My Name is Seepeetza
This is the place Aboriginal students were sent
Why did Kate Barlow become a bandit?
The setting for this novel is...
Hiroshima, Japan after the atomic bomb dropped during WWII
Hades was the god of the
What is Underworld?
A debate is...
A formal discussion between two sides.
Why was Stanley's family "cursed"?
Because Stanley's great-great-grandfather forgot to carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain.
Why is Sadako a hero?
She never lost hope. She kept making cranes because she wanted to survive.
What is the difference between a hero and a god?
A hero is half man-half god while a god is 100% god.
What is a controversial topic? Give an example
A controversial topic is a topic that has two strong opinions.
Examples: teen botox, video game violence, teen birth control, using plastic water bottles, wearing fur, the death penalty
Why did Shirley Sterling write this novel?
To educate people about residential schools/to show how harmful residential schools were.
How did Stanley break the curse?
He carried Zero, Madame Zeroni's great-great-grandson up a mountain.
How did Sadako get cancer?
How did Perseus kill Medusa?
He used the shield that Athena gave him to see Medusa and then cut her head off.
You present a better argument for your side. You give examples that prove your side is right.
Opinion: Animal testing is wrong
Examples to prove my side is right: 1) who says animals lives are less valuable than ours? 2) animal testing for beauty products is unnecessary
Why did students like Charlie die?
They either completed suicide because of the abuse or were abused so badly that they died due to their injuries.
How did Zero and Stanley stay alive out in the desert? How does this connect to the past?
They survived on Splooge (which was the peaches Kate Barlow once made) and they found onions on God's Thumb, which were Sam's specialty.
How do people celebrate Sadako's story today?
People still bring cranes to her statue.
Even though Greek gods and goddesses weren't real, why did real Greek people love them so much?
The stories taught real Greeks lessons about strength, power, and courage; the stories are part of their history
Create a debate question for this controversial topic:
Cellphones in school
Topic: Should students be allowed to use cellphones in class?
Talk about one THEME in this novel and give an example of how it's shown.
Answers may vary
Resilience (the strength to overcome)
Abuse
Family
Connections are everywhere in this novel! Describe one connection between the past and the present.
What's one moral (lesson) this story teaches you?
Never lose sight of hope; always stay positive; keep your family close
How was Medusa treated unfairly?
Even though Poseidon attacked her, Athena punished Medusa instead. She turned Medusa into a hideous monster.
A good paragraph has...
A topic sentence
Examples to support topic sentence
A concluding sentence