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Step 1 (5 min): Key In Individual Responses to each prompt (NO discussion!)

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Step 1 (5 min): Key In Individual Responses to each prompt (NO discussion!)

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Remember to put your name at the bottom of each post so we know who the response is from.

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Step 2 (5 min): Individual Sharing (NO discussion!)

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Step 2 (5 min): Individual Sharing (NO discussion!)

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In round robin fashion,

- everyone shares the sentence they picked and why.

- everyone shares the phrase they picked and why.

- everyone shares the word they picked and why.

As one member is sharing, the other members should listen, take notes and compare his/her choice to their own choices.

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Click the link for the discussion prompts.

Appoint a scribe to write points from your group discussion on that document in the row labelled for your group.

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"The house stood in silence, waiting, watching, steeped in the weight of things unsaid."

Why it resonates

The house is portrayed as something that watches and waits, This creates a suspenseful atmosphere, suggesting that the home itself holds secrets. There is also an idea that Aunt Mona seems to be an outsider intruding into a place filled with emotional and historical baggage.

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Chapter 1 p.1 - "There was a fence around the garden and in the early morning light it looked like there were parts of it falling off that had been patched back with bits of rope."

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Chapter 1 p.5 - "... and raised off the ground on square pillars so there was a space beneath it"

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Chapter 1 pg. 5

“The house was big – much bigger than Lizhi had expected – and raised off the ground on square pillar so there was a space beneath it and people had to go upstairs to get to the front balcony.”

It must be very fascinating for Lizhi as it was a house that she probably had not imagined it to look like that. Growing up in another country, it was uncommon to have a house that had space beneath it.

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Chapter 1 pg. 6

"saw a small figure walking down the long driveaway"

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"...like the sea before a storm."

The metaphorical comparison to the sea before a storm suggests possible trouble —there is something brewing in the future despite the perceived calm exterior.

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Chapter 1 p.5 - "big"

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The house was big - much bigger than Lizhi had expected - and raised off... front balcony. pg 5

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"Dislocation" - This word highlights the character's emotional state. She is not just geographically "dislocated" but also feels "dislocated" from her roots, her past, and family.

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Pg 3

"impression"

It was repeated multiple times. It shows that they placed great importance in wanting to make a good first impression.

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raised off

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Pg 1

"big"

Emphasises on the size of the house.

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expected