I Am The Messenger: The End(ing)

Name ________________________
I Am The Messenger: The End(ing)
Period ____
May 17, 2016

1. Who sent the messages?

2. How do you know your answer to #1 is correct?

3. Are you satisfied with the ending?

4. Support your yes or no.

Every Day: 58-69

Name______________________________________

Every Day 58-69

Period 3 or 6 or 7

April 21, 2016

Directions: Please write these answers on a separate piece of paper. Please write in complete sentences so I know what you are writing about. I will collect the work when I get back on Monday. You can work together at your tables if you’d like, but ultimately the opinion questions should not be the same as someone else’s because that would really be lame.

1. Reread the paragraph on page 58 that starts with “I don’t want to love her.” In your own words, what to do you think David Levithan is saying?

2. What do you think is in control of you, your body or your mind? Explain your answer?.

3. What do you think the point is of including day 5998 in the story? Everything the David Levithan writes should be allowing the theme to emerge? No writer would just put a random chapter in a book unrelated to its theme. Explain your answer as best as you can.  Hint, he might tell you the answer on page 68. 

4. A keeps an email that he/she/it records what happens so he won’t forget it? Do you keep any sort of diary or journal? If yes, why? How often do you write in it? How often do you reread it? If no, why not? Do you think you could start one, even for a week or so?

5. A “kind of” tells Rhiannon that Justin is incapable of love? Do you believe that some people are incapable of love? Explain your answer.

6. A is constantly interfering in people’s lives just to get to Rhiannon. Nathan seems to be the most “normal” person we have seen so far. Is it okay for A to be doing this even when A knows it’s wrong? Are we “excused” from doing crazy, weird, unordinary stuff for love? Explain your answer.

7. Of all the characters we have met so far, which one do you most identify with? Who is the most like you? Be sure, of course, to explain why.

8. There is a great song called “Bittersweet Symphony” by a great band called The Verve that you probably have never heard before. In the song, Richard Ashcroft repeats the chorus, “I’m a million different people from one day to the next.” Mr. Ashcroft, the singer, is not a spirit-thing like A, so please explain how this quote from this song can relate to a major theme in the book. How are we a different people every day? What one word theme is that?

9. What can we learn from A’s life about our own lives? This should take a few nice sentences.

10. Do you like the book so far? Why or why not?

11. What is the craziest thing that you can think of happening in the book to either A or Rhiannon? 

The End

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TWmVlgIR2HA

Spades Quiz

Name _____________________

Spades Quiz

Period ______

Monday May 9, 2016

Each of these 3 questions must be answered in complete sentences. Each of these questions requires a well-written paragraph which explains your thoughts so that I know exactly what you’re talking about without having to read the questions. Also, the answers are due today, Monday May 9, 2016.

1. Ed has been talking about how scared he was of the spades since the beginning of the book. Explain why, yes, so far, the spades were the hardest suit to complete. Quotes would be awesome, but you do not need to quote anything, paraphrasing would be just fine, but explain it well.
2. What two things (one having to do with the screen and one having to with what Bernie tells him) does Ed learn about his mission while in the theater?  Having learned those things, make a prediction of who is sending Ed the cards. Be sure to explain why you think your answer is right. If you know the answer, support your “cheating” with some clues that you know noticed that readers should’ve picked up on.
3. Yesterday was Mother’s Day, in your opinion, should Ed have given or made his mother something for Mother’s Day? Why or why not? This response should state, basically, if you believe Ed’s mother is a “good mother” (whatever that means to you) and if she is “deserving” of something from Ed.

Clubs (I Am The Messenger)

Name ____________________

Period

Clubs Section

May 2, 2016

Directions: Hey honors class! You are in an honors class, did you know that? This means that you are expected to explain your answers well. Really well. So if your work looks like it came from seventh grade (like many people last time) I'm going to hand it back to you and remind you that you are not in seventh grade. 

1. Explain how the events in the "clubs" section relate to the word "club." Yes, there's more than one meaning of "club." 

2. Explain how Ed "helped" Gavin Rose. Do you agree with his method? Do the ends justify the means? Explain it well. 

3. Which message from this section appealed to you the most?

4. Which section of your notes do you believe is most leading you towards a theme? Explain. 

5.  Look at page 123. You see how it's written? Short lines. Like a poem. What effect does this have on you as a reader? Why? Explain.