It may be hard to understand the justice of it, but we are in other people's eyes, what they have heard about us. We are defined by the words of others, just as we create the feelings about people with whom we talk and talk about. Your ability to use words to effect your desires can be a tremendous asset to you. The results of your use of the techniques presented in this book should enableyou to use your words for developing thoughtful interactions with those who are close to you and a way to keep those relationships positive. Hope that helps a little.
Daughter loves the novel and has read far ahead.
The focus of the unit is to read and understand how novels are constructed and the devices used by authors to get their story across and relate to readers. No writing assignments appear in this book. You probably could create some kind of written exercises for each chapter, but that is not the focus of the unit as Marks presents it. Marks presents the topics most likely to be discussed for each chapter of the book, giving examples to launch discussions if your kids don't come up with some ideas. We are just about to have our discussion on Chapter One, which will be the longest, because it introduces all the major topics that we will revisit throughout the novel in greater depth.