HELLO, FABULOUS FIFTH GRADE! BELOW ARE YOUR RESPONSE QUESTIONS FOR CHPTR. 3 OF HATCHET: BE SURE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES AND RESPOND TO ONE OTHER STUDENT'S COMMENTS IN YOUR CLASS.
1. In Chptr. 3, the Cessna has already run out of fuel, and the plane is going down. Brian's thought was "Going to Die". As he tries to fly the plane, "The plane went into a glide, a very fast glide that ate altitude, and suddenly there weren't any lakes."
Focusing on the sentence in red, explain what the bold and italicized words (ate altitude) mean.
Be specific.
2. At the end of Chptr. 3, Brian experienced a color that he had never seen before, a color that exploded in his mind with the pain and he was gone, gone from it all, spiraling out into the world, spiraling out into nothing. Nothing.
Explain what is meant by this experience. What really happened to Brian?
I think when it says the plane{ate altitude} I think it is refers to the plane is going down so it is using personification saying that the plane ate altitude when it is really just going down and losing altitude-Tyler wood
ReplyDeleteGood job Tyler, I didn't think about the author using personification. Since now that i think about it the author did use personification because a plane can't eat altitude. Also since the plane was " eating" altitude it means that it was taking it away and altitude means going down. ~ Gabrielle Stevenson
DeleteTyler I think That your connection to personification is awesome.I also love the type of writing that you used when you said the plane ate altitude.
Delete1. In chapter 3 the author said the plane ate altitude. I think the author said this because instead of the plane gliding with the altitude it was eating it so it caused the plane to drop. ~Gabrielle Stevenson
ReplyDelete2. At the end of Chptr .3 when Brian said he experienced a color he had never seen before I think this meant that Brian was in shock because he didnt know what to do and he had just gotten to land when he was certain he would die. ~ Gabrielle Stevenson
i like the way you said that he was in shock based on how he was seeing things and how he was feeling! Nice job!
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I see what you are saying, I just didn't read it the same way you did.
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1. i think when it says the plane ''Ate Altitude'' I think it is using personification because the plane was going down. A plane is not human, so they gave it a human action.
ReplyDelete2. I think when it says he saw ''nothing'' it is saying that he fainted because his lungs could not take being in the water so long so he saw nothing but darkness.
-Rose Slater :)
I think when it says he saw a color he had never before that he thinks he is dead not that he had past out he would have not see any thing and it says he had seen a color never seen before
DeleteI see what you are saying, I just didn't read it the same way you did.
DeleteAnd for 1 I think you did a good job and the feature of personification saying that it a human not a animal feature
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ReplyDeleteIt is personification and it means the plane is trying to go up. The author meant Brain was dizzy.
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DeleteRoman I think you did a good job, but I personally think that you could have done some more explaining on your response. Maybe you could have listed reasons why you think that Brian was seeing a new "color". Also I think the plane was going down not up. :) - Kelly Lee
Good reply but eating altitude is losing altitude
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To Tyler, I liked your answers but I think you could do better because I think you could elaborate more do you think?
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1. When it says it ate altitude its personification and it means that it took of a lot of altitude. 2. I think it means that Brian was in shock because the plane must've exploded when it hit land and Brian got dizzy.
ReplyDelete1.I think the plane ate altitude is personifaction because a plane cant eat altitude HP
ReplyDeleteI like how you put personification in your response but you could have added why they used personification in the response
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-Vasea Cebotari
ReplyDelete1. When the text said, " The plane went into a glide, a very fast glide that ate altitude." It meant that as this happened the plane had gotten lower to the ground. I know this because, altitude is like the height above ground, and when you are saying "ate" it basically means loosing altitude. This is like an example of personification. By knowing that a plane cant really eat, but this expression could be used to explain loosing altitude.
ReplyDelete2. Maybe , what Gary was trying to declare was that maybe Brian was in so much pain, he started seeing colors as if he was very dizzy or ill. Sometimes when your in pain you see colors. Another way is maybe he was in so much pain and shock your brain has a strange reaction to what is happening at that moment. From my personal experience sometimes I see colors of dots and blobs when I'm in pain.
Blog Response // September 21, 2015 - Kelly Lee
Good job Kelly
DeleteI like how you used yourself as an example to help the reader better understand the text
Taylor McGlashing.
Dear Kelly, while reading the passage my first thought was not that he was in pain but he defiantly could have been.
Deletegreat job kelly I like how you explained about how the author was trying to say this sentence. Aric Rasmusson
Delete2. I think Brian was knocked out because he went into darkness and when you are knocked out yoy cant see HP
ReplyDelete1. I think that in the sentence that when it says "ate altitude" it means that the plane was going so fast you could hear the wind cutting from the wings. I think it is a personification phrase and the plane would "lose altitude" as it went down cause he made the nose go up into the sky so it would not go as fast.
ReplyDelete2. I think that when it says he saw a a color he never saw before that it meant that he was so shocked and he didn't know if he was alive or dead and he imagined a different color and he thought he was actually looking at it in person.
Emily Richards
I think it means that brian is leaving the world to go to the man above and his son
ReplyDelete1. I think that eating altitude means that the plane is losing altitude causing it to go down.The author is using personification to show what the plane is doing.
ReplyDelete2. I think that Brian is feeling so much relief and shock that engulfs his and causes him to see this terrifying colour.
Taylor McGlashing
Good job Taylor but I think you should explain your answer more. Like when you said it was personification you could explain how you know it is.
Delete~Cami Adams=)
I like your answer for number 1 but for number 2 i think you could explain a little better. I think that if you added some more that explains why he was in relief it would be better. I don't exactly see how you got a terrifying color because if he was in relief(which you stated in your response) that he would see a good, bright color. These are some tips for your next blog response.- :) Emily Richards
Delete1. The words "ate altitude" mean that the plane was going down very quickly. This is an example of personification because it gives a human like feature to a non - living thing.
