SPOOK #10

5 COMMENTS

• In this story Mary shows that science isn't only mostly about medicine and technology but about other things.
• Mary explains in great details how everything wet and how they were specifically done
• This book teaches you a lot about science and everything that it is about
• Science is mostly all the different things about life combined into one whole big important thing.
  
• Science is shown differently in this story.

4 QUESTIONS

• What made her interest in science so deep?
• Was this topic a bit hard for Mary?
• What were her opinions on all the weird things about it?
• What did she feel about it all?

3 VOCABULARY

• Utterances- Vocal expressions
• Credible- Capable of being believed
• Compounder- Composed of two ro more facts, elements

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Personification
• Alliteration

1 OVERVIEW

• This book was good even though it had some creepy things involved.
  

SPOOK #9

5 COMMENTS

• In this story, Mary answers the questions that many people might have about death and about the things that might of happened in any case
• Mary discovers many things that weren't only hard to believe, but they were things that no one believed that you can do.
  
• Mary was involved in many cases that were done for many different reasons. Whether they were to solve a mystery or to simply get to understand something better.
• In this book the science field is taken to a entire new level
• Mary talks about life in ways that you might of never even thought about

4 QUESTIONS

• What was Mary's hardest study to complete?
• Were these tasks difficult for Mary since they were different from one another?
• How were these tasks difficult for Mary or easy?
• What were her opinions in all this?

3 VOCABULARY

• Leech- a person who clings to another for personal gain
• Heyday- Archaic. high spirits
• Psychoacoustics- the study of sound perception

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Alliteration
• Personification

1 OVERVIEW

• Science isnt only about medicine and technology, it invloves other things.
  

SPOOK #8

5 COMMENTS

• Mary experiences some ghost moments in England which involved many things that made it hard for the mystery to be solved.
• Mary also made a study on whether or whether not the electromagnetic fields make you hallucinate.
• In this story Mary talks about the things that happened to people and also about the things that were happening to people as some of the craziest moments were going on.
• Mary worked with many different cases but mostly with death relate things.
• Mary worked not only in India but also in Europe.

4 QUESTIONS

• What was the hardest lace for Mary to study?
• Did she relate the other things happening around the world to a certain things?
• When Mary made that study in Europe related to the computers, did she relate it to something?
• What was it like for Mary and these cases?

3 VOCABULARY

• Scalpels- A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection.
• Ectoplasm- the supposed emanation from the body of a medium.
• Electromagnetic- of or pertaining to electromagnetism or electromagnetic fields.

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Alliteration
• Personification

1 OVERVIEW

• In this story many different types of field were covered . The science field and the medicine field.
  

SPOOK #7

5 COMMENTS

• While Mary and the other people that were working with her checking some of the things out, they were beginning to recognize and notice somethings that people didnt think were possible.
• Mary Roach had great experiences which helped her in her career.
• The experiences that Mary was having were helping her in her career a lot and was showing her things she never new.
• Roach worked with many different cases.
• During her time in India,she learned things that she didn't know while she was int the U.S

4 QUESTIONS

• It was easier to work here in the U.S or in India?
• Did Mary spent most of her time in these studies?
• Dd she connect with any of these cases?
• Was working with other people making it easier or harder for her?

3 VOCABULARY

• Improbable- Unlikely to be true or happen
• Chimerical- Unreal; imaginary; visionary
• Plods- To work or act perseveringly or monotonously

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Alliteration
• Personification

1 OVERVIEW

• Mary's experiences made her a better case studier and allowed her to work better with reincarnation.
  

SPOOK #6

5 COMMENTS

• Mary focuses on many things in this story. She talks about many different things that she experienced and also many things that she hear happened to people.
• Mary focuses on telling the reader what types of things happened and also what were some of the things that people were most surprised about and wanted to know more about.
  
• In this story the reader gets to know new things about life and also about reincarnation.
• To many people reincarnation wasn't possible, and so in Mary's study, she actually got a chance to experience one.
• Mary was as astonished and surprised as anyone else was.

4 QUESTIONS

• What were most of the cases that Mary worked with about?
• Was the study for her hard at some point?
• Did people look for her a lot when they believed that there was a reincarnation?
• Were most of her studies in India or did they change?

