Chapter Five: Family

Pre-Reading Discussion:

• Who are some people that have had an important influence on you?
• How do they effect the choices that you make?
• Do these people have a positive or a negative impact on your life?
• Are there people who have both types of influence?
• How do you interact with them?

Vocabulary:

• luxuriant (p.78)
• franchise (p.79)
• lucrative (p.80)
• vigilance (p.82)
• intermittent (p82)
• sarcastically (p.82)
• narrative (p.87)

Read:

Chapter Five

Post-Reading Discussion:

In small groups have students create a chart showing the characters with whom Mercer interacts in her new surroundings.

• How does she feel about these relationships?
• Do you believe these relationships are positive or negative or both? Why?
• What experiences are new for Mercer?