Youngsters can discuss which results could have been prevented by forethought, and which resulted from ignorance, innocence, or misplaced guilt. They can also recall personal instances of juvenile justice. It could have included victim's rights or confrontation, such as being marched back to the supermarket to personally apologize to the store manager and hand over the purloined package of gum. Sometimes it is remembered as injustice, over-reaction, or unrelated to the 'crime'. There are two sides to the behavior coin.
Actions can also impact others lives positively and pervasively.
Students can explore the impact of their own positive behavior as well as the lasting effect of another s behavior toward them. Using this discussion as a foundation, students may record in their Whirligig reading journal instances of behaviors with either positive or negative effects. These will provide a basis for a post-reading discussion. The following picture book read-alouds can provide a similar foundation for exploring the above concepts within Whirligig . If there is no pre-reading discussion, these ideas can be modified into student activities.