Language+Arts

Language Arts  What have you learned about the Renaissance? Favourite parts of the novel From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler:  FILL IN SOME OF THIS CHART, IF YOU KNOW THE PRICES.
 * PRODUCT || PRICE IN 1967 || PRICE IN 2011 ||
 * SMALL BAG OF CHIPS ||  ||   ||
 * BOTTLE OF POP ||  ||   ||
 * LOAF OF BREAD ||  ||   ||
 * HOUSE || $14 250 || $300 000 ||
 * MOVIE, POPCORN AND POP || $1.25 || $18.00 ||
 * RENT (HOUSE) || $125 ||  ||
 * NEW CAR || $2 750 ||  ||
 * U.S. MINIMUM WAGE || $1.40/HOUR ||  ||
 * BIG MAC || $0.45 ||  ||
 * GALLON OF MILK || $1.03 ||  ||
 * DOZEN EGGS || $0.49 ||  ||
 * POSTAGE STAMP || $0.05 ||  ||

Write your predictions about the novel. Will the kids get caught, or will they stay lost for ever? Will their parents send the police looking for them, or will they return on their own? Will they find out the secret about Angel? Was it really sculpted by Michelangelo?

What have you learned about the person you are researching? Put it below.