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Journal Entry: Look at the image below and answer the following questions in your journal books What would you think if you saw this family on the street? What kinds of assumptions and judgments would you make? Have you seen families like this before? How do you think they feel?

Video Clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TelyWI6oko&feature=re lated After watching the clip, write a reaction to the statistic you found most surprising. We will be reading a memoir called The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naAy_juIOQk What do you expect from this type of book, given its description and the interview?

Quick facts about the memoir: Jeannette Walls recounts her childhood 1960s Dysfunctional family Father: Rex Walls Mother: Rose Mary Walls Jeanette’s siblings: Lori, Brian, Maureen Within the family, there is a presence of: poverty, alcoholism, child abuse, mental issues