Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Spit Nolan

Why does the author have the better driver lose to the better machine?
Why does Spit insist on acknowledging the truth - that he lost the race?
Why does Spit believe that a person must put something of himself in the trolley he drives?

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Independent Reading

Share something about the independent reading book you enjoyed for 30 minutes tonight.  Why might another student in class enjoy reading this book?  Did anything interesting, exciting or surprising happen?  Let us know!

Spit Nolan

Answer the following question.  Remember to provide reasons and text evidence to support your response.  The more detail you share, the better your answer will be.

The heroic quality I admire most in Spit is____________________________________________?
He displays this quality when he______________________________________________________.
I admire this quality the most because___________________________________________________>