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Student Pages Link: http://lcstudentwiki.wikispaces.com/Student+Pages To go back to my home page Link: http://lcstudentwiki.wikispaces.com/Abbie+P Hobbit Question 1 March 3, 2011 Choose one conflict in The Hobbit, and explain how Tolkien uses it to move the story forward. Don't forget to cite page number when appropriate.

One example of a conflict in __The Hobbit__ is when Bilbo Baggins had encountered the goblins. When Kili and Fili had found the cave ,in the mountains, (<---an appositive) Nope, not an appositive. A prep phrase. Sorry.  they had not known it was a goblin entrance. While everyone was sleeping, Bilbo woke up to find the back of the cave wall cracked apart. Then the goblins had come in and stole the ponies, luggage, supplies, and the dwarves and Bilbo. They didn't have the chance to get Gandalf, only the dwarves and Bilbo. In this chapter, if Bilbo hadn't encountered with the goblins, we wouldn't have known anything about the goblins and how they lived in the caves, or had tunnels running through the mountains. It wouldn't have made the beginning of the book very exciting and wanting to make you read more. Wowza! I love your page!! AMAZING!! Your conflict is good, but you don't explain what kind of conflict that is. I would have liked a little more info. ~ Mrs. Best

Katie Writz March, 4 2011 Reading 5 ﻿I thought this was a major conflict, too! It was very suspenseful. I also agree that it really helped move the story along because if it never would have happened, nothing with the goblins could occur in the story. I enjoyed this part a lot because I thought it had lots of action with the goblins taking away Bilbo. It was fun reading about how Bilbo finally escaped the tunnel and joined the dwarves again on the journey. The conflict that I wrote about on my page was when Gollum and Bilbo got into the riddle competition. I thought that was a good conflict that helped moved the story along because if there was no riddle competition, Bilbo would never have escaped the tunnel and continue on the adventure. Who would've known that a riddle war could either save or kill someone? Great Job on your response, Abby! Great discussion of the literature! I love your positive comments. ~Mrs. Best

** Reading 8 **
===** I thought that that was a really good part too. I couldn't put my book down at that part. Another part that i liked a lot in this book was when Bilbo was in the cave with Gollum. This part was probably my favorite part in this story so far. I had no idea who was going to win at answering the riddles, if Bilbo would be eaten, or if Bilbo would ever make it out of the cave and find his friends. **===

** -Nicole Zingale **Good comments. ~Mrs. Best
Hobbit Question 2 March 4, 2011 In your own words, describe what happens next to Bilbo and the dwarves in the forest.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">﻿After they entered the forest, they found themselves among wolves. They heard the howling of the wolves <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">and knew they had company, so they had to find somewhere to hide. Everyone rushed for the trees and <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">climbed up them, but poor Bilbo couldn't reach any of the lowest branches so he kept running looking for <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">branches he could reach. Nori and Dori finally realized that they had lost Bilbo, once again, but this time <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">they were going to find him. Dori, who was lowest on the tree, climbed down and started to look for Bilbo. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Dori had found Bilbo just in time and helped boost Bilbo up in the tree just before the wolves got at them. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">The wolves, who are friends with the goblins, asked the goblins for help so the goblins headed over to help <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">the wolves get to their p﻿rey. The dwarves, Bilbo, and Gandalf were all stuck in different trees and didn't know <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">what to do. Then the goblins arrived so Gandalf throw pine cones, which turned in fire, at the goblins which <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">sent them scattering everywhere. The goblins then put out all the fire, except near the trees where the <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">company were hiding. Gandalf was then taken into the air by the Lord of the Eagles, along with the dwarves <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">and Bilbo, by other eagles. They were taken to the eagles mountain top area and were saved by the eagles. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">They later found out that the Lord of the Eagles was a friend of Gandalf's. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How did the pine cones turn in fire? You could use the book to fill in this gap when you are responding on the wiki. This was a good explanation over all. ~Mrs. Best

<span style="color: #c910c9; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Hobbit Ques﻿tion 3 March 22, 2011 <span style="color: #c910c9; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Think about the times you have learned a new skill, moved, changed schools, competed in sports, welcomed a new pet, discovered a new friend, performed in front of an audience, or had a terrifying fall. These events are adventures in process. Have you grown or changed from your experience with any of these situations, as Bilbo grew and changed because of his adventure with the dwarves? Recall a time when something happened to cause you to grow and change in a positive way. Respond on your wiki page.

