Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Oc, opt, opthalm eye Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Or do most people agree on what is beautiful?

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Oc, opt, opthalm eye My grandma’s ocular problems required her to see an opthamalogist who tested her optical nerve and found it was broken. Oc opt Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Or do most people agree on what is beautiful?

6. Throughout the book we hear Rose Mary’s complaint: “I’m a grown woman now, why can’t I do what I want to do?” At what point can adults do whatever they want, if at all? [pg. 74] 7. Jeannette Walls has said, “If I had lost my belief in my father, I would have lost my belief in the future.” What do you think she means? Why do you think she defended her father longer than anyone else in the family? Did he deserve this loyalty? [pg. 79]

8. Are rules necessary for children’s healthy development? At what point do they become restricting and limiting [pg.91] 9. Jeannette describes Grandma Smith as a woman who “has strong opinions about the way things ought to be done – how to dress, how to talk, how to organize your time, how to cook and keep house, how to manage your finances…” [pg. 93] 10. Jeannette Walls has said, “We didn’t have food, but at the same time, we were luckier than other kids.” In what ways do you think they were “luckier”? Do you think if you were Jeannette, you would be able to say the same thing? [pg. 95]

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Omniall Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Are rules necessary for a child’s healthy development ?

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Omniall I felt like my mom was omnipresent, present everywhere, but really calling her omniscient, aware of everything, was more accurate. Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Are rules necessary for a child’s healthy development ? omni

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Ox- Oxia oxygen Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Is there value in nonconformity (being different from pretty much everyone else)?

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Ox- Oxia oxygen Suffering from hypoxemia, inadequate oxygen, the nurse hyperoxygenated the baby in a hyperbaric tent. Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Is there value in nonconformity (being different from pretty much everyone else)? oxy

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Osteobone Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: How do you define a “successful life”?

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Osteobone Osteoarthritis runs in our family so we all go to an osteopathic doctor who uses regular medicine and manipulation of bones and muscles to keep patients healthy. Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: How do you define a “successful life”? osteo

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Phil Attracted to, love Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Should parents give kids less so they are more appreciative of what they have ?

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Phil Attracted to, love Philosophers love wisdom. Bibliophiles love books. Francophiles love France. Anglophiles love England. Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Should parents give kids less so they are more appreciative of what they have ? phil

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram PhobFear of Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Should drug and alcohol addicts be forgiven when their actions cause problems for others ?

Root WordDefinitionSentencePictogram Simul To resemble, imitate, feign Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Why aren’t the Walls kids juvenile delinquents?

Claim / Counterclaim Claim / Counterclaim: Why aren’t the Walls kids juvenile delinquents?

Conformity 11. Is there value in nonconformity? Do we live in a society that encourages being different? [Pg. 109]

12.Bob Dylan once wrote…..“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” Although it seems a stretch to use the word “success” in any discussion of the Walls’ lifestyle, using Dylan’s definition, could we say that Rex and Rose Mary were a success? How do you define success? [pg. 113]

Recap pp Dad goes on a violent, drunken rampage and threatens Mom with a butcher knife. Mom decided it was time for another move/adventure, this time with West Virginia being the destination. She thought Dad’s parents might help get him under control. A month later, they arrived in Welch, WV and stayed with Erma (Grandma), Grandpa, and Uncle Stanley in their run-down house. Because Welch appears so poverty stricken, Mom cheerfully announces that she will probably be the only artist in town and her career could take off there! Mom enrolled them in school and the teachers and kids were mean because they thought Jeannette was uppity. The kids were bullied mercilessly. Jeannette “saves” a boy from a vicious dog and one of the mean girls saw it happen. Jeannette becomes friends with this girl, who happens to be black. This causes Erma and Uncle Stanley to turn on Jeannette and Jeannette tells them not to use the N word. Mom and Dad don’t defend Jeannette and tell her to just get along with the bigoted relatives, which confuses Jeannette. Mom says Jeannette must look for a “redeeming” quality in Erma.

