Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Assignment 1

As we begin the novel, we meet Evelyn.  She's overweight, unhappy, and disconnected from her body and self.  How do you feel about her?  Answer in at leastthree sentences, and then reply to at least two of your peers.

Assignment 11

This is the final post for My Sister's Keeper.  Give me your impressions of the ending.  Were you surprised? What other feelings did you have?  Create a well thought out paragraph to answer the question.  Then you must respond to TWO of your peers' posts.

Assignment 10

Why did Kate ask Anna to sue for medical emancipation? Was Anna right to listen to her wishes?  Write one well developed paragraph.  Grammar and spelling counts!  Then respond to at least one of your classmates posts.

Assignment 9

There are fourteen questions below about the first half of this book.  You must answer at least 10 of them, in well thought out sentences, to get all the points. Directions: Answer the questions with 1-2 sentences, include the explanation.  To do this, cut and paste the questions to a word document.  You do not need to post your answers here.

1. According to Anna, how are babies made?

2. What's her opinion about the way she was generated?

3. Why is knowing the reason babies are made important?

4. What's the main character's opinion about how most babies are generated?

5. Why was she engineered?

6. What did Anna “lose”?

7. Who tells Anna "tell them you lost it"?

8. Where does Jesse live?

a) With his parents. b) Over the garage. c) With his aunt. d) At the fire station.

9. When Anna goes to Campbell's office for the first time, who takes her? 

10. “When you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Why does Campbell think this is significant?

11. When Campbell meets Anna for the first time in his office, why does he think Anna is there to see him?

12. What is a guardian-ad-litem? Why would Anna need one?

13. What is significant about Anna writing “HER” number on the business card?

14. Why does Campbell take Anna's case?

Assignment 8

Again and again Campbell gives different, often laughable explanations for his service dog, Judge. He tells people he has an iron lung, that he has SARS, that he is color-blind. These answers serve as diversions, intended to point other characters, as well as the reader, away from the truth, and they act as one of the most prominent examples in the novel of a character concealing his feelings and motivations.  We don't yet know what the real reason for the dog.  What are your ideas?  You only have to give phrase answers on this one.  You got lucky!

Assignment 7

Relationships between sisters appear repeatedly in the book, in the characters of Anna and Kate, Sara and Zanne, and Julia and Izzy. In each case, the sisters share an intense bond. Describe your own experiences with sibling bonds.  If you have no siblings, think about your parents, friends, etc.  You must answer the question in no less than five sentences, and respond to at least two of your peers.

Assignment 6

Kate has leukemia.  Find a website about childhood cancer. Post the URL (link) here by cutting and pasting.  There are a couple of rules here:  1)  You can't post a site that someone else has already posted.  2)  You must be sure it's a suitable and useful website.  Then you will go to someone else's website, tell me whose you chose and one thing you learned from that website.