Character Development and Story Elements in The City of Ember

There are 2 main characters in City of Ember: Doon and Lina.

Doon: Doon was a nice kid that looked at things very carefully. He wanted a way to help save the city of Ember from disaster. Throughout the story he is determined to help the city and at the end he finally makes it with the help of Lina. He was pretty much the same all the story, the only he changed was that he became friends with Lina.

Lina: Lina is a girl who didn't expect to be the savior of Ember. Her Great Grandfather was the mayor of Ember. He had a disease and was going to die. He took the box with the instructions to his home to see if it has the instructions to his health. One day Lina found this box and Poppy(her little sister) was chewing on the instructions. She figured out the instructions and left Ember with Doon. She changes as soon as her grandmother died. She felt more as a mother because she had to take care of Poppy. She also felt more groan up after assignment day because she now had a job.

Setting: Most of the Story takes place at The City of Ember. Then in the surface of the Earth.

Conflict: The conflict is that the City is running out of resources.

Plot: The City of Ember is going towards disaster. It seems they need miracle to save it. There where Instructions of how to get out, but they are lost. Lina finds the instructions in the closet of her house. Doon, which worked in the pipeworks, helps her find the way out. When they 2 are out they send a message to the city so they know how to get out.

Character: Main Characters: Lina and Doon.
                    Secondary Characters: Poppy, Grandmother of Lina, Doon's father, Mayor, and Mayor's                         Guards.

Character Development and Elements of a Story

Character Development: Is how the character changes throughout the story.
                                      
You have to give your character(s) a physical description, characteristics: talent, ambition, a deep secret, best friend, worst enemy, a name, and actions to describe their personality.


Elements of a Story: setting, conflict, theme, character, and plot.

• Setting: Is where and when the story takes place (time and place).
• Conflict: Is the problem in the story.
• Theme: What kind of story is it(fiction, non-fiction, historical fiction, etc.)
• Character: Are the people animals or other creatures in the story.
• Plot: Is the events that makes up the story.

Vocab Cards

Vocabulary English

Homework Vocabulary

 PER "through"

1.percussion:1. The sound of two things being hit together. 2. Kinds of instruments that are played by hitting thing to make sounds.
2.perennial:1. Something that lasts for a long time. 2. Continues. 3.In plants, that lives more than 2 years.
3.permeate: Something that spreads all around.
4.persevere: To continue despite the obstacles.

FERO, FERRE, TULI, LATUM "to bring", "to bear", "to carry".

5.defer: to delay, postpone
6.dilatory: trying to delay or postpone
7.elation: feeling pride, triumph, or happiness
8.infer:1. having evidence for a conclusion. 2. to guess
9.contend:1. to get in a fight or struggle. 2. To argument about something
10.intend: Purpose.

Editing Marks

Who, That, and run-on senteces

Who, at the beginning of a phrase would mean that it refers to a person or people in the sentence.

That, at the beginning of a phrase would mean that it refers to a thing or things in the sentence.

A run-on sentence is a compound sentence that isn't divided(no punctuations). To avoid a run-on sentence you would need a Fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) with a comma, a comma(,), a semi-column(;), or a period to start a new sentence.

Problems that exist in Middle School

I think that there are lots of problems in Middle School.

Though I think that the most common one and important one is bullying. In CNG it is not a really big problem, but in the US and other schools it is. In the schools that there is bullying, the unpopular kids feel really bad because the bullies bother them all the time. Sometimes bullies even steal their money, so that they can buy lunch. Other times they hit them with no reason.