The Nickel Boys (B) by Ms. Kagan https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh en-us 2022-03-28 17:28:30 UTC 2026-01-30 19:08:51 UTC hello@padlet.com What would you have done if you saw Elwood in the car and you were the police officer? ajavanmardi https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132531259


]]> 2022-04-06 12:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132531259 what would you do if you were elwood? ajavanmardi https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132532312 2022-04-06 12:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132532312 What in the book seems possible to reoccur today? skundu6 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132566113 2022-04-06 12:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132566113 What are the types of conflict in the opening chapters? skundu6 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132567337 2022-04-06 12:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132567337 What things did you read in the chapters that still rings true today? skundu6 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132570053 2022-04-06 13:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132570053 When Elwood tried to stand up to Black Mike (page 65), I think this got him on Spencer's bad side, and now Elwood's path to getting out of Nickel Academy got a lot harder. What do you think would have happened if he ignored the whole thing? cabhary https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132807065 2022-04-06 14:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2132807065 How does racism from The Nickel Boys compare to the present day? jkiroff https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2133654428 2022-04-07 00:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2133654428 How would you describe Elwood's personality/thoughts? jkiroff https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2133676726 2022-04-07 01:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2133676726 How does Elwood's thoughts/personality compare to other boys at Nickel? jkiroff https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2133677440 2022-04-07 01:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2133677440 How would you describe the relationship between Elwood and Mr Marconi? dmiller303 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2134496970 2022-04-07 12:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2134496970 How would you feel if your merits were based on your behavior rather than you academics at school. ajavanmardi https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2134519871 2022-04-07 12:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2134519871 What would have happened if Elwood never met mr Hill? cwoodard18 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2134546445 2022-04-07 13:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2134546445 What do you think the consequences would be today if Nickel academy was still open? cwoodard18 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2134547435 2022-04-07 13:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2134547435 What are your first impressions of the Nickel Academy? Does this belief change after Elwood goes inside? dmiller303 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2134549386 2022-04-07 13:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2134549386 Are Juvenile criminals treated better than in the past? skundu6 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2142326186 2022-04-13 12:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2142326186 What was the political climate like during these chapters? skundu6 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2142326984 2022-04-13 12:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2142326984 Have these severe punishments displayed in the chapters lessened over the years? skundu6 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2142333342 2022-04-13 12:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2142333342 At the end of Chapter 7, Elwood is talking to his grandmother and was hiding the beating that he had received in the white house, Is there a connection from text-self, where you were hiding something from someone in the same way as Elwood? emcmullen4 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2142386465 2022-04-13 13:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2142386465 In Chapter 6 Elwood was thinking about how the "Bullies get less then the bullied" What do you think would drive the staff to punish the bullied kids more then the bullies, other then just simply racism. emcmullen4 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143169007 2022-04-14 00:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143169007 In chapter 9 Griff fights, Big Chet. after winning he is then taken by the staff and killed. In the same way how would you feel if you worked so hard for something just for it to be unfairly taken from you? emcmullen4 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143213967 2022-04-14 01:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143213967 What are your thoughts on what they did to Earl. Was it too harsh? Not harsh enough? ajavanmardi https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143808557 2022-04-14 12:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143808557 What would you do if you were fighting Big Chet and you were threatened by Spencer? ajavanmardi https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143809386 2022-04-14 12:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143809386 After reading farther in to the book has your opinion of Elwood changed? dmiller303 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143810235 2022-04-14 12:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143810235 Was it fair that Elwood didn't achieve his goals and became a professional mover? How was it fair or unfair? ajavanmardi https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143810317 2022-04-14 12:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143810317 Why do you believe Elwood wishes to shut down the school and not just to survive and leave? dmiller303 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143826537 2022-04-14 12:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143826537 How would you compare Turner and Elwood's ideology about Nickel? jkiroff https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143837182 2022-04-14 12:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143837182 How would you describe Elwood and Turner's relationship from the beginning of the book compared to now? jkiroff https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143842836 2022-04-14 13:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143842836 How is Harper different from other faculty members at Nickel? jkiroff https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143849313 2022-04-14 13:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143849313 At the end of page 83, Elwood wanted to speak up and say "Look at what they did to me," referring to the punishment he had received. What do you think the consequences of speaking up would have been? cabhary https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143947678 2022-04-14 14:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143947678 Students at Lincoln High School received used textbooks with offensive and racist messages inside them written by past owners. Students eventually started ignoring these messages. How hard do you think it was for these students to do so? cabhary https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143977337 2022-04-14 14:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2143977337 Do you think there was anything other than racism that drove Elwood's colleagues at the restaurant to give him a blank Encyclopedia? cabhary https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2147855781 2022-04-19 02:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2147855781 Would you have eaten the soap powder to get a day off like Turner did? Why or why not? cabhary https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2147858795 2022-04-19 02:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2147858795 Why do you think the black students were cheering for Griff in the fight, despite being bullied by him? cabhary https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2148595806 2022-04-19 13:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2148595806 Why do you think Turner assumed the identity of Elwood in the epilogue? jkiroff https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2152035081 2022-04-21 13:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2152035081 what would you have done if you were turner and Elwood was shot in front of you. ajavanmardi https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2152130971 2022-04-21 14:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2152130971 would you be courageous enough to sneak a letter to the inspector if you were there? Why or why not. ajavanmardi https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2152145740 2022-04-21 14:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2152145740 what would you do if you were Denise and you found out your boy friend has been lying about his identity the whole relationship. ajavanmardi https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2152155253 2022-04-21 14:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2152155253 Do you believe turner was right to take Elwoods name? dmiller303 https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2153986581 2022-04-22 18:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mskagan1/rpamcxbjo59dynbh/wish/2153986581