13. If parents aren’t getting along, is it better for them to live separately? [pg. 125] 14. Is there a point when it is time for one to give up one’s dream? If so, what is that point? [pg ] 15. Should an adult who was abused as a child forgive and try to help the abuser? [148]

16. Everyone on Little Hobart Street in Welch is poor, and “everyone grudgingly accepted some form of public aid.” The Walls, however, refused any kind of help, although they were the poorest family on the street. Is it more important to have pride or have food? [pg.159]

17. Do you think that difficult family circumstances bring siblings closer together or push them apart? [pg. 167] 18. Jeannette Walls has said in interviews that because she had so little as a child, she really appreciated things when she finally got them. Do you think that parents should give their kids less so they appreciate things more? What about high school? Would you appreciate it more if you had to pay for it? [pg. 177]

19. Mom says that welfare “would cause irreparable psychological damage” to the kids. “Once you go on welfare, it changes you. Even if you get off welfare, you never escape the stigma that you were a charity case. You’re scarred for life.” Does it scar people for life if they rely on welfare or charity? [pg. 188] 20. If kids are content with the way they are living, but Family Services (DHS) doesn’t like it, who is right? The kid/s or Family Services? [pg. 194]

21. Jeannette Walls has said, “Some people think my parents are absolute monsters and should’ve had their children taken away from them. Some think they were these great free-spirited creatures who had a lot of wisdom that a lot of parents today don’t [have].” What do you think? Should the kids have been taken away? If so, what should have happened to the kids? If not, what benefits did the kids have by staying with the parents? [pg. 213] 22. How much do you think the Walls children helped each other survive their circumstances? [pg. 230]

23. Should drug addicts and alcoholics be forgiven and helped when their actions cause problems for others? If yes, how should society and their friends and family help them? If not, what should happen to them? [pg. 254] 24. What do you think kept the Walls children from getting into serious trouble and becoming like their parents? [pg. 259]

ACTIVITIES to Use Throughout

Your choice SUMMARY pp. __– __ 1. Comic strip 2. News Flash 3. Letter (you’re ______ writing to _____)

Dear,Sincerely, Pretend you are someone in the book and you’re upset with another person. Write a letter informing him/her -What they have done to upset you -Why it upset you -What you wish they would do or would have done New idea, event, time or place = New Paragraph

Dear, Comic Strip Letter Breaking News by Terror Tracker _______________________________________ Turn to us for the who, what, when, where, and why of today’s biggest stories! This just in: News Flash

Help or Harm - Choose 1. What is the best text evidence to prove… 1.Mom is trying to protect the family financially? OR 2. Dad is harming the family? RAPT response on the back of your slip Restate the question Answer it Prove it with text evidence Thoroughly explain your reasons

You are a therapist and Dad comes to you to get help. His mother’s neglect and abuse still haunt him and he drinks to cope. HIS ISSUE: His mother’s neglect and abuse still haunt him and he drinks to cope. Write a short conversation. Pretend Rex told you a LOT about actions, family, jobs… What will you say to Dad and what will he say back to you? Therapist: “Rex, I believe you…” Rex: “(your name), I feel like…”

Therapy Conversation GRADING exactly Rex: What exactly have you done that haunts you? problems he describes Therapist: Give Rex detailed, realistic steps to help him with the problems he describes? SCORING A=14-15 pts detailed descriptions of events from book and suggestions for positive changes P= detailed description of an event from book and suggestion/s for positive changes PP=11 Partial description / suggestion for change

GC pp Rex’s mother’s influence Rex’s hometown craziness Rex’s new life as a husband, father, worker How has Rex’s attempts to be different worked out? What would it look like if he were successful? What strategies would help him get there? How can he remember to use those strategies when he feels more like grabbing a bottle of booze?

You are a therapist and Dad comes to you to get help. Rex: “I want to stop all the drinking, violence, and running away. I don’t know how to start.” therapist: “Rex, I believe you have to address the drinking first, since it leads to violence. What makes you reach for the bottle?” Rex: “I have these bad thoughts about myself running through my head, like I’m a bad person.” Therapist: “Ok, so let’s write down one of these thoughts.”

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Jeannette Walls Video Biggest IdeaQuote / Walls’ Comments Shame Luck All humans have in common Broken promises VS Hope

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Collecting water for cooking from hillside runoff.