Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Fever 1793


Name: Andrea Mitrovic 
Job: Summarizer
Book title: 1793
Pages read: 243



A man named Barney was trying to figure out whether Matilda is dead or alive. Matilda fad feverish dreams and dreamed that she has yellow fever and is in a hospital. When Matilda woke up Mrs. Flagg tells her that her grandfather has recovered so her grandfather visited her. Once he visited her he went on and flirted with Mrs, Flagg. Matilda realized that she is at a Brush Hill, a mansion that was turned into a hospital for people with Yellow Fever. Matilda heard stories about the fever in Philadelphia and thought about her friends and family. Matilda was informed by a Clerk that they cannot inform her Mother so her grandfather volunteered to be her guardian. Once Matilda and her grandfather said goodbye to the hospital and came back to the coffeehouse, the coffeehouse was robbed. Matilda ran up to her room and everything was in place. Matilda checked the cashier register and all the money was there. Matilda took a bath and dressed in her Mothers clothes because she didn't have her nice clean clothes. Later on Mattie decided to sleep downstairs and opened her grandfathers Bible. Once she went to sleep she went   to sleep she heard the burgles planning their plan. Once they broke in they took grandfathers sword and realized that there is someone in the coffeehouse. Grandfather attacked  them and Mattie threatens them.After grandfathers attack he was injured and died.  Mattie realized that she had to bury him and after the burial she wondered where to go so she went to the hat shop. A girl tells Mattie that her Mother is broken. Matilda went to Fifth Street and she thought she saw Eliza and she did! Eliza and Mattie were reunited. After they reunited Eliza took Matilda to her brother Joseph. Matilda got to meet Josephs Mother Mrs. Smith. When everyone fell asleep Matilda told Eliza the whole story. Matilda and Eliza took Nell to the orphan house. After Matilda and Eliza took Nell to the orphan house Eliza told Matilda gossip about the Ogilive. Matilda helped Eliza care for some people with the fever.Matilda and Eliza spend their rest of the fay taking care of the Sharp family. The next day the two started working as nurses so Eliza suggested to find a doctor to bleed the children but Matilda was against that. When Matilda went outside to get more water she fell asleep in the garden. Later, a messenger from Joseph arrived with more food Mrs. Epler told Matilda that her Mother is missing and that she will ask for her. Nathaniel became a constant visitor at the coffeehouse. Nathaniel and Matilda went for a walk and visited her grandfathers grave in the meantime Eliza suggested a thanksgiving feast. Joseph was wondering if Matilda was selling the coffeehouse. The coffeehouse opens and business in booming and Mattie became pensive. all of a sudden Nathaniel burst through the door and said that President Washington is coming down High Street and Matilda gives him a big kiss. Mattie saw her Mother in country clothes, Matilda and her Mother were . Maildas Mother asked about what happened to grandfather and she told him everything. Mother asked her to help upstairs to rest.

Key Points:

  • Matilda realizes that she is at Brush Hill, a mansion that is turned into a hospital for people with Yellow Fever. 
  • Matilda was informed by a clerk that they cant inform her Mother. 
  • Matilda and her grandfather walk into the coffeehouse and the coffeehouse was torn up but the money was there. 
  • They were attacked by the burglars, Mattie threatend them and grandfather attacked them. 
  • Grandfather died and Matild burried him. 
  • Mattie is reunited with Eliza 
  • Mtilda meets Josephs Mother Mrs. Smith. 
  • Joseph was wondering if Matilda is selling the coffeehouse. 
  • Nathaniel bursts through the door and tells them that President Washington is coming down High Street 
  • Matilda gives Nathaniel a big kiss. 
  • Mattie sees her Mother in country clothes
  • Matildas Mother asked her to help her upstairs to rest.  

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Alexandre Beikos
Fever 1793
Chapter 29 page 239
Illustrator


This week I drew a picture of Matilda in her bed sick from yellow fever with the windows and shutters of her room open. I drew this picture because it signifies that Matilda was a victim of Yellow Fever at the beginning of the book, Matilda is a victim of the Yellow Fever because  is contagious to the whole city. Matilda also helps other victims of yellow fever by going to their homes and try to do the best she can.


Mihailo Karadzic 7a







1. What so you think will happen to matilda's mom once Matilda takes her upstairs to rest?
2. What do you think happened to matilda's mother after she disappear from yellow fever?
3.  Why is the color yellow important in this?
4. What are some modern day examples that you could compare to the yellow fever outbreak of 1793?
5. Who are the people that make your family? Are they all related to you by blood?


The Fever 1793

Lan
Laurie Halse Anderson
Connector
Pg: 243



My grandfather told me that in Belgrade, Srbija and Kosovo there was an out break of small pox. In the book "The Fever"  there is an out  break of yellow fever. My connection takes place in 1972 in Kosovo and in Belgrade. That an out break of smallpox happens.The government acted fast and had shutdowns and the people that they tough had been infected where placed in to the schools that where shutdown.They all got vaccinated again to make sure that they don't get smallpox.





Monday, May 5, 2014

Post #2 Fever 1793


Ellie Nicholson
Ms. Nelson 
English 7B
Literacy Circles 
15.04.2014

Book: Fever 1793
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Pages read (total): 162
Amount read (this rotation): 10 chapters
Cover:
Group Jobs:
Brandon-Illustrator
Tamara- Travel tracer
Andrea- Summarizer
My job- Vocab Enricher

Vocab Enricher:*
Rutted: a furrow or track in the ground made by the passage of a vehicle/s
Page 78, paragraph 1 
Indulgence: indulgent allowance or tolerance
Page 79, paragraph 8
Thunked: an abrupt dull sound
Page 80, paragraph 9
Blubbering: an act of weeping noisily
Page 89, paragraph 4
Anvils: a heavy iron block with a smooth face
Page 94, paragraph 7
Draperies: long curtains
Page 99, paragraph 1
Scoundrels: dishonorable person
Page 102, paragraph 1
Destitute: lacking food, clothing and shelter
Page 106, paragraph 4
Jaundiced: affected with or coloured by
Page 107, paragraph 5
Impudence: the quality of not showing due respect towards other people
Page 111, paragraph 7
Abates: puts an end o or suppresses
Page 116, paragraph 4
Pewter: a container or utensil 
Page 122, paragraph 4

*Not all words are included







Fever

Andrea J
Fever 1793
Ms. Nelson
Job: Summarizer
Blog Post #2

Summary:
       Mattie and Grandfather are thrown off the carriage because Grandfather is sick, though Mattie is sure that he doesn't have the yellow fever. Grandfather is slipping in and out of unconsciousness and Mattie has to find food and water for both of them. One day she goes to find a farm where she can get a meal, when she collapses. The next time she wakes up she is in  a hospital, and is told that she has the yellow fever but she is getting better. When she has recovered fully, she and grandfather go back to the city. There they see that the coffeehouse has been robbed and everything is a mess. The same night two robbers come to the house, scouring for food. Grandfather saves Mattie's life, but he dies n the process. Now Mattie is all alone and she doesn't know what to do.

Key Points:

  • Thrown off Carriage
  • Mattie gets sick
  • Grandfather dies