miércoles, 26 de diciembre de 2012

I have chosen this photo because I found it interesting. John went down this well
to look up for the diamond.He saw a letter Y clearly marked on a stone. I think
it's a good scene because it is not very usual founding a diamond in the botton of
a well.

viernes, 21 de diciembre de 2012

The diamond dealer



I've chosen this picture because it reminds me of Aldobrand, the greedy diamond dealer, when he was checking if the diamond was real. His enthusiasm was evident when he first saw it, but he decided to test it to see if it was worth it.

He dropped  some liquid on it and tried to scratch a rock with it. He then told John and Elzevir that it hadn't passed the tests and that it was just a piece of glass with a maximum value of ten pounds. He was obviously lying, and John and Elzevir got so angry that they threw it out the window.

John regretted doing that, so Elzevir and him went back to Aldobrand's house at night to search for the diamond. They remembered that it fell in the garden, but it wasn't there -- Aldobrand had taken it! They decided to break into his house, but Aldobrand spotted them and called his servants, who fought with them. John and Elzevir were later taken to court and they were found guilty. They spent 10 years in prison.

martes, 18 de diciembre de 2012

The Bonaventure


I have chosen these pictures because I find the sailing ship "Bonaventure" interesting . The Bonaventure is a smuggling ship that carries casks of wine from South Europe to England illegaly.
The plan was going to Hoar Head because they thought that Maskew was watching Moonfleet Bay. At Hoar Head they would meet the other smugglers and then they wouldn´t hide the casks of wine in the churchyard because Maskew was probably watching the churchyard too. They would hide them in Pyegrove´s Hole.(In chapter five, we are explained a little bit more about this boat and the plan.)
I like chapter five because it is the first time John did something related to smuggling. Also because evil Maskew died in this chapter.

The Why Not Inn



These two pictures remind me about the Why Not Inn, which is the only Inn of Moonfleet, the  imaginary village from the book that I´m reading right now.
The real name of the Why Not Inn is the Mohune Arms, but it is called like that by the inhabitants of the village. It is owned by Elzervir Block, but in an auction, Mr. Maskew, the local magistrate, bought it because he offered 170$ more than Elzevir Block.
The Why Not Inn  is a typical inn in England, you can sleep there because it has got two bedrooms, and also it is mainly for men. I know this because John´s aunt doesn´t approve of John going there.
It is one of the most important settings in this history, because Johnwnt to live there when he was fired from his aunt´s house.


Moonfleet

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I have choosen this photo because reminds me the Moonfleet's churchyard. Moonfleet is an english village where happened a lot of adventures; like, for example, when John go down a well to found Blackbeard's diamond. John was a boy who was fall in love of a girl called Grace,Elzevir, was a man who loved a lot John like his son. Elzevir died because he wanted to save John from a precipitation in the sea, but, he died. My opinion of this book is that I think it is very interesting and misterious, and, well, I like that. I think it is good for all ages.

BY: Paola María García 1st E

lunes, 17 de diciembre de 2012

Moonfleet Village

This is a small village called Moonfleet.Moonfleet is in the South of England,near the sea. In this village lives John,the main character of the story.He lives with Elzevir,his adoptive father.Other important characters in the story are Magistrate Maskew and Grace maskew his daughter. John lives many adventures, some worse than others like when one day he was caught in the Why Not Inn. After many adventures john falls for grace and grace of john, and they live in Moonfleet. I liked this book a lot, it's one of the ones I liked.Is mystery and it has suspense parts,that i like a lot. Moonfleet is a book that people should read because my opinion is very good book and very well. By:Elizabeth Romano Sutil 1ºE

John´s house






Flota


This picture represents John´s house in the Moonfleet´s book. This picture shows a white house with a garden, with many plants and a wall as the home of John in Moonfleet. We think that looks like John's house in chapter 1, because it describes both described as in the village of Moonfleet and his life there. Our opinion on Moonfleet that follows; Alba thinks the book is to be interesting and a little short because it was fun and so here I read fast. And Lucia thinks it's fun and adventure and I like that a lot.

By: Lucia Gomez Lucas and Alba Gutierrez Grande 
From: 1ºE 

Moonfleet




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This image reminds me of a well to Chapter 7 of the book Moonfleet that relates the history of a village enchanted, in chapter 7 John (the main character) down the well to the ground mounted on a bucket and secured by a rope to find one diamnte, when it is going to a store where you can sell things of value in this case the diamond the dealer named Aldobrand. At the end of the story John discovers that the diamond is cursed and decides to throw it to the bottom of the well where he had found. In my opinion this book is both interesting and intriguing, in my opinion it should read children between 10-12 years.







Marta López 1ºE


miércoles, 12 de diciembre de 2012

This photo reminds me the Moonfleet´s churchyard,when John discovers the smugglers´s crypt and the Blackbeard´s locket.In the cementery is when John finds the skeleton of  Colonel Mohune,Blackbeard.With help, but, finally, John finds the Blackbeard´s treasure.I like this book because it has many adventures and also because it shows you an exciting story.  YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK!!!