1) What year is it when the boys first explore the house?
1977
2) Set the scene: describe the interior of the house.
It was dark inside. The only light came in through little cracks between the boards that covered the windows. The floor felt soft underfoot and it was covered with a layer of filthy clothes.
3) What 2 items does Adam take from the house?
A pair of eyeglasses and a man's wallet on the nightstand.
4) Why does Adam become so obsessed with the Nason family?
He doesn't have any friends at school and his gloominess made him become obsessed in finding out the truth.
5) Why didn't the boys ever go in the basement?
The door to it had been blocked shut by a couch that was propped on its end, as if someone wanted to keep something down there from getting out.
6) You should be about 16 minutes into the episode, pause the show and make a prediction: What do you think happened to Virgil Nason and his family?
Maybe Virgil Nason wants to keep someone or something safe during an extremely emergency situation, he blocked his door to the basement and got killed.
7) What is it like at Nason Grocery? Is it similar or different from the house?
It is different from the house since everything is intact and much cleaner I bet. By the cash register, there were magazine racks and rows of candy. There were glass countertops displaying fishing gear, and stacks of canned vegetables, corn and green beans.
8) Why does Adam take his mom to the house?
He wanted a grown-up to see it to confirm that we hadn't imagined the whole thing.
9) After Mom sees the house, where does she take Adam?
Town cemetery to see Nason's grave.
10) How do Adam's mom and sister "blow it?" and what happens to the house?
They tried to take a child's crib from the house but was seen by a little boy. And Adam felt betrayed.
12) Adam's mom says "objects have lives." Do you agree or disagree? Why?
I think I agree, because objects live on even if their owner dies. And they are the only indications, in other words, only things to tell you what exactly happened. They are evidence.
13) Around 30 mintes "The Nason's might not be what you expect..." Make a prediction: What do you think they were like?
Maybe something is going on outside and the family isolated themselves from the outside, soon they lost contacts from others and each of them died.
14) Who is Samantha Thurston?
Jesse Nason and Bertha's great great grandchild
15) What were the Nason children like?
They were scruffy little kids. They were always kind of disheveled and half-dressed and needing to be washed.
16) Who does Adam give his box of Nason stuff to?
Samantha Thurston
17) What actually happened to the Nason
After Bertha and Jesse died, their 9 kids locked the store and stop paying for the house, ignoring their properties inside and abandoned it.
18) Do you think the storytelling in "House on Loon Lake" is effective? Why or why not? Did it keep your interest? What factors contributed to the storytelling (example: music) and how did Ira and Company set the mood for the tale?
I think it is effective. First of all because the story is interesting and the more I hear the more I want to find out what exactly happened. It is kind of like Crime Scene Investigation and the scary music kind of contributed on that. Ira and Company set the scene by telling the story in a mystery solving manner with appropriate background music, it makes it all so adventurous.
1977
2) Set the scene: describe the interior of the house.
It was dark inside. The only light came in through little cracks between the boards that covered the windows. The floor felt soft underfoot and it was covered with a layer of filthy clothes.
3) What 2 items does Adam take from the house?
A pair of eyeglasses and a man's wallet on the nightstand.
4) Why does Adam become so obsessed with the Nason family?
He doesn't have any friends at school and his gloominess made him become obsessed in finding out the truth.
5) Why didn't the boys ever go in the basement?
The door to it had been blocked shut by a couch that was propped on its end, as if someone wanted to keep something down there from getting out.
6) You should be about 16 minutes into the episode, pause the show and make a prediction: What do you think happened to Virgil Nason and his family?
Maybe Virgil Nason wants to keep someone or something safe during an extremely emergency situation, he blocked his door to the basement and got killed.
7) What is it like at Nason Grocery? Is it similar or different from the house?
It is different from the house since everything is intact and much cleaner I bet. By the cash register, there were magazine racks and rows of candy. There were glass countertops displaying fishing gear, and stacks of canned vegetables, corn and green beans.
8) Why does Adam take his mom to the house?
He wanted a grown-up to see it to confirm that we hadn't imagined the whole thing.
9) After Mom sees the house, where does she take Adam?
Town cemetery to see Nason's grave.
10) How do Adam's mom and sister "blow it?" and what happens to the house?
They tried to take a child's crib from the house but was seen by a little boy. And Adam felt betrayed.
12) Adam's mom says "objects have lives." Do you agree or disagree? Why?
I think I agree, because objects live on even if their owner dies. And they are the only indications, in other words, only things to tell you what exactly happened. They are evidence.
13) Around 30 mintes "The Nason's might not be what you expect..." Make a prediction: What do you think they were like?
Maybe something is going on outside and the family isolated themselves from the outside, soon they lost contacts from others and each of them died.
14) Who is Samantha Thurston?
Jesse Nason and Bertha's great great grandchild
15) What were the Nason children like?
They were scruffy little kids. They were always kind of disheveled and half-dressed and needing to be washed.
16) Who does Adam give his box of Nason stuff to?
Samantha Thurston
17) What actually happened to the Nason
After Bertha and Jesse died, their 9 kids locked the store and stop paying for the house, ignoring their properties inside and abandoned it.
18) Do you think the storytelling in "House on Loon Lake" is effective? Why or why not? Did it keep your interest? What factors contributed to the storytelling (example: music) and how did Ira and Company set the mood for the tale?
I think it is effective. First of all because the story is interesting and the more I hear the more I want to find out what exactly happened. It is kind of like Crime Scene Investigation and the scary music kind of contributed on that. Ira and Company set the scene by telling the story in a mystery solving manner with appropriate background music, it makes it all so adventurous.