https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx As you read Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, create a plot diagram of the events that unfold as Will tells his story. Include images to help retell Will's story. en-us 2020-10-26 19:42:51 UTC 2026-01-30 07:37:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/797989615/ad813424417c0ccebfe52e9a9be2a7df/Long_Way_Down.png bobbievang https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/863382704 Will is telling this story in first person point-of-view. He says two days ago, his brother Shawn was shot and killed.]]> 2020-10-26 19:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/863382704 bobbievang https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/863382705 Will compares losing his brother so quickly to being physically tortured by a stranger. This is the extended metaphor he uses to express this pain. "A stranger got you strapped down, got pliers shoved into your mouth, gripping a tooth...a big important one and rips it out...the worst part is the constant slipping on your tongue into the new empty space." The tooth not being there symbolizes the hole in his heart that his late brother, Shawn once filled.]]> 2020-10-26 19:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/863382705 2961019 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867210705 The rules are guidelines that Will was taught by his brother. Rule number one is "No crying. No matter what." Rule number two is "No snitching. No matter what." Rule number three is "If someone you love
gets killed, find the person who killed
them and kill them." These rules are what drives Will to take his brother's gun and plan revenge. However, while he is on the elevator, Will realizes that these rules might not be the best tips to follow.]]> 2020-10-27 19:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867210705 2912040 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867211022 When Will returned home he entered his room and it didn't seem right, it looked lopsided, cut in half, half empty, half cold. Will's side was dirty and messy but Shawn's side was clean and neat. He also noticed the one drawer and was curious about it. ]]> 2020-10-27 19:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867211022 2908526 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867211303 So far into the book I've noticed that an elevator is consistently mentioned. They use an elevator to refer to the different levels which Will is in to get revenge on Shawn's killer. There are different rules that come with murdering his brothers killer. There are 7 different levels on this elevator. Getting onto his new level, is taking a "long way down."]]> 2020-10-27 19:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867211303 2924710 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867211481 In Will's community, there are 3 rules but the rule that he's mainly focused on is rule #3, revenge. The revenge rule is, "If someone you love gets killed, find the person who killed them and kill them." Will is on the hunt for the guy who he believes killed Shawn and won't stop until he's dead.]]> 2020-10-27 19:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867211481 2908000 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867211852 Will goes into an elevator. He sees a man get in and asks if he knows him. Apparently the man is Buck, someone who is supposed to be dead. Will thinks he's dreaming. He tries to wake himself up. Then, a girl around Will's age gets on the elevator too. Her name is Dani. They knew each other when they were younger. She's also supposed to be dead. ]]> 2020-10-27 19:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867211852 2907835 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867212026 Will enters an elevator to get revenge for Shawn. This elevator and the people who enter symbolize how Will’s community is trapped in an endless cycle of loss due to the Three Rules. ]]> 2020-10-27 19:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867212026 2925152 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867212328 Will starts imagining the bright hallways that buzzed like lighting bugs to the past when Will and Shawn were kids. They would get a empty jar of mayo and catch lighting bugs and watch them fly around until all the lights in the jar went out. ]]> 2020-10-27 19:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867212328 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867213312 Will finds himself torn apart from witnessing his brother dead on the floor. He feels like the floor ate him up and this is show in the text itself as it splits down the middle the whole poem.
-Juan N.]]> 2020-10-27 19:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867213312 2956266 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867231512 When Will first picks up the gun, he describes it as weighing about as much as an infant, a moment that subtly alludes to fatherhood and Will’s burgeoning maturity. This is contrasted by Will wetting himself when Pop puts the gun to Will’s head in the elevator, a reaction that Will himself characterizes as childish.]]> 2020-10-27 19:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867231512 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867237671 Will grinds his teeth out of pure hate of those who killed Shawn. They only killed him out of cold blood.
-Juan N.]]> 2020-10-27 19:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867237671 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867242316 Will explains how he will execute his plan to get revenge on Riggs. It also tells us how close Shawn and Will were to Riggs until Riggs joined a gang. Wills plan was to go in the morning when none of Riggs crew mates would be out yet. He would then hit the buzzer, making Riggs come down and open the door. Will then would cover his mouth and nose with his shirt and pull the trigger on Riggs. He says no one will ever suspect him. - Jayj S.

]]> 2020-10-27 19:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867242316 2927188 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867265753 Will understands what kind of person his brother was. Someone who wouldn't bother to check in or be home by curfew, but he's still his brother.]]> 2020-10-27 19:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867265753 2974186 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867410735 After Shawn past away, Will started to remember enjoyable times with his brother. For example, The yellow light, The poem writes, "Shawn would twist the lid tight, and the two of us would sit on a bench and watch
them fly around, bumping into each other,
trapped, until one by one
their lights went out". This was a memorable moment for Will because he remember how he and his brother have a nice bond and the happy times that they have spent together.]]> 2020-10-27 19:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867410735 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867798328 I think crying is one of the basic ways to show emotion. If someone see's another person crying they know something is wrong. To not be able to convey that emotion like that is just mean]]> 2020-10-27 22:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/867798328 2912021 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/868243884 Will steps into the elevator and talks about the rules in the elevator everyone is familiar with yet didn't have to be told. From where I see it, he sees it just like the neighborhood rules.]]> 2020-10-28 03:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/868243884 2939493 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/868287826 Shawns cologne will never be used again, even by Will, and the amount in the bottle will never drop. Will also says that he won't ever go to sleep again believing that touching Shawns stuff will lead to being connected to Shawn. He says that when he thinks about how Shawn won't ever come home again, he feels like there's an arm around his neck wrenching him. Because Shawn won't come back home, Will should love him more like he's his favorite. Will comments on how that's hard to do because even before he passed, Shawn was already his favorite and only brother. This shows how much Will loved his brother and how much he misses him but knows he's gone.]]> 2020-10-28 03:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/868287826 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/868534235 After Shawn dies, Will feels as though he needs to follow a set of rules. The broken people or the people that feel sad, unfulfilled, or as if their soul was ripped apart follow these rules in an attempt to make things feel like they used to. Will feels this way and, by following these rules, it can lead to things that make things worse. -Soma Pov]]> 2020-10-28 06:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/868534235 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/868534483 2020-10-28 06:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/868534483 2953176 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/868539997 In every elevator stop, there is a mention of smoke that's in their from Buck(James). Their is always a mention about smoke filling up the elevator when somebody walked in the room.]]> 2020-10-28 06:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/868539997 https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/906033118 Rule number 3 "if someone you know gets killed find out the person who killed them and kill them". It seems to be a way of loyalty for the gang that will was taught.

Abbie Welker  ]]> 2020-11-09 20:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/SUSD/895frkreoqit4whx/wish/906033118