April 28, 2017

Group One

1. Summarize Steve's feelings about jail. How would you feel if you were Steve?

2. What does it say about Steves guilt that he says, "I hate this place so much. All they talk about I here is hurting people."

Group Two

1. Summarize Steve’s feelings about jail.  How would you feel if you were Steve?

2. What does it say about Steve’s guilt that he says, “I hate this place so much…All they talk about I here is hurting people.”

3. Summarize Bolden’s testimony and explain why his testimony is also brought into question.

Group Three

1. Summarize Steve’s feelings about jail.  How would you feel if you were Steve?

2. What does it say about Steve’s guilt that he says, “I hate this place so much…All they talk about I here is hurting people.”

3. Summarize Bolden’s testimony and explain why his testimony is also brought into question.

4. What does Steve’s flashback with his brother show us about his character?

5. According to Steve what purpose does thinking about the movie serve?

 

 

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April 27, 2017

Group One

Pages 115-126

1. How does O’Brien think the case is going for Steve?  Why?
2. Explain how Steve first hears public news about the crime and the effect it has on him.

Group Two

Pages 115-126

1. How does O’Brien think the case is going for Steve?  Why?
2. Explain how Steve first hears public news about the crime and the effect it has on him.
3. Give the details of the crime according to the newscaster

Group Three

Pages 115-126

1. How does O’Brien think the case is going for Steve?  Why?
2. Explain how Steve first hears public news about the crime and the effect it has on him.
3. Give the details of the crime according to the newscaster
4. What impact does Steve’s predicament have on his family?  Refer to his father’s visit in jail and the effect of his arrest on his mother and brother.

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April 26, 2017

Group One

1. What choice does Briggs say Osvaldo has been given by the prosecutor?
2. What does O’Brien reveal about Osvaldo during her cross-examination of him?  What effect does this have on at least one juror?

Group Two

1. What choice does Briggs say Osvaldo has been given by the prosecutor?
2. What does O’Brien reveal about Osvaldo during her cross-examination of him?  What effect does this have on at least one juror?
3. Characterize Osvaldo Cruz based on his testimony and appearance in court.

Group Three

1. What choice does Briggs say Osvaldo has been given by the prosecutor?
2. What does O’Brien reveal about Osvaldo during her cross-examination of him?  What effect does this have on at least one juror?
3. Characterize Osvaldo Cruz based on his testimony and appearance in court.
4. How does Steve’s father act during his visit?

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April 25, 2017

Group One

1. What impact do you think the trial has on the junior high students who attend?
2. What effects do the pictures of the crime scene have on Steve? 

Group Two

1. What impact do you think the trial has on the junior high students who attend?
2. What effects do the pictures of the crime scene have on Steve? 
3. Why does Steve think that O’Brien shows the pictures to him?

Group Three

1. What impact do you think the trial has on the junior high students who attend?
2. What effects do the pictures of the crime scene have on Steve? 
3. Why does Steve think that O’Brien shows the pictures to him?
4. What role did Osvaldo allegedly play in the crime?

Parent Signature: ______________________________

April 24, 2017

Group One

1. Summarize Detective Karyl’s testimony.

     2. How did the detective trace the crime to Bobo Evans, James King, and Steven Harmon?

Group Two

1. Summarize Detective Karyl’s testimony.

     2. How did the detective trace the crime to Bobo Evans, James King, and Steven Harmon?

3. Why does O’Brien say the trial could be going better?

Group Three

1. Summarize Detective Karyl’s testimony.

     2. How did the detective trace the crime to Bobo Evans, James King, and Steven Harmon?

3. Why does O’Brien say the trial could be going better?

4. Identify Osvaldo Cruz and summarize his incriminating testimony.

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April 21, 2017

Group One

Pages 59-88

1. Why does Steve think the prosecution calls on witnesses such as Zinzi and Bolden?

Group Two

Pages 59-88

1. Why does Steve think the prosecution calls on witnesses such as Zinzi and Bolden?

2. Explain Steve’s dream.  Why do you think this is significant?

Group Three

Pages 59-88

1. Why does Steve think the prosecution calls on witnesses such as Zinzi and Bolden?

2. Explain Steve’s dream.  Why do you think this is significant?
3. Note the commonality of events in the midst of Steve’s life/death trial (pages 65-66).

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April 20, 2017

Take home quiz

Monster by Walter Dean Myers



Directions: Match the following vocabulary words with their proper definition.  Place the letter in the space provided.





