https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds Walter Dean Myers en-us 2021-11-01 15:54:23 UTC 2021-11-03 16:13:45 UTC hello@padlet.com jaddan_watts https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1862222648 "I looked at the story again, imagining the boy swimming away from the shore, wanting to turn back to see how far he had gone, afraid to turn back, afraid to stop and afraid not to stop his journey beyond his own abilities" (Myers 173).

Question 1: Why do you think the author keeps repeating this word/phrase/image/idea/or situation?
Darius repeats this throughout the story because this is the story he is part of the story he is writing.

Question 2: What does this again signpost lead you to think is going to happen later in the story?
Darius is gong to finish writing this story.

]]> 2021-11-02 16:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1862222648 jaddan_watts https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1862241094 "'That's like your history and your neighborhood and shit, and you can't change that part of you. But the part you could change, the getting into condition and finding the heart to take the pain, that's got to be wonderful'" (Myers 155-156).

Question 1: What realization came to the character's mind?
Darius realizes you can't change your family, but you can change your life.

Question 2: What inferences can you make about what the character will do know or think?
Darius will push himself to write his story.]]> 2021-11-02 16:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1862241094 jaddan_watts https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1864691508 '''How did you know about this place?' Midnight asked me'' (Myers 187).

Question 1: What do you wonder about when you thought about the question? I wondered if Darius would tell Midnight the truth or lie.

Question 2: How is this question important to the story, and how do you think the character will answer it? I thought Darius would tell Midnight the truth because he was trying to be his best self, but he lied. He didn't want Midnight to know that he knew about the hidden gun. This is important to the story because later Darius realizes that only through his writing can he be his best self.]]> 2021-11-03 13:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1864691508 jaddan_watts https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1864691985 Quote: "'I can't be on the track team and work in the bodega the way he wants"'
( Myers 59).

Question 1: What was unexpected about the action/feeling? Darius's uncle wanted him to work in the bodega and quit running. When Darius won his track meet, then his uncle was happy and proud about Darius's running.

Question: What inferences can you make about why the character would act this way?
Darius's uncle changed how he felt about Darius's running when he saw that he won.]]> 2021-11-03 13:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1864691985 jaddan_watts https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1865171291 "'Great fiction demands that you allow your readers into the story as spectator and creator,' she said" (Myers 30).

Question 1:  What advice or insight did the wiser character share? Miss Carroll told Darius that he needs to let people see his life in his writing.

Question 2: What inferences can you make about how this will affect the character who received the advice?
This advice will help Darius more honest in his writing.]]> 2021-11-03 16:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1865171291 jaddan_watts https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1865191416 "My father couldn't take it and moved out one Friday evening. Mom had cried herself to sleep the next few days and then went even deeper into her shell period. She had even talked about killing herself" (Myers 7).

Question 1: What memory came to the character's mind?
Darius was remembering  when his dad left, and his mom's depression got worse.

Question 2: Why do you think this memory is important to the character of the story? This is part of Darius's past, and he knows that he can't change his past, but he can change his future.]]> 2021-11-03 16:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1865191416 jaddan_watts https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1865193983 Myers, Walter Dean. Darius & Twig. Amistad, 2013.]]> 2021-11-03 16:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jaddan_watts/qkoqki55l3zuh9ds/wish/1865193983