Wednesday, March 30, 2016

HW Mr. Padilla 3.31.16


Homework:

Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework. 

Starting Friday we will begin a new novel, Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Below is a brief summary. 

*This story is about a 16-year-old teenage boy, Steve Harmon, who is accused murder and robbery. He is accused because there were people that claimed that they saw him at the scene of the crime. He battles to prove his innocence with sheer determination.

Steve also inserts entries of his diary into this novel, he talks about how tough his life is in prison and the kind of problems he has to face and endure. Through it all, he learns to survive and live each day as it comes in prison.

A bigger part of this novel is made into a courtroom drama, where … the state …prosecute Steve for murder and Steve's defense lawyer battles the prosecution to eliminate the proof against Steve.



**This story is about a 16-year-old teenage boy, Steve Harmon, who is accused murder and robbery. … people …claimed that they saw him at the scene of the crime. He battles to prove his innocence with… determination.

Steve also … talks about how tough his life is in prison and the kind of problems he has to face and endure. Through it all, he learns to survive and live each day as it comes in prison.

A bigger part of this novel is made into a courtroom drama, where … the state …prosecute Steve for murder and Steve's defense lawyer battles the prosecution to eliminate the proof against Steve.

***This story is about a 16-year-old teenage boy, Steve Harmon, who is accused murder and robbery. … He battles to prove his innocence with… determination.

Steve also … talks about how tough his life is in prison and the kind of problems he has to face and endure. … he learns to survive and live each day as it comes in prison.

A bigger part of this novel is made into a courtroom drama, where … Steve's defense lawyer battles … to eliminate the proof against Steve.


Base response on the reading passage above.

Option 1:
1.    Who is the story about and what happened to him?
2.    What does he try to prove?
3.    What does he talk about in his diary?

Option 2:
1.    What is the main character’s name? What is he being accused of and why?
2.    What does he try to prove?
3.    In your own words, what is another big part of this novel?

Option 3:
1.    Who and what is this story about?
2.    Based on the passage, what are 2 conflicts in the novel?
3.    How will the main character try to deal with what is happening to him?

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