Bookshares

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Name: Emma G

Date: December eleventh, two thousand seven __­­­__, december fourteenth two thousand seven


 * Book Share Form**

Use this form to help you organize your Book Share. Treat this form like it is your final copy. In other words, I am looking for good, complete thoughts that demonstrate your best effort!


 * I. Bibliographic Information**


 * 1. Title** Will you sign here, John Hancock?


 * 2. Author** Jean Fritz


 * 3. Illustrator** Trina Schart Hyman


 * 4. Publisher** Scholastic


 * 5. Place of Publication** USA, the rest unknown


 * 6. Copyright Date** 1987


 * II. Genre (type of literature)** Nonfiction

Make a list of the **major** characters in your book. For each character, describe the character’s traits and the role he/she plays in the book.
 * III.** **Characters:**

John Hancock: main character, rich, snobby and self-centered. Dolly Quincy: John's wife, not much is known but she is pretty, young and busy (with John's commands)

The plot of a story includes both the **setting** and the **important events** that occur in your story. The change of setting and the events happening along the way control the flow of a story from beginning to end.
 * IV. Plot:**
 * __Make a list of important events and their settings for each part of the story__**. Use words that will appeal to our five senses and that will give us a strong image of the setting. **//Remember that setting includes time and place//**.

__BEGINNING -__

John Hancock is born, 1937. His parents die and he moves in with his rich uncle, 1941 He wants EVERYONE to like him. Uncle Thomas dies, John becomes richest man in New England, 1764 John hires some one to dress him JH throws huge party because England takes away Stamp Act JH locks a tax inspector in a cabin with the doo nailed shut. He is put on King George's list of "Dangerous Americans". He is engaged to Dolly Quincy and is to be married in the Spring __MIDDLE__

John misses his wedding He is hired as president of congress they write the declaration of independence and JH is the first to sign it John is not elected Commander of the congress

__END__

John fights in a battle, and he gets very wet and cold. He houses 120 French officers for many weeks. They win the war. John becomes governor 11 times and buys many new, glorious things he wished to be vice president but John Adams won. He had two children and they both died. He became very sick with leg and head aches. He died in October, 1793.

__Opening

Usually people are going to say "I love this book..." and on and on and on in book reviews, and I nearly did that. But I realized that in book reviews you //can// share your feelings about the book at last a little bit, so that's what I'll do right now. I didn't exactly enjoy this book. The book was like a dark corner brightened slightly with rays of cheerful classmates shining through the black. Here is a dark book review you may not enjoy because of the darkness.__

The book review

Does the name //John Hancoock// sound familiar to you? You might have heard it as a synonym for signature or as a snobby rich person or the first signer of the Declaration of Independence or even a guy with big, fancy handwriting. All of those answers are correct. John Hancock was a rich ,snobby "troubled" person with flashy clothes and big, fancy-shmancy handwriting. He had a beautiful young wife named Dolly Quincy who was always very busy with John and his commands. Here is that flashy, fancy-shmancy handwriting, snobby, rich person's life story. Once a man named John Hancock was born, in the year 1937. 4 years later his parents die and he moves in with his rich Uncle Thomas and Aunt Lydia. He wants EVERYONE to like him so he buys expensive things and his uncle complains. Later Uncle Thomas dies and John becomes the richest man in New England when he is 27. John hires some one to dress him so he can look better than his best and he falls in love with lace. JH throws a gigantic party because England takes away the Stamp Act. JH locks a tax inspector in a cabin with the door nailed shut while they row taxable wine ashore. He is put on King George's list of "Dangerous Americans" and a price of 1000 dollars is put on his head. He becomes engaged to Dolly Quincy and is to be married in the spring. John misses his wedding so he could go to Philadelphia and be one of Massachusetts' delegates. He is hired as president of congress and was voted unanimously. When they write the declaration of independence JH is the first to sign it. John is not elected Commander of the congress and he feels bad about it. John fights in a battle, and he gets very wet and cold because he forgets to bring his good clothes. He houses 120 French officers for many weeks instead of the 20 he invited. They win the war eventually. John becomes governor 11 times and buys many new, glorious things that he thinks governors need.JH wished to be vice president as he grew older but John Adams won. John had two children named Lydia and George and they both died Lydia at a few months, George at 9 years old. He became very sick with leg and head aches.He died in October, 1793. Even I felt bad for John when he got wet and cold even though I hate him with all my heart because no one deserves to shiver and shake like that. I felt sad and miserable for Dolly when she agreed to marry John. How stupid! Once I thought I would be chosen for things I never got to be chosen for, like John when he thought would be chosen for Commander of Congress. I suggest when you read John Hancock's life story, you pay careful attention during pages 36-39 because in my opinion it's funny what they do for the French when they don't have to do anything at all. I think the author, Jean Fritz's, purpose is to make fun and interesting to learn. I also think that she thinks it's important for kid to learn about their ancestors and colonial times. And maybe she just enjoys writing. Maybe it doesn't matter what she writes to her. Or maybe she especially enjoys writing. All the "maybes" are almost impossible to find out, but they may be worth thinking about.