Friday, September 18, 2009

Because of Winn Dixie: CHAPTERS 16-20

The author compares Opal's mother with "the whole in your mouth after you've lost a tooth."  What do you think is meant by this phrase?  Have you ever experienced this emotion?
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33 comments:

  1. Lone WolfSeptember 18, 2009 at 4:01 PM

    I think it would mean that it just feels emptey where something used to be. When my dog died I felt the same way Opal felt. It is a crestfallen emotion. He he he vocab word =).

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  2. ASeptember 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    I think it means where something is meant to be, like a tooth, just goes MISSING and it feels-and IS- empty. No, I have not felt this emotion.

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  3. Alexandra DeweeseSeptember 18, 2009 at 6:35 PM

    Did Ms. Adams post the question we never found the answer for yet in class today? I can't find it.

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  4. Brook YearinSeptember 18, 2009 at 6:43 PM

    I know the awnser (I think)! It was at the olypics after party and they were mad because they didn't win anything!

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  5. Brook YearinSeptember 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    That awnser was hard. It took me 2 hours to figure out.

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  6. Ms. AdamsSeptember 18, 2009 at 7:06 PM

    How did you finally figure it out, Brooke?! :)

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  7. UnknownSeptember 18, 2009 at 7:24 PM

    I think it means you don't relize something is special untill you lose it. A sad thing that happened to me is my dog died and I didn't relize how special she was. I feel bad for every one who lost someone in their family.

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  8. ByearinSeptember 18, 2009 at 7:56 PM

    what crazyb9009 (emma, right) said reminds me of the song "Big Yellow Taxi". I did it in music class for specials. One of the lines in the song is "dont it always seem to go, that you dont know what til' its gone".

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  9. Ms. AdamsSeptember 19, 2009 at 8:00 AM

    What a great connection!!!!!

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  10. AidanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:20 AM

    The author describes OPal's mother as " the whole in your mouth" because Opal misses her mother. Opal knows her mother should be at her side. When my friends moved away, I experienced this emotion. It feels like a gastly melody.

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  11. AidanSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    Brook, it is like that lin from "Big Yellow Taxi." You not going to miss something until it's gone.

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  12. ByearinSeptember 20, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    It took me a while to figure it out. I thought well, if they were the only ones not happy after the after party, I figured they must have been the only ones not to win something. And if they were really sad, it must have been really big so I thought "the olypics!"

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  13. Courteney TullySeptember 20, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    I think this means that you used to have something but now it feels empty because it is gone.

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  14. Courteney TullySeptember 20, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    Ha ha! After like 2 hours I finally got my picture!!!!!!!

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  15. Alexandra DeweeseSeptember 20, 2009 at 5:34 PM

    I think that the phrase is explaining how Opal has a tooth and one day it fell out and now there is a lonely gap inside her mouth. Just like if you lost your mother you feel less arrogant. I experianced this emotion when my grandmother died.

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  16. Cole PuetzSeptember 20, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    I think he means that because after you lose a tooth there is a weird empty space. Opal's mom must feel like a big gap missing inside of you. It must be hard for them to have such an empty feeling.

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  17. Alexandra DeweeseSeptember 20, 2009 at 8:36 PM

    Dear Class and Ms. Adams

    I am reading the book A wrinkle in time so far in the story I have learnt that the main character Meg is always getting teased and in fights. I can make a text-to-self connection of when I get teased by my brother and sister. For example, when I do bad on a video game that I have played one-thousand times. Or when I occasionaly trip in new heels I have to get used to.

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  18. ByearinSeptember 21, 2009 at 7:57 AM

    Good Morning!

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  19. ByearinSeptember 21, 2009 at 7:59 AM

    Nice picture, Courteney! Look ay mine! Its a horsey!

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  20. ByearinSeptember 21, 2009 at 8:12 AM

    Well "the hole in your mouth" means the empty spot in your heart when you loose someone. When my horse died, I was crestfallen. I still cry about him now. For me, that was "the hole in my mouth".

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  21. Micah ScottSeptember 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM

    I think a whole in your mouth means when you loose something you really loved. I had a hole in my mouth when my dog died.

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  22. JulieSeptember 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM

    There is something that you had before and now is gone and it doesn't feel the same. I had that feeling about my dog, Cass, when we had to give him away.
    Vanessa

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  23. AvictorySeptember 21, 2009 at 5:24 PM

    Dear Mrs.Adams,
    I could connect of the feeling of eating a Littimus Lozenge because I have had a sad memory. It was when I lost my dog ran away. It was late at night and we couldn’t see anything but we found him after a while sitting next to a tree. I am pretty sur that is what Amanda Wilkinson felt when she ate her.
    Sincerely,
    Alex Victory

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  24. Lone WolfSeptember 21, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    I have felt this emotion when I left my friends and everything I love. :( tear drop. In (gulp) Connecticut.

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  25. avictorySeptember 21, 2009 at 5:30 PM

    I know what you fell brook my cat died last month & it is a sad time.

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  26. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 5:31 PM

    is lone wolf nevin

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  27. Ms. AdamsSeptember 21, 2009 at 5:47 PM

    Tear drop (gulp), me too - in Connecticut!

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  28. Lone WolfSeptember 21, 2009 at 6:04 PM

    Parker is lone whkjgjkh

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  29. Lone WolfSeptember 21, 2009 at 6:05 PM

    Wow I did not just type that I ment I am Lone Wolf

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  30. Courteney TullySeptember 21, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    Hi!!!!!! :p

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  31. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    POOP ON MS ADAMS!

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  32. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    WHO SAID POOP ON MS. ADAMS????

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  33. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    I think it means someone is alone are their is a spot in you empty. Yes I might have felt this feeling before!
    Mia Hardesty

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