Book Club! by Jessica Keleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg en-us 2020-06-04 14:36:36 UTC 2021-02-05 05:16:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Description: You Go First is an exploration of family, bullying, word games, art, and the ever-complicated world of middle school friendships. Twelve-year-old Charlotte Lockard and eleven-year-old Ben Boxer are separated by more than a thousand miles. On the surface, their lives seem vastly different--Charlotte lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while Ben is in the small town of Lanester, Louisiana. Charlotte wants to be a geologist and keeps a rock collection in her room. Ben is obsessed with Harry Potter, presidential history, and recycling. But the two have more in common than they think. They're both highly gifted. They're both experiencing family turmoil. And they both sit alone at lunch. During the course of one week, Charlotte and Ben--friends connected only by an online Scrabble game--will intersect in unexpected ways as they struggle to navigate the turmoil of middle school. You Go First reminds us that no matter how hard it is to keep our heads above troubled water, we never struggle alone. jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611150919 2020-06-04 14:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611150919 Description: Nadia’s family is forced to flee their home in Aleppo, Syria, when the Arab Spring sparks a civil war. It is December 17, 2010: Nadia’s twelfth birthday and the beginning of the Arab Spring. Soon anti-government protests erupt across the Middle East and, one by one, countries are thrown into turmoil. As civil war flares in Syria and bombs fall across Nadia’s home city of Aleppo, her family decides to flee to safety. Inspired by current events, this novel sheds light on the complicated situation in Syria that has led to an international refugee crisis, and tells the story of one girl’s journey to safety. jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611159499 2020-06-04 14:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611159499 Description: Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Padma Venkatraman's stirring middle-grade debut. Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in too. After all, they are now the bosses of themselves and no longer dependent on untrustworthy adults. But when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom. jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611184364 2020-06-04 14:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611184364 Description: For 13 year old Arturo, summertime in Miami means playing basketball until dark, sipping mango smoothies, and keeping cool under banyan trees. And maybe a shift as a junior dishwasher at Abuela's restaurant. Maybe. But this summer also includes Carmen, a cute and funny girl who turns his stomach into a deep fryer. So when a smarmy land developer rolls into town, Arturo teams up with Carmen to make sure his family and their community don't go down without a fight. jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611209505 2020-06-04 15:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611209505 Description: Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He's bossy. He's cranky. And weirdly enough...he looks a lot like Ellie's grandfather, a scientist who's always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this gawky teenager really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth? jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611216581 2020-06-04 15:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611216581 Description: jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611220367 Here's the thing.
I'm not a poet.
No way.
I'm also not a monster
(though some people might argue about that).
I'm just a kid
with a million brothers
and a grouchy teacher 
and a lost notebook
and, I guess, a temper.
If you look at me you won't see
horns
fire breath
matted fur
You will see
a detention slip
a black pen
a fat lip
(Did that just rhyme?
Aaargh.)
My name is Kevin,
by the way,
Kevin Jamison:
Rumored monster
Rumored outlaw
Rumored poet
(all of which would be good names for a band)]]> 2020-06-04 15:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611220367 Grayson Sender has been holding on to a secret for what seems like forever: "he" is a girl on the inside, born into the wrong gender's body. The weight of this secret is crushing, but sharing it would mean ridicule, score, rejection, or worse. Despite the risks, Grayson's true self itches to break free. Will new strength and support from unexpected places be enough to help Grayson step into the spotlight she was born to inhabit? This is a beautifully written novel about identity, self-esteem, friendship, and the enduring power of love and acceptance. jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611226134 2020-06-04 15:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611226134 Description: In Middle School, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies. They can come back to haunt you. Sometimes they can change things forever. jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611232168 When cell phones are banned at Branton Middle School, Frost and his friends Deedee, Wolf, and Bench come up with a new way to communicate: leaving sticky notes for each other all around the school. It catches on, and soon all the kids in school are leaving notes—though for every kind and friendly one, there is a cutting and cruel one as well.

In the middle of this, a new girl named Rose arrives at school and sits at Frost’s lunch table. Rose is not like anyone else at Branton Middle School, and it’s clear that the close circle of friends Frost has made for himself won’t easily hold another. As the sticky-note war escalates, and the pressure to choose sides mounts, Frost soon realizes that after this year, nothing will ever be the same.
]]> 2020-06-04 15:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611232168 Fill this out if you're interested in participating in our book club. jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611241366 2020-06-04 15:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/611241366 Question jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613878762 What's the worst news you ever got from your parents? How did you deal with it?]]> 2020-06-06 02:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613878762 Pg. 33: "Now I have someone to call when I win the lottery." jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613879124 Who would you call? Who's the person you turn to when you have news to share? Why?]]> 2020-06-06 02:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613879124 Plain and Simple jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613879904 Charlotte describes the good and bad of having a nickname in this chapter. Do you have a nickname? What is it? How do you feel about it? ]]> 2020-06-06 02:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613879904 Book Talk jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613882039 If you want a brief overview of the book and the top 5 reasons to love this book, this video is great. ]]> 2020-06-06 02:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613882039 Author Created Video jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613887193 The author of "The Bridge Home" created this video to share some information about the book. ]]> 2020-06-06 02:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613887193 Cliques jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613887754 What cliques do we have at our school? Are you part of one? Which one? What do you think of cliques?]]> 2020-06-06 02:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613887754 P. 87: "You may have smarts, his father had said, but if you don't have the right attitude, nothing else matters." jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613890020 Loved this quote!]]> 2020-06-06 02:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613890020 Erno Rubik - inventor of the Rubik's Cube jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613894401 I love this quote from him: "If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them." (p. 104)]]> 2020-06-06 03:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613894401 Someday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613895028 Bridget's dad said everyone has a "someday" - "a fuzzy time in the future when life would go just as it should, every dream would come true, and things would clip along at a perfect pace." What does your "someday" look like or involve?]]> 2020-06-06 03:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613895028 Description: A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother’s death in this outstanding debut novel that celebrates community and creativity. Winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent and soon to be a major motion picture directed by Michael B. Jordan!It’s Christmas Eve in Harlem, but twelve-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom aren’t celebrating. They’re still reeling from his older brother’s death in a gang-related shooting just a few months earlier. Then Lolly’s mother’s girlfriend brings him a gift that will change everything: two enormous bags filled with Legos. Lolly’s always loved Legos, and he prides himself on following the kit instructions exactly. Now, faced with a pile of building blocks and no instructions, Lolly must find his own way forward. His path isn’t clear—and the pressure to join a “crew,” as his brother did, is always there. When Lolly and his friend are beaten up and robbed, joining a crew almost seems like the safe choice. But building a fantastical Lego city at the community center provides Lolly with an escape—and an unexpected bridge back to the world. David Barclay Moore paints a powerful portrait of a boy teetering on the edge—of adolescence, of grief, of violence—and shows how Lolly’s inventive spirit helps him build a life with firm foundations and open doors. jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613897823 2020-06-06 03:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613897823 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613898486 2020-06-06 03:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/613898486 Adversity Builds Character (144) jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615408233 Both Charlotte and Ben sure do face a lot of adversity. Are they growing from it? How? What are they learning about the world? How are they changing from it? ]]> 2020-06-07 16:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615408233 Nows: page 185 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615446754 "If you don't see anything beautiful, change your viewpoint." ]]> 2020-06-07 17:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615446754 Questions: Page 194-199 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615455644 The starfish are a metaphor in this chapter. What do they represent? How is Charlotte like a starfish?]]> 2020-06-07 17:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615455644 pg. 215 - "you can never run away from yourself." jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615481927 Have you ever felt like you wanted to run away from everything? What is this quote telling you about running away?]]> 2020-06-07 17:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615481927 Page 228 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615492963 "Studies also show that most people don't pursue their dreams. There are many reasons why, but one of them is lack of support or encouragement."  Is anything stopping you from following your dreams? What do you think it is? ]]> 2020-06-07 18:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615492963 Page 264 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615525015 "In three words I can sum up everything I know about life: It goes on."]]> 2020-06-07 18:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615525015 P. 286 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615537172 "The greatest mystery of people isn't learning what they are, but learning what they aren't." What's something you've learned about someone that surprised you? What's something that people would be surprised to learn about you?]]> 2020-06-07 18:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/615537172 Epic Fail jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617774588 What has been your "epic fail"?]]> 2020-06-08 22:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617774588 David vs. Goliath - pg. 2 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617774876 "the reality is that the big guy always wins."
Do you think this is true?]]> 2020-06-08 22:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617774876 Chapters 1-6 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617851539 What do you think of the characters so far? The neighborhood? The restaurant? ]]> 2020-06-09 00:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617851539 Chapter 7 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617852227 What do you think of the plans for Pipo Place? Would you want a place like that in your community? Why or why not? Why might Arturo's family be upset by it? Would you vote to expand the restaurant or to build Pipo Place? ]]> 2020-06-09 00:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617852227 Chapter 9 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617964889 When his friends leave for the summer, Arturo says he gets "that sinking empty feeling when someone leaves but you stay behind." (p. 84). 
Have you ever had that feeling? How would you describe it?]]> 2020-06-09 02:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617964889 Chapter 8 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617965646 Should Arturo tell his abuela about the development plans? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-09 02:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617965646 Chapter 10 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617966753 How would you feel if your grandparents or great-grandparents left you a box of letters? Would you write letters for your future grandchildren to read after you're gone?]]> 2020-06-09 02:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617966753 El Amor Y La Fe jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617967587 What do you think of his abuelo's letter "Love and Faith"? ]]> 2020-06-09 02:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617967587 Gentrification - pg. 97-98 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617983224 What did you learn about gentrification from these pages? What did you already know about it from before? What are your thoughts about it? ]]> 2020-06-09 02:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617983224 Chapter 12 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617987269 What do you think of the family's plan to keep their restaurant? Is it enough? ]]> 2020-06-09 02:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/617987269 P. 128 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/618004479 "Sometimes life forces you to make bold decisions. Sometimes those decisions require many sacrifices and choices that will change the course of your journey forever." ]]> 2020-06-09 03:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/618004479 Family is Community -- Community is Family jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/618014418 What kind of community do you live in? ]]> 2020-06-09 03:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/618014418 Pg. 150-151 - What is family? jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/619695365 Wilfrido says "Family is a flawed system. Family will not save you or provide for you or keep you safe. The only think that keeps you safe is money."(p. 150).  He also says "Family is a competition where the strongest gets the inheritance." "You win by being strong. Not sentimental and weak." (p. 151). 

