Schedule – Day 8
“Middle School Reads” PowerPoint
by: Greg Lay and Alycia Beresford, M.Ed.
2011-2012
Schedule – Day 8
• Take quiz on chapters 19 – 21 in language arts
notebook
• Themes
• Literary Devices
• Post-Reading Discussion Questions
Themes
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Hope
Honor
Humor Helps
Loss
Interpersonal Skills (People Skills)
Corruption
Overcoming Obstacles
Sickness
Coming of Age
Idioms, Similes, Metaphors: Explain
the meaning of the following:
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“…one taco short of a combination platter” (1)
“cut the mustard” (1)
“slung hash” (2)
“shut up like a tomb” (2)
“I’ll be like a knife going through butter” (28)
“it’s as bogus as a barking cat” (33)
“the crowd parted for him like the Red Sea did for
Moses” (35)
“buzz off” (51)
“you’ll sting like a bee” (63)
Post-reading Discussion Questions
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How might things have been different if Hope’s mother
had not left her with Addie?
What important lessons does Hope learn from G.T.?
From Addie? From Deena?
Discussion the symbolism in Hope Was Here. How does
the trees (grafting, small seeds, etc.) food, names, and
other forms of comparison or symbolism help you
understand the novel?
What are some of the themes in Hope Was Here?
Post-reading Discussion Questions
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Sometimes the Hope has a hard time feeling like she
belongs in a new place. When do you feel like you do
or do not belong somewhere? Discuss how feelings of
belonging affect our character or personality.
Literature Circle Role Descriptions
(optional)
Each day after reading, students can get into literature
circle groups. Each group member has a distinct role
and will be graded on quality and contribution he/she
brings to the group.
http://www.burgettstown.k12.pa.us/72522082323262
7560/lib/725220823232627560/Lit_Circles.Role_Sheet
s.pdf
Works Cited
Bauer, Joan. Hope Was Here. New York: Penguin Group, 2000. Print.
Bergstrom, Bob. (2002, October). Hope was Here: 2001 Newbery Honor Book by: Joan
Bauer. Retrieved from http://www.joanbauer.com/hopeguide/index.htm
Klar, Elizabeth, and Cheryl Klar-Trim. Hope Was Here: Joan Bauer Students Packet
Novel Units. Bulverde, TX: Novel Units, 2004. 1-48. Print.
Klar, Elizabeth, and Cheryl Klar-Trim. Hope Was Here: Joan Bauer Teacher Guide Novel
Units. Bulverde, TX: Novel Units, 2004. 1-48. Print.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki