p92
When Grandmother Patience arrives she looks at Mamma real hard, from the top of her head to her big belly, looks her up and down like she's looking at a cow.p92-93 simile
This room won't do at all, I'll take the one at the far end of the hall, she says like she is the queen.p94 simile
A Living Misery hyperbole p94
Well children, she says, I suspect we're in for a real storm.p95 hyperbole
My poor brothers are gonna be carting and carrying for the rest of their days.p95 hyperbole
Nah, he whispers back, she's stuck here like a cow in the tidelands.p98 simile
A big old bruise the size of a hens egg p98 simile
I know in the bible it is a sin to wish for someone's death but I cannot help but wish that Grandmother Patience would simply go ahead and die and leave us all in peace.p99
For every evil god sends to me he sends an angel and I know for certain that Wilbert is my guardian angel.p100
My blood in boiling like tea water p103 simile
Bosie you sure are a dumb dog, Wilbert says.102
Wilbert complained this morning at breakfast that my chattering teeth kept him up half the night.p105 hyperbole
I just lie there, still as a mouse.p106 simile
it smells so fine, like an open feel, or the breeze blowing of the Nasel.p106 simile
I will travel to faraway places like china and whatnot.p110
Well I sure ain't no Proper Young Lady Miss McEwing, you can ask any of my brothers here.p111
Have you gone crazy May? he says.p115
It's a fierce autumm day, the kind that lets you know that winter is just around the corner.p122
That fogs as thick as soup, Wilbert says.p124 simile
We are nearly halfway across the bridge when Lonny, who has been quiet the whole way says, I hear a baby crying.p125
There's no accounting for luck, especially luck in getting brothers.p63
Wilbert says Ignore her May,she must be desperate is she's chasing after Matti like a cat in heat.p64 simile
Pappa says the Irish are like locusts.p65 simile
Uncle Aarno looks like Pappa, only older and kinder, even though he is really younger.p73
Ladies and princesses don't get to have adventures because they get left behind.p75
Your mother would have my hide if I sent you home in weather like this.p77
the shadows of the trees are dancing against the windows and look like ghosts.p80 simile
Mamma bends her head, and her hair falls over her slender neck like a waterfall on the Nasel, hiding her face.p83 simile
Kaarlo looks full of rage and sadness and suddenly pushes back his chair and runs out of the room as if a demon is on his tail.p84 simile
Wendell says there's no mending a torn heart, but he wishes he could.p85
You got a pack of brothers to look after you here.p86 hyperbole
Let's sit down and eat this pie your ma made for us, Mr.Clayton says, as if Kaarlo stacking wood by his fireplace was an every day occurrence.p88
I hang my head like Bosie when he's been whupped.p88 simile
He gives me a ghost of a smile.p89 hyperbole
My grandmother does not think I am A Miracle.p91
Wilbert tells me my Grandmother Patience was poorly maned.p92
When Grandmother Patience arrives she looks at Mamma real hard, from the top of her head to her big belly, looks her up and down like she's looking at a cow.p92-93 simile
This room won't do at all, I'll take the one at the far end of the hall, she says like she is the queen.p94 simile
A Living Misery hyperbole p94
Well children, she says, I suspect we're in for a real storm.p95 hyperbole
My poor brothers are gonna be carting and carrying for the rest of their days.p95 hyperbole
Nah, he whispers back, she's stuck here like a cow in the tidelands.p98 simile
A big old bruise the size of a hens egg p98 simile
I know in the bible it is a sin to wish for someone's death but I cannot help but wish that Grandmother Patience would simply go ahead and die and leave us all in peace.p99
For every evil god sends to me he sends an angel and I know for certain that Wilbert is my guardian angel.p100
My blood in boiling like tea water p103 simile
Bosie you sure are a dumb dog, Wilbert says.102
Wilbert complained this morning at breakfast that my chattering teeth kept him up half the night.p105 hyperbole
I just lie there, still as a mouse.p106 simile
it smells so fine, like an open feel, or the breeze blowing of the Nasel.p106 simile
I will travel to faraway places like china and whatnot.p110
Well I sure ain't no Proper Young Lady Miss McEwing, you can ask any of my brothers here.p111
Have you gone crazy May? he says.p115
It's a fierce autumm day, the kind that lets you know that winter is just around the corner.p122
That fogs as thick as soup, Wilbert says.p124 simile
We are nearly halfway across the bridge when Lonny, who has been quiet the whole way says, I hear a baby crying.p125
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Responce #3 part #1
Part three of "Our Only May Amelia" tells about her brother Maddi moving to Astoria. It talks about her cousin's parents living in Vancouver. Part three of the book also talks about Kaarlo her cousin' wanting to go to Alaska and be a miner. And lastly part three also includes these goelogical refrences...
List of goelogical refrences from pages
63,65,66,67,69,70,71,75,77,79,95,101,109,110,115,119,121,123
List of goelogical refrences from pages
63,65,66,67,69,70,71,75,77,79,95,101,109,110,115,119,121,123
- San Francisco
- Astoria
- Alaska
- Vancouver
- Nasel
- Finland
- Knappton
- Pennsylvania
- China
- Sweden
- Soalwater Bay
- Deep River
- Columbia River
- East Indies
- Sandwich Islands
- Smith Island
- Fierce rain
- Wind howling
- Sun shining
- Pigs
- Seagull
- Cranberrie plants
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Book Covers :)
This is the book cover we looked at to guess why the illustrator drew this particular picture.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Response #2
Here is a list of Illuminated things to page 63.