ReplyDelete2. What really happened to Brian was that he was blacking out. He had just gotten out of a plane crash, that was why he felt like he was spiraling off of the world.
- Samantha Cox
I like how you mentioned personification in 1 and for how you said he was blacking out, also mentioning how he felt like he was spiraling off the world.
Delete-Emily Scott
I agree with you on how you mentioned personification for question number one and how Brian blacked out because he did crash in a plane.
Delete~SALLY KWAK
For the first question, i believe "ate altitude" means the plane was going down fast, gaining lots of speed.
ReplyDeleteFor the other question, i think Brian ether blacked out or passed out after the crash, and getting so much water in his body, almost drowning.
-Emily scott
1. In chapter 3 I think that "ate altitude" means that the plane was going down really fast, so all of the fast winds coming at him made it seem like the plane was eating the wind. Also the author used personification by saying the plane was eating and planes don't eat.
ReplyDelete2. In chapter 3 Brian experienced a color that he had never seen before because he passed out probably because he was in so much pain and he had ended up drinking a lot of water causing him to get sick.
~Cami Adams
Question1: I think when it says the plane is eating attitude it is diving very fast and with great speed.
ReplyDeleteQuestion2:Brian just passed out but the author made it seem like he got hurt or something else happened.But he actually passed out.
Good job I think you saw were the author used personification
Delete~JOSH HUBBARD
RORY FROM JOHN.Rory i liked your detail "diving very fast and with great speed." in your log but on q.2 i disagree with you because in the text it doesn't seem like hes hurt he actually is hurt because he didn't black out right away, he crawled up to shore so he must not have been unconscious then or he would have died and he was in pain there so therefor he WAS in pain not seeming like he was in pain. But i liked your response keep up the good work.
Deletesorry published the wrong one above. RORY FROM JOHN.Rory I liked your detail "diving very fast and with great speed." but in chapter 2 you said "the author made it seem like he got hurt or something else happened. But he actually passed out." I think he wasn't making it "seem" like he was hurt but he actually wasn't hurt. He had to of actually been hurt because he didn't blackout until he had crawled to shore. Great response Rory.
Delete1. In Chptr. 3, the Cessna has already run out of fuel, and the plane is going down. Brian's thought was "Going to Die". As he tries to fly the plane, "The plane went into a glide, a very fast glide that ate altitude, and suddenly there weren't any lakes."
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 3 I think ate altitude means going down because altitude is height and if you are eating it it means its going away so if you are eating altitude he must be falling.
2. At the end of Chptr. 3, Brian experienced a color that he had never seen before, a color that exploded in his mind with the pain and he was gone, gone from it all, spiraling out into the world, spiraling out into nothing. Nothing.
In chapter 3 Brian experienced a color that he had never seen before a color that exploded in his mind and he seemed to be spiraling. I think the spiraling is from being dissy (sorry about spelling idk) and the color means hes blacking out.
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1.I think ate altitude means that a sudden jerk or a side to side movement or a drop.
ReplyDelete2.I think what really happend was that Brian was not really seeing a color I think that the author was saying that he was because he had gotten very sick
~JOSHUA HUBBARD
dear Joshua
DeleteI think that when you said that Brian got very sick for #2 ,what did you mean by that , how did he get sick?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~William Jackson~~~~~~~~~~~~
the question is supposed to be what does EAT altitude mean not just altitude.
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1. IN CHAPTER 3 The word ''ate altitude'' means the plane went down and at that time ''ate'' the wind. The author also uses personification which is when a nonhuman thing acts or does something like a person, I know that it was personification because a plane can't eat.
ReplyDelete2. In the end of chapter 3, when Brian saw colors he had never seen
before was maybe because he drank too much water and didn't breathe so he got dizzy, sick, or ill.
~SALLY KWAK
1. Altitude means the air that hits the front of the plane causing it to go up and down ; the air that hits the front of the plane as it is flying .
ReplyDelete2. I think that what really happened to Brian is he was starting to drown or blackout witch caused him to not be able to think clearly so he started seeing colors.
I like Cami's because for number one she gave the context clues to what she thinks altitude means.
~Malachi
good job. I like how you used a lot of detail in wording and explaining the action ~Camryn
Delete.1 when the text says ate altitude i think that ate altitude means that the plane went down at an angle with great speeds or went up with great speed.
ReplyDelete2.I think that Brian was knocked out by the crash because it said that when the plane hit the trees it jerked him forward and he hit the wheel very hard but after that he could have seen more , so that didn't knock him out but when the plane hit water it sunk. When it sunk as it went deeper it gained pressure and water leaked in rapidly,causing him to hold his breath, but by the time he hit the surface of air he was dizzy and from that plus the hard hit to the steering wheel he passed out from the lack of air.
Q1. I think that when it says ate the air it means that when it started to go down it gathered up the altitude and used personification in where it says that it ate the altitude.
ReplyDeleteQ2. I think what really happened was he didn't understood what was happening and he might have thought he was dead
ReplyDelete1.ate altitude-I think what it really means is he was high,but as the plane started to run out of fuel the plane started going lower~Camryn
ReplyDelete2. I think what was really happening to Brian was he was in the plane still in the air and when the pilot had a heart attack Brian was freaking out because he thought he was going to die, but when Brian started to calm down he was thinking on what he should until the till the plane crashes.
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I think what it means by eating altitude that the plane is losing altitude Aric Rasmusson
ReplyDeleteI think he is experiencing a new color because his head is fuzzy from the crash and the damage in his head
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