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1. Tamaya is confused because she is lying and does not know why she cant just tell the truth about why she has her hand bandaged.

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3. Tamaya feels this way because she has always been taught to do the right thing and takes everything literally.

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3. I have acted in a certain way to fit into a group. I did this when I tried to be more funny so that I could be popular.

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3. If someone stabbed themselves with a pencil, I think that people would think it was weird rather than cool, unlike Tamaya's friends, who thought boys would like it.

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If any of us were Tamaya, we think that we would have to do what she does. Tamaya knows that if she doesn't do as she's told by her friends, that would be being mean to her friends. If she did anything else, they might stop being friends with her, and she doesn't want that.

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2. I think that if Tamaya didn't go the shortcut way then Tamaya wouldn't have had to touch the fuzzy mud, and non of this would have happened, instead Marshall would have found it and may had to touch it.

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2.  I think Marshall felt this way because he wanted to fit in. He might have felt "nerdy," but that's not necessarily bad.

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4. In Curtis, some people  goof off in class and it's funny but not in a good way.

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Group 4:Kyle     Marshall is handling the situation well because he didn't want to pick a fight with Chad. If he did go that way home he would have to fight him

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Group 4:Kyle     Marshall is handling the situation well because he didn't want to pick a fight with Chad. If he did go that way home he would have to fight him

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1. In some circumstances if you want to fit into a group that embraces dumbness then it is true, but it you prefer to  not be like that then that is also true.

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1. Tamaya is wondering when it became okay to be rule-breakers like going into the woods.
2. Tamaya feels embarrassed because everyone laughed at her because she told them not to go into the forest.

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GROUP ONE- Read page 5.“When did the rules change? she wondered. When did it become bad to be good?”(Sachar 5).What is going on in this quote?How does Tamaya feel?Why does she feel this way?Can we identify to this feeling at Curtis?

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GROUP ONE- Read page 5.“When did the rules change? she wondered. When did it become bad to be good?”(Sachar 5).What is going on in this quote?How does Tamaya feel?Why does she feel this way?Can we identify to this feeling at Curtis?

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GROUP TWO- Read the bottom half of page 34 and the top half of page 35.“‘It’s different in the seventh grade. You’re not supposed to act like you know anything.’”(Sachar 35).Is this true?Why do you think Marshall might feel this way?Have you ever acted a certain way to fit in with a group?

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GROUP TWO- Read the bottom half of page 34 and the top half of page 35.“‘It’s different in the seventh grade. You’re not supposed to act like you know anything.’”(Sachar 35).Is this true?Why do you think Marshall might feel this way?Have you ever acted a certain way to fit in with a group?

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GROUP THREE- Read the bottom half of page 81 and all of page 82“‘Tell them you stabbed yourself with a pencil!’ said Hope.‘That’s gross too,’ Tamaya pointed out.‘But it’s the kind of gross that boys like,’ said Monica”(Sachar 82).Why is Tamaya confused?What would you have done if you were Tamaya?What would you think if someone stabbed herself with a pencil?

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GROUP THREE- Read the bottom half of page 81 and all of page 82“‘Tell them you stabbed yourself with a pencil!’ said Hope.‘That’s gross too,’ Tamaya pointed out.‘But it’s the kind of gross that boys like,’ said Monica”(Sachar 82).Why is Tamaya confused?What would you have done if you were Tamaya?What would you think if someone stabbed herself with a pencil?

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GROUP FOUR- Read page 13.HOBSON’S CHOICE- A choice of taking what is available or nothing at all.“‘If you want to take the slow way home, that’s up to you,’ Marshall said. ‘No one’s making you come with me.’ That wasn’t really true, and he knew it. Her mother didn’t allow her to walk home alone”(Sachar 13).What were Tamaya’s options in this situation?How would things change if she didn’t go with Marshall?Is Marshall handling the situation with Chad well?  What could he do differently?

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GROUP FOUR- Read page 13.HOBSON’S CHOICE- A choice of taking what is available or nothing at all.“‘If you want to take the slow way home, that’s up to you,’ Marshall said. ‘No one’s making you come with me.’ That wasn’t really true, and he knew it. Her mother didn’t allow her to walk home alone”(Sachar 13).What were Tamaya’s options in this situation?How would things change if she didn’t go with Marshall?Is Marshall handling the situation with Chad well?  What could he do differently?

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GROUP FIVE- Read the bottom half of page 17 and the top half of page 18.“He was always coming up with new stories about things he supposedly done. The more he got in trouble, the more everyone seemed to admire him”(Sachar 18).Do you think the other students really admire Chad?Why do you think Chad behaves this way?

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GROUP FIVE- Read the bottom half of page 17 and the top half of page 18.“He was always coming up with new stories about things he supposedly done. The more he got in trouble, the more everyone seemed to admire him”(Sachar 18).Do you think the other students really admire Chad?Why do you think Chad behaves this way?

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GROUP SIX- Tamaya is the main character and she develops throughout the story.  Characters develop for many reasons.  What event in this story helped Tamaya develop the most?  How did it change her?Which character helped Tamaya develop the most?  How did this character help her develop?

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GROUP SIX- Tamaya is the main character and she develops throughout the story.  Characters develop for many reasons.  What event in this story helped Tamaya develop the most?  How did it change her?Which character helped Tamaya develop the most?  How did this character help her develop?