____1. Pertinent                                        A) to execute especially by hanging


____2. Grotesque                                      B) characterized by greatness


____3. Affidavit                                       C) not fully grown or developed


____4. Grandiose                                     D) strange and unnatural


____5. Lynch                                           E) something relevant


____6. Perpetrator                                   F) a written declaration made under oath


____7. Juvenile                                      G) an offer


____8. Pessimist                                    H) a person that breaks in


____9. Conspiracy                                I) someone who always thinks negatively


____10. Proposition                             J) the act of secretly planning together to



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April 19, 2017

Group One

Why are cigarettes a key issue for the prosecution?


Group Two

Why are cigarettes a key issue for the prosecution?

What is Zinzi’s reason for informing?  How do both Briggs and O’Brien cast doubt on his testimony?

Group Three


Why are cigarettes a key issue for the prosecution?

What is Zinzi’s reason for informing?  How do both Briggs and O’Brien cast doubt on his testimony?

What is the purpose of the flashback on pages 41-43?


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April 6, 2017

Group One

1. What is the exact nature of the crime and who is accused of participating in the actual robbery and murder?

Group Two

1. What is the exact nature of the crime and who is accused of participating in the actual robbery and murder?

2. What is the role that Steve allegedly played?

Group Three

1. What is the exact nature of the crime and who is accused of participating in the actual robbery and murder?

2. What is the role that Steve allegedly played?

 

3. Who is Jose Delgado?

 

 

 

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April 5, 2017

Group  One

1.    Why does the narrator decide to make a movie?

2.    Why does the narrator name his movie script Monster?

Group  Two

1.    Why does the narrator decide to make a movie?

2.    Why does the narrator name his movie script Monster?

3.    Of what crime is Steve accused?

Group Three


1.    Why does the narrator decide to make a movie?

2.    Why does the narrator name his movie script Monster?

3.    Of what crime is Steve accused?

4.    What techniques does Myers use in writing this novel?

5.    What is the significance of the cut to the high-school film workshop?

Parent Signature: ___________________________________

April 4, 2017

Group One


1.    What point-of-view is the novel written in?

2.    Who is Steve Harmon?

Group Two


1.    What point-of-view is the novel written in?

2.    Who is Steve Harmon?

    3.    Where is Steve?

Group Three


1.    What point-of-view is the novel written in?

2.    Who is Steve Harmon?

    3.    Where is Steve?

4.    Why is Steve there?

5.    How does Steve feel about his life at this point?

April 3, 2017

Monster

Group One

1. What is the first thing you notice about how this book is written that makes it different from other books you have read?

Group Two

1. What is the first thing you notice about how this book is written that makes it different from other books you have read?

2. Identify the narrator and tell how old he is.  Where is he and how long has he been there? How does he feel about his life at this point?

Group Three

1. What is the first thing you notice about how this book is written that makes it different from other books you have read?

2. Identify the narrator and tell how old he is.  Where is he and how long has he been there? How does he feel about his life at this point?

3. In the opening line Steve states that, “The best time to cry is at night.” Why does he think this? Do you agree with Steve’s assumption?

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March 30, 2017

Group One
1.  What happened for Marjane’s family to rush to get passports?
 2.  What does Marjane want her parents to bring her?

Group Two

1.  What happened for Marjane’s family to rush to get passports?
 2.  What does Marjane want her parents to bring her?
 3.  How do they smuggle in her presents?

4.   What presents do her parents give Marjane?

Group Three

 "Kim Wilde”

1. What happened for Marjane’s family to rush to get passports?
 2. What does Marjane want her parents to bring her?
 3.    How do they smuggle in her presents?

4.  What presents do her parents give Marjane?

5. Who stopped Marjane when she was on the street?

6. Where did they want to take her?                    Parent Signature: ______________________

March 28, 2017

Group One


1.  What became a target for bombing?


 2.  Where did Marjane and her family go during bombings

Group Two

1.  Where did Marjane and her family go during bombings

2.   What two reasons did Marjane’s mother give for covering the windows

3.   What  happened to Tinoosh’s dad?


 Group Three

1.    Where did Marjane and her family go during bombings

2.    What two reasons did Marjane’s mother give for covering the windows

3.     What  happened to Tinoosh’s dad?


4.     Why does the guard think that Marjane’s father was drinking?





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March 27, 2017

                     Group One
1.                        1.   What was a headline story?

2.                        2.  What was one of the country’s rituals?
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                    Group Two
1.                        1.   What was a headline story?

2.                        2.  What was one of the country’s rituals?
 3.            3.  Why did Mrs. Nasrine have a gold key?   

               

                    Group Three
1.                        1.   What was a headline story?

2.                        2.  What was one of the country’s rituals?
 3.            3.  Why did Mrs. Nasrine have a gold key?
          
4.                  4.  What was the Key to Paradise for?

