Characters
Meets some ghosts who change his perspective
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
a dystopian world
What is The Giver? (Or "Harrison Bergeron")
children vs. candy store owner
What is Boy?
What country did Julia Alvarez leave as a child?
What is Dominican Republic?
"Johnny was scared of his own shadow."
What is hyperbole from The Outsiders?
her boyfriend gets killed
Who is Cherry Valence?
The Netherlands
What is the Diary of Anne Frank?
two stories: family vs. dictatorship
What is "My First Free Summer" and The Diary of Anne Frank?
His dad wouldn't let him play basketball
Who is Greg?
"All grown-ups appear as giants to small children."
What is a simile or hyperbole from Boy?
gets smacked for saying the wrong thing
Who is Asher?
a TV studio
What is "Harrison Bergeron"?
uncle vs. nephew's love
What is A Christmas Carol?
Spell the name of Peter's cat correctly.
Who is Mouschi?
"He saw nothing ahead except the endless ribbon of road."
What is metaphor (or alliteration) from The Giver?
carried a harmonica
Who is Lemon Brown?
a shabby but loving apartment
What is "The Gift of the Magi"?
character vs. not enough money for chocolate
What is "Oranges"?
Wrote "Going Where I'm Coming From"
Who is Naomi Shihab Nye?
"and be burned up with beauty"
What is alliteration in "the lesson of the moth"?
was brave and fought against a rat with his father
Who is Laurence Yep?
clinging to a cliff
What is "Identity"
character vs. concrete
What is "Simile: Willow and Gingko"?
one of the books Scrooge read as a child at boarding school
What is "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Aladdin", or "Robinson Crusoe"?
"...and it's hanging over the edge like a waterfall..."
What is "Eleven" (the red sweater)?