Add your questions and comments about these books and the issues they raise. You can scroll through the entries below, or jump to questions about a particular book by using the "Labels" link in the sidebar to the right.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Great Stories @ B-Tech 2009
The theme for Round II of Great Stories is Breaking Boundaries. Boundaries can take many forms in life. They often make life difficult by dividing us and preventing us from seeing the essence of one another. The following stories are about teens who overcame boundaries in their lives.
Add your questions and comments about these books and the issues they raise. You can scroll through the entries below, or jump to questions about a particular book by using the "Labels" link in the sidebar to the right.
Add your questions and comments about these books and the issues they raise. You can scroll through the entries below, or jump to questions about a particular book by using the "Labels" link in the sidebar to the right.
Black and White, by Volponi
Why do you think the author decided to title this book "Black and White", and in what ways does it have more than one meaning?
If the third robbery victim had not identified Marcus, do you think they would have continued robbing people?
Why didn't Eddie confess his involvement in the robbery, and why didn't Marcus give Eddie up after he was arrested--and what would you have done as Eddie? as Marcus?
What would you write for The Essay about how you hope to be remembered?
If the third robbery victim had not identified Marcus, do you think they would have continued robbing people?
Why didn't Eddie confess his involvement in the robbery, and why didn't Marcus give Eddie up after he was arrested--and what would you have done as Eddie? as Marcus?
What would you write for The Essay about how you hope to be remembered?
Luna, by Peters
In what ways have you ever felt that your inside is different than what others see from the outside?
What's the hardest part of standing up for your beliefs when they are different than what your friends/teachers/parents believe?
What do you think will happen next for Regan and Luna?
What's the hardest part of standing up for your beliefs when they are different than what your friends/teachers/parents believe?
What do you think will happen next for Regan and Luna?
Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, by Alexie
How is Junior's life similar to or different than your ideas about life on a reservation?
What roles do Mr. P and Coach play in Junior's life?
Reardon is only 22 miles from the reservation, but it seems to Junior that it is a whole different world. When are some times you have felt like that, and what does it make you think or feel?
What roles do Mr. P and Coach play in Junior's life?
Reardon is only 22 miles from the reservation, but it seems to Junior that it is a whole different world. When are some times you have felt like that, and what does it make you think or feel?
Questions YOU'D like to ask
What questions would you like to ask each other - or the author! - about any of these three titles, or about writing in general?
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Great Stories @ B-Tech 2008
The theme for this Great Stories Club is “Life is full of choices”. One choice can lead to another. Some can take us down the wrong path, and others can lead us to glory. Our background leads us down a road that is chosen for us, but eventually we choose our own path.
Each of the three books selected for the Great Stories Club focuses on a character that struggles with a choice that will determine the course of his or her life.
The three titles are Sold, Tyrell, and Hole in My Life. To respond to any part of these stories, just click on the title under Labels in the green menu bar on the right to see the posts, then click on Comments to add your comment. Keep in mind that blog posts are shown in reverse order than the book--in other words, the posts at the bottom of the page are about the beginning of the book, and the farther up the page you go, the posts are about later happenings in the story.
The Great Stories Club is made possible by a grant awarded by the American Library Association.
Each of the three books selected for the Great Stories Club focuses on a character that struggles with a choice that will determine the course of his or her life.
The three titles are Sold, Tyrell, and Hole in My Life. To respond to any part of these stories, just click on the title under Labels in the green menu bar on the right to see the posts, then click on Comments to add your comment. Keep in mind that blog posts are shown in reverse order than the book--in other words, the posts at the bottom of the page are about the beginning of the book, and the farther up the page you go, the posts are about later happenings in the story.
The Great Stories Club is made possible by a grant awarded by the American Library Association.
Tyrell - help?
Who were the people who tried to help Tyrell and/or his family? How did they try to help? Were they sincere or phony?
What did Tyrell think about foster care?
What did Tyrell think about foster care?
Tyrell - Bennett Motel
Why did Tyrell and his family become homeless? What was wrong with the Bennett Motel? What was right with it? What effect did the Bennet Motel have on Tyrell, his mother and his brother?
How did Mr. Mendoza take advantage of Jasmine? Name three things that Jasmine and Tyrell could have done to prevent Mr. Mendoza from taking advantage of someone else.
How did Mr. Mendoza take advantage of Jasmine? Name three things that Jasmine and Tyrell could have done to prevent Mr. Mendoza from taking advantage of someone else.
Sold - in India
What kind of legends does Lakshmi hear about the city? How do these differ from what she sees in reality?
What happens to women if they try to leave their husbands? Why does “Uncle Husband” tell Lakshmi not to talk? What dangers do they face crossing the border into India?
What happens to women if they try to leave their husbands? Why does “Uncle Husband” tell Lakshmi not to talk? What dangers do they face crossing the border into India?
Sold - in Nepal
What is Lakshmi’s life like in her Nepal mountain home? What events create the need for her to go into the city?
How are her relationships with her mother and stepfather? What do we know about her birth father?
Did you suspect bad intentions on the part of the “auntie” and “uncle” who escorted Lakshmi? Why do you think Lakshmi herself was not suspicious? What does this show you about her character?
How are her relationships with her mother and stepfather? What do we know about her birth father?
Did you suspect bad intentions on the part of the “auntie” and “uncle” who escorted Lakshmi? Why do you think Lakshmi herself was not suspicious? What does this show you about her character?
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