                Parent Signature: __________________________

March 24, 2017

Group One

1.     Wh      What problem did the war cause in supermarkets?

Group Two

1.     Wh      What problem did the war cause in supermarkets?

 

2.    What                 What did Marjane’s father desperately need?

Group Three

1.     Wh      What problem did the war cause in supermarkets?

 

2.    What                 What did Marjane’s father desperately need?

3.    Wh      What happened to border towns?

 

 

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March 23, 2017

Group One

1. How did her mom find out about her skipping class?

Group Two

1. How did her mom find out about her skipping class?
2. Where did Persepolis’s parents go for vacation?

Group Three

1. How did her mom find out about her skipping class?
2. Where did Persepolis’s parents go for vacation?
3. How did she escape the lady who stopped her on the street?

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March 22, 2017

Group One

1. What did they do to celebrate the birth of her new born cousin?
2. What happened to them after the party on their way home?

Group Two

1. What did they do to celebrate the birth of her new born cousin?
2. What happened to them after the party on their way home?
3. What did they do to make the men forget about the situation?

Group Three

1. What did they do to celebrate the birth of her new born cousin?
2. What happened to them after the party on their way home?
3. What did they do to make the men forget about the situation?
4. Where did Persepolis and her friends go when they skipped school?

Parent Signature: _______________________________

March 21, 2017

Group One

1. Why where all the kids suspended from school?
2. Where would they hide when they heard bombs drop?

Group Two

1. Why where all the kids suspended from school?
2. Where would they hide when they heard bombs drop?
3. What was the easiest thing to see from the sky?

Group Three

1. Why where all the kids suspended from school?
2. Where would they hide when they heard bombs drop?
3. What was the easiest thing to see from the sky?
4. Why did her mom put up black curtains and masking tape?

Parent Signature: _______________________________

March 20, 2017

Group One

1. Why did the women turn into prostitutes?

Group Two

1. Why did the women turn into prostitutes?
2. Why did they give boys a key when they went to war?

Group  Three

1. Why did the women turn into prostitutes?
2. Why did they give boys a key when they went to war?
3. What was some of the rituals that they had to do?

Parent Signature: ________________________________________

March 17, 2017

“Persepolis”

Group One

1. How did the new Shah’s rule compare to his father’s?

Group Three

1. How did the new Shah’s rule compare to his father’s?
2. Describe the symbolism of the image at the top of page 28.

Group Three

1. How did the new Shah’s rule compare to his father’s?
2. Describe the symbolism of the image at the top of page 28.
3.  What did Marji’s father do every day that makes her mother so nervous? Why is this activity strictly forbidden?

Parent Signature: ___________________________________

March 16, 2017

“The Water Cell”

Group One

1. According to Marji, how was a king chosen? What was her rationale?
2.  Why did Marji’s parents react to her statement about the Shah (hint: her family history)?

Group Two

1. According to Marji, how was a king chosen? What was her rationale?
2.  Why did Marji’s parents react to her statement about the Shah (hint: her family history)?
3. What was Marji’s grandfather’s job under Reza? How did his beliefs change, and how did his life change? 

Group Three

1. According to Marji, how was a king chosen? What was her rationale?
2.  Why did Marji’s parents react to her statement about the Shah (hint: her family history)?
3. What was Marji’s grandfather’s job under Reza? How did his beliefs change, and how did his life change? 
4. Why does God return after a long absence?

Parent Signature: ____________________________________________

March 15, 2017

 

Group One

1.  Who are Che Guevara, Fidel, and Trotsky? (Look them up!) Why are they important? 

2.  How does Marji’s relationship with God begin to change?

Group Two

1.  Who are Che Guevara, Fidel, and Trotsky? (Look them up!) Why are they important? 

2.  How does Marji’s relationship with God begin to change?

Group Three

1.  Who are Che Guevara, Fidel, and Trotsky? (Look them up!) Why are they important? 

2.  How does Marji’s relationship with God begin to change?

2.  What happens at the Rex Cinema? What does the Shah say? What do Marjane’s parents know?

Parent Signature: ____________________________________

March 14, 2017

Group One

1.     What is the significance of the title? How does it help to characterize the people of Iran?

      Group Two

      What was the reported outcome of the elections? How does Marji’s father explain these results?

1.     What is the significance of the title? How does it help to characterize the people of Iran?

2.     According to Anoosh, why is it nearly impossible to persuade the population to follow Marxism?

Group Three

1.     What is the significance of the title? How does it help to characterize the people of Iran?

2.     

      According to Anoosh, why is it nearly impossible to persuade the population to follow Marxism?

3.     What was the reported outcome of the elections? How does Marji’s father explain these results?

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