3 VOCABULARY

• Fondly- In a fond manner
• Fully- Entirely or wholly
  
• Topsyturvy- In or into a state of confusion or disorder

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Alliteration
• Personification

1 OVERVIEW

• It is interesting how one person could die and then go into reincarnation.
  

SPOOK #5

5 COMMENTS

• This book talks to you about life in a whole new other level
• SPOOK talks to you about the craziest things that happen and of which you may not know of but that do happen in life
• Mary gives good examples in showing how reincarnation is possible and how it affects people
• Reincarnation happens to everyone even though you don't believe its possible
• Roach shows you how science isn't only chemicals and numbers

4 QUESTIONS

• Is reincarnation really how Roach says it is?
• Do people remember things from the previous life?
• Is it all in dreams that it happens?
• What is the possibility of everyone being reincarnated?

3 VOCABULARY

• Seemingly- Apparent; appearing
• Fondly- loving or affectionate
  
• Lustfully- Motivated by lust, greed or the like

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Alliteration
• Personification

1 OVERVIEW

• This is very creepy and sort of scary.
  

SPOOK #4

5 COMMENTS

• Roach worked with a boy named Aishwary who his family believed that he was the reincarnation of a factory owner.
  
• Many people believed that their family members had something to do with reincarnation that's why it was very popular in India
• Roach had never experienced something like this before
• Roach experienced some of the craziest things

4 QUESTIONS

• Was she scared working with this case?
• Did she ever have nightmares?
• What allowed her to keep going with this mysterious investigation?
• Who else was working with her?

3 VOCABULARY

• Kaleidoscopic- Pertaining to
  
• Maelstrom- A large, powerful, or violent whirlpool
• Gazebo- A structure, as an open or latticework pavilion or summerhouse, built on a site that provides an attractive view

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Personification
• Alliteration

1 OVERVIEW

• If i would of been Roach, i will be terrified of this reincarnation
  

SPOOK #3

5 COMMENTS

• In India, Mary encountered many different types of people.
• Some were willing to help her out in any problems, while others weren't
• In India Mary worked with many different cases.
  
• Roach worked with kids who had believes about a previous life and reincarnation
  
• Mary Roach experience science in a way never expected

4 QUESTIONS

• How was working with kids for her ?
• What did she think about other peoples believes?
• Did she teach people new things which they never knew?
• Was it tougher for her working in the U.S or India?

3 VOCABULARY

• Devotional- Characterized by devotions
• Midst- The middle point
• Lurching- To stagger

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Personification
• Alliteration

1 OVERVIEW

• Roach worked with kids who have experienced or at least they believe, reincarnation
  

SPOOK #2

5 COMMENTS

• Mary Roach majored in the rencarnation of people and she went to India as a result of making her studie.
• Just like many people who become interested in the major they want to study because of other things, she wanted to major in that because of what people thought about previous life.
• Her friends helped her in majoring in this career
• Roach experienced some pretty rough things
• She had a real passion for her major reincarnation
  

4 QUESTIONS

• Who were her friends who helped her?
• Were they majoring in this as well?
• How did they feel about her going to India?
• What what her feelings about it all?

3 VOCABULARY

• Precept- A commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
• Alleged- Doubtful; suspect; supposed
• Pilloried- To expose to public derision, abuse, ridicule
  

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Alliteration
• Personification

1 OVERVIEW

• Reincarnation is a pretty interesting thing.
  

SPOOK

5 COMMENTS

• This book mostly talks about the life of a women who studied about the medine and science life.
  
• It talk about her experiences and the things that she had done in life to help other people.
  
• It talk about the people that she met and the things that she had to do first in order to get to where she wanted.
• SPOOK tells you about her experiences in India and how she overcame things.
• It is pretty boring at the beginning.

4 QUESTIONS

• What made her want to initially begin with this career?
• What made her go to India?
• What wen threw her mind as these things were happening?
• How did she feel about it all?

3 VOCABULARY

• Reincarnation- Rebirth of the soul, in a new body
• Flailing-A manual threshing device consisting of a long wooden handle or staff and a shorter, free-swinging stick attached to its end.
• Realm- A royal domain; kingdom

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Personification
  
• Alliteration

1 OVERVIEW

• This story is kind of creepy , kind of suspenfull.