What do you think of this?]]> 2020-06-09 23:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/619695365 P. 160 - Arturo's letter jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/619814968 "Dear reader, I told you not to be fooled by high expectations. You could have a plan. You could organize and have courage and work and try to make a change. But the only thing that counted in the end was the result."  And then he says there was no happy ending to his story. But do you think this is the end? Is it over? What do you think will happen next?]]> 2020-06-10 01:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/619814968 The memorial dinner jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621098632 Why do you think Arturo's mom wanted him to help cook the memorial dinner? ]]> 2020-06-10 16:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621098632 Chapter 24 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621111288 What do you think the city council members will decide? Will they vote for Pipo Place or the restaurant? Why?]]> 2020-06-10 16:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621111288 Claudio jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621119834 Wilfrido's assistance Claudio says in chapter 25 that he hopes the restaurant wins. Are you surprised by this?]]> 2020-06-10 17:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621119834 Arturo's Poem jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621131235 What do you think of Arturo's speech/poem at the city council meeting?]]> 2020-06-10 17:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621131235 Chapter 26 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621140172 In chapter 26, Arturo worries what will happen if the neighborhood changes. His mom says that it already has. In the end, Arturo agrees and says "Change had come. But I wasn't worried anymore." (p. 231). How have things changed? What did Arturo learn about change? ]]> 2020-06-10 17:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621140172 The journey prepares us for the journeys beyond. jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621145232 What does that mean?]]> 2020-06-10 17:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621145232 Guantanamera jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621172194 2020-06-10 17:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621172194 Flashbacks jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621479881 This story takes place over 5 days but there are a lot of flashbacks where Nadia remembers her life from before. What do you think of this writing style?]]> 2020-06-10 21:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621479881 Compare/Contrast jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621481120 What was Nadia's life like before the fighting started in Syria? What is it like now?]]> 2020-06-10 21:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621481120 Escape jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621481891 Nadia's family decides that they can no longer stay in Syria and should make their way to Turkey. Why? What would you have done? ]]> 2020-06-10 21:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621481891 Left Behind jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621482517 On the day they decide to leave, Nadia gets left behind after bombs explode on their apartment building. What would you have done if you were her family? Why?]]> 2020-06-10 21:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621482517 Ammo Mazen jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621484387 What are your thoughts of Ammo Mazen? Who do you think he really is? Why is he helping her? ]]> 2020-06-10 21:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621484387 Nadia jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621485247 What words would you use to describe Nadia? Some words I think are good are: impulsive, self-absorbed, courageous, and intelligent. ]]> 2020-06-10 21:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621485247 Trust jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621486731 There are times when Nadia doesn't trust Ammo Mazen at all. She's constantly questioning who he really is and what side he's on. But when he falls and hurts himself she says: "He had helped her when she needed it the most. And now she would help him. For now, the questions she had didn't matter. She would trust him." (p. 194). How do we decide who to trust?]]> 2020-06-10 21:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621486731 Anxiety jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621491997 Nadia has so much anxiety. How does it affect her? What helps her cope with it?]]> 2020-06-10 21:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621491997 Playground jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621493259 Nadia meets children who are playing in the middle of a war zone. How is this possible? What must they be thinking or feeling? What is life like for children in countries at war?]]> 2020-06-10 21:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621493259 Internet, Social Media jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621494910 In this chapter Nadia's brother Jad mentions getting news about the world from the internet and social media sites like Facebook. He says social media is helping people organize demonstrations. But Nadia's dad is afraid of the internet and tells her to be careful what she looks up because "people" (the government) could be watching. In difficult times in a country, how can the internet be both a good and a bad thing? ]]> 2020-06-10 21:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621494910 Favorite Quote #1 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621495977 "I found that it is only by being a little lost that you stumble upon the path that is meant for you" (p. 75). What does this mean?]]> 2020-06-10 21:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621495977 Favorite Quote #2 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621496384 "I’ve realized that every person’s destiny leads them on a tumultuous journey. And if given bountiful blessings, how they choose to use them determines their humanity" (p. 76).]]> 2020-06-10 21:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621496384 Nail Polish jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621497053 In the beginning, Nadia is very concerned about her nail polish. She steals a bottle when she's young, talks about her nails at her birthday party, and is painting her nails while her family watches the news on TV. In this chapter she notices a nail is chipped and fixes it. What does this show about her? ]]> 2020-06-10 21:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621497053 Cultural Preservation jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621498128 Nadia discovers that Ammo Mazen has really been helping save artifacts from libraries and museums. Why is it important to
save artifacts and landmarks? Other than the physical objects, what else is lost when cultural artifacts and landmarks are destroyed? ]]> 2020-06-10 21:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621498128 One Thousand and One Nights jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621500433 Stories from the book "One Thousand and One Nights" come up a few times during this book. Why do you think the author included them? ]]> 2020-06-10 21:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621500433 Journalists jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621501255 When Nadia, Ammo Mazen, and the boys come upon a group of journalists, Ammo Mazen says, “‘We need people like you, to tell the truth of what is happening here.’” How are journalists who work in dangerous, war-torn regions necessary? Are they heroic?]]> 2020-06-10 21:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621501255 Faith jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621503317 Nadia is very upset in this chapter and thinks Allah (god) must hate them. Tarek is very religious with a lot of faith. He says everyone faces trials and tribulations because they're being tested to see if they will do good or bad. Also, everyone has "been given free will to make choices on how we live our lives, and how we use the blessings given to us." Ammo Mazen also says, "It’s in our hands, my dear. Always in our hands . . . to choose mercy and compassion, or be lost in a sea of humanity."  What do you think of their faith? Do you think if you were in their situation that you would be more like Tarek and Ammo Mazen and keep believing that if you just do good deeds you'll be rewarded by God later or would you be angry and lose faith like Nadia? ]]> 2020-06-10 21:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621503317 Choices jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621504861 When Nadia learns about Ammo Mazen's past and his real identity, she feels betrayed. He explains that this choices have led him to where he is today and who he is today.
How do our choices affect the outcome of our lives, for better or for worse? ]]> 2020-06-10 21:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621504861 Ending jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621507473 What do you think of the ending of the book? Was it what you expected? ]]> 2020-06-10 22:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/621507473 Chapter 1 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622813427 In chapter 1 Lolly describes his neighborhood and his home (the St. Nick Projects). What are your thoughts about them?]]> 2020-06-11 16:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622813427 "I had decided weeks ago that I would never be happy again" (p. 2) jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622814162 Lolly says he can't be happy because life isn't fair. In his life, what's not fair? What do you think about this attitude? ]]> 2020-06-11 16:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622814162 Crews - chapter 1 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622816905 Why are those guys following him in chapter 1? What would you have done if you were Lolly? What does he explain about crews? ]]> 2020-06-11 16:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622816905 Chapter 1 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622819405 2020-06-11 16:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622819405 Chapter 2 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622840971 What do we learn about Lolly's family in this chapter? His parents? His brother?]]> 2020-06-11 17:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622840971 Legos jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622841556 Lolly loves Lego's. He loves building things exactly the way the directions (blueprints) say to. His friend Steve thinks that he should be more creative and make his own things. What do you like to do with Legos? ]]> 2020-06-11 17:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622841556 Chapter 2 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622883062 2020-06-11 17:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622883062 Pg. 14 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622883876 "If you only expose yourself to whatever everybody else does, you'll never create anything new."]]> 2020-06-11 17:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622883876 Page 18 - Being Gay jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622908911 Lolly talks about what it's like to be gay. He says it's too much drama because too many people hate them and call them names. He talks about whether being gay is a choice or not. He says "I don't think it's something anybody would really pick to be if they had a choice in it. Who would choose to be gay when they knew it was so much easier to be straight?" What do you think of this?]]> 2020-06-11 17:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622908911 The present jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622912939 What did you think would be in the gift from Jermaine? What does Lolly think after he opens it? ]]> 2020-06-11 17:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622912939 Chapter 3 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622913937 2020-06-11 17:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622913937 Smartphone jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622914878 Lolly wants a phone for Christmas but doesn't think he'll get one. He says his mom thinks it will put a target on his back. What does that mean? ]]> 2020-06-11 17:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/622914878 Chapter 4 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623144151 2020-06-11 20:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623144151 Secret Project jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623167714 What do you think Lolly's secret Lego project is? ]]> 2020-06-11 21:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623167714 Choices jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623176838 Lolly's mom thinks that Jermaine's life might have turned out different if his dad had been around more. Lolly responds that he turned out ok. What do you think about this? How much influence do parents have over the choices teenagers make and the directions their lives go? ]]> 2020-06-11 21:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623176838 Chapter 5 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623188843 2020-06-11 21:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623188843 Castle jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623189539 Lolly's Lego project is getting bigger and bigger. He says it's annoying his mom but she's letting him get away with more stuff now so she's not stopping him. How has Jermaine's death affected the relationship between Lolly and his mom?]]> 2020-06-11 21:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623189539 Community Center jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623190756 Lolly and Vega go to the community center after school program. How does this help them? ]]> 2020-06-11 21:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623190756 Chapter 6 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623203746 2020-06-11 22:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623203746 Dealing with death jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623204412 Mr. Ali tells Lolly he has to accept his brothers death and deal with his feelings. He says "You gotta deal with anger, or anger will deal with you." What do think this means? And how is Lolly dealing with his anger and his feelings about his brother?]]> 2020-06-11 22:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623204412 What happened? jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623205687 Lolly said some mysterious stuff about Jermaine's death in this chapter. On page 43 he says that he had let Jermaine down. Then on page 47 he thought about what he had done to Jermaine and it upsets his stomach. What do you think happened between them?]]> 2020-06-11 22:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623205687 Chapter 7 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623363897 2020-06-12 01:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623363897 The House of Moneekrom jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623364312 What do you think of Lolly's Lego creation? And his story behind it? ]]> 2020-06-12 01:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623364312 Presents jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623364928 So far Lolly got the newest game console and was disappointed and now he got a computer tablet and wasn't very excited. What's going on? ]]> 2020-06-12 01:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623364928 Wallace or Lolly jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623365750 What do you think of the nickname "Lolly"? Who decides what a person's nickname should be? ]]> 2020-06-12 01:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623365750 Mean jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623366293 Lolly says "I had been doing more and more stuff like this -- mean stuff" after he lies to Heike and tells her there's a mouse just to scare her. Then he says that being mean "was getting easier and easier." (p. 54). What do you think of this? ]]> 2020-06-12 01:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623366293 Chapter 8 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623372137 2020-06-12 01:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623372137 Freeze Out - Lockdown jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623372564 The community center gets put on a "freeze out" pretty regularly when the neighborhood gets dangerous. How would you feel if you lived in a neighborhood like this? ]]> 2020-06-12 01:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623372564 Losing control jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623373732 At the end of chapter 3 when Lolly destroys his Lego he says he felt nuts and had crazy energy. In chapter 8 he says he feels like he's losing control. What do you think could help Lolly?]]> 2020-06-12 01:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623373732 His dad jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623375279 Lolly is angry with his dad. Mr. Ali says to cut his dad some slack because it can't be easy to lose a kid and that Lolly should try to get to know him better. Lolly says not seeing his dad much isn't his fault - "Well, that's on him, not me. He's the father. He's supposed to make time to see me!" (p. 59). What do you think? Does Lolly have the right to be mad at his dad? Or should he make more of an effort to understand him? ]]> 2020-06-12 01:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623375279 Chapter 9 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623384974 2020-06-12 02:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623384974 What happened jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623385360 There's still a mysterious thing that happened between Lolly and Jermaine. In this chapter we learn that Lolly did something that made Jermaine stop speaking to him before Halloween. What do you think it could have been?]]> 2020-06-12 02:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623385360 Harlem - racial divides? jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623386188 What do we learn about Harlem from this chapter? ]]> 2020-06-12 02:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/623386188 Read Aloud - Chapter 1 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/624745046 2020-06-13 01:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/624745046 Barmeela jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/624745108 A barmeela is a bomb filled with shrapnel (sharp pieces of metal. When the bomb explodes, pieces of metal shoot everywhere. One fell near Nadia and the metal went into her leg. She still has a piece of metal in there they can't remove and a large scar and pain in her leg at times. ]]> 2020-06-13 01:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/624745108 Chapter 1 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/624746413 Nadia sleeps underneath her bed and says she hasn't been outside in almost a year. Why? ]]> 2020-06-13 01:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/624746413 Chapter 2 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627688869 2020-06-15 17:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627688869 Anger jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627692801 Nadia is so full of anger at everything. Is this a reasonable feeling to have given her situation? ]]> 2020-06-15 17:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627692801 Names jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627737015 Khala means aunt. Khala Fatima and Khala Lina are Nadia's aunts. Ammo means uncle. ]]> 2020-06-15 17:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627737015 Family jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627740744 Nadia's family (aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc.) all live together in one apartment building, with each part of the family having their own apartment. Would you want to live like this with your entire family in one building? ]]> 2020-06-15 17:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627740744 Chapter 3 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627757693 2020-06-15 17:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627757693 Grandpa's Beliefs jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627758463 Grandpa "firmly believed that if you stayed out of trouble and worked hard, as he had done, you would lead a successful, peaceful life." (p. 23). Do you think this is always true? ]]> 2020-06-15 17:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627758463 Bouazizi jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627766411 Mohamed Bouazizi is mentioned in chapter 3. The family discusses his suicide and whether it will have "consequences." Here is a video that explains a little more about what happened. In 2011, his death started a revolution in his country, Tunisia, and then it spread throughout the Middle East. ]]> 2020-06-15 17:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/627766411 Chapter 4 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628067624 2020-06-15 22:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628067624 Rebels vs. Government jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628068420 In chapter 4 we learn that the men in Nadia's family are fighting with the rebels. She says rebels are called "enemies of the state" but that her family are "peaceful, hardworking men" (p. 32). The government is led by President Bashar al-Assad. ]]> 2020-06-15 22:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628068420 Communication jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628069676 In chapter 4 Nadia says that phones won't help her because the government cut off all phone communication and internet access. Why do you think they did this? ]]> 2020-06-15 22:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628069676 Chapter 5 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628176790 2020-06-16 01:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628176790 Read Aloud - Chapter 6 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628187955 2020-06-16 01:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628187955 Lost jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628188882 Nadia is lost in the city. She used to know it really well but since it's mostly rubble now, she can't find her way to the Dentist's office where she's supposed to meet her family. How would you feel if the city you once knew so well was now unrecognizable? ]]> 2020-06-16 01:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/628188882 Chapter 7 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629495708 2020-06-16 19:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629495708 Authoritarian Regime jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629495969 Syria during the time this book takes place (2010-2013) was an authoritarian regime. The president, Bashar al-Assad took over from his father, who got his power in a military coup in 1970. There were no elections and people didn't participate in their government or in making laws. Nadia ends chapter 7 by explaining that Syria "fit the definition of an "authoritarian regime": a ruler or government willing to do anything to keep their power" (p. 60).  ]]> 2020-06-16 19:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629495969 Arab Spring jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629502985 The first protests/demonstrations against an authoritarian government started in Tunisia. After this, many other Middle Eastern countries began their own demonstrations. This short video explains what happened. ]]> 2020-06-16 19:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629502985 Chapter 8 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629523472 2020-06-16 20:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629523472 Stranger jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629523604 In chapter 8, Nadia meets a stranger who offers to help her get to the dental clinic where her family was supposed to meet. She says she has no choice but to trust him. What would you do? Would you accept his help or go out on your own? ]]> 2020-06-16 20:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629523604 Chapter 9 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629596484 2020-06-16 21:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629596484 Power and Discrimination jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629599359 The leaders of Syria during this time are part of the Alawite religion. In the past, their group had been abused and made slaves. When the al-Assad family took over, they changed things. They gave members of the Alawite religion power and oppressed the groups that used to oppress them. ]]> 2020-06-16 21:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629599359 Read Aloud - chapter 10 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629609977 2020-06-16 21:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629609977 Rebels jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629611122 Nadia and Ammo Mazen run into a rebel group in chapter 10. It is made up of only women. Did this surprise you? ]]> 2020-06-16 21:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629611122 Chapter 11 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629625059 2020-06-16 21:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629625059 Anger jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629626241 When Nadia reads her mother's note saying they left without her, she gets so angry she smashes a chair against the wall. Ammo Mazen asks her to have mercy on her family - they had to leave and it hurt them to do so. He warns her, "In these trying times it is easy to be poisoned by anger." (p. 92). How is anger like a poison?]]> 2020-06-16 21:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629626241 Deraa jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629633527 Chapter 12 talks about the first protests and violence in Syria. A group of boys spray painted a wall at their school with words speaking out against the government. They were tortured and put in prison. People protested, saying they were just kids and should be released. Police and soldiers shot into the crowd of protesters and killed many. Many of the protesters filmed what happened and put it on the internet so it became public. This started what would turn into a civil war in Syria. 

