Remake of Reading Log: Dang + Monster by Dat Dang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz Please complete this Padlet as a reading log by adding quotations and explanations to each signpost. Please have 3 posts per signpost. Remember this is due on February 10! en-us 2021-02-10 15:12:43 UTC 2021-02-11 05:25:09 UTC hello@padlet.com datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821460 2021-02-10 15:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821460 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821465 2021-02-10 15:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821465 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821469 2021-02-10 15:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821469 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821474 A memory interrupts the flow of the story, but reveals something important about the character or the plot. 

Look for times when:
 . . . the character suddenly starts remembering something, even right in the middle of some important event
 . . . a quiet moment when the character thinks back on something from his or her past 

Ask: “Why might this memory be important?”


]]> 2021-02-10 15:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821474 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821476 The character acts in a way that contradicts how he or she has acted before or that contrasts with how we would act or that reveals
a difference among characters.

Look for ways a character acts that:
. . . are contradictory (opposite or different) to how the character has acted in the past.
. . . contrast with how you would act in that situation.
. . . reveal a difference among characters (a way that this character is different from another).

Ask: “Why did the character act (or feel) that way?”


]]> 2021-02-10 15:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821476 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821478 2021-02-10 15:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1187821478 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1188060292  It was when Mr. Sawicki was talking about being predictable. This is important because the jury is going predict if Steve is going to jail or not.]]> 2021-02-10 15:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1188060292 Her advice? Sit still and pay attention, so the jury thinks it's serious datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1188088465 2021-02-10 15:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1188088465 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1188106019 Steve writes Monster over and over on his notebook until O'Brien takes his pencil and crosses out the words. She tells Steve he's got to root for himself if they're going to win. Ra ra shish koom ba]]> 2021-02-10 15:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1188106019 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190533687 I think a large part of the significance of using the term "monster" throughout the book is that it constantly reminds readers of the internal conflict happening within Steve Harmon]]> 2021-02-11 04:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190533687 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190547465
  • Why do you think Myers made Steve's innocence or guilt ambiguous? Myers made the question of guilt or innocence ambiguous because he didn't want to push his reader in either direction.

    • ]]>     2021-02-11 04:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190547465     datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190547943 2. What would have happened if Steve decided not to testify? If Steve decided not to testify, he may have been in jail. His opinion and what he has done was very important regarding the robbery.  What he has said, also revealed who the true criminals are

    ]]>     2021-02-11 04:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190547943     datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190548819 3. What makes a person a monster? What line do you have to cross to be a monster.]]> 2021-02-11 04:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190548819 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190552282 Steve act as a good person but is confused about his true identity and the bad decisions he's made. Throughout his time in prison, Steve begins to have doubts about his morality]]> 2021-02-11 04:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190552282 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190555214 Steve overhears a woman in his neighborhood tell a friend that some kids shot and killed an owner from the drugstore. Initially, the script's action describes Steve standing within earshot holding a basketball.]]> 2021-02-11 04:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190555214 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190556572 Steve is in some way involved in the murder of the drugstore owner. Both times after hearing news of the crime, he goes into shock. The images in the script then suggest that he has got himself into big trouble.]]> 2021-02-11 04:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190556572 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190559064 "It is as if he feels their voices are accusing him and he can't get them out his head. That certainly suggests some kind of guilt on his part. The images in the script reinforce that guilt further when it describes the camera panning to the basketball left in the gutter. Steve seems to know that he has let himself down"]]> 2021-02-11 04:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190559064 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190561685  Steve's journal entry on Wednesday, July 8th, illustrates Steve's thoughts regarding how his race and age affect how the jury perceives him.]]> 2021-02-11 04:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190561685 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190568172 Steve faces many different external conflicts. For one, he must face society. Given that he has been arrested, those in society may believe him to be guilty.]]> 2021-02-11 04:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190568172 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190618698 2021-02-11 05:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190618698 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190618751 Again, we really do not know if he is innocent or guilty. Perhaps, it is the author's strength in description that leaves us in the.]]> 2021-02-11 05:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190618751 datdang https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190625084 “They take away your shoelaces and your belt so you can’t kill yourself no matter how bad it is. I guess making you live is part of the punishment.”]]> 2021-02-11 05:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/datdang/djvdz0pr5rakpsxz/wish/1190625084