Dragon Booktalk: SOHS English Lit Circs

There have to be tears to get to the kisses.

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Who will you save?

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Are you ready to count coup?

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Sooner or later, everyone gets itchy feet.

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When pride of place ranked second only to pride of blood.

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In their last literature circle discussion, Brianna summarized the second half of the book, Emily zoned out in the “Black City” chapter, Morgen got confused when Larson was explaining the characters’ life after the fair (she lost track of who was who), Emma connected Ferris’s procrastination to her own, Katie wondered why no one got suspicious earlier when Holmes’s victims disappeared, and Alex investigated some great summative facts about the Fair:

• 65 total exhibits
• 46 nations participated
• cost was over $28 million
• almost 26 million admissions

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In their final literature circle discussion, Chelsea throws down the “gauntlet,” Carson almost cries, Josh wonders why Colton mentions the anonymous girl practicing at the end of the book, Melanie finds great imagery (”At the last meeting, a brawl broke out, women were knocked to the floor,elders were stampeded into corners and heads were banged into chairs” [209]), Natalie connects Amy’s wedding to the movie Bride Wars, and Jenny illustrates an unhappy bench.

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In their final literature circle discussion, Will shows no “hucksterism” when giving his vocab words, Zack wonders if Hershey is as revolutionary as he is depicted, Natalie has an Aha! with ethanol, Drew connects the older Hershey’s inflexibility to Creon from Antigone, Elise investigated Hershey’s chewing gum (!), and David provides an illustration of the ubiquitous chocolate bar.

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In their final literature circle discussion, Rachel is “gregarious” in sharing her vocab enrichment, Michael believes Krakauer is living vicariously through Chris, Kyle wonders why Chris is in denial about his brother’s death, Brady connects Chris’s fate in the wilderness to Piggy in Lord of the Flies, Dylan investigates Thoreau’s “civil disobedience” (quoted on page 123), and Elena illustrates Chris’s book of plants, the result of his tragic death.

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In their final literature circle discussion, Jessie wonders why Joseph is so resentful of Isaac, Rhiann finds personal reasons to fear “the level of the water [rising] four feet in just four seconds” (189) as well as good alliteration (”slate shingles became whirling scimitars that eviscerated men and horses” [196]), Mason’s Aha! is Isaac’s refusal to believe anything bad will happen, and Hannah illustrates the aftermath of Isaac’s life.

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