Sunday 26 May 2013

Caleb


As a reading group activity we would like you to re read the story Caleb by Gary Crew and respond to the following question.

 Look at this website on Charles Darwin. 

http://darwin200.christs.cam.ac.uk/pages/index.php?page_id=j1

List any facts that you think are interesting about Charles Darwin. Perhaps you can connect this information to the story ‘Caleb'.


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  Look at this website on Charles Darwin. List any facts that you think are interesting about Charles Darwin. Perhaps you can connect this information to the story ‘Caleb.

46 comments:

  1. great and indepth

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    1. It is great and in depth (unlike that comment lol)

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  2. I think that Caleb ( with the information given ) is a very weird 15 year old with unnatural intentions, like voicing his opinions after everything that his teachers say.

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  3. He was the one who came up with natural selection!

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  4. They both love animals.

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  5. in the rainforest in South America and got a disease, but noone know for sure.

    This has been copied off the website and it makes no sense.

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    1. there just needs to be a space between no one and use the word knew our knows instead of know

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  6. Charles Darwin's mother died at a very young age just like Caleb's mum (i inferred or she left very similar).

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  7. there both really smart and adore animals

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  8. I think that the book Caleb is a very good book but i think that Caleb is a very weird child. this book connects to Charles Darwin as it is all about bugs.in the book both of Caleb's parents died i think that this connects to Charles Darwin as his mum died at a young age.i think that the charecter Caleb is based on Charles Darwin because they are both intrested in bugs.

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  9. Charles Darwin had interest on animals which reflected on his learning he didn't want to become a doctor or a priest in comparison to Caleb they are alike because of there interest on all species.

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  10. From reading that website i discovered that charles liked to explore from a young age as when he was young he would collect and find many bugs having some kind of interest in them. It then continued as he got older when he got the chance to go on a trip around the world were he got inspired about evolution by an author . Like caleb he likes to explore bugs and many other things he is also a very interesting piece of information.
    Sarah

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  11. Book:Caleb

    From reading the book Caleb i found out that Caleb is obsessed with insects.He was so interested with insects that he chose to sleep in the attic because he loves bugs.He's a teenager whose father has passed on but not has not passed away in his opinion just like his male ancestors.The relation to Charles Darwin and Caleb is that they were both at a young age when they became very interested with insects.

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  12. I think the book caleb is good but he is a very weird child I also found out that charles darwin and caleb both like bugs at a young age.

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  13. On the website there was a lab in the garden.Charles is a big fan of bug collecting.In the book Caleb is a human form made of insects.When Charles mum passed away it reminded me of when Calebs dad passed away and Caleb said' my dad passed on instead of passed away'.

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  14. caleb

    charles darwin and caleb dad have a lot in common i think that the entire charachter and book is based on charles darwin since charles believed in the theory of evolution and how things get passed on just like how caleb said that he got his eye colour from his ancestors and he s grateful for that . and the story is flowing in the same way like ishmael .

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  15. From reading the book "Caleb" and the website on Charles Darwin I made the connection that Caleb was obsessed with insects and Charles would stuff Creepy Crawlies into his pockets and when charles was traveling around the world he saw all of those strange animals that proves his theory of evolution.

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  16. Caleb
    once open a time there is a book called caleb and in the book there there was a kid named caleb and his mum died at a young age and it said that in the book called to cool for school and i think that its really sad that his mum died aT a young age because he probley didn't know what his mum sounded like or looked like so yea

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  17. caleb

    charles darwin liked to do interesting things like ride on gigantic totorsies and watching volcanoes explode and caleb liked insects and also the lab was in the garden in charles darwin and also charles is a big fan of insects aswell.
    charles darwins father was a very fat person and caleb was very skinny.
    Also charles mums died and calebs mum died aswell.
    sanaa

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  18. Charles Darwin was a man who researched nature and made us change the way we think about flora and fauna. The way this connects to Caleb is that they both like researching nature but Charles didn't have a partner to research with.

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  19. meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee29 May 2013 at 17:29

    its meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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    1. Dont Say Its meeeeeeee Mr Boyer said NO NICK NAMES

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    2. i like this book we should do more like this cause its really fun. Caleb's father was a doctor like Darwin's Father both like researching nature both like insects and has them on them any time Caleb did not like school like Darwin Caleb Loved Nature like Darwin

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    3. charles darwin was a men who researched nature and made us change
      the way we think about flora and fauna.caleb and charles both like
      researching nature.

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  20. Charles Darwins mum died and Calebs mum died too

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  21. FLORENCE LOAU !YAY!29 May 2013 at 17:44

    He is the fifth child in his family.He loved nature but he hated school,he hated medicine too.his dad suggested to have a new career so he could be a priest!!!so he went off and went to Christ's college to study to become a priest.Charles Caleb MOM'S die

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  22. meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee29 May 2013 at 17:45

    it's meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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  23. Who was Charles Darwin?

    1)When he was a boy his father never was home but his mother died soon after.

    2)He had around four older sister & a big brother called: Erasmus.

    3)Even though his father was not around that much he still love him.

    THE SIMILAR BECAUSE CALEB & Charles Darwin?

    1)In the story his Cable father died but when that boy in the story said what about your mother he said nothing.

    2) I think that Charles wrote this book about his own life.















































































































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    1. I just Posted It Del All The Writing And A big Cap From Reece

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    2. I MEAN gap

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  24. Caleb loved incest and researching wild life Charles Darwin loved animals and plants and researched them like Caleb

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  25. Facts
    - He was the youngest in his family
    - He had 5 older sisters and someone like a big brother
    -His dad was a doctor
    - He was born on 12 February 1809
    -His Mum died a while after he was born / and his father died
    what is the same about him and Caleb
    -Both of there fathers died
    -They both liked to explore things

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  26. I wrote so MUCH ahhh

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  29. my name is skrillex (jokes)2 June 2013 at 17:36

    from the book i think caleb is a really stuffed up 15 year old (plz comment)

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  30. pranav chandra...pc2 June 2013 at 17:39

    CALEB is a really weird kids because he drinks blood
    but on the good side he loves insectsand stuff...............................

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    1. pranav.chandra62 June 2013 at 17:40

      i ment kid im so so sorry people

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    2. pranav.chandra62 June 2013 at 17:42

      sorry i meant meant bad spelling

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  31. I think Charles Darwin is a lot like Caleb because they both have a lot to do with insects and when Charles Darwin was a small boy his mother died this is probably why Caleb doesn't talk about his mum.
    The book Caleb relates a lot to Charles Darwin story because of the similarities between Caleb and Charles.

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  32. I think that Caleb could be a half insect and half human because the pictures in the book matches with his body and his actions.
    i also think that Caleb and Charles Darwin have a lot in common.

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  33. with the book caleb the last picture that we saw was really weird if you look at the shadow because it looks like someones gonna get him

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    1. that was me i did it because i couldn't get it to work with my name so that's why I did anonymous. this was me Naa

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