week 6 lit. lum.

Melinda has a meeting with her parents and the school. Who do you think brought it to the attention of the school. Melinda still wont talk why do you think she bottles all her thought inside?

Week 6 Lit. lum.

page 183 paragraph 4.
Melinda tries telling Rachel about what happened at the party last summer. She finally tells her that she got raped by the most popular guy at school. Shes surprised and speechless. What do you think Rachel is thinking? Will she believe Melinda? What do you think Rachel's reaction will be?

DIscussion Director Week 6

Why do you think Melinda decided to tell Rachel that she got raped?

How do you think Rachel feels after Melinda told her?

Do you think Melindas parents are finally gonna stop fighting and be a real family again?

Week 6 Discussion director

do you like this book? why/why not?

Do you think the way melinda is cooping with her tragic experience is good or bad? why/why not?

do you think working on the yard is helping melinda with her problems? why/why not?

Week 6 Connector

Losing friendships is a big part of this story. Is Melinda starting to gain them back?

How would you deal with losing friendships over something they don't know about, or just don't understand, if it was your life?

Does this happen in modern society, losing friendships, and going through hard times by yourself?

week 5 lit lum

page 69 they selcet a wombat for their  school mascot. I think that is a weird animal to have to represent there school. What do you think would have been a better choice?

week 5 connector

Melinda is an outcast and doesn't have any friends, how does she in a way prevent herself from having friends?

Melinda says she has two sides to her one that wants to go and have fun and the other who thinks the world is dangerous and thinks you need to be cautious. How can you relate to this?

In this book Melinda went from being in middle school and having a great group of friends to being in high school and having that group of friends kind of break up and not like her. Does this happen often in society? Why/why not?