HW Mr. Padilla 3.30.17

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today's homework.

Author of Monster, Walter Dean Myers writes books troubled teens can relate to.

Option 3:

 The author of 104 children's and young adult books, Myers doesn't write your average teen drama. Prom queen characters are replaced by high school dropouts or young soldiers, vampires by children growing up in single-parent homes.

"With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about," Myers says. There are 2 million kids in the United States who live below the poverty line, and 5 million who have had someone in their family go to jail.

Kids and teens from troubled backgrounds look for characters like themselves in books, Myers says. They "want to read these stories, because they want to know they're going to be OK," he says.

Myers knows the audience he wants to reach: He was once a part of it. Growing up as a foster child in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, Myers dropped out of high school at age 17 and joined the Army. …

1.       What does the word “humanize” mean?

2.       What do you think Myers means by “humanize young people”?

3.       Do you think Myers is the write person to write this type of books?  Why?

Option 2:

 The author of 104 children's and young adult books, Myers doesn't write your average teen drama. …"With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about," Myers says. There are 2 million kids in the United States who live below the poverty line, and 5 million who have had someone in their family go to jail.

Kids and teens from troubled backgrounds look for characters like themselves in books, Myers says. They "want to read these stories, because they want to know they're going to be OK," he says.

Myers knows the audience…: He was once a part of it. Growing up as a foster child in …New York City, Myers dropped out of high school at age 17 and joined the Army. …

1.        How many books has Myers written?

2.        What does Myers want to do?

3.        What are 2 problems mentioned here:

4.        What do teens look for?

5.        Where did Myers grow up and what did he do?

Option 1:

 The author of 104 children's and young adult books, Myers doesn't write your average teen drama.

1.    How many books has Myers written?

…"With my writing, what I want to do is humanize (make them look human) the young people I write about," Myers says.

2.    What does Myers want to do?

There are 2 million kids in the United States who live below the poverty line( who are poor), and 5 million who have had someone in their family go to jail.

3.    What are 2 problems mentioned here:

A.

B.

Kids and teens…look for characters like themselves in books, Myers says.

4.    What do teens look for?

Myers … was once a part of it. Growing up as a foster child in …New York City, Myers dropped out of high school at age 17….

5.    Where did Myers grow up and what did he do?

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