As we finish up the year, I want you to reflect on what makes a great reader. There are a number of strategies that can be used to become a better reader, and to work towards becoming a life long reader. What are important reading strategies? Why is it important to continue to read everyday? What advice would you give to younger students who are learning to read?

Cole Matthews is a troubled student who decides that by being banished he will escape his jail time. He ends up being mauled, so he says by the Spirit Bear. He then returns to the island after spending time in the hospital. How do you think his return to the island will be and why?

Throughout the story Ponyboy states and feels that Darry does not like him, thinks he does not use his head, and thinks he is a bother. After the end of Chapter 11, has Ponyboy's feelings about Darry changed? What does Darry do to make Ponyboy realize he does love him?

Ponyboy and Johnnny make a tough decision after the incident in the park. If you were in their shoes, what would your reaction be, and would you choose to do the same thing they did

THEME is what we have been studying the last two weeks. What is theme and why is it impo

The Children of Willesden Lane is a memior of music, love, and survival. It is a great account of a child who was sent by her parents on the Kindertransport to be safe from the Holocaust.

As Lisa is practicing at the Royal Academy, there is bustle and exctiement on the streets of London! The War is over!! She runs out into the street and joins in the celebration!! What do you think will happen now? How will she find her family, and what would you do in her position?

Lisa leaves Brighton by the Sea to go back to London to look for a new job and placement. She is placed in a hostel on Willesden Lane. Describe the house on Willesden Lane and the people who are living there.

Lisa Jura and her family struggle with what to do as a family after Kristallnacht. Her parents decide to send Lisa on the Kindertransport to live with a cousin she has never met. She is going to a country that she has never been to and she does not speak the same language. Her mother asks her to make a promise to hold on to her music. Why do you think she says this? Also, her mother gives her a picture. What do you think Lisa is feeling as she leaves on the train? How would you feel going by yourself to a new country that speaks a different language by yourself?

Througouht history there are many types of people who feel like an outcast or an outsider. Today as well, there are a number of people in our lifes that feel this way on a daily basis. During the time of World War II, the jewish were among the most outcasted or considered an outsider to the rest of the world. Define an outcast. Define an outsider. How would it be different during the time of WWII to be defined as an outcast or outsider than it is now?