Below is a documentary that shows the start of the war and talks about the boys of Deraa (one of the boys is interviewed and tells what happened to him). WARNING: the video shows the realities of the war. Parts can be very hard to watch. Don't watch it if you're not ready to handle the violence as it is very graphic. ]]> 2020-06-16 21:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629633527 Read Aloud - chapter 12 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629635380 2020-06-16 21:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629635380 Read Aloud - chapter 13 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629667134 2020-06-16 22:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629667134 Ammo Mazen jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629668030 Nadio finds that Ammo Mazen has lots of money in his cart - gold bars, American dollars, Euros, British pounds, etc. He's rich. This makes her question who he really is. Who do you think he is? How did he get all that money? ]]> 2020-06-16 22:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629668030 Jarra jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629668996 The rebels don't have access to weapons so they make their own. Jarra are propane tanks (like the ones we use on barbecue grills) filled with nails and little metal bars (like metal marbles). When they explode they are unpredictable and hurt everyone around, even people on their own side or innocent civilians. What do you think of them using these as weapons? ]]> 2020-06-16 22:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629668996 Americans jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629670557 The woman they meet on the street in chapter 13 talks about the American president. We said that if the Syrian president used chemical weapons against his own people, there would be "consequences." Al-Assar did use chemical weapons - he used sarin gas to kill over 1000 civilians at Ghouta. But we still didn't get involved. Why do you think that is? ]]> 2020-06-16 22:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/629670557 Read Aloud - chapter 14 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/630989456 2020-06-17 18:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/630989456 Chapter 14 - Basel and Tarek jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/630993589 In chapter 14, Nadia and Ammo Mazen meet Basel and Tarek. Both boys are orphans on their own. What do you think of them so far?]]> 2020-06-17 18:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/630993589 Chapter 15 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631025571 2020-06-17 18:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631025571 Ammo Mazen jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631027288 In chapter 15, Ammo Mazen tells the guards at the checkpoint that he is from Aleppo but he had told Nadia he was from a village in the mountains. He also bribes the soldiers with American money. This makes her again question who he really is. Who do you think he is? ]]> 2020-06-17 18:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631027288 Tarek jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631029550 Tarek chose to stay behind at the orphanage. He said he was waiting for him mom to come back. He said she left him at the orphanage when he was 5 and he's now 14 so Nadia thinks he's being stupid. What do you think? Should he have stayed behind? Should they have made him come with them? ]]> 2020-06-17 18:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631029550 How Nadia got hurt jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631032318 Chapter 15 explains how Nadia got hurt. When the city finally had bread again, she snuck out of the house with her brother to go get some. The president bombed the place on purpose to make the people starve. Shrapnel from the bomb hit her. Her aunt did surgery at home to help her because they couldn't go to the hospital. What do you think of the president's actions - bombing bakeries to make the people starve? ]]> 2020-06-17 18:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631032318 Chapter 16 - read aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631043806 Chapter 16 gives a flashback history lesson. 3 key ideas stand out: 
1) The rebel groups aren't working together. There are a lot of them and each have their own beliefs.
2) Bashar al-Assad is not going to give up power. Rulers in some of the other countries left, were put on trial, or were killed. He's doing everything he can to stay in power, including killing his own people. 
3) The rest of the world isn't really helping. President Obama said Bashar should step down but he didn't do anything else. The UN sent 6 peacekeepers in but that wasn't enough to really do anything. ]]> 2020-06-17 18:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631043806 Read aloud - chapter 17 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631063382 2020-06-17 18:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631063382 Mission jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631064101 In chapter 17, Ammo Mazen meets someone and says this is his last "mission". Does this give you more clues as to who he is? All it does is make Nadia more nervous and worried. ]]> 2020-06-17 18:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631064101 Read Aloud - chapter 10 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631125882 2020-06-17 19:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631125882 The barbershop jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631126363 In chapter 10, Jermaine gets a job at a barbershop and starts making good money. When Lolly wants to work with him, Jermaine gets really angry and makes him promise to stay away. Do you believe it's just because he's sick of being around his little brother all the time? Or does it seem like there's another reason? ]]> 2020-06-17 19:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631126363 Man Up jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631127991 Lolly and Jermaine's dad pins Jermaine to the fridge in chapter 10 and tells him to man up and fight back. What do you think of this? Is this how fathers should treat their sons? Does it help them grow up to be strong? What does it teach them about what it means to be a man?]]> 2020-06-17 19:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631127991 Read aloud - chapter 11 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631137411 2020-06-17 20:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631137411 Crews jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631137694 In chapter 11, we learn that the crews in the neighborhood are recruiting new members. They are also very public about threatening each other. What do you know or think about gangs? Is this realistic? ]]> 2020-06-17 20:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631137694 Chapter 12 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631152362 2020-06-17 20:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631152362 Mean jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631152723 Lolly is mean this chapter. He is happy that Big Rose doesn't get a chocolate and is left out. Then he's happy when she gets the spicy one. He says: "If I wasn't happy, then why should anybody else be?" (p. 80). Have you ever felt this way?]]> 2020-06-17 20:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631152723 Storage Room jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631154462 What do you think Lolly is doing in the storage room at the community center? ]]> 2020-06-17 20:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631154462 Read Aloud - chapter 13 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631167096 2020-06-17 20:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/631167096 Read aloud - chapter 14 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632462675 2020-06-18 16:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632462675 Talking jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632462954 Mr. Ali wants Lolly to talk more about Jermaine and how he's feeling. He says talking will make him feel better. What do you think? When you're upset or when something bad has happened, do you feel better when you talk to someone about it?]]> 2020-06-18 16:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632462954 Chapter 15 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632491533 2020-06-18 17:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632491533 Nightclub jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632493487 Lolly and Vega go to the nightclub where Jermaine was killed. Why do you think they're there? ]]> 2020-06-18 17:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632493487 Chapter 16 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632500130 2020-06-18 17:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632500130 Moving on jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632500406 Mr. Ali thinks that Lolly needs to move on. He wants him to get rid of the bad feelings and only keep the good memories. How do you move on when you've lost someone, especially when they were young and it was unexpected?]]> 2020-06-18 17:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632500406 Chapter 17 - read aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632512272 2020-06-18 17:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632512272 Invasion jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632512528 How does Lolly feel about Big Rose using his Legos and building her own city in the storage room? ]]> 2020-06-18 17:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632512528 Big Rose jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632513791 Why do you think Mr. Ali let Big Rose use the storage room too?]]> 2020-06-18 17:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632513791 Chapter 18 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632536013 2020-06-18 17:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632536013 The Challenge jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632536609 What do you think of Lolly's challenge with Big Rose? Who did you expect to win? ]]> 2020-06-18 17:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632536609 The Rock jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632537417 Lolly says he feels like a big rock is sitting on his chest all the time. Being evil to other people makes him not mind though that the rock is there. Is this healthy? What would you say to Lolly if you could talk to him?]]> 2020-06-18 17:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632537417 Chapter 19 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632802933 2020-06-18 21:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632802933 Big Rose's Construction jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632803174 Lolly has figured out that Big Rose is building a model of their neighborhood. He says he's impressed and isn't so upset with sharing the room with her anymore. What do you think is going to happen between Lolly and Big Rose in the future? Will they become friends? Will they keep competing with each other? ]]> 2020-06-18 21:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632803174 Gangs jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632805386 In chapter 19 both Vega and Lolly give their reasons for why they would never join a gang. What do you think of their reasons? Would you join one? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-18 21:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632805386 Detectives jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632806452 What do you think Sunny and April were up to at the end of chapter 19? ]]> 2020-06-18 21:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632806452 Read Aloud - chapter 20 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632819931 2020-06-18 22:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632819931 Differences and Choices jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632820668 On page 137, Mr. Ali says "Everything makes a difference. Life's all about differences and choices." Do you agree or disagree with this? Why?]]> 2020-06-18 22:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632820668 Big Rose jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632821216 Mr. Ali gives us some clues about what's up with Big Rose. We learn: 
1) you need to be patient with her
2) just because she doesn't smile at first doesn't mean she isn't friendly
3) it takes her longer to pick up on what you're meaning to say
4) emotions are tricky for people like her.
5)  don't ask her too many questions - they'll make her shut down.
