APPLIED LEARNING @ Phoenix P-12
Short answer questions to be complete and then discussed in class(Chapters 1- 8)Create a brainstorm listing the following:CharactersPersonality typesThemesWhat doe Ed’s mother mean when she describes Leo as ‘He’s one of the good guys,’ she always said, ‘Just sometimes he’s working undercover.’ ’(p 9)‘Most times when I look at Shadow and Poet’s work I see something different from what the words are telling me. I like that about art, that what you see is sometimes more about who you are than what’s on the wall. I look at this painting and think about how everyone has some secret inside, something sleeping like that yellow bird.’ (p 19) What do you think Lucy meant by this?‘Lucy, you’re lucky if romance ends in something you can add water to and rehydrate.’ (p 24)What is this a metaphor for?Pick 3 of the main characters (ie) Lucy, Ed, Leo and make a prediction to what you think will happen to them at the end of the bookWhat do you find out about poet from the poem? (p 16)The guy was a sheddy, one of those who spent a lot of time leaning against the back shed skipping classes (p 26)What are four stereotypes you know of?How would you describe them?I want someone like shadow, not someone like him, I want shadow (p 43)How does the quote relate to the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover”? Discuss a time when you have been guilty for this?He’s always had trouble with reading and with school; “feels like arts the only thing I ever figure out. Words, schools, I never got the whole picture” (p 74)What does this tell you about Ed and why he may not have finished school?A metaphor is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things. There are many metaphors in the novel. In a few sentences (each) discuss what the following mean. (p 1-20-57-75)‘Where houses swim in a pool of orange street lights’‘We watch the dirty silk of the factory smoke float across the sky’‘I told her yeah, but there was no skin on my voice and she heard the bones in my words like I did’‘Like every door in the world was open and the sound was pouring in’‘ if you don’t want a generation of Roberts fund the art’‘ if you treat glass right, it won’t crack’Some things are hard to see, I say everything is hard to see when your eyes are closed’Rather than telling Fennel what was really happening Ed chose to not return to school. Why do you think he would do this? ‘Ed, what a surprise. I’m glad I caught up with you. I read your essay.” I didn’t even have to tell her it was mine.” Mrs J seemed to see the good in Ed and understand what his issues were at school. Do you have anyone in your life like this? Give an example. (min 50 words)Describe the area you live In using this descriptive type of language ’I see the city neon blue, rising in grey buildings pointing at the stars’ ................
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