The+shack+per+5

__**WEEK 1:**__


 * Group Summarizer- Ryan Lewis**

Gerard looked up questions to ask the group. Jimmy looked up quotes in the book that were important. We reviewed and answered the questions. We also went over the quotes and discussed why they were important. We also talked more about the questions and what a lot of them meant.


 * Quotes-** **Jimmy Butler**


 * 1) “ The story of Missy’s disappearance is unfortunately not unlike others told too often” (Young, 25).
 * 2) “Nope, I didn’t actually get the mail. I thought Tony had already come and I went out to get it. There wasn’t any mail yet” (Young, 47).
 * 3) “ Sometime during the night an unexpected Chinook blew through the Willamette Valley” (Young, 52).
 * 4) “ He ate, worked, loved, dreamed, and played in this garment of heaviness, weighed down as if he were wearing a leaded bathrobe”(Young, 54).
 * 5) “ So, Missy asked. Can I take them along?”(Young, 57).


 * Questions- Gerard Falzerano**

1. How did Missy go missing? Missy went missing while wondering off in the woods.

2. Describe the story about the princess. The princess didn’t want all of the tribe members to die so in order to cure them, someone must sacrifice their lives to save them so she jumped off the cliff.

3. What did the letter say? The letter was from the actual shack.

4. Why do you think Mack doesn’t want to go to the shack? I think Mack doesn’t want to go to the shack because its haunted.

5. How did Mack get in touch with his inner being? Through religion and the presents of God.


 * Group Leaders- Kariss Morales And Kendall Marsh both absent**

__**WEEK 2:**__


 * Quotations- Kendall Marsh And Kariss Morales**

1. " A knock on the door startled Mack from his concentration and he could see it was Willy "(Young,71) 2. " Mack receved one more note from "papa" telling him to meet him back at the shack " (Young, 67) 3. " Mack could feel the gun in the small of him back " (Young, 81) 4. " Help my please" "he stood un on his shaky leg " (Young, 77) 5. " But god doesn't do stuff like that at least i never heard of him sending someone a note "(Young 73) ~ 1. " Whether it was God or the killer or some prankster, what did it matter? " (Young 68) 2. " Im thinking only God would... maybe. " (Young 72) 3. " Mack stopped and watched as all around him the white covering dissolved and was replaced by emerging and radiant growth. " (Young 80) 4. " Smoke was lazily wending its way from the chimney into the late afternoon sky, a sign of activity inside. " (Young 81) 5. " Mack thought for a moment and decided that going into the cabin actually was what he wanted to do." (Young 89)


 * Summar**y **Jimmy Butler**

Today on week two in the group consisting of Kariss, Gerard, Ryan, Kendall, and Jimmy we are talking all about the language of our book. We have decided that the language is somewhat easy to read but can get very wordy after a while. The book is very religious and has some strange beliefs and occurrences throughout the first couple chapters. We all agree that it is kind of weird and can be a little freaky. We discussed why the protagonists kept calling the shack papa. We came to the conclusion that he does this because he sees the shack as god and he thinks of god as his father. The discussion today started with a bit of confusion. Kendall was supposed to be group leader last week but she wasn’t here. Meanwhile, Ryan is working very hard to find questions to discuss. Jimmy, the other summarizer, is writing down to language of the book and if it is easy to read or not. Overall, it was a very organized discussion.

__**WEEK 3**__

In this meeting we talked about the mood and tone of the book. We discussed that the book is very mysterious and strange. We also realized that the book is also kind of hard to understand. It is filled with various details that seems to make the book long. The book is also based on a weird plot so it is very strange to some. However, the book does build up some suspense towards the middle. It becomes to get more interesting and it easier to read.
 * Group Summarizer- Kariss Morales And Kendall Marsh** (Mood & Tone)

The mood of this book is very religious with some stressful actions. This is so because Mac, the main character, is drawn to this shack witch is what he believes is god. This shack has unexplainable occurrences that take place in the shack.
 * Group Leader- Jimmy Butler**


 * Quotations: by Ryan Lewis**

"Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak."

"Each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique. That is why you cannot love two people the same. It simply is not possible. You love each person differently because of who they are and the uniqueness that they draw out of you."

"I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it."

"Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly."

"Sometimes honesty can be incredibly messy"

**Questions- Gerard Falzarano** 1. How did the environment change after Mack stormed out the shack? 2. How was God presented to Mack in the cabin? 3. What did he expect god would look like? 4. Why was Mack sent to the shack? 5. Does he understand whats going on?


 * WEEK 4:**

What are some of the images that are used? -One of the images they use in Chapter 8 are images of rainbows shimmering in the sky. What do they seem to represent? - we believe that they represent the characters and there emotions toward each-other. Why do you think the author uses these images to convey his or her meaning? - We think the author used the images to help bring the story to life.
 * Group Leader- Kariss Morales and Kendall Marsh**
 * Jimmy Butler- Quotes**

1. " Weren't you the one always running around killing people in the bible?"(Young, 119). 2. " We've been seduced into this preoccupation with authority"(Young, 123). 3. " God isn't real Mackenzie!"(Young,125) 4. " He also found a Gideon's Bible in the night stand"(Young,115). 5. " The Great Sadness had descended, but tonight Mack flew high into the starlit night, The air clear and cool but not uncomfortable"(Young,115).

At the beginning of this discussion, we found out the jobs we were supposed to do. We all were working diligently when somehow we started talking about Mr. Cleary's classroom. I had mentioned that I had herd someone saying that the left side of the room was infected by some insect disease and that no one sit along side the window. Then we started talking about how Mr. Cleary room was the "Safe Room". We think its called the safe room because that is were the lower level students go to learn. So far, everyone in the group likes the book so far. Every agrees that its very religious and exciting in a way. The question of the day was, as usual, what was for lunch. Kendell and Kariss are both very anxious to get to lunch. The Badminton tournament was very unsuccessful. I lost against Mr. Gallione in the first game. Jimmy on the other hand one his first game against a below average team.
 * Gerard Falzarano- Summary**


 * Ryan Lewis Group- Summarizer**

We went over the questions of the group leader. We all had a turn on answering the questions. We discussed what happened in the chapter as well as what was the most important part of this section of the book. We also went over the quotes and discussed why they were important to this section and what they meant.

We all took turns answering Gerard questions and discussed what they meant and why those questions were relevant to the book. We talked about what the questions meant and discussed more about the group leaders questions.

__**WEEK 5:**__


 * Kariss Morales & Kendall Marsh- Questions**

1. How do you relate to this book? 2. Do you feel like the ending of the story could have been better? 3. Do you think that Mack could have handled the shack better? 4. Do you think the other characters played a good role in the book? 5. Did you like this book?