Cause: The worm will not wiggle to get the attention of the bird so James tickles his belly.Effect: It makes the worm wiggle which gets the attention of the birds flying in the sky. James catches one of the birds with string to help the peach move.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
James and the Giant Peach
Cause: The worm will not wiggle to get the attention of the bird so James tickles his belly.Effect: It makes the worm wiggle which gets the attention of the birds flying in the sky. James catches one of the birds with string to help the peach move.
James and the Giant Peach
English Standard 4.3.3
James life is changed when his parents are killed by a rhinoceros and then has to go live with his mean relatives; Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. After a few years his life is changed once again literally and figuratively. A weird little man comes to visit James in his Aunt's garden and the man tells him that and tells him of a magical seed. After the man leaves James thinks that he lost the magical seed and he gets very discouraged. But magical things start to happen in the garden and James gets the chance to be a part of it. James befriends bugs that have human like qualities and they all set out on a journey in a giant peach.
Cause: The grasshopper starts to saw the stem of the peach and then breaks it.
Effect: The stem of the peach broke off which made the peach start to roll and helped them to escape Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
James and the Giant Peach- Cause and Effect: Part One
English Standard 4.3.3
The story of James and the Giant Peach tells a tale of a lonely abused little boy who comes upon some great worth-wild experiences, all having to do with an abnormally large peach.
Cause- While outside one night, James meets an old wizard who gives James some magical glowing crystals. While running back inside, James drops the crystals and they sink into the soil beneath him.
Effect- The magical crystals sink into the soil by an old bare peach tree, which starts to grow a peach that reaches an abnormally large size.
Cause- The peach grows and grows to a size as big as James' house.
Effect- James' aunts, which whom he lives with, notice the peach and start to make money by selling tickets for people to come see the abnormally large fruit and lock James up in the house.
Cause- One night the aunts send James out to collect the trash from that day's vistors.
Effect- Seeing how lucious the fruit looked, James decided to try the it and built a tunnel all the way to the center of the peach.
The story of James and the Giant Peach tells a tale of a lonely abused little boy who comes upon some great worth-wild experiences, all having to do with an abnormally large peach.
Cause- While outside one night, James meets an old wizard who gives James some magical glowing crystals. While running back inside, James drops the crystals and they sink into the soil beneath him.
Effect- The magical crystals sink into the soil by an old bare peach tree, which starts to grow a peach that reaches an abnormally large size.
Cause- The peach grows and grows to a size as big as James' house.
Effect- James' aunts, which whom he lives with, notice the peach and start to make money by selling tickets for people to come see the abnormally large fruit and lock James up in the house.
Cause- One night the aunts send James out to collect the trash from that day's vistors.
Effect- Seeing how lucious the fruit looked, James decided to try the it and built a tunnel all the way to the center of the peach.
James and the Giant Peach
Themes of fear of the unknown lie within James and the Giant Peach. During his voyage on the peach, he comes across people who once they see the giant peach along with the mutated insects, usually run screaming for their lives and at the very least distrust what they see.
Cause- James ties 502 seagulls to the peach to lift them out of the water and away from the sharks.
Effect- The peach wanders past the Queen Mary on her way to America. The captain doesn't like what he sees, thinking it might be a secret weapon. The captain then goes in to hysterics when he sees the giant inse
cts, which makes the rest of the crew think he has gone insane.
Cause- The giant peach sails through clouds as tall as mountains, and meet the Cloud-Men.
Effect- This time around, It is the characters on the giant peach that are distrusting of what they see. The insects notice the Cloud-Men, huddle together for comfort, and hope that the Cloud-Men don't see them.
Effect- An effect of the insects not trusting and fearing the Cloud-Men is their treatment of the Cloud-Men. The insects infuriate the Cloud-Men, who retaliate by throwing hailstones at the peach, damaging it greatly.
Cause- After crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a single night, The giant peach had arrived at New York. James and the insects needed to land, so they started cutting through the silk strings that held the peach up in the air.
Effect- As soon as the people of New York spotted the giant peach, their first instinct was that it was a bomb. Air sirens went off, television and radio programs were interrupted, and evacuation of the city started at once.
