BEFORE READING

What is the power of "a rallying cry" chanted by a crowd?
Check over your CHARACTER CHART and be prepared to meet another new character.
Review your RESPONSE JOURNAL entries for Chapter 11.

DURING READING

Notice how the author uses humor.
Watch for more information about the "inner strength" of both Hope and G.T.

AFTER READING

LIST another new character on the CHARACTER CHART.
Give this chapter a name or title.
In your RESPONSE JOURNAL explain the positive advice we learn from the owner of the Tick Tock Clock Shop about "surviving cancer."
Discuss how the author uses humor. Why is it funny?

(p. 108, bottom) "Some things shouldn't be abbreviated."
(p. 110) "weird cheese posters..."

Answer the following questions in your RESPONSE JOURNAL:

What rallying cry does the crowd begin to chant?
How is G.T. strong?
How is G.T. weak?
What does G.T. reveal about disappointments?
By the end of Chapter 12, G.T. is exhausted. What comparison does Hope use for "how he looks"?