My secret birthday wish is to get a sister but I don't know how likely that is.p1
It'll be nice to have gentle men around,Aunt Alice says, skeptically eyeing the twins.p21
I notice that Isaiah is having none of the mutton stew,only vegetables. Every few minute she gives me a hurt look, a look saying How Can You Eat Mrs. Petersen?p50
I have plenty of brothers but only one Wilbert.p7
This is Astoria: a seamans village with houses perches on the cliffs overlooking the bay like eggs on hay,waiting to teeter off.p33 simile
The sheeps get stuck on the thorns and mew like cats until they rip themselves free and then they are hurt real bad.p44 simile
The Indians paddle smoothly and the sleek canoe is like a bird,it feels like it is gliding across the water, just skinning on the top.
He is Alvin's twin and they look as alike as two blackberries.p2 simile
Aunt Alice treats me as if I am all grown up and not only twelve,which is fine by me because I mostly feel as if I am practically a hundred years old.p11 simile
The sun is out a-shining which it hardly ever does and the Nasel is as calm and smooth as the inside of a clam shell.p24 simile
Shanghaied:To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.p14,15
alliteration: Aunt Alice,I will not abide any arguments p3,
Matti laughs at us and says ,It will be a Real Miracle if you can manage to stay out of trouble for more than a day May Amelia.p43 hyperbole
The stars are so high in the sky that I imagine the angels themselves are holding them up and that this must be a miracle.p51 hyperbole
My secret birthday wish is to get a sister but I don't know how likely that is.p1
It'll be nice to have gentle men around,Aunt Alice says, skeptically eyeing the twins.p21
I notice that Isaiah is having none of the mutton stew,only vegetables. Every few minute she gives me a hurt look, a look saying How Can You Eat Mrs. Petersen?p50
I have plenty of brothers but only one Wilbert.p7
This is Astoria: a seamans village with houses perches on the cliffs overlooking the bay like eggs on hay,waiting to teeter off.p33 simile
The sheeps get stuck on the thorns and mew like cats until they rip themselves free and then they are hurt real bad.p44 simile
The Indians paddle smoothly and the sleek canoe is like a bird,it feels like it is gliding across the water, just skinning on the top.
He is Alvin's twin and they look as alike as two blackberries.p2 simile
Aunt Alice treats me as if I am all grown up and not only twelve,which is fine by me because I mostly feel as if I am practically a hundred years old.p11 simile
The sun is out a-shining which it hardly ever does and the Nasel is as calm and smooth as the inside of a clam shell.p24 simile
Shanghaied:To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.p14,15
alliteration: Aunt Alice,I will not abide any arguments p3,
Matti laughs at us and says ,It will be a Real Miracle if you can manage to stay out of trouble for more than a day May Amelia.p43 hyperbole
The stars are so high in the sky that I imagine the angels themselves are holding them up and that this must be a miracle.p51 hyperbole
You can't judge a book by its cover...
The author was trying to show that the book is set in a semi-forested area, by showing a girl sitting on a stump with plants and trees near her. The title of the book is "Our only May Amelia" so the girl on the cover is probably May Amelia. I am guessing that the author Jennifer L. Holm, is also the illustrator because there is no specific other name of a person who contributed to the book, some illistrations in the book look like photos. I predict that May Amelia is not very "lady-like" even though she lives in an era that is when people think girls need to be "lady like" because she is wearing over-alls. I also predict that there will be something about symbols in the book because, on a rock on the cover there is a symbol. I think the author was trying to set a happy kind of mood, because on the cover the girl is smiling. Mood or tone words are: Happy, natural, care-free.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Response #2 from Sophie
The first section of "Our Only May Amelia" tells about her and her family raising sheep on their farm and going fishing in the Nasel River on Baby Island (pg. 4). The Nasel River runs into the Shoalwater Bay (pg. 4) which from there runs into the Pacific Ocean. The closest city to Amelia's family is Astoria, Oregon. It also tells about her uncle traveling all over the world, from the East Indies to Cape Horn and San Francisco.
List (references from pages 2, 3, 4, 12, 15, 16, 23, 31, 43) :
List (references from pages 2, 3, 4, 12, 15, 16, 23, 31, 43) :
- Raccoons
- Nasel
- Nasel River
- Baby Island
- Fish
- Mosquitoes
- Hot in June
- Columbia River
- Astoria
- Finland
- Knappton
- Sandwich Islands
- East Indies
- The Orient
- China
- China Sea
- Oregon
- Cape Horn
- San Francisco
- Shoalwater Bay
- Cape Disappointment
- Pacific Ocean
- Smith Island
- Ducks
- Beavers
- Sheep
Response #1 from Sophie
I think the title "Our Only May Amelia" means that her parents and her town only have one girl. Her name is May Amelia. I also think it means her parents want her to be very lady like but they decide hey only have one May Amelia and should let her be as unladylike as she wants.
Response #1 from Elsa
Our Only May Amelia is a Newbery Honor book, ALA Notable book and a Parents Choice Silver Award book. In some of the reviews people said they cried. Lots of people said they liked this book. Some people didn't like the way it was written or thought it wasn't very interesting. People who bought this book also bought The Trouble with May Amelia, Lily's Crossing and Boston Jane: An Adventure. 57% of the 98 people who wrote reviews for this book on Amazon gave it five stars, This book sounds like a book people think highly of.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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