Claudia

__Dilemma One - Would you like to live forever?__ I do not know if I would like to live forever because I dont know what happens after I die. If I am just dead after I die I would like to live forever. I think I would get very bored with myself. But you would get to do a lot more things with life. It would also depend on if you aged. Because if you aged you would get very old and you would get the affects of old age, but so much worse. It would also depend on if everyone else lived or if everyone else died. So I really dont know? But I guess everyone is supposed to die, so it would probley be better to die..........I dont know.
 * TUCK EVERLASTING**

__Dilemma Two - Would you like to have Winnie for a friend?__ I do not know if I would like to have Winnie as a friend...She seems shy and its as if she has never even considered there to many other people apart from her family. I think if you were her sister or something like that she would be an excellent friend. But if she was someone you had just met she might come across a little nervous or not interested in being friends. But if I had known her for a few years and we were comfortable with eachothers company I think she would be a treasured friend.

__Dilemma Three - What are you looking forward to as you grow older?__ I am looking forward to being able to do something with my life. Like have a job and do something that is going to make a difference in something. What are some of the things you think you would miss if you just stayed the age you are now, forever? I would not be able to get a licence or finish school, or go to univerity, or get a job. It would be horrible. If I had to live forever I would probley like to be 18 to 25. So then I could do some of the things I would want to do.

__Activity 1__ Use the description at the start of the novel to draw/ paint/ create a visual image of the woods. This does not have to be a realistic picture, rather, it needs to show the aspects of the woods that you think are importnat to the story. Choose one quote from the description to go with your image.

__Activity 2__ Choose one of the following activities to be completed by the end of the term. You can begin immediately and keep adding to your task as you read.
 * //The legend of Treegap Spring:// How do you think the spring became enchanted in the first place? Was it elves after all? Use your imagination to come up with a magical story about the history of the spring.
 * //Write an advertisement:// How would the man in the yellow suit have advertised the spring water in order to sell it? Design a poster or a glogster advertising the water. IT IS FINISHED AND ON MY GLOGSTER ACCOUNT. MRS DE, YOU ARE ABLE TO VIEW IT FROM YOUR ACCOUNT.
 * //Back to the Future:// When the Tuck's return to Treegap they find the town very different. Describe how Mortlake would look if you returned to it in 100 years time.

CHARACTERS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED The Tucks: Mae, Angus, Jesse and Miles The Fosters: Winnifred, Winnies mum, Winnies dad, and Winnies grandmother Other: The man in the yellow suit, the policeman (constable), Animals: The horse, the toad

PLACES I HAVE ENCOUNTERED The Tucks house, The Fosters house (the touch-me-not cottage), The Woods, The pond, The great big Ash tree, The stream, The town (minor), The jail house, The jail cell, The county jail, Charlyville,

THE THREE THINGS THAT HAPPENED 1: Mae Tuck got up in the morning and got on her horse to go and fetch her sons. 2: Winnie Foster decided to run away because she was sick of everything. 3: A stranger appeared at the Fosters gate.

CHAPTER REFLECTION Chapter One: The woods. Chapter one was all about setting the scene and giving the reader a picture in their mind. The woods were all dark and gloomy but inviting and peaceful.

Chapter Two: Why does Angus Tuck consider his dream to be a good dream? Because he is bored of the same old, same old. He wants something exciting to happen in his life. Why do you think Mae Tuck doesant care about her apperance anymore? Because she has had so long to look at herself and she now knows what she looks like. She does not even have to use a mirror anymore.

Chapter Three: How does Winnies life compare to yours? Why does she throw stones at the toad? Because she has mixed feelings. She wants to run away and prove the toad wrong but she is a little scared. What kind of feelings is she feeling at that time? Frustration, because she is always so protected by her mother and grandmother

Chapter Four: What is your first impression of the man in the yellow suit? I dont know, he seems sneaky, as if he knows something that no one else does. He said he was looking for someone. I dont know if he is a goodie or a badie.

Chapter Five: What do you think Jesse is thinking when he tries to prevent Winnie from drinking the spring water? He is worried because he is everlasting but he does not want to risk Winnie being everlasting. What does Mae mean when she says,"The worst is happening at last"? Because I think the Tucks might of disscused it as a family and decided that they should be the only everlastings because it is not neccasarily a good thing. Chapter Six: Why do the Tucks kidnap Winnie? Because they just wanted to make sure that she understood the danger and their story and so she didnt go off and tell anyone about the spring and Jesse, Mae and Miles. What do you think you would have done if you were her? I am not sure. I think I probebly would of gone with them depending on what the atmosphere was like. But in the book it sounds like it was an alarmed kind of friendly atmosphere.

Chapter Seven: How had the tucks figured out they were going to live forever? Because the cat did not drink the spring water and he lived a happy life, but the Tucks did not. I am given the impresssion that they are a little bit scared of it at first and then they came to terms with it.

