2. Please let me know if you have this (these) book(s) still!! Alicia S. – A Walk to Remember Cody W – Monster Lauren D – Twilight, Locomotion Chelsea S – Skinny, Lost and Found Courtney M – First Part Last Justin – 21 Tom D. - Miracle Wimp Josh B – Shooter Julie Rayner – Doing It, Keeping you A Secret Amanda R – Speak Chelsea M – Smack Brittney – Keeping you a Secret
3. Turning Point PoemPrompt in Writer’s NB (pg 21) Think about a time when you faced a choice. Write about the choice you faced and how you made your final decision. Describe the process you went through to come to your decision. What were some of the thoughts and emotions you felt as you came to a decision? What outside influences may have helped you make the decision? Did you think about the consequences, or did you focus more on what felt right at the moment? Did you learn any lessons from the choice you made?
4. Crank by Ellen Hopkins Background info on novel: loosely based on a true story about Ellen Hopkins’ daughter and her choice to try meth for the first time. Ellen Hopkins writes the novel from her daughter’s point of view in order to better understand her daughter’s choices and her role as a mother in those choices. The novel deals with Kristina’s decision to walk with the “monster”, crank, and her struggle to deal with the intense addiction she experiences after her very first experience with it. not written in a typical format. The author has creatively told Kristina’s story through short episodic poems (free verse).
5. Kristina’s turning points: We will read the following excerptsfrom Crank together: “The Phone, Still in My Hand, Rang” “At Least I Had the House to Myself” “Suddenly, However” “My Luck Ran Out” “It Got Worse” “All Thoughts of Bad Habits” “Mom Knocked on My Door”
6. Writing your own Turning Point You will be writing your own story about a character facing a decision by using the same writing style as Ellen Hopkins. You will be writing a series of six poems in order to tell a story through someone else’s point of view about a choice. You should try to fit a turning point for the character into your “story”, just as Ellen Hopkins has done with Kristina. Think of people/places might be involved in making a choiceand the lesson learned
7. Ideas: What people or places might be involved in making a choice? What type of lessons can be learned from choice situations? At a job Boyfriend/girlfriend Teacher Sibling While on vacation At a sporting event At school Parents Best friend At a party While driving While shopping Athlete Compassion Discipline Patience Honesty Tolerance Discretion Confidence Integrity Friendship Power Justice Equality Trust fairness
