| Dig Deeper...What Does it Really Mean... | Similes | Character Traits and Dispositions | "Boo Shay!" and Annotating | Mind Movies |
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A silver dollar day is a good day and a wooden nickel day is a bad day.
What's a silver dollar day vs. a wooden nickel day?
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-Ally to a fish because she gets lots of attention and doesn't want any more...a fish can breath under water so it never needs a snorkel.
-"What"
"I need attention like a fish needs a snorkel"...
-What is being compared and why? -Which Structure Word is the focus when we visualize this simile? |
Kind, because he always cares for and about Ally.
Name a character trait that is a Wooster Disposition for Travis. Why?
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Page 21
What page is this "Boo Shay!" on?
"Ally, maybe you can be a waitress when you grow up. But can you read the flavors of ice creams for me? I'm having trouble." |
Do a brief sketch for this mind movie:
" I watching my movie of her taking a stick and drawing a line in the dirt between us under a bright blue sky. She dressed as a sheriff and I'm wearing a black and white prisoner stripes." |
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Now that he isn't going to send her to the Mrs. Silver's office, she can't get out of not doing her work and her secret might get found out.
What does Ally mean when she says, "Did he just take away my Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card?"?
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-The letters on the menu to moving beetles because the letters move around when Ally reads just like beetles marching.
-"Movement"
"The letters on the paper look like black beetles marching across the wall"....
-What is being compared and why? -Which Structure Word is the focus when we visualize this simile? |
Confident, because she's not afraid to stand up for herself or others.
Name a character trait that is a Wooster disposition for Keisha. Why?
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Page 45
What page is this "Boo Shay!" on?
"While Mr. Daniel speaks to Albert, Shay whispers to Jessica. Water? Really? That's all he's got?" |
Do a brief sketch of Ally's mind movie:
"My mind is already spinning off. Wondering what terrible things Mrs. silver has told him. The plans they made for me. I see myself wrapped in rope and lying on the train tracks just like in grandpa's old black-and-white silent movies. " |
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Ally answers...."alone" is being by yourself with no one else & you can choice to be "alone" . "Lonely" is never a choice, you can feel "lonely" when you're alone but the worst kind is when you're in a room full of people and you're still alone. Being lonely is feeling left out.
Mr. Daniels asks the class to explain the difference between "alone" and "lonely". Who answers and what does he/she say?
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-Three words to leaves on a tree because Ally holds this sad sentiment just like trees hold leaves.
-"Number" or "Mood"
"'I miss Grandpa! 'I say. Three words that hold sadness like a tree holds leaves."....
-What is being compared and why? -Which Structure Word is the focus when we visualize this simile? |
Loyal, because she will do or say anything to be Shay's friend.
Name a character trait that is a Wooster Disposition for Jessica. Why?
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Page 61
What page is this "Boo Shay!" on?
" Jessica points to Albert and they start laughing. I look over and don't see anything funny. "Can you believe it?" Shay asks. "How pathetic is that? Hey, Albert," she calls, " is that supposed to be a fashion statement?" I still don't get it. He's wearing his usual Flint shirt and jeans. Why are they so worked up now? Shay hits me on the side of my arm and points down at his feet. The backs of the sneakers been cut out. |
Do a brief sketch of Ally's mind movie:
"I see in my movie of me walking through the forest of alphabet blocks stacked on top of each other they sway like trees in the wind and I worry that they will come crashing down on me. " |
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An older brother is older in years while a big brother cares for you and looks out for you.
What does Ally mean when she says Travis is her "big" brother not her "older" brother?
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-Keisha's help is being compared to saving a drowning person. Unfortunately, her attempts aren't helping just like throwing an anchor (instead of a life jacket) to a drowning person will make them sink.
-"Movement"
"I know Keisha is trying to help him, but I think it's like throwing him an anchor for a life jacket.."...
-What is being compared and why? -Which Structure Word is the focus when we visualize this simile? |
Communicative, because he has ways to communicate with his students. For example pulling is here to come Oliver down. Taking the time to talk to Ally and see how she's feeling because he wants to understand how/why she's having trouble.
Name a character trait that is a Wooster disposition for Mr. Daniels. Why?
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Page 112
What page is this "Boo Shay!" on?
"I mean, what kind of loser would have a car like that? Probably the only thing your mother can afford." |
Do a brief sketch of Ally's mind movie:
"With my eyes closed, I watch bright movies of me flying – one of my favorite movies. In this one, I'm flying just above the water – my stomach almost touching it. Racing toward a castle filled with bright light." |
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There's more to Ally than what her teachers and classmates see on the outside, a "slow" student who can't read or spell, she's an out of the box thinker that Mr. Daniels is just starting to see.
Ally compares herself to a soup label, why?..."There's lots of stuff about soup inside that they can't put on the label, like how it smells and tastes and makes you feel warm when you eat it."
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- The book Alice in Wonderland is being compared to a gift that can be seen but not opened. Unfortunately, because Ally can't read it feels like a gift she can't have.
-"What" or "Shape"
Ally's grandfather gives her the book, Alice in Wonderland. Ally says, "It's like having a gift that's locked in a glass box."
-What is being compared and why? -Which Structure Word is the focus when we visualize this simile? |
Resilient, because she doesn't give up, every time she gets knocked down she tries again.
Name a character trait that is a Wooster disposition for Ally. Why?
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Page 127
What page is this "Boo Shay!" on?
"Hey, freak," Shay whispers, glancing over at Mr. Daniels, who is working with someone at his desk, to make sure he can't hear. "We don't need to hear every weird saw and your tiny little brain. We're trying to work." |
Do a brief sketch of Ally's mind movie:
"And I watch a movie of me being the only girl without flowers marching in to see all the parents. And the look on my mother's face. How she'd be the only sad parent in a sea of smiling ones. And how I'd feel like I was less than everyone else. " |
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