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Stargirl Discussion QuestionsEach week, read the assigned chapters, and choose 2 questions to answer in detail in your reading notebook. You will be discussing the chapters and your answers to these questions and questions that others have answered, during your book club meeting. Please note that your responses should include evidence from the text as well as your own ideas and experiences.Week 1 read Chapters 1-9Week 2 read Chapters 10-18Week 3 Chapters 19-27Week 4 Chapters 28- endWeek 1What is one thing that sounds interesting about this book?Do you think the story will be told in first or third person? Which way would be best?Do you automatically love or hate any of the characters?Weeks 2, 3 and 4From the beginning, Stargirl sticks out at Mica High School. What are some of the ways that it was easy to tell immediately that she was ‘different’ from other students. Why does Hilary act like she does toward Stargirl? What would you do if you went to Mica High and observed Hilary acting in this way?How do the characters of Leo and Stargirl compare and contrast to one another?Why doesn’t Leo want to sign Stargirl up for the Hotseat segment anymore?How does Stargirl’s choice for a pet (a rat) tie in with her nonconformist ways?What did Wayne Parr say was his hero or role model on the Hot Seat segment?How does Wayne Parr’s choice of a hero reinforce his character’s nature?Who is Archie? Why do the kids like to go and visit him?What do they tell Archie about Stargirl?What does Archie say about her? Why?Do you think that Stargirl really wants to be popular?Do you think she should have become a cheerleader?How does she continue to be unique even while being a cheerleader?What does it mean: “And the trouble with bad times is that you can’t sleep through them.”?Why would someone tape the declaration about the way Stargirl said the Pledge for everyone to see?Who do you think put it up there? Why?Why do you think she went to the Grisdale’s funeral?Where do you think she got the money for the bike for Danny?What is ironic about what the Pikes did with the bike? What did they give Danny instead?Why did people not like the way Stargirl cheered?Why did she upset the cheerleaders and the crowd?What did the cheerleader and football players do to get back at Stargirl?While Stargirl is in the Hot Seat what does she say her real name is?Why did she change it to Stargirl?If you decided to change your name, what would you change it to? Why would you change it?What is the big news regarding Stargirl and the cheerleaders?Why does Leo go to Stargirl’s house at nighttime? What is Leo beginning to realize in regard to his feelings toward Stargirl?What tournament has Stargirl been involved in? What does Stargirl say she wants to be when she grows up?Who is the person that left the porcupine necktie on Leo’s doorstep?Stargirl never leaves a note with the gifts she leaves for people. Why?What part of the newspaper does Stargirl like to read? Why?What is the ‘card game’?When Stargirl gets on stage to give her speech, what does she do differently?During the second round how does the audience react to her speech?When Susan/Stargirl wins the oratorical contest what does she hope will be waiting for her at the school when they return?How does it make you feel that she would be treated like this?What does Archie mean when he says that Leo will be lucky to meet another star person?What does Archie say Stargirl gave up for Leo? What did Leo see in Stargirl’s ‘office’?What is the author trying to tell the reader when he says that the Enchanted place had become an elementary school, and Archie’s house was for sale? ................
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