How does this help you understand her?]]> 2020-06-18 22:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632821216 Maestro Game jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632822497 What do you think of Lolly's game? ]]> 2020-06-18 22:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632822497 Chapter 21 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632838186 2020-06-18 22:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632838186 The Fight jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632838475 Were you surprised by what happened when Harp and Gully grabbed Lolly? What do you think of Big Rose saving him? ]]> 2020-06-18 22:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632838475 Autistic jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632839149 Rose repeats twice in chapter 21 that she is not autistic. What do you know about autism? Do you believe her that she's not autistic? ]]> 2020-06-18 22:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632839149 Rose's mom jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632839614 Rose shares with Lolly what happened to her mom in chapter 21. How did this make you feel? ]]> 2020-06-18 22:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632839614 Growing jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632840453 Lolly believes that both he and Rose have been growing and changing. He says he feels different from everyone else and that when his brother died, he felt like he was going to die too. But now it's better. He says "I still think about doing bad things sometimes. I'm not completely better, but I feel like I could be better" (p. 154). What do you think has helped him feel better? ]]> 2020-06-18 22:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632840453 Read aloud - chapter 22 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632854675 2020-06-18 22:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632854675 Coat jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632854893 What do you think Vega is going to do next? Is he going to try to get his coat back? How? Or is he just going to let it go? ]]> 2020-06-18 22:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632854893 Art jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632855503 What makes something art? Do you think what they're doing with their Legos is art? Lolly says this about art: "Making art, you can sure change people. Make them feel a certain way or think a certain way." (p. 162). Do you agree or disagree with this? Why? How does art affect you? ]]> 2020-06-18 22:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632855503 Read Aloud - chapter 23 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632861265 2020-06-18 22:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632861265 Rockit jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632861932 What do you think of Rockit? Why does Lolly get so angry when talking to him? Rockit tells Lolly to call him sometime but Lolly says he doesn't think he will. Why won't he? ]]> 2020-06-18 22:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632861932 Coyote jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632862540 P. 170 compares the lives of the boys in the neighborhood to the coyotes. This part really made me think. The author writes: "Our coyote was a part of a species in danger. Hunted down and shot up. We knew how it felt" (p. 170). What do you think of this part? ]]> 2020-06-18 22:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632862540 Read Aloud - chapter 24 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632869111 2020-06-18 23:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632869111 Fitness center jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632869207 What do you think of Lolly and Big Rose having to tear down their Lego cities so they can build a fitness center in that room?]]> 2020-06-18 23:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/632869207 Childish? jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633786901 Sunny says that it's childish for a 12 year old to be playing with Legos that much. Do you agree or disagree with her?]]> 2020-06-19 16:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633786901 Reactions jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633787547 How does Big Rose react to the news that the Legos have to go? How does Lolly react?]]> 2020-06-19 16:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633787547 Read Aloud - chapter 25 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633798630 2020-06-19 16:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633798630 Poetry jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633799041 Lolly thinks the book of poems is dumb and that he won't like it. But once he starts reading it he says he feels like they are talking to him. What are your thoughts about poetry? ]]> 2020-06-19 16:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633799041 Chapter 26 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633811643 2020-06-19 17:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633811643 Police jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633811995 Why don't Vega and Lolly tell the police what Gully and Harp had done?]]> 2020-06-19 17:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633811995 Money jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633812769 This section is important to discuss: 
"Well, if we was different, you know, ben born with money...It's just...making good art and music ain't really expected of us. That type of work is unexpected."
"Yeah. It wasn't meant for us." (p. 185)
What are you thinking?]]> 2020-06-19 17:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633812769 Vega jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633814665 After Vega was beat up by Gully and Harp a second time, because his cousin won't join their gang, Lolly says he changes. "The old Vega had been left behind on that sidewalk in front of Manny's bodega. This new Vega in the back of the cop car with me, he was somebody I hadn't met yet." (p. 192).
How and why has Vega changed? What do you think he'll do next?]]> 2020-06-19 17:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633814665 Chapter 27 - read aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633827349 2020-06-19 17:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633827349 Mom's reaction jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633827856 When Lolly's mom hears that he had been jumped she gets angry and blames Lolly. Do you think she's really mad at him? Why do you think she reacts this way?]]> 2020-06-19 17:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633827856 Vega jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633828789 Vega messes with Lolly and Big Rose's Lego creation and makes one side collapse. Instead of apologizing, he gives a mean smile. What's up with him?]]> 2020-06-19 17:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633828789 Read aloud - chapter 28 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633849214 2020-06-19 17:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633849214 Sunny jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633852398 Sunny shows up to the community event with her arm in a sling and apologizes for being mean to Lolly before. Lolly says she's changed. But something weird is going on with her. A couple of chapters ago she was walking a chicken. And now her mom says she hurt her arm on a wolf chase. What do you think she's doing?]]> 2020-06-19 17:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633852398 Legos jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633854852 Lolly decides to give away a lot of the Legos to neighborhood kids. What do you think of this?]]> 2020-06-19 17:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633854852 Changes jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633855451 Lolly says when he's tearing apart his Lego creation "We had fixed so much pain into all of this. But we had learned a lot too. And it had changed us." (p. 213). How has he changed and what do you think he learned?]]> 2020-06-19 17:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633855451 Different jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633856941 Both Lolly and his dad wonder if Jermaine's life would have turned out different if the dad had been around more. What do you think? Would it have made a difference in his life?]]> 2020-06-19 17:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633856941 Chapter 29 - read aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633875904 2020-06-19 18:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633875904 Protection jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633876162 Frito tells Lolly that he should think about joining his boys. Lolly is torn. On the one hand, he "had a way of making bad situations worse" (p. 220). On the other hand, the protection would be good because he "didn't like looking over my shoulder every day" (p. 217). He says that Harp and Gully "were forcing me into this choice. It was one I'd dodged and avoided for a long time." (p. 217). What do you think he's going to do?]]> 2020-06-19 18:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633876162 Keeping your brain occupied jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633879623 Lolly says he's able to get over being angry about Harp and Lolly because he has his Legos and his new fame to keep his brain busy. Vega has his violin but nothing else so every day he just can't get what happened out of his head. Filling your life with positive things can make it easier to let go of the bad that happens. ]]> 2020-06-19 18:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633879623 Memories jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633881800 Isn't it interesting how people can have such different feelings and memories about the same event. Lolly will always remember the Christmas that Jermaine gave him the space Lego set and says it had been a major deal to him but Jermaine didn't even remember it. ]]> 2020-06-19 18:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633881800 Read Aloud - Chapter 30 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633891984 2020-06-19 18:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633891984 High Line Park jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633897208 This video shows High Line Park, where Rose and Lolly spent the day in chapter 30.]]> 2020-06-19 18:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633897208 Vega jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633898877 Vega rarely leaves home anymore. He has missed school and doesn't go to the after school program anymore. What would you say to him if you could talk to him?]]> 2020-06-19 18:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633898877 Chapter 31 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633977104 2020-06-19 20:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633977104 The gun jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633977274 What do you think of Vega having a gun? Do you think they'll use it? ]]> 2020-06-19 20:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633977274 The Argument jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633977708 Now we know what the argument between Lolly and Jermaine had been. Jermaine wanted his brother to join his gang but he'd said no. Now Lolly thinks it was his fault Jermaine died. What do you think? Should Lolly have joined Jermaine? ]]> 2020-06-19 20:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633977708 Growing up jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633979534 Vega says "Things were different when we was little. Nobody'd mess with us. We ain't little no more. It ain't safe....We need to man up." (p. 238). How would you feel growing up in this kind of environment where you never felt safe? ]]> 2020-06-19 20:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633979534 Read Aloud - Chapter 32 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633987473 2020-06-19 20:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633987473 Sunny jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633987721 Sunny says sometimes "you just do what you know is right, even if it seems dumb at the time." (p. 243). Has this ever been true for you? ]]> 2020-06-19 20:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633987721 Chapter 33 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633996001 2020-06-19 20:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633996001 Yvonne jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633996115 What do you think Yvonne was arrested for? ]]> 2020-06-19 20:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633996115 Daydream jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633996402 Lolly has interesting daydreams about what it will be like to kill Gully and Harp. What do you think of his fantasies? ]]> 2020-06-19 20:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633996402 Bad mom? jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633996943 Lolly's mom said she felt like a bad mom when Jermaine got arrested when he was younger. If a kid gets in trouble, does that mean his parents were bad? ]]> 2020-06-19 20:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633996943 Police jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633997428 It was really difficult for me to read the part about the police almost hitting that man in the station in chapter 33. It really connects to what is going on in our world right now. How are you feeling about what you've heard in the news about police and how they treat Black people? ]]> 2020-06-19 20:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/633997428 Chapter 34 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634008022 2020-06-19 21:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634008022 Thieves jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634008172 Were you surprised to learn that Yvonne had stolen all of the Legos that she gave to Lolly. Why or why not? Why do you think she did that?]]> 2020-06-19 21:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634008172 Mr. Tuttle jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634008511 Why do you think Mr. Tuttle decided not to press charges against any of them? How did Lolly's speech and letter help?]]> 2020-06-19 21:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634008511 Chapter 35 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634015136 2020-06-19 21:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634015136 The gun jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634015383 Did you expect them to throw the gun in the river? What did you think of this? ]]> 2020-06-19 21:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634015383 Islands jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634015862 Lolly says some pretty important things about what life is like for kids like them. He says they're "islands, living in a mad river" and says "We had to look out for ourselves." This makes me sad that some kids feel this way - like they're not safe and there's no one to trust or rely on. ]]> 2020-06-19 21:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634015862 Chapter 36 - Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634024506 2020-06-19 21:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634024506 Rose jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634024719 What do you think of Rose leaving? Do you think it really is better for her like Mr. Ali said? ]]> 2020-06-19 21:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634024719 Healing jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634025591 Lolly says 3 things helped him heal: 
1) what he and Rose went through together
2) wanting to do right for his mom
3) his talks with Mr. Ali

If you were feeling hurt like he was, what do you think would help heal you?]]> 2020-06-19 21:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634025591 Chapter 37 - Read Aoud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634032887 THE END]]> 2020-06-19 21:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634032887 Wallace jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634033691 Why do you think Lolly wants to be called by Wallace, his real name, from now on?]]> 2020-06-19 21:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634033691 Superpower jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634034038 Lolly says that his superpower is building thingamajigs fresh out of his head. Is this a superpower? How? What's your superpower?]]> 2020-06-19 21:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634034038 Friends jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634034394 Lolly says this about your friends: 
"The folks you hang out with can raise you up or bring you down low. Over time, they can make you think a certain way - change who you really are." (p. 287). 
Do your friends make you better or bring you down? How? ]]> 2020-06-19 21:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634034394 Ending jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634035105 The book ends with Lolly explaining the most important thing he had learned in the last year: "the decisions you make can become your life. Your choices are you."
