Answer the following questions based on your reading of the City of Ember:

1. Explain why the document sparked so much curiosity in Lina.

2. Why do you think the people of Ember know so little about fire?

3. Make a prediction about what is behind the locked door Doon and Lina found in the Pipeworks.

Chapter Six: The Box in the Closet

Answer the following questions based on what we have read in Chapter 6:

1. Do you think Mayor Cole was correct in calling the people of Ember together after the 7 minute blackout? Why or why not?

2. If you were the mayor of the City of Ember, what would you tell your citizens to ease their fears?

Food in Ember

Answer the following questions based on what you read in chapter 4:
1. Why do the people of Ember eat these foods?
2. Why do the greenhouses not grow fruits?
3. Why do the people not raise beef, pork, chicken, etc.?
4. Why do the people of Ember have bee hives?
5. Why do the greenhouses not grow grains?

Outside Novel Update

Update me on the outside novel you are reading by answer the following questions:

1. Describe the setting of the story?
2. Who is the main character? What makes this character appealing to a reader?
3. What major conflict is unfolding in the story?

What is a Generator?

Answer the following:
1. What is a generator? How would you describe its workings?

2. Describe the importance of this machine in the City of Ember.

City of Ember Predictions

Based on Chapter 1: The Instructions complete the following:
1. What do you think this novel will be about?
2. What do you think is in the box?

Novel Selections

With your partner, please select a novel and interview the book. After your interview, blog about why you have selected that book to read, and write a prediction about what you think will happen.

Please remember to select a book on your level.....I'll just make you pick another one!

Welcome to our Novel Study blog!!! This blog will serve as a discussion board for activities and readings we complete in class. You will be responsible for posting a response at least once a week. In addition, you will be responsible for responding to your peer's posts. This will be a weekly grade in my class. Please respect the following blog etiquette:
As always....use complete sentences!!!
Do not use all caps--on the internet it means you're shouting
Do not copy/plagiarize someone else's ideas
While you can disagree with someone's opinion, you must be respectful to others
Always remember...Everything you write is for the world to see
Failure to follow the above etiquette will cause your posting to be removed and will therefore affect your grade.
I'm very excited and looking forward to reading your posts!