Chapter Eight: Why do you think the man in the yellow suit is folowing Winnie and the Tucks? I have no idea. He seems a little strange and misterious to me. He seems sneaky. Write a brief summary of the story so far: Firstly the 3 things happened. The had nothing to do with eachother but then as you kept reading you discovered that they really did and that they made up the whole story. They seemed to click together as you red on. I found it strange that Winnie met up with the Tucks because I was expecting 3 different storys that met up at the end not 1 story. I am really enjoying it so far. So, Winnie decided to run away. Mae set out like it was a normal day not expecting anything. Then the man in the yellow suit turned up at Winnies. After a few chapters Winnie met up with Jesse and found out 'The Tuck Story'. The man in the yellow suit was listning to the whole of 'The Tuck Story'. Then Winnie went back to the Tucks place. Chapter Nine: It takes many hours for Winnie and the Tucks to reach the Tucks home. Why do you think they live in such a hard to reach place? Because they try to stay in the same places for as long as they can. They move quite often because people get suspisious. Because of their non-ageing they cannot be seen in public reguarly. People would start to notice. The reason they live in the wood is so that they are most likely not to be found; as a result of this they can stay there for longer. Plus they really enjoy their house near the pond. Why do you think Angus Tuck is so pleased to meet Winnie? Because he was bored of the same old stuff happening everyday. He was excited to see Winnie because it was something completely out of the ordinary. Remember his dream in chapter two. Chapter Ten: Do you think Mae Tuck thinks of her life as being blessed, or cursed? I am not sure. I cannot tell but I would imagine that she would think differently everyday. Why? Because I guess everyone has their good days and their gloomy days. She would get bogged down some days and not care about it the next. Why is Winnie so amazed at the inside of the Tuck's home? Because her house is always spotless with nothing untidy about it. It might of even been a bit uncomfortable at times. But this house was cosy and messy with little bits and bobs all over the place. It seemed more comfortable to her, more inviting. But she still found it a little dirty. Chapter Eleven: Winnie and The Tucks had dinner. Winnie enjoyed dinner because there were no rules and she could lick her fingers. The boys argued over taking Winnie out for a ride on the pond so Tuck decided to. Chapter Twelve: When Mr. Tuck takes Winnie rowing, what does he talk about? Living forever and the wheel of life. How does he feel about living forever? He feels a bit down about it because he feels that he has been dropped off from the wheel of life. How does Winnie respond to what he says? She feels a bit bewildered because so much has happened in the past few days and she is finding it hard to take it all in.Chapter Thirteen: The man in the yellow suit turns up at the Fosters front gate for a second time to bring them some good news. (Or bad news you could say) Chapter Fourteen: What suggestion does Jesse make to Winnie? That she should wait six years, until she is 17, and then drink some of the water and marry Jesse and then they could live forever together. Does her interest in Jesse surprise you? NO!! Explain. Well, the way he is explained in the book is that he is so mesmerizingly beatiful that every girl who sees him is instanly tranced. Chapter Fifteen: The man in the yellow suit makes a deal with the Tucks and get their wood for Winnie. Chapter Sixteen: What plans do you think the man in the yellow suit has for the woods? To steal the water mabey because he knows about it? Mabey? Chapter Seventeen: Why do you think Winnie reminded Miles of his daughter? Because when Anna left him his daughter was probley about Winnies age, 10 or 11. For some reason I think their eyes might of been the same colour because Miles brought it up when she was 'looking intently' at him. Chapter Eighteen: Winnie and the Tucks had a breakfast of flap-jacks and talked about the stolen horse and then the man in the yellow suit turned up and invited himself in. Chapter Nineteen: The man in the yellow suit came in and then told them about his story. He was about to take Winnie away against her will when Mae got out Tucks old shotgun and shot him fair in the head. Go Mae. I think she did the right thing while doing the wrong thing. But I hate to think what would of happened if she didnt. Chapter Twenty: The policeman arrived and took Mae and Winnie away.The policeman threatened that Mae would 'be going to the gallows'. Tuck was horrified. Winnie decided that she would not let this happen. Chapter Twenty-one: When Winnie arrived home her family sensed something different. Like she was changed. Later in the night she overheard that the man in the yellow suit had died and that Mae was most likely to be hanged. Chapter Twenty-two: Winnie found the 'her' toad. Then she met up with Jesse and he told her that they had figered out a plan to free Mae. And he also gave her a bottle of the magic water to drink when she was 17. I think Jesse is pretty sneaky. But I guess it would be a pretty hard offer to dicline! Chapter Twenty-three: It was another scorching hot day and it just made it worse because Winnie was very impatient for it to be midnight so she could see Jesse again. She was feeling a little guilty. Chapter Twenty-four: Winnie met Jesse outside her gate at midnight and they went and freed Mae. Winnie went into the cell and just like that they were gone. I feel sorry for them all. It would be so hard. Chapter Twenty-five: When Winnie was found out in the jail cell she was in a lot of trouble. But then she found a dog chasing 'her toad'. She was frightened for the toad so she gave him Jesses Everlasting Water. Epilogue: Mae and Tuck came back to Treegap. It was very different. The wood and 'The Touch-me-not cottage' were gone. And so was Winnie. She had been gone 2 years. Poor Tucks. I feel so sorry for them. Another strange thing that happened was that Tuck and Mae found the toad that Winnie gave the water to. That was a very clever thing for Natalie to do.