Once again the author, Kenneth Oppel, has selected certain words to help the reader get a feel for the mood of the chapter. Consider the following passage from the text:

Complete darkness did not greet us this time, but pale light, revealing a chamber even bigger than the last. Dark, silhouetted shapes hunched everywhere, as if ready to stand or spring. Our torch beams danced about nervously. Against the far wall was a bank of floor-to-ceiling windows, all iced over. Looming darkly in the corner was an enormous machine, bent like a gargantuan crone, peering out the window. It looked to me like a telescope. (p. 202)

1. What images do the words in bold create in your mind?  
2. What is the mood these word choices help to create (If this were a scene in a movie, then how would you feel watching it?).  You may need to use a dictionary to help you understand some of the words. 

Science Quiz

You are going to need your science text book to complete this science quiz. You may use the book to help you answer the questions from Chapter One (Forces).  The quiz is here.

Please post one question that you found challenging or got incorrrect. Post the correct answer too.  You are copying - so it should be COPSed...

Good luck

Mr N

Nadira

Why do you think Nadira is so interested in Matt’s adventures with Vikram Szpirglas, as shown in the following passage?

Nadira waited. Her eyes had none of Kate’s appreciative brightness. Her gaze unsettled me, it was so intent.

"He came down and kicked at my fingers, trying to break my grip."

"That’s ugly," said Hal.

"But then I gave him a great kick and managed to trip him up, and he started sliding off the fin." I paused, wishing I could stop the story there, with a triumphant, quick-witted blow. But Kate already knew that wasn’t the end. "Szpirglas regained his grip, though, and came back to me, and I saw his eyes and knew he was about to break my skull with his steel-toed boot. Then something brushed his shoulder. There was a whole flock of cloud cats passing over the Aurora, and one of them knocked him off balance. That time he truly did fall."

"He just fell?" Nadira said.

I nodded.

Your answer should be composed in Microsoft Word, Golden Rules, in complete sentences and COPSed.  Post only when you have edited and proof read.  Remember, post your first name only below your answer.

Blogging Rules

Division 4: A blog is short for web log or online journal. A blog is public domain. What that means is that anyone with an internet connection can read what you write. They can also respond to what you write. Because of this, there are some rules you must obey for safety and for etiquette. I will read this blog daily to check that all rules are being followed.

For Safety:

1. Keep your, and other people's, personal details private. Never offer any personal information including your last name, contact information, home address, phone numbers, school's name, e-mail address, last names of friends or relatives, instant messaging names, age, or birth date.
2. Assume what you publish on the Web is permanent. Anyone on the Internet can easily print out a blog or save it to a computer.
3. No one wants or needs to know private details about your family life.
4. No photographs of yourself or others should be posted unless they are group shot, without names, and you have cleared the photo with me first.

For Etiquette:

1. ALL your posts should be positive, friendly and inoffensive; don't use them for slander or to attack others. That includes gossip. No gossip or negative posts about any other individuals, whether they are in our community or not. Remember, as soon as you post something it's hard to take it back!
2. Avoid trying to "outdo" or compete with other bloggers; concentrate on your own ideas.
3. Don't write in UPPER CASE: it is seen as shouting.
4. No innapropriate words, phrases or pictures are to be posted. Keep your language appropriate, clean and free of any rudeness.
5. Sign all your posts with only your first-name.

Above all: have fun!

Mr. N