APRIL 27 25-26 CROAK

Aim: Why is it important for us to realize that was Lex not just a bully, but an "Equal Opportunity Bully" back a school?  
How does she react when she sees the woman with the gun?
Do Now: Why are people impatient when they choose to waste time and to feel bored?
Is wasting time a form of suffering?
Is Feeling bored a form of suffering?
Is suffering more like pain (like getting hit in the face with a basketball) or is suffering more of a decision?



Aim: Why is it important not to overlook the detail that Driggs is associated with The Who while Lex is associated with Leonardo Di Caprio?  (What conflict is there between The Who and Leonardo DiCaprio?)

(What is the major conflict Lex discovers she has with the human race and what do you think will resolve that conflict?)

Do Now: How do you react when you see something unjust and unfair going on?  Do all people feel as strongly as you do that justice is important?
The Who

CROAK by Gina Damico

Chapters 3-7

1. In life, as in literature, analyzing our first impressions of a character and a character's first impressions of another character can be very important.

(a) What are some of your first impressions of Lex?  

(1) At school? 

(2) At home? 

(3) On the bus? 

(4) When she first meets Uncle Mort?

(b) What are Lex's first impressions of 

(1) Uncle Mort?

(2) The town of Croak?

(3) Driggs

(4) The way her room in Uncle Mort's house was decorated for her?

(5) What Uncle Mort really does for a living? (and it's not farming!)

(6) Kilda?

(7) Norwood

(8) Zara

(9) The Ether

(10) Her Scythe

2. What is the big and important difference between learning the skills you need to do a job before you are hired for the job and learning the skills you need to do a job while "on the job?"

(a) Are life skills something we learn beforehand or on-the-job?

(b) What is Lex's job?

(c) What is Mort's job?

(d) What is Zara's job?

(e) Where did they learn the skills they need to do their jobs?

(f) Aside from the physical skills they need, what mental and emotional skills do you think they had to develop on-the-job in order to be skilled at their jobs?

3. In life, as in literature, sometimes people and characters have resistance to learning the skills they need to do their jobs.  Why is it important (maybe funny, maybe ironic, maybe coincidental) that Lex finds it hard not to punish the guilty?

4. If Lex allows her emotions to get in the way of doing her job, what are the consequences for those she is supposed to be helping?

5. Lex makes some important discoveries about herself and the other Juniors at Croak.  What are they?