The Face On The Milk Carton (group 5)

Reading diary

The face on the milk carton

Caroline b. Cooney

Anne Mieke, Cedrik, Eline

29th April 2020

Chapter I

family resemblance

Before reading II

Vocabulary

task 3:

1. Probably the main character notice, that there are many differences between her and her parents, so she gets confused.

2. Maybe the main character wonders if her family is really her family.

3. Maybe the carton makes her aware of things that are strange in her family.

4. The more differences she notice the more curious she gets and the more she wants to know what is going on.

PS: two of us already know what the book is about

The face on the milk carton

4th May 2020

Chapter I

Vocabulary

Aufsatz, Geschichte:
-> essay
It is very difficult to write a good essay.

ernst, ernsthaft:
-> serious
Teachers are often serious, which forces the students to pay attention.

Schüler/-in der Oberstufe:
-> senior
Seniors are the stundets, who are practicing for their graduation.

erröten / rot werden:
-> to blush
People blush when they are mortified.

Sorgerecht für jemanden erhalten:
-> to get custody
Often there is a big fight between separated parents about who gets custody.

Menschenmenge:
-> mob/ crowd
At big fastivals there is a big mob/crowd.

gedemütigt / sich schämen:
-> to be mortified
Persons are mortified when they did something stupid.

Schulden:
-> debt
Most people get into dept when they buy a house.

das Krabbelkind/ Kleinkind:
-> toddler
Many people think that toddlers are cute.

gehorchen, hören auf:
-> to obey
Workers must obey their boss.

Chapter 1

4th May 2020

Casting of the actors

Vocabulary

Chapter II

6th May 2020

Vocabulary

(to) compute = berechnen
(to) kidnap = entführen
(to) be trapped = gefangen sein
(to) avoid = vermeiden
(to) vanish = verschwinden
(to) spin = drehen
(to) be paralysed = gelähmt sein
(to) remember = sich erinnern
(to) be aware of = sich einer Sache klar sein
(to) make sth. up = etwas ausdenken

explanation:

Actually, we knew right from the start that the word "to kidnap" must be included in the collection in any case, because it is very important for the story and is also the topic of the whole book. We also added: “to compute, to make sth. up, to be trapped, to avoid, to vanish, to spin, to be paralyzed, to remember and to be aware of“, because they also describe key moments of the story. "To be trapped" or "to be paralized" for example describe Janie's feelings. "To remember," "to be aware of", "to compute“ and „to make sth. up“ on the other hand, describe the ambivalence she feels.

8th May 2020

quotes

Chapter II

Task 2:

Her small body seemed to thicken, as if she had real iron in her blood and weight several tons.

It was like crawling on glass.

Perhaps I should move, she thought. But nothing happened to her legs. They stayed there, holding her color-wheel brain in place, waiting to get run over.

I‘m sort of like a flag. [...] they don‘t say it out loud, but [...] the old flag waves, YOU‘RE DUMB.

Her brain stopped being a color wheel and became an echo chamber - Jennie Spring...

[The daydream] crawled out of her brain like a creature out of the dark.

11th May 2020

Chapter II

Which images describe Janie‘s feelings best?

Task 2:

We took the pictures with the rain, the lightning and the storm, because janie‘s feelings are generally very negative. She is confused, desperate and scared. Therefore we think that the three pictures with the bad weather express her negative feelings very well and also the restlessness and desire within her.
Additionally we think that the picture with the blue sky describes her feelings very well. It shows how the blue sky is replaced by dark clouds. This is also discribed with the quote: “The golden-blue October had vanished and turned black and thundering“. Both the picture and the quote illustrate that her previously beautiful world suddenly collapses and becomes dark, unknown and sad. The blue sky represents her beautiful life in the past and the clouds moving in represent her despair and all the bad things that are coming.
As already mentioned, we also took the picture with the storm, because it shows how confused she is. To her it seems as if her thoughts are a storm. She is confused, desperate, nothing makes sense anymore and everything is just swirling around in her head. Besides, the picture is also mentioned in the quote: “It threw the rain against the pavement and ripped the leaves from the sugar mapes”. This quote also refers to rain, which is why we chose the picture with the rain. It shows Janie's sadness, fear and all the bad feelings.
As our last picture we chose the one with the lightning, because this is also mentioned in the quote:”The sky full of rage ready to hit someone.”. On the one hand it shows how fast everything changed for Janie. On the other hand it shows how big her uncertainty is.

Chapter I-III

18th May 2020

Characters and relationships

Janie:

personal background:
-age: 15 years old
-she is a sophomore in Highschool
-lives in an architecturally mixed neighbourhood
ßher own house is old and dramatically moderized with sheets of glass
-friends:
•she is very popular (has many friends)
•she has never had a boyfriend
-activities:
•has a habit of leaping into hobbies with enthusiasm for a few months and then abandoning them forever
•started driving lessons
-particularities:
•lactose intolerant
•changed her name

outward appearance:
-wild, chaotic, curly and red hair
-skinny
-short and wide feet
-loves nightwear, nightgowns and sweatshirts

character traits:
-at first:
• very friendly, open and direct, a little shy, is afraid of getting punished
-after she saw the photo:
•thoughtful, confused, insecure

problems:
-lactose intolerant
-she isn‘t sure whether she was kidnapped
-since she saw the picture on the milk cartoon, she is very thoughtful, confused and insecure

relationship to others:
Sarah-Charlotte:
-best friends
-they go to the same school / same year
Reeve:
-neighbours and good friends
-have known each other for a long time
-go to the same school
her parents:
-lovely relationship
-after she had seen the picture she lost trust to her parents