Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Silence by Mackenzie Holliday https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h A wall for the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson en-us 2019-02-19 21:46:56 UTC 2024-06-01 02:18:13 UTC hello@padlet.com "IT" 3579411 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332953684 (Andy Evans) This book was written in 1999. The book IT by Steven King was published in 1986 and the first movie came out in 1990, so it's possible calling Andy "IT" is referring to the clown who can shapeshift, putting on different faces and personas while also being someone's greatest fear, like Melinda. ]]> 2019-02-19 21:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332953684 www.madwomanintheforest.com 3579411 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332953799 Laurie Halse Anderson's website]]> 2019-02-19 21:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332953799 3579411 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332954799 A poem, Listen, about the people who write and about Melinda.]]> 2019-02-19 21:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332954799 https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/laurie-halse-anderson/ 350197 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332955492 2019-02-19 22:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332955492 She talks about her childhood, her high school experience. 3579411 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332955526 2019-02-19 22:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332955526 Good reads interview, about more than just Speak 3579411 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332955974 2019-02-19 22:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332955974 Tree 3579411 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332959052 The tree could symbolize planting roots and sprouting, growing upwards. Her constant failure to find a tree she liked could represent her struggling to find these roots and plant them.

The tree can also symbolize Melinda's growth throughout the novel. In the start of the novel Melinda was having trouble making her tree and ¨perfecting¨ it while in the end of the novel Melinda makes a tree that she thinks is perfect.]]> 2019-02-19 22:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332959052 Melindas Closet 350197 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332959243 Melindas Closet allowed melinda to get away from what's going on around her and just take a break and think about what she wants to do.]]> 2019-02-19 22:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332959243 Because Melinda doesn't talk, it's harder for her to form connections and throughout the book we see her form judgements of people she knows very little of - later, at the end of the story, she learns something about a cheerleader and other girls in the school that helps to change these mindsets. 3579411 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332960255 People aren't black and white - a theme!]]> 2019-02-19 22:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332960255 Ivy 350197 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332960337 In the beginning of the book Ivy hangs out with ¨The Suffering Artists¨ and ¨The Thespians¨, not really acknowledging Melinda. But deeper into the book Ivy helps Melinda out with her leaves for her tree project. ]]> 2019-02-19 22:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332960337 3579411 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332960401 2019-02-19 22:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332960401 3579411 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332960945 2019-02-19 22:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332960945 Rachel/Rachelle 350197 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332961705 Rachel ignores and belittles Melinda from the start, making fun of her on the first day of school, being mean to her all the time. For an ex-best friend she intends to ultimately ruin Melinda]]> 2019-02-19 22:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332961705 350197 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332982872 2019-02-20 00:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332982872 350197 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332984216 2019-02-20 00:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332984216 Heather 350197 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332984357 At the beginning of the book Heather was friendly towards Melinda, inviting her over to hang out, being friendly, just some general friend things. but towards the middle of the book the ¨Marthas¨ came along and Heather finally found her ¨group¨. If Heather did what the Marthas told her to do then all was well and this caused Heather to split apart from Melinda because she was ¨too weird¨. But in the end of the book Heather came crawling back to Melinda for help, Melinda said no.]]> 2019-02-20 00:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/332984357 Melinda 350197 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/333377206 Melinda is an outcast. She has no friends, (because they all left her) her family has problems of its own, (they worry about her grades so much that they don't see the bigger picture on whats happening) her tree project is just killing her as she can't seem to get it right no matter how hard she try's, and "IT", Andy Evans, has been Melinda's biggest problem ever since that one night at the party in August]]> 2019-02-20 20:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/333377206 David Petrakis 350197 https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/333380087 Melinda's lab partner]]> 2019-02-20 20:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/350197/713nu9tehn3h/wish/333380087