Monday, December 16, 2013

The Running Dream_Wendelin Van Draanen


Wendelin Van Draanen   Author Van Draanen

Van Draanen starts with a anguishing beginning. From First Chapter
MY LIFE IS OVER.
Behind the morphine dreams is the nightmare of reality.
A reality I can’t face.
I cry myself to sleep, wishing, pleading, praying that I’ll wake up from this, but the same nightmare always awaits me. What are your thoughts, feelings, or interpretation?
Vocabulary
Write the following in your Reading Notebook. Press  Sift to visualize
maddenly
prosthetist
residual
mobility
monstrosity
rehabitation
managing
unspoken
recovery
circulatory

How has Jessica’s life changed as a result of the accident? 
  • Your paragraph should have part of the question for your answer.
  • 4-5 sentences in your paragraph .
Then watch the The Running Dream Trailer
The book was recommended by a teacher in Oklahoma (daughter Melissa) "Kids can't put it down."  2014 Intermediate Sequoyah Masterlist Oklahoma
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