The Journal of Ben Uchida
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Meeting Schedule and Page Deadlines
| Date |
Pages to read |
| 4/3 |
Historical Note |
| 4/12 |
3-32 |
| 4/17 |
32-57 |
| 4/19 |
57-79 |
| 4/24 |
80-107 |
| 4/26 |
107-132 |
Historical Notes
Ben Uchida K-W Chart
Online Discussion of Novel
Ben Uchida Vocabulary
Ben Uchida Opinions
Ben Uchida Summary
Observations & Wonderings: In the space below you can write down any observations or wonderings (questions) that you have about the sections that you have read. Your observations can be about the plot, the characters, the setting, the connection to historical events or anything else that you notice about the section that you have read. The wonderings can be questions about the historical facts, the plot, the characters, the sequence of events, anything!
Observations
I have found out that Ben doesn't want to be at Mirror Lake Internment Camp.
-George
Ben -like me- dosen't like it when his sister intoduses him by "my little brother Ben" or in my case "my little brother Ryan."
-Ryan
The Internment camp isn't very nice. There is alot of people there and the food lines are long.
-Dylan
Thanks to Ben's sister, they may have found a helpful friend. -Ryan
Ben's sister is a very good drawer. It sounds like that is all she does.-Dylan
In the picture he looks very miserable.
-Dylan
Why is Ben so mean to people.
-George
I think Ben's Father has always been so miserable.
-George
But Ben's family forgets what their father looks like.
-Casey
There is never any space in the mess hall -George
I thinck the best thing that ever happen to the camp is Baseball.
-Casey
Ben's family is lucky that they live with a carpenter and Ben's freind can get him supplies.
-Casey
I observed that Ben's mother wants to make a courten becasue there are no doors on the stolls and Nomi gose inthe feilds for privacy.
-Casey
The epilogue is very sad I can't believe all those people die
-Dylan
Wonderings
Is there a bathroom in the camp, or do they have to go by a tree?- if there is a tree.
-Ryan
There is a bathroom, but it is far away.Ben's sister goes to the bathroom in the feild for her privacy.
-Dylan
What are they going to do at the camp?
Are they goimg to try to exscape the camp or will they be realesed when the war is over with?
Will they see there fater ever agian? Will Ben make new freinds at this camp? Will Ben ever see his best freind ever agian?
-Casey
I wonder Ben's team will win the baseball championship?
-Dylan
How will Mike Masuda be to help to them?
-Ryan
"Them Who"
What will they do if they are sick and there is no doctor -George
What would they do if they needed to go to the bathroom -George
They will walk to the other side of the camp.-Dylan
Will even more people come to the camp?
-Dylan
"YES" -Casey
Is Charles going to stop following Ben?
-Dylan
Will Ben's Baseball team win the champion ship?
Will Jimmy see "Night Night, his sister or his mother agian?
Is Mr.Tashima going to build beds?
-Casey
Are they going to make a real baseball feild?
-Casey
Will Charles and Ben get in a fhist fight?
-Casey
Did they beat Ben's dad becuase he can not even get out of bed.
-Casey
Why is Ben's dad so miserable?
-Dylan
Do people hate Ben because he looks so mean
-George
Does Ben's Dad ever talk again because he looks that he won't.
-George
was Bens dad tortured?
-Dylan
Literary Essays
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