What are your thoughts about this? ]]> 2020-06-19 21:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634035105 Author's Note jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634037652 2020-06-19 21:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/634037652 Read aloud - chapter 18 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636362043 2020-06-22 16:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636362043 Read aloud - chapter 19 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636373530 2020-06-22 16:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636373530 Demands jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636374270 The 4 things the people in Syria (and the rest of the Middle East) say they are fighting for are: bread, freedom, dignity, and social justice. How important are these things? Are they worth fighting for? ]]> 2020-06-22 16:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636374270 Read Aloud - chapter 20 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636396893 2020-06-22 17:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636396893 Hopeless jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636397455 Nadia is feeling hopeless about everything. When she thinks about the group trying to save the artifacts, she says they were "a buoy bobbing in a tidal wave of destruction. Can saving a clay tablet, some books, and coins really preserve five thousand years of history and culture?" (p. 180). What do you think? Is it worth it to try to save these things? ]]> 2020-06-22 17:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636397455 WWI jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636399328 The crew talk about what happened to the Middle East after WWI. Britain and France tried to divide up the lands and take control of them. Do you remember talking about this in social studies? What do you think of what Europe did? ]]> 2020-06-22 17:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636399328 Art is Peace jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636400923 Someone created a piece of artwork out of CDs. Nadia wonders who risked their life to do this. Is art important? Does art help in times of war? How? What does "art is peace" mean? ]]> 2020-06-22 17:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636400923 Ammo Mazen or Ahmed jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636406773 In chapter 20 Ammo Mazen meets a Syrian army soldier who calls him Ahmed. Ammo Mazen gives him gold and information on where some rebel soldiers are. But then they talk about how the information won't help the Syrian army actually find the rebels but will keep them busy. Ammo Mazen is also warned that the army is looking for him because he's been "causing touble, poking his nose where it doesn't belong." (p. 188). What do you think is going on here?  ]]> 2020-06-22 17:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636406773 Read aloud - chapter 21 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636422839 2020-06-22 17:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636422839 Read aloud - chapter 22 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636452294 2020-06-22 17:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636452294 Religion jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636452728 Many people are worried about the religious groups in Syria fighting each other. Some people are trying to purposely stir up trouble between them. Why would they be doing that? ]]> 2020-06-22 17:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/636452728 Read aloud - chapter 23 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637770879 2020-06-23 17:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637770879 Basel jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637771943 Nadia thinks of Basel as her little brother. Even though he annoys her she does have sympathy for him. But she feels like he's hiding something. He's supposed to be excited to meet his grandpa again but he doesn't act like it. What do you think is going on? ]]> 2020-06-23 17:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637771943 Read aloud - chapter 25 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637983754 2020-06-23 21:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637983754 Read Aloud - chapter 24 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637985635 2020-06-23 21:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637985635 Numbers jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637987093 In chapter 25 we learn that over 100,000 Syrians have died and almost 2,000,000 have fled the country. How does this make you feel or what do you think about these numbers? ]]> 2020-06-23 21:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637987093 Outside World jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637987974 Chapter 25 says that the rest of the world (Americans and Europeans) are just arguing about what to do but not helping. The Syrian government tells the rest of the world that they are involved in a war on terror, not a civil war. Is the government fighting terrorists? Is that what this is all about? Why tell the world that this is what's happening? ]]> 2020-06-23 21:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637987974 Basel jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637989485 Basel finally admits that both of his grandparents were killed in the bombing of their building. Why didn't he say this before? ]]> 2020-06-23 21:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637989485 Responsibility jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637990044 Nadia says that Basel and Ammo Mazen are both her responsibility now, whether she liked it or not (p. 235). Why does she feel this way? Are they really her responsibility? ]]> 2020-06-23 21:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637990044 Read aloud - chapter 26 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637996880 2020-06-23 21:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637996880 Going back jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637997119 At the end of chapter 26, after the Old City, which had been around for 5000 years, was destroyed, Nadia says "the world as they knew it had changed and there was no going back" (p. 239). After so much destruction and death, how do people go back? Can you ever get back to what life was like before or will it always be different now? Explain your thinking. ]]> 2020-06-23 21:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/637997119 Read aloud - chapter 27 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638007302 2020-06-23 22:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638007302 Souq jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638019632 The souq is a giant marketplace or bazaar. This is where the action of chapter 27 takes place. This video shows you what it looked like before the war - it was the largest market in the world. ]]> 2020-06-23 22:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638019632 Read Aloud - chapter 28 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638027950 2020-06-23 22:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638027950 Companionship jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638028631 Nadia is about to give up. She thinks: "I'm not okay", "I can't do this anymore. I can't save Basel...I can't save anyone...not even myself." (p. 254). But then Basel hugs her and she feels determined again to keep going. How is being stuck in a tough situation alone different than being stuck in it with someone else (whether they're a stranger, a friend, or a family member)? ]]> 2020-06-23 22:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638028631 Citadel jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638031683 This quick video shows what the citadel looks like. The Syrian army was inside it in chapter 28 and rebels were attacking it from the outside. Nadia and Basel were stuck in the moat and along the wall. The citadel was a world heritage site (important for our world’s history). ]]> 2020-06-23 22:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638031683 Read aloud - chapter 29 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638038746 2020-06-23 22:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638038746 Nadia's Family jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638039141 Nadia's family owned a company that makes fertilizer. The government accused them of selling phosphate (a material they use to make the fertilizer) to the rebel groups because it can also be used to make bombs. The family was not doing that the but government tortured and then killed her uncle anyways. After this the other men feel like they have no choice but to fight for the rebels. How did the government's actions influence the choices that people made? ]]> 2020-06-23 22:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638039141 Sides jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638040542 One problem with this war is that there are too many different groups fighting. Nadia's dad said that there are lots of different rebel groups fighting both the government and each other. There are also fighters who came from other countries to join in - because they wanted to gain some power. With so many different groups involved, how do you predict this conflict will end? Do you know what Syria is like now? Who's in charge? Is the war over? ]]> 2020-06-23 23:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638040542 More books jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638042537 The author writes another book. That one is about a family leaving Afghanistan in 2001 to escape war. Are you interested in reading that one? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-23 23:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638042537 Read aloud - chapter 30 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638053084 2020-06-23 23:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638053084 Mukhabarat jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638053650 Nadia finds out that Ammo Mazen has ID cards with different names on them and they show that he lied to her about where he was from. She also finds a Mukhabarat badge. The Mukhabarat is the military intelligence agency - they are like a secret police agency used by the government. Every time she has mentioned them they have been something she is scared of and in the last chapter we learned that they were the ones who killed her uncle. What do you think Nadia will do now that she knows this information? ]]> 2020-06-23 23:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638053650 Read aloud - chapter 31 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638168425 2020-06-24 02:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638168425 Identity jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638170251 When Nadia finds Ammo Mazen's identification cards she first feels betrayal, anger, and fear. But then she remembers that he had promised to help her, the boys, and others like Professor Laila, and he had kept his word to all of them. She says "she'd been softened by his kindness, and in turn had grown to love him in an odd way." (p. 278). She wonders if learning the truth about him even matters. What do you think. Is learning the truth about him important to you? Does knowing more about who he is matter? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-24 02:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638170251 Scheherazade jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638174147 Scheherazade, the main character from the book Alef Layla (1001 Nights) which Nadia has been reading throughout this book, shows up again in this chapter. Why is she referenced now (p. 286)? Why does Nadia bring her up? ]]> 2020-06-24 02:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638174147 Read aloud - chapter 32 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638200403 2020-06-24 02:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638200403 Jamila jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638201568 What do you think of their plan to get Jamila back? Would you have done it or would you just have left her? ]]> 2020-06-24 02:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638201568 Destruction jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638202217 "What had taken five thousand years to build had taken less than two to ravage. What centuries of sieges, roving armies, mad kings, and natural disasters hadn't been able to destroy had been demolished by its own power." (p. 289). ]]> 2020-06-24 02:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638202217 Memories jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638203262 Nadia tells the boys about her memories of having picnics with her family. Tarek says: "What wonderful memories you have." (p. 297). Tarek grew up in an orphanage after being left by his mom. Basel had both his parents and then both his grandparents die. Neither of them seem to have many good memories. How important is it to have good memories when you're going through a tough time? What good memories do you have that you'd use to help you stay strong in crisis? ]]> 2020-06-24 02:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/638203262 Read aloud - chapter 33 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639020409 2020-06-24 17:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639020409 Heartbroken jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639021575 Nadia says the soldiers they meet look heartbroken. She is surprised by this and surprised that they let them go. Were you surprised? Why would the soldiers be heartbroken? ]]> 2020-06-24 17:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639021575 Rain jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639023116 The unhappiness in the Middle East can be linked to climate change. How? When they went several years without any rain, how did that change life for people? How did the drought lead to the war? ]]> 2020-06-24 17:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639023116 Read aloud - chapter 34 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639054346 THE END]]> 2020-06-24 17:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639054346 Donkey jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639055837 Several times a song about a donkey is sung in this book. It says that the beauty of a donkey is in its "heroic heart, stubbornness, and intellect." What do you think of these 3 qualities? Are they beautiful? Is Jamila the only one in the book who had them? ]]> 2020-06-24 17:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639055837 Author's Note jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639066973 2020-06-24 18:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639066973 Day 1 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639137482 Is he a bully? He calls other kids names and says they're easy prey. What is your first impression of him? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639137482 Day 1 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639141217 A complaint he has about school is that he has assigned seats. How do you feel about assigned seats in your classes? Why do you think teachers assign seats? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639141217 Day 2 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639142484 How does the main character feel about his brother? How do you know? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639142484 Day 2: Irony jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639143278 The main character gives an example of IRONY. What is it? What is irony? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639143278 Day 3 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639144526 When he found the page in the book, how did he feel (they jumped out at him like tickly fleas needing to be scratched? What's this an example of? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639144526 Day 4 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639147718 Based on what he says on day 4, what do you think that the main character looks like? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639147718 Day 5: Petey (brother) jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639148971 On day 5 we see another encounter between the main character and his brother. What does this show us? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639148971 Day 5: Robin jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639149872 What does the narrator do to Robin? What does this tell us about him? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639149872 Day 5 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639153819 Based on how he talks about the principal and the teachers, what do you learn about the main character? How does he act? How does he feel about rules? How does he feel when he gets in trouble? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639153819 Weekend jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639155069 How does he feel about his family? What did we learn about them? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639155069 Day 6: Tornado jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639156611 What happened during the tornado? How did the main character respond? How did Petey react? Why is this event significant? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639156611 Day 6: Consequences jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639157936 Are there consequences when he dumps a bowl of spaghetti on Robin's head? Why or why not? What do you think of how the principal handled the situation? What does this show us about the main character's family? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639157936 Day 6 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639160580 On the book page, the character wrote that the elder was beset by the boy. Who do you think the elder is and who is the boy? So what do you think beset means? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639160580 Found Poems jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639161296 These book pages that he keeps putting on the walls are called "found poems." They're when you take a piece of text and use words or letters in them to make up a poem. What do you think of these? Would you be interested in making one of your own? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639161296 Day 7 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639163395 The main character (Kevin) gives us some clues about why he is acting out so much. What are they? What is wrong in his life or upsetting him that is making him cause trouble for others? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639163395 Weekend jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639166009 What is different between his favorite TV show and his family? Is he being unrealistic in wishing his family was more like the one he watches on tv? What family on TV is closest to what yours is like? Which one do you wish yours was like? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639166009 Weekend jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639166452 Think about his family situation. What do you think it would be like to have 4 older brothers? How would you feel if you were the "baby" of a big family? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639166452 Day 16 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639170080 What does Kevin think of poetry? Is what he writing poetry? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639170080 Day 16 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639171038 Petey throws out his notebook. Why? How would you feel if your brother threw something of yours away? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639171038 Day 17 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639173209 What did Kevin do to Robin? Why? Do you think he deserved it? Did Kevin deserve to be suspended? What did we learn about Kevin from this incident? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639173209 Day 18 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639175362 How does Kevin feel about being suspended? How would you feel if you got suspended for something? Are suspensions good punishments?]]> 2020-06-24 19:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639175362 Day 19 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639176313 Is how Petey treats Kevin normal brother stuff? Or is it abuse (is he taking it too far)? Why do you think that? ]]> 2020-06-24 19:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639176313 Day 20 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639274716 Kevin's parents gave him a punishment that he actually likes. Has this ever happened to you? What do you think of his parents for doing this? ]]> 2020-06-24 21:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639274716 Weekend jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639275963 Do you think Petey needs "intervention". What do you think the intervention will look like or involve? ]]> 2020-06-24 21:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639275963 Day 23 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639276828 What do you think Robin is going to do with Kevin's notebook?]]> 2020-06-24 21:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639276828 Day 24 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639277934 How do you think Kevin will handle Robin making copies of his notebook? Will he do anything to him? What would you do if it happened to you? ]]> 2020-06-24 21:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639277934 D jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639279855 2020-06-24 21:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639279855 Day 24 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639279942 “Robin is protected from me because of me.” His brother is pretty much telling him it’s his own fault that he’s not stuck in this situation. Do you agree or disagree with that? 

