tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57746721888899333222011-04-21T10:55:58.587-07:00Lynn Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441354344540138029noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774672188889933322.post-33496438631425840102008-05-01T10:18:00.000-07:002008-05-01T10:23:52.766-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bNfgjSX2gzo/SBn78Mk0wnI/AAAAAAAAAL0/JgjCiWt62RQ/s1600-h/all+school+reads+08+049.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 149px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bNfgjSX2gzo/SBn78Mk0wnI/AAAAAAAAAL0/JgjCiWt62RQ/s320/all+school+reads+08+049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195460656734978674" border="0" /></a>Many adults and students think this book's theme deals with choices...both good and bad. Do you agree? What were some of Steve's choices? Were there events that he couldn't control? (i.e. Were their times when he didn't have a choice?) Is this an important theme to you right now?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5774672188889933322-3349643863142584010?l=monsterattimken.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lynn Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441354344540138029noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774672188889933322.post-61929300480337361812008-04-30T09:45:00.000-07:002008-04-30T09:46:55.017-07:00On page 224, O'Brien asks Steve if he was in the drugstore on December 22, the day of the robbery. He says no. But on page 140, Steve writes in his journal that he "walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out." Does this mean he lied under oath? Does this make you question Steve's innocence?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5774672188889933322-6192930048033736181?l=monsterattimken.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lynn Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441354344540138029noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774672188889933322.post-75466129313871522472008-04-30T08:40:00.000-07:002008-04-30T08:45:04.078-07:00Many students have commented that <span style="font-style: italic;">Monster</span> is a 'negative' story. Do you agree? What makes a story 'negative'? What is a 'happy' or 'positive' story? Is it important to only read stories that are completely happy? What can we learn from stories with difficult plots and characters?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5774672188889933322-7546612931387152247?l=monsterattimken.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lynn Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441354344540138029noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774672188889933322.post-27096981357043521962008-04-29T07:57:00.000-07:002008-04-29T08:00:29.625-07:00Many students love the screenplay writing format and many students dislike it. What do you think? Why do you think Walter Dean Myers chose to integrate that format into the book? Why did he include the journal writing at some points in the story?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5774672188889933322-2709698135704352196?l=monsterattimken.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lynn Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441354344540138029noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774672188889933322.post-90960527178391153302008-04-29T07:50:00.000-07:002008-04-29T07:57:38.859-07:00Steve Harmon's defense attorney, Kathy O'Brien, says she wants to make her client look like "a human being in the eyes of the jury" (p. 16) in contrast to the "monsters" who the assistant district attorney claims are "willing to steal and to kill, people who disregard the rights of others." (p. 21) Why do you think Walter Dean Myers named his book <span style="font-style: italic;">Monster</span>?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5774672188889933322-9096052717839115330?l=monsterattimken.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lynn Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441354344540138029noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774672188889933322.post-54796878856480957142008-04-18T05:36:00.000-07:002008-04-18T05:49:25.279-07:00It's finally here! The 2008 Timken All School Read!<br />Tell us your opinion about the book and its characters right here. Let's read and talk, Timken!<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bNfgjSX2gzo/SAiYb8VKp0I/AAAAAAAAALs/7LKNgyUG1EA/s1600-h/base_media.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px; height: 93px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bNfgjSX2gzo/SAiYb8VKp0I/AAAAAAAAALs/7LKNgyUG1EA/s320/base_media.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190566176363292482" border="0" /></a><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/rudd_l/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.jpg" alt="" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5774672188889933322-5479687885648095714?l=monsterattimken.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lynn Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441354344540138029noreply@blogger.com40