1. Basketball Abuse Parties Drinking Guilt Best Friends PainAnger Therapy Girlfriend Drama Annoying Parents Guns Captain Bell Work Why do you think that teenagers tend to make risky decisions? You must write down the question and answer it using complete sentences.

2. Essential Questions How destructive is guilt? What are the effects of guilt?

3. Main Characters  Andrew "Andy" Jackson : A teenager who feels major guilt for a fatal car accident, for which he was responsible in the death of his best friend Rob.  Robert "Robbie" Washington : One of Andy's best friends and high school star basketball player who is killed in the car accident.  Monty Jackson : Andy's younger brother who looks up to Andy and receives advice from him throughout the story.  B.J. Carson : One of Andy's close friends who becomes deeply religious after the death of fellow friend Robbie.

4. Main Characters  Dr. Carrothers : Andy's psychologist, whom Andy visits with on an irregular basis throughout the book.  Keisha Montgomery : Andy's girlfriend and main support system.  Tyrone Mills : One of Andy's close friends.  Coach Ripley : The basketball coach at Hazelwood High School, the school where all of the story's students attend

5. Themes in Tears  Guilt  Life and Death  Relationships  Race  Actions/Consequences

6. Vocabulary Project  Each student will get one vocabulary word to create a mini poster for.  You will present your mini poster to the class using the ELMO  On the poster you need the following information  Definition  Part of speech  A picture or drawing that applies to the word  A sentence that properly uses the word

7. Vocabulary Project Audience Role  You will create vocabulary cards using binder paper.  During each presentation you will put the following on your vocab cards  The word with the part of speech and definition  A drawing that matches the word (can be different from presentation)  A sentence that properly uses the word (can be same or different from presentation)  Be sure to put YOUR WORD on vocab card as well  A few words will be done twice, pick the best example

8. Timeline for vocab  Wednesday 3/25 do mini poster  Friday 3/27 presentations and get books

9. TOTD  What are your expectations for the book and why?