]]> 2020-06-24 21:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639279942 Day 25 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639280107 People like Kevin's poetry from the book pages but not from his notebook. Which do you like better? Why is one something they like and the other something they make fun of? ]]> 2020-06-24 21:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639280107 Day 26 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639282772 When Kevin says he doesn't care if Robin gets credit for the book page poetry, do you think he means it? Do you think he'll do what Robin is demanding? ]]> 2020-06-24 21:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639282772 Day I Don't Even Know Anymore jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639285028 Do middle schoolers go through metamorphosis? How? Have you done it or do you think you will? ]]> 2020-06-24 21:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639285028 Day I Don't Even Know Anymore jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639285795 Kevin said that Robin is acting like he's not scared of him anymore, but says he should be. Why? What do you think Kevin is going to do? ]]> 2020-06-24 21:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639285795 Weekend jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639286700 Kevin answers "nothing" when his dad asks what's going on. He says that's what his dad wanted him to say. Do you think your parents really want to know what's going on with you in school or do you think they just ask you but don't really want an answer? ]]> 2020-06-24 21:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639286700 Stone jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639287910 Kevin keeps saying he is a stone. Is he really? Is it a good thing to be a stone? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-24 21:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639287910 D jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639288738 2020-06-24 21:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639288738 Day 30-Something jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639288807 Robin is now getting revenge on Kevin but the teacher isn't doing anything. Do you think she doesn't see it happening or do you think she just doesn't care? Why? ]]> 2020-06-24 21:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639288807 Tuesday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639290962 What do you think of the librarian? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639290962 Wednesday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639292455 Kevin says he feels lost all the time. What is causing this? What advice would you give him if you could talk to him? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639292455 Thursday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639293980 The librarian, Mrs. Little, knows Kevin is the one tearing out the book pages and making poems. What do you think she'll do about it? What do you think of the poem he left for her? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639293980 Thursday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639296070 Why do you think Mrs. Little told on Kevin? What do you think of his punishment? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639296070 Friday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639297318 Kevin tells Mrs. Little about Robin's blackmail. She says to tell him that he's already been caught at the poetry bandit so Robin can't take credit for them. Do you think this will help the situation? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639297318 Friday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639298611 Kevin writes song lyrics for Petey's band. How does Petey respond? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639298611 Monday and Later Monday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639299838 Who do you think left the page for Kevin with the word wolf circled? What does he do with the page? Why? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639299838 Tuesday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639301398 What good thing comes out of Robin copying the page about the teacher's mole for everyone? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639301398 T jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639302837 2020-06-24 22:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639302837 Thursday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639302918 Do you think Mrs. Little accidentally misshelved the book of poems or did she leave it for Kevin on purpose? What do you think of her now? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639302918 Friday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639304807 Robin has power over Kevin because he has his notebook and knows his secrets. Kevin's brother Paul says this and Robin's revenge is all karma. What is karma? Do you think how Robin is treating him is karma? Or is it just mean revenge? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639304807 f jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639306443 2020-06-24 22:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639306443 Friday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639306494 Mrs. Little invites Kevin to a poetry slam. Do you think he should go? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639306494 Saturday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639307624 Kevin has a rule to not think about school when he's at home. Is this a good rule? Is it one you can follow? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639307624 Saturday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639308311 When Kevin tells his family he has plans for Friday, how do they react? What do you think of this? ]]> 2020-06-24 22:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/639308311 Tuesday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640232676 Kevin says that Mrs. Little can communicate so much without using words. Do you know anyone like that? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640232676 Thursday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640234994 As Robin continues to be mean to Kevin, the teacher still doesn't say or do anything. Why not? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640234994 Thursday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640236503 How does Kevin feel when Petey's band sings his words? Do you think this will change things or change him? How?]]> 2020-06-25 17:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640236503 Friday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640238953 Is Kevin a rock? Or does he have feelings? What does he care about? What do you think he really wants? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640238953 Dinner and Friday Never Ends jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640240157 How do you feel about his brother's prank? Who is his mom mad at? Why? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640240157 Friday Rescue jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640243581 How does Mrs. Little rescue Kevin? How does his family react? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640243581 Friday Rescue jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640244929 Kevin has never had anyone say so many nice things about him before. It surprises him and he doesn't know how to react. Can you imagine this? You think you're a screw up and no one cares about you, and then someone finally shows that they do appreciate you and think you're important. How do you think this is going to affect Kevin moving forward? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640244929 Tuesday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640249712 What happens at recess? What do you think of this? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640249712 Time Stands Still jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640250932 There is an allusion here to the book "Lord of the Flies". The book is about a group of boys who survive a plane crash but end up on an island all by themselves. There are no adults and they have to learn to take care of themselves. Why do you think Mrs. Little brings up that book? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640250932 Time Stands Still jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640252956 Mrs. Little is angry because both the teacher and principal knew what Robin was doing to Kevin but didn't step in because they said Kevin could handle himself (and they don't say but seem to think that he deserved it). What do you think of this? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640252956 Time Stands Still jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640254179 When Kevin and Robin shake hands, Kevin says that he actually is sorry for what he did to Robin. Do you believe him? Do you think Robin is sorry? Do you think this is the end of their conflict or will it keep going? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640254179 Wednesday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640256601 What is a good thing that comes from all of Kevin's conflicts with the other kids? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640256601 Thursday jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640258282 How have things changed with Kevin's family? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640258282 The end jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640259930 To me a big idea of this book is belief in yourself and knowing your own worth. Sometimes it's hard for a person to see their own value. Sometimes it takes someone else to see it and believe in them before they can believe in themself. The support of someone who sees both the good and bad in you and who will be there to defend you is so important. Who is in your corner backing you up? Who is helping you see the good in yourself? What is good about you? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640259930 Bullying jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640266540 Bullying is a major theme of this book. How do both Kevin and Robin show bullying behaviors? What are their motives for this behavior? What could the teacher or school have done differently to help the situation? ]]> 2020-06-25 17:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/640266540 Chapter 1: Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643201140 2020-06-29 17:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643201140 Chapter 1 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643201291 Have you ever had a goldfish? What do you think of as goldfish for pets? ]]> 2020-06-29 17:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643201291 Goldie jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643201531 Why do you think her parents put new goldfish in the tank when hers died instead of telling her it died? What do you think your parents would have done? ]]> 2020-06-29 17:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643201531 Chapter 2 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643206361 Ellie's parents are both in the world of theater and acting but she has no interest in it. What do your parents do for a living? Is it something you'd want to do too? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643206361 Grandpa jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643207042 Why do you think her grandfather is with the police? Do you like Nicole's guesses or do you have your own guess? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643207042 Babysitter jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643207397 Ellie is in 6th grade but she has a babysitter. When does a kid stop needing a babysitter? Why? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643207397 Chapter 3: Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643213831 2020-06-29 18:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643213831 Chapter 2: Read Aloud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643214228 2020-06-29 18:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643214228 Chapter 3 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643214629 Ellie thinks that the boy who came home with her mom is her grandpa. What clues make her think that? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643214629 Read aloud: chapter 4 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643220743 2020-06-29 18:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643220743 Chapter 4 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643221197 What did we learn about grandpa in this chapter? How is he now 13? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643221197 Chapters 3 and 4 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643221539 Based on chapters 3 and 4, what is the relationship between Ellie's mom and grandfather like?]]> 2020-06-29 18:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643221539 Prediction jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643222132 What do you think will happen next? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643222132 Read aloud: chapter 5 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643228638 2020-06-29 18:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643228638 Ego jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643228878 Grandpa's name is Melvin. The special jellyfish he named T. Melvinus. And he won't call his bosses and tell them about it. What does this show about him? What does he care about? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643228878 Back to School jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643230878 Why is mom making grandpa go to school? What do you think of this idea? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643230878 Before and After jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643231261 What did Ellie think of her grandpa before? What's she think of him now that he's like this? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643231261 Read aloud: chapter 6 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643231871 2020-06-29 18:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643231871 Elementary School vs. Middle School jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643238720 In chapter 6, Ellie compares elementary school and middle school. Do you think her comparison is accurate? What differences do you see between the two? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643238720 Brianna jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643240684 Brianna was Ellie's best friend but now they're growing apart. Is your best friend now the same one you had in elementary school? D you think this is typical for your friend groups to change as you get older? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643240684 Read aloud: chapter 7 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643247109 2020-06-29 18:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643247109 Real Science jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643250186 Grandpa thinks that he is important and should be in the science textbooks. Raj and his teacher think that the fountain of youth is silly and not real science. What do you think? Should scientists be focused on finding ways to make us young again or are there other more important things to focus on? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643250186 Chinese Food jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643251564 Grandpa is pretty stubborn and stuck in his ways. He doesn't like to try new things. Do you know anyone like this? What do you think of this attitude? ]]> 2020-06-29 18:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643251564 Read aloud: Chapter 8 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643256148 2020-06-29 19:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643256148 Scientists and the Possible jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643256590 Grandpa describes what makes scientists different from ordinary/average people. Do you agree or disagree with what he says? Do you have the qualities needed to be a scientist? ]]> 2020-06-29 19:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643256590 Read aloud: chapter 9 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643263917 2020-06-29 19:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643263917 Image jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643264226 Grandpa doesn't care if he uses a backpack with kittens on it or uses a pinky ponytail holder. He says it doesn't matter what other people think. But then he prints out a stack of articles he wrote to give to Raj and talks about how big his fan club is. This is a contrast/contradiction - he doesn't care what people think about him personally, but then again he does because he wants everyone to know he's a great scientist. ]]> 2020-06-29 19:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643264226 Observation jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643266878 Grandpa says the most important tool for a scientist is their eyes so they can make observations. Are there any observations you want to make about this book that you haven't added yet? ]]> 2020-06-29 19:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643266878 Read aloud: Chapter 10 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643280190 2020-06-29 19:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643280190 Parents jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643280963 Even though Ellie's mom is an adult, her dad still treats her like a kid. When do you think your parents will stop treating you like a kid or will withy always act like they know best? ]]> 2020-06-29 19:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643280963 Prediction jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643281776 What do you think will happen at the lab? ]]> 2020-06-29 19:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643281776 Read aloud: chapter 11 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643287381 2020-06-29 19:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643287381 Grandma jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643289328 Grandpa really cares about his work. What was a downside to it? ]]> 2020-06-29 19:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643289328 Proud jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643290371 Even though they didn't get what they needed from the lab, grandpa is still proud of Ellie. Did she do something to be proud of? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-29 19:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643290371 Read aloud: chapter 12 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643298129 2020-06-29 20:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643298129 Hip Mom jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643298476 Ellie's mom dresses in a unique way and is always dying her hair bright colors like blue and purple. How would you feel if your mom did this? Is it cool or embarrassing? Why? ]]> 2020-06-29 20:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643298476 Ben jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643299313 How does Ellie feel about Ben (mom's boyfriend)? How does grandpa feel about him? Why do you think this is? ]]> 2020-06-29 20:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643299313 Growing old jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643300031 Grandpa complains about being old and says he'd rather be dead than old. Are your grandparents still alive? How do you think they would feel about his statements? Would they agree with him or not? Ask them!]]