Notifications

Clear all

Perspective Discussion #1

Page 1 / 2 Next

Topic Title

Views

Posts

1. Group B---iraftice27

First post and replies | Last post by iraftice27, 2 weeks ago

206

7

Sweet, Difficult Sounds by I.M. Desta is about a young girl moving to the U.S. from Zimbabwe, she initially struggles with anxiety about this new school, this new country, it was a whirlwind of new things, from the language and slang “like, like, like” and how people just spoke so fluently and perfectly. She knew English but it was a struggle for her to want to speak in general because of her accent. She had to recite a poem. She knew it by heart but as soon as she started to speak she felt others were laughing at her. She goes home and tells her auntie that she doesn't want to go back to school even after the first day. She struggles but then her aunt suggests a solution. It didn’t work for the moment, but then she remembers her aunt saying “Do what works for you.” So she starts to focus on a boy she had a bit of a crush on. His name is Cole, and she manages to finish her poem, and she ends up feeling better after that, feeling like maybe speaking is a bit easier than she initially thought. The Tyrant's Daughter by J.C. Carlson is a book following a 15 year old girl, Laila, and her life as she moves to the U.S. from her war ridden middle-eastern home after her fathers death. She finds it hard to become accustomed to her new life as many would. She feels like an outsider despite the kindness she gets from a girl named “Emmy” a girl she considers a friend despite how hard she tried not to. Struggling with grasping the idea that her father wasn’t the man she had thought he was, even with all this turmoil going through her, she's trying her hardest to blend in. However her mother is plotting with CIA officers as we learn from the strange man on the side of the road across from their apartment, having to make a deal with another family or they would get sent to their homeland where it wasn’t safe for them. Laila feels like she is having to pick a side between the American life she's been forced into, or trying to find that familiarity in her life. The connection between “Sweet, Difficult Sounds" by I.M. Desta and “The Tyrant's Daughter by J.C. Carlson, is how both characters feel disconnected from home, how they both feel like they are out of place, standing there as an outsider. "Nothukula started over, but this time she tried to imitate the high-pitched, breathless pace of Ashley and her crew, saying the word ‘bird’ in the same off-handed way they did with the word ’like.’” (Desta). This shows Nothukula's initial weariness in her new school and country. We can connect this to The Tyrants Daughter, “I know that, here, she is perfectly normal. My new normal. I am the one who has to change. To transform, like my mother on that airplane ride” (Carlson). It connects the fact they both feel the need to change in one way or another to adapt to their new life in the U.S. Both characters are moving to the U.S, coming from different backgrounds but facing the same roadblocks to try and fit in and adapt to their new homes, struggling with language and the customs that the U.S has. How does your character change or adapt to their new life? What changes do they make to themselves to try and fit in? For participants: -Never use a peer’s real name, only use their username -Respond to the question based on your book, not your personal opinion -If the question doesn’t directly apply to something that appears in your book, be clear about what you’re seeing instead -Make sure to include a summary of your book so far -Include a quote with the proper citation to give context to your answer -Acknowledge your lead’s reply to your response with a comment that clarifies information, offer a question to them about their book, or simply give a thumbs up To exceed: Incorporate a quote from a different Ted Talk or a different CommonLit text that has not yet been discussed in your group

By cstubbs10 2 months ago
In my book Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian Tom Bouchard is a great student, a good soccer player, and a bad decision maker. One night he and his best friend went to the Maquoit school and wrote “you suck Maquoit” on their school rock. He gets in big trouble with the school and has to do like 100 hours of community service so he can walk at graduation. Tom is in control of his own life until his friend gets the best of him and they vandalize property, then he is forced to do community service if he will not graduate. “You’ll also have to do some community service. One hundred hours each and your graduation in the spring depends on whether you complete those hours” (Padian 37).

By jgreenwoo... 2 months ago
Jgreenwood27, your character seems to be going through a rough time like mine - how does your character deal with the stress of needing to adapt to his situation so he can walk at graduation?

By iraftice2... 2 weeks ago
Omanson27, Your character(s) seem to be struggling with their own personal lives and needing to adapt to handle pressures put on them by family/society.. how do your characters figure out this situation and move forward?

By iraftice2... 2 weeks ago
view all posts

1. Group G---dbiron27

First post and replies | Last post by zroy27, 3 weeks ago

188

12

1. Group E---jboisvert27

First post and replies | Last post by astark27, 3 weeks ago

182

8

1. Group C---gparlin27

First post and replies | Last post by gparlin27, 4 weeks ago

178

11

1. Group F---alemont27

First post and replies | Last post by jpomerleau26, 4 weeks ago

213

8

1. Group F---hmcfarlane27 (Replacement A) (1 viewing)

First post and replies | Last post by jpomerleau26, 4 weeks ago

215

9

1. Group D ---krussell27

First post and replies | Last post by krussell27, 4 weeks ago

222

7

1. Group G---ccamire27 (Replacement A)

First post and replies | Last post by zroy27, 1 month ago

188

9

1. Group A---dgosselin27

First post and replies | Last post by dgosselin27, 1 month ago

246

11

1. Group E---zryerson27

First post and replies | Last post by zryerson27, 1 month ago

98

7

Page 1 / 2 Next

Share:

Forum Icons: Forum contains no unread posts Forum contains unread posts

Topic Icons: Not Replied Replied Active Hot Sticky Unapproved Solved Private Closed

Powered by wpForo Powered by wpForo version 2.4.6