__<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">My Trip To New York __

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">While I was in New York for vacation, my cousins, brother, dad, and I decided we should explore New York and find some place to go craw fish catching. We drove for at least an hour until we came upon a parking lot, which had a trail leading to a river. The river was very wide but shallow enough to be able to wade across (without getting our clothes wet). So, we decided to take <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">chances and cross it. Although we had stumbled over several large rocks and went against a small current; We finally made it across. Now, this side was full of tall green grass and had looked like a forest. It was full of different trees, bushes, plants, and flowers. Many I did not know of.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">My brother and cousins wanted to look around, but I didn't want to take the chance because of the thought of poison ivy; So, I waited for a bit. They had begged me to come along so I decided to join them. I was glad I did. We had looked around for at least twenty minutes, doing nothing. We had listened closely for we had heard some sort of meowing sound, so we chose to go and search for what was making it. As we listened intently and stayed quiet, we came upon a fairly large bush-like tree. We looked all around it, but had not decided to look under it. Finally, after about ten minutes we heard the meowing once again and decided to look under the tree. We had found a stray cat, and it was covered with flies; Somehow this cat was still perky and alive. It was orange, white, and fairly large sized for an older cat. It came right out under the tree happily with flies swarming all over him. He followed my brother, cousins, and I back across the river, swiftly, with no trouble; We had stumbled and tripped clumsy across. We made it to the other side and back to the parking lot. We had killed as many flies as we could and gave the cat some water. I felt very proud inside for rescuing this very house-friendly cat. We later brought it to the human society and named him Savior. We had called several times to check up on him and found out that he was very healthy and clean. Saving this cat reminded me when Bilbo had saved the dwarves from the spiders. We both had to be courageous and venture into the woods. Bilbo had faced his fears and was glad he did because he had saved the dwarves and earned gratitude from them.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Every time I go back to New York, I feel proud of myself for the good deed I did along with my family. I have grown to be more courteous of God's creature and to care for it no matter what condition it/he/she is in. I hope to do many more deeds in life and accomplish exciting adventures like Bilbo has! <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">~ This is a great connection! Good job! Mrs. Best

<span style="color: #c910c9; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Hobbit Question 4 March 31, 2011 <span style="color: #c910c9; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">If Thorin could have lived, do you think he would have regretted his greed? What do you think Tolkien is trying to teach us about material wealth by Thorin's death? In your response, site textual evidence to support your response. Use page numbers too.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">In my opinion, I truly think he would regret his greed. The reason why is because the more greedy you become, the more selfish you are. I don't think Thorin was very selfish because he had given Bilbo some share of the treasure. The only thing that he really wanted was the Arkenstone. That is why the stone was buried with him when he had died during the battle. During the battle, he had fought for his friends instead of staying behind with the treasure and having it all for himself. I think when he first saw the treasure, after being away from it for a very long time, he only cared about it. But when it came to his friends and them being endangered, he'll do anything for them, even giving away his treasure as long as he has his Arkenstone. I truly think he would give away his treasure even though that's all he cared about in his past. I think Tolkien is trying to tell us that greed can ruin our lives and make us into selfish people. The more greedy you are, the more you start to think about yourself. Tolkien wants to tell us that serious greed can overwhelm us and turn are lives into something bad. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">~ YOu needed to use a citation to support you point. Thorin says some very important things when he is dying. That is where we can see the change in him. ~Mrs. Best