> 2020-06-29 20:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643300031 Read aloud: chapter 13 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643304374 2020-06-29 20:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643304374 Raj jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643304520 What do you think of Raj? ]]> 2020-06-29 20:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643304520 Heart jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643305157 Raj says that the Egyptians believed that the heart did the thinking. Do you think grandpa would agree or disagree with this? Do you agree or disagree? ]]> 2020-06-29 20:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643305157 Teachers jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643305620 Grandpa says that young teachers shouldn't teach because they don't know anything about anything yet. Do you agree or disagree with him? Why? Does it matter how old a teacher is? ]]> 2020-06-29 20:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643305620 Detention jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643306147 Grandpa is upset at getting a detention for not getting a hall pass before going to the bathroom. He says needing a pass to go to the bathroom would make him lose his dignity. What does he mean? Is this a school rule worth fighting or an important one? ]]> 2020-06-29 20:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643306147 Read aloud: chapter 14 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643310624 2020-06-29 20:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643310624 Cooking jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643310796  Ellie thought that cooking is artsy but her grandpa says it's about science. Is it art, science, or both? Why? ]]> 2020-06-29 20:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/643310796 Read aloud: chapter 15 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644185660 2020-06-30 17:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644185660 Raj jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644185789 Were you surprised that grandpa told Raj about who he really is? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644185789 Feelings jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644186650 Ellie is hurt that her grandpa picked Raj to be his assistant and not her, and that he didn't even tell her. This is another example of how grandpa doesn't seem to think about other people's feelings. Do you think he'll change or is this just part of who he is? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644186650 Key Card jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644188564 Why do you think grandpa's key card didn't work anymore? What do you think they'll do next? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644188564 Read Aloud: chapter 16 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644195670 2020-06-30 17:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644195670 Grandpa's Apartment jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644196586 Describe grandpa's apartment? Does it look like how you expected it to? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644196586 Read aloud: chapter 17 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644204140 2020-06-30 17:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644204140 Catcher in the Rye jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644210007 The Catcher in the Rye is a classic book many students read in high school or college. Grandpa is annoyed at having to read it though. He thinks the only thing worth doing is science and that reading these books is a waste of time. How do you feel about this attitude? Even if you've found what you're passionate about, should you stop doing everything else but that thing? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644210007 Laws of Friendship jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644211306 Ellie says there should be a "law of friendship" that says "if you're friends with someone practically your whole life, you can't just suddenly stop and change directions without the other person" (p. 106). What do you think about this law? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644211306 Assumptions jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644212651 Grandpa makes a lot of assumptions about Raj based on how he looks. He says he won't get into Harvard (a good college) because of his piercings. He also assumes that he must know some shady people who can help him break into the lab since he wears all black and is goth. Are these fair assumptions? What do you think of when you see goths? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644212651 Email jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644214511 First grandpa's key card for the building doesn't work anymore and now his email doesn't work. What do you think is going on? What do you think the lab thinks or wants? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644214511 Read aloud: chapter 18 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644219746 2020-06-30 17:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644219746 Ben jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644221040 Ben went to 2 of the best colleges in the whole country and now makes video games. Grandpa thinks that it was a waste of his degrees and that he should be doing something better. What do you think? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644221040 Food jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644221818 Grandpa has been eating a lot. In every chapter he's had a ton of food. Is this normal teenage boy thing or do you think something else is going on? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644221818 Rude jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644222665 Grandpa is kind of rude to Ben. Why do you think he's acting this way? ]]> 2020-06-30 17:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644222665 Read aloud: chapter 19 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644228576 2020-06-30 17:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644228576 Relationship jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644229092 How do you think mom feels about Ellie becoming so close with her grandfather and becoming interested in science? Why?]]> 2020-06-30 18:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644229092 Science jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644229775 Mom doesn't like science because there's no drama or romance. Ellie believes that science does have those. What do you think? ]]> 2020-06-30 18:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644229775 Atomic Bomb jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644230654 Ellie was so fascinated by the story of Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb. She thought it was such a great thing to happen. Then Mr. Ham shows her a picture of Hiroshima and makes her question what she thinks. What do you think? Are all scientific discoveries good? ]]> 2020-06-30 18:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644230654 Raccoons jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644232233 Grandpa didn't listen to mom about putting the trash cans out at night. Why do you think he was so stubborn about it? Did he just think his way is always better? Now that he saw what happened, do you think it will change him at all? Will he start to listen to others or keep doing things his own way? ]]> 2020-06-30 18:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/644232233 Read aloud: chapter 20 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645194636 2020-07-01 17:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645194636 Halloween jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645195314 Ellie says: "I think what you wear on Halloween is important. It says something about you--who you are and what you want to be" (p. 125-126). Do you agree or disagree with this? What does her being a mad scientist say about her? What was your last costume and what did it say about you? ]]> 2020-07-01 17:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645195314 Fun jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645196989 When Ellie tells her grandpa to have fun he says "Fun? What a waste of time." (p. 128). Do you think he ever had fun in his life or was he always like this? ]]> 2020-07-01 17:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645196989 Read aloud: chapter 21 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645202246 2020-07-01 17:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645202246 Birthdays jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645212653 This chapter talks about how kids make a bigger deal out of birthdays than adults do. Do you think this is true? Why does that happen? ]]> 2020-07-01 17:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645212653 Presents jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645213354 Which present is Ellie's favorite? Which one would you have liked better? How do you you think mom feel about this? ]]> 2020-07-01 17:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645213354 Read aloud: chapter 22 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645219704 2020-07-01 18:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645219704 Growing Pains jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645220485 Grandpa has to take pain pills because his legs hurt. He says it's growing pains. Do you think that's all it is or do you think there's side effects from his experiment? Why? ]]> 2020-07-01 18:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645220485 Wine jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645221257 Grandpa sneaks some wine. He says he can have it because technically he's old enough. But his 14 year old body can't handle it and he gets sick. What do you think would be the most frustrating part about being an adult in a kid's body? ]]> 2020-07-01 18:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645221257 Read aloud: chapter 23 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645226208 2020-07-01 18:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645226208 Pizza Delivery jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645226336 What do you think of Ellie's plan to get into the lab? Do you think it will work? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-01 18:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645226336 Read aloud: chapter 24 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645228133 2020-07-01 18:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645228133 Jellyfish jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645233188 Now that they have the jellyfish, what do you think will happen next? Grandpa thinks he'll win a Nobel Prize. Do you think he'll become famous and win the award for his work? ]]> 2020-07-01 18:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645233188 Read aloud: chapter 25 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645238626 2020-07-01 18:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645238626 Marie Curie jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645238843 Ellie thought Marie Curie was so cool. In this chapter though she just learned that her discovery actually killed her. Do you think this will change her opinion of science and scientists? ]]> 2020-07-01 18:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645238843 Brianna jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645239783 When Ellie talks to Brianna in this chapter she says she doesn't feel the pain that she used to. It's not as bad because she's moved on. What makes losing a friendship easier? ]]> 2020-07-01 18:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645239783 Read aloud: chapter 26 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645245574 2020-07-01 18:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645245574 Mummy jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645246217 How is what Melvin (grandpa) doing similar to what the Egyptians did with mummies? ]]> 2020-07-01 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645246217 Adult jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645246665 Who do you think is right in the argument that grandpa and mom have in this chapter? Can he tell her what to do just because he's her dad? Does he have to listen to her now that he's in a kid's body? ]]> 2020-07-01 18:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645246665 Fun jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645248000 Ellie tries to get her grandpa to watch movies with her but he's busy with his work. She tries to get him to come to the museum, but again he's busy. What does this show about him? How is this going to affect his relationship with his family? ]]> 2020-07-01 18:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645248000 Read aloud: chapter 27 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645255015 2020-07-01 18:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645255015 Questions jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645255191 Ellie has so many great questions in this chapter. She wonders if this discovery will ruin the world. If everyone stops aging, who will be the grown-ups and the ones in charge? What's so wrong with growing old? She is clearly questioning this discovery and whether it's a good or bad thing. What do you think? Should the world know that there's a way to be young again? ]]> 2020-07-01 18:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645255191 Read aloud: chapter 28 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645264788 2020-07-01 19:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645264788 Our Town jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645265164 The play "Our Town" teaches Ellie some things: "life is precious and we don't realize that at the time. But maybe life's also precious because it doesn't last forever." (p. 177). What do you think of this? Do you think we appreciate life enough? ]]> 2020-07-01 19:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645265164 T. Melvinus jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645266892 Grandpa flushes the T. Melvinus down the toilet and chooses not to share his discovery with the world. He says "Science is powerful. There are always consequences--wonderful and terrible" (p. 181). He realizes that this discover has too many scary consequences. Were you surprised that he changed his mind? ]]> 2020-07-01 19:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645266892 Salk jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645267867 Salk said "Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors." (p. 181). What does this mean? ]]> 2020-07-01 19:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645267867 Read aloud: chapter 29 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645273325 2020-07-01 19:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645273325 Leaving jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645273450 Were you surprised that grandpa left? Do you think he should have stayed or was it good for him to leave? ]]> 2020-07-01 19:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645273450 Fourteenth Goldfish jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645274221 Does the title of the book make sense to you now? How is grandpa the Fourteenth Goldfish? ]]> 2020-07-01 19:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645274221 Author's Note jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645276964 2020-07-01 19:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/645276964 Princesses jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649443467 Grayson enjoys drawing princesses but has to make them abstract so nobody will be able to tell what they are. He says he can't draw what he really wants to because: "that's not what boys are supposed to do." (p. 4). Are there rules about what boys can draw and what girls can draw? Who makes those rules? ]]> 2020-07-07 18:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649443467 Tough Question jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649446497 Mr. Finn, Grayson's humanities teacher, is teaching the class about people who resisted the Nazis. He asks "How would you feel if you were going about your life, day to day, all the while hiding a dangerous secret." (p. 6). How would you feel? What secret does Grayson seem to be hiding? How does Grayson respond to the question? ]]> 2020-07-07 18:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649446497 Mom jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649449371 What inference can you make about Grayson's mom from what you read on page 5? ]]> 2020-07-07 18:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649449371 Page 10 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649451344 On page 10 Grayson seems to have an odd memory. They talk about seeing a girl hiding in their basement. What do you think this is all about? ]]> 2020-07-07 18:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649451344 Ameila jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649451836 What do we learn about Amelia in chapters 1 and 2? ]]> 2020-07-07 18:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649451836 Family jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649452179 Who does Grayson live with? (page 9 helps). Why do you think they are with them? What happened to their parents? ]]> 2020-07-07 18:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649452179 Lonely jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649453662 Grayson says: "nobody wants to be lonely -- unless they have to be. Unless it's their only choice." (p. 11). What does this mean? Why would someone choose to be lonely? Why would they have to be lonely? ]]> 2020-07-07 18:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649453662 Mirror jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649457028 What did Grayson used to see when he looked in the mirror at himself? What does he see now? What does this tell us about him? ]]> 2020-07-07 19:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649457028 Tantrums jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649457432 Grayson used to have "gigantic temper tantrums" when he first moved in with his aunt and uncle. Now he's better able to control his anger but he still feels "the urge to explode". (p. 13). What do you think makes him so upset? ]]> 2020-07-07 19:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649457432 Partners jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649460431 How does Grayson usually handle partner activities? Why?]]> 2020-07-07 19:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649460431 Lunch jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649461792 What does Grayson usually do for lunch? How long has this been going on? What changes now? ]]> 2020-07-07 19:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649461792 Emma jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649463351 Who is Emma and why is she important? ]]> 2020-07-07 19:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649463351 Pretend jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649465807 Grayson says his imagination is disappearing now that he's in 6th grade and he's "getting way too old to pretend." (p 26). Does your imagination fade as you get older? Is there an age where it's no longer ok to play make believe? ]]> 2020-07-07 19:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649465807 Friends jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649467538 Grayson's best friend Emma moved away in 2nd grade. Grayson hasn't had any friends since then. He asks Amelia to go shopping with him but then thinks "I could be making a huge mistake." (p. 27). What is he worried about? Do you think trying to be her friend is a mistake? ]]> 2020-07-07 19:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649467538 History jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649547451 Now that you know a little of Grayson's history, does his behavior make sense? A therapist told him he needs to stop isolating himself. Both of his parents died when he was 4 and then his best friend left in 2nd grade. Is isolating yourself a normal response to that kind of stuff? ]]> 2020-07-07 21:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649547451 Clothing jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649550935 Grayson notices how very different boys and girls clothes are while shopping. What do you think of when you think of typical girl clothing? What about boy clothing? Should there be separate girls and boys sections in stores? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-07 21:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649550935 Grandma jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649555465 Grayson doesn't like to visit his grandma in the nursing home. What are some possible reasons why, both from what is said in chapter 7 and what's not said? ]]> 2020-07-07 21:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649555465 Girlfriend? jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649556142 Grayson and Amelia hang out together every Saturday. His aunt and uncle like it but hint that they're dating and not just friends. Can a boy be best friends with a girl? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-07 21:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649556142 Camp jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649558786 Before 3rd grade, Grayson was friends with some of the girls. Why didn't he stay friends with them? What do you think happened or changed? ]]> 2020-07-07 21:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649558786 Lunch group jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649559483 Grayson says it must be weird to have 1 boy sit at lunch with 5 girls. Is that weird? Why or why not? Does it happen at our school? ]]> 2020-07-07 21:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649559483 Library jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649563290 In chapter 10 Grayson goes back to eating lunch in the library. Why? Do you think it was the right choice? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-07 21:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649563290 Play auditions jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649567014 Why does Grayson sign up to audition for the play? How's he been feeling and how could this help change that? ]]> 2020-07-07 22:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649567014 Finn jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649567358 What do you think of Finn, Grayson's teacher? Why? ]]> 2020-07-07 22:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649567358 Aunt Sally and Uncle Evan jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649567706 What do you think of Grayson's aunt and uncle so far? Why? ]]> 2020-07-07 22:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649567706 Persephone jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649572466 Grayson wants to try out for the part of Persephone in the play, the lead female role. Should the teachers let him? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-07 22:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649572466 The Myth of Persephone jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649575829 This play deals with the main character's struggle to get home and get back to her family. How does Grayson connect with the story? ]]> 2020-07-07 22:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649575829 Jack jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649578936 What do you think is going on with Grayson's cousin Jack? Why is he so mean? Is this just typical 7th grade boy attitude - everything is dumb and you don't care about anything? Or could there be something else? ]]> 2020-07-07 22:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649578936 Skirt jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649584958 In chapter 14, Grayson finally tries on a skirt and Amelia sees. How does she respond? How do you think you'd respond if you were her? Grayson thinks she'll tell all the other girls and they'll laugh at him. Do you think she will? ]]> 2020-07-07 22:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649584958 Letters jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649588615 What did we learn from the letters that Grayson's mom wrote? How will these affect Grayson? ]]> 2020-07-07 22:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/649588615 Letters jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650351988 How do Aunt Sally and Uncle Evan react to the letters? How did you expect them to react? What do you think they'll do next? ]]> 2020-07-08 18:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650351988 Chapter 18 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650364833 Chapter 18 is pretty heavy. Uncle Evan and Aunt Sally tell Grayson some more information about what he was like when he first joined their family. They both seem to have very different feelings about Grayson's behavior. We also learn that Grayson got the part in the play. Uncle Evan seems supportive of it but Aunt Sally is angry. What are your thoughts on this chapter? How do you feel about the adults' reactions? What about Grayson's reaction? ]]> 2020-07-08 18:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650364833 Aunt Sally jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650373428 Aunt Sally is worried about Grayson being teased if he takes this role and she insists that the dressing up was just a phase. How do you feel about what she's saying? Should she stop him from being in the play? Will that protect him or hurt him? ]]> 2020-07-08 18:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650373428 Gay jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650374869 Jack says that Grayson is gay. Do you think he is? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-08 18:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650374869 Finn jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650374958 Aunt Sally thinks that Mr. Finn, the teacher, overstepped his role and she wants to go to the principal. Mr. Finn says he can help Grayson figure out who he is and what to say to the other kids and how to handle any teasing/bullying. What is a teacher's job? Is he doing too much? Should he be involved in this or is this a family issue? ]]> 2020-07-08 18:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650374958 Jack jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650378759 One reason that Aunt Sally didn't want Grayson to dress like a girl when he was younger was because Jack was picking on him. She wanted them to be friends and get along and didn't think they could unless Grayson behaved like a boy. Is this a good reason for having Grayson change?]]> 2020-07-08 19:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650378759 Parents jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650384307 Knowing that his parents would have supported him and accepted him is really important to Grayson. He keeps imagining them putting their hands on his shoulder and having his back. Is this a big deal to you? How does it make you feel when you know your parents will support your decisions? ]]> 2020-07-08 19:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650384307 Cast jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650385591 How do the other members of the cast react when they find out that Grayson got the lead female role? Is this what you expected? ]]> 2020-07-08 19:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650385591 Amelia jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650385933 Grayson thinks Amelia is being a coward (pg. 132). Amelia hasn't talked to her since the day in the shop when Grayson tried on the skirt. Is she being a coward? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-08 19:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650385933 Dr. Shiner jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650431270 What do you think Dr. Shiner, the principal, said to Finn in chapter 21? What do you think the principal should do - let Grayson have the part of Persephone or say no? Why? ]]> 2020-07-08 20:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650431270 Paige jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650432082 What do you think of Paige in chapter 22? Grayson says he should protect himself but then he smiles at her. Is she genuinely being nice to him or is it an act? What makes you think that? ]]> 2020-07-08 20:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650432082 Jack jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650435085 On page 145 Jack says to his parents: "It's all about what Grayson wants. That's how it's always been. You don't even care about me." How's Jack reacting to everything? Imagine being a 5 year old and suddenly your 4 year old cousin comes to live with you. How might that affect you? ]]> 2020-07-08 20:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650435085 Monster jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650440895 Do you think Aunt Sally meant it when she said Grayson was a monster? Is he one? ]]> 2020-07-08 20:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650440895 Uncle Evan jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650441835 Uncle Evan offers to help Grayson memorize his lines. What do you think of this. But then he calls Grayson "son" and Grays says it feels "like a slap". Why does Grayson feel this way? Did Uncle Evan do anything wrong? ]]> 2020-07-08 20:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650441835 Prediction jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650445808 Part 2 ends on page 151 with Grayson thinking: "What do you already know? I am a girl." What do you think will happen as we get into part 3 of the book? ]]> 2020-07-08 20:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650445808 Late jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650448468 Finn keeps showing up late to rehearsals. What do you think is going on? ]]> 2020-07-08 20:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650448468 Braids jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650449661 When all the girls braid Grayson's hair he says "I feel almost guilty--like I just cheated on a test and didn't get caught." (p. 158). Then on page 159 he says: "I let them treat me like I was a stupid doll or something. Anyway, what real girl wears a million crooked braids all over her head, sticking out all over the place. Real girls wear regular shirts, pants, skirts, jackets, and shoes, not crazy, exaggerated porcupine braids that make them look like an idiot. This was all just a big joke to everyone." Are there hairstyles that are just for boys or just for girls? Can boys wear braids? Why or why not? And what were the girls doing? Were they trying to be nice and include her or were they making fun of her? Why do you think that? ]]> 2020-07-08 20:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650449661 Birds jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650460160 By now you should have noticed that birds keep showing up throughout the book. Birds, and more specifically the Phoenix, are a symbol in this text. What do they represent? Why are they important to Grayson? ]]> 2020-07-08 21:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650460160 Sebastian jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650470963 Sebastian's best friend Ryan likes to tease Grayson. How does Sebastian respond? What do you think he is thinking or feeling? ]]> 2020-07-08 21:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650470963 Don't Tell jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650471591 When Ryan and his brother are harassing Grayson in chapter 26, Paige steps in to defend him. What do you think of this? But when Mr. Finn sees them Grayson asks Paige not to tell him what just happened. Why doesn't Grayson want his teacher to know he's being bullied? ]]> 2020-07-08 21:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650471591 Clothes jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650472515 Grayson buys some tops in the girls section of the thrift store. They're pink and purple and "girly". He wears them to school but only under a zipped up hoodie so that no one else can see them. Why? Why wear them and not show it? How do our clothing choices make us feel about ourselves? How do our clothing choices affect what others think about us? ]]> 2020-07-08 21:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650472515 Nerf Basketball jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650484797 Grayson misses playing basketball with Jack in his room. Do you think they'll ever be close like that again? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-08 21:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650484797 Fired jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650486978 On page 183-184 Ryan tells Grayson that Mr. Finn is being fired because of him and his aunt. Do you think this is true? If it is, is it right or fair? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-08 21:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650486978 Quit jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650491132 At the end of chapter 28, Grayson thinks about quitting the play. He thinks that if he quits that it will help Mr. Finn keep his job. Should Grayson quit? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650491132 Aunt Sally jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650491703 What do you think is going to happen between Aunt Sally and Grayson now that she joined the PTA and is accusing Mr. Finn of being inappropriate? Will Grayson convince her to change her mind? Will she accept him for who he is? Will she keep blaming Mr. Finn and stay angry? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650491703 Hate jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650495113 On page 191 Grayson thinks that Finn hates him. Do you think he does? Do you think he blames him for what's happening? If he could do it again, do you think Finn would still pick Grayson to be Persephone? Why or why not? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650495113 Theory jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650497937 Ms. Landen says on page 193: "I have a theory that sometimes, everything needs to fall apart before it can come back together the way it's supposed to." Here she's talking about rehearsals being hard the weeks before the performances of the play starts, but it feels like her message is bigger than that. How do you feel about her theory? Does it hint at what's happening in Grayson's world and what will happen in the future? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650497937 Best Interests jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650500637 Pages 196-198 are tough. Aunt Sally says she has Grayson's best interests at heart because she's trying to keep him safe. Uncle Evan believes that Mr. Finn "really does have his students' best interests at heart" (p. 198). Grayson is trying to tell everyone what he really wants - to have that part. So what should be done? It seems like everyone has good intentions - they want what is best for Grayson. But who should get to decide what that is? Why? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650500637 Debate jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650504251 While preparing for the debates, Finn tells the class "Something I believe in...is that it builds character to stand in someone else's shoes. You know, to try to see things from another perspective." (p. 199). How do you feel about this? Have you tried it before? What happened? Is it easy or hard? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650504251 Pink Shirt jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650506446 Finn smiles when he sees Grayson in the pink shirt with the sequined heart. Did you expect this? Why is he smiling? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650506446 Bathroom jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650508269 Pages 206-207 talk about the bathrooms at school. Grayson really wants to go into the girls one but thinks Paige would think he's a freak if he does. Do you think that feeling makes him a freak? Do you think Paige would think that? Do you think that there are kids at our school who struggle like Grayson does with figuring out which bathroom fits them? What can we do to support these students? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650508269 Paige's Mom jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650510826 Paige's mom Marla says she agrees with Mr. Finn giving Grayson the part of Persephone. She says "Sometimes people make important choices that happen to be risky" and that it was an "extremely noble" decision. Did you realize in the beginning of the book how risky this would be for Mr. Finn? Do you agree that it was noble? What does noble mean to you? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650510826 Chapter 32 jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650513729 How are you feeling about chapter 32? We learn in it that Mr. Finn wasn't talking to Grayson because Mr. Shiner, the principal, made an agreement with him that he couldn't. Then we learn that Mr. Finn is leaving the school for a job in New York. Mr. Finn tells Grayson that he has nothing to apologize for and that he believes in him. And when Grayson finally puts on the golden gown he (she) says "I finally see myself the way I'm supposed to be--my inside self matched up with my outside self." (p 214). There's a lot in this chapter so what are your thoughts about it? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650513729 Light and Dark jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650515510 Just like the birds, the idea of light and dark keeps coming up again and again. Grayson constantly feels both of them. What is light in their life and what is dark? Does everyone have light and dark like this? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650515510 Sebastian jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650517525 What do we learn about Sebastian on page 217? What kind of a person is he? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650517525 Cast jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650518572 When Grayson fractures his wrist he asks for a pink cast. Aunt Sally is upset but Uncle Evan says Grayson can do whatever he wants. What do you think of the choice? Is Grayson expressing who they really are? Are they putting themselves in danger? ]]> 2020-07-08 22:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650518572 Ryan and Tyler jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650519206 What kind of trouble should Ryan and Tyler get in? Why? ]]> 2020-07-08 23:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650519206 The Myth of Persephone jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650521213 One message of the play comes on page 223: "Good guys are supposed to win But she only wins halfway." How can this be applied to Grayson and to Mr. Finn? Who are the good guys of this book? Did they win? Explain. ]]> 2020-07-08 23:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650521213 Jack jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650522503 Do you think Jack intended to hurt Grayson? Before the attack happens he apologizes (to who?) and then he walks away before Ryan and Tyler do anything. But he was there at first. Why doesn't Grayson tell the principal that? How is this all going to affect their relationship? ]]> 2020-07-08 23:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650522503 Finn jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650524585 Did you expect Mr. Finn to leave right away, without even saying goodbye? Do you think that was the right thing to do? Why do you think he did it? ]]> 2020-07-08 23:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650524585 Bravery jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650524852 Sebastian says "to be brave, you have to be scared at the same time. To be brave means there's something important you have to do and you're scared, but you do it anyway." (p. 234). What do you think of his definition? Was he brave? Was Mr. Finn brave? Was Grayson brave? ]]> 2020-07-08 23:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650524852 Risks jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650526801 In the letter to Grayson, Finn writes: "An old acting teacher of mine in college used to say that "risk taking is free." He was so wrong. It's not free. You took a risk and now I'm sure you're contending with everything in its wake. Risk taking is not free, but I can assure you, it's worth it." (p. 238-239). What are your thoughts about this message? What was the biggest risk you ever took? What were its consequences? Was it worth it? ]]> 2020-07-08 23:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650526801 The End! jkeleher https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650530267 What were your overall thoughts on the book? What can you take away from it for your own life? How did it make you feel? ]]> 2020-07-08 23:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkeleher/3sxidpmv3y8quizg/wish/650530267