Irish Principal Blog

Morgan instructs Jack and Annie to give their library card to the wisest person they meet in Ancient Greece.  Who is the wisest person you know today and why?

The 2010 Winter Olympics is fast aproaching.  Many of the olympic traditions remain from Ancient Greece.  What do you know about the olympics, current or ancient?

John remembered reading about Captain John Smith.  Tell us about someone famous you’ve read about.  Did you learn anything about them that will help you in your life?

Chapter 2 described how pilgrim children dressed in 1620.  If time travelers from the future came back to 2009 how would you descibe how children dress now?

Jack stated that they found the magic of the theater which was the scrolls from Shakespeare’s theater and the magic of animals which was a twig from the gorillas.  What magic do you think Jack and Annie will find in this book and what object will that be?

Splash,  Jack is in trouble!  What should Annie do?

The guards were very scared of Annie’s flashlight because during the time of castles they did not have electricity or batteries.  They needed fire to be able to see at night.  What is another simple and non-violent object that Annie and Jack could have taken back in time with them that would have frightened the guards?

Is the new character that is introduced at the end of chapter 5 going to be a friend or enemy of Jack and Annie?  What’s he going to do with Jack and Annie?

The picture on page 28 and the writing on page 27 describe the Great Hall in the castle.  Compare the Great Hall to the lunchroom at Washington.  How are they different?  How are they the same?

Jack saw in a picture that kids his age were carrying food to the feast.  If you lived a long time ago in a castle, what are some things you would do during the day?