Good morning,
You guys made some awesome prototypes this morning!!
Your homework for tonight:
Option 1:
In the beginning, there was a boy. A distracted,..bad boy, his teachers said.
1. How did Walter behave in school in the beginning?
A tall, athletic boy who fought with other kids and threw books around the classroom and talked when he wasn’t supposed to.
2. List 2 examples of bad behavior in the classroom.
A.
B.
A boy who stumbled (stuttered) over his words but moved with…grace on the basketball court.
3. How did he play basketball?
A boy who read voraciously (a lot)— even after he dropped out of….High School…
4. What good habit did he keep after school?
A boy whose…was engaged in …conversation with the books he read, books that made him feel more real than his real life did but that were also silent about black boys like him.
5. How did books make him feel?
Option 2:
Focus: What inspired Walter Dean Myers to write Monster?
In the beginning, there was a boy. A distracted, disruptive boy — a bad boy, his teachers said. A tall, athletic boy who fought with other kids and threw books around the classroom and talked when he wasn’t supposed to. A boy who stumbled over his words but moved with perfect grace on the basketball court. A boy who read voraciously — Mark Twain,…Charles Dickens… — even after he dropped out of Stuyvesant High School in New York. A boy whose…intelligence was engaged in …conversation with the books he read, books that made him feel more real than his real life did but that were also silent about black boys like him.
1. Explain how Walter Dean Myers used to be when he was in school. How did he behave?
2. What was one strength and one weakness he had?
3. Even though he loved to read, what was one problem he had with books?
4. Why do you think he wrote Monster? No right or wrong answer.
PARENTS/ GUARDIANS: If you have any questions or comments please feel free to comment on the bottom of this page. I will reply as soon as possible. I look forward to your comments.
See you tomorrow
Ms. Betsy