In each of these events, James and the insects were either greeted by fear and panic, or if they met something that seemed ominous, were fearful themselves. A closer examination of the events that were happening by the characters in the story could have led to less dire confrontations than what they had. They could have become great friends with the Cloud-Men, and get to see their fantastic world they live in. Confronting the unknown with fear should instead be replaced by curiosity. More friends and excitement could be had that way than running in terror at the sight of a spider. Stick around and you might get to see its beautifully spun web.
Cause- James ties 502 seagulls to the peach to lift them out of the water and away from the sharks.
Effect- The peach wanders past the Queen Mary on her way to America. The captain doesn't like what he sees, thinking it might be a secret weapon. The captain then goes in to hysterics when he sees the giant inse
cts, which makes the rest of the crew think he has gone insane.Cause- The giant peach sails through clouds as tall as mountains, and meet the Cloud-Men.
Effect- This time around, It is the characters on the giant peach that are distrusting of what they see. The insects notice the Cloud-Men, huddle together for comfort, and hope that the Cloud-Men don't see them.
Effect- An effect of the insects not trusting and fearing the Cloud-Men is their treatment of the Cloud-Men. The insects infuriate the Cloud-Men, who retaliate by throwing hailstones at the peach, damaging it greatly.
Cause- After crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a single night, The giant peach had arrived at New York. James and the insects needed to land, so they started cutting through the silk strings that held the peach up in the air.
Effect- As soon as the people of New York spotted the giant peach, their first instinct was that it was a bomb. Air sirens went off, television and radio programs were interrupted, and evacuation of the city started at once.
In each of these events, James and the insects were either greeted by fear and panic, or if they met something that seemed ominous, were fearful themselves. A closer examination of the events that were happening by the characters in the story could have led to less dire confrontations than what they had. They could have become great friends with the Cloud-Men, and get to see their fantastic world they live in. Confronting the unknown with fear should instead be replaced by curiosity. More friends and excitement could be had that way than running in terror at the sight of a spider. Stick around and you might get to see its beautifully spun web.
Monday, February 8, 2010
James and the Giant Peach
English Standard 4.3.3
James and the Giant Peach shows a chain reaction of multiple cause and effect decisions that lead James towards finding a home that will accept him. The creatures he meets along the way provide friendship and comfort for him that he doesn't have in his real life.
Cause-James discovers the giant peach and the insects living within.
Effect- James befriends the insects looking for acceptance, and look for a way to escape from James' evil aunts.
Cause- Breaking the stem off the peach to get away from the aunts.
Effect-Breaking away from the tree causes the peach to roll over the aunts, killing them, destroying part of the town and falling into the Atlantic Ocean.
Cause- Sharks attack the group, and the group must find a way to escape from the sharks.
Effect- They use the blind earthworm as bait to lure hundreds of seagulls towards the peach. Using teamwork and the spider's web, the group tie the seagulls to the peach, who then lift the peach out of the water and carry it away.
Each cause and effect action shows James' desire to escape from his reality and what is going on around him. He suffers so much in his real life that he escapes into a world that is unbelievable, because something that surreal cannot possibly do him harm. He joins with the insects for friendship and hope that they can give him the kind of life his aunts wouldn't.
James and the Giant Peach shows a chain reaction of multiple cause and effect decisions that lead James towards finding a home that will accept him. The creatures he meets along the way provide friendship and comfort for him that he doesn't have in his real life.
Cause-James discovers the giant peach and the insects living within.
Effect- James befriends the insects looking for acceptance, and look for a way to escape from James' evil aunts.
Cause- Breaking the stem off the peach to get away from the aunts.
Effect-Breaking away from the tree causes the peach to roll over the aunts, killing them, destroying part of the town and falling into the Atlantic Ocean.
Cause- Sharks attack the group, and the group must find a way to escape from the sharks.
Effect- They use the blind earthworm as bait to lure hundreds of seagulls towards the peach. Using teamwork and the spider's web, the group tie the seagulls to the peach, who then lift the peach out of the water and carry it away.
Each cause and effect action shows James' desire to escape from his reality and what is going on around him. He suffers so much in his real life that he escapes into a world that is unbelievable, because something that surreal cannot possibly do him harm. He joins with the insects for friendship and hope that they can give him the kind of life his aunts wouldn't.
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