English Arts Festival

Discussion Board: The Doom Stone

Current Forum: The Doomstone Date: 31-Jan-2003 15:17:44 Author: Pinkstock, Theresa <terrip@amanda.k12.oh.us> Subject: Word Master  Word Master Name:________________________ Book: Doom Stone by Paul Zindell Word Page Definition 1. turbulence pp. 1 wild commotion 2. intense pp. 1 existing in an extreme degree 3. deluge pp. 4 an overflowing of land by by water 4. awning pp. 11 a rooflike cover extending over 5. goblets pp. 11 a drinking vessel with a foot and stem 6. subsidizes pp. 11 to aid or promote 7. grouse pp. 13 game bird 8. crockery pp. 23 earthenware 9. thatched pp. 25 a plant material used as a sheltering cover esp. of a house 10. retracted pp. 34 take back or withdraw 11. adrenaline pp. 38 epinephrine 12. riveted pp. 43 to attract and hold 13. tandem pp. 50 a group of two or more arranged one behind the other 14. magneto pp. 50 a magnetoelectric machine 15. opposable pp. 59 capable of being placed against one or more of the remaining digits of a hand or foot 16. labyrinth pp. 61 a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways 17. fissure pp. 68 a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth 18. acetylene pp. 119 a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon 19. incendiary pp. 135 igniting combustible materials spontaneously 20. masquerade pp. 171 to disguise oneself

Current Forum: The Doomstone Date: 31-Jan-2003 15:33:12 Author: Hayden, Kellie <khayden@loganhocking.k12.oh.us> Subject: Discussion Questions  Who is Jackson Crawley? What is the setting? Describe it Stoneheng from what you already know. How does the hail storm set the mood of the novel? Why has the army hired Aunt Sarah? Do you think that the use of onomatapoeia works in chapter three to induce suspense? What electronic devices do they find the dead body in CH #3? What does the creature look like? How does it attack? Who is Alma and what does she have to do with the story? What did Mrs. Langford allow Jackson to use? What did he do with it? What did they do to Aunty Sarah in the hospital? What odd creatures surrounded Alma in the mine shaft? What else did they find and how did they escape in the mine shaft? What is the spirit of Ramid that his Aunt is talking about in the hospital? Where was DOOM? What happened at the crematorium? What was Aunt Sarah up to? How does it end? What did you find out about the monster?

Current Forum: The Doomstone Date: 31-Jan-2003 15:37:53 Author: Pinkstock, Theresa <terrip@amanda.k12.oh.us> Subject: Re: Discussion Questions  Great Questions!!!

Current Forum: The Doomstone Date: 31-Jan-2003 15:41:18 Author: Pinkstock, Theresa <terrip@amanda.k12.oh.us> Subject: Middle School Students  I think some middle school school students will like this story. I feel those students that like horror/mystery novels will really like it. However, I feel students that do not like being scaried will not like it.

Current Forum: The Doomstone Date: 10-Feb-2003 06:34:00 Author: Wilson, Sandra <SWi3548332@aol.com> Subject: Re: Middle School Students  I think that middle school students are drawn to mystery because they can can escape into an adventure. They get a kind of vicarious excitement. They put themselves in the heroes roll and take risks that they normally wouldn't.