Zebra

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Zebra

• What has the power to heal?

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Think about it

• What are ways to deal with a physical injury?
• What are ways to deal with an emotional injury?
• Which do you think is more difficult to overcome?
  Why?

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As we read.

• Consider the people we meet in the story and
  characterize as major or minor.
• Major characters are most important to the story
  and change or grow over the course of the story
• Minor characters help the reader understand the
  main characters
• As you read, notice each characters roles.

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Vocabulary in context

• Look on page 183 at the vocabulary in context
  section
• See how many you know
• Overview of vocabulary see footnotes during the
  story

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Background

• Vietnam War one of the characters in the story
  is a veteran of the Vietnam War. US troops
  fought in Vietnam from 1965-1973. 58,000
  Americans died there and over 300,000 were
  injured. In 1982, a memorial, The Vietnam
  Veterans Memorial, was unveiled to honor those
  who served in the war.

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Targeted Passages

• Lines 1-10 introduce the main character, give a
  description, and explain his nickname.
• Lines 25-45 set up the plot
• Lines 92-150 develop reveal character traits of
  Zebra John through appearance, speech,
  thoughts, actions.

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Indentifying Character Traits
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Targeted Passages

• Lines 450-461 turning point
• Lines 540-558 reveal change/growth in Zebra
• Lines 618-631 resolution/healing

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After reading.

• Inferences what did the students in Mrs.
  Englishs class have in common? Prove with text.
  The class is actually a metaphor for his
  situation.
• Symbolism Franklin Ave. (positive negative
• Idioms
• Get off my case suit yourself off and on