*Partners--Junior+and+Ms.+Chung

Partner Names: Junior and Ms. Chung Book Title: //the Face on the Milk Carton// Author: Caroline B. Cooney


 * __Wednesday, April 27, 2011__--Predictions before reading**
 * Junior:** Well based on the back of the book i think its going to be an interesting book because it say once she turns 15 years old she found this milk carton that had a little girls face on it. And the weird part is that she didnt know it until she read the information that was on the milk carton of the little girl. It is scarie for me because if i found out that i was kidnapped but wen i was growing uhp believing these are my real parents i would be so freaked out. When i read the first @ pages in the book i found out that her parents argue alot with a timer on the side say like 2 minutes they would argue for that long and then wen the timer went off they would stop wat they were arguing bout.

Is the book going to be interesting? Is Janie going to find out who her real parents are?


 * Ms. Chung:** This book seems quite suspenseful! I agree with you that it would be strange to suddenly find out you've been kidnapped. I noticed from the cover that this book is the companion to //The Voice on the Radio//, and I'm wondering if this is a sequel, or has the same characters as //The Face on the Milk Carton//. On the inside cover, there are quotations from reviewers, and it seems that readers enjoyed the suspense of the book, describing it as "a gripper...roller-coaster ride...page-turner." Suspense is a great technique that authors use to engage a reader.

I wonder what examples of **foreshadowing** the author will use to create suspense? If Janie was indeed kidnapped, what were the motivations of her current parents?


 * __Friday, April 29, 201__1--Chapter 1 (pgs. 1-12)**
 * Ms. Chung**: Beginnings can sometimes drag for me because I like to get into the action. I want to be on the edge of my seat, especially with this book. This beginning dragged for me a bit. I understand that authors like to introduce characters, setting, etc. But, then I thought about the foreshadowing that Cooney uses. There was so much description about Janie's lactose intolerance (which means she can't drink milk), and even though I am the same way, I didn't think about it until I remembered that she is going to see her picture on a milk carton! So, it was a bit suspenseful because I was wondering if she was going to see it at all.

What other examples of **foreshadowing** did you notice in this chapter? What did you think of her friends' reactions to her when she tells them that the picture is her?


 * Junior:** Well what her friends think bout her being on the front cover there were really suprised.

__**Monday, May 2, 2011**__
 * Ms. Chung:** I didn't get that impression by their reaction. I don't think her friends believed her. They ask her why she isn't yelling for the police (pg. 11). Another friend says, "Oh, she's just trying to get out of reading her essay" (pg. 11). How do you think she feels?

Do you think her red hair is an example of foreshadowing? What might her hair be a hint of? The author focuses a lot on her hair.

We'll read through chapter 3 tonight. Continue handwriting your response, but then use your own time in class to type it in--before class, or at lunch. It's up to you!


 * Junior**: Well she feels really bad because she feels like she cant be trusted and the sad part is even her friends dont even believe her. And her friends are soposed to believe her at all times because if they dont believe her then janie wont be their friends no more.

do u think that janie well still keep her friends even though her friends didnt believe her bout the face on the milk carton? Well she continue to find her real parents?

__**Wednesday, May 4, 2011**__ **Ms. Chung:** I think that Janie will at least try to find her real parents, or at least the truth. It seems as though once this seed of thought has been planted, it's hard to ignore. I'm like that sometimes. Once I have a thought in my head, I have to see it through.

I hope that her friends will be supportive. She doesn't seem to be able to trust that word will not spread quickly throughout the school if she were to share with someone. Who do you think she will tell first? I wonder if she will tell Reeve.


 * Junior: Well i think she is going to have to tell reeve because she aint going to go on forever bout keeping that a secret. And also reeve is like a best friend to her so it is going to come out of her sooner and later. ** I deff think she is going to tell reeve because wat i said uhp here ^^^^^^^^^^^.

__**Friday, May 6, 2011**__ **Ms. Chung:**

**Junior: So miss chung i really hope that she finds out who her really parent are because if she does then that could probaly solf the whole thing. for my shadowing i think that when she tells her parents then her parents are going to maybe murdur her for knowing so janie dont tell the cops and go to jail. Wat is her fake parents going to do when she finds out that janie knows bout the real parents thing?**

__**Monday, May 9, 2011**__
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__**Wednesday, May 11, 2011**__
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__**Friday, May 13, 2011**__ **Ms. Chung:**

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__**Monday, May 16, 2011**__ **Ms. Chung:**

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__**Wednesday, May 18, 2011**__ **Ms. Chung:**

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__**Friday, May 20, 2011**__ **Ms. Chung:**

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