1. Who is the narrator of The Book Thief?

2. If you were turning The Book Thief into a movie, how would you begin it?

3. Every story has 1 major conflict/problem to which every character contributes. Predict the major conflict in The Outsiders.

4. Every story has 1 major conflict/problem to which every character contributes. Predict the major conflict in The Book Thief

5. Connections are similarities between what you have read (listened to) and your own experiences. These connections should deepen your understanding of the reading. Make a connection with The Book Thief.

6. Connections are similarities between what you have read (listened to) and your own experiences. These connections should deepen your understanding of the reading. Make a connection with The Outsiders.

7. Does your book introduce too many characters too quickly? Why or why not?

8. Pick one object that you think will play an important role later in the book. Explain your answer.

9. Are there such things as unnecessary characters? Explain your answer, using examples from the book.

10. A FOIL is a character that highlights the qualities of another character, usually the main character. Who is/are the foil(s) in the book?

11. “Good writers don’t rush the brain.” Explain, using examples from the book.

12. Reading Strategies Making Connections Questioning Visualizing Predicting

13. Describe a choice made by one of the characters that you would have made differently. Explain your answer.

14. Reading is a shared experience, even while you do it alone. What does this mean?

15. Please write a response to this quote.

16. Every sentence in a book should either develop the plot (story) or the characters. Give an example of a sentence that develops plot.

17. Every sentence in a book should either develop the plot (story) or the characters. Give an example of a sentence that develops character.

18. Is your book more like this – or this?

19. How is reading like a tree?

20. “Every book you’ve ever read is just the same 26 letters rearranged.” -A. Keizer Discuss.

21. An allusion is a reference to another piece of writing in a piece of writing. Find an example of an allusion in your book and explain why the author chose to use that allusion.

22. “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” -G. K. Chesterton Discuss.

23. Reading Strategies Analyzing Determining Importance Synthesizing Inferring

24. What is a chapter? Why do they exist?

25. Text Features are features of the text that help us understand the content of the text. Give 10 examples of text features from your book.

26. Metaphors compare 2 (or more, often dissimilar things) to each other to highlight the characteristics of one or both things. Ex. “…the supernovae exploding in my brain” “’Goodbye’ I say through my curtain of shame.” Find a metaphor in your book.

27. Which character are you most similar to? Why do you think so?

28. List 5 differences between the book and the movie.

29. Summarize The Book Thief in 5 bullet points.